The following people have been employed by or are otherwise currently employed on the faculty at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
Distinguished faculty
editThe university recognizes faculty each year as endowed "Distinguished Professors" [1]
| Name | Department | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Srdjan Nesic | Russ Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology | 2021 |
| Nancy Stevens | professor of evolutionary ecology in the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine | 2020 |
| Steven W. Evans | Department of Psychology professor, Co-Director of the Center for Intervention Research in Schools | 2019 |
| Susan Burgess | Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | 2018 |
| Alexander Govorov | Physics | 2016 |
| Judith Yaross Lee | Charles E. Zumkehr Professor and the Director of Honors Tutorials in the School of Communication Studies | 2016 |
| Gerardine Botte | Russ Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | 2015 |
| Christopher France | Psychology | 2014 |
| Tom Carpenter | Department of Classics and World Religions | 2013 |
| John Kopchick | Goll-Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor of Molecular Biology in the Edison Biotechnology Institute | 2012 |
| Mark Halliday | Poetry | 2011 |
| Charles Smith | head of the university's Professional Playwriting Program | 2010 |
| Peter Jung | Physics | 2009 |
| R. Damian Nance | Geology | 2008 |
| Mark Phillips | Music | 2007 |
| Tadeusz Malinski | Marvin and Ann Dilley White Professor of Biochemistry | 2006 |
| David A. Drabold | Physics | 2005 |
| Gar W. Rothwell | Botany | 2004 |
| Alexander Arhangelskii | Mathematics | 2003 |
| Kenneth A. Holroyd | Psychology | 2002 |
| Steve Grimes | Physics | 2001 |
| Ursula Belden | Theater | 2000 |
| Surender K. Jain | Mathematics | 1999 |
| Robert J. DeMott | English | 1998 |
| Edward W. Stevens | Education | 1998 |
| Robert Hikida | Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine | 1997 |
| Alonzo L. Hamby | History | 1996 |
| Thomas E. Wagner | director of Ohio University's Mammalian Recombinant Genetics Institute, founder and director of the Edison Biotechnology Institute | 1993 |
| Wayne Dodd | English | 1993 |
| Roger Finlay | Physics | 1991 |
| Charles C. Alexander | History | 1989 |
| Gladys Bailin | Dance | 1986 |
| Richard K. Vedder | Economics | 1985 |
| John L. Gaddis | History | 1983 |
| Guido Stempel III | Journalism | 1982 |
| Jacobo Rapaport | Physics | 1981 |
| Peter R. Griffiths | Chemistry | 1980 |
| George R. Klare | Psychology | 1979 |
| Wai-Kai Chen | Electrical Engineering | 1978 |
| John M. (Jack) Matthews | English | 1977 |
| Lee C. Soltow | Economics | 1976 |
| Lowell E. Gallaway | Economics | 1974 |
| Karl F. Ahrendt | Music | 1973 |
| Raymond O. Lane | Physics | 1972 |
| Carl G. Gustavson | History | 1971 |
| William U. Snyder | Psychology | 1970 |
| William W. Paudler | Chemistry | 1970 |
| Roma A. King, Jr. | English | 1969 |
| William D. Huntsman | Chemistry | 1968 |
| Norman S. Cohn | Botany | 1968 |
| Edward Stone | English | 1966 |
| Troy W. Organ | Philosophy | 1965 |
| Hollis Summers | English | 1964 |
| George E. Hill | Education | 1963 |
| John E. Edwards | Physics | 1962 |
| Robert L. Morton | Mathematics | 1960 |
| Dwight O. Mutchler | Lecturer in Drawing | 1960 |
| John F. Cady | History | 1959 |
| Harvey C. Lehman | Psychology | 1959 |
| Paul Murray Kendall | English | 1959 |
Other notable faculty
edit- Jon Edward Ahlquist, zoologist
- Khalid Albudoor, poet
- Jon Anderson, taught poetry
- Terry A. Anderson, journalist
- Eddie Ashworth, media arts and studies professor
- Erin Belieu, poet
- Danny Bentley, pharmacist[2]
- John Joseph Brady, journalist
- Frank Ching, taught drawing
- William E. Connolly, political theorist
- Antonio Cua, philosopher
- Stephen Custer, cellist
- Hamza El Din, composer
- Pam Durban, novelist
- Aethelred Eldridge, painter
- Walter S. Gamertsfelder, professor of philosophy, later dean and president of Ohio University
- David Macinnis Gill, novelist, taught English
- Lori Stewart Gonzalez, current President and language pathology professor
- Frank Pierrepont Graves, taught education
- Melvin Helitzer, taught journalism
- Jeffrey Herf, taught history
- Paul Hersey, entrepreneur
- Granville Hicks, educator and writer
- David Hostetler, sculptor
- Josh Hyde, filmmaker
- Colette Inez, composer
- William Wartenbee Johnson, former trustee
- Daniel Keyes, author
- Brian Kiteley, novelist
- Kathy Krendl, former Provost, now President of Otterbein University
- Karl Kroeger, composer
- P. Lal, poet
- Raymond Luebbers, electrical engineer
- Hilary Masters, taught writing
- Nathaniel Massie, former trustee
- Kevin Mattson, historian and critic
- Zakes Mda, taught English
- Dinty W. Moore, teaches English
- M. Duane Nellis, President Emeritus and geography professor
- Benjamin M. Ogles, Dean at Brigham Young University, former dean of Arts and Sciences
- Charles L. Peterson, painter
- Cosmo Pieterse, playwright
- Ilmar Raag, film director
- J. Allyn Rosser, poet
- Alfred Ryors, taught mathematics; former Ohio University president
- Scott Sharp, politician
- Eve Shelnutt, poet
- Brian Smith, photographer
- Thomas S. Smith, former Provost
- Pete Souza, photojournalist that later chronicled Barack Obama's presidency
- Darrell Spencer, taught creative writing
- David E. Sweet, taught political science
- Joe Tait, taught sportscasting
- Eli Todd Tappan, taught mathematics
- Mark Tatge, taught journalism
- Walter Tevis, taught creative writing
- William Thon, taught painting
- Shane Tilton, teaches electronic media
- Irma Voigt, first Dean of Women at Ohio University (1913–1949)
- James J. Whalen, former executive vice president
- Robert Whealey, professor emeritus
- Lawrence Witmer, paleontologist
- Mark Wunderlich, poet
- Sarah E. Wyatt, plant molecular biologist
- Gladys Bailin, choreographer and dancer
References
edit- ^ "OHIO Distinguished Professors | Distinguished Professors Home". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- ^ "Legislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission". legislature.ky.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-25.