Archive for October, 2015

Dr. Nicole Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Sociology, wrote two papers presented at the American Sociological Association annual meeting in August. For the session on “Religion in the Broader Social World,” Kaufman presented “Faith in Reentry: Approaches to Religion at Non-governmental Organizations Working with Formerly Incarcerated People.” For the “Deviance and […]

Dr. Ursula Castellano, Associate Professor of Sociology, presented “The Cultural Practice of Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Felony Mental Health Courts” at the 34th International Congress of Law and Mental Health in Vienna, Austria, in July. She was invited to speak on the Mental Health Courts panel by well-known sociologist and mental […]

Dr. Elizabeth Lee, Assistant Professor of Sociology, presented “Transitioning into the middle class after college: ‘Hidden injuries’ and partial mobility” at the Sociology of Higher Education panel of the American Sociological Association annual meeting in August in Chicago. The ASA panel focused on race, class, and gender in higher education. […]

The Athens Algebra Seminar features Daniel Bossaller on “Row and column finite matrices” on Thursday, Oct. 8, from 4:35 to 5:30 p.m. in Morton 218. Bossaller is a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Mathematics Department at Ohio University. Abstract: This is a presentation of a paper by Pace […]

Ohio University alum Nick Williams ’02, 05M, “a longtime employee at a beer distribution company based in Huntington (VA), recently was profiled in America’s Beer Distributors, the publication put out by the National Beer Wholesalers Association,” reports the State Journal. Williams, who holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science […]

Ohio University alum Fred Frese ’74M, ’78Ph.D., “an accomplished psychologist who battled his own mental illness,” was in Toledo in October to present, “New Directions in Schizophrenia” to Unison Behavioral Health Group, reports La Prensa. Frese earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the College of Arts & […]

An Ohio University Economics alum, Scot Millen, is one of five new board members announced by the Community Foundation of Howard County, which raises, manages and distributes funds to support Howard County, MD, nonprofits, reports citybizlist. Scot Millen is the director of investments for Brightworks Wealth Management in Columbia, which […]