George Ackerman
Program Directorgackerma@kent.edu
202/218 White Hall
Area: CITE
Area: TLC - ECED, CI
Richard P. Ambrose is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching, Leadership and Curriculum Studies. He received his undergraduate degree in Sociology from Springfield College, his master's in Elementary Education and Ph.D. in Teacher Education/Early Childhood Education from Syracuse University. He is a former National Teacher Corps Intern and has taught in Project Headstart, kindergarten and first grade. Scholarly interests include teacher education, urban education, university-school collaboration, teacher socialization/professional identity and young children's social/moral considerations in classroom teaching practices.
Area: HS
Emeritus Professor in the School of Speech Pathology and Audiology; I retired in July 1996 after teaching 25 years at Kent Sate University. In 1997, I returned to the university, as a clinical instructor supervising SP+A graduate students in the Speech and Hearing Clinic. Academic interests are language, literacy and supervision. I have an M.S. in Speech Pathology from West Virginia University and a B.S. in the field as well. I am certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and licensed by the State of Ohio to provide speech services.
Area: LDES - SPSY
I received my B.A. in Psychology from the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, California in 1993. Upon graduating, I began the Doctoral Program in Child Clinical Psychology at West Virginia University. I received my doctoral degree after completing a Pre-doctoral internship in Pediatric Psychology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Prior to moving to Kent State University (KSU), I was an Assistant Professor of School Psychology at Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) from 2000 to 2003. I have been a faculty member at KSU since August of 2003. During my time at KSU, I have taught graduate courses in child development, individual and group counseling, practicum in school psychology, and cultural diversity. An overarching theme in my research endeavors pertains to examining mental health and educational services for at-risk youth, particularly ethnic and sexual minorities. I also have a significant interest in identifying prevention and intervention strategies to optimize the social and emotional functioning of children and adolescents in school settings. I have published articles related to these areas in journals such as Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, Psychology in the Schools, and Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. My work also has been published in books such as the Handbook of Multicultural School Psychology, Psychological Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Experiences, and Emotional and Behavioral Problems: A Handbook for Understanding and Handling Students. On a personal note, I was born in Mexico City and raised in Tijuana, Mexico (border city with California). I am professionally proficient in English and Spanish.
Area: VOSS - CI, MCED
I started my career as a high school English teacher in the Cleveland area after graduating from Case Western Reserve with a degree in English Education. While I was teaching, I continued at CWRU and earned a degree in American Studies. Later, I attended Cleveland State University where I earned a secondary school principal's certificate. My first administrative position was at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, followed by an internship in Washington DC for the American Association of School Administrators, and a year as an administrator at a middle school in Colorado. I returned to Ohio to earn my doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Cincinnati and took my first academic position at the University of South Florida. After four years, I again returned to Ohio to teach at Kent State where I have worked since 1994 as a faculty member in Curriculum and Instruction, coordinator of Middle Childhood Education, and now Associate Dean and Director of Teacher Education. My research interests have focused on the education of early adolescents, preparing teachers for the middle grades, and using action research to improve teaching and learning.
Area: HS - SPA
I am beginning my 6th year as faculty in the School of Speech Pathology & Audiology; however, my career at KSU began with my doctoral work in Education Foundations & Special Services where I completed my degree in special education in 2000. My professional career began many years earlier with a special education teaching position in a residential center for boys with emotional and behavioral difficulties in Harmony, RI. This lead to my pursuit of a master's degree in speech-language pathology and fulfilling employment as a speech-language pathologist in child psychiatric hospitals in Providence, RI and Columbus, OH. Prior to my appointment at KSU, I co-created and directed a treatment center for individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Currently, my work at KSU focuses on the education of professionals specializing in working with individuals with autism and conducting applied research on the social and communicative aspects of autism disorders.
Area: HS - HEDP
Following graduation with a B.A. in psychology from Kent State University, I began an assistantship in health education at Kent State. Two years later, I graduated with a master's degree in community health education and, in 1996, earned a doctorate in curriculum and instruction (health education emphasis) from Kent State as well. From 1988 until 1997, I was the director of the Office of Student Health Promotion for KSU Health Services. In 1997, I joined the faculty at Ashland University, where I stayed for five years. In order to better accommodate other life responsibilities, relocation closer to the north coast of Ohio was necessary and I resigned from Ashland in 2002. I spent one year as a visiting professor at the University of Akron and have been on a non-tenure track line in health education at KSU since 2004. I am a licensed teacher in Ohio in K-12 health and was a substitute teacher at all grade levels in the Nordonia Hills school district. In addition, I served on Nordonia's district-wide wellness committee and was co-chair of the committee for one year. Recently, I completed a 16 month project directorship on a $370,000 state-wide, college-based tobacco prevention and cessation grant, in which KSU participated as a pilot site. I have published articles in journals ranging from Developmental Psychobiology to the Journal of American College Health.
Area: TLC
I have been at Kent State University since December 2001, all in the College of Education. I have worked at several positions within TLCS, and had a year of Grant Accounting in EFSS. I currently do all the course scheduling for TLCS. My hobbies include reading, computers, and riding around town in our 1929 Model A Ford, or our 1968 Ford Galaxie 500 Fastback.
Area: ACHVE
Area: LDES
I have a B.S. from the College of Wooster, a Master's Degree from Case Western, and a Ph.D. from Kent State University. I have worked for the College and Graduate School of Education for 15 years. Currently, I am the Outreach Director for the Center for Innovation in Transition and Employment. I write grants, develop web courses for transition endorsement, teach web courses, direct projects including the Ohio Longitudinal Transition Study, transition endorsement for low-incidence, and provide technical assistance to schools. I also have a private practice in Social Work.
