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¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State 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…

Tags: Healthy Communities Research Institute , Department of Sociology and Criminology , College of Arts and Sciences , Institutes and Initiatives

¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State 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…

Tags: Department of Sociology and Criminology , College of Arts and Sciences , Healthy Communities Research Institute , Brain Health Research Institute , Institutes and Initiatives

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…

Tags: Department of Biological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute , Department of Sociology and Criminology , School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies , Institutes and Initiatives

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…

Tags: Department of Political Science , Senior Honors Thesis/Project , Department of Sociology and Criminology , Department of History

¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State 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 ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ in the top 20 Best Library and Information Studies Programs in the country in its 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Overall, ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State is recognized in 12 new national rankings in the 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools, including three specialty rankings.

Tags: University News , Awards and Honors , U.S. News & World Report , College of Communication and Information , School of Information , College of Nursing , College of Education, Health and Human Services , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Sociology and Criminology , Department of Political Science , Department of History , Department of English , College of Public Health , Success Story

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 ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State, Matthew has had many accomplishments, including his internship with ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State’s LGBTQ+ Center and participating in undergraduate research. All of Matthew’s accomplis…

Tags: Senior Honors Thesis/Project , College of Public Health , Department of Sociology and Criminology

Distinguished Career Award to ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State 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 ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´, with a career award: the Robin M. Williams, …

Tags: Patrick Coy , School of Peace and Conflict Studies , Department of Sociology and Criminology , Political Science

Scholar Navigates Complex Systems to Help Address and Improve Public Health Concerns

Scholar of the Month Brian Castellani Professor of Sociology ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ at Ashtabula 2002-present The ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ Campus is big, but still not big enough to fit all the great scholars who are part of the ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ family. So much of ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State’s great research is happening …

Tags: Research , Department of Sociology and Criminology , College of Arts and Sciences , ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ at Ashtabula , Scholar of the Month , Success Story

¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State Professor, Wick Poetry Center Earn University’s Diversity Awards

Molly Merryman, ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ associate professor of sociology and founding director of the ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State Women’s Center, has been awarded the university’s 2016 Diversity Trailblazer Award. The annual Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State who have …

Tags: Awards and Honors , Department of Sociology and Criminology , Wick Poetry Center , College of Arts and Sciences

¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ State Professor Not Surprised at Some Baby Names Going Bye Bye

Hazel and Kamden are in. Waldo and Sherwood are out. When it comes to naming a baby, 15 names are facing extinction.  The Independent newspaper in Massillon, Ohio talked with ¾Ã¾ÃÎçÒ¹ÐßÐßÓ°ÔºÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´ Professor Emeritus Jerry Lewis about what is in a name. Lewis shares how society p…

Tags: Department of Sociology and Criminology