Past Forums

2004 Ohio Student Research Forum
August 19-20, Ohio State University

SPEAKER
Susan Huntington
Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate School

Susan L. Huntington is Distinguished University Professor and Professor History of Art, and has served as Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate School at Ohio State since 1996. She received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from UCLA. She is the author of three books and numerous articles on Indian art, and the recipient of numerous awards, grants, and distinctions for her teaching and research, including awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, and the Smithsonian institution. She has served as Vice President and Board Member of the American Institute of Indian Studies, President of the American Committee for South Asian Art, and co-curator of a major exhibition of Indian art. She is co-founder of the Huntington Photographic Archive of Buddhist and Related Art at the Ohio State University. In her role as Graduate School dean, she has oversight over Ohio State' approximately 120 Master's and 99 Ph.D. degree programs and the approximately 10,000 graduate students enrolled in those programs.
She continues to teach Indian art, and mentor graduate students while serving in the Graduate School. She is co-author of the G-QUE report, a massive study conducted at Ohio State on the quality of graduate student life.