Archive for September, 2019

Dr. Donald Miles, Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University, contributed to a study that shows that even sun-loving lizards may not survive rising temperatures in their environment. Climate change is toppling our Earth’s ecosystems out of balance in multiple ways, with often dramatic consequences. Many plants and animals are […]

The College of Arts & Sciences Awards Committee selected Dr. Mirna Zakić, Associate Professor of History, as a recipient of the Dean’s Outstanding Teacher Award for 2018-19. The news was announced during the 2019 Fall Gala of the College of Arts & Science. The award recognizes superior classroom performance, involvement with students […]

Students Erika Hidalgo, a senior studying criminology, and Sarah Busken, a senior studying communication, successfully pioneered the OHIO-Franklin County Municipal Court Interpreting/Translation Internship during the summer of 2019. Over the summer, Hidalgo and Busken wrote journals about the court cases with interpreters, worked on a legal terminology project and wrote […]

Dr. Thomas Vander Ven talks about coaching Louisiana State University quarterback Joe Burrow in an ESPN story headlined “The tales of Super Burrow, LSU’s ultra-confident breakout star QB.” Vander Ven is Professor of Sociology at Ohio University. Burrow played on a travel AAU basketball team when he was 9. During […]

Dr. Bruce Edward Steiner, Professor Emeritus of History at Ohio University and a longtime resident of Athens, died Saturday evening, July 13, 2019 at OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital in Athens, according to his obituary. “Bruce was an old-fashioned OU patriot, who loved the university and the college greatly but the History […]

Dr. Nukhet Sandal, Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science, authored an article titled “Solidarity theologies and the (re) definition of ethnoreligious identities: the case of the Alevis of Turkey and Alawites of Syria” in British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, the official journal of the British Society of Middle […]

Dr. Miriam Shadis, Associate Professor of History, Dr. Theresa Moran, Director of Food Studies, and Dr. David Bell, Chair of Linguistics presented papers at the Eighth Edition of the Kings and Queens Conference — Resilio ergo Regno: Resilience, Continuity and Recovery at Royal Courts. The conference brings together scholars working […]