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From Ohio University News The Spring 2022 Ted Rose Lecture Series kicks off with a talk by Harriet Washington discussing “Environmental Racism in the Age of COVID-19” on Thursday, Feb. 17, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. via Teams. The event is being sponsored by the African American studies department and […]

From Ohio University News Ohio University alumnus Matthew Ward was drawn to the M.A. in Law, Justice & Culture program as a way to learn more about social justice issues following the murder of George Floyd. “In the Summer of 2020, I, like many others, was moved by the civil […]

From Ohio University News The Center for Law, Justice & Culture offers law-related online graduate courses for summer 2022. These courses are part of the M.A. in Law, Justice & Culture, which can be completed in person on campus or entirely online. The summer courses focus on the theoretical and […]

From the Ohio University News The Center for Law, Justice & Culture hosts a livestream event to discuss “Race, Violence & Justice: An Examination and Discussion of the Arbery & Rittenhouse Verdicts” at 7 p.m. on Feb. 15. Students are encouraged to register here in Handshake. Watch the livestream and […]

From Ohio University Calendar The Contemporary History Institute hosts a conversation on voting rights in the United States with Ohio University historians Katherine Jellison and Kim Little on Thursday, Feb. 10, from noon to 1 p.m. via Teams. Join the conversation on Teams. Voting rights as well as access and […]

From Ohio University News Ohio University alumna Olayemi Olurin is a public defender at the Legal Aid Society and a lawyer in New York City. She recently authored an opinion piece in Teen Vogue headlined “Law & Order Taught Americans to Root for the Police,” writing specifically about the horrors […]

Inside Higher Ed interviewed Dr. Akil Houston for a new story headlined “Curriculum Incentive Plan Prompts Political Backlash.” Houston is Associate Professor of Cultural and Media Studies in the African American Studies Department in the College of Arts & Sciences. Akil Houston, an associate professor of African American studies at […]