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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

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University in the top 20 Best Library and Information Studies Programs in the country in its 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Overall, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State, Matthew has had many accomplishments, including his internship with Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University, with a career award: the Robin M. Williams, …

Tags: 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University at Ashtabula 2002-present The Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ Campus is big, but still not big enough to fit all the great scholars who are part of the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University family. So much of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s great research is happening …

Tags: Department of Sociology and Criminology , College of Arts and Sciences , Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University at Ashtabula , Scholar of the Month , Success Story , Research & Science

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Professor, Wick Poetry Center Earn University’s Diversity Awards

Molly Merryman, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University associate professor of sociology and founding director of the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Women’s Center, has been awarded the university’s 2016 Diversity Trailblazer Award. The annual Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State who have …

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

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Professor Emeritus Jerry Lewis about what is in a name. Lewis shares how society p…

Tags: Department of Sociology and Criminology

Five College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Honored

On October 24, six Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State educators (five from the College of Arts and Sciences) were honored for their achievements in the classroom during the 21st annual Celebrating College Teaching Conference. Three faculty members received the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Alumni Association's Distinguished Tea…

Tags: Outstanding Teaching Award , Department of Sociology and Criminology , Geography , Awards and Honors , Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies , Department of Biological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences

Trumbull Grad Continues Educational Journey at Stanford Law School

As David Barnes’ senior year was drawing to a close, the 2009 graduate of Champion High School was intensely focused on his next educational move. With full-ride scholarship offers on the table from Cleveland State University and the University of South Florida, it seemed that a move out of the are…

Tags: Department of Sociology and Criminology

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s Department of Sociology Partners With Local TimeBank for June 29 Community Event

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s Department of Sociology is partnering with the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ Community TimeBank to host an event that will feature Edgar Cahn, Ph.D., founder of TimeBanksUSA. Cahn and his wife, Christine Gray, Ph.D., will visit Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, Ohio, on Saturday, June 29, and present on the topic of timebanking…

Tags: Department of Sociology and Criminology