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Vander Ven, Alumni Present on Race, Rape and Crime Reporting

Dr. Thomas Vander Ven

Dr. Thomas Vander Ven, Professor of Sociology, chaired a panel on Media, Publicity, and Perceptions of Crime and presented “Race, Serial Rape, and Crime Reporting” with Ohio University alumni Lauren Wright ’10 &  ’14 and Clara Fesmire ’13 & ’15 at the Southern Criminal Justice Conference in September in Charleston, […]

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October 28, 2015 at 1:17 pmAlumni Research

Alum Talks about His Career Helping Prisoners with Reentry

Scott Zielinski

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 […]

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October 20, 2015 at 11:54 amNews

Intern Named ‘Page of Distinction’ at Ohio House of Representatives

Amanda McCoy receives page award at Ohio House of Representatives.

Amanda McCoy ’16, who is interning at the Ohio House of Representatives, was selected as the Republican Jenell Sullivan Page of Distinction, Autumn 2015. Her name will be engraved on the Jenell Sullivan Page of Distinction Award plaque in the House administrative office. McCoy is commuting from Columbus to the […]

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October 19, 2015 at 12:40 pmNews

Anderson Hosts Awards Banquet, Presents at ASA and Rural Sociological Society

Dr. Cynthia Anderson

Dr. Cynthia Anderson, Associate Professor of Sociology, served as presider and discussant for the American Sociological Association conference session “Rural Contexts as Spaces of Inequality, Power & Identity” in August. The American Sociological Association annual meeting provides the opportunity for professionals involved in the scientific study of society to share […]

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October 12, 2015 at 11:42 amResearch

Scanlan Presents ‘Inequality, Underdevelopment, and Global Food Riots’

Dr. Stephen Scanlan

Dr. Stephen Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology, presented “Deprivation and Conflict: A Comparative Analysis of Inequality, Underdevelopment, and Global Food Riots, 2007-2014” at the American Sociological Association annual meeting in August in Chicago. “The session that I presented in was sponsored by the ASA section on Peace, War, and Social […]

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October 5, 2015 at 9:23 amResearch

Kaufman at ASA: ‘Faith in Reentry’ and ‘Beyond Punishment’

Dr. Nicole Kaufman

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 […]

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October 5, 2015 at 8:33 amResearch

Castellano Presents ‘Cultural Practice of Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Felony Mental Health Courts’

Dr. Ursula Castellano, Associate Professor of Sociology, presented “The Cultural Practice of Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Felony Mental Health Courts” at the 34th International Congress of Law and Mental Health in Vienna, Austria, in July. She was invited to speak on the Mental Health Courts panel by well-known sociologist and mental […]

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October 5, 2015 at 8:21 amResearch