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Dr. Homer Leslie Bradshaw, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Ohio University and also an alumnus, died on Sept. 15, 2019, at the age of 97 in Friendship Village in Kalamazoo, Mich., according to his obituary. Bradshaw, of Sinking Spring, Ohio, was born on July 29, 1922, in Pomeroy, Ohio, and […]

Dr. Dominik Mischkowski co-authored a study on “A Social Analgesic? Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) Reduces Positive Empathy” in Frontiers in Psychology. Mischkowski is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Ohio University. “Acetaminophen – a potent physical painkiller that also reduces empathy for other people’s suffering – blunts physical and social pain by reducing […]

  Ohio University alumnus Anthony Petruzzi ’94 has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® for 2020. Petruzzi focuses his practice in the areas of white collar criminal defense, corporate investigations, and business litigation for Tucker Ellis LLP. He earned a bachelor’s degree in […]

From Compass Dr. Claudia González-Vallejo was named a Jefferson Science Fellow for 2019-20 and will spend the year working at the U.S. Department of State. The fellowship is awarded by the National Academy of Sciences. González-Vallejo, Professor of Psychology and affiliated faculty of Latin American studies at Ohio University, will […]

Dr. Dominik Mischkowski was featured in an Angle News story about his research headlined “Tylenol may make you less empathetic to others’ happiness.” Mischkowski is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Ohio University. Previous research confirmed that when acetaminophen is helping us feel less of our own pain, it makes us […]

Dr. K. Jean Forney, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Ohio University, co-authored a journal article on “Examining similarities in eating pathology, negative affect, and perfectionism among peers: A social network analysis” in Appetite. Abstract: Friends tend to be more similar than non-friends (i.e., exhibit homophily) in body image concerns and […]

The Miami University Alumni Association announced Dr. K. Jean Forney, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Ohio University, as one of this year’s exceptional alumni who have been named as 18 of the Last 9 Award recipients for 2019, according to a news release. Based on the popular “30 under 30” […]