Faculty Accomplishments

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De Kadt, D., Fourie, J., Greyling, J., Murard, E., & Norling, J. (2021). Correlates and Consequences of the 1918 Influenza in South Africa. South African Journal of Economics, 89(2), 173-195.


Norling, J. (2020). Education and employment following apartheid protests. Explorations in Economic History, 77, 101329. doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2020.101329


Lay, M. J., & Norling, J. (2020). The Consequences of the 1959–1961 Chinese Famine for Educational Attainment. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 20(2).


Starting in 2022, Johannes Norling is a research affiliate with the Laboratory for the Economics of Africa's Past at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.


Kelley O'Carroll (Psychology and Education) received a $11,240 grant from George Lucas Educational Foundation through a subaward from Harvard for the project "Education for Democracy." The project is for 9 months (2020).

George Lucas Educational Foundation


Shen, L. U., O'Carroll, K. L., Duhaylongsod, L, & Allen, D. (2021). Eighth-grade civics teachers on student engagement with race. Ohio Social Studies Review, 57(2), 6 - 19.


Omojola, B. (2020). "Toward an African Operatic Voice: Composition, Dramaturgy and Identity Strategies in New Yoruba Opera." In Matzke, C., van der Hoven, L., Odhiambo, C., & Roos, H. (Eds.), African Theatre: Opera and Music Theatre, (pp. 107-135). James Curry-Boydell & Brewer.