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A $1.38 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will fund the development of a new video game designed to help kids with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) learn academic skills and better succeed in school. The three-year project is led by psychology researchers Dr. Brandon Schultz, Assistant Professor […]

Dr. Claudia González Vallejo, Professor of Psychology at Ohio University, was appointed a Consulting Editor for the Journal of Mathematical Psychology. “The Journal of Mathematical Psychology includes articles, monographs and reviews, notes and commentaries, and book reviews in all areas of mathematical psychology,” according to the journal’s website. “Areas of special […]

Dr. Dawn Ruth recently joined the faculty of Geological Sciences at Ohio University as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Ruth’s work focuses on deciphering magmatic processes before volcanic eruptions. Ruth applies the same enthusiasm to her research and her classroom. She is teaching GEOL 1010: How the Earth Works and GEOL 3120: […]

A new book on Boko Haram co-authored by Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Associate Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, is a social history of one of Africa’s deadliest terrorist groups and its impact on Nigerian political and social life. “Drawing on years of research, Boko Haram is a timely addition […]

Dr. Peggy Zoccola, Associate Professor of Psychology, was quoted in a Science Magazine article and headlined “Family acceptance of LGBT identity linked to reduced stress.” ATHENS, Ohio (Oct. 23, 2018) – Ohio University Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Peggy Zoccola has determined that those who identify as LGBT and have […]

You may be more familiar with the name of Barilla from the pasta aisle of your local supermarket. The company, founded in 1877 as a bakery shop in Parma, Italy, by Pietro Barilla, has grown to a multi-national corporation with an annual revenue of more than $450 billion (2015). In […]

Dr. Victoria Lee, Assistant Professor of History, authored an article on “Microbial Transformations: The Japanese Domestication of Penicillin Production, 1946–1951” in the Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences. Abstract: The domestication of penicillin production in Japan was a priority for the Allied occupation government (1945–1952) immediately after World War II, since […]