Past Lives Here
Barbara Ramusack discusses her time at UC in the History Department. Ramusack struggled against the sexism within her field to become not only a renowned scholar on India and the British, but also department chair at UC. She discusses these experiences, as well as what it was like to be at UC during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and 1970s
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Deb Meem was a professor of English and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies from 1980 to 2018 at the University of Cincinnati. She has authored several books including Finding Out: An Introduction to LGBTQ Studies.
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Oscar Fernandez is an emeritus faculty member of the University of Cincinnati who served in the College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning. He was influential in the development of the Hablamos Juntos project. Fernandez with his fellow associates from other universities worked on the Hablamos Juntos project to help those with a language barrier understand hospital signs nationwide.
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Dr. Charels Fredrick Casey-Leininger is a retired professor of History at UC who worked there from 1982 to 2002. He discusses his unique experience exploring job possibilities before settling down. He was a carpenter for many years while he obtained two Master’s degrees in geology and history and one Doctoral degree. Dr. Casey-Leininger spent most of his work at UC researching, teaching, and writing about race and housing in Cincinnati neighborhoods.
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Gene Lewis discusses his time here at UC with a special focus on the Civil Rights movement, his involvement with it, and the campus’ experience with Vietnam.
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