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Happy Beginnings | Alum Enjoys Start to Career in Criminal Justice

Erin (Varga) Spicuzza

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Erin (Varga) Spicuzza ’13 got her start in criminal justice working for Allegheny County Pretrial Services in downtown Pittsburgh, where she’s been since June 2014. Spicuzza […]

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September 1, 2017 at 2:00 pmAlumni

Terman, Welser, Anderson Present on Appalachia at Annual Meeting

Terman, Welser, Anderson Present on Appalachia at Annual Meeting

Dr. Rachel Terman, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, presented “Obstacles and Opportunities in Appalachia” with colleagues Dr. Ted Welser, Associate Professor of Sociology, Dr. Cynthia Anderson, Professor of Sociology, and alum Jacklyn Hockenberry ’17 M.A. Sociology, at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society in July. […]

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August 31, 2017 at 1:53 pmAlumni Research

Alum is Senior Sociologist at RAND Corporation

Robert Bozick

Robert Bozick ’99 is a Senior Sociologist at the RAND Corporation. RAND is a non-partisan public policy think tank located in Santa Monica, California. After graduating with B.A. in Sociology and minor in Psychology from the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University, Bozick earned his M.A. in Sociology […]

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August 31, 2017 at 11:41 amAlumni

Sociology and Philosophy Alum Pursues Ph.D. While Working for Crime, Media, Culture Journal

Sociology and Philosophy Alum Pursues Ph.D. While Working for Crime, Media, Culture Journal

Holly Ningard ’12, ’14M is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Tennessee. She graduated in 2012 with her B.A. in Sociology-Criminology and Philosophy before earning her M.A. in Sociology from the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University in 2014. Ningard has extensive experience […]

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August 24, 2017 at 4:19 pmAlumni

Sociology – Psychology Alum Starts as Assistant Professor

Sociology – Psychology Alum Starts as Assistant Professor

Lauren Wright graduated with her BA in Sociology-Criminology and Psychology in 2010 and MA in Sociology in 2014 from the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University. She earned her PhD from the University of Central Florida this year and begins as Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology, […]

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August 24, 2017 at 12:33 pmAlumni

Sociology Alum Works to End Child Slavery in Haiti

Jaclyn Lynch in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 2017

Ohio University alum Jaclyn Lynch ’14, ’16M is now the Child Sponsorship Coordinator at Restavek Freedom Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to ending restavek, which is a system of child slavery in Haiti. She graduated in 2016 with an M.A. in Sociology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio […]

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August 1, 2017 at 11:30 amAlumni

Sociology Alum: Taking ELIP Courses ‘a No-Brainer!’

Carl “Eddie” Smith ’13 contemplates his new ability to deliver technical information in professional settings.

Carl Edward “Eddie” Smith ’13 had opportunities while he was a graduate student at Ohio University that many others don’t get the chance to experience. He was president of the Graduate Student Senate. That meant making presentations, lots of them, in addition to writing professionally and for his coursework. “My […]

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June 7, 2017 at 10:11 amAlumni In Class