Congratulations to the participants of the Ohio Undergraduate Russian, East European, and Eurasian Research Forum! On Thursday, November 19, five students highlighted their undergraduate research projects to a panel of judges and live audience. The students pre-recorded themselves giving a five-minute slide presentation to give a visual overview of their research. During the event, they were asked questions by the judges, Dr. Irina Stakhanova (Bowling Green State University) and Dr. Lorraine Wallace (Ohio State). The presentations were scored based on clarity of argument, uniqueness of research, presentation design, and oral articulation. All of the students did excellent jobs on their projects, and it was fascinating to see the diversity of topics, issues, and countries covered.

1^st place - Jessica Baloun, Miami University, "The Lost Soviet Census: Soviet Media's Role in Growing Distrust of the State", advisor Dr. Stephen Norris

2^nd place- Taylor Bryan, Miami University, "The Similarities of Soviet and American Female Pilots in WWII", advisor Dr. Stephen Norris

3^rd place - Maria Cantemir, Ohio State University, "Phonological Analysis of the Southern Dialect of Istro-Romanian/Vlashki as Compared to Daco-Romanian", advisors Dr. Fernando Martinez-Gil and Dr. Adela Lechintan-Siefer

Honorable mention - Zach Dudzik, Ohio State University, "Digital Humanities Analysis of the Publishing History of Instytut Literacki", advisor Dr. Philip Gleissner

Honorable mention -  Megan Snyder, Miami University, "Displaced Peoples in Central Asia during World War II", advisor Dr. Daniel Prior

You may view the presentations via Youtube, but please note, these videos are not for download/distribution/reuse as these students continue to work on their research projects.