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An Associated Press story story headlined “A family thing: Don’t mess with political dads and daughters” quoted Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University. Before Twitter was available, President Harry Truman backed his daughter the old-fashioned way. Truman sent an angry letter to a Washington Post […]

The Associated Press quoted Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Ivanka Trump Plays Big Role Even Without White House Title.” Ivanka Trump has tried to end speculation that she will serve as a fill-in first lady, which has only been heightened […]

A story widely distributed by the French news service AFP quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Melania Trump, America’s low-profile first lady.” Never in modern times — when Americans are accustomed to having visible and active first ladies — has a […]

WXXI News interviewed Dr. Assan Sarr, Assistant Professor of History at Ohio University, for a Jan. 25 Connections segment on “Understanding the crisis in The Gambia.” WXXI is a National Public Radio (NPR) member station in Rochester, NY. “After weeks of crisis in The Gambia, is the small African nation […]

The Associated Press quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Breaking with tradition, Melania Trump is set to be a long-distance first lady.” DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It will be one of many unusual things about a Donald Trump administration: a […]

The Washington Post quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story on “In Phoenix, Michelle Obama goes after Trump again — and offers a vision for a Clinton presidency.” The national spotlight does not usually follow first ladies after they leave the White House, […]

The Associated Press quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story on “First Lady Michelle Obama Is the Clinton Campaign’s MVP.” “It’s unusual for a sitting first lady, or a sitting president for that matter, to campaign so enthusiastically for a presidential candidate. They […]