Our faculty have earned many accolades in their areas of speciality. But their first priority is educating and mentoring our students, and many have been awarded YSU Distinguished Professorship Awards.
So although they are acclaimed scholars, artists, and researchers, they are caring and approachable teachers and are dedicated to helping you make the most of your time at YSU. Find out more about our exceptional faculty.

Dave Morgan, D.M.A
DANA SCHOOL OF MUSIC
“Blue is More Than a Color [is] way too cool for jazz . .. [it] keeps you rapt throughout; a highly creative and inventive work... Smart stuff throughout."
—Chris Spector, Editor & Publisher, Midwest Record
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Michelle Nelson, M.F.A
DEPARTMENT OF ART
"The entire world is typography's gallery ... we're walking past it every day, interacting with it, absorbing it wherever we go ... we don't think about those letter forms that communicate so much."
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