Faculty in the News

The International Business Times quoted Dr. Kevin Mattson in an article headlined “45 Years After Nixon, Another US President Faces Impeachment.” Mattson is the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University. “Part of the story of Watergate and the investigation is watching Republicans peel off, start to call […]

Science News writes about research by Dr. Joseph Johnson in an article headlined “Bats in attics might be necessary for conservation.” Johnson is Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University. For the little brown bat — a small mouse-eared bat with glossy brown fur — a warm, dry place […]

“There is a human rights and humanitarian crisis unfolding in Kashmir, and the United States must take notice,” said Dr. Haley Duschinski, testifying before members of Congress at a Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing Nov. 14 on “Jammu and Kashmir in Context.” There is human rights and humanitarian crisis […]

Chronicle of Higher Education reporter Goldie Blumenstyk writes about a report on the state of rural education by Dr. Robert Klein and three Ohio University alumni in a story headlined “How to Get More Rural Students Ready for College? Start With Broadband.” A report on the state of rural education […]

“Jackie O’s Brewery in Athens last week revealed a unique beer brewed using yeast collected and reanimated from brewing barrels at an Ecuadorian monastery in collaboration with an Ohio University class and a visiting professor from a university in Quito, Ecuador. This particular yeast was first used in 1566,” reported […]

Agence France-Presse quotes Dr. Viorel Popescu in a story published by Yahoo News headlined “In bear country Romania, cohabitation grows strenuous.” Popescu is Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University. But environmentalists say the government doesn’t even come close to knowing the actual number. “The methodology used by the […]

The blog Medium quotes Dr. Alonzo Hamby, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “America Needs You Harry Truman.” Dr. Hamby also explains why historians have reassessed Truman: “But Truman’s stature also rose in subsequent years because it became easier for both scholars and the […]