Dr. Robert Spurrier

Dr. Robert Spurrier is Director of The Honors College and Professor of Political Science who has taught at OSU since 1972. He has won numerous awards for outstanding teaching and academic advising, and he enjoys teaching honors courses and seminars dealing with law and the American legal system and as well as being honors advisor for approximately 100 Honors College students.  He is a past president of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), was elected twice to the NCHC Board of Directors, and currently serves as NCHC Secretary.  Dr. Spurrier is one of approximately 40 NCHC Recommended Site Visitors (conducting external reviews of other institutions' honors programs and honors colleges several times a year) and is co-author of NCHC's monograph Assessing and Evaluating Honors Programs and Honors Colleges: A Practical Handbook. In addition, he originated the "Developing in Honors" workshop for experienced honors professionals that is a regular feature of NCHC's national conference each year.