Jacob Clauson

Jacob Clauson is a PhD student focusing on the environmental and agricultural history of the Great Plains. Specifically, his research focuses on shifts in the agricultural landscape between WWII and the 1980s farm crisis. Jacob utilizes firsthand accounts as well as modern GIS and UAV imagery into his research to analyze the past and the present landscape of this region, the changes to its people, and what both of their stories can tell us now. He received his M.S. from the University of Oregon and previously taught 7-12 Social Studies for seven years in both Bottineau, ND and Alexandria, MN. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Geography at Valley City State University.