Today's guest is Dr. Reina Pennington, who is joining us from her amazing place in Vermont with her German Shepard Gunner. Reina recently retired from Norwich University in Vermont, where she was a Charles A. Dana Professor of History and the Director of the Studies in War and Peace Program. After completing her BA in Soviet Area Studies at the University of Louisville, Reina began a career as an Air Force intelligence officer, serving as a Soviet analyst with F-4 and F-16 fighter squadrons, the Aggressor Squadrons at the USAF Fighter Weapons School, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Alaskan Air Command. Following her service with the Air Force, Reina earned an MA and PhD in History from the University of South Carolina. After a one-year stint at UNC Wilmington, she joined the faculty at Norwich in 1999.
Reina is the editor of Amazons to Fighter Pilots: A Biographical Dictionary of Military Women (Greenwood Press) and the author of Wings, Women, and War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat (University Press of Kansas). She has also published numerous essays in edited volumes, and her articles have appeared in, among others, the Journal of Military History and the Journal of Slavic Military Studies. Reina is an award-winning teacher, and her service to the profession is extensive. She sits on the editorial boards of the University of Nebraska Press’ Studies in War, Society, and the Military series and the Journal of Slavic Military Studies. She is a former trustee of the Society for Military History and former chair of the Department of the Army Historical Advisory Committee.
Like many of us, Reina sort of fell into history. She's got an interesting story, has a good source of brisket near her 20 acres in Vermont, and has the coolest Peter Løvig Nielsen-designed Danish teak mid-century modern desk in her study (Bill is experiencing envy). So join us for our chat with Reina Pennington!
Rec.: 08/10/2022
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