GOALS | FOUR

Global Arts + Humanities will increase Ohio State’s national recognition as a leading landgrant institution and distinction for excellence in integrated arts and humanities through crossdisciplinary collaborations

Global Arts + Humanities has taken a leadership role in increasing Ohio State’s capacity to facilitate the integration of arts and humanities in cross-disciplinary collaborations, to support public-facing outcomes in these areas, and to create educational opportunities that demonstrate the value of the arts and humanities to the region and nation.

4:1 | Leverage Existing Faculty Leadership

Leverage existing faculty leadership by mobilizing faculty expertise, leadership and mentoring to raise the profile and prestige of crossdisciplinary arts and humanities collaborations at Ohio State. Arts and humanities faculty have methodological and subject-matter expertise that enables understandings of the human dimensions of critical societal challenges. Faculty-led research and creative practices have and will continue to play a central role in identifying areas of high-impact investment and quality academic and community programming.

4:2 | Build Faculty Distinction

Build faculty distinction through tenure-track cluster hiring. In 201718, Global Arts + Humanities launched a cluster hire in the area of global migration and mobility. Seven new faculty were hired under the initiative. Faculty joined the Departments of Dance; History; Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures; Sociology (Newark campus); and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. These new colleagues also advance the university’s commitment to diversity. Building on the success of this cluster hiring program, Global Arts + Humanities plans to develop a postdoctoral program linked to the university’s racial justice hiring initiative.

4:3 | Establish Cross-Disciplinary Metrics

Establish cross-disciplinary metrics through the development of qualitative and quantitative tools that connect the outcomes of funded projects with faculty performance reviews, while enabling researchers to better articulate project goals and progress. These rubrics make the case for innovative approaches that are not often recognized by conventional academic or disciplinary metrics.

4:4 | Transition From Discovery Theme to Institute

Transitioning from a Discovery Theme to an institute will formalize the university’s commitment to the integrated arts and humanities, thereby nourishing an institutional ecology of collaboration and incentivizing porosity across disciplines. The Global Arts + Humanities Institute will serve as an integral facilitative resource and bridge for cross-disciplinary work across campuses, colleges, departments, centers and institutes. As a university-level institute

based administratively within the Office of Research, the Global Arts + Humanities Institute will align with the Office of Research’s critical work on tracking Ohio State’s cross-disciplinary research metrics at a national scale and support the university in its pursuit of research excellence and creative expression, innovative approaches to teaching, and community engagement. The Global Arts + Humanities Institute will be an exemplar of best practices for cross-disciplinary collaborations at Ohio State. By building institutional capacity for cross-disciplinary research and creative practices, immersive and experiential-learning opportunities for students, and reciprocal community-engaged partnerships, the Global Arts + Humanities Institute will break down barriers to meaningful cross-disciplinary collaborations and increase Ohio State’s national recognition as a leading land-grant institution and distinction for excellence in arts and humanities.

CAPTION Laura “‘LROD” Rodriguez and the Día de los Muertos procession hold a pose while waiting to cross a busy side street on their way from the Gateway Film Center to Sullivant Hall. October 19, 2019.

“Global Arts + Humanities seeds crossdisciplinary modes of inquiry and discovery that provide students with the intercultural competencies and skills to respond to 21st-century challenges and become ethicallyengaged global citizens.” PETER L. HAHN, LEAD DEAN