Faculty in the News

Dr. Julie Owens, Associate Professor of Psychology, was mentioned in a Northeastern University article on “Researchers to address critical need in tracking young students’ progress.” North­eastern Uni­ver­sity researchers have received a four-​​year, $1.6 mil­lion grant from the U.S. Depart­ment of Edu­ca­tion to develop a Web-​​based system for ele­men­tary school teachers […]

San Francisco Chronicle columnist Debra J. Saunders quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in an article on “Forgive and forget college debt.” The article discusses an Obama administration decision to forgive as much as $3.5 […]

Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, was quoted in a Washington Post story on “Does an unmarried president still need a first lady?” He’s unmarried. An avowed bachelor. If he won the White House, he’d have no spouse at his side…. But why does an unmarried president […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted in a Heartland Institute article on “Maine Lawmaker Proposes Workplace Freedom Bill.” A Maine lawmaker is sponsoring a bill to prohibit requiring union membership as a condition of employment […]

Dr. Jennifer Fredette’s book Constructing Muslims in France: Discourse, Public Identity, and the Politics of Citizenship is one of five books named “Summer Reading Titles by University of Pacific Authors.” Fredette, Assistant Professor of Public Law at Ohio University, earned a Ph.D. from the University of Washington, an M.A. in […]

Dr. Sarah Racine, Assistant Professor of Psychology, talks about a paper she co-authored in a May 28 story on “Impulsivity and Binge Eating.” Racine is the lead author on “Examining associations between negative urgency and key components of objective binge episodes,” which appeared April 10 in the International Journal of […]

Dr. Lisa Crockett, Professor of Biological Sciences, and member faculty of the Molecular and Cellular Biology  program, is mentioned in a Virginia Tech story on “Research team heads to Antarctic to get icy insight into how brain adapts to temperature change.” At the southernmost extremes of the planet lives a […]