Faculty in the News

Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, authored a column in the Columbus Dispatch headlined “Astronomy: Telescope network helped ID black hole, shed light on galaxies’ formation.” How do you take a picture of a black hole, which, of course, is black against the background of […]

The Hill quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor & Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Dems obsess over finding candidate to beat Trump.” “Electability seems to be Democrats’ greatest concern, so even if many of those touting white male candidates have no problem themselves with voting for […]

Split This Rock, a national literary organization “dedicated to fostering greater roles for poets in public life by using art to promote social activism,” maintains a searchable database of over 600 social justice-related poems as a resource for educators, readers, and writers. Since its launch in 2015, poems in this […]

The Post quoted Dr. Lysa Burnier, Professor of Political Science, in a story headlined “Here’s a look at the candidates for the Democratic Primary.” “I think the overall quality of the field is really high. We have people who are senators, mayors, congressman and people who have state government experience […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column in Forbes headlined “Why Do Progressives Support Elite Universities?” For several years, something has puzzled me: the most elite, selective, expensive American universities are hotbeds of liberal activism. Liberal faculty outnumber conservatives at least five to […]

Dr. Ghirmai Negash, Professor of English at Ohio University, was referenced in a Los Angeles Times articled headlined “Nipsey Hussle had a vision for South L.A. It all started with a trip to Eritrea.” The rapper Hussle was fatally shot recently in Los Angeles. Before coming to OHIO, Negash was […]

Earth, Space and Science News interviewed Dr. Jana Houser, Assistant Professor of Geography at Ohio University, for a story headlined “Before Canadian Scientists Can Study Tornadoes, They Have to Find Them.” Jana Houser, an assistant professor of meteorology at Ohio University, studies how tornadoes form and how topography affects them. She’s […]