Kate Transchel
Dr. Kate Transchel is a Lantis Professor of History, Emerita. She received her PhD in Soviet History from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Specializing in Russia, Ukraine and the Balkans, she has published more than a dozen articles and encyclopedia entries on the history and culture of the Soviet Union. Her books include, Under the Influence: Working-Class Drinking, Temperance, and Cultural Revolution in Russia, 1895-1932 (Pittsburgh University Press, 2006); The Break-up of Yugoslavia: Conflict in the Balkans (Chelsea House, 2006); and The New Slavery: Accounts of Human Trafficking in Eastern Europe (Forthcoming at MacFarland Publishers).
Over the last thirty years she has lived, worked and traveled throughout Russia and Ukraine. She helped establish and served as Chair of the nation-wide Russian Coordinative Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction in Moscow, Russia. Her work on human trafficking has been internationally recognized. She has been invited to teach in England, Germany, and the Czech Republic. She also teaches cross cultural communication and competency training on the history and culture of the Balkans and Russia for various Department of Defense agencies and State Department personnel. She joined the CSU Chico History faculty in 1996, teaching classes on the history of European gender and sexuality; Russian and Soviet History; Balkan History; Modern World History; and the history of fascism and authoritarianism in Europe. In Fall 2024 she taught on Voyage 134 with the Semester at Sea while sailing around Africa and South Asia. This will be Dr. Transchel’s last semester teaching at Chico State.