Dr. Charters Wynn

Biography

Charters Wynn is an Associate Professor with research focused on Soviet political labor history. He is currently engaged in a study of NEP Russia during the early Stalinist period, tentatively titled "From Factory to Kremlin: Mikhail Tomsky and Soviet Trade Unionism." He authored the book "Workers, Strikes and Pogroms: Donbass-Dnepr Bend in Late Imperial Russia, 1870-1905," published in 1992, which explores the complex and often violent political allegiances of Russian workers during the 1905 Revolution. Wynn's notable achievements include being awarded the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize from the American Historical Association in 1993. He earned his Ph.D. in History from Stanford University in 1987, following an M.A. in History in 1979, and a B.A. in History and Modern Society Social Thought from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1976. His contributions to the field have been recognized through several accolades, such as the Raymond Dickson Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin in 2008, the Eyes Texas Teaching Excellence Award in 2006, and the Texas Blazers Faculty Appreciation Award in 2002.

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