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Happy Beginnings | Alum Enjoys Start to Career in Criminal Justice

Erin (Varga) Spicuzza

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Erin (Varga) Spicuzza ’13 got her start in criminal justice working for Allegheny County Pretrial Services in downtown Pittsburgh, where she’s been since June 2014. Spicuzza […]

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September 1, 2017 at 2:00 pmAlumni

Terman, Welser, Anderson Present on Appalachia at Annual Meeting

Terman, Welser, Anderson Present on Appalachia at Annual Meeting

Dr. Rachel Terman, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, presented “Obstacles and Opportunities in Appalachia” with colleagues Dr. Ted Welser, Associate Professor of Sociology, Dr. Cynthia Anderson, Professor of Sociology, and alum Jacklyn Hockenberry ’17 M.A. Sociology, at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society in July. […]

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August 31, 2017 at 1:53 pmAlumni Research

Alum is Senior Sociologist at RAND Corporation

Robert Bozick

Robert Bozick ’99 is a Senior Sociologist at the RAND Corporation. RAND is a non-partisan public policy think tank located in Santa Monica, California. After graduating with B.A. in Sociology and minor in Psychology from the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University, Bozick earned his M.A. in Sociology […]

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August 31, 2017 at 11:41 amAlumni

Sociology and Philosophy Alum Pursues Ph.D. While Working for Crime, Media, Culture Journal

Sociology and Philosophy Alum Pursues Ph.D. While Working for Crime, Media, Culture Journal

Holly Ningard ’12, ’14M is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Tennessee. She graduated in 2012 with her B.A. in Sociology-Criminology and Philosophy before earning her M.A. in Sociology from the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University in 2014. Ningard has extensive experience […]

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August 24, 2017 at 4:19 pmAlumni

Sociology – Psychology Alum Starts as Assistant Professor

Sociology – Psychology Alum Starts as Assistant Professor

Lauren Wright graduated with her BA in Sociology-Criminology and Psychology in 2010 and MA in Sociology in 2014 from the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University. She earned her PhD from the University of Central Florida this year and begins as Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology, […]

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August 24, 2017 at 12:33 pmAlumni

Wealth & Poverty | Scanlan, Interns Participate in Shepherd Poverty Symposium

Ohio University interns Chloe Wooster, Kees Vande Stadt, and Angela Green with Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty Founder and Executive Director Dr. Harlan Beckley

Dr. Steve Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, participated in the 2017 Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty Closing Conference and Symposium in July. Scanlan oversees Ohio University’s participation as a member of the consortium in collaboration with Dr. Rachel Terman (SHECP OHIO intern coordinator) and Dr. Matthew […]

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August 8, 2017 at 3:26 pmNews

Veterans Treatment Court Project Gets Ready to Screen Video

Veterans Treatment Court Project Gets Ready to Screen Video

From the Veteran Treatment Court Photography and Video Project Newsletter The Veterans Treatment Court Photography & Video Project is a partnership between the Sociology & Anthropology Department and the School of Visual Communications at Ohio University. Dr. Ursula Castellano, Associate Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, began a pilot photography […]

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August 3, 2017 at 9:38 amNews