Faculty in the News

Dr. Susan Burgess, Professor of Political Sciences at Ohio University, was quoted in the Atlantic story “The Voters Only Trump Can Reach” by Andrew McGill. The Ohio counties that John Kasich lost are rugged land, different from the flat farmland that stretches across the rest of the state. In many […]

For the first time, scientists have directly detected gravitational waves. They accomplished this using an extremely sensitive device called the Laser Interferometry Gravitational ¬wave Detector, or LIGO, which can measure tiny ripples in the fabric of space¬time, writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, in […]

Dr. Akil Houston, Assistant Professor of African American Studies, was quoted in an article by Claire Landsbaum on “Get over here, man: Decoding the bro-hug.” About 25 seconds into Tupac Shakur’s music video for the 1993 hit “I Get Around,” it happens. Shakur walks through a pair of French doors […]

Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, was quoted in a Science magazine feature on “The social life of quarks.” The article discusses particle physics observations of pentaquarks, “bizarre new cousins of the protons and neutrons that make up the atomic nucleus,” at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in […]

Dr. Kimberly Rios, Assistant Professor of Psychology, was interviewed about her research on stereotypes about Christians in science for NPR’s Morning Edition. In addition to host David Green, NPR’s Shankar Vedantam and Steve Inkeep joined the conversation. VEDANTAM: That’s right, Steve. Most of the work on stereotype threat has looked […]

Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, was quoted in The Hill on Dec. 22 in an article on “Clinton World stunned by Trump remarks.” “At this point, I don’t know how much more crass he can get,” said Martin Sweet, a political scientist and commentator. […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Ohio University and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, was quoted in a Forbes column on “The Next State Where Workers Have Freedom To Choose On Union Membership” by Patrick Gleason, writing about West Virginia. Not only is the average […]