Department of Sociology and Criminology
'I feel that I can really offer that empathy'
Graduating senior Delia Brennan applies she learns in the classroom to help survivors of trauma and promote activism in her community.
Sister Act! Siblings Complete Journey to Doctoral Hooding
Sisterhood is a strong bond. For ¹ú²úÂ×Àí alumnae Brittany and Christina Watts, their sisterly love has been the cornerstone of their academic success, leading them to earn their doctoral degrees and graduate together this May.
Spring Research Forum Topics Include Data Collection in a Noisy World, The Smell of Education and the Social Response to a Disaster
¹ú²úÂ×Àí researchers presented their findings in the RASP Spring Research and Innovation Forum.
Sharing Wisdom Through Design
During the Spring 2022 semester, Visual Communication Design students in the Glyphix Design Research Lab have been working on an intergenerational research project combining storytelling and design.
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…
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…
¹ú²úÂ×Àí 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 ¹ú²úÂ×Àí in the top 20 Best Library and Information Studies Programs in the country in its 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Overall, ¹ú²úÂ×Àí is recognized in 12 new national rankings in the 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools, including three specialty rankings.
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 ¹ú²úÂ×Àí, Matthew has had many accomplishments, including his internship with ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s LGBTQ+ Center and participating in undergraduate research. All of Matthew’s accomplis…
Scholar Navigates Complex Systems to Help Address and Improve Public Health Concerns
Scholar of the Month Brian Castellani Professor of Sociology ¹ú²úÂ×Àí 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 ¹ú²úÂ×Àí family. So much of ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s great research is happening …
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Professor, Wick Poetry Center Earn University’s Diversity Awards
Molly Merryman, ¹ú²úÂ×Àí associate professor of sociology and founding director of the ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Women’s Center, has been awarded the university’s 2016 Diversity Trailblazer Award. The annual Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with ¹ú²úÂ×Àí who have …
