As the opioid epidemic continues to claim American lives at a startling rate, EHE researchers are in the vanguard of those pursuing viable solutions. Research by Michael Betz, assistant professor of human development and family science, and Lauren Jones, assistant professor of consumer sciences, has found that even modest gains in employment and wage growth […]
On Campus
Better lives, stronger Ohio: OSU Extension staff honored
Four staff with OSU Extension Family and Consumer Sciences were honored at the 2017 annual conference of the National Extension Association in Family and Consumer Sciences.
Director’s dedication to students, staff earns her distinguished staff award
Lauren Hensley, ’08 MA, ’13 PhD, was in a book discussion group when officials from the university’s Distinguished Staff Award Committee arrived. She was thrilled when they presented her with the 2018 award. As senior associate director of EHE’s Walter E. Dennis Learning Center, Hensley oversees all the for-credit courses, workshops and academic coaching that […]
Passing the torch
How scholarship and a community turned a mentee into a mentor Mentoring is messy business. No one knows that better than James L. Moore III. For years, the EHE Distinguished Professor of Urban Education has made leaders of young black men. He finds them, coaches them, awards them scholarships. Some take unorthodox paths. But when […]
Triumph over trauma
Childhood trauma can handicap life success. But in a world of disheartening stories about children whose parents suffer from addiction, Abby Huffman stands out.
Introducing Dean Don Pope-Davis
Shaped by the culture in which he grew up, the college’s new dean wants to meet the changing needs of students The Office of the Academic Affairs on May 17 announced new leadership for the College of Education and Human Ecology. Don Pope-Davis starts as dean July 15. The former dean of the College of […]
