Mauricio Borrero

Mauricio Borrero is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. John's University. He has served as Department Chair (2002-2011) and specializes in Russian, European, and world history with thematic focuses on sport, food culture, and urban society. His career includes prior teaching at the University of Oregon before joining St. John's in 1994.

Education

• Ph.D. in Russian History, Indiana University (1992)
• M.A. in Russian History, Indiana University (1984)
• B.A. in Russian and East European History, Georgetown University (1981)

Research Focus

Borrero's scholarship centers on three interconnected domains: the socio-cultural history of scarcity and hunger in revolutionary contexts, the global evolution of sports (particularly Soviet football), and Colombian oral histories. Current projects examine Asian culinary influences on Russian food culture and a biography of Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin.

His publications demonstrate sustained focus on Russian/Soviet social history, analyzing urban survival during conflicts and political dimensions of resource distribution. Works consistently engage with themes of state-society relations during periods of upheaval.