The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 recipients of endowed and college-wide awards for research, teaching, mentoring and service.

Faculty

Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor

The title of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor serves to honor full professor colleagues who have excelled in teaching, service, and research/creative activity, and whose work has demonstrated significant impact on their fields, students, college and university, and/or the public.

• Dehua Pei, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Kathy Fagan Grandinetti, Department of English
• Peter Hahn, Department of History
• Laura Podalsky, Department of Spanish and Portuguese 

Diversity Enhancement Faculty Award

The Diversity Enhancement Faculty Award recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of any faculty member or team of faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences whose research, teaching and/or service/outreach activities promote diversity and support a culture that embraces and exhibits inclusive excellence, community and openness.

• Margaret Price, Department of English
• Philip Mazzocco, Department of Psychology, Ohio State Mansfield
• Margaret Newell, Department of History
• Rebecca Ricciardo, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Early-Career Faculty Excellence Award

The Early-Career Faculty Excellence Award recognizes outstanding performance in all three areas of research, teaching and service of early-career faculty at the time of promotion.

• Marta Jarzyna, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
• Jennifer Park, Department of Mathematics
• Ashley Pérez, Department of Comparative Studies
• Lucille Toth, Department of French and Italian, Ohio State Newark
• Madhumita Dutta, Department of Geography

Emeritus Faculty Award

• Kristen Gremillion, Department of Anthropology
• Galal Walker, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures 
• James Griffith, Department of English
• Evonne Halasek, Department of English
• Stuart Lishan, Department of English, Ohio State Marion
• Mark Rudoff, School of Music
• Tamar Rudavsky, Department of Philosophy
• Allan Silverman, Department of Philosophy
• Michael Vasey, Department of Psychology
• Thomas Wells, School of Music
• Fernando Martínez-Gil, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
• Roxann Wheeler, Department of English
• Thomas Gramila, Department of Physics
• Jonathan Pelz, Department of Physics

Harlan Hatcher Arts and Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award

The Harlan Hatcher Arts and Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award recognizes a full professor who has a truly exceptional record in teaching, research and service. The award was established in 2002 in honor and memory of Dr. Harlan Hatcher, an alumnus and former dean of Arts and Sciences at Ohio State.

• Rin Reczek, Department of Sociology
• Christine Thomas, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 

Honors Faculty Service Award

• Alan Farmer, Department of English

Joan N. Huber Faculty Fellow Award

The Joan N. Huber Faculty Fellowships are supported from endowment funds in honor of Joan Huber, who in her own scholarly career and as Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences from 1984-1992 set the highest standards for all. This fellowship program recognizes some of the very strongest scholars in the social and behavioral sciences disciplines.

• Jennifer Cheavens, Department of Psychology
• Jan Pierskalla, Department of Political Science
• Rachael Frush Holt, Department of Speech and Hearing Science

Mid-Career Faculty Excellence Award

The Mid-Career Faculty Excellence Award recognizes outstanding performance in all three areas of research, teaching and service of mid-career faculty at the time of promotion.

• Christin Burd, Department of Molecular Genetics
• Steffen Lindert, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 
• Robin Judd, Department of History
• Andrea Sims, Department of Linguistics 
• Baldwin Way, Department of Psychology

Outstanding Graduate Associate Teaching Award

The Outstanding Graduate Associate Teaching Award was created by the College of Arts and Sciences Student Council and recognizes a college graduate teaching associate for excellence in teaching. This award is unique in that the entire award process is administered by the College of Arts and Sciences Student Council. Only undergraduate students may submit nominations.

• Rebecca Drager, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Outstanding Teaching Award

The Outstanding Teaching Award recognizes a College of Arts and Sciences faculty member for excellence in teaching and is unique in that the entire award process is administered by the College of Arts and Sciences Student Council. Only undergraduate students may submit nominations for this award.

• Etsuyo Yuasa, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures  

Paul W. Brown Excellence in Teaching Award 

The Paul W. Brown Excellence in Teaching Award provides annual recognition for teaching excellence; one for a faculty member in the Department of English and one for a faculty member in the Department of History.

• Molly Farrell, Department of English
• Sarah Van Beurden, Department of History 

Rodica C. Botoman Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring

The Rodica C. Botoman Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring supports a member of the humanities faculty who best exemplifies excellence as a teacher of undergraduates.

• Margaret Sumner, Department of History, Ohio State Marion

Ronald and Deborah Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award

The Ratner Distinguished Teachings Awards are presented annually for outstanding teaching by tenured faculty in the arts and humanities. The Ratner Awards recognize faculty who have exemplary records of engaging, motivating and inspiring students as well as of making a difference in students’ educations, lives and careers.

• Elizabeth Bond, Department of History
• Karen Winstead, Department of English
• Linda Mizejewski, Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
• Tom Dugdale, Department of Theatre, Film and Media Arts
• Katherine Borland, Department of Comparative Studies 

Susan M. Hartmann Mentoring and Leadership Award

The Susan M. Hartmann Mentoring and Leadership Award is presented annually to a faculty member, regular staff member or student from within the College of Arts and Sciences who demonstrates outstanding mentoring to and/or leadership on behalf of women or other historically underrepresented groups at the university.

• Christine Thomas, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Amy Brunell, Department of Psychology, Ohio State Mansfield

Virginia Hull Research Award

The Virginia Hull Award fund supports diversity at the university, consistent with the university's mission, with particular attention to, but not limited to, female faculty members in the humanities who are assistant or associate professors.

• Harriet Fertik, Department of Classics
• Mintzi Martínez-Rivera, Department of English

Staff

Outstanding Staff Award

The Outstanding Staff Award recognizes staff members in the Arts and Sciences who have demonstrated sustained excellence in overall job performance and have improved or enhanced work life and services of faculty, staff, students and/or the university.

• Alison Baker, Department of Psychology
• Julia Papke, Department of Linguistics 
• Mark Anthony Arceño, Department of Comparative Studies
• Mike Bierschenk, Department of English
• Sarah Beaumont-White, Department of History
• Wayne Miller, Department of Anthropology 

Graduate Students

Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Service

This award honors a student who demonstrates excellence in service to the department, college, university or community. 

• Tessa Cannon, Department of Anthropology

Graduate Student Award for Mentoring Excellence

This award honors a student who provides exemplary and effective mentoring for undergraduate and/or new graduate students.

• Alissa Geisse, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology 

Graduate Student Award for Diversity Enhancement

This award recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of a graduate student whose research, teaching, and/or service/outreach activities promote diversity and support a culture that embraces and exhibits inclusive excellence, community and openness.

• OSU Cycle Mentoring Program, Department of Mathematics

Graduate Student Award for Teaching Excellence

This award recognizes excellence in teaching by a graduate student in any instructional capacity, including instructor of record, recitation or lab.

• Jackie Beck, Department of Geography
• Nathan Irby, School of Music
• Hannah Grace Morrison, Department of Spanish and Portuguese