Archive for September, 2018

The Charles J. Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities presents a free one-day workshop for secondary teachers titled “Talk the Walk: Using Positive and Strengths-Based Language” with Drs. Ashwini Ganeshan and Geneva Murray on Saturday, Nov. 10, at Ohio University. Drs. Ganeshan and Murray will present a hands-on workshop […]

Ohio University’s Arts & Sciences Awards Committee selected Dr. Patrick Barr-Melej, Professor of History, as the humanities recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award for 2017-18. The award was announced during the 2018 Fall Gala of the College of Arts & Science. The award recognizes “a […]

Sarah Minor, Ph.D. candidate in English (nonfiction), has republished her essay, “Handling the Beast,” with Proximity magazine. The essay was originally published by Conjunctions as a traditional text-only piece. Download, print, shuffle, and re-read her essay. In Proximity, however, “Handling the Beast” takes on a new, tactile element: the essay […]

Dr. Kevin Mattson, the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University, appeared on Charlotte Talks on NPR affiliate WFAE. Mattson’s appearance was part of the show’s coverage of a new play, “Confidence (and The Speech),” being performed in Charlotte, N.C.. Mattson was joining the play’s writer and director. Mattson is […]

by Kristin Distel “Every day of my internship is a highlight,” says junior Glynnis Hixson, who spent her summer interning with the Athens County Courthouse’s Director of Victim Assistance. Hixson’s experience was so rewarding both for her and for her supervisors that she will continue her internship throughout her junior […]

The Ohio University Class of 2018 featured the first students graduating with a Middle East and North Africa Studies Certificate. Approved in Spring 2017, the certificate program provides undergraduate students from across campus with a focused interdisciplinary combination of courses on the history and contemporary politics of the region. In […]

Dr. Elizabeth Lee, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, was selected by the American Sociological Association Publication Committee to serve as an editorial board member for the journal Sociology of Education for three years. Lee’s areas of research and teaching include education, social class and mobility, cultural and social […]