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Kent State University Catalog 2021-2022          1 UNIVERSITY FACULTY The listing below represents full-time faculty at all Kent State campuses and locations who were employed at the start of the academic year. The date in parentheses following each name is the year in which the faculty member initially was hired at Kent State University. College of Aeronautics and Engineering Faculty Abdul-Aziz, Ali (2016), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Cleveland State University, 1985 Armann, George (2015), Lecturer, B.S., Ohio University, 2006 Boergerhoff, Jason T. (2010), Associate Professor, M.S., University of North Dakota, 2010 Boyd, Darwin L. (1983), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1991 Chen, Xuhui (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2019 Du, Yanhai (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Waikato, 2004 Fisch, Michael R. (1998), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Harvard College, 1982 Hassler, Richard P. (2018), Assistant Professor Koptur, Evren (2003), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2016 Kunda, Sarath C. (2014), Lecturer, M.D.S., Kent State University, 2015 LaBerge, Kelsen E. (2018), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2009 Liu, Rui (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines, 2018 Lorenzon, Jason (2007), Assistant Professor, J.D., Cleveland State University, 2007 Lu, Ye (2019), Assistant Professor, Purdue University, Ph.D., 2019 Mangrum, Richard L. (2003), Professor, Ed.D., Oklahoma State University, 2003 Mirinejad, Hossein (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University Of Louisville, 2016 Nettey, Richmond I. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., University of Houston- Main Campus, 2000 Palcho, Timothy L. (2000), Professor, M.S., Mountain State University, 2009 Ripple, James E. (2008), Associate Professor, B.A., Kent State University, 1991 Shen, Tao (2019), Assistant Professor Shihab, Syed Arbab Mohd (2020), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2020 Stringer, David B. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Virginia-Main Campus, 2008 Testa, Michael (2017), Lecturer, M.S.M., University of Akron, 1997 True, Trent (2004), Lecturer, M.Tech., Kent State University, 2007 Uribe-Rendon, Roberto M. (1990), Professor, Ph.D., National Autonomous University of Mexico, 1986 College of Applied and Technical Studies Faculty Alicea, Megan R. (2013), Lecturer, M.E.T. , Boise State University, 2015 Antenucci, Robert P. (2010), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2013 Baker, John J. (2012), Associate Lecturer, M.S., La Roche College, 1990 Banks, Kathleen C. (1990), Assistant Professor, M.S.N., West Virginia University, 1985 Barcus, Laurie D. (2005), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., University of Phoenix, 2006 Bears, Lorraine E. (1999), Senior Lecturer, M.Tech., Kent State University, 2004 Beck, Stacy J. (2008), Senior Lecturer, M.P.H., Kent State University, 2004 Berlin, Kingsly T. (2013), Associate Lecturer, B.S., The Ohio State University, 2005 Blake, Robert M. (2003), Assistant Professor, M.S., Duke University, 1994 Bonaduce, Samantha J. (2012), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University, 2015 Brindley, Lisa K. (1999), Senior Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University, 1983 Brown, Marvine (2015), Lecturer, B.S.N., Kent State University, 2004 Burkholder, Maria R. (2006), Associate Lecturer, B.S., The Ohio State University, 2001 Burnworth, Christina M. (1995), Lecturer, M.Tech., Kent State University, 2006 Caldwell, Joy E. (2013), Lecturer Cameron, Mary M. (2017), Lecturer, B.S., Kent State University, 2013 Carvalho, Carolyn J. (2004), Senior Lecturer, M.Tech., Kent State University, 2007 Casey, Donna J. (2009), Lecturer, M.S.N., Walden University, 2009 Chen, Jie (2001), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1993 Courey, Tamra J. (1998), Associate Professor, D.N.P., Kent State University, 2014 Czayka, Michael A. (1994), Senior Lecturer, M.Tech., Kent State University, 2002 Douglass, Angela T. (2003), Senior Lecturer, M.S.N., Youngstown State University, 2003 Dragomir, Kelly A. (2012), Associate Lecturer, B.A., Kent State University, 2010 Drugovich, Collette M. (2014), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., Grand Canyon University, 2014 Emens, Susan (1993), Associate Professor , M.A.E., Kent State University, 2003 Ensminger-Stokes, Dawn E. (2011), Lecturer, M.S.N., University of Akron, 2007 Freitas, Frances A. (1995), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2007 Fritz, Timothy E. (2003), Lecturer, M.Tech., Kent State University, 2017 Gialousis, Christine D. (2012), Lecturer Ginal, Sharon L. (2006), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., Ursuline College, 2002 University Faculty          1

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UNIVERSITY FACULTYThe listing below represents full-time faculty at all Kent State campusesand locations who were employed at the start of the academic year. Thedate in parentheses following each name is the year in which the facultymember initially was hired at Kent State University.

College of Aeronautics and EngineeringFaculty

• Abdul-Aziz, Ali (2016), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Cleveland StateUniversity, 1985

• Armann, George (2015), Lecturer, B.S., Ohio University, 2006• Boergerhoff, Jason T. (2010), Associate Professor, M.S., University of

North Dakota, 2010• Boyd, Darwin L. (1983), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 1991• Chen, Xuhui (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve

University, 2019• Du, Yanhai (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Waikato,

2004• Fisch, Michael R. (1998), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Harvard College,

1982• Hassler, Richard P. (2018), Assistant Professor• Koptur, Evren (2003), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University,

2016• Kunda, Sarath C. (2014), Lecturer, M.D.S., Kent State University, 2015• LaBerge, Kelsen E. (2018), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western

Reserve University, 2009• Liu, Rui (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines,

2018• Lorenzon, Jason (2007), Assistant Professor, J.D., Cleveland State

University, 2007• Lu, Ye (2019), Assistant Professor, Purdue University, Ph.D., 2019• Mangrum, Richard L. (2003), Professor, Ed.D., Oklahoma State

University, 2003• Mirinejad, Hossein (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University Of

Louisville, 2016• Nettey, Richmond I. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., University of Houston-

Main Campus, 2000• Palcho, Timothy L. (2000), Professor, M.S., Mountain State University,

2009• Ripple, James E. (2008), Associate Professor, B.A., Kent State

University, 1991• Shen, Tao (2019), Assistant Professor• Shihab, Syed Arbab Mohd (2020), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Iowa

State University, 2020• Stringer, David B. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Virginia-Main Campus, 2008• Testa, Michael (2017), Lecturer, M.S.M., University of Akron, 1997• True, Trent (2004), Lecturer, M.Tech., Kent State University, 2007• Uribe-Rendon, Roberto M. (1990), Professor, Ph.D., National

Autonomous University of Mexico, 1986

College of Applied and Technical StudiesFaculty

• Alicea, Megan R. (2013), Lecturer, M.E.T. , Boise State University, 2015• Antenucci, Robert P. (2010), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2013• Baker, John J. (2012), Associate Lecturer, M.S., La Roche College,

1990• Banks, Kathleen C. (1990), Assistant Professor, M.S.N., West Virginia

University, 1985• Barcus, Laurie D. (2005), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., University of

Phoenix, 2006• Bears, Lorraine E. (1999), Senior Lecturer, M.Tech., Kent State

University, 2004• Beck, Stacy J. (2008), Senior Lecturer, M.P.H., Kent State University,

2004• Berlin, Kingsly T. (2013), Associate Lecturer, B.S., The Ohio State

University, 2005• Blake, Robert M. (2003), Assistant Professor, M.S., Duke University,

1994• Bonaduce, Samantha J. (2012), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State

University, 2015• Brindley, Lisa K. (1999), Senior Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University,

1983• Brown, Marvine (2015), Lecturer, B.S.N., Kent State University, 2004• Burkholder, Maria R. (2006), Associate Lecturer, B.S., The Ohio State

University, 2001• Burnworth, Christina M. (1995), Lecturer, M.Tech., Kent State

University, 2006• Caldwell, Joy E. (2013), Lecturer• Cameron, Mary M. (2017), Lecturer, B.S., Kent State University, 2013• Carvalho, Carolyn J. (2004), Senior Lecturer, M.Tech., Kent State

University, 2007• Casey, Donna J. (2009), Lecturer, M.S.N., Walden University, 2009• Chen, Jie (2001), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison,

1993• Courey, Tamra J. (1998), Associate Professor, D.N.P., Kent State

University, 2014• Czayka, Michael A. (1994), Senior Lecturer, M.Tech., Kent State

University, 2002• Douglass, Angela T. (2003), Senior Lecturer, M.S.N., Youngstown State

University, 2003• Dragomir, Kelly A. (2012), Associate Lecturer, B.A., Kent State

University, 2010• Drugovich, Collette M. (2014), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., Grand

Canyon University, 2014• Emens, Susan (1993), Associate Professor , M.A.E., Kent State

University, 2003• Ensminger-Stokes, Dawn E. (2011), Lecturer, M.S.N., University of

Akron, 2007• Freitas, Frances A. (1995), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2007• Fritz, Timothy E. (2003), Lecturer, M.Tech., Kent State University, 2017• Gialousis, Christine D. (2012), Lecturer• Ginal, Sharon L. (2006), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., Ursuline College,

2002

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• Golden, Shawn D. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent StateUniversity, 2014

• Gump, Traci L. (2016), Lecturer, B.S., Ohio University, 2014• Hager, Deborah L. (2004), Associate Professor, M.S.N., Franciscan

University of Steubenville, 2004• Hancock, Darryl A. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Chatham

College, 2008• Harding, Mariann M. (2005), Professor, Ph.D., West Virginia University,

2013• Hoffman, Susan C. (1983), Assistant Professor, M.B.A., Wheeling

College, 1982• Iagulli, Margie B. (1997), Senior Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University,

2002• Johnston, Kelly R. (2016), Lecturer, D.V.M., The Ohio State University,

1992• Jones, Tonnette S. (2013), Lecturer, M.S.N., Ursuline College, 2013• Kelly, Johnston R. (2016), Lecturer, D.V.M., The Ohio State University,

1992• Kiphart, Tiffany M. (2002), Senior Lecturer , B.S., Wilmington College

of Ohio, 1993• Koptur, Turan E. (2007), Lecturer, M.Tech., Kent State University, 2013• Leija, Lynn M. (2005), Senior Lecturer, B.S., Ohio University, 1991• Lickwar, Allisha (2017), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University, 2017• Main, Amy B. (2013), Assistant Professor, M.S.N., Indiana State

University, 2008• Majernik, John G. (2009), Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University, 2012• Marshall, Shelley K. (1999), Associate Lecturer, M.Tech., Kent State

University, 2008• Martin-Bloodsaw, Charla (2018), Lecturer, B.A., Cleveland State

University, 1996• McEnroe-Petitte, Denise M. (1996), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Capella

University, 2014• Mermer, Robin J. (2014), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University, 2012• Morris, Lora J. (2003), Associate Professor, M.S.N., Ursuline College,

2002• Muscatello, Joseph R. (2004), Associate Professor, D.B.A., Cleveland

State University, 2002• Neuman, Jyotsna (1986), Assistant Professor , M.A.F.I.S., Cleveland

State University, 1981• Newman, Edward (1994), Assistant Professor, M.B.A., Ashland

University, 1994• Ossler, Robert L. (2011), Lecturer, M.S.N., University of Phoenix, 2010• Panthi, Dhruba (2016), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Tokyo,

2014• Paternite, Judith S. (1995), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University,

2016• Pech, Sandra L. (2000), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2010• Peterson, Cynthia L. (1999), Senior Lecturer, M.P.H., Kent State

University, 2008• Rajagopal, Chitra P. (1993), Associate Professor, M.S., Youngstown

State University, 1992• Ratican, Sean P. (2018), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University Of The

Cumberlands, 2019• Rempe, Rebecca D. (2010), Associate Lecturer, M.L.I.S., Kent State

Unviersity, 2017

• Rezaei, Dariush (1989), Associate Professor, M.S., University ofArkansas, 1988

• Ricketts, Janine M. (2016), Lecturer, M.S., D'Youville College, 1999• Rose, Stacy R. (2001), Associate Professor, M.S.N., Case Western

Reserve University, 2000• Schlosser, Elizabeth A. (1995), Associate Professor, B.S., Bowling

Green State University, 1989• Schmalzried, Robert J. (2017), Lecturer, M.S.Ed., Youngstown State

University, 2004• Schnurrenberger, Julia K. (2018), Lecturer, M.S.N., Indiana University-

