From the OSU Office of Academic Affairs: 

American Indian Studies Program Director Elissa Washuta has been named to the inaugural cohort of the Provost’s Midcareer Scholars: Scarlet and Gray Associate Professors. The 10 cohort members have each recently been appointed to the rank of associate professor with tenure and have demonstrated significant accomplishments in their discipline(s).

This program continues the Office of Academic Affairs’ commitment to maintaining a premier faculty at Ohio State through all stages of the academic lifecycle, joining the Provost’s Early Career Scholars Program and Tenure-Track Fellow to Faculty Program, and is designed to accelerate progress toward promotion to professor.

Learn more about the Scarlet and Gray Associate Professors.

Scarlet and Gray Associate Professors:

Stephanie Di Stasi
Department of Orthopaedics, College of Medicine

Brian Foster
Division of Biosciences, College of Dentistry

Emmanuel Hatzakis
Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Jasmeet Hayes
Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

Steffen Lindert
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences

Kelly Purtell
Department of Human Sciences, College of Education and Human Ecology

John Rehbeck
Department of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences

Mary Rodriguez
Department of Agricultural, Communications, Education, and Leadership, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Elissa Washuta
Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences

Chris Zhu
Department of Human Sciences and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Education and Human Ecology

More details will be shared in an Ohio State News release soon.