Post Tagged with: "faculty in the news"

The Associated Press quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “First lady Melania Trump criticizes media about friend’s tell-all book.” Katherine Jellison, a history professor at Ohio University who studies first ladies, said Mrs. Trump’s response was “not from the usual first lady […]

The Washington Post quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Melania Trump is having a hard time distancing herself from the president.” “She very well may be responding to criticism of running a lax ship there at the White House based on her […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column at Forbes headlined “The Academic Taliban Are Winning! Can They Be Stopped?” Bruce Gilley is a respected scholar. Four distinguished universities (Cambridge, Columbia, California and Georgetown) have published books he has authored or edited. I counted […]

Dr. Geoffrey Buckley, Professor of Geography at Ohio University, was featured in WalletHub story about “2020’s Fastest-Growing Cities in America.” Among financial writer Adam McCann’s questions to Buckley, “Should we expect to see a reshaping of large cities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g. migration of families towards […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column at Forbes headlined “Coronavirus Enrollment Effects: Small But Consequential.” Early preliminary data from the respected National Student Clearinghouse Research Center show total enrollments this fall are down only 1.8 % over last year. Since after the […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column at Forbes headlined “Forgiving Federal Student Loans Is A Horrible Idea.” This is not the first time, nor probably the last, that I have given my views about forgiving federal student loans. It was a horrible […]

Dr. Travis A. White, assistant professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, wrote about his academic journey as a Black student and faculty member—and a chemist–in the cover story of Chemical and Engineering News. “While attending our annual College of Arts and Sciences’ faculty awards ceremony last fall, I […]