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Alumni News | Demosky Named Director Of Athens County Job And Family Services, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Do Osteon Morphotypes Identified In The Mid-Diaphysis Of Human Femurs Indicate The Same Torsional Load History As Chimpanzees?, Bailey A G Colohan

Theses and Dissertations

Skedros’s (2009) osteon morphotype scoring (MTS) scheme is employed to identify if humans have the same torsional load-bearing history as chimpanzees at the femoral mid-diaphysis. Humans show to have no significant difference between quadrants of this area’s MTS, congruent with what is expected in a torsional load-bearing area of bone.

Art & Agency: Transforming Relationships Of Power Through Art In Iraqi Kurdistan, Autumn Cockrell-Abdullah

Doctor of International Conflict Management Dissertations

Today, the Kurds factor significantly both as a key to some of the most critical conflicts in the Middle East and also as citizens of the world interacting with a highly global, highly interconnected reality. Despite their importance, we lack a nuanced understanding of the complex and multi-layered cultural context of the Kurds that impacts the socio-political factors inside Iraqi Kurdistan.

The deeply entrenched political rhetoric of the hegemonic Kurdish nationalist narrative in Iraqi Kurdistan has served to homogenize the idea of what the Kurdish “nation” is, to whitewash deep social, economic and political concerns inside Iraqi Kurdistan and to …

Child Labor : An Adaptive Strategy Among Syrian Refugees., Tasneem Karim

College of Arts & Sciences Senior Theses

This thesis investigates child labor as an adaptive strategy among Syrian refugees living in urban host communities in the Middle East. While research has shown an increasing prevalence of child labor in these communities, an anthropological investigation into how it manifests and why it persists is valuable in elucidating the implications of systemic barriers to socioeconomic success and the dissonances in discourse regarding child labor between families and aid workers. Accordingly, this research is based on transnational, multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork conducted in an urban host community in Irbid, Jordan, humanitarian/government offices in Irbid and Amman, Jordan, and the resettled Syrian …

Group Characteristics Influence Distribution Patterns Of Off-Road Vehicle Recreation Within A Complex Trail System In Southwest Idaho, Eric Frey, Kathryn Demps, Ben Pauli, Julie A. Heath

Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Recreation on public lands is growing and is increasingly recognized as an ecosystem service providing improved health, connection to nature, and social time while also disturbing and degrading ecosystems. Human impacts must be managed, but often managers have little information about the factors that affect recreation patterns. We combined data from global positioning system receivers to record off-road vehicle (ORV) travel with a pretrip survey to determine how group characteristics, site experience, site knowledge, and motivation are associated with ORV trip patterns on public lands in southwest Idaho. Spatial and temporal extent and distribution could summarize most variation in ORV …

Misinterpretations​ ​Of​ ​Hmong​ ​Culture: Complementary​ ​Medical​ ​Frameworks, Telisha Tausinga, Madison Harmer

Student Works

Current social science literature outside of anthropology has attributed Hmong difficulties adapting to Western health care to their traditional healing practices, claiming that successful integration only occurs as the younger generation discards traditional beliefs (Franzen-Castle & Smith 2013). Ethnographic research conducted in France and Thailand refutes these claims; Hmong of younger and older generations utilize both the state medical system and traditional healing, integrating these systems instead of treating them as ontologically distinct (and thus in competition with each other). Many researchers and medical personnel studying or working with Hmong populations have ignored models of ontological holism because of the …

Killed A Bird Today: The Emergence And Functionality Of The Santeria Trickster, Eleggua, Megan Gauck

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Recognizable by their cunning exploits and gray morality, tricksters can be found in mythology, folklore, and religions throughout the world. Two tricksters were familiar to the Yoruba people in West Africa, Ajapa and Eshu, and their stories and abilities provide insight to the functions fulfilled by trickster characters. Upon the introduction of Regla de Ocha (or Santeria) to Cuba following the transatlantic slave trade, a new figure emerges, known for his tricks and adaptability. Due to the West African influence in Santeria religious practices, the original roles and traits of Eshu and Ajapa are analyzed for comparison, but Eleggua, the …

Alumni News | Geyer Looks To Future In Disaster Recovery, Community Resiliency Field, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Alumni News | Detective, Student Get Law Enforcement And Survivor Special Courage Awards, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Food Studies Students Named Sociology Anthropology Outstanding Seniors, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Jessica Roth Awarded Sara Katherine Ullman Memorial Internship, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Musaraj Article Examines Satire Intimacy Of Corruption In Albania Investigative Tv Show, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Gingerich Presents Chairs Session At Society For American Archaeology, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Happy Beginnings: Shoemaker Teaches At Stem High School Starts Mock Trial Team, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Scanlan Delivers Keynote On Ongoing Significance Persistence And Necessity Of Sociological Imagination, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Aissatou Boye Selected As Presidential Leader, Studies In Northern Ireland, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Examining Origins And Reasoning For Beliefs Surrounding Contraceptive Practices In College Women, Kathryn Keith

Honors College Theses

This research project studies how students’ perceptions, actions, and thoughts around contraceptive practices develop over time and through college. The literature addresses how the environment of college and American culture affects how women develop contraceptive practices that are convenient not only for their bodies but their schedules. Research focuses on how educational background, religion, culture, and relationships influence contraceptive choices among students, especially women. Social factors influencing availability of contraception and education about contraception potentially lead to confusion about the most effective ways to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and pregnancy. I focused exclusively on the Georgia Southern University community, …

Career Corner: Boye Takes Advantage Of Career And Leadership Development Center, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Internship Senior Confirms Career Interest In Being A Detective, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Ammarell Publishes On Mindfulness Practice In Socially Engaged Ethnographic Fieldwork, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Biology Alum Talks To Sociology Class About Health Care In Rural Appalachia, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Senior Uses Gofundme For Northern Ireland Human Rights Program, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Curran Presents On Mid-Pleistocene Of Tanzania At Paleoanthropology Society, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Internship Delivers Firsthand Knowledge Of Government Interactions With Citizens, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Castellano Presents At International Therapeutic Jurisprudence Workshop, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Anthropology Between Europe And The Pacific: Values And The Prospects For A Relationship Beyond Relativism, Joel Robbins

Pacific Studies

Joel Robbins expresses the relationship between Europe and Pacific peoples by analyzing the nature of anthropology in both areas of the world.

Alumni News | Hedges Named Master Woodworker At Major Show, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Senior Enjoys Internship With Adult Parole Authority, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Internship Sociology Criminology Major Interns At Athens County Common Pleas Court, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Miller Authors Article On How White Students Enact Whiteness, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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