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Michael Dickard ’10, ’12 M.A. Sociology studies interaction on social media at Drexel University’s College of Computing & Informatics and is co-author of a article on “The Strength of Awkward Ties: Online Interactions between High School Students and Adults.” He studies the sometimes-awkward but valuable interactions between teens and adults. […]

Dr. Elizabeth M. Lee’s book is included in the Washington Post’s Answer Sheet section as part of an annual list of “great summer reads” suggested by admissions deans and high school counselors. In a story titled “Unique 2016 summer reading list — from college admissions counselors and deans,” Jenni Pfeiffer, Associate Director of College Counseling, Rye […]

NPR’s Mara Liasson interviewed Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History, for a story on “Melania Trump Poised To Move From Sidelines To Spotlight.” Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, may be quiet but she’s not invisible…. But it’s not so clear exactly what kind of first lady she would […]

Epicurious interviewed Ohio University alum Yvonne Maffei ’97, ’00M on “How to Make Anything and Everything (Bolognese! BLTs!) Halal.” Maffei is the author of the “wildly popular blog-turned cookbook, My Halal Hitchen.” She earned degrees in Spanish and Global Studies-Latin American from the College of Arts & Sciences and a master’s […]

Dr. Kimberly Rios, Associate Professor of Psychology, was quotes in a New York Times article on “United We Stand. Under Threat, We Divide Into Groups.” A week of violence and anguish in the United States has prompted increasingly familiar discussions of race, policing, discrimination and gun violence. But amid those […]

Slate Magazine‘s Culture Blog recently featured an interview with Dr. Kevin Uhalde, Associate Professor of History at Ohio University. The interview explores possible historical inspirations and parallels for the hit series Game of Thrones. Asked about how series creator George R. R. Martin might understand the history his show draws […]

Professor Amritjit Singh is the co-editor of the recently released book, Revisiting India’s Partition: New Essays on Memory, Culture, and Politics (Lexington Books). The book’s publication anticipates the 70th anniversary next year of British India’s partition in 1947. Singh is the Langston Hughes Professor of English and African American Studies […]