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Dr. Thomas Vander Ven, Professor of Sociology, chaired a panel on Media, Publicity, and Perceptions of Crime and presented “Race, Serial Rape, and Crime Reporting” with Ohio University alumni Lauren Wright ’10 &  ’14 and Clara Fesmire ’13 & ’15 at the Southern Criminal Justice Conference in September in Charleston, […]

Alum Scott Zielinski ’00 talked to Ohio University students about his work helping people released from prison—and getting the skills he needed for his career. Zielinski graduated in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a certificate in Criminology from the College of Arts & Sciences (before the current […]

Amanda McCoy ’16, who is interning at the Ohio House of Representatives, was selected as the Republican Jenell Sullivan Page of Distinction, Autumn 2015. Her name will be engraved on the Jenell Sullivan Page of Distinction Award plaque in the House administrative office. McCoy is commuting from Columbus to the […]

Dr. Cynthia Anderson, Associate Professor of Sociology, served as presider and discussant for the American Sociological Association conference session “Rural Contexts as Spaces of Inequality, Power & Identity” in August. The American Sociological Association annual meeting provides the opportunity for professionals involved in the scientific study of society to share […]

Dr. Stephen Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology, presented “Deprivation and Conflict: A Comparative Analysis of Inequality, Underdevelopment, and Global Food Riots, 2007-2014” at the American Sociological Association annual meeting in August in Chicago. “The session that I presented in was sponsored by the ASA section on Peace, War, and Social […]

Dr. Nicole Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Sociology, wrote two papers presented at the American Sociological Association annual meeting in August. For the session on “Religion in the Broader Social World,” Kaufman presented “Faith in Reentry: Approaches to Religion at Non-governmental Organizations Working with Formerly Incarcerated People.” For the “Deviance and […]

Dr. Ursula Castellano, Associate Professor of Sociology, presented “The Cultural Practice of Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Felony Mental Health Courts” at the 34th International Congress of Law and Mental Health in Vienna, Austria, in July. She was invited to speak on the Mental Health Courts panel by well-known sociologist and mental […]