Area: LDES - SPED
Dr. Christine Balan received her doctorate in Special Education from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. She has been a faculty member at Kent State University since 1996: and is currently a full-time non-tenure track Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Special Services. Her areas of specialization and research interests include applied behavior analysis and pharmacological interventions used to manage emotional and behavioral disorders. Dr. Balan frequently teaches Classroom and Behavior Management I, Classroom and Behavior Management II, and Pharmacological Intervention in Special Education. She was the Director of a five-year State of Ohio Improvement Grant aimed at increasing the capacity of school personnel to address the behavioral needs of all students. In 2002, Dr. Balan was selected as the recipient of the Kent State University Outstanding Teaching Award.
Area: OAA - ECED, ECED, ECED
I have been a member of the Kent State University community since 1985. My educational preparation began with my B.A. in English from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972, followed by a M.Ed. in Early Childhood from Wichita State University in 1978, and a PhD. in Human Development and Family Studies from The Pennsylvania State University in 1985. Prior to coming to Kent State University, I held a number of different service-related and teaching positions: social worker for a welfare department, inner-city preschool teacher, Head Start teacher, child care vocational education teacher, and college instructor. Until 2004, I served as an Early Childhood faculty member. I now serve as Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs and Graduate Education. I have responsibility for managing our continuous improvement activities (i.e., accreditation and accountability) and overseeing graduate programs, policies, and procedures. My scholarly interests and publications have focused on parent-child relationships (particularly adolescent mothers and their children), authentic assessment of young children, and early childhood professional development, particularly in relation to laboratory school programs. I serve the National Association for the Education of Young Children as a reviewer of programs and developer of early childhood teacher standards. I also serve on the Board of Examiners for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
Area: HS - PEP, PEP, PEP
My research training is in pediatric exercise physiology and behavioral medicine. My current research focuses on factors that affect a child's motivation to participate in physical activity. This includes examining the effects of variety, peer influence and adiposity on the decision to participate in physical or sedentary activities. I also have an interest in biostatistics and research design.
Area: LDES - SPED
I received my Ed.D. in Special Education from Northern Illinois University. I came to Kent State from the University of Alberta in 1984. I have served KSU as a past Assistant and Associate Dean of the College and Graduate School of Education and as a past Associate Dean of Libraries. I currently serve as a Professor of Special Education with my teaching focus in research, behavior analysis and persons with severe disabilities (i.e., Moderate/Intensive). My research interests are single-subject research design, applied behavior analysis, technology applications, and web based instruction. I frequently teach courses in single-subject research design, curriculum moderate/ intensive, special topics seminar in SPED, and Classroom Behavior Management in the summer. I have been director or co-director of 33 grants funded for a total of $4.5M. My work has been published in many refereed journals, some of which include, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Therapist, Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities, JASH, Exceptional Children, Mental Retardation & Learning Disabilities Bulletin, Mental Retardation, CHANGE, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, Education of the Visually Handicapped, and the Journal of Mental Deficiency Research. I have also contributed 16 book chapters and have presented more than 150 papers at national or international conferences. Some of my most satisfying work has been collaborative research projects with my doctoral, masters and undergraduate students.
Area: TLC - ECED
I have been teaching and working on program improvement with the Early Childhood faculty at Kent State for more than ten years. I also serve as the Field Experience Coordinator for the program. Courses taught at Kent include our child development course, guidance of primary-school children, the ECED survey course, and leading the student teaching seminar for teacher candidates in preschool settings. I feel that it is critical for future teachers to understand how the brain develops as it impacts wellness, behavior, and learning. It is my hope that our teachers will move into their careers with the knowledge and skills to apply contemporary brain research in their teaching practice. My research interests include teacher decision making, student teacher development & mentoring, and making teaching/learning visible to the families of young children. I earned my BA in Languages & Literature from Bard College, M.Ed. in Early Childhood Development & Intervention from the University of Pittsburgh, and Ph.D. in Special Education and Early Childhood from Kent State University. Previous professional experiences include: toddler and preschool teaching in family-centered hospital-based, center-based, and home-based service agencies; early intervention program development; staff training/supervision for families of newborns in drug withdrawal in New York City; special education coordination for Maricopa County Health & Human Services' Head Start delegate; developmental consultant/team leader with Child Protective Services.
Area: LDES - HDFS, HST, GERO
After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Pathology and Audiology, I earned a Master of Arts in Education degree and a Certificate in Life- Span Development and Gerontology, all from the University of Akron. I have served as Program Director for the Certificate in Nonprofit/Human Service Management for the past seven years. This interdisciplinary certificate program is designed to prepare and certify students to become skilled professionals and leaders in the nonprofit sector. The program currently has 34 students pursuing the certificate and 43 alumni. I am currently promoting the academic programs offered by the Gerontology Department. I am also the Advisor of the Human Service Management Student Association, an organization comprised of Kent State students who are interested in being of service to others. I am serving on the Public - Based LearnignCommittee, and have served on the United Way Steering Committee for the past six years. I was previously employed by Rockynol Retirement Community as Director of Marketing. I came to Kent in 2000 and have taught the following courses; Nonprofit Management I, Nonprofit Management II, Dynamics of the Helping Relationship, Family Policy, The Family, Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies, Cultural Diversity, Special Topics: Internship in Nonprofit Management and Introduction to Family Counseling.
