# 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"
| 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 (1944–2020), molecular biologist and zoologist
* Khalid Albudoor, poet
* Jon Anderson (1940–2007), taught poetry
* Terry A. Anderson (1947–2024), journalist
* Eddie Ashworth, media arts and studies professor
* Gladys Bailin, choreographer and dancer
* Erin Belieu, poet
* Danny Bentley, pharmacist
* John Joseph Brady, journalist
* Frank Ching, taught drawing
* William E. Connolly, political theorist
* Antonio Cua, philosopher
* Stephen Custer, cellist
* Carl H. Denbow, taught mathematics and started math Ph.D. program
* 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, former 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
* Steven Rubenstein (1962–2012), anthropologist
* 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
* Sheila Schwartz (1952–2008), writer and creative writing professor
* 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