Two Mizzou undergraduate students, both Italian minors, presented their research projects at last weekend's Italian American Studies Association Conference at Tufts University in Boston. 

Dominic Gramolino, Nursing major and Italian minor, screened his original documentary entitled "Cambiamenti: Sicilians to St. Louisans: How Sicilian Culture Shifted in the Gramolino Family." Dominic's work is rooted in oral history interviews with family members, ship manifest records, family photos and immigration documents, and even visits with relatives in Sicily.

Hunter Testa, Journalism major and Italian minor, co-wrote a conference paper with Dr. Carla Cornette on "Italian Immigrants in the Making of the Midwest: The Case of Rosati, Missouri, from Peonage to Laborers to Entrepreneurs." Hunter and Carla traveled to Rosati, Missouri in the Ozark mountains to conduct oral history interviews with 95- and 93-year-old Piazza sisters, granddaughters of one of the original 1898 Italian settlers of the town; with Rosati historian Steve Zulpo, also a grandson of one of the town's original founders; and with Deb and Tim Branson, the curators of the Rosati Winery Museum which documents the history of the community.