Area: DEAN
I received both my BBA and MBA from Kent State University. I have been a part of Kent State University for 21 years and with the College of Education, Health, and Human Services for the past 12 years. My job responsibilities include: assisting the Dean with budgetary and personnel matters; signing and processing personnel, expense, and budget forms that require Deans level approval; summer program administration; management of personnel records; budget forecasting; and assisting the departments and schools with personnel and budgetary matters.
Area: SPA - SPA
I received my B.A. in Social Sciences from The Ohio State University and my M.A. in Speech Pathology from Cleveland State University. I began working as a speech language pathologist for the Kirtland Local School District. During this time I also coordinated and directed summer speech programs for preschool children through the East Shore Educational Service Center. Additionally I have worked with adults in long term care settings addressing the needs of cognition and dysphagia for stroke, brain injury, alzheimer, parkinson and dementia patients. I have developed and published two remedial programs; Testing and Remediating Auditory Processing for preschool and elementary students and R and L Stories Galore, a remedial articulation program for upper elementary to middle school students. I have also worked for Professional Staffing Innovations as a therapist in the Parochial School setting, focusing on phonological and phonemic awareness, phonology and articulation, auditory and language processing and reading and literacy skills. I began working part time for the Speech Pathology and Audiology department at Kent as a speech liason university supervisor for student teaching. Currently I am a speech and language clinical instructor for the English Language Proficiency Clinic (ELPC) working with international students and graduate students from the Speech Pathology and Audiology Department. I also work with Dr. Anna Schmidt providing articulation therapy in the Palatometry Clinic at the ELPC.
Area: TLC - ECED
Carol serves as pedagogical coordinator and director of the laboratory school. Her particular interest is in how teacher study groups impact student learning, teacher professional development and organizational change. Recent publications have focused on the function of child development laboratory schools for professional development and ways of engaging parents as partners with teachers in the education of young children. She serves on the editorial board of the journal, Innovations in Early Education. Teaching areas include play, organizational development, and preschool education
Area: TLC - MCED
I am currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies at Kent State University. I have extensive classroom teaching experience including teaching high school English in Chicago, Illinois and San Juan, Puerto Rico; middle school language arts in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; and grades 4-6 at an Alternative School in Bloomington, Indiana. I have also been a Visiting Lecturer in Language Education at the Armidale College of Advanced Education in Armidale, Australia, as well as an assistant professor at Western Kentucky University, James Madison University, and the University of Kentucky. My personal experiences and professional interests include using award-winning literature to teach across the curriculum K-12, collaborative teacher research, and reading comprehension assessment. I have published numerous articles and book chapters in leading literacy journals such as Language Arts, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, and Middle School Journal; presented at many international, national, and state conferences; and conducted professional development workshops throughout the United States. Most recently, I have been involved in several collaborative research projects, most notably a project, funded by Eisenhower and Improving Educator Quality grants investigating the use of award-winning and high-quality literature to integrate literacy, math, and science, 4-8.
Area: HS - NUTR
My education background includes a BS degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition from Michigan State University, a dietetic internship, Cleveland Clinic Foundation-became a Registered, Licensed Dietitian in 1991, a M.ED in Community Health Education from Cleveland State University. I joined the Kent State University staff as a Adjunct Instructor for the Geauga and Twinsburg campuses in 2007-2008. I joined the Kent State University staff as a full time NTT faculty in August 2008. As an Instructor in Nutrition and Dietetics I teach Science of Human Nutrition, Human Nutrition and Dietary Food Modification-Nutrition for Older Adults. I have worked as a clinical nutrition manager and clinical dietitian prior to joining the faculty at Kent State University, where I specialized in neurology, general surgery, oncology, trauma, cardiology, renal/hemodialysis, neuro-intensive care, urology and general medicine. I have several publications on Nutrition and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
Area: LDES - HDFS, HDFS, HDFS
I received a B.S. in Psychology from Bowling Green State University, an M.S. in Family Relations and Child Development, and a Ph.D. in Human Environmental Sciences, both graduate degrees from Oklahoma State University. In 1996 I joined the faculty of Kent State University. I am a Certified Family Life Educator and currently teach the following courses: Interpersonal Relationships and Families, Family Intervention Across the Lifespan, Changing Roles of Men and Women, Family Life Education, and Work and Family. I've conducted research in Northern Ireland on children and parents' perceptions of peace and political violence. Other research interests include bereavement and children's aggression. I am a member of the Ohio Council on Family Relations and the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR), including the International, Education and Enrichment, and Family Science sections of NCFR.
Area: FLA - EDAD
As an Assistant Professor of PreK-12 Educational Administration, Christa works to encourage school leaders to promote humanity in schools, especially for historically disenfranchised children and families within America's educational system. Christa's line of inquiry is focused on the intersections of the cognitive and affective domains of school leadership with a particular focus on how school leaders transform their sense of self to lead for social justice. This line of inquiry is organized into three specific areas of interest: A) The influence of beliefs and attitudes on school practices, B) Pedagogical practices and programmatic structures within preparation programs, and C) The study and support of school leaders as they address social justice issues within their school communities. Christa's research has been published in journals including the International Journal of Educational Management, Academic Exchange Quarterly, Journal of Educational Considerations, National Council of Professors in Education Administration Yearbook, and Connexions. Christa is currently co-editing a book with Dr. Autumn Tooms entitled, "Educational Leadership as International Social Justice Discourse: Navigating Collaborations, Careers, and Challenges in a Global Context." Christa is serving as the Kent State University Plenum Representative for The University Council of Educational Administration.
