Tom Emmert joined the Gustavus History Department in 1973. He teaches the European history survey, as well as courses on both Imperial and modern Russia, the Ottoman Empire, 19th century European intellectual and cultural movements, and Balkan nationalism. He is currently teaching a new seminar on Stalin. Emmert received his BA from St. Olaf in 1967, and his MA and PhD from Stanford University in 1970 and 1973 respectively.