Post Tagged with: "sociology news"

Ohio University selected six Spring 2015 proposals totaling $56,781 to receive Baker Fund awards, with three of them going to College of Arts & Sciences faculty. Endowed in 1961 by a gift of more than $612,000 from College of Arts & Sciences alum Edwin L. Kennedy ’26 and his wife, […]

The Tampa Tribune featured Ohio University alum Mary (Salisbury) Freitas ’91, ’93M in a story on “It’s ‘all good’ at Lennard High during principal’s first year.” Freitas earned a bachelor’s in advertising from Scripps College of Communication and an M.A. in Sociology from the College of Arts & Sciences at […]

Ideastream’s David Molpus interviewed Dr. Deborah Thorne, Associate Professor of Sociology, for a piece on “Why Politicians Love the Middle Class” before President Obama’s visit to Cleveland in March. Politicians of every stripe cozy up to the term – middle class. And for good reason: it can mean whatever you […]

Dr. Deborah Thorne, Associate Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal post on “What’s Behind Bankruptcy Lawsuits Over College Tuition?” by Katy Stech. Bankruptcy trustees are suing universities—and sometimes, college students themselves—to take back tuition that had been paid years before as part of […]

From Compass “It’s a little horrifying,” joked Commencement speaker Thomas Vander Ven during the May 1 Graduate Commencement at Ohio University. “I’m live in concert at The Convo.” Vander Ven had the graduates laughing as he delivered one-liners and his Top Eight pieces of advice: Tell your mentors what they […]

By Amber Damiani ’15 Two Ohio University alumni and close friends—Marc Houk and Mike Swiger—talked about their careers in the criminal justice system to students in Dr. Nicole Kaufman’s Criminology and Criminal Justice classes in April. Over the past 27 years, Houk has worked in the area of criminal justice, […]

Summer with the College of Arts & Sciences—Enjoy our Parks | Fill some Reqs—includes courses that can apply toward Ohio University’s general education Tier II  requirements in Social Sciences. Check the Registrar’s summer course offerings site for up-to-the-minute course availability—both online and on campus. HIST 2010 Survey of United States History, […]