Purdue University, 2008• Senita, Julie A. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2017• Sharma, Sankalp (2017), Assistant Professor• Stefka, Shelly L. (2013), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., Walden University-

Baltimore, 2012• Steidl, Joan M. (2007), Associate Professor, M.A., John Carroll

University, 2007• Swoboda, Kathleen (2008), Associate Lecturer , L.S.M., Kent State

University, 2011• Totten, Christopher W. (2018), Assistant Professor, M.Arch., Catholic

University of America, 2009• Trebets, Edward (2016), Lecturer, M.Ed. , John Carroll University, 1998• Tu, Tsunghui (2002), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University,

2001• Upole, Daryl G. (1992), Associate Lecturer• Vanfossen, Jonathan S. (2007), Lecturer, M.Tech, Kent State

University, 2009• Ward, William C. (1988), Associate Professor, M.A., Kent State

University, 1997• Watson, Ruth A. (1989), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2004• Yakovac, Rebecca L. (2012), Lecturer, M.A., The Ohio State University,

1991• Zampino, Anthony C. (1998), Associate Lecturer, M.Tech., Kent State

University, 2003• Zarzour, Richard (2019), Lecturer

College of Architecture and EnvironmentalDesign Faculty

• Adamtey, Simon (2016), Assistant Professor• Bayramzadeh, Sara (2018), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Florida, 2015• Bernal, Ivan A. (2018), Associate Professor, M.Arch., Southern

California Institute of Architecture, 2011• Brandner, Sara K. (2010), Lecturer, M.Tech., Kent State University,

2018• Cho, Ji Young (2010), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Missouri-Columbia, 2011• Coffman, Reid R. (2012), Associate Professor• Daniel, Ronn (2018), Associate Professor, M.Arch., University of

Illinois at Chicago, 1994• Davis-Sikora, Diane M. (1997), Associate Professor, M.Arch., Harvard

University Graduate & Professional School, 1995

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• Frederick, Charles M. (1996), Assistant Professor, M.L.A., University ofVirginia-Main Campus, 1998

• Hernandez, Keyla M. (2018), Assistant Professor• Hughes, David (1985), Professor, M.U.P., New York City College of

Technology, 1975• Jaminet, Jean J. (2017), Assistant Professor, M.Arch., Princeton

University, 2004• Karpinski, Joseph (1990), Senior Lecturer, M.Tech, Kent State

University, 2005• Lahrmer, Jill (2008), Assistant Professor, B.A., Bowling Green

University, 1999• Liu, Rui (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Colorado,

Denver, 2010• Lucak, Frederick W. (1986), Associate Professor, B.Arch., Kent State

University, 1990• Marshall, Cathy S. (2017), Associate Professor, M.L.A., Harvard

University Graduate and Professional School, 2003• Meshkani, Taraneh (2018), Assistant Professor, Harvard University

Graduate & Professional School, 2016• Mirando, Anthony M. (2013), Lecturer, M.S., Colorado State University,

2014• Onsarigo, Lameck M. (2016), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Indiana State

University, 2016• Patel, Tina (2018), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Iowa State University ,

2016• Peters, Brian (2013), Assistant Professor, M.Arch., University of

Illinois-Chicago, 2005• Poustinchi, Mohammad Ebrahim (2017), Assistant Professor, M.Arch.,

University of California, Los Angeles, 2014• Robison, Elwin C. (1985), Professor, Ph.D., Cornell University, 1985• Rugare, Steven N. (1993), Associate Professor• Safley, Robert N. (2018), Assistant Professor, M.Arch., University of

Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2013• Santos, Luis (2020), Assistant Professor• Sharag-Eldin, Adil M. (2002), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

California-Berkeley, 1998• Sosa Fontaine, Andrea-Louise (2002), Assistant Professor• Stauffer, Thomas A. (1977), Professor, M.Arch., University of

Pennsylvania, 1976• Strand, Kathryn E. (2003), Associate Professor, M.Arch., University of

Pennsylvania, 2003• Stroh, Gregory S. (1998), Associate Professor, M.Arch., University of

Pennsylvania, 1996• Tippey, Brett D. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Universidad de

Navarra, 2011• Yoder, Jon (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California-

Los Angeles, 2011

College of Arts and Sciences FacultyDepartment of Africana Studies Faculty

• Crawford, Charmaine M. (2019), Associate Professor, Ph.D., YorkUniversity, 2010

• Kumah-Abiwu, Felix (2015), Assistant Professor• Sunni-Ali, Asantewa (2016), Assistant Professor• Syed, Idris K. (1991), Associate Professor, M.Ed., Kent State

University, 2001

• Temu, M.L. Nambuo (1974), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent StateUniversity, 1976

Department of Anthropology Faculty• Bebber, Michelle R. (2019), Assistant Professor• Eren, Metin (2016), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Southern Methodist

University, 2011• Lovejoy, Claude O. (1968), Distinguished Professor, Ph.D., University of

Massachusetts, Amherst, 1970• Meindl, Richard (1979), Professor, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts,

Amherst, 1979• Perusek, David J. (1998), Associate Professor, L.S.M., Kent State

University, 1989• Spurlock, Linda B. (1993), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2001• Stumpf-Carome, Jeanne M. (1994), Associate Professor, Ph.D.,

University of California, Berkeley, 1992• Takeshita, Rafaela S. (2019), Assistant Professor• Tosi, Anthony J. (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Columbia

University, 2000

Department of Biological Sciences Faculty• Bade, Darren L. (2006), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Wisconsin, 2004• Bagavandoss, Paul (1993), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1986• Bahlai, Christine (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University Of

Guelph, 2012• Bailey, Erin L. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University,

2001• Blackwood, Christopher B. (2006), Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State

University, 2001• Caldwell, Heather K. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., Georgia State University,

2004• Case, Andrea L. (2005), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Toronto, 2000• Chung, Wilson C. (2011), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Amsterdam, 2003• Clements, Robert J. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2004• Costello, David M. (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Notre Dame, 2010• Damron, Derek S. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1991• Dankovich, Daniel S. (2010), Lecturer• De Szalay, Ferenc A. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

California, Berkeley, 1995• Delorme, Thierry A. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Lyon, 1997• Ding, Qunxing (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Beijing University of

Agriculture , 1994• Eichler, Sarah E. (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Tennessee, Knoxville• Eisermann, Kurtis (2002), Assistant Professor• Engohang-Ndong, Jean (2010), Associate Professor• Freeman, Ernest J. (1987), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 1991

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• Gerbig, Donald G. (1996), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University ofTennessee, Knoxville, 1991

• Glass, David J. (1984), Professor• Grafton, Brian W. (1994), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2004• Groff, Chi-Hua (2009), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Wayne State

University, 1997• Gupta, Sanhita (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western

Reserve University, 1998• Hamilton, Robert (2005), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Rutgers, State

University of New Jersey, 2006• Hegmann, Elda (2011), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Laval University,

2003• Hoeh, Walter R. (1998), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1991• Huang, Songping D. (1998), Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State

University, 1993• Johnson, John D. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., University of Colorado,

Boulder, 2002• Kershner, Mark W. (1999), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State

University, 1998• Kim, Min-Ho (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Toledo,

2002• Kim, Woo-Yang (2018), Associate Professor• Kinsman-Costello, Lauren E. (2013), Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,

Michigan State University, 2012• Kooijman, Edgar (1998), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Utrecht University,

2006• Koski, Gary K. (2010), Professor, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University,

1995• Kurokawa, Manabu (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Univ Of

Massachusetts Amherst, 2004• Lamichhaney, Sangeet (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Uppsala

University, 2016• Leff, Laura G. (1994), Professor & Department Chair, Ph.D., University

of Georgia, 1992• Lehnert, Matthew S. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Florida, 2010• Lovell, John A. (1995), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 1993• Marcinkiewicz, Jennifer L. (1995), Associate Professor , Ph.D.,

University of Illinois at Chicago• McDonough, Jennifer A. (2006), Associate Professor• Meek, Leah M. (1995), Senior Lecturer• Model, Michael A. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1995• Mou, Xiaozhen (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Georgia, 2006• Mueller, Devin (2018), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Concordia

University, 2005• Naji, Josephine W. (1988), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 1994• Novak-Barnett, Colleen M. (2009), Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State

University, 1999• Piet, Richard (2019), Assistant Professor• Piontkivska, Olena (2005), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania

State University, 2003

• Popescu, Daniela C. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., VanderbiltUniversity, 2006

• Redfearn, James C. (2006), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent StateUniversity, 2016

• Rocha, Oscar J. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Penn StateUniversity, 1990

• Russell, Mary A. (2003), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio StateUniversity, 1996

• Smith, Gregory A. (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University ofOklahoma, 2007

• Steele, Louise (2012), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Case WesternReserve University, 2002

• Stone, Jonathan F. (2003), Associate Professor, B.S., University ofAkron, 1985

• Tinkler, Gregory P. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Wake ForestUniversity, 2005

• Vash, Sarah R. (2004), Senior Lecturer, M.S., Kent State University,2003

• Veney, Sean L. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University ofVirginia, Main Campus, 2000

• Vijayaraghavan, Srinivasan (1997), Professor• Ward, David (2015), Professor, Ph.D., University of KwaZulu-Natal,

1988• Zhu, Haiyan (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Kentucky,

2006

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty• Abeysirigunawardena, Sanjaya C. (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,

Wayne State University, 2008• Abraham, Ann C. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Pittsburgh, 1983• Basu, Soumitra (2005), Professor, Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson University,

1997• Bowers, David J. (2013), Associate Professor• Bunge, Scott D. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of

Technology, 2001• Burns, Andrew (1994), Professor, Ph.D., Brown University, 1990• Cubon-Bell, Valerie A. (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Princeton

University, 2008• Datta, Bansidhar (2000), Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-

Lincoln, 1989• Ding, Tang (2006), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Akron,

2006• Dunietz, Barry (2012), Associate Professor• Earley, Clarke W. (1995), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Illinois-Urbana, 1987• Ekanayake, Sujeewani K. (2012), Associate Professor• Fouad, Farid S. (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Northeastern

University, 2003• Friedrich, Dirk (2016), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Universitat Leipzig,

2013• Hegmann, Torsten (2011), Professor , Ph.D., Martin Luther University,

2001• Jaroniec, Mietek (1988), Professor, D.S., Marie Curie Sklodowska

University

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• Konar, Arkaprabha (2019), Assistant Professor, 2019, Michigan StateUniversity, 2015

• Leslie, Margaret R. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Rhodes University, 1995• Mao, Hanbin (2005), Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2003• Mighion, Jeffrey D. (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Princeton

University, 2014• Motry, Douglas H. (1996), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State

University, 1996• Pal Chaudhuri, Urmila (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Indian

Institute of Technology Madras, 2004• Palffy-Muhoray, Peter (1987), Professor• Perera, Roshinee S. (2013), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Akron, 2011• Seed, Alexander J. (1996), Associate Professor• Shen, Hao (2018), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Cornell University, 2015• Stroup, Diane (2000), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State

University, 1992• Subramanian, Pritha (2006), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2013• Tandon, Santokh S. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Guru Nanak Dev

University, 1979• Tubergen, Michael J. (1995), Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago,

1991• Wang, Zhiqiang (2007), Professor• Zheng, Yaorong (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Utah,

2011

Department of Computer Science Faculty• Allouzi, Maha A. (2013), Lecturer• Bansal, Arvind K. (1988), Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve

University, 1985• Dragan, Feodor F. (2000), Professor, Ph.D., Belarus State University• Guan, Qiang (2018), Assistant Professor, M.S., University of North

Texas, 2008• Guercio, Angela (1999), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2004• Jin, Ruoming (2005), Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2001• Kim, JungYoon (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Penn State

University, 2014• Kim, Kwangtaek (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University,

2010• Kim, Jong-Hoon (2017), Assistant Professor• Lian, Xiang (2016), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Hong Kong University

Of Science and Technology, 2009• Lu, Cheng-Chang (1988), Professor, Ph.D., Southern Methodist

University, 1988• Maha, Allouzi A. (2013), Lecturer• Maletic, Jonathan I. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., Wayne State University,

1995• Nesterenko, Mikhail (1998), Professor, Ph.D., Kansas State University,

1998• Peyravi, Hassan M. (1985), Professor, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma,

1995• Samba, Augustine S. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., University of Liverpool,

1983

• Sharma, Gokarna (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Louisiana StateUniversity, 2014

• Younghun, Chae (2016), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Unviersity ofRhode Island, 2017

