Mission
The President’s and Provost’s Advisory Council (PPAC) has a threefold mission:
The President’s and Provost’s Advisory Council (PPAC) has a threefold mission:
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:
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
Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska
Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering
P. Christopher Hammel
Physics
Tina Henkin
Microbiology
Joseph P. Heremans
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Wendy S. Hesford
English
Elena Irwin
Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
Brian D. Joseph
Linguistics
A. Douglas Kinghorn
Pharmacy
Christopher S. Kochanek
Astronomy
Bern Kohler
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Rattan Lal
Environment and Natural Resources
Clark Larsen
Anthropology
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
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
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
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
Learn about the people and groups who guide Ohio State’s work and help the university function as a unified institution.