Area: TLC - PEP
Dr. Broadhead's academic and professional qualifications, and school and university experience is in England, Scotland, and the United States. Originally a teacher of remedial English and physical education of at-risk children, Dr. Broadhead's research activities have centered upon the motor characteristics of individuals with disabilities; the interrelationships among movement and non-movement skills in young children; the efficacy of school physical education; and in the special education advocacy area now called inclusion. Books and papers resulting from a range of externally and university-funded projects on these research themes have been published in peer-reviewed journals. He founded and was, for eight years, Editor of the Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, the pre-eminent scholarly journal in the adapted physical education field. Dr. Broadhead has coordinated Special Education and Physical Education programs and has been an Academic Dean. He advocates for student rights and committee involvement; understands faculty and staff responsibilities; is comfortable with the interrelated issues of diversity and affirmative action; and enjoys multi-disciplinary, unit, and university matters. He is happily married to a professional dance choreographer/teacher/Studio owner, whose performing company specializes in social commentary dance-works on themes such as 9/11, adoption, drugs, women in the Civil War, the Holocaust, and the Louisiana Plight. Dr. Broadhead has a grown daughter, who just survived Katrina, and a fifteen year-old son, who is an authentic Civil War Living Historian.
Area: TLC - ADED, MCED
I received my BA in History from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, MAT in Social Studies (concentration in History) from UNC-Chapel Hill, and my Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction at Kent State University in December 2005. I have taught secondary social studies across three states (North Carolina, Georgia, and New York), participated in a National Science Foundation grant focused on issues-centered teaching and learning, and, during the first years of my teaching career, was part of two faculty teams specifically selected to ease the early days of school integration. Since coming to Kent in 1990, I have served as a Teaching Fellow and then as Non-tenure Track Faculty in the elementary, middle childhood, and adolescent-young adult teacher education programs. I also guide the initiatives of EHHS's three-tiered partnership structure, manage the work of our local affiliate (Kent Area Professional Education Partnership [KAPEP]) of the Holmes Partnership, and coordinate the adolescent-young adult social studies practicum. My research interests are focused on social studies teacher education and the curriculum work of social studies teachers.
Area: PDO
I received both my undergraduate and graduate degrees from Kent State University, the undergrad a Bachelor of Science in Education and the graduate a Master of Library Science. I worked for 30 years for the West Geauga Local Schools in Chesterland, the first 11 as a French and Spanish teacher at the Junior High, the following 19 as the librarian at the High School. I have been at Kent State University as Outreach Program Manager for this College for nearly four years. My responsibilities include coordinating our extensive on campus and off-campus workshop program; managing off-campus courses and overseeing cohorts; and coordinating the Annual Reading Conference as well as the Topics in Child Development Conference.
Area: HS
Program Coordinator Integrated Health Studies, Educational Studies and Masters in Public Health Program
Area: HS - SPED, SPED, SPED
After graduating with my B.A. in psychology, I took a job working at a residential program for children who had been removed from their homes due to abuse and/or neglect. There I met a child unlike any I had ever met before; he loved to spell but barely spoke, didn't seem interested in developing friendships but enjoyed predictable interaction routines, and could, and frequently did, curl himself into a tiny ball and hide in small cubbies and crevices. Although I did not know it then, I learned during my graduate studies that he most likely was a child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). I was intrigued by this young man and as part of my graduate coursework had the opportunity to participate in an NIMH sponsored internship with the TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped CHildren) Program in Chapel Hill, working with individual with ASD. Upon graduation, I worked as a TEACCH Psychoeducational Specialist in Asheville, North Carolina for 10 years. During this time, I had the opportunity to work with individuals with ASD of all ages and their families in a variety of roles and settings. I came to Northeast Ohio to complete my doctoral degree and continued to work with individual with ASD, and their families and the professionals who support them, as an Educational Consultant. I currently serve as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment between the departments of Special Education and Speech Pathology and Audiology at the Kent Campus. My research and professional interests include understanding how individuals with ASD evaluate their quality of life and predictors of positive ratings of quality of life, the implementation of visual strategies to support learning, positive behavior, and communication skills in school-aged students with ASD, lifespan support for individuals with ASD, and the efficacy of early intervention programs for preschool aged students with ASD.
Area: HS - NUTR
My education background includes a BS degree Home Economics/ Foods & Nutrition, Montclair State University (1975), a dietetic internship, University of Arizona Medical Center (1976), a MS in Human Nutrition, University of Arizona (1977), and a Doctorate of Education Leadership (Ed.D.), Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (2002). My doctorate research focused on leadership behaviors/styles of entry-level dietitians. I am serving on a national committee of the American Dietetic Association, designing leadership training for dietitians. Current research efforts include a collaborative effort with the University of Akron and Summa Health Systems. We received a grant from the Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge Program, December 2004. Our proposal, Improving Patient Clinical Outcomes and Health Care Costs Using Innovative Nutrition Interventions In A Multidisciplinary Chronic Disease Care Team, is being studied using the Chronic Care Model with patients having Type II Diabetes Mellitus. I am also in a nation-wide collaborative study exploring ways to improve management of chronic diseases utilizing the Chronic Care Model. I am a licensed, registered dietitian with practitioner experience in a variety of settings. My primary role at KSU is Dietetic Internship Program Director of the Combined MS/Dietetic Internship Program. I also teach in the nutrition & dietetics programs.
Area: HS - NUTR
I earned a B.S. in Natural Sciences, an M.S. in both Exercise Physiology and Nutrition, and a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology. I am also a registered and licensed dietitian. I joined the Kent State University faculty in 2002 after completing my undergraduate degree at the University of Akron and all three of my graduate degrees at Kent State University. At the undergraduate level, I teach Nutrition, Nutrition for Fitness and Experimental Methods in Nutrition and at the graduate level, I teach Techniques of Research and Macronutrients. My current research interests include community nutrition and exercise education and programming with a focus on the prevention of chronic disease. I currently direct a no cost community weight management program called K.I.D.S. (Kids Interested in Diet and Sport) for children between the ages of 8-16. I am currently a member of the American Dietetics Association.
