Stories tagged with: Department of Sociology and Anthropology

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OHIO Speech and Debate Team: Preparation is critical to debate success

September 4, 2024 5 min

The two candidates for President of the United States are preparing to debate next week (Sept. 10), and those involved in OHIO’s Speech and Debate Team have some simple advice – be prepared.

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OHIO researcher says immigration may be key to solving Japan’s population crisis

May 24, 2024 3 min

Charlie Morgan, Ph.D., a researcher and associate professor of sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences, believes increased immigration could be a solution to Japan's population crisis.

Settling Ohio: First Peoples and Beyond - Ohio University Press

Ohio University Press Book selected for National Book Festival

May 16, 2024 2 min

“Settling Ohio: First Peoples and Beyond,” features essays exploring the state’s rich history, from indigenous peoples to non-native settlers.

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OHIO researchers join statewide effort to combat mental health, substance use epidemic

March 13, 2024 4 min

A team of researchers from Ohio University is joining a statewide initiative to identify the leading causes of mental health challenges, suicide, and substance use disorder in Ohio communities.

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Between the waves of migration and tourism: OHIO researcher explores challenges of Mediterranean cities

March 11, 2024 5 min

As Mediterranean cities grapple with rising migration and an increase in mass tourism, Ohio University researcher Smoki Musaraj, Ph.D., is working with experts in the region to understand the effects of these transformations on the everyday lives of migrant and poor residents—and how they are fighting back.

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Kentucky Community and Technical College System and Ohio University offer new path for additional higher education

March 8, 2024 3 min

Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) and Ohio University have partnered to provide a seamless transfer process that allows students to pursue additional higher education.

OHIO faculty experts discuss navigating the modern workplace in the newly revamped Ask the Experts podcast

February 14, 2024 2 min

Ask the Experts podcast features two College of Arts and Sciences' faculty discussing what the modern workplace currently looks like.

‘King Coal’ to visit Athens on Feb. 8 for Athena Cinema’s ‘From the Hills and Hollers: Appalachian Stories’ film series

February 7, 2024 2 min

The Athena Cinema will offer a screening of the critically acclaimed documentary “King Coal,” the latest film from Academy Award-nominated director Elaine McMillion Sheldon on Thursday, Feb. 8.

A group of Ohio University students, dressed in masks, gloves and protective hair nets, work to restore historical documents damaged by water and mold.

From classroom to community: Ohio history gets a helping hand from students

November 14, 2023 4 min

Ohio University students are reviving the past. Led by Associate Professor of Anthropology Nancy Tatarek, Ph.D., the students are hard at work preserving the history of southeastern Ohio.

Sabrina Curran, Ph.D., examines fossil replicas of early humans and primates in front of her Introduction to Biological Anthropology class on Sept. 28, 2023.

OHIO students get hands-on experience with fossil replicas

November 3, 2023 4 min

More than 300 bone and fossil replicas, ranging from gorilla skulls to rare ones like the hominin “Lucy,” are available to sociology and anthropology students thanks to a recent funding award.

Students from five colleges admitted to Certificate in Law, Justice & Culture program

October 24, 2023 2 min

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture announced its next cohort of Ohio University students that have been admitted to the undergraduate Certificate in Law, Justice & Culture program.

OHIO Professor Haley Duschinski advances scholarship on Kashmir in new book

October 5, 2023 5 min

Ohio University’s Haley Duschinski, Professor of Anthropology and Graduate Director of the MA Program in Law, Justice & Culture, has recently published The Palgrave Handbook of New Directions in Kashmir Studies.

2023-24 Mock Trial team members, group photo

Mock Trial Team selects 2023-24 members amid steep competition

September 28, 2023 3 min

The Ohio University Mock Trial Team selected 20 students, including three first-year students, to form two teams for the 2023-24 academic year.

Johnathan Roberts helps relaunch Ohio University Chillicothe Student Resource Center

August 29, 2023 3 min

Johnathan Roberts was recently selected as an Ohio Campus Compact AmeriCorps volunteer for the 2023-2024 academic year at Ohio University Chillicothe.

Student group in front of a mural in Northern Ireland

Students invited to information sessions for study abroad in Northern Ireland, South Africa

August 24, 2023 3 min

Students are invited to information sessions for Human Rights, Law & Justice in Northern Ireland over spring break and Law, Justice & Transitions to Democracy in South Africa for two weeks in May.

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