The Office of the President and the Ohio University Distinguished Professors are now accepting nominations for the 2021 Distinguished Professor Award.
Nominations may be submitted by any current Ohio University faculty member within any OHIO department, school or academic discipline. A letter of nomination outlining the case for the candidate should be submitted and accompanied by up to 10 supporting letters from leading external experts in the candidate’s field; additional relevant supporting material may be included as well.
Nominations should be submitted directly to Dr. Alexander Govorov, chair of the nominations committee, at distinguishedprofessors@ohio.edu . Other members of the nominating committee include Distinguished Professors Susan Burgess, Judith Yaross Lee, Steven Evans and Nancy Stevens.
All supporting materials should be delivered to Cutler Business Services (Cutler Hall 008), accompanied by a list of items submitted. Materials suitable for review in electronic form should be provided on a jump drive in PDF or (for multimedia) other universal format; physical materials (e.g., books) requiring offline review should be clearly identified on the list.
The Distinguished Professor Award recognizes outstanding scholarly and creative accomplishments. The award is the highest permanent recognition attainable by faculty at Ohio University. Recipients must have attained tenure and completed a minimum of five years of service at Ohio University.
The award, first given in 1959, is supported by an endowment provided by Edwin and Ruth Kennedy to the Baker Fund.
Among the privileges granted to Distinguished Professors is the honor of annually naming an undergraduate student to receive a one-year, full-tuition scholarship, the lifetime designation title of Distinguished Professor, a one semester paid research leave, stipend and travel support.
The deadline for nominations is February 15, 2021. For additional details about the Distinguished Professor Award, please visit www.ohio.edu/distinguishedprofessor .