The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the 2022-2023 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.

• Douglas Downey, Department of Sociology
• Michael Lisa, Department of Physics
• Christopher Otter, Department of History
• Ruchika Prakash, Department of Psychology
• Tamar Rudavsky, Department of Philosophy
• Elizabeth Weiser, Department of English
   

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.

• Nicholas Breyfogle, Department of History
• Reanne Frank, Department of Sociology
• Laura Lopez, Department of Astronomy
• Townsand Price-Spratlen, Department of Sociology
   

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.

• Rachelle Adams, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
• Elizabeth Kirby, Department of Psychology
• Nicholas Kawa, Department of Anthropology
• Gina Osterloh, Department of Art
• Crystal Perkins, Department of Dance
• Casey Wade, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
   

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.

• Sharon Amacher, Department of Molecular Genetics
   

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.

• Sarah Hayford, Department of Sociology
• Joy McCorriston, Department of Anthropology
• John Opfer, Department of Psychology
   

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.

• Ted Clark, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Julie Golomb, Department of Psychology
• Marcus Sotomayor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Heather Tanner, Department of History, Ohio State Mansfield
• Michael Vuolo, Department of Sociology
   

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.

• Parisa Ahmadi, Department of Comparative Studies
   

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.

• Bartow Elmore, Department of History
   

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.

• Clayton Howard, Department of History
• Ethan Knapp, Department of English
   

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.

• Geoffrey Parker, Department of History
• Lisa Shabel, Department of Philosophy
   

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.

• Bartow Elmore, Department of History
• Nyama McCarthy-Brown, Department of Dance
• Patricia Sieber, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
   

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.

• Andreá Williams, Department of English
   

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.

• Amrita Dhar, Department of English
• Michelle Wibbelsman, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

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.

• Jerrell Beckham, Department of African American and African Studies
• Ashley Bowerman, Department of History
• Chad Mahan, Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts
• Staci McKinniss, Department of Microbiology
• Lisa Wareham, Department of Psychology
• Laura Whitaker, Department of Psychology

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. 

• Kacey Aurum, Department of Mathematics
   

Graduate Student Award for Mentoring Excellence

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

• Keira Hambrick, Department of English
   

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.

• Caprice Phillips, Department of Astronomy
   

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.

• Angela Acosta, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
• Elizabeth Duraney, Department of Psychology
• Alex Lovins, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry