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Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, and Dr. Chester Pach, Associate Professor of History, were quoted in a Daily Jeffersonian story headlined “Bobby Kennedy’s legacy lives on in civic leaders today.” It was while he was attorney general in his brother’s administration, however, that Bobby […]

Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, was a guest on KPCC’s Air Talk in a session headlined “First lady experts check in on Melania Trump’s public perception and opportunities to achieve her ‘Be Best’ initiative goals.” Host Larry Mantle asked Jellison about a report that […]

Dr. John Brobst, Associate Professor of History, delivered the 45th Annual Robert H. Ewing Lecture at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on April 4, 2018. The annual lecture is organized by professors of history at Lycoming College to “recognize one of their colleagues and friends.” The Ewing Lecture Series was established in […]

The Ohio University Honors Tutorial College recently selected Dr. Kevin Uhalde, Associate Professor of History, as one of the recipients of the 2017-18 Distinguished Mentor Award. This honor recognizes “faculty tutors whose work as thesis directors not only produces outstanding HTC thesis projects but also creates exceptional mentoring relationships.” During the 2017-18 […]

Alexander Lovelace, a History doctoral student at Ohio University, received a 2018 General and Mrs. Matthew B. Ridgeway Military History Research Grant from the U.S. Army Military History Institute. The grant program is designed to support “on-site research at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pa., on subjects that […]

From Compass Three College of Arts & Sciences faculty have been named members of the OHIO Challenging Dialogues for Contemporary Issues Task Force, announced by Ohio University President M. Duane Nellis on April 30. The Task Force has been charged with assessing national and world issues sparking civil discourse and working […]

Dr. Assan Sarr, Assistant Professor in the History Department, is one of five Spring 2018 awardees of the John C. Baker Fund award. Sarr received $12,000 to support research on his second book project, titled “Liberated Africans (Creoles) of West Africa: The Forster Family of Bathurst (Gambia) and its Diaspora […]