Stories tagged with: Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Cutler Hall and the College Green is covered with snow, but the brick paths have been cleared of snow and one person walks on a path.
Student Research

OHIO students awarded Provost Undergraduate Research Funds

The Provost Undergraduate Research Fund award program provided 29 students with a total of $36,359 in funding for their original research, scholarship and creative work during the fall semester.

Baker University Center and the area around it is shown from above on a snowy winter day
Faculty Awards

Research Division announces awardees for 2025-26 OURC/Baker Fund fall cycle

The OURC/Baker Fund program provides support for research, scholarship and creative activity at Ohio University.

An overhead view of people digging in an archeological site
In the field

Living in the past, learning for the future

Ohio University students gain hands-on experience at the Shoop Paleo-Indian site in Pennsylvania. The field school teaches excavation, artifact analysis and field research while contributing to understanding early human life and migrations.

an artist’s rendering of the ancient bird Vegavis, depicted diving for fish among other ancient creatures
Faculty Research

Understanding the Past

New discoveries by OHIO researchers are changing history as we know it.

Jessie and Kazy Richmond in front of Maggie's Farm and Aromatics
Alumni Success

OHIO Chillicothe alumni Jessie and Kazy Richmond build business and community

When the COVID-19 pandemic sent workers home, Jessie Richmond turned her kitchen into a small-batch bath bomb and shower steamer production facility. What began as a hobby quickly transformed into a thriving business.

Cora Farra holds the Intercultural Communication Division Top Paper Award.
Student research

‘Centering community voices in research’

Celebrated for her research as an undergraduate, Cora Farra earned national recognition for her community-based research in Ecuador, winning top honors and publication for work exploring culture-centered approaches to development.

Dr. Roberta Milliken congratulates Dr. Michael Koop
Faculty Excellence

Ohio University Regional Higher Education faculty honored for outstanding achievements

Ohio University proudly announces the recognition of four outstanding faculty members from its regional campuses for their exceptional contributions to teaching, scholarly activity and service.

Mel Brandau, Angela, Hosek, Sabrina Curran and Murial Gallego hold their awards in front  of an Ohio University media wall
Faculty Excellence

OHIO faculty presented awards for outstanding teaching, research, service

Ohio University faculty members were honored recently for their outstanding teaching, research and commitment to student success.

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Faculty Excellence

OHIO announces awardees for OURC/Baker Fund spring cycle

The OURC/Baker Fund program provides support for research, scholarship and creative activity at Ohio University.

OHIO Student Quentin Cole and some befriended locals in Thailand
Experiential learning

Homecoming in Thailand: A journey of memory and discovery

Quentin Cole, a fourth-year student who spent eight years in Bali, Indonesia as a child, explores the significance of his recent study abroad experience in Thailand.

Artifact War - A Mystery Box Film = Relics Under Fire
OHIO Events

OHIO community invited to documentary screening, panel discussion April 7

Ohio University’s Sociology and Anthropology Department will host a screening of a new documentary by Dr. Amr Al-Azm, along with a panel discussion about the film on April 7.

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Faculty news

Faculty experts roundup

Between new findings on ancient hominins' arrival in Europe, recognition in the sciences, publications, conference presentations, grants and awards, OHIO faculty had a busy winter season.

The Ohio University sundial
Certificate Selection

LJC Certificate Students Admitted 2024-2025

The 2024-25 school year admissions to the Certificate in Law, Justice & Culture Program.

These cut marks, dating to approximately 1.95 million years ago, represent some of the earliest evidence of tool use and meat processing in Eurasia.
Research

Research team led by OHIO’s Sabrina Curran finds new evidence that pushes back the arrival of early hominins in Europe; discovery published in Nature Communications

Research led by Ohio University Associate Professor of Anthropology Sabrina Curran reveals new evidence of early hominin activity in Europe, suggesting that hominins were present on the continent far earlier than previously thought.

Faculty members dressed in academic regalia sit in an audience
Faculty news

Faculty experts roundup

The last roundup of 2024 features publications, presentations and awards.

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