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International Business Times Quotes Mattson on Hunger Games & Protests

Dr. Kevin Mattson

Dr. Kevin Mattson, the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University, was quoted in an International Business Times story on “The Hunger Games Mockingjay Release: How Katniss And Other Pop Culture Icons Inspire Protesters Across The Globe.” “The real-life use of a fictional gesture led to five students’ […]

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November 21, 2014 at 10:44 amFaculty in the News In the News

City Lab Quotes Githinji on Emerging Slang in African Cities

Dr. Peter Githinji

An article on “As Africa’s Cities Change, So Does Youth Slang” on The Atlantic’s City Lab quotes Dr. Peter Githinji, Associate Professor of Linguistics at Ohio University. The fusion languages springing up now in Africa’s cities, however, are likely just the beginning. Africa’s urbanization rate will be among the world’s […]

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November 12, 2014 at 2:03 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Eric Letourneaux Sworn in as a U.S. Citizen

Eric Letourneaux Sworn in as a U.S. Citizen

Eric Letourneaux, Lecturer and Listening & Speaking Skill Coordinator in the Ohio Program of Intensive English, was sworn in as a U.S. citizen on Nov. 8 at the Columbus International Festival, reports the Columbus Dispatch. Eric Letourneaux, 42, came to this country from France to attend graduate school — and […]

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November 11, 2014 at 2:07 pmFaculty in the News In the News News

Vedder Quoted on Minimum Wage, Right to Work

Dr. Richard Vedder

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted in multiple media outlets and websites. The Employment Policies Institute asks “Does the Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty?,” leading with, “This study by economists Richard Vedder and Lowell Gallaway […]

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November 11, 2014 at 1:50 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Hardison is Langston Hughes Visiting Professor at the University of Kansas

Dr. Ayesha Hardison is the Fall 2014 Langston Hughes Visiting Professor at the University of Kansas. Hardison is Associate Professor of English at Ohio University, where she teaches courses in African American literature. Her first book, Writing through Jane Crow: Race and Gender Politics in African American Literature (American Literatures […]

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November 6, 2014 at 5:56 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Washington Post Quotes Jellison on Michelle Obama’s Campaign Experience

The Washington Post quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History, in a pre-election article on “Michelle Obama out in full force for ‘Barack’s last campaign.’” NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Plain-spoken and casual, Michelle Obama took the stage of a high school gymnasium here to rally Democratic voters. “I’m […]

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November 6, 2014 at 9:21 amFaculty in the News In the News

Vedder in Forbes: ‘Everyone is Mad’ about New Gainful Employment Rules

Dr. Richard Vedder

“The new gainful employment rules are out from the U.S. Department of Education and, predictably, nearly everyone is mad,” writes Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in a Forbes article on “Gainful Employment Targets For-Profits; Not-For-Profits […]

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November 6, 2014 at 9:09 amFaculty in the News In the News