Faculty in the News

The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS) interviewed Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish, Assistant Professor of History at Ohio University, about the role of “the state, or lack thereof,” in the contemporary history of Lebanon—looking back to the first 15 years after independence from France in 1943, a period that predates the country’s […]

In an article on “Upcredentialing”: Jobs Report Shows Limited Career Options for Workers Without a Bachelor’s Degree, author Terri Williams quotes Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University. “Upcredentialing” may not be a familiar term among the […]

Ideastream’s David Molpus interviewed Dr. Deborah Thorne, Associate Professor of Sociology, for a piece on “Why Politicians Love the Middle Class” before President Obama’s visit to Cleveland in March. Politicians of every stripe cozy up to the term – middle class. And for good reason: it can mean whatever you […]

Washington Post writer Krissah Thompson quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History, in a story on “What kind of ex-president will Barack Obama be? POTUS plans for the future.” As Laura Bush knows, the modern bully pulpit is ever available for former presidents and their wives, but how […]

Dr. Chester Pach, Associate Professor of History at Ohio University, wrote an opinion piece for a New York Times Room for Debate feature in the New York Times about the Vietnam War 40 years after its conclusion. “Forty years ago, after a decade of war with the French, and a […]

Dr. Deborah Thorne, Associate Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal post on “What’s Behind Bankruptcy Lawsuits Over College Tuition?” by Katy Stech. Bankruptcy trustees are suing universities—and sometimes, college students themselves—to take back tuition that had been paid years before as part of […]

The April edition of Restaurant Hospitality magazine features Ohio University’s Food Studies theme in a story on Food Across the Curriculum. The magazine’s executive food editor, Gail Bellamy ’71, is an Ohio University alum. She earned a bachelor’s in English from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO. Tomorrow’s […]