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From Ohio University News Dr. John O’Keefe, professor of History at Ohio University’s Chillicothe campus, is trying to clear up misinformation about the history of immigration in his new book, “Stranger Citizens: Migrant Influence and National Power in the Early American Public.” His focus is on how immigrants who came to the […]

USA Today quotes Dr. Kevin Mattson in a story headlined “Joe Biden has not yet held a press conference as president. Does that matter?” Mattson is the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University. “I think you’re watching a president who, consciously or not, is trying to move away […]

National Geographic quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “What having a teacher as first lady might mean for your kid.” “She could use the White House in a way that Jackie Kennedy intended it to be,” Jellison says. “She wanted it to […]

From Ohio University News Three History students are among 21 students receiving Ohio University Student Enhancement Award funding for their original research, scholarship and creative work this spring. The Student Enhancement Awards are funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative Activity and administered by the […]

Kyle Balzer, a doctoral student in History and the Contemporary History Institute, recently won a Student Enhancement Award from Ohio University’s Research Division. Together with a research grant from the Gerald R. Ford Foundation for work at the Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, Mich., this allows him to complete […]

The Washington Post quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor of History at Ohio University, in a Style section story headlined “Where Jill Biden drops by for a cup of coffee can make quite a statement.” There is a clear debt that President Biden has said he owes to Black women, in […]

The Charles J. Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities proudly presents an online workshop for high school teachers, A Short History of Racism from 1619 to Black Lives Matter, on April 10, from 1 to 4 p.m. Ohio University history professors Katherine Jellison and Brian Schoen will explore […]