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College Faculty in the News: Dec. 10, 2024
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 Ku Klux Klan terrorized Catholics across the Midwest in the 1920s"
WYSO-FM (NPR, Dayton), Dec. 2, 2024
Professor Bill Trollinger, Department of History
"Trump's agenda resonates as Democrats face coalition challenges post-election"
The National Desk, Nov. 26, 2024
Associate Professor Christopher Devine, Department of Political Science
"Students go to hell and back in this course that looks at depictions of the damned throughout the ages"
The Conversation, Nov. 26, 2024
Senior Lecturer Robert Joseph, Department of Communication
"UD radio show celebrates 20 years of championing local, alternative and indie music"
Dayton Daily News, Nov. 25, 2024
Associate Professor Art Jipson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
"The only weekend march that mattered"
Matter News, Nov. 22, 2024
Associate Professor Paul Becker, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
"75 years ago, Maria Tallchief made the ballet world reimagine itself and find a place for a Native American prima ballerina"
The Conversation, Nov. 20, 2024
Associate Professor Shannon Toll, Department of English
"Spirit Airlines filing for bankruptcy as it faces looming debt payments"
Scripps News, Nov. 19, 2024
Professor Janet Bednarek, Department of History
"How Christian views on the afterlife evolved over time"
U.S. Catholic, Nov. 19, 2024
Associate Professor Meghan Henning, Department of Religious Studies
"Pioneering Assyrian women celebrated in digital exhibition by University of Dayton students"
Iraqi News, Nov. 15, 2024
Assistant Professor Alda Benjamen, Department of History
"Jewish Americans should look harder at Elise Stefanik's attacks on elites"
Religion News Service, Nov. 15, 2024
Associate Professor Art Jipson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
"The Watchers: Vatican experts explain what really happens in ‘Conclave’"
The Hollywood Reporter, Nov. 14, 2024
Professor Emeritus Dennis Doyle, Department of Religious Studies
"New Apostolic Reformation evangelicals see Trump as God’s warrior"
The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Nov. 13, 2024
Associate Professor Art Jipson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
"New Apostolic Reformation evangelicals see Trump as God’s warrior in their battle to win America from satanic forces and Christianize it"
The Conversation, Nov. 8, 2024
Associate Professor Art Jipson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
Top of page (l-r), top row: Art Jipson, Meghan Henning, Paul Becker, Janet Bednarek, Christopher Devine. Bottom row: Robert Joseph, Shannon Toll, Bill Trollinger, Alda Benjamen, Dennis Doyle