Faculty in the News

Credit.com quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in an article headlined “Are Students Getting Fed Up with the Cost of College?” It seems like the high cost of college is fueled by the increase in the number of people who wish to get a degree. According […]

Conservation work by Dr. Viorel Popescu and students in his lab was featured in an Athens News story headlined “‘Snot otter’ or ‘hellbender,’ OU scientists want to save them.” Popescu is Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University. Students Matthew Kaunert and Ryan Wagner also were quoted. A group of […]

Dr. Matthew Layton, Assistant Professor of Political Science, co-authored a Nov. 2 column for the Washington Post headlined “In Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro’s victory may mean further shifts in tolerance and moderation.” …Is Brazil undergoing a seismic shift from historical tolerance and moderation? Will Brazilians adopt the harsher tone of their new […]

The Scottsbluff Star Herald quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in an article headlined “Top college jobs in Nebraska and Iowa pay six figures, but within a wide range.” “Salaries are all over the map,” said Richard Vedder, emeritus professor of economics at Ohio University. Vedder […]

OHIO Today writes about Dr. Paul Jones, the Samuel and Susan Crowl Professorship in English Literature, in a story headlined “Crowl Professorship recognizes outstanding OHIO English faculty.” “It means a lot to me that my colleagues really think I was going to do something good with it—that I was really going […]

WOUB interviewed Dr. Lauren Elliott-Dorans, Assistant Lecturer of Political Science at Ohio University, about low voter turnout among young people. “Some of it is the misconception among youth voters that politics isn’t relevant at this stage in life,” said Elliott-Dorans. “Any time we can make politics tangibly relevant to somebody […]

Dr. DeLysa Burnier, Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, moderated a debate between the candidates for state representative, as reported in Post story headlined “Jay Edwards and Taylor Sappington spar over state funding, abortion and Issue 1 during debate.” Jay Edwards and Taylor Sappington participated in a civil and rarely […]