Research

By Helen Cothrel ’15 Honors Tutorial College and Physics Major, Ohio University Experimental physics has proven to be a fickle beast, but perseverance in the face of its vicissitudes is rewarding. In the lab this summer, first I had to master the tools, but then I learned the joy of […]

Dr. Robert A. Frank, Dean of the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences, announces Dr. Brian C. McCarthy ’84MS as Associate Dean for Faculty, Graduate Studies and Research, effective Sept. 1. McCarthy, Professor of Forest Ecology, has served as Chair of the Department of Environmental and Plant Biology since […]

By Austin Stahl Climate change typically isn’t mentioned in the same sentence as security, but experts and policy makers are beginning to make the connection more frequently. Three Geography faculty members—Associate Professor Dr. Edna Wangui and Assistant Professors Dr. Thomas Smucker and Dr. Gaurav Sinha—are contributing to this growing body of […]

Dr. Larry L. Burmeister, Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, presented “Californication of the Korean Rice Market?” at the 2013 American Sociological Association meeting. His paper was part of a session on Development, Colonialism and Asia. Abstract: Agricultural trade disputes between the U.S. and South Korea over the opening of […]

Ohio University graduate History student Steven Wills published his master’s thesis on “Navy and Marine Corps Opposition to the Goldwater Nichols Act of 1986” on OhioLINK. Abstract: The Goldwater Nichols Act of 1986 was the most comprehensive defense reorganization legislation in a generation. It has governed the way the United […]

Ohio University graduate History student Peter Wickman published his master’s thesis on “China and the Origins of the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance” on OhioLINK. Abstract: British imperial policy in East Asia during the latter decades of the 19th century was informed primarily by a strategic agenda. It was focused on preventing […]

Three Ohio University History students presented at the Britain and the World Annual Conference in 2013. Dr. John Brobst, Associate Professor of History & Director of Graduate Studies at Ohio University, chaired the panel on “Britain’s Adaptable Empire in Twentieth Century Asia and the Middle East.” Peter Wickman presented “Partners in […]