Archive for January, 2018

Alumni News | Sociology’s Rebecca Graham Enjoys Work as Instructional Consultant

Rebecca D. Graham

Rebecca (Dolinsky) Graham M’01 is an Instructional Consultant in the Center for the Advancement of Learning at the University of the District of Columbia. Connect with her on LinkedIn. In this role, she engages with the UDC community through faculty-staff consultations, professional development workshops, peer reviews for online courses (using […]

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January 31, 2018 at 1:34 pmAlumni

ELIP Faculty Contribute to TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching

ELIP Faculty Contribute to TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching

English Language Improvement Program faculty contributed to The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching, published by Wiley-Blackwell and edited by Dr. Greg Kessler in the Patton College of Education. The contributors include Dr. Dawn Bikowski, ELIP Director; Dr. Joseph Lee, Assistant Director of ELIP; Dr. Lara Wallace, and Dr. Edna Lima. In […]

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January 31, 2018 at 12:12 pmResearch

Food Studies Spring 2018 Calendar of Events

Food Studies Spring 2018 Calendar of Events

Food Studies presents an event-filled Spring 2018 Semester. In addition to the calendar below, please stay up to date with events via Facebook and Instagram. January Jan. 18 | 5 p.m. | Alden 319: Food for Thought: Lessons from Ecuador with Rommel Montufar and Michael Ayala Jan. 20 | 4 […]

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January 31, 2018 at 11:26 amAnnouncements

CANCELLED: Food Power with Bryan McDonald

CANCELLED: Food Power with Bryan McDonald

Unfortunately, due to the flu, Dr. Bryan McDonald of Penn State has cancelled his travels to Athens, Ohio for his February 1st presentation: Food Power. Plans to re-schedule his visit are underway so please stay connected to Food Studies for updated event information. You can like us on Facebook at […]

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January 31, 2018 at 11:05 amAnnouncements Events

Registration Open for Rural Women’s Studies Association Conference at OHIO

The Dairy Barn

  The 2018 Rural Women’s Studies Association Triennial Conference takes place May 17-19 at Ohio University. This year’s theme is “Surviving and Thriving: Gender, Justice, Power, and Place-Making,” and the conference emphasizes the role of gender in rural community formation and survival. Participants are invited to register online. Reminder when […]

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January 31, 2018 at 9:46 amAnnouncements News

WOUB Asks Johnson If Bobby the Bat Is Returning Visitor

Dr. Joseph Johnson

WOUB Digital posted an interview with Dr. Joseph Johnson, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, about Bobby the bat. In 1998 when a large brown bat showed up in their bathroom window, Mimi Hart and Lester Marks could not have predicted the beginning of a 19-year friendship. And yet, every year, […]

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January 30, 2018 at 2:22 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Miller Presents on Class, Race, and Depression

Dr. Paula Miller

Dr. Paula Miller, Assistant Professor of Sociology, presents with Dr. Bridget E. Weller, Associate Professor at Western Michigan University School of Social Work, on “Using Bourdieu ’s Theory of Capital to Develop Profiles of Class: An Application to Race and Depression” at the Eastern Sociological Society in February. The purpose […]

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January 30, 2018 at 2:10 pmResearch