Archive for April, 2021

Class of 2021 | David Giddens Cites Legal Affairs Internship, Co-Curricular Organizations

David Giddens (Photo with permission from Dy’Sha Cole)

David Giddens has spent four years at Ohio University embracing new experiences, serving communities he values, and developing his familiarity with the law. As Giddens prepares to graduate this spring, he takes time to reflect on where his Political Science Pre-Law major and Certificate in Law, Justice & Culture have […]

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April 28, 2021 at 11:42 amNews

Alumni News | Detwiler Takes Passion for LGBTQ+ Rights, Community Organizing to Law School

Dominic Detwiler

Dominic Detwiler is a 2020 graduate of Ohio University who has continued to serve the Athens community, as well as the state of Ohio, in his work as a public policy strategist for Equality Ohio. His dedication to advocacy, service, and equality was at the forefront of his academic pursuits […]

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April 28, 2021 at 11:23 amAlumni

Kendhammer Named Senior Research Advisor at RESOLVE Network

Dr. Brandon Kendhammer

Dr. Brandon Kendhammer has been named the Senior Research Advisor for RESOLVE Network’s Learning from Local Peacebuilding Approaches initiative focused on Sub-Saharan Africa. Kendhammer is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the International Development Studies Program at the Center for International Studies at Ohio University. Housed at the U.S. […]

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April 26, 2021 at 11:28 pmResearch

Holcomb Co-Edits ‘Transhistoricizing Claude McKay′s Romance in Marseille’

Dr. Gary Holcomb

Dr. Gary Holcomb co-edited an issue of English Language Notes titled “Transhistoricizing Claude McKay′s Romance in Marseille,” published by Duke University Press. Holcomb, a professor in African American Studies at Ohio University, was conducting his dissertation research on writer Claude McKay — a key literary figure in the Harlem Renaissance […]

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April 26, 2021 at 8:42 amResearch

Class of 2021 | Leah Allan Combines Linguistics, Business and Marketing

Leah Allan touching the owl carved into the Notre Dame de Dijon (a good luck symbol) on the Global Consulting Program (GCP) trip to Dijon France, March 11, 2019.

Leah Allan graduates this spring with a triple major in Linguistics, International Business and Marketing, and better still, she now understands how the combination of these seemingly disparate qualifications will help her pursue work opportunities in EdTech. Q: What was your ah-ha moment at OHIO—that point where you said to […]

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April 20, 2021 at 7:58 pmNews

Class of 2021 | Luke Phelps Still Plans to Get to France

Luke Phelps

Two things didn’t go quite the way Luke Phelps expected. First, he found himself using Zoom for his student-teaching. Second, he didn’t find himself in France last summer. But he’s graduating this spring from Ohio University, and he’ll soon get his chance to teach French in a live classroom. And […]

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April 20, 2021 at 4:36 pmNews

Alumni News | Chris Albers Denhart: ‘It. Don’t Miss It. College. Life. Experiences.’

Chris Albers Denhart (Photo with permission from Hira Mashkoor @thehirandthenow)

Ohio University left its mark on Chris Albers Denhart ’14, but the Economics Department faculty might say he left his mark here, too. Professors got his wheels turning by using economics as a way to look at what was happening in the world around him. But they might not have anticipated […]

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April 20, 2021 at 2:16 pmAlumni News