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Dr. Brian Schoen was part of an international panel that discussed the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg—one of the iconic battles of the American Civil War—on the radio show Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan. Schoen, Associate Professor of History at Ohio University, is the Fulbright-sponsored Mary Ball Washington Professor of American […]

Dr. Kevin Mattson, the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University, was quoted in an International Business Times story on “The Hunger Games Mockingjay Release: How Katniss And Other Pop Culture Icons Inspire Protesters Across The Globe.” “The real-life use of a fictional gesture led to five students’ […]

The BBC Newshour interviewed Ohio University alum Dr. Adam Cathcart about North Korea this week. Cathcart is a Lecturer in Chinese History at the University of Leeds. He earned a music degree at Ohio University, followed by an M.A. and a Ph.D. in History from the College of Arts & […]

NBC News quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History, in a story on “Better Half: First Lady Campaigns Where the President Has Not.” Whether or not the president isn’t wanted by candidates in his own party, Michelle Obama has picked up the campaigning baton, attending 14 campaign events […]

Newsmax quoted Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor of History at Ohio University, in a story on “Obama Sets Up ‘Mean’ Congress as Midterm Election Strategy.” Katherine Jellison, a professor of history at Ohio University, said the strategy of running against a “do-nothing” Congress has also been successful for past presidents, according […]

By Aaron Brown and Mirco Reimer reprinted from American Diplomacy (Aaron Brown is a History Ph.D. candidate at Ohio University.) More than 20 years after leaving office, George Herbert Walker Bush finally seems to step out of Ronald Reagan’s shadow. While Bush the Elder never was a president who could […]

Amie Parnes of The Hill quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in an article on “First Lady Flexes Muscles.” First lady Michelle Obama is more aggressively wading into policy fights while expanding her portfolio…. The senior administration official also said the first lady would […]