The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences 2016 Report

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Welcome to the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio State Dear Friends, This past year, which marked the college’s fifth anniversary, was truly outstanding. Record-breaking research expenditures and fundraising, a banner year for faculty and student awards, and this autumn we’ll welcome our largest-ever incoming class of new students.

I want to share some high points from the last year and introduce you to just a few of our superstars. We cannot begin to capture the scope of excellence in one small document, but I want to give you a glimpse of the College of Arts and Sciences through my eyes.

College Leadership David Manderscheid Executive Dean and Vice Provost

Susan Williams Vice Dean, Faculty Affairs

Janet Box-Steffensmeier

Each day, I read more articles highlighting both the power and increasing relevance of an arts and sciences education.

Technology and business professions are demanding more liberal arts graduates, and national studies show time and again that an arts and sciences education delivers long-term fulfillment and a versatile skillset.

This is especially true for arts and sciences students at Ohio State. We are committed to providing a supportive studentcentered environment and world-class education to give our students a competitive edge. With access to top-tier faculty and a broad range of majors and minors, they have the opportunity to pursue any possibility.

Divisional Dean, Graduate Education Social and Behavioral Sciences

Take a look at some of what we’ve accomplished in this past year and the breadth of what we offer. You’ll clearly see why I am so proud.

Christopher Hadad

Sincerely,

Divisional Dean, Research Natural and Mathematical Sciences

Peter Hahn Divisional Dean, Outreach and Engagement Arts and Humanities

David C. Manderscheid Executive Dean and Vice Provost

AT A GLANCE 38 Departments and Schools 20+ Centers and Institutes 2,000 Faculty and Staff 80 Majors 100+ Minors 30 Languages $284m Budget $88m Research Expenditures $295m Endowment 19 Endowed Professorships 21 Endowed Chairs 200,000+ Living Alumni

GIVE BACK.

CHANGE LIVES. Today’s graduates will spend their careers in a global environment that demands the ability to be nimble and responsive.

Arts and Sciences is in the position, with your support, to provide the ideal education to take on such a future.

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STUDENTS • Awards • Beyond the Classroom

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FACULTY • Awards • Research • Creative Activity

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At Ohio State’s College of Arts and Sciences, knowledge is not the means to an end. It’s the start of whatever comes next.

You’d never guess you’re at one of the nation’s largest research universities; it’s like a small liberal arts college, tucked into a leading public university.

Meet with your professor for lunch. Or spend a summer researching side by side. Get some much-needed advice from your advisor. Or some help building your resume.

Today’s graduates will spend their careers moving forward in a global environment that demands the ability to be responsive and versatile.

Our student-centered environment is designed to challenge and support you to follow any path and achieve success.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS*

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Composition: Female: 53% Male: 47% Underrepresented Minorities: 11% In State: 79% Out of State: 14% International: 7% First Generation: 16% Double Majors: 10% Major + Minor: 20% Honors & Scholars: 20% Incoming 2016-17 Academic Profile: Average ACT: 29 Average SAT: 1263 Top 10% of their high school class: 61.5% Top 25% of their high school class: 94%

GRADUATE STUDENTS*

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Composition: Male: 52% Female: 48% Underrepresented Minorities: 7% Out of State 43% In State: 29% International: 28% *AU2015 NUMBERS

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AMARA HUDDLESTON, graduate student, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, studies the effects of climate change on Lake Erie’s food web and nutritional values of its fish.

“I felt happy at Ohio State immediately. My advice: pick a program that makes you happy in a place where you mesh with its people.”

MARY GRACE THIBAULT is a fourth-year honors student majoring in anthropology and atmospheric sciences.

She recently completed a climate-science field project observing the effects of sea-level rise in the Everglades, and volunteers with the National Weather Service and will travel to Great Basin National Park as part of the Department of Geography’s work with underground glaciers.

“I am fascinated with how weather and climate impact people — and Ohio State’s Atmospheric Sciences Program is really amazing! The professors and advisors work really hard to help you not just learn, but to use what you have learned.”