• Zhao, Ye (2006), Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York, StonyBrook, 2006

Department of English Faculty• Abuzeid, Ayham (2007), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State

University, 2010• Baker, Alexis M. (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, Stark Campus, 2016• Bice, Deborah M. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western

Reserve University, 1995• Bowers, Abigail L. (2011), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M

University, Main Campus, 1997• Bowles, Noelle K. (2001), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Miami, 1996• Bracher, Mark F. (1985), Professor, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1981• Brodsky, Adam H. (2008), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State

University, 2011• Byrne, Peter M. (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

California, Irvine, 2004• Canacci, James E. (1995), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Youngstown State

University, 1995• Christen-Syed, Shannon L. (2010), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent

State University, 2004• Chu, Alan (2016), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Arizona,

2017• Ciuba, Gary M. (1986), Professor, Ph.D., Fordham University, 1986• Clewell, Tammy (2000), Professor, Ph.D., Florida State University, 2000• Cunningham, Jennifer M. (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent

State University, 2012• Dallacheisa, Tony G. (2008), Lecturer, M.A., Ohio University, 2008• Daniels, Martha E. (2010), Associate Professor, Ed.D., Walden

University, 2008• Dauterich, Edward (1997), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2006• Davis Patterson, Kathy S. (2000), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio

State University, 1999• Devore, Elizabeth E. (2010), Associate Lecturer, M.A., New Mexico

Highlands University, 2009• Dugas, Don-John (2005), Professor, Ph.D., Penn State University, 1999• Dunmire, Patricia L. (1995), Professor, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon

University, 1995• Elder, Dolores M. (2009), Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 2010• Ellis, Marnie K. (2003), Associate Lecturer, M.F.A., Bowling Green State

University, 1999• Erritouni, Ali (2005), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Miami,

2004• George, Barbara E. (2011), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2018• Hamrick, Phillip M. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Georgetown

University, 2013• Harrington, Kristine (2016), Lecturer, M.A., Youngstown State

University, 1995

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• Harrison, Denise A. (2005), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Miami University,2001

• Hayes, Amanda (2016), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University,2015

• Hediger, Ryan R. (2011), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University ofOregon, 2005

• Hendrickx, Jessy A. (2015), Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 2002• Huot, Brian A. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University of

Pennsylvania, 1988• Jones, Jessica M. (2016), Lecturer, University Of Montana, 2014• King, Robert J. (1998), Associate Professor, M.F.A., Indiana University-

Bloomington, 1998• Krishnan, Uma S. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2014• Lieske, Pamela J. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., University of

Massachusetts, Amherst, 1996• Lloyd, Keith S. (2002), Professor, Ph.D., University of Louisville, 1996• Lyons, Janet L. (2010), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University,

2011• Lyons, Jo-Leigh (1991), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University,

1996• MacLure, Jennifer (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Wisconsin, Madison, 2017• Martinez, Ann M. (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Kansas, 2014• Mechenbier, Mahli X. (1996), Senior Lecturer, J.D., University of Akron,

2002• Metz, John (2010), Senior Lecturer, M.A., University of Toledo, 1985• Miller, Ryan T. (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon

University, 2013• Mokros, Molly M. (2009), Lecturer, M.A., New York University, 2002• Moneysmith, Jayne A. (1996), Associate Professor• Myers, Joshua R. (2019), Lecturer, Ph.D., Louisianna State University,

2019• Neaderhiser, Stephen E. (2009), Assistant Professor, M.A., University

of Kansas, 2004• Neiderman, Beverly A. (1990), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Bowling Green

State University, 1980• Orr, Katherine M. (1990), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2010• Pate, Corey M. (2007), Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University, 2005• Patterson, G. R. (2018), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Miami University,

2013• Piccirillo-Smith, Linda A. (1983), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Kent State

University, 1980• Prescott, Renate W. (1993), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Bowling Green

State University, 1990• Raabe, Wesley (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Virginia, Main Campus, 2006• Remley, Dirk R. (1990), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2010• Rilling, Sarah E. (2002), Professor, Ph.D., Northern Arizona University,

1998• Robinson, Carol L. (2000), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Georgia, 1994• Roman, Christopher M. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., University of

Alabama, 2004• Rooks, Mary A. (2005), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Mexico, 2004

• Rozner, Debbie L. (2010), Senior Lecturer, M.Ed., George WashingtonUniversity, 2004

• Sainato, Susan M. (1987), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2002• Sanders, Michael T. (1995), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2006• Schauffler, Charlene M. (1991), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Kent State

University, 1994• Shaker, Bonnie J. (2013), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Case Western

Reserve University, 1998• Shank, Matthew A. (1983), Senior Lecturer, M.A., University of Akron,

1982• Simpson, Barry H. (2009), Lecturer, M.Ed., Cleveland State University,

2001• Sloan, Jay D. (2000), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Marquette University,

1999• Smith, Jeanne R. (1998), Senior Lecturer, M.A., State University of

New York, Binghamton, 1986• Sturr, Robert D. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Southern California, 1998• Takayoshi, Pamela D. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University,

Purdue University Indianapolis, 1995• Trogdon, Robert W. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., University of South

Carolina-Columbia, 1996• Uhrig, Mindy D. (2006), Associate Lecturer, M.A., University of Indiana,

Bloomington, 1994• Van Ittersum, Derek (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Illinois - Urbana, 2008• Vogel, Lauren A. (2001), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State

University, 2005• Wetzl, Ana M. (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University of

Pennsylvania, 2011• Willey, Nicole L. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., University of Alabama, 2003• Wing, Catherine (2010), Associate Professor, M.F.A., University of

Washington, 2004• Winkler, Kyle M. (2018), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Pittsburgh, 2018• Winter, James P. (2008), Associate Professor, M.F.A., Kent State

University, 2012• Wollenzier, Michele M. (2005), Associate Lecturer, M.A.T., Kent State

University, 2003

Department of Geography Faculty• Amey, Katherine S. (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2011• Assal, Timothy J. (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Colorado State

University, 2015• Bhungalia, Lisa (2017), Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Syracuse

University, 2013• Cromley, Gordon A. (2013), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2019• Kaplan, David H. (1995), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin,

Madison, 1991• Lee, Jay (1991), Professor, Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, 1989• Lee, Cameron C. (2008), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2014• Mapes, Jennifer E. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Southern California, 2009

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• Parylak, Rebecca P. (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Texas StateUniversity, San Marcos, 2010

• Post, Christopher (2008), Professor, Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2006• Scholl, Andrew E. (2013), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Penn State

University, 2008• Smiley, Sarah L. (2010), Professor, Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2007• Tyner, James A. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., University of Southern

California, 1995• Widner, Emariana S. (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Texas State

University, 2009• Yin, He (2019), Assistant Professor

Department of Geology Faculty• Clement, Susanne M. (1995), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2005• Gallagher, Timothy M. (2020), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Michigan, 2016• Hacker, David B. (1989), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1998• Jefferson, Anne (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Oregon State

University, 2006• Ortiz, Joseph D. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., Oregon State University,

1995• Rowan, Christopher (2013), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Southampton, 2006• Schweitzer, Carrie E. (1994), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University,

2000• Singer, David M. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Stanford

University, 2008• Singh, Kuldeep (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Texas

at Austin, 2013• Taylor, Eric S. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State

University, 2012• Tessin, Allyson (2020), Assistant Professor, Ph.D, University of

Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2016• Wells, Neil A. (1984), Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann

Arbor, 1984• Williams, Jeremy C. (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Massachusetts, Boston, 2014

Department of History Faculty• Bindas, Kenneth J. (1995), Professor, Ph.D., University of Toledo, 1988• Crawford, Matthew J. (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

California, San Diego, 2009• Grahn, Lance R. (2015), Professor, Ph.D., Duke University, 1986• Gruenwald, Kim M. (1995), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Colorado, Boulder, 1994• Hartline, Todd A. (1992), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2006• Hayashi, Brian M. (2016), Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Los

Angeles, 1990• Heaphy, Leslie A. (1995), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Toledo, 1995• Heiss, Mary A. (1992), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State

University, 1991• Keefer, Bradley S. (1987), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2006

• Li, Hongshan (1993), Professor, Ph.D., University of Missouri,Columbia, 1992

• Menning, Ralph R. (2006), Assistant Professor• Parsons, Elaine (2017), Professor, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University,

2000• Scarnecchia, Timothy L. (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University

of Michigan, 1994• Seelye, James E. (2010), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Toledo, 2010• Sergi, Molly M. (1991), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2015• Smith-Pryor, Elizabeth M. (2001), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Rutgers,

The State University of New Jersey, 2001• Starkey, Lindsay J. (2012), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Wisconsin, Madison, 2012• Steigmann-Gall, Richard A. (2000), Associate Professor, Ph.D.,

University of Toronto, 1999• Strate, Shane (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Wisconsin, Madison, 2009• Thyret, Isolde R. (1994), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Washington, 1992• Wamsley, Esther S. (2005), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State

University, 1998

Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty• Adams, Lynn (2007), Senior Lecturer, M.S., University of Akron, 2007• Ahuja, Om P. (2000), Professor, Ph.D., University of Khartoum, 1981• Alexopoulos, John K. (1994), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 1992• Allouba, Hassan A. (2002), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Cornell

University, 1996• Altobelli, Joseph A. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State

University, 1996• Andaloro, Paul J. (1994), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State

University, 1989• Andriyevskyy, Volodymyr (2000), Professor, Ph.D., Institute of

Mathematics of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, 1986• Barb, Cynthia M. (1990), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 1997• Chebotar, Mikhail (2006), Professor, Ph.D., Moscow State University,

1999• Das, Lovejoy S. (1989), Professor, Ph.D., University of Lucknow, 1979• Davidson, Morley A. (1996), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Michigan, 1995• de la Cruz Cabrera, Omar (2016), Assistant Professor• Dhaher, Yaser Y. (1989), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2007• Di Alesandro, Jack J. (1983), Associate Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State

University, 1989• Dinh, Hai Q. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 2003• Gagola, Stephen M. (1982), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin,

Madison, 1974• Gordon, Peter (2017), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Moscow University,

1999• He, Min (1995), Professor• Hovhannisyan, Gro (2003), Professor, Ph.D., Yerevan State University,

1990

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• Hrubik-Vulanovic, Tatjana (2002), Associate Professor, Ph.D., KentState University, 2013

• Jahangiri, Jay M. (1994), Professor, Ph.D., University of York, 1986• Kasturiarachi, Aloysius Bathi B. (1995), Associate Professor• Khan, Mohammad K. (1981), Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve

University, 1980• Kover, Janice S. (1996), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2001• Kracht, Darci L. (1984), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2011• Kratky, Joseph J. (2005), Associate Lecturer, M.S., Kent State

University, 2011• Laux, Tracy A. (1990), Senior Lecturer, B.S., Kent State University,

1990• Lewis, Mark L. (1996), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin,

Madison, 1995• Li, Jing (2003), Associate Professor, Ph.D., New York University, 2002• Li, Jun (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2013• Lochmueller, Kerri K. (2005), Lecturer, M.S., Youngstown State

University, 2008• Meyer, Lorree L. (1994), Associate Lecturer, B.S., Kent State University,

1993• Mikusa, Michael (1987), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 1993• Mocioalca, Oana (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Florida, 2002• Muckridge, Nicole A. (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2017• Mulqueeny, Ellen S. (2005), Associate Professor, M.S., Cleveland State

University, 1993• Najafi, Mahmoud (1995), Professor, Ph.D., Wichita State University,

1994• Nazarov, Fedor L. (2011), Professor• Osikiewicz, Beth-Allyn (1994), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2000• Osikiewicz, Jeffrey A. (1990), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 1997• Palocyi, Frank J. (1991), Lecturer• Perera, Vicumpriya S. (1998), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Purdue

University, 1993• Pham, Tuyet D. (1988), Senior Lecturer, M.S., University of Akron, 1988• Polanski, Teresa S. (1987), Senior Lecturer, M.A.T., Kent State

University, 1994• Rajaram, Rajeev (2008), Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2005• Reed, Beverly M. (1986), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2007• Reichel, Lothar (1991), Professor, Ph.D., University of Stockholm, 1982• Ruchotzke, Randy L. (1994), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Iowa State

University, 1986• Ruff, Oliver (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Oregon,

2002• Ryabogin, Dmitry (2007), Professor, Ph.D., University of Jerusalem,

2001• Sharp, Mary Theresa L. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2014• Smithies, Laura A. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Utah, 1997

