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College Faculty in the News: Sept. 10, 2021

News agencies across the region, the nation and throughout the world often reach out to our faculty experts for their perspectives on today's issues. This media coverage highlights the service, research and scholarship taking place in the College of Arts and Sciences. Find links to a number of recent stories below.

The History Channel's "The Machines that Built America"
Segment 1, Segment 2 and Segment 3
Professor Janet Bednarek, Department of History

"How threats of hellfire helped keep 'immodest' women in their place - from the ancient world to My Unorthodox Life'"
The Conversation, Sept. 8, 2021
Associate Professor Meghan Henning, Department of Religious Studies

"9/11 changed flying for good - to some travelers' chagrin"
The Wall Street Journal. Sept. 7, 2021
Professor Janet Bednarek, Department of History

"How 9/11 changed the way we fly"
NBC-News 9, Denver, Sept. 6, 2021
Professor Janet Bednarek, Department of History

"An entire generation of Americans has no idea how easy air travel used to be"
The Conversation, Sept. 2, 2021
Professor Janet Bednarek, Department of History

"'Eastbound and Down’ celebrates Bandit's ‘naughty’ antics in classic movie"
Overdrive, Aug. 31, 2021
Professor Todd Uhlman, Department of History

"Shedding light on one of the church’s darkest chapters"
Catholic News Service, Aug. 26, 2021
Associate Professor Shannen Dee Williams, Department of History

"Proud Boys, extremists joining anti-vaccine protests being held across Ohio"
The Columbus Dispatch, Aug. 25, 2021
Associate Professor Paul Becker, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work

"Number of Dayton-area people charged in Capitol riot not surprising, political expert says"
Dayton Daily News, Aug. 21, 2021
Professor Chris Devine, Department of Political Science

"Catholics’ views on abortion are deeply scriptural, as well as historical and philosophical"
America, Aug. 20, 2021
Professor Jana Bennett, Department of Religious Studies

"The Memo: Fall in white population could add fuel to nativist fire"
The Hill, Aug. 14, 2021
Associate Professor Paul Becker, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work

"Can Americans pull the plug on petrol-powered cars?"
BBC, Aug. 13, 2021
Professor Emeritus John Heitmann, Department of History

Top of page (l-r), top row: Meghan Henning, Paul Becker, Shannen Dee Williams, Todd Uhlman. Bottom row: Janet Bednarek, John Heitmann, Chris Devine, Jana Bennett

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