William G. Rosenberg taught for 46 years at the University of Michigan. A former President of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) and Vice President for Research of the American Historical Association, he was appointed to the board of trustees of the European University at St. Petersburg in 2006, serving as Vice Chair until the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In 2010 he was elected to the St. Petersburg Institute of History. He is the author, co-author, or editor of 13 books and more than 70 articles.