Gregory Jusdanis, Humanities Distinguished Professor of Classics, researches modern Greek literature and culture, including the poet C. P. Cavafy. His recent work has been a biography of Cavafy, co-written with Peter Jeffries, exploring, among other areas, how Cavafy rejected his early poetry and found new expressions in his later years. For more of his discussion with David Staley, listen to this week's Voices of Excellence

Kevin Richards, lecturer and Outreach Coordinator in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, defines the metaverse as the embodied Internet. His research follows the work of John Dewey who argued that the more immersed people are in what they're doing, the more they'll remember and be able to learn. For more of his discussion with David Staley, listen to this week's Voices of Excellence

Michael Mercil, Emeritus Professor of Art has created sculpture, drawing, painting, landscape architecture, film, and performance for regional and national exhibitions. His installations at Ohio State have included bean fields by the Wexner Center and a virtual pasture of Shetland sheep. He joins host David Staley on this week's Voices of Excellence on Soundcloud and iTunes to describe his work and academic interests

Christian Kleinbub, professor of history of art, studies the arts of the Italian Renaissance, with particular focus on issues of image theory, naturalism, the body, and period conceptions of vision and the visionary. He joins host David Staley on this week's Voices of Excellence podcast on Soundcloud and iTunes to describe his research and how where vision "landed" in the body was of central importance to artists like Michelangelo.

Mark Moritz, professor and graduate studies chair in anthropology, studies the transformation of African pastoral systems, specifically examining how pastoralists adapt to changing ecological, political, and institutional conditions. He shares some of the results of his research with pastoralists in the far north region of Cameroon with David Staley on this week's Voices of Excellence

Kotaro Nakanishi, associate professor of biochemistry, studies Argonaute proteins and how they join with microRNA to form complexes in cells. Errors in this process can lead to many different types of diseases, including cancer and autism.

Associate professor of design Rebekah Matheney studies interior design, sustainable design, retail experience design, curricular economy, and higher education design. Her recent work has examined slow retail, how retail design can impact all areas of sustainability by slowing down its pace, similar to slow food and slow fashion. For more of her discussion with David Staley, listen to this week's Voices of Excellence

Elizabeth Hewitt, professor of English, studies African-American literature, American literature before 1900, and economics in literature. Her most recent book, Speculative Fictions, examines the economy in the early United States with a focus on Alexander Hamilton and his attempts "to explain economic science in a way that didn't just depend on empiricism." For more of her discussion with David Staley, listen to this week's Voices of Excellence

Russ Fazio--the Harold E. Burt Professor of Social Psychology--researches attitude formation, change, and accessibility; attitude-behavior consistency; and social cognition. His work in social cognition seeks to understand the thought processes that underlie social psychological phenomenon. Join him and host David Staley on this week's Voices of Excellence

Jared Gardner, Joseph V. Denney Designated Professor of English and director of popular culture studies, has a wide set of interests, including finding "striking examples of 19th century comics and cartoons" describing how humans impact the environment. Join him and host David Staley on this week's Voices of Excellence