About the Office of Academic Affairs
About the Office of Academic Affairs
Provost
- Joseph A. Alutto
Executive Vice President and Provost
Senior Leaders
- Javaune M. Adams-Gaston
Vice President for Student Life - William I. Brustein
Vice Provost for Global Strategies & International Affairs - Wayne E. Carlson
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies and Dean for Undergraduate Education - M. Dolan Evanovich
Vice President for Strategic Enrollment Planning
- Patrick S. Osmer
Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate School - W. Michael Sherman
Vice Provost for Academic Planning - W. Randy Smith
Vice Provost for Academic Programs - Kathleen K. Starkoff
Chief Information Officer - Joseph E. Steinmetz
Vice Provost for the Arts & Sciences and Executive Dean of the Arts & Sciences Colleges - Mac A. Stewart
Vice Provost for Minority Affairs and Special Assistant to the President for Diversity - Caroline C. Whitacre
Vice President for Research
- Susan S. Williams
Vice Provost for Academic Policy and Faculty Resources
Senior Leaders
Patrick S. Osmer
Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate School
Patrick S. Osmer was named vice provost for graduate studies and dean of the Graduate School in 2006. Prior to these appointments, he was chair of the Department of Astronomy, a position he had held since coming to Ohio State in 1993. From 1986 to 1993, he was a member of the scientific staff of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, Arizona, serving as deputy director from 1988 to 1993.
As chair of Astronomy, he provided leadership for the expansion of the research and graduate programs of the department and for the effort that resulted in Ohio State's joining the international Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) project. The LBT is the world's largest optical/infrared telescope on a single mount.
In 2004 Vice Provost Osmer was named Distinguished Professor of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.
He received a B.S. in astronomy with highest honors from the Case Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in astronomy from the California Institute of Technology. His primary research interests are observational surveys and studies of the evolution of distant quasars and their relation to their host galaxies.
Primary responsibilities
- Financial support for graduate students
- Governance of graduate education
- Graduate associates policies
- Graduate faculty coordination
- Graduate programs and curriculum
- Graduate student recruitment and diversity
- Graduate student services
- Ohio Science and Engineering Alliance
- Professional development for graduate students
- Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
Support staff
Susan Reeser
