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Dr. Charles Jarrett, Associate Professor of Sociology, received the Regional Higher Education Outstanding Professor Award for 2016-17. This award recognizes excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service to Ohio University. Jarrett attended Marshall University before graduating with his doctorate in Rural Sociology from The Ohio State University in 1982. He teaches […]

Dr. Elizabeth Lee, Assistant Professor of Sociology, has been selected to serve on a new Task Force on First-Generation and Working-Class Persons in Sociology. Formed by the American Sociological Association, the task force is charged with determining the representation in academia of first-generation and working-class persons in sociology. it will: […]

Dr. Larry Burmeister, Professor of Sociology, received funding from the Association for Asian Studies for his continuing research in South Korea on food, agriculture, and rural development issues. His research this summer focused on data collection on recent changes in rice production and consumption in South Korea, and he also […]

Since 1996, Linda (Ong) Styer ’84 ‘86M has served as the Senior Program Officer at the Community Foundation of Lorain County where she manages a portfolio of $2 million in competitive grant making. After graduating from the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University with her BA and MA […]

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Emily Starkey ’15 is a legal support specialist with Franklin County Prosecutors Office in the criminal division. After graduating from the College of Arts & Sciences […]

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Samantha (Szenay) Light ’14 is an Adult Probation and Parole Officer for Lebanon County Probation Services in Lebanon County, PA, where she has been working since […]

Elizabeth Kilgore’s education from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University led her into a career she never imagined when she was a student. Kilgore ’96 ’02M is an expert in Public Health Communications and consults for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization […]