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Dr. Tiffany Gayle Chenault was appointed a full professor at Salem State University, reports Diverse Issues in Higher Education. She is chair of the Sociology Department at Salem State. Connect with Chenault on LinkedIn. “Most recently, she worked as a department chair, associate professor and coordinator for the African-American Studies minor. Chenault […]

OHIO Today writes about alumnus JD Kittle ’80 in a story headlined “Rooted in Place” explaining Kittle’s journey from undergraduate Chemistry major at Ohio University back to Athens, first as a professor and now in an office at the Innovation Center. Connect with Kittle on LinkedIn. Kittle earned a B.S. […]

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 […]

Dr. Nukhet Sandal, Associate Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, authored a column at the Huffington Post headlined “Killing Jamal Khashoggi Was A Saudi Warning Shot.” Long before Jamal Khashoggi disappeared, Saudi Arabia had a history of cracking down on dissidents. Little tolerance exists inside the kingdom for activism […]

A $1.38 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will fund the development of a new video game designed to help kids with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) learn academic skills and better succeed in school. The three-year project is led by psychology researchers Dr. Brandon Schultz, Assistant Professor […]