The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the 2025-2026 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.

• William Schuler, Department of Linguistics
• Justin D'Arms, Department of Philosophy
• Angela Brintlinger, Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
• Sean Anthony, Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures

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.

• Isis Barra Costa, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
• Robin Bagley, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
• Peter Kvam, Department of Psychology

Emeritus Faculty Award

• Scopas Poggo, Department of African American and African Studies
• Shari Savage, Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy
• Laura Lisbon, Department of Art
• Todd Slaughter, Department of Art
• Luis Casian, Department of Mathematics
• Barry Shank, Department of Comparative Studies
• Kathy Fagan Grandinetti, Department of English
• Nancy Ettlinger, Department of Geography
• Shari Speer, Department of Linguistics
• James Cogdell, Department of Mathematics 
• Michael Swartz, Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
• Peter Christopher Hammel, Department of Physics
• Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Department of Political Science 
• Russell Fazio, Department of Psychology 
• Jay Injae Myung, Department of Psychology 
• Fernando Unzueta, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
• Rebecca Haidt, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
• Ross Dalbey, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Franklin Schwartz, School of Earth Sciences 
• Gregory Caldeira, Department of Political Science 
• Robin Wharton, Department of Molecular Genetics 
• Gregory Booton, Department of Molecular Genetics 
• Bishun Pandey, Department of Mathematics 
• J. Albert Harrill, Department of History 
• Joan Cashin, Department of History 
• Clare Simmons, Department of English
• Matthew Cariello, Department of English
• Harold Lisle Gibbs, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology 
• James Peck, Department of Economics
• Dan Levin, Department of Economics
• Mineharu Nakayama, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
• Robert Livingston, Department of Comparative Studies
• Katherine Borland, Department of Comparative Studies
• Thaliyil RajanBabu, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Philip Grandinetti, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Jeffrey McKee, Department of Anthropology
• James Harry Sanders III, Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy

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.

• Christin Burd, Department of Molecular Genetics 
• Rachel Dwyer, Department of Sociology 
• Mytheli Sreenivas, Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Honors Faculty Service Award

• Anita Hopper, Department of Molecular Genetics 
• Alice Conklin, Department of History 

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.

• Amanda Robinson, Department of Political Science 
• Stacy Harnish, Department of Speech and Hearing Science
• Trisha Van Zandt, 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.

• Abby Zbikowski, Department of Dance
• Shiyu Zhang, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 
• Kathryn Lenz, Department of Psychology
• Eric Schoon, Department of Sociology 

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.

• Darryl Wesener, Department of Microbiology 

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.

• Jamison Kantor, Department of English
• Hasan Jeffries, 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.

• Jason Rawls, Department of African American and African Studies and School of Music

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.

• Isaac Weiner, Department of Comparative Studies
• Johanna Sellman, Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
• Sarah Neville, 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.

• Brenda Dinan, Student Affairs Advising
• Addie Cheney, Center for Career and Professional Success
• Ashleigh Hardin, Department of English
• Rachel Steele, Student Affairs Curriculum and Assessment Services
• Babette Cieskowski, Ohio Prison Education Exchange Project
• Ashley Sweaney, Department of Psychology

Barbara and Sheldon Pinchuk Arts-Community Outreach Award

The Barbara and Sheldon Pinchuk Arts-Community Outreach Grant is open for educational and engagement projects connecting the visual and performing arts at The Ohio State University with the Columbus community.

• Roman Suer, Ohio State Arts Scholars & Wild Goose Creative, High School Arts Incubator Project
• Learning and Public Practice Team, Wexner Center for the Arts Learning and Public Programs & Linden Recreation Center Community Studios Program

Graduate Students

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.

• Mattéo Jung, Department of French and Italian 

Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Service

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

• Tinu Oduloye, Department of Psychology

Graduate Student Award for Mentoring Excellence

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

• Joey Jaros, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology

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.

• Aniket Sangwan, Department of Geography
• Rachel Stewart, Department of English