Dr. Stotland is an associate professor in the Security Studies and International Affairs Department.
Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in History, University of Maryland-University College
B.A. - Bachelor of Arts in History: Marketing, University of Maryland-University College
Conferences
“A More Perfect Union: The Post-War Consensus of the Soviet Governing Elite,” Presenter at the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge: April 2013.
“The Appanage Secretaries: The Dilemmas of the Autonomy and Control within the Soviet Governing Elite, 1941- 1945,” Presenter at the Southern Historical Association, St. Louis, MO: November 2013.
“The Great Reawakening: 1943 as the First Year of the Cold War,” Presenter at the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, Alexandria, VA: April 2011.
“The Heretics and the Believers: Dynamics of Ideology and Compromise within the CPSU,” Presenter at the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge: April 2011.
“Revolutionaries and Engineers: Enduring Problems of Russian State,” Presenter and roundtable participant at the Central Slavic Conference, St. Louis, MI: November 2010
“Issues in Post-Communist Political Economy and in Social Theory,” Chair/Discussant of panel at the Central Slavic Conference, St. Louis, MI: November 2010
"The Congress of Victors: 1952 and the Birth of the Soviet Governing Consensus," Presenter and roundtable participant at the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, Charlotte, NC, March, 2018.
“The Crucible of the Soviet Party-State: Destruction and Rebirth of the Communist Party during Operation Barbarossa, 1941-1942,” Presenter and roundtable participant at the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, Mobile, AL: March 2019
“From Ivan the Terrible to Vladimir Putin: the Enduring Cyclicality in Russian Modernization and State-Building Paradigm,” Presenter and roundtable participant at the North East Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Annual Conference, New York City, April 5th, 2025.
Symposia and Local Presentations
“Ukraine: The Bleeding Borderland,” Lecture presented at the Feed Your Head series, ˛ÝÝ®ĘÓƵ, Daytona Beach, FL: March 2014.
“Audie Murphy: War and Peace,” Lecture presented to the Veterans Association, ˛ÝÝ®ĘÓƵ, Daytona Beach, FL: November 2014.
“The Cold War and its Aftermath,” Lecture presented at the request of the Embry-Riddle Language Institute (ERLI), Daytona Beach, FL: April 2016.
“The Shoah: Destruction of European Jews,” Lecture presented at the request of Professor Jessica McKee, ˛ÝÝ®ĘÓƵ, Daytona Beach, FL: November 2019.
“Chechnya and Frank Herbert’s Dune,” Lecture presented, annually, at the request of Professor Ashley Lear, ˛ÝÝ®ĘÓƵ, Daytona Beach, FL: October, 2017-2025.
“WW1 and the Roots of Modern Totalitarianism” Lecture presented at the request of Professor Taylor Mitchell, ˛ÝÝ®ĘÓƵ, Daytona Beach, FL: September 2018, 2022.
American Historical Association
Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Recipient – ˛ÝÝ®ĘÓƵ Thank a Professor recognition, Spring 2025.
Recipient – ˛ÝÝ®ĘÓƵ CTLE Course Design grant, 2021.
Recipient – ˛ÝÝ®ĘÓƵ grant to carry out archival research in the National Archives and Records Administration, July 2019.
Recipient – Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award: May 2014
Recipient - American Councils for International Education Dissertation Fellowship: June 2007
Recipient - Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies Dissertation Fellowship: August 2006