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The Wealth and Poverty theme’s annual spring field trip took students to three Appalachian towns—Rendville, New Straitsville, and Nelsonville—on Saturday, March 12. Last Spring Dr. Barry Tadlock of Political Science led the theme’s first field trip to New Straitsville and Haydenville, and this time Dr. Rachel Terman, Assistant Professor of […]

“I’m going on my fifth year teaching sociology at North Central State College,” says Ohio University alum Toni Brown-Crump ’10M, who recently received her acceptance letter to West Virginia University‘s new Sociology Ph.D. program. “My most recent work endeavor was getting all of our Intro to Soc classes switched over […]

Ohio University alum Staci Vaughan ’15M focused on quantitative work for her graduate courses, and she continues to work with data in her current position—with an aim to help marginalized communities. Vaughan works in impoverished communities as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank for a year of […]

When Ohio University alum Kathryn Nutter-Pridgen ’05, ’08M left Athens in 2008 and headed to Florida, she had an M.A. in Sociology, a B.A. in Psychology and a Certificate in Women’s Studies. In August 2015, she added a few lines to her repertoire. She earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from […]

Ohio University alum Robert Kahle ’81, ’83M is a sociologist and qualitative research expert who works for Fortune 50 manufacturers and service providers, as well as non-profit and governmental organizations, tackling today’s tough social problems. Put Detroit on the list of tough problems. And put Kahle on the list of […]

By Austin Rivers ’17 Lauren Lowe applied for an internship with the local prosecutor’s office to pursue her interest in criminal justice, specifically a career as an investigator for a prosecutor’s office or law firm. “It is very rewarding to work with such dedicated people that truly care and strive […]

“For me, sociology offers a discourse about how we are all born into the middle of our lives—only coming to grips with the forces that shape them as we mature,” says Dr. Michael Hallett, who graduated from Ohio University with his B.A. in Sociology-Criminology with a minor in English in […]