Archive for March, 2016

The Anthropology program announces ANTH 4560/5560: Ethnographic Methods and Field Research in Spring 2017. This is an ideal course for students seeking training in qualitative research methods in any field or discipline. Students interested in African American Studies, Economics, Geography, History, Journalism, Media Studies, Political Science, Social Work, WGSS, and other related fields […]

“I’ve got a great job, have great students, love doing research, and I get to work on my own schedule,” says Ohio University alum John Boman ’07, Assistant Professor at the University of Wyoming. “It’s hard to separate out just one part of being a ‘professor’ that’s my favorite.” Boman […]

The Wealth and Poverty theme’s annual spring field trip took students to three Appalachian towns—Rendville, New Straitsville, and Nelsonville—on Saturday, March 12. Last Spring Dr. Barry Tadlock of Political Science led the theme’s first field trip to New Straitsville and Haydenville, and this time Dr. Rachel Terman, Assistant Professor of […]

“I’m going on my fifth year teaching sociology at North Central State College,” says Ohio University alum Toni Brown-Crump ’10M, who recently received her acceptance letter to West Virginia University‘s new Sociology Ph.D. program. “My most recent work endeavor was getting all of our Intro to Soc classes switched over […]

Ohio University alum Staci Vaughan ’15M focused on quantitative work for her graduate courses, and she continues to work with data in her current position—with an aim to help marginalized communities. Vaughan works in impoverished communities as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank for a year of […]

When Ohio University alum Kathryn Nutter-Pridgen ’05, ’08M left Athens in 2008 and headed to Florida, she had an M.A. in Sociology, a B.A. in Psychology and a Certificate in Women’s Studies. In August 2015, she added a few lines to her repertoire. She earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from […]

Ohio University alum Robert Kahle ’81, ’83M is a sociologist and qualitative research expert who works for Fortune 50 manufacturers and service providers, as well as non-profit and governmental organizations, tackling today’s tough social problems. Put Detroit on the list of tough problems. And put Kahle on the list of […]