Education

BA, History, Ohio University 2025, Certificate in Museum Studies, Minor in Globalization and Development

Biography

Di Galbraith is a current first year Museology graduate student at the University of Washington. They recently graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor’s in History with a minor on Globalization and Development. Di’s research interests focus on minority communities/nationalities in the Soviet Union and public access to information. She hopes to join her interests in information accessibility, propping up minority cultures, and collections management to guide their museum career.

Di also serves as the Museology Class of 2027 UW Graduate & Professional Student Senate representative.

Areas of Interest

Collections Management

Information Accessibility

Artifact Conservation

Exhibition Development

Soviet Union Minority Community History

Projects, Publications and Presentations

Undergraduate Museum Studies exhibition: “Through a New Lens.”  Ohio University Library Guide for Appalachian Studies & Resources. December 2023

Blog Post: Researching Appalachian Materials in the Mahn Center

Library Guide: Appalachian Studies & Resources

Conference Appearances and Presentations

Ohio University’s Eighteenth Undergraduate History Conference, April 2025 • Starvation as a Strategy: The Role of Famine in Genocide, Colonization, and Soviet Collectivization in Ukraine.

University of Toledo’s 2025 Phi Alpha Theta History Colloquium, March 2025 • Starvation as a Strategy: The Role of Famine in Genocide, Colonization, and Soviet Collectivization in Ukraine.

West Virginia University’s History Graduate Students Association Annual Conference, March 2025 • Starvation as a Strategy: The Role of Famine in Genocide, Colonization, and Soviet Collectivization in Ukraine.