Archive for November, 2018

By Richard Morris Associate Professor of Sociology Dr. Ted Welser presented during an installment of the Scripps College of Communication SMART Dialogue Series, which is dedicated to providing a platform for discourse on social media research. In his lecture, “Swipe for Your Right to Party,” he described the effects which […]

By David Bell Associate Professor & Chair of Linguistics Here in Athens, we are fast moving toward the winter break. The leaves are beginning to fall from the trees, affording the third floor of Gordy Hall a great view of the new construction project at Clippinger. Here in Gordy, our […]

Dr. Reiko Komiyama, MA ’02 is Associate Professor of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at California State University at Sacramento. As a graduate student at Ohio University, Komiyama lived in a basement studio of a house on Ohio Avenue, right across from East Elementary School. She worked […]

Dr. Holly Ningard joined Ohio University as a lecturer in Sociology. She is also a new Faculty Affiliate of the Center for Law, Justice & Culture. Ningard focuses on several types of criminology, including green criminology, cultural and narrative criminology. Her interests also lie in law and society studies, corporate crime, […]

By Dr. Ingo Trauschweizer Associate Professor of History & Director of the Contemporary History Institute The Contemporary History Institute hosts the 2019 Baker Peace Conference on March 28-29, 2019. Our theme this year is “Temple of Peace? International Cooperation and World Order since 1945.” With this conference, we hope to […]

Contemporary History Institute and History doctoral student Michael Fitzpatrick recently took part in an immersive German-language program abroad. In the university town of Leipzig, Germany, Sprachschule Paroli offers small-group intensive training in grammar and conversation for students from beginner to advanced levels. Distinct from other language programs, Paroli stresses an immersive learning environment that […]

One week before Thanksgiving Day, the Ohio University Ecohouse hosted the fourth annual sustainable Thanksgiving Dinner as the final event of the Sustainable Food Series. This year, all the dishes were prepared by Restaurant, Hotel and Tourism students from Human & Consumer Sciences. With the focus being on sustainability, ingredients for […]