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AWARDS

UNDERGRADUATE Our students are consistently recognized, nationally and internationally, for their excellence in research and scholarship and are recipients of awards such as the Goldwater, Beinecke, Churchill and Rhodes.

GRADUATE Each year, our distinguished graduate students are selected for honors including the prestigious Fulbright-Hays, Fulbright, NSF Predoctoral Fellowship and Schweitzer Award.

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HENRY TRAN (chemistry and mathematics) and ALEXIS CROCKETT (neuroscience and psychology) are 2016 Churchill Scholars. This is the first time that two Ohio State students have received the honor in the same year. Both will begin graduate studies at the University of Cambridge.

NIMA DAHIR (BA, economics and mathematics, 2016) was named a 2015 Beinecke Scholar – Ohio State’s fifth. The Beinecke Scholarship is awarded to 20 students nationwide and supports graduate studies. Her sister, ILHAN DAHIR (BA, political science, English, 2015), was named a 2016 Rhodes Scholar. She is Ohio State’s sixth Rhodes Scholar and the College of Arts and Science’s third. One of the oldest and best-known academic awards, the Rhodes Scholarship covers all expenses associated with two or three years of study at the University of Oxford.

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IN 2015-16, ARTS AND SCIENCES STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN STUDY ABROAD

Our students study abroad and conduct field work on every continent, have access to internship experiences at any scale, contribute to leading-edge research and scholarship, and participate in service-learning that makes a difference in our communities.

Graduate student OMARTHAN CLARKE was born in Jamaica and raised in the U.S. He reconnected with the arts and culture of Jamaica through a study-abroad experience with the Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy.

“I want to establish a nonprofit, international public arts and academic institution in both Jamaica and the U.S. that fuses creativity with entrepreneurship. �

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STUDY ABROAD AND FIELD WORK With more than 100 study-abroad and field-work programs on every continent, our students have unparalleled opportunities to explore, expand and specialize their academic journeys.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH Students engage in leading-edge research, supported by world-class scholars, researchers and scientists. Working alongside faculty at the cusp of groundbreaking discovery, they develop the critical thinking and analytical skills necessary for graduate school and beyond.

INTERNSHIPS & SERVICE LEARNING Located in a major metropolitan area, we have access to extensive internship and service-learning opportunities in Columbus and beyond.

#ASCINTHEFIELD This past summer, Arts and Sciences students went around the world, conducting research, interning and volunteering. They were immersed in politics, knee-deep in research and data analysis, underwater studying coral reefs and everywhere in between.

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Students in the Department of Political Science’s Canadian Parliament Internship program pose for a special O-H-I-O with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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Professor of Earth sciences AndrĂŠa Grottoli and her students in Hawaii examine the health of coral reefs.

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Arts management major Andy Meyer works at Urban Arts Space in downtown Columbus as a City Center Gallery co-director.

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Journalism major Zachary Burton outside Quicken Loans Arena during his internship with ESPN Cleveland.

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International studies major Jasmine Ashby at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia, during a 10-week summer training program.

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Political science majors and 2016 DNC delegates Spencer Dirrig and Kelly Harrop on the convention floor.

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Chemistry and French major Ben Gorski stopped in London for a photo between internships with Powertech in Bergholtz, France, and Cosem in Paris, France.

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Arts and Sciences faculty performs at the highest levels in teaching, research and service — the three tenets of the great land-grant institutions. They engage in multidimensional, collaborative research, scholarship and creative activity that drive discovery and innovation locally, nationally and worldwide.

Professor KENDRA MCSWEENEY, on left, a human-environment geographer, has traveled extensively in Central and Latin America researching the impact of drug trafficking and drug policy on the environment. At the local level, McSweeney teaches a field course on the geography and the people of Southeastern Ohio.

“I love teaching The Geography of Appalachian Ohio field course. I guide students through this fascinating region, focusing on socio-ecological change. Students thrive as they actually do geography.”

