Faculty

Heidi Sherman, Assistant Professor

Education: B.A. University of Minnesota, MA University of Miami -Coral Gables, Ph.D. University of Minnesota

Emphases: Medieval Russia and Scandinavia; Archaeology; Social, Cultural, and Economic History of northern Eurasia

Office: TH 387

Phone: 920.465.5146

E-mail: shermanh@uwgb.edu

Dissertation: “Barbarians Come to Market: Staraia Ladoga and Frontier Emporia Trading in Western Eurasia 500 BC to AD 1000”

Publications:

  • "From Flax to Linen in the Medieval Rus Lands", Medieval Clothing and Textiles 4 (Boydell & Brewer: Spring 2008)
  • R.K. Kovalev and H.M. Sherman, eds., Russian History/Histoire Russe Vol. 32, Nos. 3-4 [Festschrift 2 for Th. S. Noonan] (Fall-Winter 2005)
  • R.K. Kovalev and H.M. Sherman, eds., Russian History/Histoire Russe Vol. 28, Nos. 1-4 [Festschrift 1 for Th. S. Noonan] (Fall-Winter 2002).
  • T. S. Noonan, R.K. Kovalev, and H.M. Sherman, "The Development and Diffusion of Glassmaking in Pre-Mongol Russia," Ceramics and Civilization 4 (1997)

Awards:

  • Thomas S. Noonan Award in Russian History.
  • American Council for Teachers of Russian (ACTR) Title VIII Dissertation Grant.
  • P.E.O. Scholar Award.
  • International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) dissertation fellowship.
  • Grant for Research Abroad, University of Minnesota Graduate School.
  • Thord-Gray Memorial Fellowship for PhD –directed research at the University of Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Floyd Qualls Memorial Scholarship.
  • Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowships, University of Minnesota, Indiana University.