Ohio University has released faculty salaries for the 2014-15 academic year.
Among 50 of Ohio University’s top paid faculty members for the 2014-15 academic year, seven are women, according to a Post analysis of salary data.
The information, obtained recently via a public records request, comes after the university released a list of administrative salaries for the current academic year in July.
Of the 10 highest paid faculty members, five individuals — Nos. two, four, five, seven and nine on that top bracket — work within the Russ College of Engineering and Technology.
The only woman in the top 10 is Gerardine Botte, a chemical and biomolecular engineering professor.
Dennis Irwin, Dean of the Russ College, said that faculty member salaries are determined by many factors, including merit over time, comparisons to other universities and funds from outside sources.
“One of our goals is to attract top faculty and researchers who will in turn attract and inspire the next generation of top engineers,” he said in an email. “To hire and retain talented faculty, we offer salaries and even professorship that are in line and compete with national standards both within professional industry and engineering higher education.”
He added that within the Russ College specifically, many professors are also provided with compensation through funds from an estate gift of $124 million, provided in 2008 from the college’s namesake.
After Botte at number six on the list, the next female faculty member, Sarah Garven, an assistant professor of accountancy, comes in at 25th with a salary of $147,533.
“On the one hand, I’m not surprised, because the highest-paid fields tend to be those in which women have been historically most underrepresented,” Beth Quitslund, Faculty Senate chair and an associate professor of English, said in an email. “On the other hand, it’s still depressing to hear confirmed.”
The top 10 has changed slightly since last year — most notably with a 10 percent increase in women representation.
Top faculty members also saw an increase in pay since the 2013-14 academic year, which can be attributed to the university’s Faculty Compensation Initiative.
The initiative aims to propel OU to third for faculty compensation among Ohio public institutions. It currently ranks from sixth to eighth, depending on faculty titles, according a previous Post report from March.
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Correction:
An article on the frontpage of The Post on Thursday, Sept. 18 incorrectly stated Mark Weinberg is a Russ Ohio Research Scholar. He is also not a faculty member, but is an administrator. Incorrect information was provided to The Post via a spreadsheet obtained through a public records request.
Sunggyu Lee and Gerardine Botte are chemical and biomolecular engineering professors, not “chemistry” professors.
Herman Hill is the executive director of the Manasseh Cutler Scholars Program, not of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. Incorrect information was obtained via a search in an Ohio University directory.
The article also did not say Shad Sargand is a Russ Professor in addition to being a civil engineering professor.
Sunggyu Lee is also the Russ-Ohio Research Scholar in Coal Syngas Utilization (Eminent Scholar).
Robert Judd is also a Russ Professor in addition to being an industrial and systems engineering professor.
