Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Russian/Soviet History
Biography
Garret McDonald earned his PhD in modern history from Fordham University in New York City in 2023. After teaching at Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame, IN) and Kenyon College (Gambier, OH), he joined the faculty at St. Mary's College of Maryland in 2025. Garret is currently working on a book manuscript based on his dissertation tentatively titled The Insulin Gulag: Involuntary Hospitalization and the Making of Punitive Psychiatry in the Soviet Union which unites some of his broad and admittedly eclectic research interests in the histories of crime, punishment, and policing as well as science, technology, medicine, and environment.
Areas of Research Specialization
- Russian, East European, and Eurasian History
- Modern European History
- Histories of Law, Crime, Punishment, and Policing
- Histories of Science, Technology, Medicine, and Environment
Areas of Teaching Specialization
- Russian/Soviet History
- European History
- Histories of Crime, Punishment, and Policing
- Histories of Science, Technology, Medicine, and Environment
External Affiliations
Education
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B.A. in History at Angelo State University, 2015
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M.A. in European History at Texas Tech University, 2017
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Ph.D. in Modern History at Fordham University, 2023