• Soprunova, Evgenia (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University ofToronto, 2002

• Stadden, Jared M. (2013), Lecturer, M.B.A., Kent State University, 2012• Taha, Nader F. (1990), Associate Lecturer, M.S., Tennessee State

University, 1989• Trehan, Dawn M. (2019), Assistant Professor, M.S., Case Western

Reserve, 1996• Tsai, Tsung-Heng (2019), Assistant Professor• Vezvaei, Mahbobeh (1983), Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve

University, 1987• Vorhauer, Ulrike M. (2001), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Ulm, 1996• Vulanovic, Relja (1992), Professor, Ph.D., University of Novi Sad, 1986• Wakita, Hideki (1998), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University,

2002• Wallach, Tracy A. (1984), Senior Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University,

1989• White, Donald L. (1989), Professor, Ph.D., Yale University, 1987• Wright, Brian M. (1998), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2007• Yu, Gang (2006), Associate Professor, Ed.D., University of Georgia,

2000• Zheng, Xiaoyu (2006), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of North

Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2006• Zvavitch, Artem (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of

Science, 2002

Department of Modern and Classical Language StudiesFaculty

• Angelone, Erik (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University ofHeidelberg, 2006

• Baer, Brian J. (1996), Professor, Ph.D., Yale University, 1996• Bell, Sharon M. (1990), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Brown University,

1987• Bilali, Loubna (2008), Assistant Professor• Brett-Paez, Maria C. (2009), Lecturer, M.A., Kent State Unviersity, 2013• Bystrova-McIntyre, Tatyana (2002), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent

State University, 2012• Carduner, Jessie (1998), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Pittsburgh, 1998• Carl, Michael (2018), Professor• Castaneda-Vise, Daniel A. (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., West

Virginia University, 2007• Chism, Rebecca L. (1999), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Florida State

University, 2000• De Julio, MaryAnn (1986), Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1979• Dzero, Irina (2010), Assistant Professor• Ehrman, Radd K. (1982), Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois-

Chicago, 1982• Fatchet-McGee, Lori L. (1995), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State

University, 1997• Gallagher, Patrick L. (2001), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Iowa, 1997• Gee, Jacqueline L. (2009), Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University, 2016• Hall, Jennifer E. (2008), Lecturer, M.Ed., University of Akron, 2015

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• Harvey, Brian K. (1999), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor, 1998

• Harvey, Sarah M. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan, AnnArbor, 1999

• Hermosilla, Luis G. (1994), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio StateUniversity, 1994

• Koby, Geoffrey S. (1994), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin,Madison, 1992

• Lacruz, Isabel (1998), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent StateUniversity, 2005

• Larson, Jennifer L. (1992), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992

• Libbon, Stephanie E. (2002), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The OhioState University, 2000

• McGee, Lori L. (1995), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State Unviersity,1997

• Nehring, Lawrence J. (2008), Associate Lecturer, M.S., University ofRochester, 1991

• Rivera, Olga I. (1999), Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1998• Romero-Gonzalez, Mariana (2009), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent

State University, 2012• Rossoll, Hildegard M. (1988), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Washington

University in St. Louis, 1991• Sato, Paula K. (2009), Associate Professor• Shiyab, Said M. (2014), Professor• Shuman, Mason P. (2005), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State

University, 2006• Siciarz, Stephanie J. (2012), Lecturer, M.A., Johns Hopkins University,

2007• Subak, Leah L. (1994), Assistant Professor• Talentino, Kimberly L. (2007), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State

University, 1991• Tanaka, Eriko (2010), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Bowling Green State

University, 2001• Trzeciak Huss, Joanna (2006), Associate Professor• Vickery, Steve C. (1997), Lecturer, B.A., Kent State University, 1998• Washbourne, Richard K. (2003), Professor, Ph.D., University of

Massachusetts-Amherst, 2002• Yu, Hui (2012), Associate Lecturer• Zaldivar, Maria E. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State

University, 1991

Department of Philosophy Faculty• Aldea, Andreea S. (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Emory University,

2012• Barnbaum, Deborah R. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., University of

Massachusetts, Amherst, 1996• Fernandez, Anthony (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

South Florida, 2016• Garchar, Kimberly K. (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Oregon, 2006• Ikuenobe, Polycarp A. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., Wayne State University,

1993• Kim, Jung-Yeup (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Hawaii-Manoa, 2008

• Pereplyotchik, David (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., CityUniversity of New York Graduate Center, 2012

• Ryan, Frank X. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Emory University,1996

• Smith, Deborah C. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., University of Washington,2003

• Uher, Clarence G. (1993), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Cleveland StateUniversity, 1991

• Zavota, Gina (2003), Associate Professor, Ph.D., State University ofNew York-Stony Brook, 2003

Department of Physics Faculty• Almasan, Carmen C. (1995), Professor, Ph.D., University of South

Carolina, 1989• Antocheviz Dexheimer Strickland, Veronica A. (2013), Associate

Professor, Ph.D., Goethe Universitat, 2009• Balci, Hamza (2009), Professor, Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2004• Barrick, John M. (1988), Associate Lecturer, Ed.S., Kent State

University, 1988• Driscoll, Donald D. (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western

Reserve University, 2004• Dzero, Maxim (2010), Associate Professor• Ellman, Brett D. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Chicago, 1993• Fregoso, Benjamin (2017), Assistant Professor• Katramatou, A. Mina T. (1996), Professor, Ph.D., American University,

1988• Keane, Declan F. (1988), Professor, Ph.D., University College of Dublin• Lavrentovich, Oleg D. (1992), Trustees Research Professor, Kiev

University, 1990• Li, Ran (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University,

Carbondale, 2007• Lussem, Bjorn (2014), Associate Professor• Mann, Elizabeth K. (1998), Professor, Ph.D., University of Paris, 1992• Margetis, Spyridon (1997), Professor, Ph.D., Goethe Universitat, 1991• Minnick, Stephen A. (2003), Professor & Assistant Dean, Ph.D.,

Pennsylvania State University, 2003• Petratos, Gerassimos G. (1994), Professor, Ph.D., American University,

1988• Portman, John J. (2003), Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois,

Urbana, 2000• Quader, Khandker F. (1990), Professor, Ph.D., State University of New

York-Stony Brook, 1983• Schmidt, Thorsten-Lars (2019), Assistant Professor• Schroeder, Almut (2001), Associate Professor• Secaur, Jonathan M. (1980), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 1994• Selinger, Jonathan V. (2005), Professor, Ph.D., Harvard College, 1989• Selinger, Robin L. (2005), Professor, Ph.D., Harvard College, 1989• Sprunt, Samuel N. (1995), Professor, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, 1989• Strickland, Michael (2013), Professor, Ph.D., Duke University, 1997• Vanfossen, Joseph A. (2004), Assistant Professor• Wei, QI-Huo (2006), Professor• Yang, Deng-Ke (1989), Professor, Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa,

1989

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• Yokoyama, Hiroshi (2009), Professor, Ph.D., Tokyo InternationalUniversity, 1987

Department of Political Science Faculty• Banks, Christopher P. (2006), Professor, Ph.D., University of Virginia,

1995• Barnes, Andrew S. (2001), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Princeton

University, 1999• Bhungalia, Lisa (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Syracuse

University, 2013• Boyd-Swan, Casey (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Arizona State

University, 2015• Carbonell, Joel R. (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

California, Riverside, 2007• Cassell, Mark K. (1998), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin,

Madison, 1998• Chand, Daniel E. (2016), Associate Professor• Claassen, Ryan L. (2005), Professor, Ph.D., University of California-

Davis, 2005• Ensley, Michael J. (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Duke University,

2002• Hawes, Daniel P. (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M

University, Main Campus, 2008• Nickels, Ashley E. (2016), Associate Professor• Paar-Jakli, Gabriella (1991), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2010• Stacher, Joshua A. (2008), Associate Professor

Department of Psychological Sciences Faculty• Ben-Porath, Yossef S. (1990), Professor, Ph.D., University of

Minnesota, Twin Cities, 1989• Betz, Brian D. (1991), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 1987• Blasiman, Rachael N. (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case

Western Reserve University, 2010• Ciesla, Jeffrey (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University at Albany,

SUNY, 2004• Ciesla, Shannon N. (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2013• Coifman, Karin G. (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Columbia

University, 2008• Cremeans-Smith, Julie K. (1998), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2004• DeCapito, Alberta L. (1985), Senior Lecturer• Dunlosky, John T. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., University of Washington,

1993• Evey, Julie A. (2018), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University,

1998• Flessner, Christopher A. (2011), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University

of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2008• Folk, Jocelyn R. (1999), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

South Carolina, Columbia, 1997• Fresco, David M. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., University of North Carolina,

Chapel Hill, 1999• Galati, Ashley R. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Kentucky, 2013• Gere, Judith (2013), Associate Professor

• Grau, Josefina M. (1994), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University ofIllinois, Chicago, 1992

• Gunstad, John J. (2005), Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 2002• Himmelstein, Mary S. (2019), Assistant Professor• Hughes, Joel W. (2003), Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University,

2001• Jasnow, Aaron (2011), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Georgia State

University, 2002• Jones, Bryan A. (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., State University of

New York, Stony Brook, 2007• Joynes, Robin L. (2000), Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, Main

Campus, 1998• Keiller, Scott W. (1989), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 1997• Larwin, David A. (1985), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University,

1989• Lechner, William (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Oklahoma State

University, 2015• Merriman, William E. (1985), Professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota,

Twin Cities, 1984• Miller, Eric D. (1999), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa,

1999• Moore, Zachariah (2003), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2006• Neal-Barnett, Angela M. (1989), Professor, Ph.D., DePaul University,

1988• Sato, Amy F. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2009• Sciartelli, Sharon M. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University,

1995• Sefcek, Jon A. (2011), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Arizona, 2007• Shepherd, James B. (1986), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 1996• Spitznagel, Mary Beth (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Ohio

University, 2003• Tabak, Melanie A. (2003), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2008• Taber, Jennifer M. (2016), Assistant Professor• Thompson, Clarissa A. (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio

State University, 2008• Tkacz, Sharon (1993), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Bowling Green State

University, 1981• Tomich, Patricia L. (1994), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2000• Updegraff, Alanna S. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

California, Los Angeles, 2003• Updegraff, John A. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., University of California,

Los Angeles, 2002• Was, Christopher A. (2005), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Utah, 2005• Weigold, Arne (2019), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Texas Tech

University, 2008• Wildman, Beth G. (1982), Professor, Ph.D., University of North

Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1977

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Department of Sociology Faculty• Berard, Timothy J. (2002), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Boston

University, 2001• Bergin, Tiffany (2013), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Cambridge, 2011• Bloch, Katrina R. (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., North Carolina

State University, 2009• Callanan, Valerie (2005), Professor• Campbell, Beth A. (2005), Professor, Ph.D., University of Akron, 2018• Catto, Rebecca (2016), Assistant Professor• Chopko, Brian A. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., University of Akron, 2007• Drinkard, Allyson M. (2000), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2012• Drum, Marna C. (2003), Senior Lecturer, M.A., University of Akron,

1994• Dum, Christopher (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University at

Albany, SUNY, 2014• Fisk, Susan R. (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Stanford University,

2015• Foster, Michelle L. (2010), Associate Professor, M.A., Kent State

University, 2011• Gallagher, Mary N. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2012• Gibson, Gregory C. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Purdue

University, 2008• Globokar, Julie L. (2011), Associate Professor, University of Illinois at

Chicago• Goar, Carla D. (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M

University, 2000• Graff, David R. (1994), Senior Lecturer, M.S., Mercyhurst College, 1984• Haas, Anne E. (1996), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State

University, 2005• Jones, Adrian M. (2001), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2012• Kalkhoff, William W. (2002), Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2002• Kessler, David A. (1995), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University• Kunkle, Susan M. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2011• Leveto, Jessica A. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2012• Licuanan-Galela, Maria N. (1995), Associate Professor, Ph.D.,

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1995• Lowery, Allen (2014), Assistant Professor• Marcussen, Kristen A. (2000), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Iowa, 2000• Mastriacovo, Paul A. (1982), Senior Lecturer, J.D., University of Akron,

1978• Nasheri, Hedieh (1990), Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve, 1992• Owens, Timothy J. (2010), Professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota-

Twin Cities, 1988• Pai, Manacy (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Florida State

University, 2008• Pollock, Joshua W. (2014), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Akron, 2014• Purifoye, Gwendolyn (2014), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Loyola

