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Linguistics Faculty & Alum Co-Author Article on Local Response-to-Writing Practices

Dr. Joseph Lee, Dr. Dawn Bikowski, and Farzaneh Vahabi

Two Linguistics faculty and an alum co-authored an article on “Second Language Teachers’ Written Response Practices: An In-House Inquiry and Response” in the latest issue of the Journal of Response to Writing. The authors are Dr. Joseph Lee, Associate Lecturer of Linguistics and Assistant Director of the English Language Improvement […]

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April 9, 2018 at 10:25 amResearch

Ammarell Publishes on ‘Mindfulness Practice in Socially Engaged Ethnographic Fieldwork’

Dr. Gene Ammarell

Dr. Gene Ammarell, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, presented “Mindfulness Practice in Socially Engaged Ethnographic Fieldwork” at the 1st Social Sciences, Humanities, and Economics Conference at the Universitas Negeri Surabaya in Surabaya, Indonesia in November 2017. The conference theme was “Promoting Social Change for Sustainable Development Goals.” Ammarell’s paper was published […]

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April 9, 2018 at 8:15 amResearch

Curran Presents on Mid-Pleistocene of Tanzania at Paleoanthropology Society

Dr. Sabrina Curran

Dr. Sabrina Curran, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, presents “Renewed explorations of the Mid-Pleistocene site, Isimila, Tanzania” at a joint meeting this month of the Paleoanthropology Society and American Association of Physical Anthropologists in Austin, Texas. The Paleoanthropology Society was founded in 1992. It recognizes that paleoanthropology is multidisciplinary in nature […]

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April 4, 2018 at 9:05 amResearch

Castellano Presents at International Therapeutic Jurisprudence Workshop

Dr. Ursula Castellano

Dr. Ursula Castellano, Associate Professor of Sociology, was invited to present at the International Therapeutic Jurisprudence Workshop at St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami Gardens, Fla., in February. She presented her multi-media and research project on veterans treatment courts, “Judging Therapeutically: Notes from the VTC Photography and Video […]

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April 3, 2018 at 11:37 amResearch

White Gives Invited Presentation, Chairs Photocatalysis Session at ACS National Meeting

White Gives Invited Presentation, Chairs Photocatalysis Session at ACS National Meeting

Dr. Travis A. White, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, recently presented an invited talk titled “Moving electrons and protons with visible light-absorbing heteroleptic Cu(I) photosensitizers” at the 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in New Orleans on March 21. The symposium program, “PCET PhotoCatalysis with Inorganic Materials […]

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April 3, 2018 at 9:11 amResearch

Zak Blumer ǀ ‘Why I Study Solar Thermal Technologies’

Zak Blumer

By Zak Blumer ’18 B.S. Engineering Physics, Honors Tutorial College During most of my childhood, my father served as the director of The Wilds—one of the largest wildlife conservation centers in North America. Living in eastern Ohio, I was surrounded by nature and wildlife, and consequently grew up with a […]

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April 2, 2018 at 7:30 amNews

Nance Identifies Hidden Clues to Ancient Supercontinents, Confirms Pannotia

Dr. Damian Nance

Ohio University geologist Dr. Damian Nance identifies evidence for Pannotia, a supercontinent predating Pangea, by examining the patterns of worldwide mountain building and rifting as the Earth’s land masses collide and break up, along with accompanying destruction and creation of climates and habitats in the wake of those tectonic changes. […]

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March 30, 2018 at 3:02 pmResearch