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Mershon Center funds research vital to national and international human security

January 9, 2026

Mershon Center funds research vital to national and international human security

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Congratulations to everyone who received funding during the Mershon Center’s Autumn 2025 grant cycle!

Faculty members from nine departments are pursuing research projects related to national or international human security:

  • Dima Arzyutov, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, "From Sacred Land to Sacrifice Zone: Indigenous Histories and the Nuclearization of the Soviet Arctic in the Cold War Era"
  • Angela Brintlinger, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, "Chronotope and Disease in Times of Revolution and War"
  • Sarah Brooks, Political Science, "The Race for Critical Minerals: Global Strategic and Domestic Political Challenges"
  • Ricardo Cardoso, City and Regional Planning, Knowlton School, "Urban Futures of Energy Security: Angola in a Time of Transition"
  • Mat Coleman and Kendra McSweeney, Geography, "To the Ends of the Earth: The Global Ocean and U.S. Extraterritoriality"
  • Jennifer Eaglin, History, “Going Nuclear: The Rise of Brazilian Nuclear Energy”
  • Bart Elmore, History, " Microbial National Security: How Microbial Science Is Reshaping the US Military"
  • Christopher Gelpi, Political Science, " The Fog of Knowledge: Public Opinion in Uncertain Times"
  • Yana Hashamova, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, “From Resentful Identities to Populism and Right-Wing Politics: Bulgarian Diaspora Case”
  • Namiko Kunimoto, History of Art, "The Art of Conversion in Transwar Japanese Photography"
  • Thomas Nelson, Political Science, "The Light and Dark Sides of Compromise"
  • Fangqi Wen, Sociology, "The Mental Scars of Political Violence: Long-term Impacts of Mao-era Turmoil in China"
  • Nicole Yadon, Political Science, "Educating Americans about Racial Wealth Gaps to Increase Social Cohesion: Historical Causes & Contemporary Policy Solutions"

Margaret Price (Department of English) received funding to support a residency in May 2027.  Dr. Stina Ericsson (University of Gothenburg), Dr. Per Olof Hedvall (Mid-Sweden University), and Dr. Anna Vogel (Stockholm University) will come to Ohio State to continue a long-term, multi-layered collaboration around the complex problem of access, engaging national policies, higher education, municipal initiatives, and nonprofit advocacy efforts. 

In addition, Mershon is helping to bring two important journals to Ohio State. Stay tuned. 

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