Ph.D. Graduate
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Fields of Interest
Biography
Ph.D. History, University of Washington, 2013
M.A. History, University of Richmond, 2005
B.S. Social Science Education, University of Central Florida, 1999
My dissertation examines how turning points in Czechoslovak history (1948--consolidation of Communism, 1968--Prague Spring liberation period and invasion, and 1989--collapse of the regime) played out uniquely in the eastern Slovak city of Kosice.
Awards
"Forgotten Velvet: Understanding Eastern Slovakia's 1989," Winner of 2021 Prize for Best Article/Chapter by the Slovak Studies Association
Research
Selected Research
- "Forgotten Velvet: Understanding Eastern Slovakia's 1989," New Perspectives: Interdisciplinary Journal of Central and East European Politics and International Relations, vol. 27, no. 3, (Winter 2019): 63-100.
- "Prague Spring on the Periphery: Eastern Slovak Steelworkers React to Reform and Invasion in 1968," Kosmas: Czechoslovak and Central European Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, (Winter 2018).
- "Kicked Out: Czechoslovakia's Postwar Policy toward Ethnic Minorities and Its Unintended Outcomes," Slovakia vol. 43, no. 80-81, (2017): 81-104.
- "A Remarkable Reversal: Communist Czechoslovakia's Reinstatement of Eastern Rite Catholicism during the Prague Spring," Journal of Church and State, vol. 58, no. 2, (Spring 2016): 331-354.
- Mullins, Marty Manor. Slovakia's Second City in Times of Turbulence: Košice and its Hungarians, Eastern Rite Catholics and Steelworkers in 1948, 1968, and 1989. Diss. University of Washington, 2013. Chair: James Felak.Adviser: James Felak