Faculty in the News

 Professors Geoff Dabelko, Daniel Skinner, and Dina López discuss how climate change and health care intertwine, and how are they reflected in the candidates’ policies in the United States in Ohio University’s Ask the Experts Election 2020 series. Dabelko is professor of environmental studies in the Voinovich School of […]

Drs. Katherine Jellison and Sarah Poggione talk about how women have and continue to change the political landscape in the United States in Ohio University’s Ask the Experts Election 2020 series. Jellison is professor of History, and Poggione is Associate Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences and Associate […]

The Associated Press quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “First lady Melania Trump criticizes media about friend’s tell-all book.” Katherine Jellison, a history professor at Ohio University who studies first ladies, said Mrs. Trump’s response was “not from the usual first lady […]

The Washington Post quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Melania Trump is having a hard time distancing herself from the president.” “She very well may be responding to criticism of running a lax ship there at the White House based on her […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column at Forbes headlined “The Academic Taliban Are Winning! Can They Be Stopped?” Bruce Gilley is a respected scholar. Four distinguished universities (Cambridge, Columbia, California and Georgetown) have published books he has authored or edited. I counted […]

Dr. Geoffrey Buckley, Professor of Geography at Ohio University, was featured in WalletHub story about “2020’s Fastest-Growing Cities in America.” Among financial writer Adam McCann’s questions to Buckley, “Should we expect to see a reshaping of large cities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g. migration of families towards […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column at Forbes headlined “Coronavirus Enrollment Effects: Small But Consequential.” Early preliminary data from the respected National Student Clearinghouse Research Center show total enrollments this fall are down only 1.8 % over last year. Since after the […]