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Department of Sociology and Criminology

Delia Brennan participating in a demonstration

'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.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Community Impact , Department of Sociology and Criminology , Student Life , Community & Society , Profiles , Class of 2023

91¸£Àû Today

Christina (left) and Brittany Watts

Sister Act! Siblings Complete Journey to Doctoral Hooding

Sisterhood is a strong bond. For 91¸£Àû 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.

Tags: Profiles , Department of Sociology and Criminology , College of Arts and Sciences , Student Life

91¸£Àû Today

Student working on exhibit

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.  

Tags: design , Department of Sociology and Criminology , School of Visual Communication Design

College of Communication & Information

Image by Daniel Friesenecker from Pixabay 

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 , College of Education, Health and Human Services , Institutes and Initiatives

Division of Research & Economic Development

Outside view of the 91¸£Àû library and Student Center.

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

Honors College

Matthew Fowler standing outside of his house.

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 91¸£Àû, Matthew has had many accomplishments, including his internship with 91¸£Àû’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

Honors College

Dr. Brian Castellani

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

Scholar of the Month Brian Castellani Professor of Sociology 91¸£Àû 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 91¸£Àû family. So much of 91¸£Àû’s great research is happening …

Tags: Department of Sociology and Criminology , College of Arts and Sciences , 91¸£Àû at Ashtabula , Scholar of the Month , Success Story , Research & Science

Kent Campus

91¸£Àû Professor, Wick Poetry Center Earn University’s Diversity Awards

Molly Merryman, 91¸£Àû associate professor of sociology and founding director of the 91¸£Àû Women’s Center, has been awarded the university’s 2016 Diversity Trailblazer Award. The annual Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with 91¸£Àû who have …

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

Kent Campus