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The spring semester 2024 lineup for 51ĀŅĀ×ā€™s popular Science CafĆ© events kicks off with Katherine Jellison, Ph.D., discussing "Does a picture really paint a thousand words?ā€ on Wednesday, February 7, at 5 p.m., at the Front Room Coffeehouse in Baker University Center. Each event will also be streamed live via . 

Dr. Jellison will discuss employing photographs in historical research, using images from the Farm Security Administration (FSA) collection at the Library of Congress to explore the nature of American motherhood during the Great Depression.

Katherine Jellison is a professor of history and director of the Central Region Humanities Center at 51ĀŅĀ×. She uses photographic sources extensively in her research, including in her most recent book (with Steven D. Reschly), Amish Women and the Great Depression (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023).

Free coffee coupons will be provided for the first 50 people who arrive at each event in person.

Spring Semester Science CafƩ Presenters:

• Wednesday, February 7 at 5 p.m. ā€” Dr. Katherine Jellison, History
• Wednesday, March 6 at 5 p.m. ā€” Dr. M. Duane Nellis, Geography
• Wednesday, April 3 at 5 p.m. ā€” Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Environmental and Plant Biology

OHIOā€™s Science Cafe series is supported by the 51ĀŅĀ× Research Division and the 51ĀŅĀ× Chapter of Sigma Xi.  

For additional information about 51ĀŅĀ×ā€™s Science CafĆ© events, please visit the or contact Roxanne MalĆ©-Brune at male-bru@ohio.edu.