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Dr. Amritjit Singh, the Langston Hughes Professor of English at Ohio University, has been invited to join the inaugural South Asian American Digital Archive Academic Council, a community of scholars committed to furthering the academic study of South Asians in the United States through supporting the work of the South […]

Dr. Ayesha Hardison presented “Of Maids and Ladies: The Ethics of Living Jane Crow” at the University of Kansas on Oct. 30. Hardison examined the oppressive situation faced by women of color after the Civil War. “Working from the decline of the mammy in postbellum America to the rise of […]

Dr. Ayesha Hardison presented two lectures Nov. 13 at the College of Wooster. “Re-Reading African American Literary History” Abstract: What do critiques of the film The Help, comic strips, Reverend Al Sharpton, and African American literary history have in common? Come find out! Professor Andreá Williams (Ohio State University) will […]

By Jarod Anderson Operations Manager at Columbus State Community College Foundation If I had a nickel for every time I heard English Literature mentioned as one of the least practical majors on news programs, I’d have… well, I don’t know what I’d have. I was an English major. Math really […]

Ohio University alum Bailey Shoemaker Richards ’11 is a writer with Demand Media. Read her recent article on “How to Incorporate in a State You Don’t Live in.” She earned a B.A. in Creative Writing from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Richards has contributed to numerous […]

Valley Star reporter Dave Favila profiled Ohio University alum Kristen Helmsdoerfer ’14 in a story on “Home for now.” Helmsdoerfer earned two Ohio University degrees, a B.A. in Spanish from the College of Arts & Sciences and B.A. in English from the Honors Tutorial College. Ohio is a long way […]

Ohio University alum Shaila Meeker ’14 is an AmeriCorps member helping Athens County Public Libraries in a pilot program called Guiding Ohio Online, reports the Athens News. Guiding Ohio Online places AmeriCorps members in rural Ohio libraries to deliver digital literacy training through computer classes, one-on-one computer assistance, and outreach. […]