Post Tagged with: "faculty in the news"

WOUB Spectrum interviewed Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor & Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Rural Women Have Started and Led Monumental Women’s Movements.” Until about 1920, rural women in the United States outnumbered urban women and they were the genesis of many historic women’s movement initiatives. […]

Dr. M. Duane Nellis, President of Ohio University, authored a column in the Columbus Dispatch headlined “Civil discourse is a skill we can learn to practice.” Nellis writes about the National Institute for Civil Discourse “tools that everyone can use in their homes, in their places of work and places of […]

The Associated Press quoted Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor & Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “First lady: Growing ease in official role, but not politics.” Recent first ladies have all taken prominent roles in re-election campaigns. Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton and Barbara Bush all […]

Dr. Ryan Fogt was featured in a Post story headlined “On Thin Ice: How Climate Change Presents Itself in Different Areas.” Fogt is Associate Professor of Geography and Director of the Scalia Lab at Ohio University. He leads the Sustainable Administration Hub at OHIO. …Fogt has several research projects on […]

The Cincinnati Enquirer quoted Dr. Gregory Springer, Associate Professor and Chair of Geological Sciences at Ohio University, in a story headlined “‘It’s like someone put a bomb in your yard.’ Landslides in Greater Cincinnati are bad. And they’ll probably get worse.” As the earth warms, it means the atmosphere can hold […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column headlined “‘Free College:’ A Better Approach.” …Proposals, such as Senator Bernie Sanders’, for free college open to students at four-year state universities are almost certainly likely to primarily benefit students from moderately affluent families. Moreover, many […]

Dr. Peter de B. Harrington, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, authored a column in the Analytical Scientist headlined “Here Be Monsters: Predators lurk in the world of science communication, waiting to trap the unwary – here’s how to evade their clutches.” The advancements of the “Information Age” […]