Research

Dr. Dawn Bikowski, Director of the English Language Improvement Program at Ohio University, was a featured speaker at the Teacher Educator Conference 2014 put on by the British Council in Hyderabad, India, in February. It’s the largest teacher education conference in India. Bikowski spoke on “The Pedagogy of Collaboration: Teaching […]

Dr. R. Damian Nance’s article “The supercontinent cycle: A retrospective essay” was named one of 25 papers in a virtual special issues celebrating the 25-year history of Gondwana Research. Nance is Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences at Ohio University. Gondwana Research is an international journal aimed to promote high quality […]

  Dr. Debra Thompson, Assistant Professor of Political Science, gave an invited talk on March 5 as part of the Conversation Series at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University. The title of the talk was “Color-Void: The Peril of African American Men in Higher Education Policy.” […]

Dr. David A. Drabold, Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Ohio University, gives an invited review lecture at  the University of Cambridge Department of Chemistry in March. He will address “First principles simulations of phase-change materials” at the upcoming symposium, “Doped Amorphous Chalcogenides and Devices,” at Trinity College, University […]

By Taylor Evans from Perspectives What do the characters Pi, Ponyboy, and Holden Caulfield have in common? Besides being the protagonists of three popular novels, they’re also the subject of Spencer Smith‘s student thesis. Smith, an English major in the Honors Tutorial College, examined narrative psychology in young adult literature. The […]

Dr. Andrew Ross, Assistant Professor of Political Science, published an article on “Realism, Emotion, and Dynamic Allegiances in Global Politics” in International Theory5, no. 2 (2013): 273-99. Abstract: This article appeals to classical realism for new insights into the role emotions play in shifting the terrain of political allegiance in […]

A new book by Dr. Andrew Ross, Assistant Professor of Political Science, looks at Mixed Emotions: Beyond Fear and Hatred in International Conflict (University of Chicago Press, 2013). The book looks at emotions as powerful and creative forces in the politics of terrorism, ethnic conflict, and transitional justice. Approaching emotions […]