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TIYI MORRIS, associate professor of African American and African Studies. Morris has an interdisciplinary background, with a teaching focus that combines the fields of American history, black studies and women’s studies.

“I want students to really engage with the material, not just memorize things that I’m lecturing to them. You have to meet students where they are.”

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CLARK SPENCER LARSEN, professor and chair of Anthropology, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Larsen has dedicated his career and scholarship to deepening our understanding of the human condition.

“We are collectively motivated by the fact that we enjoy what we do — teaching great students, engaging in our multifaceted research programs and assisting Ohio State.”

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members

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Guggenheim Fellows

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National Academy of Sciences Member

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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Dr. A.H Heineken Prize Recipients

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MacArthur Fellow

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National Medal of Sciences

NSF Early Career Development (CAREER) Award winners

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National Medal of Arts

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American Academy of Arts and Letters Fellow

Department of Energy Early Career Awards

JULIA F. ANDREWS, professor of art history, is one of approximately 200 scholars, artists and researchers nationwide named 2016 Guggenheim Fellows. An acclaimed scholar, writer, teacher and curator, Andrews specializes in Chinese art.

ANN HAMILTON, professor of art, was presented with the 2014 National Medal of Arts by President Obama at the White House. She is internationally recognized for large-scale, multimedia installations.

“I am both humbled and proud to be part of this recognition of the arts, and the work of culture we are all engaged in making together.�

Photo courtesy of the National Endowment for the Arts.

ZHONG-LIN LU, professor of psychology; director of the Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Brain Imaging, is one of a handful of research scientists across the U.S. selected to share a $13.1 million award as part of NSF’s support for integrative, fundamental brain research and the BRAIN initiative.

“The goal of this grant is to predict individual cognitive performance in novel, real-world situations based on observed behavioral and neuroimaging data — a new approach that could revolutionize the field of cognitive neuroscience.”

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In every area of the Arts and Sciences, our pioneering faculty, students and collaborators worldwide are exploring existing and emerging global challenges. Their game-changing discoveries profoundly affect our lives and is funded by all major federal and state granting agencies, with additional support from business and industry.

30% Departments of Energy, Labor, Defense and Other Federal Agencies 26% National Science Foundation 22% National Institutes of Health 8% Industry, Private and Other Non-Federal Agencies 7% State of Ohio 7% Colleges and Universities

RESEARCH

KEY INITIATIVES

The BYRD POLAR AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER is an international leader in polar, alpine and climate research, and houses the third-largest archive of prehistoric ice-core samples in the world.

The interdisciplinary community of scholars and researchers in the DECISION SCIENCES COLLABORATIVE focuses on the science of decision-making and supports programs in decision-making for research and teaching and public outreach.

The CENTER FOR LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES is part of a new four-year Mellon Foundation-funded, Ohio-based collaboration creating one of the nation’s few dedicated foreign language postdoctoral positions.

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Scott Gaudi, Chris Hirata and David Weinberg represent the largest number of university scientists appointed to NASA’S WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY TELESCOPE (WFIRST) science teams, preparing this powerful new space telescope — 100 times faster than Hubble — for mid-2020 launch.

THE BARNETT CENTER FOR INTEGRATED ARTS AND ENTERPRISE advances collaborative research on the business side of the arts and the worlds of arts management, policy and culture. The Graduate Student Think Tank is an interdisciplinary group working to solve critical artist-defined issues and develop new models for organizational management structures.

ABRAHAM BADU-TAWIAH, assistant professor, chemistry and biochemistry, developed an inexpensive prototype test strip for diagnosing diseases, including cancer and malaria, to save lives in rural Africa and Southeast Asia where malaria kills hundreds of thousands every year.

“We want to empower people. If you care at all about your health and you have reason to worry about a condition, then you don’t want to wait until you get sick to go to the hospital.

You could test yourself as often as you want.”

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The College of Arts and Sciences champions scholarship, creative activity and performance, and promotes an environment for students and faculty to inspire, discover and create on campus and beyond.

To facilitate this, we are intensifying ties with local, national and international arts organizations and, over the next two decades, $200 million will be invested in a vibrant Arts District at High Street and 15th Avenue, the university’s front door.

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Two graduate students studying at the ADVANCED COMPUTING CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND DESIGN are working with physicians at Nationwide Children’s Hospital to create a Virtual Reality 3D-animated game for use by pediatric patients to alleviate pain and offer distraction during tedious treatments.

A team of students and alumni from the DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN won first place in the undergraduate track of the Fisher College of Business 2014 Business Plan Competition, for their project, Juiceboxx. They developed a protective case for a MacBook charger that features a clean, simple aesthetic with a unique design that guides the cord into exiting the power supply with a gentle curve, significantly reducing areas of high stress.

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CREATIVE ACTIVITY

KEY INITIATIVES

The new major in MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTION (autumn 2017) is an interdisciplinary program administered by film studies. The program will be built around studio courses in the animation, documentary, experimental and narrative modes of film production.* SHAKESPEARE AND AUTISM is a groundbreaking, collaborative research project studying whether drama, particularly Shakespeare, can break through the communicative blocks of autism.

The College of Arts and Sciences and the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA) co-present the The Plough and the Stars, performed by the ABBEY THEATRE of Dublin, Ireland.

Readers from every continent and almost every country look to the Department of History’s online magazine, ORIGINS: CURRENT EVENTS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE for expert opinions on timely topics.

The BioPresence Project, organized by university members of AWASH (Animal Worlds in the Arts, Sciences and Humanities) encourages faculty, staff and students to take the time to understand that humans and animals share one campus together and how to live sensibly and equitably over the long term.

“Noticing and documenting the animals, insects, plants and microorganisms on campus frames them as important cohabitants and acknowledges our relationships and interdependencies with them and with other non-human forms of life on the planet.” {Amy Youngs, associate professor, art}

*Final approval from the Ohio Department of Higher Education is pending.

CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING AND CHEMISTRY BUILDING (CBEC), which houses both Arts and Sciences and Engineering departments, is one of Ohio State’s first shared-use buildings designed to enhance collaborative, leading-edge work in energy, technology and medicine.

The lobby is home to a hexagonal, LED-light array by renowned artist Leo Villareal.

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The College of Arts and Sciences is home to some of the most remarkable spaces in the nation. Our classrooms, museums, laboratories, studios and performance spaces support advanced research, expression, discovery and innovation.

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The BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES GREENHOUSE is a hub supporting teaching and research in ecology, biology, anatomy, genetics and biotechnology, physiology and toxicology, and molecular biology. In addition, we’ve seen the blooming of the elusive Corpse Flower on five separate occasions.

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Housed in the Psychology Building, the CENTER FOR COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL BRAIN IMAGING is one of only a handful of neuroimaging facilities in the country attached to an academic institution, providing unprecedented opportunities to conduct brain-imaging research.

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Located in iconic Orton Hall, the ORTON GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM is home to an extraordinary geological history display of 500,000+ rocks, minerals, fossils from Ohio and around the world. “Jeff,” the 7-foot fossil skeleton of the giant ground sloth, Megalonyx jeffersoni — excavated on an Ohio farm — has been greeting visitors since his installation on Thomas Jefferson’s birthday, April, 13, 1896.

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SULLIVANT HALL sits at the gateway of the university’s campus, at 15th Avenue and High Street. Built in 1912, the Neoclassical Revival building was renovated in 2014 to bring together multiple units on campus, opening up new creative opportunities for collaborations in the visual and performing arts. It is home to the Department of Dance, the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design, the Lawrence and Isabel Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise, and the Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy.

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Located in the heart of downtown Columbus, URBAN ARTS SPACE is an exhibition and non-traditional performance space that serves as an arts laboratory for local, national and international artists and as a professional launching pad for students. For the fourth year in a row, it has been named Best Art Gallery Columbus in the Columbus Alive reader’s poll.

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With 38 departments, 20+ world-class research centers, the College of Arts and Sciences is the academic heart of the university. Learn more at asc.osu.edu/departments-centers.

