Archive for March, 2016

Sociology Alum Publishes Book: ‘The Brain’s Body: Neuroscience and Corporeal Politics’

Sociology Alum Publishes Book: ‘The Brain’s Body: Neuroscience and Corporeal Politics’

Victoria Pitts-Taylor‘s new book, The Brain’s Body: Neuroscience and Corporeal Politics, was published by Duke University Press in February 2016. Pitts-Taylor ’93 (HTC Sociology) is Professor and Chair of Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University. She studies the body and embodiment from sociological and cultural perspectives. Her research […]

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March 15, 2016 at 5:05 pmAlumni

Sociology – Psychology Alumna Manages International Growth Research Team at Uber

Susan Portalupi

  “Our product and design teams love research, and we’re thoroughly embedded in the teams with whom we work. “We work collaboratively, and we take amazing and impactful trips around the world, where we get to experience our product – including its pain points – in our global markets.” Susan […]

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March 15, 2016 at 5:00 pmAlumni

Sociology Alumnus: It’s “incredible to watch happen”

Timothy Gongaware

“While working together in small groups for their senior capstone projects [the students] draw together the knowledge and skills from their individual majors to create projects that address the issues of race and ethnicity in our community, state, and nation which are interesting or important to them. “This has been […]

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March 15, 2016 at 4:53 pmAlumni

Sociology Alumna: “I am passionate about people…”

Rebekah Pearson-Nelson

“I am passionate about people and how to help others to be better today than they were yesterday, better tomorrow than they ever thought they could be.” Rebekah Pearson-Nelson graduated in 2004 with a B.A. in Sociology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University, then a M.A. […]

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March 15, 2016 at 4:42 pmAlumni

Sociology-Criminology Alumnus: “I’m in a job that I love”

Sociology-Criminology Alumnus: “I’m in a job that I love”

  “I love that I’m using my degree. Upon graduating I was extremely passionate on finding a career that was consistent with my degree and my academic interests. “While I did have to do some relocating, it was completely worth it because I’m in a job that I love and […]

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March 15, 2016 at 4:08 pmAlumni

Summer 2016 | English Offers Tier I Courses All Summer Long

Summer 2016 | English Offers Tier I Courses All Summer Long

The English Department offers courses in the first, second and full summer session that fill the English Tier I general education requirement for Ohio University students. English Tier I—First Summer Session ENG 1510 101 Writing and Rhetoric I Class #4746 | First Summer Session Description: This course offers practice in […]

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March 15, 2016 at 3:40 pmNews

Anthropology Alumna: Path to Dream Job a Little Rough

Lisa (Howison) Coleman

  “Like a lot of people who graduated in 2009, the path to getting an actual job was a little rough.” Lisa (Howison) Coleman graduated with an HTC B.A. in Anthropology in 2009 from Ohio University and with an M.Ed. degree from George Mason University in 2011. “I’d finished a […]

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March 15, 2016 at 2:59 pmAlumni