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Two College of Arts & Sciences students were awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for summer 2014. Lincoln Caldwell ’16, an Anthropology major, received a scholarship to study in China. Victoria Ream ’15, a Sociology-Criminology major, received a scholarship to study in Spain. The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program […]

Dr. Stephen Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology, presented a paper in May at the Canadian Sociological Association 2014 Congress on “Women, the Environment and Development: The Impacts of Female Empowerment on Environmental Health and Sustainability.” Abstract: In this paper I examine the connection between female empowerment, sustainable development, and environmental […]

From Compass Ohio University Executive Vice President and Provost Pam Benoit bestowed the honor of Outstanding Graduate Faculty Member on Dr. Thomas Vander Ven, Professor of Sociology and Director of Criminology in the College of Arts & Sciences. The Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award was established in 1972 to recognize a […]

From Compass Dr. Christine Mattley, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, is one of three Ohio University women selected to attend the prestigious Higher Education Resource Services leadership institute. Mattley will attend the leadership institute in Denver. Just 24.53 percent of women hold leadership positions […]

Dr. Cory Crawford, Assistant Professor of Classics and World Religions, and Dr. Deborah Thorne, Associate Professor of Sociology, were honored March 10 as two of the four new the University Professor Awardees. Thorne is a two-time recipient of the award, as reported in The Post. “I’m in a department of fantastic […]

Staff from the Athens County Historical Society and Museum visited Ohio University’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology on Feb. 12 to provide a special training session for a dozen Arts & Sciences undergraduate students involved in the Appalachia Population History Project. Museum staff members Jessica Ciders and Donald Newell brought […]

Three faculty from the College of Arts & Sciences were funded for research, scholarship and creative work this fall. The John C. Baker Fund and the Ohio University Research Committee awarded a total of $91,853 to 11 Ohio University faculty. Dr. Brian Schoen, Associate Professor of History, received a Baker […]