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Dr. Nicole Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Sociology, joined young faculty from universities around the world this summer in a week-long summer seminar on the philosophy of social science at Yale. A criminologist, Kaufman is affiliated with Ohio University’s Center for Law, Justice & Culture. The Critical Realism Network seminar was […]

The Post, Ohio University’s student newspaper, quoted Dr. Nicole Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Sociology, in an April 20 story on “OU offers educational opportunity, degrees for students in prison.” “Sean Bearden graduated with an associate’s degree from Ohio University without stepping foot in Athens or outside of Collins Correctional Facility […]

Dr. Nicole Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Sociology – Criminology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, is hiring a student researcher on a project which investigates how religious organizations and the government have together taken on the task of delivering drug and alcohol treatment to people who have criminal convictions. […]

The Fall 2016 courses for the Law, Justice & Culture Certificate includes 14 courses, many of them addressing topics from today’s headlines. The following list includes course name, time, instructor and prerequisites. The certificate is offered by the Center for Law, Justice & Culture at Ohio University. AAS 3691 U.S. […]

Alum Scott Zielinski ’00 talked to Ohio University students about his work helping people released from prison—and getting the skills he needed for his career. Zielinski graduated in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a certificate in Criminology from the College of Arts & Sciences (before the current […]

Dr. Nicole Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Sociology, wrote two papers presented at the American Sociological Association annual meeting in August. For the session on “Religion in the Broader Social World,” Kaufman presented “Faith in Reentry: Approaches to Religion at Non-governmental Organizations Working with Formerly Incarcerated People.” For the “Deviance and […]

By Amber Damiani ’15 Two Ohio University alumni and close friends—Marc Houk and Mike Swiger—talked about their careers in the criminal justice system to students in Dr. Nicole Kaufman’s Criminology and Criminal Justice classes in April. Over the past 27 years, Houk has worked in the area of criminal justice, […]