University Chicago, 2014

• Rawlings, Lynette M. (2007), Senior Lecturer, M.P.A., Kent StateUniversity, 2006

• Ray, Kasey (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Akron,2015

• Robison, Kristenne M. (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., SyracuseUniversity, 2010

• Rose, Lydia (2010), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1997• Rose, Norman R. (2007), Associate Professor• Roxburgh, Susan J. (1994), Professor, Ph.D., University of Toranto,

1994• Schiller, J. Zach (2006), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

California, Davis, 2005• Shura, Robin A. (2018), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Case Western

Reserve, 2010• Solomon, Starr (2018), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Nebraska Omaha, 2018• Spates, Kamesha (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M

University, Corpus Christi, 2009• Stacey, Clare L. (2006), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

California, Davis, 2004• Taylor, Tiffany L. (2008), Professor, Ph.D., North Carolina State

University at Raleigh, 2008• Tontodonato, Pamela (1987), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Pennsylvania, 1986• Vander Horst, Anthony (2011), Associate Professor, The Ohio State

University, 2012• Wilson, Mary G. (1998), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2010

School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences andHumanities Faculty

• Holt, Suzanne L. (1984), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1994• Kessler, Chaya (2009), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Youngstown State

University, 2005• Odell-Scott, David (1990), Professor, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1989• Paar Conroy, Amanda M. (2013), Associate Professor, J.D., Cleveland

State University, 2005• Peterson, Mary S. (2016), Assistant Professor, J.D., Bowling Green

State University, 1987• Vachon, Lauren (2012), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Kent State

University, 2013

School of Peace and Conflict Studies Faculty• Arai, Tatsushi (2019), Associate Professor• Bleak, Jacquelyn K. (2014), Lecturer, M.S., George Mason University,

2012• Cunningham, Karen D. (1990), Professor, J.D., Washington and Lee

University, 1986• Hancock, Landon E. (2006), Professor, Ph.D., George Mason

University, 2003• Koopman, Sara (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of British

Columbia, 2012• Solomon, Johanna A. (2017), Assistant Professor

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College of Business AdministrationFacultyDepartment of Accounting Faculty

• Fang, Shunlan (2014), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Temple University,2013

• Laksmana, Indrarini V. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Georgia StateUniversity, 2004

• Li, Wei (2006), Associate Professor• Nett, Malinda B. (2009), Associate Professor, M.Tax., University of

Akron, 1995• Rose, John M. (2003), Associate Lecturer, M.B.A., Kent State

University, 1994• Sellers, R. Drew (2011), Associate Professor, D.M., Case Western

Reserve University, 2008• Tietz, Wendy M. (2000), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2007• Zhang, R.Z. (2020), Assistant Professor

Department of Economics Faculty• Bagheri, Omid (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic

Institute and State University, 2017• Barnette, Justin (2011), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2012• Dechenaux, Emmanuel (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University,

2004• ElBahnasawy, Nasr G. (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Colorado

State University, 2008• Ellis, Michael A. (1990), Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, Main

Campus, 1991• Engelhardt, Lucas M. (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio

State University, 2010• Greenhalgh-Stanley, Nadia (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D.,

Syracuse University, 2009• Harris, Jeremiah R. (2014), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Purdue

University, 2014• Hayduk, Iryna (2014), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Houston, 2014• Johnson, Eric D. (2005), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

California, San Diego , 1997• Kang, Wensheng (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Missouri, 2009• Leontieva, Ludmila (2007), Assistant Professor• Liu, Dandan (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University,

Main Campus, 2005• Mukherjee, Deepraj (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Memphis, 2010• Park, Jooyoun (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Michigan, 2009• Reynolds, Curtis (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Michigan, 2007• Sahajdack, Thomas (2016), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Illinois, 2016• Shaeye, Abdihafit (2018), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2017

Department of Finance Faculty• Baran, Lindsay C. (2011), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

North Carolina, Charlotte, 2010• Beier, Lois J. (1985), Associate Professor, J.D., University of Akron,

1980• Billik, William M. (2009), Assistant Professor• Deng, Saiying (2019), Associate Professor• Pelleg, David S. (2018), Lecturer• Pu, Xiaoling X. (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Massachusetts, Amherst, 2008• Shynkevich, Andrei (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State

University, 2009• Via, Marc (2014), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Alabama,

2014

Department of Management Information SystemsFaculty

• Akpan, Ikpe A. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., LancasterUniversity, 2006

• Arikan, Asli M. (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio StateUniversity, 2004

• Arikan, Ilgaz (2014), Associate Professor• Berardi, Victor L. (1993), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 1998• Blundell, Gregory E. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University,

2015• Brandyberry, Alan A. (2000), Associate Professor, D.B.A., Southern

Illinois University, Carbondale, 1995• Datta, Pratim (2007), Professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State University,

2003• Derubertis, Diane E. (2008), Associate Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State

University, 1983• Dragan, Natalia (2003), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2010• Duchon, Michael S. (2000), Assistant Professor, Ed.D., Nova

Southeastern University, 2012• Gomez, Claudia (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., New Mexico State

University, 2012• Hodeghatta, Umesh (2019), Associate Professor• Hogue, Mary B. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., University of Akron, 2000• Knapp, Deborah K. (1992), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 1994• Kwak, Dong-Heon (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2014• Landingham, Velvet L. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case

Western Reserve University, 2004• Levashina, Julia (2008), Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 2005• Patuwo, Eddy B. (1988), Professor, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute

and State University, 1989• Polites, Greta L. (2012), Associate Professor• Porr, Dean A. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Regent University,

2004• Razavi, Rouzbeh (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Essex, 2008• Riczo, Steve (2014), Lecturer, M.H.A., Xavier University, 1982• Shanker, Murali S. (1990), Professor

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• Steinberg, Geoffrey (1991), Associate Professor, Ph.D., TempleUniversity, 1991

• Vaneet, Vaneet (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University ofJammu, 2018

• Whitmore, Mark D. (2011), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio StateUniversity, 1985

• Wu, Chaojiang (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University ofCincinnati, 2013

Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship Faculty• Bridges, Eileen (1994), Professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1987• Daniels, Ellen P. (1981), Associate Lecturer, M.B.A., Baldwin-Wallace

College, 1979• Easterling, Denise M. (2009), Lecturer, M.B.A., Ashland University,

2006• Grimm, Pamela E. (1992), Professor, Ph.D., State University of New

York, Buffalo, 1993• Groening, Christopher (2013), Associate Professor• Heidler, Mary R. (2011), Associate Lecturer, M.B.A., American

University, 1995• Hisrich, Robert D. (2015), Professor, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati,

1971• Hsieh, Meng-Hua (2018), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Washington, 2013• Jewell, Robert D. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 1999• Knapp-Blay, Kelly A. (2016), Lecturer, Bowling Green State University,

1997• Lee, Denise M. (2009), Associate Lecturer, M.B.A., Ashland University,

2006• Liu, Kun (2018), Assistant Professor• Marks, Lawrence J. (1986), Professor, Ph.D., Penn State University• Mayo, Michael A. (1985), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1984• Mohammadi Darani, Milad (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Texas

A&M University, Main Camp, 2019• Sokira, Walter J. (2003), Lecturer, M.B.A., Kent State University, 1991• Stettler, Tatiana R. (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Bern, 2014• Thacker, Donald (1998), Senior Lecturer, M.B.A., Kent State University-

Stark Campus, 1996• Wang, Tuo (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh,

2004• Wiggins-Lyndall, Jennifer A. (2006), Professor, Ph.D., University of

Wisconsin, Madison, 2006• Zourrig, Haithem (2016), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Montreal, 2010

College of Communication andInformation FacultySchool of Communication Studies Faculty

• Bacue, Aaron E. (2015), Associate Lecturer, M.A., University ofDelaware, 1999

• Bentley, Laurie S. (1994), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University,1996

• Bihn-Coss, Ginger F. (2014), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Bowling GreenState University, 2003

• Cai, Bei (2002), Associate Professor• Child, Jeffrey T. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., North Dakota State

University, 2007• Choi, Mina (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin,

Milwaukee, 2014• Compton, Cristin (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Missouri-Columbia, 2016• D'Enbeau, Suzy M. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Purdue

University, 2009• Dillon, Patrick J. (2016), Assistant Professor• Egbert-Scheibelhoffer, Nichole L. (2000), Professor, Ph.D., University of

Georgia, 2000• Goodall, Catherine E. (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio

State University, 2009• Graham, Elizabeth E. (2016), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University,

1987• Hollenbaugh, Erin E. (2003), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2008• Kaptan, Yesim (2016), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Indiana Unviersity,

2010• Lin, Mei-Chen (2003), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Kansas,

2003• McCullough, Jennifer L. (2010), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio

State University, 2007• Ponder, James D. (2007), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2012• Sharma, Rekha (2000), Associate Professor, M.A., Kent State

University, 2004• Silva, David E. (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Washington State

University, 2019• Toumi, Ikram (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Texas at

Austin, 2016• Waite, Lisa A. (1991), Senior Lecturer, M.A., University of Akron, 1985• Workneh, Tewodros (2016), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Oregon, 2014

School of Information Faculty• Albright, Kendra S. (2016), Professor, Ph.D., University of Tennessee-

Knoxville, 2002• Boon, Belinda (2006), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Texas,

Austin, 2006• Campana, Kathleen (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Washington, 2018• Gracy, Karen (2007), Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Los

Angeles, 2001• Hajibayova, Lala (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University,

Bloomington, 2014• Martens, Marianne (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Rutgers, The

State University of New Jersey, 2012• Matteson, Miriam L. (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Maryland, 2009• Meehan, Rebecca A. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western

Reserve University, 1997• Nichols, Mary A. (1996), Senior Lecturer, M.L.S., Kent State University,

1993• Salaba, Athena (1993), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin,

Madison, 2005

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• Smith, Catherine L. (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Rutgers, TheState University of New Jersey, 2010

• Soyka, Heather (2017), Assistant Professor• Zeng, Marcia L. (1992), Professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1992• Zhang, Yin (1999), Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago,

1999

School of Media and Journalism Faculty• Armour, Luke L. (2012), Associate Professor, M.A., University of Akron,

2006• Bailey, Evan B. (2003), Associate Professor, M.A., Kent State

University, 2009• Bowen, Candace P. (1995), Professor, M.A., Northern Illinois University,

1980• Butler-Wall, Karisa (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Minnesota-Twin Cities• Coombs Sarver, Danielle S. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State

University-Baton Rouge, 2007• Ewing, Michele E. (2002), Professor, M.A., Kent State University, 1989• Foster, David A. (2014), Associate Professor, M.A., Kent State

University, 2014• Fruit, Jeffrey W. (1998), Professor, M.A., The Ohio State University,

1977• Hallgren, Scott W. (2016), Assistant Professor• Hoak, Gretchen J. (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2008• Idsvoog, Karl A. (2004), Associate Professor• Knoblock, Christopher (2019), Lecturer, B.A., William Paterson

University, 1986• Lambert, Cheryl Ann (2016), Associate Professor• Marino, Jacqueline A. (1990), Professor, M.A., The Johns Hopkins

University, 2002• McKenney, Mitchell J. (2001), Associate Professor, M.B.A., Kent State

University, 2008• Moore, Stefanie A. (2001), Professor, M.S., Kent State University, 2007• Nowitz, Abraham (2019), Assistant Professor• Roberts, Timothy A. (2003), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State

University, 2010• Rolnick, Rebecca M. (2017), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., University of

Southern California, 2000• Sarver-Coombs, Danielle (2007), Professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State

University-Baton Rouge, 2007• Schultz, Connie , Professional in Residence• Shelton, Eugene (2001), Professor, M.A., Kent State University, 2004• Smith, Stephanie D. (2012), Associate Professor, M.P.A., Harvard

College, 1994• Tang, Tang (2018), Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University , 2008• Wardell, Wendy A. (2012), Associate Lecturer, B.S., University of

Akron, 1991• Wasbotten, Thor L. (2012), Professor, M.S., University of Oregon, 1995• White, Dana (2018), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., University of

California, Riverside, 2015• Zake, Susan K. (2007), Associate Professor, M.A., Kent State

University, 2011

School of Visual Communication Design Faculty• Barness, Jessica S. (2012), Associate Professor, M.F.A., University of

Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2012• Bell, Timothy J. (2015), Assistant Professor, M.Arch., Columbia

