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By Gretchen Gregor Excerpted from Compass Five College of Arts & Sciences Professors were honored Sept. 23 as recipients of the Presidential Teacher Award, which recognizes full-time tenured faculty who consistently inspire students and colleagues through academic excellence inside and outside the classroom.as recipients of the Presidential Teacher Award, which […]

By Lori Bauer In his new book In Praise of Nothing: Essays, Memoir, and Experiments, Dr. Eric LeMay gives readers an opportunity to shoot some asteroids while joining him in a contemplation of Copernicus and our fascination—sometimes addiction—with ourselves. Play along with LeMay at On Cosmology. The game is modeled […]

Dr. Eric LeMay, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing: Nonfiction, reads from  his latest book,  In Praise of Nothing: Essays, Memoir, and Experiments, on Oct. 6 at Marshall University. The Huntington News reports: “LeMay has taught writing at Harvard, Columbia and the University of Chicago. He is on the faculty of the […]

In honor of National Postdoc Appreciation Week Sept. 15-19, the Office of Research Communications is spotlighting Ohio University postdoctoral fellows across campus. Dr. Lana Oweidat is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of English who also teaches in the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program. She works with faculty member […]

Dr. Amritjit Singh, Langston Hughes Professor of English at Ohio University, is on a Fulbright-Nehru Award at the University of Delhi in India this academic year. Singh is working on a personal and historical book tentatively titled “At Home Abroad: The Making of Minority Consciousness in India and the United […]

Dr. Robert Miklitsch, Professor of English at Ohio University, edited the new book “Kiss the Blood Off My Hands: On Classic Film Noir,” which will be released on Sept. 15. The book contains “white-hot essays on overlooked aspects of classic film noir,” according to the book jacket. Abstract: Consider the […]

Rachel’s Blue, a new novel by Dr. Zakes Mda, Professor of Professor of Creative Writing: Fiction and Ohio University alum, was released in August. This time Mda sets his scene very close to home—at the Farmer’s Market in Athens and in nearby Rome Township. Mda is Ohio University alum, having […]