Three former Ashland University faculty members have received emeritus status, as announced by the Office of the President. Emeritus faculty status can be granted to faculty members who completed at least 15 years of full-time service at AU.

Receiving emeritus status recognizes the individual’s long-term contributions to AU in the areas of teaching, scholarship and service, and it takes effect immediately.

Those granted emeritus status are Duncan Jamieson, Ph.D., of the College of Arts and Sciences, Diane Moretz of the Dauch College of Business and Economics and Jackie Owens, Ph.D., of the Dwight Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

“Professors Jamieson, Moretz and Owens transformed the lives of generations of AU students, and we are ever grateful for their teaching and service to our university,” stated AU President Jon Parrish Peede.

Jamieson, a professor of history, retired after a remarkable 45-year career at AU (1978-2024). In addition to holding every rank of professor, he served as the Director of the Honors Program, Dean of the School of Sciences, Assistant to the President for Academic Affairs, Director of Institutional Research, Grants and Special Programs and Director of Continuing Education at different times during his tenure. In the classroom, he taught a wide variety of courses in American history, and he was the recipient of an AU Academic Mentor Award four times. Jamieson contributed to his field in national professional organizations, including serving as president of the Sport Literature Association and the Popular Culture Association in the South. He also is co-author of “The Eagles of Ashland,” a fascinating history of the eagle statues that make for unique decorations across the AU campus.

Moretz, an assistant professor of marketing, completed 36 years of full-time service to AU (1988-2024). She began her tenure teaching in the hospitality program on the main campus as well as at the Ohio State Reformatory, then moved her focus to marketing and eventually chaired the Department of Marketing, Fashion Merchandising and Sport Management. She was also active on numerous committees, including Faculty Senate, Academic Standards, Admissions and Marketing, Athletics and COBE Scholarship.

Owens began her service to AU as a professional instructor of nursing and she retired as a tenured professor of nursing after 21 years (2003-24). She served as program director of the RN to BSN program for more than a decade and was a two-time recipient of the AU Academic Mentor Award and a five-time finalist for the Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award. She was on several university committees, including Institutional Promotion and Tenure, Faculty Senate, Shared Governance Task Force and Graduate Council and Graduate Curriculum. Owens developed an extensive scholarly record with dozens of publications and presentations and was the editor-in-chief of The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, the scholarly journal of the American Nurses Association.