Department of Sociology and Criminology
Crews Appointed as Graduate Student Trustee to ÍøÆØÃÅ Board of Trustees
The ÍøÆØÃÅ Board of Trustees recently welcomed four new trustees to serve the university including Haley Crews, a graduate student in the College of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Sociology. She was appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine to a two-year term as the graduate student trustee.
College of Arts & Sciences
ÍøÆØÃÅ Sociologist Featured on News Podcast
The discussion around the role of influencers and misinformation is regularly occurring in social circles and academia. Clare Stacey, Ph. D., associate professor in the Department of Sociology & Criminology in the College of Arts and Sciences and Co-Director of the Healthy Communities Resea…
Division of Research & Economic Development
ÍøÆØÃÅ Faculty Research Featured by U.S. Army
Virtual reality research funded by the Army Research Lab with a grant to Josh Pollock, Ph. D. (PI), assistant professor, and Will Kalkhoff, Ph. D. (co-PI), full professor and graduate coordinator, both in the Department of Sociology & Criminology in the College of Arts and Science…
Division of Research & Economic Development
Patterns, Populations And Podcasts: Computational Ecologist Receives Prestigious Early-Career Award from NSF
Recent funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) has given interdisciplinary researchers the opportunity to help drive our understanding of patterns in nature when bringing together big data sources collected in different ways. The NSF awarded Christie Bahlai, Ph.D., assistant professor in…
Division of Research & Economic Development
Honors Thesis Student Analyzes Social Justice Movements
Anna Sinclair is a third-year Honors College student from Canfield, Ohio, majoring in political science and minoring in history and sociology. Though sociology is only one of her minors, Anna hopes to attend graduate school and earn a PhD in sociology, ultimately teaching sociology at a univer…
Honors College
ÍøÆØÃÅ Ranks in Top 20 in the Nation for Library and Information Studies Program in U.S. News 2022 Best Graduate Schools Rankings
U.S. News & World Report ranks ÍøÆØÃÅ in the top 20 Best Library and Information Studies Programs in the country in its 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Overall, ÍøÆØÃÅ is recognized in 12 new national rankings in the 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools, including three specialty rankings.
Kent Campus
Thesis Student Analyzes LGBTQ+ Discrimination from a New Angle
Matthew Fowler is a graduating Honors College senior, majoring in public health and sociology. Since his freshman year at ÍøÆØÃÅ, Matthew has had many accomplishments, including his internship with ÍøÆØÃÅ’s LGBTQ+ Center and participating in undergraduate research. All of Matthew’s accomplis…
Honors College
Distinguished Career Award to ÍøÆØÃÅ Professor Patrick G. Coy from the American Sociological Association
The Peace, War and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA) presented Patrick G. Coy, Ph.D., professor and director of new the School of Peace and Conflict Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at ÍøÆØÃÅ, with a career award: the Robin M. Williams, …
College of Arts & Sciences
Scholar Navigates Complex Systems to Help Address and Improve Public Health Concerns
Scholar of the Month Brian Castellani Professor of Sociology ÍøÆØÃÅ at Ashtabula 2002-present The Kent Campus is big, but still not big enough to fit all the great scholars who are part of the ÍøÆØÃÅ family. So much of ÍøÆØÃÅ’s great research is happening …
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ÍøÆØÃÅ Professor, Wick Poetry Center Earn University’s Diversity Awards
Molly Merryman, ÍøÆØÃÅ associate professor of sociology and founding director of the ÍøÆØÃÅ Women’s Center, has been awarded the university’s 2016 Diversity Trailblazer Award. The annual Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with ÍøÆØÃÅ who have …
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