List of Ohio University faculty

The following people have been employed by or are otherwise currently employed on the faculty at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

Distinguished faculty

The 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

• 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

1. "OHIO Distinguished Professors | Distinguished Professors Home". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
2. "Legislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission". legislature.ky.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-25.