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Dr. Smoki Musaraj, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Ohio University, authored an article in Ethnologie Française, on “Pyramid Firms and Value Transformation in Postsocialist Albania” (Ethnologie Française Vol 2: 321-330. 2017). Abstract: Pyramid Firms and Value Transformation in Postsocialist Albania. When they collapsed in 1997, the so‑called pyramid firms (firma […]

College of Arts & Sciences faculty received seven out of 10 Ohio University Research Committee faculty awards for funding during its spring 2017 cycle. In total, the Ohio University Research Committee awarded $74,524. The program, which is funded by the Vice President for Research and Creative Activity, provides seed money […]

Jacklyn Hockenberry ’17M, a graduate student in the Sociology M.A. program, recently presented research at the 40th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference last month in Blacksburg, VA. She worked closely with Dr. Cindy Anderson and Dr. Ted Welser to compile a data set that was used to test predictors of migration […]

Dr. Kelly Faust, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, traveled to Indianapolis in March to the North Central Sociological Association annual meeting. She presents two papers, “State Crime SVU: Analysis of Untested Sexual Assault Kits” and “Using Podcasts in the Classroom: Comparing Strategies and Topics.” For “Using Podcasts in […]

Dr. Joseph Gingerich, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, was session chair and presenter at the 82nd Annual Society for American Archaeology national conference in March in Vancouver, British Columbia. His two presentations were “Refitting Paleoindian Workspaces and Activity Areas” and “Exploring Artifact Trampling at an Early Paleoindian Site.” Both of these […]

Dr. Stephen Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology, presented “Food Security and Achieving Sustainable Societies through Female Empowerment” at the 2017 annual meeting of the North Central Sociological Association in Indianapolis in March. Scanlan teaches classes that include Environmental Sociology, Poverty, Social Movements, and a capstone in Environmental Justice and Inequality. […]

Dr. Jieli Li, Professor of Sociology in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University, chaired a panel on “Chinese Dream” and reform and presented a research paper on “Wallerstein’s World System and Challenges of ‘Chinese Dream and Peaceful Rise’” at the 22nd Association of Chinese Professors of Social […]