Area: TLC - ADED, CI
Joanne Caniglia earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics at John Carroll University and her masters in mathematics at Youngstown State University. She was a secondary teacher and department chair in Niles and Akron, Ohio for 12 years and spent time as a graduate researcher at Kent State University where she received her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Mathematics Education. She taught for 14 years at Eastern Michigan University where she was Professor of Mathematics Education. While there she was awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award and the Governor's Award for Distinguished Teaching. Her research investigates effective professional development models in urban settings. She is a PI and Co-PI for many National Science Foundation and Board of Regents inititiatives.
Area: TLC - MCED
Aeran Choi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching, Leadership and Curriculum Studies at Kent State University. She earned her M.Ed in Science Education at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea and her Ph.D. in Science Education at University of Iowa. Her primary research interests include writing-to-learn science, student argument in scientific inquiry, and student use of multiple modal representations. She taught high school integrated science and chemistry for ten years in Seoul, Korea before earning her Ph.D.
Area: FLA - HM
I have a Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management from Purdue University, a Master's degree in Foodservice and Food Studies from New York University, and a Doctoral degree in Hospitality Administration from Texas Tech University. Prior to beginning my doctoral study, I was employed at the Southern Taiwan University of Technology and Chung-Hwa University as an instructor and program coordinator in the Hospitality and Tourism Management Department. After completing my master's degree, I was employed at the Windows on the World at the World Trade Center in New York City where I handled cost control, purchasing, and inventory control of food and beverage items. When I returned to Taiwan, I was employed as an opening team member and executive assistant by the Hotel Royal Hsinchu, a five star international hotel. My general area of research inquiry is organizational behavior in the hospitality industry and hospitality education. Specifically, I am studying career and professional development for both hospitality students and professionals. I also had been involved in research projects focused on website evaluation, service marketing, and distance learning.
Area: FCS - HDFS, GERO
I received a B.S. in Psychology from Xavier University and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from The Pennsylvania State University. I currently teach courses in Gerontology, including the Introduction to Gerontology course and the Adult Development and Aging course. My research examines the links between social relationships and health, and much of my work has focused on the relationship between adults and their parents. Specifically, I am interested in understanding how negative family experiences (e.g., conflict) compromise midlife and older adults' health and well-being. My research combines different methodological approaches, including videotaped observations and daily diary procedures, and offers undergraduate students the opportunity to become involved in research. I am a member of the Gerontological Society of America and the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR).
Area: FLA - CULT, CULT, CULT
I received a B.A. from Mount Union College in 1984 and my M.A. in 1986 from Bowling Green State University. I worked for seven years in student affairs. My last position in this field was Director of Residence Life at Cleveland State University, where I also began my doctoral studies in Urban Education. After leaving Cleveland State University as an administrator I decided to transfer to Kent State University to pursue a degree in Cultural Foundations of Education. I received my PhD from Kent in May, 2003. My current research interests are the intersection of moral education, multicultural education, history of moral education.
Area: TLC - PEP, PEP, PEP
Connie Collier is an associate professor in the School of Exercise, Leisure, and Sport at Kent State University. She joined the faculty in 1997, having previously taught three years at Miami University and nine years in public schools in Ohio. She received her BS from Defiance College and her MA and PhD from Ohio State University. Connie's scholarship focus is the preparation and professional development of physical education teachers, with an emphasis on the development of pedagogical practices and curricula that are sensitive and responsive to issues of social justice. Her recent research examines and critiques innovative curricular approaches in Physical Education, in particular games teaching and sport education.
Area: FLA - EDAD
I joined the Kent State University faculty in 1978 after the completion of my Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Western Michigan University as a Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Fellow. Over the past 27 years with the College, I have served as the Director of the Center for Community Education, faculty member in Education Administration, and Associate Dean for Research, Outreach and Technology. Currently, I am the Summit Professor for Learning Technology, Associate Professor of Educational Administration, and Director of the Research Center for Educational Technology in the College and Graduate School of Education, Health, and Human Services. My efforts involve implementing technology initiatives that impact teaching and learning at the university and preK-12 level. The Ameritech Electronic University School Classroom, which began under my direction in 1998, continues today as a technology-rich classroom environment for preK-12 students, and a research laboratory for college faculty and graduate students. In 1999, The Research Center for Educational Technology (RCET) was founded under my leadership. RCET is a multi-faceted center that was established to provide support for researchers committed to studying the impact of technology on teaching and learning. Additional research interests include interagency collaboratives, political aspects of educational leadership, community engagement, and digital game based learning.
Area: LDES - SPSY, SPSY, SPSY
Richard Cowan completed his undergraduate training in psychology and sociology at the University of Utah. He completed his master's and doctoral training in the NASP-approved and APA-accredited school psychology program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As part of his doctoral training, Richard completed an APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship in Pediatric Psychology at the Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, Department of Psychology, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Since his arrival at KSU in 2003, Richard has been involved in a number of research projects, publications, presentations, and grants focusing on both autism and positive behavioral supports through behavioral consultation. His primary line of inquiry focuses on the development, implementation and evaluation of educational and treatment programs for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Specifically, he is interested in further investigating the effectiveness and utility of various levels of programming (i.e., a range from analog to naturalistic approaches) to meet the spectrum of needs demonstrated by children with pervasive developmental disorders/ASD. His research also focuses on the implementation and evaluation of positive behavioral supports across the universal, targeted and intensive levels of intervention across children and settings. In addition to his work as a faculty member in the KSU school psychology program, Richard maintains collaborative partnerships with multiple community agencies including Akron Children's Hospital, Northeast Ohio Behavioral Health, Autism Society of America-Greater Akron Chapter, as well as several state support team agencies and educational service centers. He is an active member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP).
