Two doctoral students from the NDSU history program were participants in the annual conference of the Organization of American Historians in Seattle, March 26-28.

Jessica Clark presented the paper, "The German-Russian Story: Reconstructing Identity Through Oral Histories," drawing on her dissertation research and the Dakota Memories Oral History Project of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection for the NDSU Libraries.

Andrea Mott presented the topic, "Brotherhood and Beyond: The Farmhouse Documentation Project," at the graduate student poster session. She also attended working meetings as the region's graduate representative on the Organization of American Historians membership committee.