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Jennifer Wilkie
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Jennifer Wilkie graduated from Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and music performance. From 2003 to 2005, she was the administrative assistant for the Aberdeen Area Arts Council, a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging arts and humanities opportunities in Aberdeen and the surrounding area. In the fall of 2005, Jen moved to Fargo to attend North Dakota State University, where she is a graduate student in the history department. Her research interests include 20th Century U.S. History, Great Plains/Regional History, and women’s history. Jen has been working as a graduate assistant to the North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies and as a research assistant for Dr. Tom Isern. Jen joined the Dakota Memories Oral History Project in May, 2006 and shares the German Russian heritage; her paternal grandparents are from McPherson County in South Dakota.