• Joined Ashland University faculty in 2003. Has served as chair for the Department of Psychology since 2007 and has served as chair of Criminal Justice and Social Work since 2016
• Teaches General Psychology I, Introduction to Research Methods, Advanced Research in Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Theories and Principles of Learning, Physiological Psychology and Neuropsychology
• Graduate training was in biopsychology, where he researched animal models of memory function, specifically investigating processes involved in retrograde amnesia. Current research is in the area of memory modulation, and factors involved in forgetting
• Has published more than 20 peer-reviewed journal articles in such outlets as Psychobiology, Physiology & Behavior, Neurobiology of Learning & Memory and Perceptual & Motor Skills and serves as a manuscript reviewer for a number of journals and publishers
• Earned Ashland University’s Mentor Award twice (2006 & 2010), the Outstanding Male Faculty Award (2010), the National Society of Leadership and Success' Excellence in Teaching Award (2010), the Ohio Magazine Excellence in Education Award (2011) and has twice been nominated for the Taylor Teaching Award

• Joined Ashland University faculty in 1999 and serves as professor of Chemistry
• Current research interest is in the area of in situ measurement of phytotoxic chemicals, the diffusion of these chemicals in soil and their interactions on plant roots

• Taught key public relations and communication courses, conducted social science and community-based research studies and coordinated internships in the Department of Communication at Applachian State University in North Carolina.
• Managed public relations and marketing communications for the Alzheimer's Association in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State.
• Advised government press offices, trained elected officials and civic leaders in media relations and ran public outreach campaigns as a consultant with international development assistance projects in Afganistan, Iraq and Moldova.
• Handled marketing communications in the private sector in both the United States and Moldova.
• Research articles have been published in peer-reviewed journals including Corporate Reputation Review, Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing, Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, and Public Relations Review.
• Authored a chapter in a textbook on international public relations.
• Co-authored a chapter in an edited volume on nation building and public diplomacy.
• Is a member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

• Joined Ashland University faculty in 2001 and serves as chair of the Master of American History and Government Program
• Teaches courses on modern European, American and East Asian history, including Western Civilization to 1500, Western Civilization since 1500, Renaissance and Reformation, Age of Revolution and Reaction, 20th Century Europe, Modern East Asia, and World War II
• Has published numerous works on subjects ranging from comic books to Japanese foreign policy.
• Author of four books, the most recent of which is The Global Great Depression and the Coming of World War II, which was published by Routledge in 2015
• Received AU’s Taylor Teaching Award in 2016.

• Serves as director for the Center for Innovation and Teaching Excellence and a professional instructor in communication studies at Ashland University.
• Areas of specialization include public relations, strategic communication, interpersonal communication, small group communication, and public speaking and her research interests include communication technology, cognition and emotion.
• Has more than 25 years of higher education teaching and administration experience, a focus on innovative technology and active learning strategies in the classroom, and a unique practitioner’s perspective into the field of communication studies.
• Has won several teaching awards including the prestigious 2011 Post-Secondary Teacher of the Year Distinguished Teaching Award by the North Central Business Education Association (8 State Region). 
• Has developed and taught more than 20 different courses in a variety of modalities including face-to-face, blended/flipped, and online. Her education, training and teaching is rooted in a social scientific view of communication and much of her career has focused on being a practitioner in the field of communication including developing and delivering more than 200 presentations for college, conference and keynote addresses.

Cynthia C. Petry is director of the Coburn Gallery at Ashland University as well as a professional instructor for the Art Department. She received her bachelor’s degree in studio art from Morehead State University and a Master of Fine Arts with a emphasize in printmaking from Ohio University. Cynthia Petry has taught classes for Ashland University the last 17 years in the art foundations area as well as teaching digital art, art theory and criticism, senior seminar and art and ideas courses. Cynthia was appointed the director of the Coburn Gallery in 2009. Regionally, her artwork has been exhibited  at The Mansfield Art Center, Dairy Barn Arts Center , Studio 214, 78th Street Studios, Lingg Gallery, Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s Schnormeier Gallery and Ohio State at Mansfield Pearl Conard Gallery. Nationally, she has exhibited her artworks in numerous juried exhibitions. Cynthia also serves as the director of the Art Saturdays program offering educational and creative experience for children in the greater Ashland Community.

• Joined Ashland University faculty in 1994 and serves as Professor and Director of the Online Applied Communication Program in the Department of Communication Studies
• Teaches courses in Interpersonal Communication, Intercultural Communication, Family Communication, Conflict Communication and Health Communication
• Research interests include narrative-based methodologies, medical humanities, family communication, and historical performance
• Engages in community service by co-chairing the Ashland Chautauqua Planning Committee, which brings history alive through performance
• Winner of the 2020 Taylor Teaching Award at Ashland University and the 2012 Ohio Communication Association’s Innovative Teacher Award

• Joined Ashland University faculty in 1986 and serves as professor of music and chair of the Department of Music and Theatre
• Teaches courses in woodwinds, music theory, aural skills and jazz
• Member of the Akron Symphony (bass clarinet) and Ashland Symphony (principal clarinet), was a long-time member of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra (saxophone), and has performed on clarinet or saxophone with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Blossom Festival Orchestra, Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic, Youngstown Symphony, Blossom Festival Band and the Jazz Unit
• Has been soloist with the Akron, Mansfield, Clarence and Ashland Symphonies and performs on CDs from the Akron Symphony, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, the Jazz Unit and the Paul Ferguson Jazz Orchestra
• Clarinet CD “Mutually Inclusive” was released in 2008 on Capstone Records
• Founding member of Iron Toys, a woodwind quartet that performs original repertoire for saxophones, clarinets and flutes.  Iron Toys released their CD in 2015

Cara Rogers is an assistant professor of history at Ashland University, where she teaches courses on the Age of Enlightenment, American history from the colonial era until the Civil War, and Thomas Jefferson. Previously, she taught at Collin College in Dallas and at Rice University. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and has a master’s degree in history from the University of Texas at Dallas and a Ph.D. from Rice University. Her dissertation, under revision for future publication, examines the ways in which Jefferson's book Notes on the State of Virginia influenced debates over race and slavery. Her other areas of interest include the Atlantic World, 19th century intellectual history, and World history.