Christine Worobec

Christine D. Worobec is an American historian. She is a distinguished research professor emerita of Northern Illinois University, a historian with interests in Russian and Ukrainian women's history, family history, and rural history.

Worobec earned her BA (1977), MA (1978), and PhD (1984) degrees in history from the University of Toronto.

During 1984-1999 she was with Kent State University and with Northern Illinois University since 1999.

Monographs

 * Peasant Russia: Family and Community in Post-Emancipation Russia (1991)
 * Possessed: Women, Witches, and Demons (2001)

Awards

 * American Association for Ukrainian Studies' 2017 Article Prize
 * 2017 ASEEES Distinguished Contributions Award
 * 2008 AWSS Outstanding Achievement Award for her service as president, vice president, and board member of the AWSS
 * Her 1991 and 2001 monographs have won the Heldt Prize.