University, 2012• Coorey, Jillian S. (2010), Associate Professor, M.F.A., University of

Illinois at Chicago, 2010• Goldsmith, Douglas M. (1988), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Carnegie

Mellon University, 1988• Inderhees, Joan E. (2018), Senior Lecturer, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2018• Katila, Sanda S. (1990), Associate Professor, M.F.A., Kent State

University, 1993• Kennedy, Jaime D. (2007), Associate Professor, M.F.A., The Ohio State

University, 2006• Lewis, Chad (2017), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Kent State University,

2016• Middleton, David A. (1998), Professor, M.A., Kent State University,

1985• Mooney, Aoife (2013), Associate Professor, M.F.A., University of

Reading, 2010• O'Grady Visocky , Kenneth J. (1997), Professor, M.F.A., Kent State

University, 2000• Renicker, Valora (1994), Professor, M.F.A., Kent State University, 2001• Rinnert, Gretchen C. (2008), Professor, M.F.A., North Carolina State

University at Raleigh, 2008• Roll, David (2015), Assistant Professor, M.A., Kent State University,

2007

College of Education, Health and HumanServices FacultySchool of Foundations, Leadership and AdministrationFaculty

• Boske, Christa A. (2008), Associate Professor, Ed.D., Northern IllinoisUniversity, 2006

• Chuang, Ning Kuang (2005), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Texas TechUniversity, 2005

• Clark, Debra L. (1995), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent StateUniversity, 2003

• Damrow, Amy (2014), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Michigan StateUniversity, 2011

• Devine, Mary Ann (1997), Professor, Ed.D., University of Georgia, 1997• Eith, Andrew S. (2014), Lecturer, New England Culinary Institute, 2013• Gonzalez, Gloria L. (1998), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Iowa, 1994• Gornik, Rosemary (2003), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2003• Guivernau, Marta (2007), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Purdue

University, 1999• Hamilton, Anthony J. (2017), Associate Lecturer• Hoegler, Edward M. (2008), Associate Lecturer, M.S., Johnson & Wales

University, 1994• Hudson, Tara D. (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., North Carolina

State, 2015• Israeli, Aviad A. (2012), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1997

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• Karpinski, Aryn C. (2010), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio StateUniversity, 2010

• Kosmidis, Aryn C. (2010), Associate Professor• Kretovics, Mark A. (2001), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Colorado State

University, 1998• Lee, Seon Jeong (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Massachusetts, Amherst, 2014• Lee, Kiwon (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Penn State University,

2013• Lepp, Andrew P. (2004), Professor, Ph.D., University of Florida, 2004• Levinson, Natasha (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2001• Li, Jian (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University,

2012• Lyberger, Mark R. (1996), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State

University, 1996• Merrill, Martha C. (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1982• Mulrooney, Aaron L. (1992), Associate Professor, J.D., University of

Akron, 1990• Niesz-Kutsch, Tricia (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Pennsylvania, 2003• Parr, Mary G. (1992), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois-

Urbana, Champaign, 1992• Pasquarella, Deborah S. (2019), Associate Lecturer, M.Ed., Colorado

State University, 1988• Porter, Christa J. (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Georgia, 2013• Schenker, Jason D. (2000), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University,

2007• Seeberg, Vilma (1989), Associate Professor• Thomas, Stephen B. (1985), Professor, Ed.D., University of Florida,

1974• Ulicney, Mandy L. (2010), Associate Lecturer, M.S., Kent State

University, 2011• Walton-Fisette, Theresa A. (2003), Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa,

2002• Wang, Philip C. (1990), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State

University, 1991• Yim, Hyong Il (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Georgia,

2015

School of Health Sciences Faculty• Arnold, Hayley S. (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Vanderbilt

University, 2007• Audet, Lisa R. (1995), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2000• Axiotis, Irene R. (1985), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1996• Backus, Angela S. (2003), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2010• Baker, Emily A. (2012), Lecturer, M.S., Case Western Reserve, 2001• Barikoo, Ali (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Florida,

2017• Barkley, Jacob E. (2006), Professor, Ph.D., University at Buffalo, SUNY,

2007

• Berk, Lynn V. (2008), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Cleveland StateUniversity, 1981

• Bernert, Donna J. (2007), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Southern IllinoisUniversity, 2005

• Blakely, Carmen M. (2007), Associate Lecturer, Ed.D., AT StillUniversity, 2020

• Burke, Amanda J. (2000), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent StateUniversity, 2015

• Caine-Bish, Natalie L. (1997), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent StateUniversity, 2002

• Ding, Kele (2005), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington, 2000

• Durant, Kathleen M. (2019), Assistant Professor• Evans, Na'Tasha (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Toledo, 2016• Falcone, Tanya R. (2007), Associate Lecturer, M.S., Kent State

University, 2009• Forbes, Myrna A. (1998), Senior Lecturer, Au.D., University of Florida,

2005• Gordon, Karen L. (1988), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1988• Grogan-Johnson, Susan L. (1988), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 1993• Ha, Eun-Jeong (2004), Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University,

1999• Hale, Catherine C. (2000), Associate Lecturer, M.S., Indiana University,

Bloomington, 1995• Harnar, Hannah M. (2011), Assistant Professor, M.S., Kent State

Unviersity, 2013• Hawks, John W. (1991), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Washington

University in St. Louis, 1990• Huston, Jeffery L. (2007), Professor, Ed.D., Capella University, 2017• Huyck, Julia J. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Northwestern

University, 2010• Jajtner, Adam (2016), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Central

Florida, 2016• Jonas, Jay C. (2006), Professor, M.Ed., University of Virginia, 1998• Kerr, Dianne L. (1988), Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University,

1992• Kingsley, J. Derek (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Florida State

University, 2009• Kolonich, Erin M. (2017), Lecturer• Krumm, Mark P. (2005), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Wichita State

University, 1990• Malone, Megan (2012), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Case Western

Reserve University, 2000• Matthews, Jamie C. (2014), Associate Lecturer, M.S., Kent State

University, 2004• McDaniel, John (2011), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Utah,

2009• Miracle, Amy L. (2012), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Nevada-Las Vegas, 2013• Mussoi, Bruna (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa,

2016• O'Flannigan, Cara M. (2016), Lecturer, M.A., Case Western Reserve

University, 2007

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• Peer, Kimberly S. (1999), Professor, Ed.D., University of Akron, 2001• Ray-Tomasek, Jennifer L. (1998), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent

State University, 2004• Ridgel, Angela L. (2008), Professor, Sc.D., Marshall University, 2000• Roche, Jennifer M. (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Memphis, 2011• Siler, Greta Y. (2004), Associate Lecturer, M.S., Kent State University,

2007• Visker, Jennifer N. (2016), Lecturer, M.A., Case Western Reserve

University, 2001• Wagner, Laurie M. (1997), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2008

School of Lifespan Development and EducationalSciences Faculty

• Alexander, Donna C. (2008), Lecturer, M.B.A., Ashland University, 2004• Anhalt, Karla (2003), Professor, Ph.D., West Virginia University, 2000• Balan, Christine M. (1986), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University,

1994• Barber, Brian R. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2014• Bedesem, Pena L. (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Central Florida, 2010• Bergh, Kathleen A. (2000), Senior Lecturer, M.Ed., University of Akron,

1985• Blankemeyer, Maureen S. (1996), Associate Professor, Ph.D.,

Oklahoma State University, 1996• Burgess, Sloane R. (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western

Reserve University, 2007• Chen, Ching-I (2014), Associate Professor• Cichy, Kelly E. (2008), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State

University, 2007• Cimera, Robert E. (2007), Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois-

Urbana, Champaign, 1998• Cowan, Richard J. (2003), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Nebraska, 2003• Cox, Jane A. (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University,

1997• Cureton, Jenny (2016), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Northern Colorado, 2016• Ferdig, Richard E. (2009), Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University,

2000• Guillot-Miller, Lynne M. (2003), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University

of New Orleans, 2003• Hallaman, Lisa M. (2007), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University,

1996• Harjusola-Webb, Sanna M. (2006), Associate Professor, Ph.D.,

University of Kansas, 2006• Hines, Laurie A. (2000), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University,

Bloomington, 2000• Jencius, Martin J. (2000), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

South Carolina, 1996• Kenyon, Cynthia (2009), Assistant Professor, M.Ed., Kent State

University, 2010• Kritzer, Karen (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Pittsburgh, 2007

• Leslie, Mykal J. (2014), Assistant Professor• Liou, Chih-Ling (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Virginia

Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2011• McCartney, Jamie L. (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Akron, 2004• McGlothlin, Jason M. (2000), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Ohio

University, 2001• McWilliams-Woods, Wendy (1984), Assistant Professor, M.Ed., Kent

State University, 1988• Moore, Alma J. (2012), Lecturer, M.Ed., Malone University, 2004• Morris, Bradley J. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State

University, 1998• Morsefield, Rebecca H. (1998), Associate Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State

University, 1997• Osborn, Cynthia J. (1997), Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 1996• Page, Betsy J. (1996), Associate Professor, Ed.D., University of Maine,

1996• Pieper, Alicia (1969), Assistant Professor, M.A., Kent State University,

1968• Rainey, John S. (2002), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M

University, 2001• Sansosti, Frank J. (2006), Professor, Ph.D., University of South Florida,

2005• Smith, Gregory C. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., University of Rochester,

1983• Stevenson, Nathan (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State

University, 2015• Storlie, Cassandra A. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Iowa, 2013• Tobias, Scott A. (2009), Associate Professor, D.Sci., University of

Missouri, 2009• Toepfer, Steven M. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State

University, 2001• Unger, Darlene D. (2016), Professor, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth

University, 2001• Walker, Kathleen K. (2002), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kansas State

University, 2002• Waugh, Jennifer A. (2012), Assistant Professor• Wiley, Andrew L. (2008), Associate Professor, Ed.D., University of

Virginia, 2008• Wisdom, Sonya L. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2010• Zhang, Jing (2018), Assistant Professor

School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum StudiesFaculty

• Bintz, William P. (2004), Professor• Borgerding, Lisa (2007), Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University,

Bloomington, 2007• Caniglia, Joanne C. (2008), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University,

1994• Courtney, Scott A. (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Arizona State

University, 2010• Dever, Robin M. (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2008• Eckert, Kevin (2015), Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University, 2017

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• Ellison, Douglas (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University ofIllinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2016

• Ferdig, Richard E. (2009), Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University,2000

• Gandolfi, Enrico (2015), Assistant Professor• Gruhler, Danielle M. (1999), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2004• Hawley, Todd (2008), Professor, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2008• Heron, Michele L. (2004), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2010• Hollstein, Matthew S. (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Ohio

University, 2015• Hutchins, Pamela K. (1993), Associate Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State

University, 1992• Hylton, Rhonda (2020), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2020• Irving, Sonya E. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2014• Kenyon, Elizabeth (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State

University, 2015• Kidder, Melanie K. (1995), Associate Lecturer, M.A., California State

University-San Marcos, 2004• Kim, Insook (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State

University, 2011• Knapp, Kathryn A. (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2013• Kosko, Karl W. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic

Institute and State University, 2010• Kroeger, Janice (2002), Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin,

Madison, 2003• Kuo, Chia Ling (2005), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University,

2005• Lash, Martha J. (2003), Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University-

Bloomington, 2004• Levicky, Michael T. (2008), Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University, 2010• Miller Marsh, Monica A. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University

of Wisconsin, Madison, 1997• Monobe, Gumiko (2010), Associate Professor• Morgan, Denise N. (2004), Professor• Mulvey, Bridget K. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Virginia, Main Campus, 2012• Mupinga, Davison M. (2008), Professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State

University-Baton Rouge, 1999• Navy, Shannon L. (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Georgia, 2014• Novak, Elena (2015), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Florida State

University, 2012• Nurnberger-Haag, Julie (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Michigan

State University, 2015• Pech, Sandra (2000), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University,

2010• Pytash, Kristine E. (2006), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2009• Rasinski, Timothy V. (1988), Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State

University, 1985• Ridley, Jacqueline N. (2020), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., 2020

• Stoll, Julia A. (2000), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University,2015

• Testa, Elizabeth A. (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University ofAkron, 2014

• Walton-Fisette, Jennifer L. (2008), Professor, Ed.D., University ofMassachusetts-Amherst, 2008

• Wang, Jiahui (2018), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Florida,2018

• Wilfong, Lori G. (2002), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent StateUniversity, 2006

College of Nursing Faculty• Aller, Loretta J. (2010), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State

