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.

Mission

The President’s and Provost’s Advisory Council (PPAC) has a threefold mission:

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

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

P. Christopher Hammel 
Physics

Tina Henkin 
Microbiology

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

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

Ellen Mosley Thompson
Geography

Lonnie G. Thompson
Earth Sciences

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

Ulrich W. Heinz
Physics

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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