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History Research Opportunities and Collaborations

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“I really appreciate the enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity that Morris students bring to their studies. Their willingness to tackle big questions from a variety of different perspectives and interdisciplinary approaches makes my job very rewarding, and a lot of fun as well!”

—Jennifer Kolpacoff Deane, associate professor of history

The Knights Templar. American Indian survival strategies. Political intrigue. Student culture. History students at Morris explore a wide range of topics through independent study or collaborative research as they participate in stipend programs, study abroad opportunities, and national scholarship programs, assisted and encouraged by faculty experts. Recent examples:

Morris Academic Partnership
Truman, Killam, and Upper Midwest Human Rights fellowship recipients
Katherine Sullivan Scholarship winner
Global Student Teaching and international internship participants
Study abroad participants (most recently in China, the Czech Republic, England, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Spain, and Scotland)

Undergraduate research and student-faculty collaboration at Morris often lead to:

Publication in prestigious academic journals
Participation in national and international conferences

Here are just some of the projects presented recently:

Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resources - Their Wise Use or Waste
Papal Monarch or Royal Pawn? Clement V and the Knights Templar, 1307 - 1312
Survival Strategies of the "Progressive" Indian on the Omaha Reservation
Student Culture at the West Central School of Agriculture
Medieval English Tomb Effigies: Questions of Form and Function
White Earth Reservation: Generational and Gendered Responses to Assimilation
Elmer and Hjalmar: Minnesota's Gubernatorial Scene in 1938
Staging the Succession: Shakespeare's King Lear and the Succession Crisis of 1603.
More than Just Demographics: The Indian School Service Roster as a Tool for Challenging Historical Models
The Morris Campus' Democratizing Mission as Viewed Through Architecture, Landscape and History

History Alumni Profiles

Morris students change local communities through the Center for Small Towns

Students at the University of Minnesota, Morris will one day be a part of the history of communities throughout the west central region of Minnesota thanks to partnerships facilitated by the campus Center for Small Towns (CST). In any given year, around 70 students will get hands-on experience related to their field of study while performing jobs that integrate them into local communities and create the possibility of a stronger future.