Post Tagged with: "faculty in the news"

Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish, Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Middle East and North Africa Certificate Program, discussed U.S. policy in the Middle East on WOUB’s Spectrum Podcast headlined “Iran’s Strength is the Primary Target of the Trump Team in the Middle East.” Hosted by Spectrum‘s Tom Hodson, the […]

WOUB Digital’s Spectrum interviewed Dr. Akil Houston, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Ohio University, for an episode on “Blackface and Other Racist Symbols Still Plague Our 21st Century Society.” Despite advances in civil rights in our country’s history, our society, in the 21st century, is still plagued by […]

The Post quoted Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor & Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Susan B. Anthony Day honors legacy of women’s suffrage leader.” Katherine Jellison, a professor and the chair of the history department at Ohio University, first started learning about Anthony in the 6th grade, […]

Dr. Jacqueline Wolf, Professor of the History of Medicine in the departments of Social Medicine and History at Ohio University, recently launched a podcast that explores health care in the United States through patients’ stories. Lifespan: Stories of Illness, Accident, and Recovery features a new episode every month. Each episode focuses […]

Dr. Christopher R. France, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Ohio University, was interviewed for a Daily Beat podcast on BTR Today headlined “Overblown Fear of Blood Draw with Chris France.” Chris France joins the show to discuss his recent study exploring why fears of fainting during blood donation are exaggerated. Chris […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted in a Forbes article headlined “Lower Enrollment Hits Higher Ed Hard, HBCUs The Hardest.” “HBCUs as a group are in trouble, no doubt about it,” said Richard Vedder, professor emeritus at Ohio University. “Enrollments have fallen substantially and […]

Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, authored a column in the Columbus Dispatch headlined “China poised to overtake U.S. in science, with major economic implications.” I recently visited the offices of our Ohio senators and Columbus-area legislators as part of congressional visits organized by the […]