Research

History Ph.D. Student Secures Grant to Support Research in The Gambia

Sana Saidykhan

Sana Saidykhan, doctoral student in the History Department, recently secured a research grant jointly administered by The Gambia’s National Centre for Arts and Culture and Germany’s The Gerda Henkel Foundation. Saidykhan plans to use the funds, totaling 2,500 euros, to support his preliminary dissertation research in The Gambia this summer. Provisionally […]

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February 8, 2019 at 4:30 pmResearch

Alicke Gets Lifetime Career Award, Rios Gets Early Career Award

Dr. Mark Alicke

Dr. Mark Alicke received the 2018 Distinguished Lifetime Career Award from the International Society for Self and Identity, while Dr. Kimberly Rios received the 2018 Outstanding Early Career Award. “The Department of Psychology is extremely fortunate to count among its faculty the recipients of both the Distinguished Lifetime Career Award […]

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February 7, 2019 at 12:47 pmNews Research

Zoccola Awarded $10,129 from Baker Fund

Dr. Peggy Zoccola

From Ohio Today Dr. Peggy Zoccola, Associate Professor of Psychology, received $10,129 from the Ohio University Baker Fund. Her project is “Biopsychosocial Outcomes of a Lifestyle Intervention for Individuals with Chronic Pain Post-Intervention and at 1-Year Follow-up.” The John C. Baker Fund awarded a total of $49,253 to faculty proposals for […]

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February 6, 2019 at 2:09 pmResearch

Zapf Co-Authors Paper on Regulation of Toxin Production in Staphylococcus

Rachel Zapf

Members of the Carroll lab authored a paper in the journal mBio on the regulation of toxin production in Staphylococcus aureus by a small regulatory RNA (called Teg41). Two Biological Sciences graduate students and five undergrads were co-authors on the paper, “The Small RNA Teg41 Regulates Expression of the Alpha […]

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February 6, 2019 at 11:41 amResearch

Lee, Alumni Publish on Students’ Use of Informal Features in Academic Writing

Dr. Joseph Lee

Dr. Joseph Lee, Assistant Director of the English Language Improvement Program’s Academic & Global Communication Program, and Ohio University alums Tetyana Bychkovska ’17M and James Maxwell ’17 M co-authored an article, “Breaking the Rules? A Corpus-based Comparison of Informal Features in L1 and L2 Undergraduate Student Writing,” in the latest […]

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February 4, 2019 at 12:10 pmAlumni Research

Post Interviews Jeffries about History of African Americans in Athens

Dr. Bayyinah Jeffries

The Post interviewed Dr. Bayyinah Jeffries, Assistant Professor of African American Studies,  in a story headlined “A glimpse into the turbulent history of African Americans in Athens.” Bayyinah Jeffries has recently started exploring the university archives to learn more about Ohio University’s and Athens’ histories in regard to race relations. […]

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February 3, 2019 at 2:14 pmFaculty in the News In the News Research

Buckley Delivers Richard H. Foster Lecture at Frank Church Symposium

Dr. Geoffrey Buckley

Dr. Geoff Buckley, Professor of Geography, delivered the Richard H. Foster lecture on Feb. 1 at the 48th annual Frank Church Symposium at Idaho State University. The theme of this year’s symposium was “The Best and Worst of Us: Confronting Injustices in the World.” Buckley’s paper was titled “Environmental Justice: Pattern, Process, […]

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February 3, 2019 at 1:57 pmResearch