University, 1995• Ancona, Ann C. (2003), Associate Professor, M.S.N., University of

Akron, 2000• Bacha, Mary B. (2007), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State

University, 1983• Beckley, Lyndy E. (2017), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University, 2016• Bixler, Sarah (2013), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University, 2014• Blackwell, James (2018), Lecturer• Bowen, Lucas S. (2013), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University, 2015• Bracken-Ott, Heather L. (2017), Lecturer, M.S., Chamberlain College of

Nursing, Addison, 2017• Brady, Cheryl L. (1994), Senior Lecturer, M.S.N., University of Akron,

1994• Brison, Laura J. (2007), Senior Lecturer, M.A.T., Marygrove College,

2003• Burhanna, Taryn R. (2006), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University,

2018• Caplin, Marcy S. (2001), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2016• Cascarelli, Lisa J. (2012), Assistant Professor• Cifani, Debra K. (2009), Associate Lecturer, D.N.P., Kent State

University, 2017• Cleveland, Kimberly A. (2015), Lecturer, J.D., Cleveland Marshall

College of Law, 2003• Colwell, Alice (2008), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University,

2011• Davis, Lisa M. (2016), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University, Stark

Campus, 2016• DePaul, Kimberly E. (2011), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University,

2013• Dodson, Tracy M. (2016), Lecturer, M.S.N., Jacksonville University,

2016• Dowell, Jo A. (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of North

Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2011• DuVall, Melissa E. (2018), Lecturer, Ph.D., M.S.N., 2017• Dwinnells, Kathleen M. (1994), Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University,

2017• Dyer, Melissa B. (2007), Senior Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University,

2003• Echeverry, Lisa M. (2008), Associate Professor, D.N.P., Rush University,

2013• Ferguson, Joann H. (2009), Lecturer, M.S., Walden University, 2008

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• Fisher, Benita L. (2008), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., Case WesternReserve University, 1992

• Fleming, Diana L. (2007), Senior Lecturer, M.S.N., University ofPhoenix, 2005

• Fox, Tamara A. (2006), Lecturer, M.S.N., Ursuline College, 2001• Gaddis, Lynn M. (2017), Assistant Professor, D.N.P., Kent State

University, 2017• Gidden, Tracy L. (2003), Senior Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University,

1996• Hansen, Dana M. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western

Reserve University, 2013• Hawkins, Krista L. (2009), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University,

Salem, 2017• Hill, Diane S. (2007), Senior Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University,

1993• Howell, Christina M. (2019), Lecturer, M.S.N., Walden University, 2018• Jacobson, Kristine (1998), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University,

2006• James, Ann M. (2013), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University, 2015• Jarzembak, Jeremy M. (1994), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Kent State

University, 2002• Jarzembak, Kellie (2008), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University, 2013• Kauth, Christine (1993), Professor, Ph.D., Capella University, 2016• Knox, Louise H. (2012), Associate Professor, D.N.P., Case Western

Reserve University, 1998• Kutchin, Mary F. (2006), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State

University, 1991• Larubina, Jessica L. (2019), Lecturer, M.S.N., Walden University, 2012• Lazaroff, Eldora L. (2006), Professor, D.N.P., Kent State University,

2018• Lewis, Lory A. (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2014• Lukach, Mary B. (1993), Senior Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University,

1992• Martin, Lorene S. (2004), Senior Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State

University, 2005• Mascolo, Karen L. (2011), Associate Professor, D.N.P., The Ohio State

University, 2011• McFarland, Earl (2017), Lecturer, M.S.N., Case Western Reserve

University, 1999• Metheney, Jennifer R. (2006), Senior Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State

University, 2005• Mittas, Lisa L. (2016), Lecturer• Motter, Tracey M. (1993), Associate Professor, D.N.P., Kent State

University, 2016• Mountain, Cherie (2011), Lecturer, M.S.N., Walden University,

Baltimore, 2008• Myers, Kerry H. (2013), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State

University, 2013• Nelson, Andrea L. (2019), Lecturer• Nibling, Marilyn (2008), Assistant Professor, D.N.P., University of

Akron, 2015• Onesko, Lisa M. (2008), Assistant Professor, D.N.P., Rush University,

2013• Owen, Melissa A. (2016), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University, 2015

• Pacholski, Denise C. (2008), Lecturer, M.S.N., University of Akron,2000

• Petrinec, Amy B. (2016), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Case WesternReserve University, 2014

• Pierce-Brown, Sarah E. (2008), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State Univeristy,2017

• Rafferty-Semon, Pamela H. (2009), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N.,University of Phoenix, 2009

• Redfern, Christina M. (2018), Lecturer, B.S.N., Kent State University,2013

• Reed, Janet M. (2013), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., University ofToledo, 2013

• Revlock, Marna M. (2016), Lecturer• Robinson, Laurie B. (2015), Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University,

2016• Saunders, Tina L. (2006), Senior Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State

University, 2004• Severino, Gina M. (2006), Senior Lecturer, M.S.N., Youngstown State

University, 2006• Shanholtzer, Jennifer R. (2011), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State

University, 2011• Sheehan, Denice (2007), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Akron, 2007• Shelestak, Debra S. (1996), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2007• Stephenson, Pamela L. (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2011• Thomas, Elaine (2002), Senior Lecturer, M.S.N., University of Akron,

2000• Tudhope, James (2015), Assistant Professor, M.S.N., Kent State

University, 2013• Veney, Amy J. (2013), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State

University, 2013• Vermeersch, Patricia E. (2011), Professor, Ph.D., Case Western

Reserve University, 1986• Walker, Lynne J. (2012), Associate Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State

University, 2011• Wang, Yafen (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western

Reserve University, 2013• Warner-Stidham, Andrea M. (1994), Assistant Professor, M.S.N., Kent

State University, 2013• Weil, Heather (2012), Lecturer, M.S.N., University of Phoenix, 2012• Wilk, Cindy A. (2003), Senior Lecturer, M.S.N., Kent State University,

2000

College of Podiatric Medicine Faculty• Belovich, Stephanie J. (2012), Associate Professor , Ph.D., Kent State

University, 1999• Blazer, Marie M. (2012), Associate Professor, D.P.M., Ohio College of

Podiatric Medicine, 2004• Connors, James C. (2016), Assistant Professor, D.P.M., Ohio College of

Podiatric Medicine , 1999• Dalman, Mark R. (2016), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Akron, 2014• Eble, Joann P. (2012), Assistant Professor , M.S., Cleveland State

University, 1986

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• Ehredt, Duane J. (2015), Associate Professor, D.P.M., Ohio College ofPodiatric Medicine, 2011

• Hardy, Mark A. (2016), Associate Professor & Division Head, D.P.M.,Kent State University , 1998

• Johnson, Rachel E. (2012), Assistant Professor, D.P.M., Ohio Collegeof Podiatric Medicine, 2008

• Kawalec, Jill S. (2012), Professor, Ph.D., Case Western ReserveUniversity, 1997

• Osbourne, Abe G. (2012), Associate Professor, D.P.M., Ohio College ofPodiatric Medicine, 1990

• Osher, Lawrence S. (2012), Professor, D.P.M., Ohio College of PodiatricMedicine, 1982

• Petrozzi, Rocco A. (2012), Associate Professor & Division Head,D.P.M., Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, 2003

• Pratt, Christina M. (2017), Assistant Professor, D.P.M., CaliforniaSchool of Podiatric Medicine, Samuel Merritt University, 2013

• Razzante, Mark C. (2018), Assistant Professor• Siesel, Kathy J. (2012), Associate Professor, D.P.M., Ohio College of

Podiatric Medicine, 1989• Spencer, Scott A. (2012), Associate Professor, D.P.M., Ohio College of

Podiatric Medicine, 1987

College of Public Health Faculty• Beaird, Heather (2011), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western

Reserve University, 2005• Benzigar, Sasikumar (2011), Associate Professor, Ed.D., University of

Cincinnati, 2014• Bhargava, Tina D. (2012), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Pittsburgh, 2012• Bhatta, Madhav P. (2009), Professor, Ph.D., University of Alabama,

Birmingham, 2007• Brewer, Thomas W. (2002), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University at

Albany, SUNY, 2003• Chatfield, Sheryl L. (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

Mississippi, 2014• Cheruvu, Vinay K. (2010), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western

Reserve University, 2012• Eng, Abbey L. (2006), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Bowling Green State

University, 2007• Hoornbeek, John A. (2006), Professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh,

2004• Jefferis, Eric S. (2002), Professor, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2004• Kenne, Deric (2011), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Akron,

2010• Knight, Kristina N. (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2014• Lanese, Bethany G. (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Wayne State

University, 2004• Laurene, Kimberly R. (2016), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Bowling Green

State University, 2010• Leahy, Peter J. (2016), Professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1975• Phillips, Lynette (2010), Professor, Ph.D., University of North Carolina,

Chapel Hill, 2007• Smith, Tara C. (2013), Professor, Ph.D., University of Toldeo, 2012• Stedman-Smith, Maggie M. (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D.,

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2008

• Step, Mary M. (2015), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent StateUniversity, 1998

• Stephens, Margaret C. (2012), Professor, Ph.D., University of Akron,1999

• Tomi, Laurel A. (2015), Lecturer, B.A., Kent State University, 1986• VanGeest, Jonathan B. (2011), Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois at

Chicago, 1998• Widuck, Cindy L. (1993), Associate Lecturer, B.S., Kent State

University, 1998• Woolverton, Christopher J. (1995), Professor, Ph.D., West Virginia

University, 1986• Zullo, Melissa D. (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western

Reserve University, 2009

College of the Arts FacultySchool of Art Faculty

• Buntin, Phillip D. (2006), Associate Professor, M.F.A., University ofConnecticut, 2002

• Commito, Gianna E. (2005), Professor, M.F.A., University of Iowa, 2003• Dorff, Juliann B. (1999), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University,

1998• Ebanks, Davin (2005), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Kent State

University, 2010• Farnsworth, Isabel (1997), Associate Professor, M.F.A., Stanford

University, 1995• Garcia, Janice L. (2019), Assistant Professor, M.F.A, University of

Wisconsin, Madison, 2018• Gasper-Hulvat, Marie (2013), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Bryn Mawr

College, 2012• Hoeptner-Poling, Linda A. (1986), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent

State University, 2005• Kan, Koon-Hwee (2003), Associate Professor, Ed.D., University of

Illinois-Urbana, 2004• Kessler, Eli (2019), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Virginia

Commonwealth University, 2008• Kuebeck, Andrew (2017), Assistant Professor, M.F.A, Indiana

University, Bloomington, 2011• Lessman-Moss, Janice (1981), Professor, M.F.A., University of

Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1981• McMahon, Taryn (2013), Associate Professor, M.A., University of Iowa,

2010• McWhorter, Jack E. (1989), Professor, M.A., Kent State University,

1983• Medicus, Gustav F. (1989), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Indiana

University, Bloomington, 1992• Polo, Darice M. (2004), Associate Professor, M.F.A., University at

Albany, SUNY, 1999• Powell, Shawn K. (2018), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., City University

of NY, Hunter College, 2009• Reischuck, Albert W. (1990), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Kent State

University, 1991• Reisig, Shana K. (2018), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University Of New

Mexico, 2015• Roll, Melanie R. (2001), Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 2014• Schatz, Mark K. (2010), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., University of

Texas, Austin, 2005

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• Summers, Michelle M. (2019), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Universityof Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2014

• Underwood, Joseph L. (2017), Assistant Professor• Vande Zande, Robin S. (2001), Professor, Ph.D., University of

Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2002• Warner, John-Michael H. (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University

of Arizona, 2015• Yi, Hye-Shim (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of

California-Los Angeles, 2019

School of Fashion Design and Merchandising Faculty• Arnett, Joanne M. (2011), Associate Professor, M.F.A., Kent State

University, 2013• Benitez, Margarita (2010), Associate Professor, M.F.A., School of the

Art Institute of Chicago, 2008• Bhaduri, Gargi (2014), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Missouri, Columbia, 2014• Campbell, Melissa C. (2010), Assistant Professor• Carr, Elizabeth M. (2006), Senior Lecturer, B.F.A., Stephens College,

1978• Cho, Buhyung (2019), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., North Carolina State

University at Raleigh, 2019• Copeland, Lauren E. (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kansas State

University, 2015• Dancie, Paula K. (2003), Senior Lecturer, B.F.A., Miami University, 1980• Grieder, Trista L. (2010), Associate Lecturer, M.S., Purdue University

