Russia and Its Easts

Students in Professor Douglas Northrop’s History course, Russia and Its Easts (History 230 in Spring 2019; History 196 in Fall 2022 and Winter 2024), worked in teams to analyze and present a historical topic for a wider public audience using ArcGIS StoryMaps. Their final projects served in lieu of a standard term paper or exam and spurred the students to carry out original research connected to the themes of the class. Read more about Professor Northrop’s approach in the article “From Term Papers to Websites.” Follow links below to view project pages.

Spring 2019

• Accusations of Disloyalty as a Justification for Use of Oppressive Force on Ethnic Minorities in the USSR
  Whitney Burkit, Fotini Michalakis, Gwen McKee

Fall 2022

• The 2022 Russian-Ukrainian War
  Rikki Aronoff, Mia Bronstein, Cameron Bell, Gabi Newman and Chloey Vera

Winter 2024

• Russian Conquest in the Caucasus
  Liam Henning, Elizabeth Julian, Abigail Longacre
  
• Russification Across Time
  John-Paul Hernandez, Sonia Hussain, Miranda Jefferds, Ricky Lipsey, Benji Silverberg