Rate My Professor Stefan Niewiesk

In addition to his research, Niewiesk contributes to education by teaching virology in the veterinary medical professional curriculum and graduate programs, as well as providing leadership training and coaching. He has previously served as Chair of the Department of Veterinary Biosciences and has published extensively on academic leadership topics. Notable publications include 'Who Leads the Leaders? The Dean's Role in Chair Development' (Dean & Provost, 2025, with Gates Garrity-Rokous), 'Managing for Departmental Success' (The Department Chair, 2025), 'How to measure performance of the department chair' (The Department Chair, 2024), 'Defeating the Peter Principle in Academic Leadership' (Inside HigherEd, 2023), 'Faculty turnover: it's preventable' (The Department Chair, 2023), and 'The Academic Leadership Framework: A Guide for Systematic Assessment and Improvement of Academic Administrative Work' (Global Business and Organizational Excellence, 2021). His biomedical research is documented in numerous PubMed-indexed journals. Niewiesk was a finalist for Ohio State's 2021 Innovator of the Year award alongside Jianrong Li.