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Diane E. Craig is currently a non-tenure track faculty/instructor teaching undergraduate courses in the early childhood education program at Kent State University. She is also a doctoral student in Curriculum & Instruction with research interests in cultural and social interactions with non-English speaking young children. Prior to her current position, she worked as a teacher of young children for over 25 years in both urban and rural settings before returning to earn her master's degree in early childhood education. While pursuing her PhD. studies, she was teaching undergraduate courses in early childhood and conducted summer workshops in literacy and multicultural literature for undergraduate and graduate early childhood educators.
Area: LDES - CHDS
I currently possess an associate's degree in secretarial science and have begun the trek of acquiring a bachelor's degree since arriving at Kent State University. I began my employment with Kent State University in November 1997 in the College of Business. I joined EHHS in January 2001 to assume the position of Senior Secretary in the Counseling and Human Development Center (CHDC), which I have titled "Kent State's hidden treasure." The counseling center provides counseling for both the Kent State University community and residents of the general community. I work closely with the Director of the CHDC and oversee the day-to-day operations of the center. I appreciate the experience and exposure I receive interacting with the clients, faculty and staff of EHHS, and look forward to the continuing challenges and rewards the environment presents.
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I have been at the University 21 years; 15 years at University Architect's office and 6 years with University Police. Just recently I have joined the EHHS. My position is Word Processing Specialist in TLCS. My responsibilities include front desk, telephone, mail, keeping supplies stocked, preparing student evaluations for all classes, advisor assignments, assisting faculty as required and other duties as assigned.
Area: TLC - ADED, CI, MCED
I am an Associate Professor of Middle and Secondary Social Studies Education in the Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies at Kent State University and currently the coordinator of the ADED program. I love to teach. It is wonderful to be a part of the growth of new and experienced teachers. I am very interested and do research in teacher education, social studies education, teacher learning, and technology integration in social studies education at both the secondary and pre-service levels.
Area: LDES - HDFS
I received my Bachelor's degree in Individual and Family Studies from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Science degree in Child Development and Child Care from the University of Pittsburgh. In 1986, I obtained a Master of Public Administration degree and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology in 1997 from Kent State University. I am a licensed social worker by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board. Prior to my appointment at Kent State, I worked 26 years in human services as a direct service practitioner, supervisor and administrator. I also worked as Training Coordinator at the Northeast Ohio Regional Training Center, located at Summit County Children Services, Akron, Ohio. My scholarly work has emphasized human services workforce development, primarily in the areas of child welfare and child and youth care work. My early research emphasized the importance of factors affecting the transfer of learning of child protective social workers. I have expanded this research to explore the relationship among training, transfer of learning and staff turnover in child welfare services. I am a Board member of the National Staff Development and Training Association and serve as the Co-chair of the Ethics and Evaluation Committees and Chair of the Trainer Certification Committee. I also serve as Editor of the association\'s journal (Training and Development in Human Services) and Co-editor of the Journal of Child and Youth Care Work.
Area: TLC - MCED, MCED, MCED
I received the B.A. from Kent State University in 1973, and began teaching biology and general science in schools in Switzerland and Australia. I returned to Kent State to pursue a Master's degree in Guidance and Counseling and then taught fifth and sixth grade in the KSU Lab School. Following a few years of teaching and traveling internationally with young people, I received a scholarship through the East-West Center to pursue the Doctorate at the University of Hawaii, where I studied Curriculum and Instruction and Cross-Cultural Psychology. I returned to Kent State University in 1987 to teach social studies and multicultural education. I have authored or co-authored seven different books, including Human Diversity in Education: An Integrative Approach, 6th ed (McGraw-Hill, 2009); Beyond Tourism: A Practical Guide to Meaningful Educational Travel (Scarecrow Education, 2004); and Intercultural Interactions: A Practical Guide, 2nd ed (Sage Publications, 1996). I served as Director of the Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching from 1995 - 2000, am a Founding Fellow and President of the International Academy for Intercultural Research, and have organized and led international travel programs on all seven continents. In my spare time, I enjoy music (percussion and guitar), travel, and photography.
Area: TLC - ECED, CI
My academic work has always been driven by my interest and enjoyment in mathematics. I received a B.A. in Mathematics and Education from Bethany College and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut where I studied Child Development, Mathematics, and Special Education. Before KSU, I taught Mathematics at Annhurst College in Connecticut and middle school in New Jersey, Connecticut and the Netherlands. I began my tenure track position at KSU in 1989 and in 1993-1994 I took a leave to teach sixth grade and consult in mathematics at the International School of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. During that year, I was a contributing writer of the International Schools' Curriculum Project in Mathematics - which was the precursor to the Mathematics Primary Years Programme International Baccalaureate (IB-PYP). I have traveled to China, South Africa, and Russia visiting universities and schools to study international approaches to education and research. I have also collaborated with educators in Istanbul, Turkey and Oxford, England. My research interests are focused on mathematics education and the professional development of pre-service and in-service teachers; and how mathematical concepts are constructed. Currently (2006-2009) I am a Co-PI with Dr. Trish Koontz on a Math Science Partnership (MSP) Ohio Math Academy Program (OMAP) Grant with grades 3-6 teachers. I have also recently completed a book with Dr. J. David Keller, Teaching Science and Mathematics in a Child's World (2009).
