Faculty in the News

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted in an Accuracy in Academia article headlined “Was Government Intervention in Universities a Big Mistake?” On February 12, the Cato Institute held an event that focused on the history of higher education, what problems currently plague our […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column in Forbes headlined “Boys Will Be Boys — Except At Harvard.” …Harvard, which one half century ago was all men itself, thinks single sex associations are wrong and punishes kids who want to join fraternities and […]

Dr. Peter de B. Harrington, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, was quoted in a Forbes article headlined “5 Critical Questions Cannabis Researchers And Producers Are Asking in 2019.” Cannabis is an entirely new world for scientists, who were largely unable to access the plant for research in days past. The […]

Dr. Jeffrey B. Vancouver co-authored “Out of control or right on the money? Funder self-efficacy and crowd bias in equity crowdfunding” in the Journal of Business Venturing. The work also was featured in Science Magazine in an article headlined “Believing in yourself can backfire when investing in equity crowdfunded ventures.” “In a […]

Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish, Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Middle East and North Africa Certificate Program, discussed U.S. policy in the Middle East on WOUB’s Spectrum Podcast headlined “Iran’s Strength is the Primary Target of the Trump Team in the Middle East.” Hosted by Spectrum‘s Tom Hodson, the […]

WOUB Digital’s Spectrum interviewed Dr. Akil Houston, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Ohio University, for an episode on “Blackface and Other Racist Symbols Still Plague Our 21st Century Society.” Despite advances in civil rights in our country’s history, our society, in the 21st century, is still plagued by […]

The Post quoted Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor & Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Susan B. Anthony Day honors legacy of women’s suffrage leader.” Katherine Jellison, a professor and the chair of the history department at Ohio University, first started learning about Anthony in the 6th grade, […]