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2006 Ohio Student Research Forum
August 10 -11, Ohio State University

GUEST SPEAKER - UNIVERSITY WELCOME
Dr. Barbara Snyder, Executive Vice President and Vice Provost, Ohio State University

Executive Vice President and Provost Barbara R. Snyder is the chief academic officer of The Ohio State University. She served as interim executive vice president and provost from August 2003 to May 2004 during a national search, and also served as the interim vice president for University Relations during the 2002-2003 academic year. Previously, she was the Vice Provost for Academic Policy and Human Resources in the Office of Academic Affairs.

Provost Snyder is a member the Board of Directors of the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy and of the Wexner Center Foundation Advisory Board. She is the Joanne W. Murphy/Classes of 1965 and 1973 Professor of Law in the Michael E. Moritz College of Law, where she also served as the associate dean and as the director of the Center for Socio-Legal Studies.

Prior to joining Ohio State’s faculty in 1988, she was a faculty member at Case Western Reserve University School of Law and had previously practiced law with the firm of Sidley and Austin in Chicago. She is co-author of Ohio Evidence and Ohio Rules of Evidence Handbook. She earned her B. A. from The Ohio State University and her J. D. from the University of Chicago.