Area: FLA - CULT
My path to the study of education has been an interesting expedition. Having earned a B.S. in Communications and an M.A. in Theatre from the University of Kentucky, I began a journey of "self-discovery" which included coaching college football, working as a rock-n-roll disc jockey, and teaching theatre. I came to Kent State to earn a Ph.D. in Theatre History. It was during this experience I realized the focus of my journey had always centered on the question "What is quality teaching?" As a way to answer this question, I found a home in educational foundations. My Ph.D. is in Cultural Foundations from Kent State University. My research and publications have centered on the aesthetic dimensions of teaching and the development of quality teaching through transactional/aesthetic awareness. Recently, I have been exploring rural/Appalachian issues in higher education as a way to study both my students' experience at the Salem Campus and my own voyage through higher education as a "country" person from Kentucky. I have been recognized for my own teaching through two student-nominated teaching awards (Outstanding Teaching Award, Kent State University and Teacher of the Year, Gannon University), but have yet to answer my life's question.
Area: OAA
I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Youngstown State University. Since graduating, I've worked at Youngstown Systems Company, The Cleveland Clinic and for Kineta Technologies as a programmer and systems analyst. I've written applications for many different industries including steel, urban forestry, cardiology, publishing and trucking. My current job involves writing database applications and providing data for the college and acting as a technical liaison between the college and the university.
Area: LDES - HDFS
I earned a B.S. in Pre-School and Kindergarten Education., M. S. in Child Development, and a PhD in Human Development. I am very familiar with the University of Wisconsin campus - all three degrees were earned at Madison. I joined the Kent State University faculty in 1981; in addition to teaching undergraduates, I was a preschool teacher for the nursery school then housed in the School of Family and Consumer Studies. In 2000, I was offered the opportunity to dramatically modify my academic position at KSU; after teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Human Development and Family Studies for 18 years, I was appointed Director of the School of Family and Consumer Studies. My current research interests include family relationships and dynamics in later life, with a particular focus on family members (across generations) in caregiving roles to elderly relatives. I am a member of the Gerontological Society of America and have published in journals such as The Gerontologist, and Aging and Human Development. I am currently working on research exploring the psychological costs of caregiving.
Area: FLA - LEST, RPTM
Mary Ann is an Associate Professor in Leisure Studies. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Georgia in Recreation and Leisure Studies. Her research interests are in the area of inclusion of individuals with disabilities in recreation, sport, and leisure services. Dr. Devine has conducted numerous studies examining aspects of the inclusion process such as social acceptance, social construction of disability, best practices, stigma, attitudinal barriers, and the application of the ADA in leisure settings. Most recently, Dr. Devine has begun examining the role of Therapeutic Recreation in promoting healthy active living with individuals with disabilities. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in therapeutic recreation and inclusion of people with disabilities in leisure services. Pedagogically, Dr. Devine is interested in exploring multi-dimensional barriers to inclusion from the student perspective. Dr. Devine facilitates the Teaching Scholars Learning Community for Early Career Faculty for the Faculty Professional Development Center and currently sits on the SELS FAC and EHHS CAC.
Area: HS - HEDP
vita [pdf] | http://www.personal.kent.edu/~kding/
As of August 2005, I am a new faculty member in EHHS in the Department of Adult, Counseling, Health, and Vocational Education. I am teaching Epidemiology and Application of Behavior Theory in Fall 2005. Prior to working at Kent State University, I was with the Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences at Idaho State University (ISU) since 2000. At ISU, I taught Personal Health, Health Aging, Epidemiology, Community Health, Environmental Health, Alternative Medicine, Biostatistics, SPSS, Substance Abuse, International Health, Infectious Disease, and other subjects.
Area: TLC - ADED, CI
I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies at Kent State University. I taught high school biology and K-8 informal science in Indiana before earning my doctorate in science education from Indiana University Bloomington. My research interests center upon the teaching and learning of evolution and the nature of science and how state biology standards support and constrain this teaching and learning. I regularly present and publish on these fascinating topics, and some of my work has appeared in Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Research in Science Education, and International Journal of Science Education. Here at Kent State, I very much enjoy teaching science methods for preservice undergraduate and MAT preservice teachers as well as graduate courses in science education.
Area: TLC - ADED
Joanne Kilgour Dowdy is a Professor at Kent State University, Ohio. A graduate of the Juilliard School in the theatre division, Dr. Dowdy continues to use her drama training to prepare teachers for the literacy classroom, and as a performer who facilitates writing development through interactive workshops. Her major research interests include documenting the experiences of Black women involved in education from adult basic literacy to higher education. She has written and edited five books. Her first book is a volume co-edited with Dr. Lisa Delpit, entitled, The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom (The New Press). Her second book, GED Stories: Black Women & Their Struggle for Social Equity, is published by Peter Lang. Her new book: Ph.D. Stories: Conversations with My Sisters, is published by Hampton Press.
Area: TLC - PEP
Jennifer Fisette is a first year Assistant Professor in the School of Exercise, Leisure, and Sport. She received her undergraduate degree in physical education from Rhode Island College, master's degree in sport pedagogy at Ithaca College, and doctoral degree in physical education teacher education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Prior to her graduate work, she taught physical education and health for three years in the Middletown Public School System located in Rhode Island. Her current research interests explore the complexities of students' experiences with physical activity and physical education through student voice and activist initiatives.
