Home Page for Tom Isern

This is the academic home page for Tom Isern, Professor of History & University Distinguished Professor, North Dakota State University. It is provides entry to the courses I teach and other business pertinent to my work for the university. All this material is lodged with the History RFD domain on the servers of a private provider. The same provider also hosts my other websites: one for Plains Folk, the weekly feature on history and folklife of the Great Plains, and another for the Center for Heritage Renewal, the NDSU research center for historic preservation and heritage tourism.

Tom Isern
Office: Putnam Hall 20, NDSU
Mailing Address
PO Box 1390
Fargo ND 58107-1390
Tel 701-799-2942

1-Page Bio / 2-Page Vita

Resident Instruction
(Fall & Spring)
HIST 103: American History I
HIST 104: American History II

HIST 382: Canada
HIST 431/631: The North American Plains
HIST 489: Senior Seminar
Extramural or Summer Instruction
HIST 103 DCE: American History I
HIST 104 DCE: American History I

HIST 730: Readings in North American History
(Advanced Readings on the Great Plains)
HIST 710: Research Seminar in North American History
(Grassroots History)

Advising
Bison Advisin'
(Undergraduate)
The Wizard
(Graduate)
Office hours for student consultations: Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday 8:30-10:30 AM (or make an appointment)
Hardhat History

Research Initiatives

The Whitemud Chronicles - watch this space for a Saskatchewan research initiative
Canadian Journeys - another unfolding project

Funded Projects
NEH Seminar: The Great Plains
Architectural Survey of Bowman County
Historical Documentation of Bowesmont
Survey of Iron Cross Cemeteries in North Dakota
Beets & Bison
Service Roles
Director, Center for Heritage Renewal
Advisor, NDSU History & Traditions Council
Executive Council, and Webmaster of NZOZ Studies Section

Publicity Officer

Advisory Board
NDSU Students
Summer at Fort Abraham Lincoln - Brock Schmeling's Field Experience
Kiwi Dreams - Lorna Meidinger's Studies & Adventures in New Zealand
Phi Alpha Theta & History Club on Facebook
Life at NDSU
Legends of NDSU
The Yellow and the Green
Shrine to Justin Smith Morrill
Nutty Professors

NDSU History Department

"Liberal and Practical Education"--Morrill Act 1862