Lesley Ferris serves as Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of theatre at Ohio State and has twice served as department chair. She plans to retire in December 2019.
Chan Park is a professor of Korean language, literature and performance study within the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature at Ohio State.
Carl Pollard is professor emeritus of linguistics at Ohio State. He is the co-inventor of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG), a generative grammar theory.
Winston Ho is distinguished professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Ohio State and Prabir Dutta is distinguished university professor emeritus for chemistry.
Walter Reckless (1899-1988), professor emeritus of sociology at Ohio State, was well known for his containment theory, which focused on what stops people from engaging in crime—or rather, what “contains” people.
Duane Roller is professor emeritus from the Department of Classics at Ohio State. His research work focuses on ancient geography and exploration as well as the role of women during this time.
Barbara Wyslouzil, joint professor for Ohio State’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry and Biochemistry, is credited with creating the world’s most cubic ice.