Stories tagged with: Department of Sociology and Anthropology

2022-23 mock trial team

Mock Trial names team, including nine first-year students

The Ohio University Mock Trial Team selected 20 students, including nine first-year students, for two teams for the 2022-23 academic year.

This image appears in the Ohio Alumnus, January 1960, captioned: "Each day while the Conference was in session, a press conference was held each morning with newsmen and photographers from newspapers, radio and television attending. Above Martin Luther King answers a question for the newsmen. Seated beside Rev. King is Dr. Winburn Thomas, leader of the forum on racial tensions. Mr. 'Bola Ige, co-secretary of the conference, which is sponsored by the National Student Christian Federation, in on the right." (

Students design Black History of Ohio University Tour for Black Alumni Reunion

The tour was developed by Ohio University history students who wanted to highlight the story of Black perseverance, Black Education, and Black opportunity.

Advisor Larry Hayman and students at Crumlin Road Courthouse. Belfast, Northern Ireland

All majors invited to apply to the Law, Justice & Culture Certificate by Oct. 7

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture invites undergraduate students from all majors to apply for the Certificate in Law, Justice & Culture at Ohio University by Oct. 7.

Center for Student Legal Services logo

Students invited to apply for Center for Student Legal Services Board of Directors

The Center for Student Legal Services is a non-profit law firm dedicated to providing legal advice and representation to Ohio University students.

Students visit the Omagh bombing memorial site with Michael Gallagher, chairperson of the Omagh Self Help and Support Group. Gallagher advocates nationally and internationally for a public inquiry into the bombing.

Information session for Spring Break Study Abroad in Northern Ireland to be held on Sept. 14

Students from the 2020 Human Rights, Law & Justice in Northern Ireland experience rank it as one of their top OHIO memories.

Mohamed "Shafie" Ameermia, portrait

South African human rights advocate brings his work to OHIO this fall

South African human rights advocate Mohamed "Shafie" Ameermia arrives in Athens on Sept. 1, bringing with him a lifetime of expertise and experience to share with OHIO students.

This photo was taken in Pittsburgh, PA, in January 1940 by Jack Delano and is provided courtesy of the Farm Security Administration.

Community invited to Black Life in the Ohio Valley Conference on Sept. 9-10

Scholars and community members will delve into four centuries of Black history and heritage at the Black Life in the Ohio Valley Conference.

Wilson Hall

25 Arts and Sciences faculty promoted, 15 granted tenure

The Ohio University Board of Trustees voted in June to award promotion to 25 College of Arts and Sciences faculty member

Wilson Hall

22 College of Arts and Sciences professors awarded faculty fellowship during 2022-23

The Ohio University Board of Trustees has approved 22 College of Arts and Sciences faculty members for faculty fellowship leave during the 2022-23 academic year.

Ellen Gill-Franks

Message from an OHIO senior: Don’t be afraid to say 'yes'

Ohio University senior Ellen Gill-Franks' next academic stop is law school at the University of Cincinnati College of Law next fall.

Dr. Joseph Gingerich

Study challenges theories of earlier human arrival in Americas

A new analysis of archaeological sites in the Americas challenges relatively new theories that the earliest human inhabitants of North America arrived before the migration of people from Asia.

Payne's Crossing Cemetery

Students, faculty set out to uncover once-thriving Civil War-era African American settlement

All that’s left of Payne’s Crossing, an African American settlement dating back to the 1800s, is remnants of the cemetery? Actually, there’s a lot more to discover about this once-thriving settlement

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Students flock to social justice course to learn about social movements and activism

More than 70 students from diverse majors came together in a new course this semester to learn about social justice.

Capt. Erin Muri

Alumni News: Army Capt. Erin Muri focuses her passion for learning on trauma, mental health

Topics like prison systems, sexual trauma, diversity, and sociological patterns in serial murders ignited Erin Muri's passion for learning when she was an undergraduate sociology student at OHIO.

Archaeology students at ancient Virginia site

OHIO students get taste of archaeology at ancient Virginia site

A select group of professors, students and alumni traveled to Virginia to take part in an archaeological dig on a 13,000-year-old site from Nov. 4-13.

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