Faculty in the News

Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Associate Professor of Political Sciences and Director of International Development Studies Program at Ohio University, was quoted in The Economist in an article headlined “The eyes in Africa’s skies: Taking on West Africa’s terrorists.” The capital of Niger is not known as a hotspot for planespotters. But […]

The Associated Press quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Breaking with tradition, Melania Trump is set to be a long-distance first lady.” DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It will be one of many unusual things about a Donald Trump administration: a […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Ohio University and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, penned a Nov. 10 column in the Wall Street Journal on “The Genesis of Prosperity: What brought about the Great Enrichment? And why did it start in England? It had […]

The Athens News reported that Dr. Loran Marsan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Ohio University, responded to the presidential election results by getting married. As a local same-sex couple watched the presidential election’s results coming in last week that confirmed Donald Trump as America’s president-elect, […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Ohio University and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, was quoted by NPR on “Colleges Pressured To Spend More Endowment Funds On Student Aid.” As college tuition continues to rise, some lawmakers and education advocates are calling on schools […]

by Kristin M. Distel Dr. Amritjit Singh’s edited volume, Revisiting India’s Partition: New Essays on Memory, Culture, and Politics (Lexington Books, June 2016), has begun to receive strong reviews from international news outlets. The book, co-edited by Singh with Professor Nalini Iyer and Dr. Rahul K. Gairola, has also been […]

Public radio show BackStory interviewed Dr. Paul Jones for a Halloween feature on the American horror story, specifically the work of Edgar Allan Poe. Jones is the Samuel and Susan Crowl Professorship in English Literature & Director of Graduate Studies at Ohio University. BackStory with the American History Guys is […]