Post Tagged with: "Faculty Research"

Ingram’s New Book Draws Historical Context for Freedom of Speech Debate

Robert G. Ingram

From Ohio University News A new book co-authored by Ohio University Professor Robert Ingram probes the historical context for freedom of speech, its entanglement with religion, and the implications of this centuries-old context on today’s conversations. Ingram, professor of History and director of the George Washington Forum, recently co-authored Freedom of […]

Read more ›
August 21, 2020 at 4:19 pmResearch

Muhammad Researches Global History of Shipyard Workers in Virtual Workshop

Dr. Robin D. Muhammad

Dr. Robin Muhammad, Associate Professor of African American Studies,  has been collaborating with scholars, historians, sociologists and economists from all over the world to research shipyard labor, technology and policy. Due to COVID-19, Muhammad and her fellow scholars transitioned to hosting a virtual workshop to discuss newly found research that […]

Read more ›
August 21, 2020 at 2:15 pmResearch

Mattson Book Examines Positive Impact of Punk Rock Movement

Dr. Kevin Mattson with his new book on punk rock.

Ohio University News interviewed Dr. Kevin Mattson, the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University, about his new book on punk rock. The 1980s may have been 40 years ago, but there is no denying that besides big-hair bands and leg warmers, the decade is still defined by […]

Read more ›
August 21, 2020 at 11:42 amResearch

Prakash, Phillips Part of New Physics Frontier Center on Neutron Star Modeling

Prakash, Phillips Part of New Physics Frontier Center on Neutron Star Modeling

 Two Ohio University physicists are part of a new NSF-supported Physics Frontier Center at UC Berkeley that will focus on neutron star modeling in the “gravitational wave era.” The center brings together researchers from 13 institutions and taps capabilities at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with the goal of improving […]

Read more ›
August 18, 2020 at 9:07 amResearch

Bernstein Is Featured Commentator at Climate Futures Initiative

Dr.  Alyssa Bernstein

Dr. Alyssa Bernstein, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Ohio University, is currently taking part in a climate conference organized by Princeton University’s Climate Futures Initiative, having been invited by the organizer to take part as a featured commentator. She has already posted her comments on a few of the papers. […]

Read more ›
August 14, 2020 at 5:08 pmResearch

Rothwell Co-Authors Two Articles Identifying Fossilized Plant Species

Gar Rothwell

Dr. Gar W. Rothwell, distinguished professor emeritus of Environmental & Plant Biology, recently co-authored two publications, identifying fossilized plant species from the Upper Cretaceous and Late Cretaceous periods. In Evolutionary diversification of taiwanioid conifers: evidence from a new Upper Cretaceous seed cone from Hokkaido, Japan, Rothwell and his co-authors report […]

Read more ›
August 6, 2020 at 7:32 pmResearch

Negash Delivers Lecture on Post-colonial Eritrea, Conscription, Migration and Nation Formation in East Africa

Dr. Ghirmai Negash

Dr. Ghirmai Negash, professor of English at Ohio University, was part of a lecture series organized by the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura called “Italy and East Africa: Unexplored Histories.” Watch the lecture on Vimeo. This program features a presentation by Negash and a […]

Read more ›
August 6, 2020 at 6:24 pmResearch