Events › Ohio & The Movies

Dr. Heaphy will guide you on a journey through Ohio’s influence on Hollywood. Learn Ohio's history in the world of film and entertainment, and how it has shaped the movie industry in surprising ways!

Dr. Leslie Heaphy is a History Professor at Kent State University Stark where she co-leads the Honors Program. You can find her published work here: 

• Satchel Paige and Company: Essays on the Kansas City Monarchs, Their Greatest Star and the Negro Leagues, McFarland & Company (May 15, 2007)
• Black Baseball and Chicago: Essays on the Players, Teams and Games of the Negro Leagues Most Important City, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (July 5, 2006)
• The Negro Leagues, 1869-1960, McFarland & Company (December 11, 2002)
• The Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball, McFarland and Company (2006)
• Editor of journal Black Ball since 2008--semi annual national peer reviewed publication.