Post Tagged with: "faculty in the news"

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column on “This Is What a Good University President Looks Like” for the American Institute for Economic Research. While American higher education often is rightly condemned for being inefficient, non-innovative, and resistant to change, there are exceptions, […]

NBC channel KXAN interviewed Jana Houser, Ph.D., for a segment headlined “Why do scientists believe ‘tornado alley’ is shifting?” Researchers are still trying to figure out how climate change plays a role in small-scale disasters. At Ohio University in Athens Ohio, Jana Houser believes tornadoes correlate with the hydrologic cycle, […]

WOUB talks to Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor of History at Ohio University, in a Spectrum interview headlined “New Voter Suppression Laws impact women more than men.” Dr. Jellison says “Voter ID” requirements may seem, at first blush, innocuous. However, they discriminate against women who have changed their names because of […]

The Washington Post quoted Dr. Ryan Fogt in an article headlined “Sea ice over Antarctica just shrank to its smallest on record.” “It’s the first time on satellite record that we’ve had sea ice extent fall below 2 million square kilometers. It’s a record and by quite a bit,” said […]

The Ohio Capital Journal quotes two Ohio University economists in a story headlined “Survey: Ohio economists disagree on whether YouTube, Facebook operate as monopolies.” Dr. Bethany Lemont and Dr. Cortney Rodet are assistant professors of Economics in the College of Arts & Sciences. “There are outlets all over the internet […]

Inside Higher Ed interviewed Dr. Akil Houston for a new story headlined “Curriculum Incentive Plan Prompts Political Backlash.” Houston is Associate Professor of Cultural and Media Studies in the African American Studies Department in the College of Arts & Sciences. Akil Houston, an associate professor of African American studies at […]

Dr. Kenneth Hicks wrote a special column for the Columbus Dispatch and USA Today Network headlined Astronomy: Just as in the Bible story of the three wise men, there is today still much to ponder in the night sky. … Soon, Christmas will have come and gone. Children will have […]