Distinguished Teaching
The National Endowment of the Humanities endowment income provides salary supplements for three distinguished teaching professors as well as modest honorariums for several fellows of the Ping Institute.
It also funds projects such as library acquisitions, teaching colloquia, curriculum revisions, and summer workshops for high school humanities teachers.
Current Distinguished Teaching Professors of the Ping Institute
Dr. Thomas H. Carpenter (1997-present)
Charles J. Ping Professor of Humanities, Director of the Ping Institute, Chair of Classics and World Religions and Professor of Classics
Dr. William F. Condee (2007-present)
J. Richard Hamilton/Baker & Hostetler Professor of Humanities and Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts
Dr. Lois D. Vines (1994-present)
James S. Reid/Standard Products Company Professor of Humanities and Professor of French
Emeriti Distinguished Teaching Professors
Dr. Alan R. Booth
J. Richard Hamilton/Baker & Hostetler Professor Emeritus of Humanities and Professor Emeritus of History
Dr. Charles J. Ping
President Emeritus and Trustee Professor of Philosophy and Education, is Director Emeritus and Adjunct Fellow of the Ping Institute.
Dr. Dean McWilliams (Deceased)
J. Richard Hamilton/Baker & Hostetler Professor Emeritus of Humanities and
Professor of English
Current Fellows
Dr. Samuel Crowl (1994-present)
Trustee Professor of English, Founding Member of the Ping Institute
Ms. Anne Kemmerle (2012-present)
English Instructor, Athens High School
Dr. Mary Jane Kelley (2007-present)
Associate Professor Spanish
Dr. Ayesha K. Hardison (2011-present)
Assistant Professor, Department of English
Former Fellows
Kizzie Elmore-Clark
Teacher of Humanities, Federal Hocking High School
Dr. Andrew Escobedo (2000-2003)
Associate Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies
Dr. Katherine Jellison (1998-2006)
Professor of History
Dr. Paul C. Jones (2004-2007)
Associate Professor of English
Dr. Miriam Shadis (2007-2010)
Assistant Professor, History
Ms. Susan J. Dietz (2010-2012)
Teacher of Humanities, Logan-Hocking Middle School