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- Office
Columbus, OH 43210
As vice provost and dean for undergraduate education, Dr. Norman Jones helps create extraordinary academic experiences for undergraduates on all Ohio State campuses. He leads the Office of Undergraduate Education, which includes Academic Access, Engagement, and Success Programs; Academic Advising; Academic Enrichment; the General Education program; Military and Veterans Services; the Student-Athlete Support Services Office; and University Exploration.
Dr. Jones previously served as dean and director of Ohio State’s Mansfield campus, where he raised student retention rates, secured substantial philanthropic support for curricular innovation and student success, and helped create a new degree program at Ohio State to support advanced manufacturing. Prior to that, he served as associate dean and as the Department of English’s program coordinator for Mansfield.
Dr. Jones is a professor in the Department of English who earned his PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his BA from Yale University. He is the author of Provincializing the Bible: Faulkner and Postsecular American Literature (2018), The Bible and Literature: The Basics (2016), and Gay and Lesbian Historical Fiction: Sexual Mystery and Post-Secular Narrative (2007). He is also co-editor of The King James Bible after 400 Years: Literary, Linguistic, and Cultural Influences (2010).
Executive Assistant
Eddie Bowles
614-514-2800
bowles.104@osu.edu