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Recognizing Excellence

April 19, 2012

Each year, The Ohio State University recognizes excellence in teaching, service, and scholarship. As part of the induction into the highest echelon of teaching and service, President Gee and friends make surprise visits to honorees’ classrooms and labs to make the announcements.


Congratulations to the 2012 recipients of Ohio State's Distinguished Teaching, Distinguished Scholar, and Distinguished Service awards.

Distinguished Teaching

  • Bradley Clymer, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
  • David Herman, Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Associate Professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Mark A. Kleffner, Professor, School of Earth Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, OSU Lima
  • Robin Rice, Associate Professor, School of Music, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Science, College of Education and Human Ecology
  • Ric Simmons, Professor, Moritz College of Law
  • Paul Sivilotti, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Deborah K. Steward, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, College of Nursing

Distinguished Scholar

  • Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Louis Franklin DiMauro, Professor and Dr. Edward E. and Sylvia Hagenlocker Chair in Physics, Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Michael R. Grever, Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine
  • Anita K. Hopper, Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Genetics, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Jin-Fa Lee, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Vincent J. Roscigno, Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences

Distinguished Service

  • Jane Case-Smith, Professor and Chair, Division of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Medicine
  • K. “Cheena” Srinivasan, Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Mary Ellen Wewers, Professor, Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion, College of Public Health