Global, 2009• Hahn, Kim H. (2011), Professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln,

2005• Hauck, William E. (2000), Assistant Professor, M.A., Northeastern

Illinois University, 1981• Hume, Sara E. (2009), Associate Professor and Museum Curator, M.A.,

Fashion Institute of Technology, 2003• Hwang, Ja Young (2015), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State

University, 2013• Hyun, Jonghan (2010), Assistant Professor, M.S., University of

Missouri, Columbia, 2007• Kim, Jihyun (2013), Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2004• Krifa, Mourad (2017), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic

Institute and State University, 2017• LaPolla, Kendra L. (2013), Associate Professor, M.F.A., The Ohio State

University, 2010• Leslie, Catherine A. (2002), Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University,

2002• LoMonaco-Benzing, Rachel E. (2018), Assistant Professor, M.S.,

University of Rhode Island, 2009• Mehta, Archana (2001), Associate Lecturer, B.A., Kent State University,

2002• Ohrn, Linda M. (2004), Professor, M.F.A., University of North Texas,

2003• Palomo-Lovinski, Noel N. (2001), Associate Professor, M.F.A., Kent

State University, 2009• Perrine, William C. (2006), Senior Lecturer, M.A., Western Michigan

University, 2004• Quevedo, Vincent (2008), Associate Professor, M.A., University of

Nebraska, Lincoln, 2004

• Reisig, Shana K. (2018), Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2002

• Riewe, Krissi R. (2019), Assistant Professor• Snyder, Sara E. (2008), Associate Professor, M.F.A., Kent State

University, 2014• Stanforth, Nancy F. (2000), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State

University, 1993• Stone, Hillary M. (2012), Associate Professor, M.S., School of the Art

Institute of Chicago, 1999• Valendza, Lisa A. (2009), Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 2015• Wachowiak, Marjorie (2012), Associate Lecturer, M.S., Franklin

University, 2011• Yoder, Sue J. (2013), Associate Professor, M.F.A., Syracuse University,

2008

School of Music Faculty• Albrecht, Theodore J. (1992), Professor, Ph.D., University of North

Texas, 1975• Albrecht, Joshua D. (2019), Assistant Professor• Anderson, Ian (2015), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Middle Tennessee

State University, 2009• Bagwell, Dawn M. (2011), Lecturer, M.M., Kent State University, 2012• Berg, Marla (2009), Assistant Professor, M.M., Cleveland Institute of

Music, 1983• Birch, Sebastian A. (2002), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Cleveland

Institute of Music, 1997• Brown, Dana A. (1984), Associate Professor, M.M., Kent State

University, 1986• Culver, Timothy M. (1999), Professor, M.M., Kent State University,

2002• Devore, Richard O. (1983), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

Iowa, 1985• Dorfman, Jay (2006), Associate Professor• Fowler, Kishna (2015), Assistant Professor, M.M., Juilliard School of

Music, 1995• Fucci, Melissa D. (2002), Associate Professor, M.M., Kent State

University, 2009• Holm, Matthew D. (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Arizona State

University, 2006• Johnstone, Jennifer L. (2002), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State

University, 2012• Kim, Jungho (2017), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Eastman School of

Music, 2015• Larmee, Kent D. (1989), Associate Professor, M.M., The Ohio State

University, 1981• Le, Andrew (2019), Associate Professor• Lee, Donna (1999), Professor, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University,

1999• MacPherson, Scott A. (2008), Professor, D.M.A., University of

Southern California, 1992• Marshall, Herbert D. (2019), Assistant Professor• Matthews, Wendy K. (2018), Associate Professor, Ph.D., George

Mason University, 2007• McCloskey-Rechner, Diane L. (1991), Associate Professor• McPherson, Eve (2011), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of

California, Santa Barbara, 2009

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• Mitchell, David E. (2001), Associate Professor, M.M., University ofAkron, 1989

• Mukuna, Kazadi W. (1989), Professor, Ph.D., University of California,Los Angeles, 1978

• Nanongkham, Priwan (1998), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent StateUniversity, 2011

• Naxer, Meghan (2008), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University ofOregon, 2016

• Noh, Hyunjoo G. (1998), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent StateUniversity , 2013

• Nowakowski, Mark (2016), Assistant Professor, M.M., University ofColorado, Boulder, 2006

• Resta, Craig M. (2008), Professor, Ph.D., University of Maryland,University College, 2008

• Roberts, Adam (2018), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Harvard University,2010

• Selvaggio, Robert (2010), Associate Professor, M.M., ManhattanSchool of Music, 1995

• Shahriari, Andrew C. (1993), Professor, M.M., Kent State University,2001

• Sundet, Danna S. (2002), Professor, M.M., Kent State University, 2002• Tiffe, Janine L. (2011), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Florida State

University, 2015• Vardi, Amitai (2012), Assistant Professor, M.M., Cleveland Institute of

Music, 2002• Vaughn, Erin M. (2006), Lecturer, M.M., Kent State University, 2015• White, Jay G. (2011), Professor, University of Maryland, College Park,

2005

School of Theatre and Dance Faculty• Bauer, Kerry J. (2014), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Ohio University,

1995• Black, Jennifer (2019), Assistant Professor, B.F.A., University of Akron,

1996• Brown, Courtney (2014), Associate Professor, M.F.A., University of

Southern Mississippi, 2008• Drashner, Nicholas D. (2015), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., University of

California, San Diego, 2012• Fritsche, Amy (2013), Associate Professor, M.F.A., San Diego State

University, 2010• Honesty, Tamara L. (2016), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., West Virginia

University , 1996• Humes, Thomas W. (2019), Assistant Professor• Hurley, Paul (2018), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., University of

Delaware, 2007• Huya, Natalie J. (2003), Associate Lecturer, M.A., Villanova University,

2001• Keenan, Grace A. (2004), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Penn State

University, 2012• Kent, Therese J. (1991), Professor, M.F.A., Michigan State University,

1987• Kildow, Eric S. (2015), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Savannah College

of Art and Design, 2009• King, Gregory (2016), Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist

University, 2010• Korecki, Jennifer S. (2012), Associate Professor, M.M., Kent State

University, 1996

• Kurahashi, Yuko (2001), Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University,Bloomington, 1996

• Meredith, Catherine E. (2019), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., HollinsUniversity, 2011

• Pauna, Steven R. (2013), Associate Professor, M.F.A., Kent StateUniversity, 2000

• Polanco, Fabio J. (2009), Associate Professor, M.F.A., Case WesternReserve University, 1997

• Rockland, Jeffrey M. (2015), Associate Professor, M.F.A., University ofCalifornia, Irvine, 1992

• Seo, Jakyung (2009), Associate Professor, M.F.A., University ofIllinois-Urbana, Champaign, 2004

• Souza, Michelle H. (2019), Assistant Professor• Swoboda, Jonathan F. (2008), Associate Professor, M.M., University of

Nebraska, Omaha, 1997• Verlezza, Barbara A. (2002), Associate Professor, M.F.A., Northern

Illinois University, 2005

University Libraries Faculty• Antell, Haley (2018), Assistant Professor, M.S., 2015• Bauer, Melissa M. (2012), Associate Professor, M.L.I.S., Kent State

University, 2005• Clark, Joe (2010), Professor, M.A., University of Arizona, 2003• Dressler, Virginia A. (1994), Assistant Professor, M.L.I.S., Kent State

University, 2007• Earp, Vanessa J. (2005), Associate Professor & Interim Head, M.L.S.,

Indiana University, Bloomington, 2002• Evans, Amanda L. (2005), Assistant Professor, M.L.I.S., Kent State

University, 2008• Faehnel, Amanda C. (2010), Associate Professor, M.L.I.S., Kent State

University, 2007• Fagan, Nichloas G. , Assistant Professor, M.L.I.S., 2006• Fehrmann, Paul G. (1992), Associate Professor, M.A., University of

Iowa, 1988• Gilgenbach, Cara L. (1994), Associate Professor, M.L.S., Kent State

University, 1995• Guedel, Theodore E. (2015), Assistant Professor, M.L.I.S., Kent State

University, 2007• Hricko, Mary F. (1994), Professor , Ph.D., Kent State University, 2004• Jefferson, Jasmine (2005), Assistant Professor, M.L.I.S., Kent State

University, 2012• Kairis, Robert C. (1992), Professor, M.S., University of North Texas,

1987• Kennedy, Hilary M. (2003), Lecturer, B.S., 2002• Klinger, Thomas E. (1992), Professor, M.L.S., Kent State University,

1986• Kristof, Cynthia M. (1996), Associate Professor, M.L.S., Kent State

University, 1995• Lisius, Peter H. (2007), Associate Professor, M.L.S., Indiana University,

Bloomington, 2000• MacDonald, Karen I. (2013), Associate Professor, M.L.I.S., Wayne

State University, 2002• McCutcheon, L. Sevim (2006), Associate Professor, M.L.S., Kent State

University, 1997• Medicus, Kathleen S. (1991), Associate Professor, M.L.S., Indiana

University, Bloomington, 1988

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• Panchyshyn, Roman S. (2008), Associate Professor, M.L.I.S., McGillUniversity, 1997

• Richardson, Elizabeth A. (2008), Professor, M.L.I.S., Kent StateUniversity, 2003

• Serkownek, Edith W. (2005), Professor, M.L.I.S., Kent State University,2005

• Sheu, Feng-Ru (2014), Associate Professor• Spohn, Melissa M. (1985), Professor, M.L.S., Kent State University,

1986• Steele, Adam B. (2006), Assistant Professor, M.L.I.S., Kent State

University, 2009• Voelker, Tammy J. (1997), Associate Professor, M.L.S., Kent State

University, 2000• Warren, Thomas (1991), Professor, M.L.I.S., Kent State University,

2000• Yeager, Kristin E. (2013), Lecturer, M.S., 2012

Not designated collegeNot designated dept Faculty

• Adams, Kevin J.• Adams, Richard E.• Alemagno, Sonia A.• Alenquer, Daniel P.• Anthony, Mary K.• Beam, Michael• Bielski, Bradley A.• Bloebaum, Christina L.• Boike, Allan M.• Bukowski, Marie D.• Burhanna, Kenneth J.• Byron, Michael B.• Caldwell, Bryan D.• Colucci, Amanda N.• Coolen, Lique M.• Cooper, Robert N.• Crowe, Alicia R.• Dechenaux, Emmanuel• Deemer, Kevin L.• Dees, David M.• Dennis, Steven A.• DuBois, Cathy L.• Dunne, Keiran J.• Eckert, Erica L.• Fenk, Christopher J.• Gleeson, James T.• Glickman, Ellen L.• Good, Curtis J.• Groening, Christopher• Hallam, Jeffrey S.• Hannon, James C.• Haridakis , Paul• Harrison, Joycelyn S.• Holm, Daniel K.

• Jewell, John G.• Johnson-Mallard, Versie• Khan, Javed I.• Lash , Martha J.• M'baye, Babacar• Mazzei, Julie M.• McFarland, Maureen R.• McWilliams, Kent M.• Metzgar, Emily T.• Miller, Jennifer L. (2016), Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University, 2016• Minichillo, Matthew A.• Mintz, Eric M.• Mistur, Mark S.• Mitchell, Stephen A.• Molina, Anthony D.• Motter, Tracey M.• Munro-Stasiuk, Mandy J.• Neff, Brian S.• Neuman, Josna• Offodile, Onyebuchi F.• Okantah , Mwatabu S.• Palmer, Daniel E.• Petrella, Diane H.• Piatt, Liz• Pringle, Eboni J.• Raghanti, Mary Ann• Randulic, Sandra R.• Reynolds, Amy L.• Robinson, Kara L.• Rollyson, Matthew M.• Rossi, Susan• Sansosti , Frank J.• Schimmel, Kimberly S.• Seachrist, Denise A.• Shadduck, Margaret A.• Sheridan, Scott C.• Sinclair, Elizabeth A.• Smith, Alison J.• Spake, Deborah F.• Starlin Nilsson, LeAnn F.• Stasiowski, Kristin• Stocker, Susan J.• Sturr, Robert D.• Tonge, Andrew M.• Valentine, Louise• van Baars, Frans E.• VanGeest, Jonathan B. (2011), Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois at

Chicago, 2017• Warren, Deirdre M.• Wilson, Kathryn S.• Zaragoza, Maria S.• Zarges, Kathy M.

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• Zullo, Melissa D. (2009), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case WesternReserve University, 2009

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