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Alyssa R. Bernstein
Associate Professor
bernstei@ohio.edu
740-593-9777
Ellis 209
Robert Briscoe
Professor
briscoe@ohio.edu
Ellis 219
Scott Carson
Associate Professor
carsond@ohio.edu
740-593-4588
Ellis 210
Christoph Hanisch
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hanisch@ohio.edu
Ellis 212
Yoichi Ishida
Associate Professor
ishiday@ohio.edu
Ellis 215
Alfred Lent
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lent@ohio.edu
Ellis 217
Jeremy Morris
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morrisj6@ohio.edu
740- 593-4588
Ellis 214
James Petrik
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petrik@ohio.edu
Ellis 218
James Duncan Summerford
Associate Professor
summerfo@ohio.edu
Lancaster Campus
Amy E. White
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whitea@ohio.edu
Zanesville Campus
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Donald M. Borchert
Professor Emeritus
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Philip Ehrlich
Professor Emeritus
ehrlich@ohiou.edu
740-593-4595
Ellis 211
Algis Mickunas
Professor Emeritus
mickunaa@ohio.edu
Arthur Zucker
Associate Professor Emeritus
zuckera@ohio.edu