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Alum Focuses on Solving Problems, Like Detroit, Criminal Justice Reform

Robert Kahle

Ohio University alum Robert Kahle ’81, ’83M is a sociologist and qualitative research expert who works for Fortune 50 manufacturers and service providers, as well as non-profit and governmental organizations, tackling today’s tough social problems. Put Detroit on the list of tough problems. And put Kahle on the list of […]

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March 16, 2016 at 2:18 pmAlumni

MIT Publishes Anthropology Alumnus’ Book ‘Knowledge Machines’

MIT Publishes Anthropology Alumnus’ Book ‘Knowledge Machines’

In April 2015, MIT Press published Ohio University alum Eric T. Meyer’s book Knowledge Machines: Digital Transformations of the Sciences and Humanities (with co-author Ralph Schroeder, also of Oxford). Meyer is Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, where he has been […]

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March 16, 2016 at 1:31 pmAlumni

Job Helping First Generation College Students: ‘Rewarding’

Derek Lambert

Ohio University alum Derek Lambert ’14 graduated with a B.A. in Sociology and is now an AmeriCorps Ohio College Guide with I Know I Can, which is one of the largest and most successful college access programs in the country. “Starting college can be a scary process, especially for first […]

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March 16, 2016 at 1:19 pmAlumni

Sociology-Criminology Alum Authors ‘The Angola Prison Seminary’

Michael Hallett

“For me, sociology offers a discourse about how we are all born into the middle of our lives—only coming to grips with the forces that shape them as we mature,” says Dr. Michael Hallett, who graduated from Ohio University with his B.A. in Sociology-Criminology with a minor in English in […]

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March 16, 2016 at 9:05 amAlumni

Sociology Alumnus: It’s “incredible to watch happen”

Timothy Gongaware

“While working together in small groups for their senior capstone projects [the students] draw together the knowledge and skills from their individual majors to create projects that address the issues of race and ethnicity in our community, state, and nation which are interesting or important to them. “This has been […]

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March 15, 2016 at 4:53 pmAlumni

Sociology-Criminology Alumnus: “I’m in a job that I love”

Sociology-Criminology Alumnus: “I’m in a job that I love”

  “I love that I’m using my degree. Upon graduating I was extremely passionate on finding a career that was consistent with my degree and my academic interests. “While I did have to do some relocating, it was completely worth it because I’m in a job that I love and […]

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March 15, 2016 at 4:08 pmAlumni

Sociology-Criminology Alum Is Research Associate and Volunteer EMT

Benjamin Fogel

“I love working in Washington, D.C.!” says Ohio University alum Benjamin Fogel, who recently received his certification from The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians and serves as an EMT in the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department in Rockville, MD. Benjamin Fogel graduated in 2013 with a B.A. in Sociology-Criminology and […]

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March 15, 2016 at 12:16 pmAlumni