Post Tagged with: "Faculty Research"

Brevity Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Dinty W. Moore

by Kristin Distel Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The journal, founded by editor and OHIO Professor and Director of Creative Writing Dinty W. Moore, publishes flash essays by established and new writers. Brevity‘s success and longevity have been especially remarkable given that many […]

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October 10, 2017 at 9:50 amNews

Sheldon Receives Grants for Two Short-Term Fellowships

Dr. Myrna Perez Sheldon

Dr. Myrna Perez Sheldon received two outside grants this year, a short-term fellowship from the Library Company of Philadelphia and one from the American Philosophical Society. Sheldon is Assistant Professor of Classics & World Religions and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies at Ohio University, She was awarded a Mellon Scholars Program […]

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October 5, 2017 at 11:18 amResearch

Nance Incorporating Paddle Boat Engine into Investigations of Mining Technology

Dr. Damian Nance

Dr. Damian Nance, Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences, was given a personal tour of a unique steam engine in San Francisco by the National Park Service this summer as part of a Baker Award project on the use of steam in 19th century mining technology. Moored at Hyde Street Pier […]

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October 2, 2017 at 4:30 pmResearch

Krzic Gives Lecture on Story of the U.S. Peace Corps in Korea

Dr. Gerry Krzic

Dr. Gerry Krzic gives an invited lecture on “Korean History: The Story of the U.S. Peace Corps in Korea” Sept. 30 at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington, D.C. Krzic is Director of Ohio University’s ESL program, called the Ohio Program of Intensive English, which is celebrating […]

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September 29, 2017 at 8:56 amResearch

English Welcomes New Faculty, Edmond Chang

Dr. Edmond Y. Chang

by Kristin Distel The English Department welcomes newly hired assistant professor Edmond Chang, who comes to OHIO from the University of Oregon. Chang, who holds undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Maryland and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington, currently teaches Introduction to Prose Fiction and Nonfiction […]

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September 26, 2017 at 12:04 pmNews

Castellano and Scott in Current Issue of Ohio Lawyer

Dr. Ursula Castellano

Dr. Ursula Castellano, Associate Professor of Sociology, appears in the September-October edition of Ohio Lawyer with co-author Dana Scott, Assistant Professor of Nursing at the Center for Nursing Education, Ohio University-Southern. “Veterans Treatment Courts (VTCs) are the latest innovation in the problem-solving court (PSC) movement,” they write. “Modeled after drug […]

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September 22, 2017 at 8:22 amResearch

Jarrett Receives Regional Outstanding Professor Award in 2017

Dr. Charles Jarrett  Photo courtesy of Mike Donley.

Dr. Charles Jarrett, Associate Professor of Sociology, received the Regional Higher Education Outstanding Professor Award for 2016-17. This award recognizes excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service to Ohio University. Jarrett attended Marshall University before graduating with his doctorate in Rural Sociology from The Ohio State University in 1982. He teaches […]

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September 19, 2017 at 3:47 pmNews