Faculty in the News

Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, authored a column in the Columbus Dispatch headlined “Astronomy | Signals from outer space remain a mystery.” If an alien civilization were trying to contact us here on Earth, how would they do it? In the 1997 movie “Contact,” […]

The Living Architecture Monitor quotes Dr. Kim Thompson, Assistant Professor of Instruction in Environmental & Plant Biology, in a story headlined “Ohio University Receives Grants for Green Roof Project.” Right now the roof connected to the third floor of Schoonover Center at Ohio University is empty. Small pieces of equipment […]

Reuters quotes Dr. Susan Burgess, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, in a story headlined “LGBTQ Candidates Win Big In Super Tuesday Contests Across U.S.” “The mainstream position now is one of acceptance for LGBT people and the challenger position is for those who don’t,” saidSusan Burgess, a […]

National Review summarizes a recent talk by Dr. Richard Vedder at the Martin Center in an article headlined “Our Higher Education Problem: Serious but Not Hopeless.” Vedder is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University. First, there’s the cost issue. While prices of other services have been falling, the […]

The Jamaica Observer writes about Dr. Gary Holcomb’s discovery and publishing of  Claude McKay’s Romance in Marseille. A pivotal figure of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s, Jamaican-born Claude McKay was as provocative as Marcus Garvey, Langston Hughes, and other major players in arguably black intelligentsia’s most exciting period. Seventy-two […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column at Forbes headlined “Are University Policy Experts Good For Society?” … All this reminds me of a personal involvement in the policy realm. In December 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis, I testified before […]

Dr. Lauren Elliott-Dorans was recently invited to be a guest contributor for the American Political Science Association’s RAISE the Vote campaign, which features blog posts from political scientists who teach and conduct research on the area of civic participation. Elliott-Dorans is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in Political Science. She […]