John Ashbrook, Associate Professor, joined the Department of History in Fall 2019. He earned his B.A. from Radford University, his M.A. from Michigan State University, and his PhD from the University of Florida, Gainesville. A specialist in Eastern Europe, his interests include neo-imperialism, identity politics, borderland studies, and institutional history. He is the author of Buying and Selling the Istrian Goat: Istrian Regionalism, Croatian Nationalism and EU Enlargement, Regional and Federalism Series (Press interuniversitaires europeennes-Peter Lang). He is currently working on two books, EU and NATO Expansion: Identity Politics and Russian Reaction; and The War of the Moles: Tunneling and the Underground War in World War I. His work has also been published in journals like Small Wars & Insurgencies; East European Quarterly; and East European Politics and Societies.