Advanced Computing Center for the

Geography, Department [B111 Derby]

Germanic Languages and Literatures [B106 Hagerty]

Arts and Design (ACCAD) [B121 Sullivant]

African American & African Studies Community

Historical Research, Center [B115 Dulles]

History of Art, Department [B120 Smith]

Extension Center [B201 King Lincoln, 905 Mt Vernon Ave.]

African American and African Studies [B112 Univ Hall]

History, Department [B115 Dulles]

African Studies, Center [A104 Enarson Hall]

Human Resource Research Center [A203]

Anthropology [B120 Smith}

Humanities Institute [B106 Hagerty]

Applied Plant Sciences, Center (CAPS) [B201 Rightmire]

Institute for Population Research (IPR) [B113 Townsend]

Art [B110 Hopkins]

Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Center [B106 Hagerty]

Arts Administration, Education and Policy [B107 Sullivant]

Latin American Studies, Center [A104 Enarson Hall]

Arts Initiative at Ohio State [B200 Urban Arts Space]

Life Sciences Education, Center [B100 Jennings]

Astronomy [B121 McPherson]

Linguistics, Department [A101 Stadium]

Barnett Center for Integrated Arts

Mathematical Biosciences Institute [B100 Jennings]

Mathematics and Statistics Learning Center [B114 Cockins]

and Enterprise [B107 Sullivant]

Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center [A200 Scott]

Mathematics, Department [B118 Math Tower]

Chemistry and Biochemistry [B122 Newman-Wolfram;

Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Center [B106 Hagerty]

Melton Center for Jewish Studies [B115 Dulles]

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Classics [B112 Univ Hall]

Microbiology, Department [A102 Bio Sci Bldg]

Cognitive and Behavioral Brain Imaging [B103 Psych Bldg]

Middle East Studies Center [A104 Enarson Hall]

Cognitive and Brain Sciences [B103 Psych Bldg]

Molecular Genetics, Department [A102 Bio Sci Bldg]

Communication, School [B111 Derby & B119 Journalism Bldg]

Music, School [B108 Weigel & Hughes]

Comparative Studies, Department [B106 Hagerty]

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures [B106 Hagerty]

Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics,

Philosophy, Department [B112 Univ Hall]

Physics, Department [B123 Physics Bldg]

Center (CCAPP) [B123 Physics Bldg]

Criminal Justice Research Center [B113 Townsend]

Political Science, Department [B111 Derby]

Dance, Department [B107 Sullivant]

Psychology, Department [B103 Psychology Bldg & Lazenby]

Design, Department [B109 Hayes]

Religion, Center for the Study of [B106 Hagerty]

Diversity & Identity Studies Collective at OSU [B106 Hagerty]

Resource Center for Medieval Slavic Studies [★Thompson Library]

Earth Sciences, School [B105 Mendenhall]

Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures [B106 Hagerty]

East Asian Languages and Literatures [B106 Hagerty]

Sociology, Department [B113 Townsend]

East Asian Studies Center [A104 Enarson Hall]

Spanish and Portuguese, Department [B106 Hagerty]

Economics, Department [B116 Arps]

Spectroscopy Institute [B121 Celeste Lab]

Emergent Materials, Center [B123 Physics Bldg]

Speech and Hearing Science, Department [A203 Pressey]

English, Department [B116 Denney]

Statistical Consulting Service [B114 Cockins]

Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies [A203 Pressey]

Statistics, Department of [B114 Cockins]

Ethics and Human Values, Center [B112 Univ Hall]

Study and Teaching of Writing, Center [B120 Smith]

Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology [A104 Aronoff]

Theatre, Department [A100 Drake]

Exploration of Novel Complex Materials,

Urban and Regional Analysis, Center [B111 Derby]

Urban Arts Space [B200 Downtown, 50 W. Town St.]

Center [B123 Physics Bldg]

Folklore Studies, Center [A101 Stadium]

Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies,

French and Italian, Department [B106 Hagerty]

Department [B112 Univ Hall]

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