Archive for March, 2019

Ohio University alumnus Anthony George utilized Linguistics’  Japanese language program to shape his future career. Currently, he is working in Columbus, Ohio, at Batelle. In 2018, he completed his M.S. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Tokyo, a premier university in Japan. He has recently returned to the Columbus […]

Dr. Yeong Kim took 22 students, mostly from her Urban Geography class, but also from Geography-Urban Planning and Sustainability, International Development Studies, and the Wealth and Poverty certificate, to Downtown Columbus on March 30 to investigate several redevelopment sites, including the Scioto Mile, Franklinton, Short North, and Arena District. Although […]

Registration is now open for the Rural Women’s Studies Association annual business meeting. The meeting will take place during the Agricultural History Society conference in Washington, DC. Date: June 6, 2019. Time: 7:15-8:20 a.m. Place: Washington’s Hamilton Hotel (AHS conference headquarters). Cost: $10 for students and $15 for all others. […]

 By Dr. Joseph Shields Interim Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences As I write this letter, the emerging signs of spring provide a harbinger of new beginnings as another group of students takes flight for the next stage of their life following Commencement in early May. At […]

Dr. Dominik Mischkowski, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at Ohio University, had a study quoted in a Marie Claire story headlined “How to Argue (Respectfully).” The study “Flies on the Wall Are Less Aggressive,” by visiting assistant professor of psychology at Ohio University Dominik Mischkowski, et al., offers a simple […]

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture is offering the following graduate courses on campus in fall 2019 for the MA in Law, Justice & Culture. Students may complete the program across two semesters of coursework on the Athens campus. The courses focus on the theoretical and methodological traditions of […]

Dr. Larry Burmeister, Professor of Sociology, was interviewed by the Post for a story headlined “Bikers Beyond the Bars.” The shared interests and ideas among bikers as a group are what shape them into the defining subculture they are. Throughout history, bikers have carried a somewhat deviant reputation, but Larry […]