Daniel C.

Keifer
(570) 862-7688
danielkeifer6@gmail.com
Last Updated: 17 October 2017

Research Interests:
Organized Crime, the GULAG, Post-Socialist Identities, Criminal Culture, World War I;
Russia, Bulgaria, Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe

Education:
2017 B.A. History, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus
2017 B.A. Russian, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus
Fall 2016 Study Abroad, St. Petersburg State University, Smolny Campus

Publications:

Journal Articles:

2017 The Plight of the Doughboy: World War I as Seen Through the Eyes of Harold
W. Pierce Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, 84(4): 504-
518

Fellowships, Awards, Research Grants:

2017-2018 Fulbright Research Grant, $14,500

2016-2017 (FLAS) Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, $15,000

2016 William and Anna Naydan Award for Excellence in Ukrainian Studies, $1200

Academic Experience:

May 2016 Jan. 2017 Assistant course editor, online Russian history course (RUS 100),
Penn State, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and
Literatures, University Park, PA.

May 2016 Aug. 2016 Research assistant for Dr. Catherine Wanner, Barry Directory of
the Paterno Fellows Program, professor of history, Penn State
History Department, University Park, PA.
Jan. 2016 May 2016 Research Intern, Pennsylvania Military Museum, Boalsburg, PA.

2015 2017 Treasurer, Penn State Students in Russian, University Park, PA.

Memberships:

Phi Alpha Theta National Historical Honor Society

Dobro Slovo The Slavic National Honor Society
National Society of Collegiate Scholars

Languages: Russian: intermediate reading/oral proficiency.

Bulgarian: basic

Affiliations/References:
Dr. Catherine Wanner: Barry Director of the Paterno Fellows Program, professor of history,
anthropology and religious studies, Department of History,
Penn State University. cew10@psu.edu

Dr. Kate Merkel-Hess: Director of Undergraduate Studies, associate professor of history,

Department of History, Penn State University. kxm81@psu.edu

Dr. Irina Mikaelian: Advisor of Undergraduate Studies, senior lecturer in Russian, Department of
Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, Penn State University.
ixm12@psu.edu