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Lydia Walker and cover of States in Waiting book

Lydia Walker, Assistant Professor, Myers Chair in Global Military History, and Mershon Center affiliate, has been selected as one of five finalists in the History category for the 2026 American…

Yigit Akin

Yiğit Akin, Associate Professor, Carter V. Findley Chair of Ottoman and Turkish History, received a 2026 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. Ohio State’s Alumni Award for Distinguished…

Geoffrey Parker

On April 26, Geoffrey Parker, Distinguished University Professor, Andreas Dorpalen Professor of European History, and Mershon Center affiliate,…

spring tulips

Mershon is proud to recognize faculty affiliates who received 2025-2026 endowed and college-wide awards from the College of Arts and Sciences for research, teaching, mentoring and service.

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Two college age women

The Mershon Center for International Security Studies is pleased to announce that Carlin Evans and Lara Teri have been awarded Chadwick F. Alger Peace and Conflict Resolution Undergraduate Student…

Dorry Noyes speaking at a podium

Dorothy Noyes, a world-renowned folklorist and director of The Ohio State University's Mershon Center for International Security Studies, received the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award from…

Erin Lin with palm tree in background

Dr. Erin Lin, associate professor of Political Science and Mershon Center affiliate, has been honored by the International Studies Association (ISA) with two prestigious awards for her book

Erin Lin

Erin Lin, assistant professor of Political Science and Global Food Politics and Mershon affiliate, received two 2025 Organized Section awards from the American Political Science Association (APSA)…

Erin Lin and her book "WHEN THE BOMBS STOPPED: The Legacy of War in Rural Cambodia" overlaid.

Congratulations to Erin Lin, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Global Food Politics & Mershon affiliate, who will receive the Yale H. Ferguson Award for her book When the Bombs…

Alexander Wendt elected AAAS member

Alexander Wendt has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as a new member.

Peter Hahn distinguished university professor

Peter L. Hahn, a College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of History, has been named a 2025 Distinguished University Professor, the highest faculty honor at The Ohio State University.…

Theodora Dragostinova Awarded ACSL Fellowship

The Mershon Center is proud to announce that Professor Theodora Dragostinova has been awarded a 2025 ACLS Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).

Carissa Garcia and Molly Hornberger 2025 Alger Scholarship Winners

The Mershon Center for International Security Studies is pleased to announce that Carissa Garcia and Molly Hornberger have received Chadwick F. Alger Peace and Conflict Resolution Undergraduate…

Mershon Affiliates and Fulbright Scholars Jennifer Eaglin and Margaret Newell

The Ohio State University recently announced that we are the top producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the 2024-25 academic year among all colleges and universities in the United States with 14…

Rush Doshi headshot next to book cover of The Long Game

Rush Doshi, Assistant Professor of Security Studies at Georgetown University, Director of the China Strategy Initiative of the Council on Foreign Relations, and former Deputy Senior Director for…

This image is a collage of ten faculty project grantees:  Top row, left to right: Paul Beck, Ashley Bigham, Nicholas Breyfogle, Theodora Dragostinova, Erin Lin. Bottom row, left to right: Jennifer Mitzen, Erin Moore, Scopas Poggo, Ahmad Sikainga, Max Woodworth.

The Mershon Center is proud to fund research from faculty at all levels in Architecture, African American and African Studies, Geography, History, and Political Science. Congratulations to Paul…

The Mershon Center for International Security Studies bids farewell to our recent cohort of postdoctoral scholars at the end of summer. Sefa Secen, Zaynab Quadri, and Brooks Marmon are set to…

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Kendra McSweeney, along with seven others at The Ohio State University, has been elected to the 2023 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows.

The AAAS…

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Congratulations to Peter Hahn on being named College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor! The title of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor serves to honor full professor colleagues…

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Congratulations to Professor Margaret Newell on being selected for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Ireland for the academic year 2024-2025. She will be the Fulbright-UCD Mary Ball…

Photo of Brooks Marmon in a tan quarter zip sweater on a teal background that has repeating Mershon Center text.

Congratulations to Mershon Center Postdoctoral Scholar Brooks Marmon for receiving the Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society. This grant supports scholars with travel,…