Archive for May, 2014

Muhammad Article Looks at History of Black Workers in American West

Dr. Robin D. Muhammad, Chair and Associate Professor of African American Studies, published an article on “Garveyism Looks Toward the Pacific: The UNIA and Black Workers in the American West” in Perspectives journal online. In the article, Muhammad discusses the growth of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) or the […]

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May 21, 2014 at 5:28 pmResearch

WOUB: Has Ukraine Fallen Out Of The National Spotlight?

WOUB’s Ann Jacob interviewed Dr. Steven Miner, Director of Ohio University’s Contemporary History Institute and an expert on Russian Soviet and Eastern European history, on May 16. The issues in Ukraine were headline news for weeks as rallies overthrew a government, and even more as Russia began to move into […]

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May 21, 2014 at 1:45 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Sandal in Huffington Post: Turkey Mine Deaths Were No Accident

Sandal in Huffington Post: Turkey Mine Deaths Were No Accident

Last week’s mine deaths in Turkey were “no accident,” writes Dr. Nukhet Sandal for the Huffington Post in an article headlined “No Death Is Ordinary: Soma Work Massacre in Turkey.” Sandal, Director of War and Peace Studies and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, is  conducting research this […]

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May 21, 2014 at 12:24 pmFaculty in the News In the News News

Biology Alum Chose UC Medical School, Now in OB-GYN Residency

Biology Alum Chose UC Medical School, Now in OB-GYN Residency

Michael Boldt, MD, second-year OB-GYN resident at the University of Cincinnati, is proud to be a buckeye who didn’t fall far from the tree. An Ohio University alum, Boldt earned a B.S. in the Biological Sciences pre-professional program in 2008 from the College of Arts & Sciences. He attended medical […]

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May 21, 2014 at 12:05 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News News

Many States Fail To Improve Rural Education

Many States Fail To Improve Rural Education

Many states have fallen behind in providing funding, implementing policies, and placing a high priority on improving rural and small-town schools—led by Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina and Arizona—according to the new biennial Why Rural Matters 2013-14 report from the nonprofit Rural School and Community Trust. “This is a biennial report […]

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May 21, 2014 at 10:24 amNews Research

Gillespie Analyzes Spike Lee’s ‘Do the Right Thing’ in Routledge Encyclopedia of Film

Gillespie Analyzes Spike Lee’s ‘Do the Right Thing’ in Routledge Encyclopedia of Film

Dr. Michael B. Gillespie, Assistant Professor in African American Studies, analyzes Spike Lee’s film “Do The Right Thing” in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Film, due out in July. Gillespie’s piece on Do The Right Thing is part of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Film, which comprises 200 essays by leading film scholars […]

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May 21, 2014 at 9:52 amResearch

Gillespie’s ‘Dirty Pretty Things’ Focuses on the Idea of Racial Grotesque and Artwork

Gillespie’s ‘Dirty Pretty Things’ Focuses on the Idea of Racial Grotesque and Artwork

Dr. Michael B. Gillespie, Assistant Professor in African American Studies, published an essay on “Dirty Pretty Things: The Racial Grotesque and Contemporary Art” in the new book Post-Soul Satire: Black Identity after Civil Rights, which is due out in July. Post-Soul Satire is edited by Derek Maus and Jim Donahue (University Press of […]

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May 21, 2014 at 9:37 amResearch