Mission
The President’s and Provost’s Advisory Council (PPAC) has a threefold mission:
President’s and Provost’s Advisory Committee
The President’s and Provost’s Advisory Committee consists of faculty who hold the position of Ohio Eminent Scholar or University Distinguished Professor. It collaborates with university administrators to enhance and promote Ohio State’s excellence.
1 To promote excellence in research and other scholarly activities at The Ohio State University
2 To support efforts by the Ohio State administration, faculty and staff to improve the quality and reputation of the university
3 To promote experimentation with changes that could enhance the functioning of the university in its missions of teaching, research and service
The PPAC carries out this mission through participating in activities that contribute its collective expertise to university-wide issues. Activities that support this mission include:
- Review of draft documents that may have important impact on research and other scholarly activities
- Meetings with high-level administrators
- Monitoring of major change efforts at the university
- Service by PPAC members on key task forces and committees
- Preparation of white papers on issues of importance to the university
Current Members
Barbara L. Andersen
Psychology
Stephen Bell
Microbiology
Michael G. Bevis
Earth Sciences
Janet Box-Steffensmeier
Political Science
Gregory A. Caldeira
Political Science
Ruth Colker
Law
Stuart L. Cooper
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Carlo M. Croce
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Richard Dick
Environment and Natural Resources
Liang-Shih Fan
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Hamish Fraser
Materials Science and Engineering
Avner Friedman
Mathematics
Fritz Graf
Classics
Patrick L. Green
Veterinary Medicine
Peter L. Hahn
History
Joseph P. Heremans
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Wendy S. Hesford
English
Anita Hopper
Molecular Genetics
Elena Irwin
Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
A. Douglas Kinghorn
Pharmacy
Christopher S. Kochanek
Astronomy
Bern Kohler
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Rattan Lal
Environment and Natural Resources
Clark Larsen
Anthropology
Michael Lisa
Physics
William S. Marras
Integrated Systems Engineering
Karin Musier-Forsyth
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Susan V. Olesik
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Stephen Osmani
Molecular Genetics
Umit Ozkan
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Andre Palmer
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Geoffrey Parker
History
Richard E. Petty
Psychology
James P. Phelan
English
Phillip Popovich
Neuroscience
Roger Ratcliff
Psychology
Paul Reitter
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Yasuko Rikihisa
Veterinary Medicine
Steven Ringel
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Linda Saif
Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Veterinary Preventive Medicine
Frank Schwartz
Earth Sciences
Ness Shroff
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Joshua Smyth
Psychology
Ellen Mosley Thompson
Geography
Lonnie G. Thompson
Earth Sciences
Ambro Van Hoof
Molecular Genetics
David Weinberg
Astronomy
Vicki Wysocki
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dongbin Xiu
Mathematics
Emeritus Members
Julia Andrews
History of Art
Charles M. Atkinson
Music
Gregory R. Baker
Mathematics
Bharat Bhushan
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Marilynn B. Brewer
Psychology
Martha Chamallas
Law
James Cowan
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kevin R. Cox
Geography
Jennifer Crocker
Psychology
Peter W. Culicover
Linguistics
Frank C. De Lucia
Physics
David Denlinger
Entomology
Joshua Dressler
Law
Prabir Dutta
Chemistry and Biochemistry
David O. Edwards
Physics
Harvey Friedman
Mathematics
Harvey J. Graff
English and History
Ann Hamilton
Art
P. Christopher Hammel
Physics
Ulrich W. Heinz
Physics
Tina Henkin
Microbiology
Susan L. Huntington
History of Art
Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser
Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
Brian D. Joseph
Linguistics
Stanley Lemeshow
Public Health
George F. Martin Jr.
Anatomy
Noel Mayo
Design
Terry A. Miller
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Michael Paulaitis
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Robert Rapp
Materials Science and Engineering
Richard Steckel
Economics
Julian F. Thayer
Psychology
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