Research

 By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Dr. Charlotte Elster, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, is the organizer of “Reactions and Structure of Exotic Nuclei,” a two-week workshop being held March 2-13 at the Institute of Nuclear Theory in Seattle, Washington. Her co-organizers are Dr. W.H. Dickhoff of Washington University […]

Evelyn Salinas Castro presented her work on “The emergence of auto-defense groups–vigilantes–within the Mexican drug war” as a revolutionary movement at the Capitalism & Socialism: Utopia, Globalization, and Revolution conference at the University of Southern Indiana  in November. She describes the rise in Mexican cartels, “unprecedented levels” of violence, and […]

Dr. Sarah Racine, Assistant Professor of Psychology, is seeking an undergraduate research apprentice for a project on”Using a Physiological Measure of Emotional Reactivity and Emotion Regulation in Eating Disorders.” College of Arts & Sciences freshmen, sophomores and juniors are eligible for the Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Pilot Program 2015-16. The program hires […]

Dr. Marina Peterson, Associate Professor of Performance Studies in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Center for Law, Justice & Culture faculty member, is seeking an undergraduate research apprentice for her current book project, Auditory Atmospheres.  A historical ethnography of noise pollution, Auditory Atmospheres examines its roots in 1960s environmentalism, its formation […]

Ellie Koewler ’15 Senior Anthropology and Geology student Lauren Johnson has unearthed some ideas about how Native Americans might have lived—just down the road from where Ohio University now sits. She has spent nearly two years excavating artifacts and researching geological data from a nearby rock shelter with Dr. Paul […]

Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, speaks at Ohio State University Feb. 25 . Jellison is the author of It’s Our Day: America’s Love Affair with the White Wedding 1945–2005 (Kansas Press 2008). Her lecture, sponsored by the Friends of the Historic Costume & Textiles […]

Dr. Jixin Chen, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, is seeking an undergraduate research apprentice for a project on “Super-Resolution Imaging for Optical Maps of Single DNA that Assist Genome Sequencing.” College of Arts & Sciences freshmen, sophomores and juniors are eligible for the Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Pilot Program 2015-16. The […]