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Proposals now accepted for spring awards cycle. The deadline is Thursday, Feb. 9, at 4 p.m. The John C. Baker Fund awarded $53,704 total to five faculty proposals for research, scholarship and creative work during fall semester 2016. Endowed in 1961 by a gift of more than $612,000 from 1926 […]

Cleveland Business Connects writes about Ohio University alum Emily Lundgard ’07, ’08MPA and her commitment to public service in an article headlined “Nonprofit Profile: Emily Lundgard.” Connect with her on LinkedIn. She double majored in Political Science and History and also earned an Master of Public Administration from the College […]

Dr. Patrick Barr-Melej, Associate Professor of History at Ohio University, authored his second book, Psychedelic Chile: Youth, Counterculture, and Politics on the Road to Socialism and Dictatorship. The publication date, through the University of North Carolina Press, is May 15, 2017. Barr-Melej’s book illuminates modern Chilean history with an unprecedented […]

The Associated Press quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Breaking with tradition, Melania Trump is set to be a long-distance first lady.” DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It will be one of many unusual things about a Donald Trump administration: a […]

The Washington Post quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story on “In Phoenix, Michelle Obama goes after Trump again — and offers a vision for a Clinton presidency.” The national spotlight does not usually follow first ladies after they leave the White House, […]

The Associated Press quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story on “First Lady Michelle Obama Is the Clinton Campaign’s MVP.” “It’s unusual for a sitting first lady, or a sitting president for that matter, to campaign so enthusiastically for a presidential candidate. They […]

The History Department at Ohio University announces two new courses that are being offered for the first time in Spring 2017. HIST 3500: Science and Society in the Modern World (2SS) Tier II Social Science Description: How do scientists know what they know? How have their forms of knowledge, practice, and expertise become […]