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Dr. Matt Rosen, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Ohio University, authored an article on “Reading Nearby: Literary Ethnography in a Postsocialist City” in the journal Anthropology and Humanism. Summary: The solitary reader, sitting quietly surrounded by her thoughts, is a powerful image. But reading is also a deeply social practice. […]

From Compass Tales from Albarado: Pyramid Firms and Ponzi Logics of Accumulation in Postsocialist Albania Dr. Smoki Musaraj, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, was awarded $11,271 from the Baker Fund to complete her book, “Tales from Albarado: Ponzi Logics of Accumulation in Postsocialist Albania.” The book is a historical analysis of […]

By Aissatou Boye ’20 Dr. Nancy Tatarek, Associate Professor of Anthropology, presented a paper on “Nevertheless She Persisted: Women’s Health, Mortality and Lifecourse in Ohio’s Coal Mine Towns 1867-1950,” at the Social Science History Association conference in Phoenix in November. The theme for this year’s conference was “Histories of Disadvantage: […]

By Richard Morris, ’20 Dr. Matthew Rosen and Dr. Briju Thankachan presented  “Informal Practices and Innovations in Teaching and Learning: BYOD in Indian Classrooms” at the 2018 Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention in Kansas City, Mo. Rosen, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Ohio University, and Thankachan, Director of […]

By Richard Morris Associate Professor of Sociology Dr. Ted Welser presented during an installment of the Scripps College of Communication SMART Dialogue Series, which is dedicated to providing a platform for discourse on social media research. In his lecture, “Swipe for Your Right to Party,” he described the effects which […]

Dr. Elizabeth Lee, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, was selected by the American Sociological Association Publication Committee to serve as an editorial board member for the journal Sociology of Education for three years. Lee’s areas of research and teaching include education, social class and mobility, cultural and social […]

Dr. Nicole Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Sociology, published two journal articles in June 2018 that examine aspects of NGOs and correctional systems. “Gender and Community-Based Correctional Programs for Women”  was published in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice, edited by H. Pontell. New York: Oxford University Press. “In […]