Ohio University Lancaster | Pickerington Senior Maci Sollie was honored with the Emerging Athena award by the Lancaster-Fairfield County Chamber of Commerce. Internationally, Athena Leadership Awards honor professional excellence and community service.  They also recognize female leaders for actively assisting other women in their attainment of professional excellence and leadership skills. The Emerging Athena recognizes an up-and-coming community leader for her efforts.

Dr. Patrick Drumm, Associate Professor of Psychology and  Interim Division Coordinator of the Arts & Sciences Division was recently published in the following peer-reviewed journal publication:

Drumm, P., & Jackson, D. Generating questions: Processing time changes between early adolescence and young adulthood. Psychology of Language and Communication 2017, Vol. 21, No. 1, 16-33.

Dr. Robert M. Klein, Ohio University Lancaster Interim Associate Dean was recently published in the following peer-reviewed journal publication:

Hartman, S., Hines-Bergmeier, J., Klein, R. (2017). Informal STEM learning: The state of research, access, and equity in rural early childhood settings. Science Education & Civic Engagement: An International Journal, 9(2), 32-39.

Dr. Linda Trautman, associate professor of political science, presented at the 2017 Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) as part of a roundtable featuring scholarship on voting laws and the 2016 presidential election.  The title of the roundtable was “Did it Matter in the End:  Assessing the Impact of Restrictive Voting Laws in the 2016 Presidential Election.” Trautman also presented a paper on new co-authored research on Identity Politics in the 2016 Presidential Election as the lead author on the research.

In addition, Dr. Trautman presented at the 2017 Western Political Science Association Conference held in Vancouver; presenting research on Racial Advocacy and Bill Sponsorship in State Legislative Politics and engaged in a working discussion about the 2016 Presidential Election.

Congratulations to Communication Studies Professor - Dr. Candice Thomas-Maddox - selected as the recipient of the Dean’s Special Recognition Award for her tireless work for the betterment of this campus and in the service of the students and the Ohio University Lancaster community.

Ohio University Lancaster Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice & Sociology, Jennifer L. Steele, Ph.D., was recently published in the following peer-reviewed journal publication:

Steele, Jennifer L., & Peralta, Robert. 2017. Are polydrug users more physically and verbally aggressive? An assessment of aggression among Mono vs. Polydrug users in an university sample. Forthcoming Journal of Interpersonal Violence.