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World Food Day is on Friday, Oct 16, “a day of action against hunger.” At Ohio University, the Wealth & Poverty theme launches a food drive on this day to collect non-perishable items for the Athens County Food Pantry. This is the theme’s fall service and outreach activity, led by […]

The Food for Thought speakers series presents Dr. Stephen Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology, on “Eating Away at Austerity: Ireland and the Local Food Movement” on March 17 at 5 p.m. in Alden 319 (Friends of the Library Room). Scanlan’s Fulbright experience in Ireland last year provided opportunities to witness […]

Dr. Stephen Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology, was quoted by Fortune in an article on “Why the next world war will be fought over food.” The world has a massive food crisis on its hands. The crisis is so big that organizations like the World Bank and the United Nations say there won’t […]

Dr. Stephen J. Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology, presents “What Kind of Scarcity and for Whom? Justice, Sustainability and the Global Dynamics of Food Insecurity” in November. Scanlan is presenting at the conference “Coping with Scarcity: Energy Shortages, Food Crises, Drought and Critical Materials in the Modern World (c. 1800 […]

Ohio University faculty are invited to a Conversation about the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 4:30 p.m. in Bentley Annex 007. Dr. Stephen Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, is leading an initiative across campus to entertain Ohio University membership in the […]

The Wealth & Poverty curricular theme presents Dr. Harlan Beckley on “Poverty Studies in Higher Education: The Case for Need and Collaboration” on Monday, Nov. 3, at 4 p.m. in Baker Center 231. This event is free and open to the public. Beckley is the Fletcher Otey Thomas Professor of Religion […]

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 […]