Herb Asher

Dr. Herb Asher was appointed a Distinguished Adjunct Professor at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs in 2016. The creation of the Glenn College would not be possible without Asher, who served as the founding director of the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy. He was instrumental in creating many of the institute’s programs that have carried over to the Glenn College, most notably the college’s Washington Academic Internship Program.

In a career spanning more than 40 years, Asher has been a faculty member of the Department of Political Science, where he is a professor emeritus, and he has served Ohio State as counselor to the university president and senior vice president for government affairs. He has also been a former member and chair of the Ohio Ethics Commission and a member of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission.

He continues to teach courses in political science that many Glenn College undergraduates take as part of their degree program. He also provides strategic advice and counsel to the college on government affairs issues, and offers his insights on the political process to the Glenn College community.

Asher received his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Bucknell in 1966 and both his master’s (1968) and doctorate (1970) in political science from the University of Michigan. He has authored numerous books and articles, including "Polling and the Public: What Every Citizen Should Know."