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By Abigail Stephens ’17 and Nikki Rodriguez ’16 Dr. J.A. Carter visited a sociology class at Ohio University this spring to discuss constructions and practices of female masculinity, particularly in women’s football. Carter, a professor at Miami University in Sociology and Gerontology, studies gender, sexuality and the body, particularly in relation […]

By Kelli Chapman Travis Speice talked to a sociology class in March about the role of masculinity in gay men’s identity construction. Students became particularly engaged in the conversation around gay stereotypes and the construction of various labels such as “bear,” “otter,” “queen,” and “twink.” Drawing from previous discussions of […]

By Sydney Dawes Dr. Zhihua Hua took his PBIO 2050 class outside for a hands-on DNA replication demonstration near Alumni Gateway, making some physical impressions of science on Ohio University’s College Green. “Biotech: Lab to Life,” new this semester, is an Environmental and Plant Biology course focusing on biotechnology, genetic […]

By Jacob Zuckerman From Research Communications Students in Matthew Vetter’s English class aren’t just using Wikipedia for research, they’re using it to publish their articles about Appalachia. After Wikipedia launched in 2001, a new edict formed in college classrooms across the country: Wikipedia has no place in the realm of […]

Students in a new Food Justice course spent spring break learning firsthand that it’s not just the distance food travels to the plate—sometimes it never makes it to the plate. Hunger. Poor nutrition. How does that happen around Athens, a fertile region once filled with farms and ranches and known […]

The Sustainability Studies curricular theme presents Sustainable Farming in Athens County: A Conversation with Kip Rondy of Green Edge Gardens on Monday, April 6, at 9:40 a.m. in Bentley Hall 240. Rondy is talking to CAS 1415, the Introduction to Sustainability class, and interested members of the Ohio University community […]

By Ellie Koewler ’15 Dr. Matthew Rosen’s Visual Anthropology course re-imagines traditional ethnography through the world of modern media. Rosen is a cultural anthropologist focusing on visual anthropology and media studies with field research experience in India. While most academic anthropologists publish their research and field experiences in scholarly journals […]