Faculty in the News

 By Beth Quitslund, Faculty Senate Chair at Ohio University and a member of the Ohio Faculty Council and Dan E. Krane, chair of the Ohio Faculty Council and a Fellow of the American Council on Education This op-ed appeared in the Dayton Daily News. Public colleges and universities were never […]

When geologists wanted to test drilling equipment for an Apollo mission in the 1960s, they used a crater in Tennessee. Fifty years later, those samples are providing Dr. Keith Milam a look back into a ancient time when meteorites pummeled the Earth. “Back when Wisconsin and western Russia once shared […]

Athens Messenger reporter Susan Tebben interviewed Dr. Kim Little, Associate Director of Ohio University’s Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies program. She is a Tennessee native who came to Athens County in 1997. She is proud to say, “I Am Athens County.” What brought you to the area? I came to […]

Denver Post reporter Zachary Fine quoted a study by Dr. G. Daniel Lassiter, Professor of Psychology, for an Oct. 18 opinion piece on “Police cameras and privacy concerns.” In recent weeks, body-mounted cameras have taken police departments by storm. More than a dozen cities, from Forth Worth to Chicago, have […]

Townhall.com’s Larry Elder interviewed Dr. Lowell Gallaway, Ohio University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics, in a story on “If Minimum Wage Is So Great, Why Cite Bogus Study?” The head of a Los Angeles-based nonprofit “sustainable economy” association calls for a higher minimum wage. No surprise there. But he cites a […]

Dr. Loreen Giese, Professor of Shakespeare and early modern drama at Ohio University, was the featured speaker at the Schreiner University Syers Lecture on Oct. 23, reports the Bandera County Courier. She presented “Uncovering Cruelty in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and Early Modern London.” The marriage of Katherine […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, co-authored a guest opinion on “How to make higher ed more affordable” in the Edmondsun (OK) Sun. A new school year is under way, which means many college students (and […]