Faculty in the News

Dr. Akil Houston was interviewed by Fair Observer writer Kourosh Ziabari in an article headlined “Being Black in America.” Houston is Associate Professor in African American Studies at Ohio University. In this edition of The Interview, Fair Observer talks to Akil Houston, a filmmaker, social critic and an associate professor of […]

The Hill quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor & Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Sanders faces lingering questions about appeal to women voters.” On the heels of the public disagreement with Warren, the Sanders campaign released an ad in Iowa and New Hampshire highlighting his support […]

Dayton’s Cloudy with a Chance of Podcast interviewed Dr. Ryan Fogt in an episode headlined “Climate Matters.” Fogt, a climatologist and Associate Professor of Geography at Ohio University, was interviewed by WHIO-TV Storm Center 7 Chief Meteorologist McCall Vrydaghs and Meteorologist Kirstie Zontini. Zontini is an Ohio University alum who […]

  Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was interviewed by Carolina Journal Radio about his recent book, Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America. “One statistic that was already obvious when I was starting to write the book, and is even more so now, is […]

A Washington Post arts critic reviews the dance “Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro,” noting how the main character is built on a character from two novels by Dr. Zakes Mda, Professor Emeritus of English at Ohio University. He built his mortality-themed dance around the character of Toloki, the professional-mourner protagonist […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column at Forbes headlined “Clayton M. Christensen, R.I.P.” Like many professors raised in a liberal arts tradition, I generally do not think particularly highly or reverentially of business school faculty professing to explain how businesses click, what […]

The Ohio Capital Journal quotes Dr. Nicole Kaufman in Nationwide study finds high ‘sexual victimization’ in Ohio, Dems and DeWine ask for more data. Kaufman is Assistant Professor of Sociology and affiliated with the Center for Law, Justice & Culture at Ohio University. “There is a strong incentive for anyone in […]