Faculty in the News

Dr. Kimberly Rios, Associate Professor of Psychology, was quoted in a Post article headlined “Seeking Scares: Why Do People Like Watching Horror Films?” Kimberly Rios, associate professor of psychology and director of experiential training at Ohio University, discussed the science and psychology of watching horror films at a screening of […]

Dr. Peggy Zoccola, Associate Professor of Psychology, was quoted in a Science Magazine article and headlined “Family acceptance of LGBT identity linked to reduced stress.” ATHENS, Ohio (Oct. 23, 2018) – Ohio University Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Peggy Zoccola has determined that those who identify as LGBT and have […]

A Brookings Institution report quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in an article headlined “Betsy DeVos and her cone of silence on for-profit colleges.” Not all that long ago, Republicans believed that career programs that used billions of federal dollars to train college students in specific […]

A study jointly authored by Dr. Robert Klein was quoted in an Iowa Farmer Today story headlined “Rural schools show strong graduation rates.” Klein is Associate Professor of Mathematics and Interim Dean of Ohio University Eastern. More than 25 percent of the public schools in America are rural, with one in […]

The Hill quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor & Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Michelle Obama is Dem rock star many wish would run for president.” Katherine Jellison, a professor and chairwoman of history at Ohio University, who has studied first ladies, said it speaks to the […]

Dr. Akil Houston, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Ohio University, was quoted in an article on The Cut headlined “The Complicated Psychology Behind Bee-Stung Lips.” There is a fundamental discord, then, between what is attractive and what is found in nature when it comes to lips. The golden […]

Poet and multidisciplinary artist Dr. Bianca Spriggs kicked off the Ohio Northern University English Department Reading Series on Oct. 11. Spriggs is Assistant Professor of English at Ohio University. “Bianca is an award-winning writer and multidisciplinary artist from Kentucky. She is the author of five collections of poems, most recently Black Mermaid (Argus […]