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The Center for Ethnic Studies has announced its next round of funding for students affiliated with the center and its programs. Applications are currently live for the autumn Student Travel and…
Alcira Dueñas, a professor in the Department of History and affiliate faculty in American Indian Studies, was recently awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and the Audrey…
A recent episode of the "Now at Ohio State" podcast featured Center for Ethnic Studies affiliates Professor John Low, Professor Emeritus Lucy Murphy and Professor Emeritus Christine Ballengee…
The recipients of the Spring 2023 Center for Ethnic Studies Travel and Research Grants have reported on their research projects. They were asked to give a short account of how they used their…
The Center for Ethnic Studies is pleased to announce that Sampada Aranke, Associate Professor of Art History and Comparative Studies, is the new Associate Director of the Center.
Sampada's…
From the OSU Office of Academic Affairs:
American Indian Studies Program Director Elissa Washuta has been named to the inaugural cohort of the Provost’s Midcareer Scholars: Scarlet…
Lakaya Deegan, a sophomore majoring in Sociology with a minor in American Indian Studies, has received an Honorable Mention for a scholarship in the Tribal Public Policy category, offered by the…
Below is a record of courses offered in the Summer 2023 session by the Center for Ethnic Studies. If you have additional questions, please email us at ethnicstudies@osu.edu.
Congratulations to the Program Director of American Indian Studies and Associate Professor Elissa Washuta for her essay, “Drinking Story,” (originally titled “How Do I Tell My…
Congratulations to the recipients of the Autumn Student Travel and Research Grants! We received a record number of applications over this grant cycle, all an impressive array of projects and…
The Center of Ethnic Studies at Ohio State, which includes the American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, and Latino/a Studies Programs, sends our sympathies and solidarity to the family of…
CES Autumn 2022 Student Travel and Research Grants
The Center for Ethnic Studies is pleased to announce its travel and research grants program for the 2022-2023 academic year!
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The Ohio State University is hiring a number of positions in Indigenous Studies. Please find the list below and contact Human Resources with any questions.
Department of English:…
Ohio State University President Kristina M. Johnson recently joined Ohio State Newark Dean William MacDonald for the presentation of a hand-crafted black ash basket made by noted Pokagon…
American Indian Studies is pleased to announce the appointment of our new program director.
Elissa Washuta is a literary nonfiction writer and an associate professor of…
Spring 2022 Course: ESHESA 2239-0010 or HDFS 2239-0010
Land-Grant Universities: Mission and Leadership (Online)
This is a new course, which emphasizes leadership. More importantly,…
Dr. Gregorio Gonzales has joined the Department of Comparative Studies this autumn term as a 2-year Post-Doctoral Scholar in Indigenous Knowledges. He will be teaching COMPSTD 2323: Introduction…
Congratulations to Matthew Anderson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology in the College of Arts and Sciences and microbial infection and immunity in the College of Medicine,…
Denison University's annual Laura C. Harris series will focus on Indigenous Activisms and Feminisms in 2021-22. Featured speakers will include Kim Tall Bear (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate) on September…
A new exhibit at Chicago's world-renowned Field Museum of Natural History has a connection to The Ohio State University at Newark. John N. Low, PhD, Ohio State Newark associate professor in…
ARTEDUC 5795: Global Indigenous Arts: Education for Settlers
An introduction to contemporary global Indigenous arts through a self-critique of settler colonialism that…
Dr. Melissa Beard Jacob is Ojibwe from Northern Michigan and an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Her traditional name in Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe Language) is…
Restorying the Experiences of Indigenous College Students, a talk by Shannon Gonzalez-Miller, is availabe on YouTube (captions available), AnchorFM, Origins, and SoundCloud.
Dr. Shannon…
The American Indian Studies program would like to honor our Spring graduate, Kevin Idleman. We congratulate Kevin on his success and wish him the best in his future endeavors!
John Low, Director of the Newark Earthworks Center, was featured in an April 13 New York Times story about efforts to have the earthworks named a UNESCO World Heritage site. Negotiations…
Center for Ethnic Studies invites eligible undergraduates and graduates to apply for the CES Interdisciplinary Programs Scholarship. The Scholarship is designed to support students who are…
Dr. Christine Ballengee Morris is a Professor in the Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy, was founding Director of the Multicultural Center at Ohio State, and former…
New members of The Ohio State University Marching Band are all given a rookie name, a nickname bestowed on them by their peers.
Some rookie names are silly. Some are serious. Some require…
Lucy Eldersveld Murphy, PhD, has been named 2020 Teacher of the Year by the Ohio Academy of History. The award recognizes excellence in the teaching of history. Murphy is a professor of history at…
John N. Low, PhD, associate professor at The Ohio State University at Newark, has been appointed as director of the Newark Earthworks Center (NEC). His term will begin on September 1, 2019, and…
Presented by the OSU Student Life Multicultural Center, and co-sponsored by The Center for Ethnic Studies, Dolores Huerta visited campus on March 21st. Huerta, a civil rights activist and…
An Interview with Daniel Rivers
On Monday, Oct. 8, The Ohio State University will recognize and observe both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Daniel Rivers is director of the…
The American Indian Studies Program at The Ohio State University is very pleased to announce that the Newark Earthworks Center has received a State of Ohio Senate President Letter of Commendation…
The Ohio State University at Newark Assistant Professor of Comparative Studies John Low is this year’s recipient of the President’s & Dean/Director’s Diversity Award at Central Ohio Technical…
Professor John Low (Comparative Studies - Newark) will be giving two presentations in the Chicago area on Saturday, May 21, involving his recently-released book Imprints: The Pokagon Band of…
Prof. Newell's new book Brethren by Nature: New England Indians, Colonist, and the Origins of American Slavery (Cornell University Press, 2015), explores the enslavement of Indians by the…
Professor Christine Ballengee-Morris, Professor Daniel Rivers, and PhD Candidate Krista Benson spoke on a Teaching Indigeneity panel hosted by the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality…
Faculty Member John Low's most recent book was officially released by Michigan State University Press on February 1st, 2016. The title of the book is Imprints: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi…
Each year for the last 31 years, for the Women of Achievement award, the YWCA of Columbus has gathered over lunch to honor a select group of Columbus women who have made extraordinary…
Professor Christine Ballengee Morris, Director of the American Indian Studies Program at Ohio State University, has been working with David Morris and Jack Ballengee Morris as a part of her…
2013-2014 was a big year for recognition of work in diversity. Both Christine Ballengee Morris, coordinator of the American Indian Studies Program, and Amy Shuman, coordinator of the Disability…
A case study of one of America's many multi-ethnic border communities, Great Lakes Creoles builds upon recent research on gender, race, ethnicity, and politics as it examines the ways that…
Danielle Poling is the artist that painted the Sunwall Moonwall Murals this summer at the Cooke Road Railroad underpass. The murals emphasize ancient artifacts and earthworks found in Ohio,…
In Spring 2015, a new American Indian Studies course will be offered in the Department of Comparative Studies, COMPSTUD 2323. This course explores the legal, cultural, historic and political…