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OGS Alumnus Joshua D. Reichard (DPhil '07) published a peer-reviewed, scholarly article entitled, "Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies: Modern, Postmodern, or Christian?" in Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies XXIII, 2011.

Reichard, Joshua D. (2011). "Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies: Modern, Postmodern, or Christian?", Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies XXIII.

OGS Alumnus Joshua Reichard Publishes in the Journal Christian Perspectives in Education, a publication of Liberty University.  The title of the article is: "Individual Religious Commitment andInterdisciplinary Academic Achievement: StudentReligiosity as a Factor in a National Academic Competition".

Click the link below to read the article online:

http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1064&context=cpe

OGS Alumnus Ken Schmidt, a Professor of History at Brandman University (Modesto, CA) recently published a chapter in a textbook on the Vietnam War.  Congratulations to Dr. Schmidt for his accomplishment!

??Clements, L.; Schmidt, K.; Martinez, I.; Roberts, C.; & Wilhite, C. (2011). Concise History of the Vietnam War. San Diego, CA: National Social Science Press.

Sociology Professor Matthew Vos has recently had two works accepted for publication.  His article "The Digital Embrace: College Students and Technology in a Howzitgoing World" was accepted for publication in Sociological Imagination (the journal of the Wisconsin Sociological Association) and will appear in their September issue.  Further, his review of Shirl J.

Dr. Carl Ellis, Oxford Graduate School Alumnus, delivered a lecture for the Heritage Foundation entitled "The Rise of Nihilism and Loss of Identity: An Analysis of a Cultural Crisis Among African-Americans".  The lecture can be found at the following location:

http://heritage.org/Events/2011/03/Nihilism

The faculty and staff of Oxford Graduate School extend their congratulations to Dr. Ellis.

Oxford Graduate School extends its congratulations to Holisa Alewine (DPhil, 2007) for her recent publication of a scholarly research article in the Journal for Correctional Education.  Dr. Alewine focused her dissertation research at OGS on correctional education.

Reference

Alewine, Holisa S. (2010). Andragogical Methods and Readiness for the Correctional GED Classroom. Journal of Correctional Education. 61, 9-14

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In an August 2010 issue of Sports Illustrated, Ken Ruettgers, 2007 graduate of Oxford Graduate School, told of the importance of his Oxford Graduate School experience to his work with retired professional athletes.  The Sports Illustrated article spawned a local interest in Dayton, Tennessee in knowing more about the students and happenings at Oxford Graduate School.  Read the article about Ruettgers and the importance of Oxford Graduate School in preparing professionals for world changing actions.