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Fredette in Washington Post | Islamic State’s Attacks on Paris Were Attacks on Muslims, Too

Dr. Jennifer Fredette

“The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Friday’s attacks in Paris. It also claims responsibility for bombing a Russian plane in Egypt, which killed more than 220 people, and twin bombings in Beirut, which killed at least 40 and wounded more than 200 others,” writes says Dr. Jennifer Fredette, Assistant Professor […]

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November 20, 2015 at 3:46 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Veteran Alum Joins Cleveland Firm as Bankruptcy Attorney

Jason K. Wright

Ohio University alum, attorney and veteran Jason K. Wright joins Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA (WWR), a creditors’ rights firm now in its 85th year of client service, in its its Brooklyn Heights, OH, office, reports insideARM.com. Wright, who earned a B.A. in Political Science from the College of Arts & Sciences, recently returned from […]

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November 17, 2015 at 11:08 amAlumni In the News

Richard Co-Authors Book on Latin American Political Culture

Richard Co-Authors Book on Latin American Political Culture

Dr. Patricia Richard, Professor Emerita of Political Science at Ohio University, co-authored a book on Latin American Political Culture: Public Opinion and Democracy with John A. Booth (2015 CQ Press, an imprint of Sage Publications). Abstract: Latin American Political Culture: Public Opinion and Democracy presents a genuinely pan-Latin American examination of […]

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October 14, 2015 at 3:07 pmResearch

Brazil’s Social Welfare Strategy Sparked New Political Science Professor’s Passion

Dr. Matthew Layton

By Juliana Scheiderer ’16 Dr. Matthew Layton’s interest in Latin America began on a church mission trip to Minas Gerais, Brazil, during his undergraduate years. Starting a journey that would eventually bring him to Ohio University, he later enrolled in a master’s program to study both the history and the politics of the […]

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September 10, 2015 at 2:41 pmNews

Political Science Major Says: Do Not Fear Cancer

Katharine Welch gives a thumbs up during her chemotherapy treatments. Photo courtesy of: Katharine Welch

By George E. Mauzy Jr. From Compass Ohio University junior Katharine “Rina” Welch had her life changed forever during her freshman year in April 2014 when she went to the emergency room at O’Bleness Hospital with severe abdominal pain. The Cleveland resident, who attended high school in San Rafael, California, […]

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August 17, 2015 at 3:45 pmNews

Political Science Alum Joins Alumni Association Board

Kyle Triplett, Student Senate, President

A College of Arts & Sciences alum is among the three new board members announced by the Ohio University Alumni Association. The three new board members are Central Ohioan Bryon H. Carley, New Philadelphia native Kyle W. Triplett, and Julia B. Righter from Columbus. They began their terms on July 1. The OUAA Board […]

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July 9, 2015 at 8:22 pmAlumni News

Political Science Majors Participate in Elite Summer Leadership Program

Reiya Bhat

  By Angela Woodward From Compass Two Ohio University students were selected for an elite national summer leadership program designed to address the underrepresentation of women in American politics, seizing an opportunity to further their educations while taking a significant step toward becoming future global leaders. Sophomore Reiya Bhat and […]

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July 8, 2015 at 3:58 pmNews