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Michael Dickard ’10, ’12 M.A. Sociology studies interaction on social media at Drexel University’s College of Computing & Informatics and is co-author of a article on “The Strength of Awkward Ties: Online Interactions between High School Students and Adults.” He studies the sometimes-awkward but valuable interactions between teens and adults. […]

NPR’s Mara Liasson interviewed Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History, for a story on “Melania Trump Poised To Move From Sidelines To Spotlight.” Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, may be quiet but she’s not invisible…. But it’s not so clear exactly what kind of first lady she would […]

Epicurious interviewed Ohio University alum Yvonne Maffei ’97, ’00M on “How to Make Anything and Everything (Bolognese! BLTs!) Halal.” Maffei is the author of the “wildly popular blog-turned cookbook, My Halal Hitchen.” She earned degrees in Spanish and Global Studies-Latin American from the College of Arts & Sciences and a master’s […]

Dr. Kimberly Rios, Associate Professor of Psychology, was quotes in a New York Times article on “United We Stand. Under Threat, We Divide Into Groups.” A week of violence and anguish in the United States has prompted increasingly familiar discussions of race, policing, discrimination and gun violence. But amid those […]

Ohio University alum Alyssa L. Parrott ’07 has been named Fairfield County Bar Association president, reports the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. She earned a B.A. in Political Science from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. LANCASTER – Alyssa L. Parrott, associate at Dagger, Johnston, Miller, Ogilvie & Hampson, LLP, […]

Bite Somebody, a novel by Ohio University alum Sara Dobie Bauer, was published with World Weaver Press this month. The novel has been met with praise, with several reviewers noting the novel’s witty and humorous characters. “Bite Somebody is the Pretty in Pink of vampire stories: fun, self-consciously retro, and […]

Dominican University has named Ohio University alum Jeffrey Breese ’89M its new Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs in a June 16 news release. Dominican University has named Jeffrey Breese, PhD, as provost and vice president for academic affairs, effective July 1, 2015. A native of Ohio, Breese comes to […]