Research

By Jean Andrews From Ohio University Research Communications Working in the dense rain forest of the Congo one summer and the humid semi-arid North Dakota grasslands the next, Steven Richardson assisted national and international groups with their land conservation efforts. Analyzing Deforestation in the African Congo Richardson, an Ohio University […]

Experienced and novice computational modelers converged in Athens on Oct. 23-25 for a conference and workshop focused on computational modeling strategies for organizational science. Hosted by Dr. Jeffrey B. Vancouver, Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Ohio University, this three-day conference was supported by a National Science Foundation grant from the […]

Dr. Nicole Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, authored an article on “Prisoner incorporation: The work of the state and non-governmental organizations” in Theoretical Criminology. Abstract: This article brings the concept of incorporation as used in studies of citizenship into the analysis of the reception of ex-prisoners by […]

Dr. Patricia Richard, Professor Emerita of Political Science at Ohio University, co-authored a book on Latin American Political Culture: Public Opinion and Democracy with John A. Booth (2015 CQ Press, an imprint of Sage Publications). Abstract: Latin American Political Culture: Public Opinion and Democracy presents a genuinely pan-Latin American examination of […]

Dr. Cynthia Anderson, Associate Professor of Sociology, served as presider and discussant for the American Sociological Association conference session “Rural Contexts as Spaces of Inequality, Power & Identity” in August. The American Sociological Association annual meeting provides the opportunity for professionals involved in the scientific study of society to share […]

Dr. Allan Showalter, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, will give an invited talk during the Second International Conference on Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Arguments for Salt Tolerance at Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, Oct. 12-14 Showalter’s presentation on “Cellular Signaling of Root Growth in Response to Salt” includes research contributions […]

Dr. Greg Kessler, Associate Professor of Linguistics at Ohio University, spoke about leveraging emerging technologies for meaningful authentic learning experiences at the second TECH-Ed Conference hosted by Washington State University in early October. “We live in a world with varied emerging technologies and contexts in which we can practice communicating […]