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Amie Parnes of The Hill quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in an article on “First Lady Flexes Muscles.” First lady Michelle Obama is more aggressively wading into policy fights while expanding her portfolio…. The senior administration official also said the first lady would […]

Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, was quoted by Newsmax in a May 24 story on “Michelle Obama Tackling Politics in Husband’s Second Term.” Now that her husband is in his second term of office, first lady Michelle Obama is spreading her wings into policy […]

Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, was quoted by Amie Parnes of The Hill in a story with the lead, “President Obama’s second-term focus on legacy building is coming into direct conflict with the Democratic Party’s pursuit of victory in the midterm elections.” While there’s […]

Three History Department faculty members received College of Arts & Sciences awards for 2013-14. Dr. Mariana Dantas, Associate Professor of History, won the Dean’s Outstanding Faculty Undergraduate Advising Award. Dr. Kevin Mattson, Professor of History, won the Outstanding Faculty Research and Scholarship in the Social Sciences Award. Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor […]

Dr. Patrick Barr-Melej, Associate Professor of History, has been elected Vice President of the oldest interdisciplinary social science association in the United States, the Southwestern Social Science Association. He will take his turn as President of the SSSA Council in 2016-17. Founded in 1919, SSSA is the oldest interdisciplinary social […]

Five Ohio University undergraduate students are in Cambodia this summer in a student-faculty collaborative “externship” project call “Imagining International Justice in Post-Genocide Cambodia.” The students are working with various organizations through partnerships with the Ohio University Center for Law, Justice & Culture. Ohio University has a strong history of Southeast Asian […]

“While there is nothing wrong with criticizing a president’s approach to the world, a little historical context is never a bad thing,” writes Matt Jacobs, a doctoral candidate in History at Ohio University specializing in U.S. foreign relations and modern international history. “Ultimately, President Obama’s commencement address should not be […]