Brigit Farley

Brigit Farley is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Washington State University (WSU), based at the Tri-Cities campus. Her affiliations include the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of History. She holds a PhD in History from Indiana University (1995).

Her research focuses on 20th-century Russia and Europe, with expertise in war and peace studies, the Holocaust, commemoration practices, and translation/annotation of historical works from Eastern Europe and Russia. She also studies US and European foreign affairs, the Cold War, World Wars, and European ethnic conflicts. Farley speaks Russian, French, Serbo-Croatian fluently, and Hungarian at a limited level.

Professionally, she worked as a US Information Agency Exhibit Guide in the Soviet Union during the late 1980s. She engages with local communities through presentations to groups like the Richland Kiwanis, Rotary Clubs, senior citizen groups, and schools. Her work bridges academic research with public outreach.