Faculty in the News

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a tribute to the Founding Dean of George Mason University’s Law School, Henry Manne. A giant in the field of law and economics, Henry Manne, died Saturday after a […]

Dr. Jennifer Fredette, Assistant Professor of Political Science, was a panelist on Al Jazeera America’s Inside Story with Ray Suarez on Jan. 8. The panelists discussed the Paris newspaper shooting that sparked global calls for solidarity. “A shooting that killed 12 people at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo today […]

A Jan. 3 New York Post editorial on “Overpaying for College” quotes Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University. If millennials today think transitioning out of their parents’ basements and into adulthood is difficult, wait until they […]

The Guardian’s Ian Plenderleith ranked Dr. Kevin Mattson’s book on Jimmy Carter numero uno on his list of the top 10 books about the 1970s. Mattson is the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University. Here are 10 magnificent books in a similar vein – not about the […]

Dr. Stephen Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology, was quoted by Fortune in an article on “Why the next world war will be fought over food.” The world has a massive food crisis on its hands. The crisis is so big that organizations like the World Bank and the United Nations say there won’t […]

Dr. Charlie Morgan, Assistant Professor of Sociology, was quoted in a Guardian article on “Immigration Provisions Rolled Back in Utah.” Some of the key provisions of the immigration law that the state of Utah put in place in 2011 giving police powers to arrest people on suspicion of being in […]

Dr. Jana Houser, Assistant Professor of Geography, was featured in an Oklahoman article on a tornado model based on storm that struck Oklahoma City in 2011. An EF5 tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City area on May 24, 2011, cost the metro area several lives and left many residents […]