Area: LDES - RHAB
I received my bachelors and masters degrees in Rehabilitation and Special Education from Pennsylvania State University. I earned my Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. In my early career, I worked as a special education teacher and rehabilitation counselor. My work experience after my doctorate included Project Director of Research and Training Center in Developmental Disabilities at Texas Tech University. My present work is in transition from school to community adult life and career development. I am currently a professor of Special Education in the Department of Educational Foundations and Special Services where I have worked for the past 28 years. I have obtained funding from the U.S. Department of Education for development of personnel prep and model programs in Transition. In addition to my faculty responsibilities in the College of Education, I am also the Director of the Center for Innovation in Transition and Employment. Our Center currently holds 6 federally funded grants and 1 state grant. My Cooperative Transitional Services Program, a collaborative that uses the Kent State Campus for transition activities, received national recognition when it received an award by the National Transition Alliance for Youth with Disabilities as a "Promising Program."
Area: HS
I have been employed by Kent State University since 1993. I am Coordinator of Speech-Language Services at the Speech and Hearing Clinic. In addition, I teach the undergraduate clinical methods courses and I am a clinical instructor for graduate students in their practicum course. Prior to coming to KSU, I worked as a speech-language pathologist in Barberton City Schools, Akron City Schools and at the Mid-Eastern Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center. I received my BA and MA degrees from the University of Akron. My areas of special interest include speech disorders (particularly verbal dyspraxia), and the relationship between speech and language skills in children and performance in language arts areas (reading, spelling, writing, and phonological awareness).
Area: TLC - ECED
Dr. Freeman received her Ph.D. from the University of Akron in Curricular and Instructional Studies. After having taught at the elementary level in Florida and Ohio, she owned and operated an academically focused child care program while serving as editor of a family child care newsletter for the Northeast Ohio Provider's network. She has taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, and co-authored a grant from The Ohio Association for the Education of Young Children. She has been appointed to the editorial review committee for ScholarlyPartnershipsEdu, and has presented at numerous state and national conferences. Dr. Freeman has contributed to several journals, including: The Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, The International Journal of Learning, Early Childhood Education Journal, Young Children, and Early Childhood News. Topics of research and interest: -quality in informal educare programs -professional development in family child care -socio-cultural practices in preschool and the primary years -authentic classroom pedagogy -professional development partnerships with early childhood teacher mentors and pre-service teachers.
Area: BRTS
Ms. Freeman is a medical sociologist with a focus of public health. She has over twenty years experience in research development and implementation, survey protocol, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, statistical interpretation and reporting, having served as a consultant, analyst, statistician, evaluator, and presenter for a variety of research initiatives and programs. Ms. Freeman has developed and coordinated projects for a diverse array of organizations including those in education, health care, family services, and non-profit.
Area: LDES - EDPF
vita [pdf] | http://portfolio.educ.kent.edu/froehlichl/
I graduated from Kent State University with a BS degree in Secondary Ed and MEd in Instructional Technology. Upon graduation I accepted the position as Director of a resource center for the West Virginia Department of Education, serving Adult and Technical Education teachers. The Center developed and in-serviced instructional material that was disseminated statewide. I attended West Virginia University as a full-time doctoral student and completed an EdD with a major in Education Administration and a minor in Educational Psychology. After the completion of my doctorate, I became a faculty member in the College of Education and Human Services at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia. I taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Adult and Technical Education and Instructional Technology. After being promoted and tenured, I became the Associate Dean for Academic Services in the College of Education and Human Services at Marshall, and then served as Dean of the School of Education at the West Virginia Graduate College. I went back to Marshall as Dean of the College of Education and Human Services, and then to Kent as Dean of the East Liverpool Campus. Now after 15 years of serving in administration, I am pleased to return to the classroom as a full-time faculty member on the Regional Campuses.
Area: VOSS
While doing a senior internship at NEOUCOM for my Business and Organizational Communication degree through the University of Akron, I realized the public relations field wasn't for me. I enjoyed working in the higher education setting and working with college students. I did graduate with a B.A. in that major, but then went on to earn my M.Ed. in Student Personnel in Higher Education here at Kent State University with a graduate assistantship advising the Commuter and Off-Campus Student Organization (COSO). In September 1999, I had the incredible luck of returning to White Hall as a Program Counselor in 306, which is my present position. I am a member of the Kent Academic Support and Advising Association (KASADA) and the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA).
Area: HS - AUD
I spent my youth in Oakland, California and went to the University of Oregon where I received my B.S. in Biology in 1968. I decided to pursue a clinical career in Audiology and obtained a M.A. in Audiology at the University of Colorado in 1970. During my work there, I conducted animal physiology research for my thesis and became more interested in basic inner ear research than in setting up a clinical practice. I therefore enrolled at Northwestern University and worked for Peter Dallos who is renowned in cochlear physiology. At the same time, I continued to take coursework in clinical Audiology and also worked in several clinical positions while earning my Ph.D. in 1974. I began my teaching career at Kent State in 1974 and developed two general research foci: basic cochlear electrophysiology and pediatric/multihandicapped hearing assessment technique development. I have recently refocused my interests in the area of central auditory electrophysiology involving various species of bats. This work is being conducted in Jeffrey Wenstrup's labs at the medical school in Rootstown. I continue to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Audiology at Kent State.
Area: TLC - ADED, CI
Walter Gershon is an Assistant Professor in the Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies Department at Kent State University. His scholarly interests include questions about the relationship between curriculum and students, the ways that sociocultural precepts inform educational contexts such as classrooms, and the exploration of qualitative research methodologies. Prior to his time in higher education, Walter taught students of all ages in urban settings in North America and overseas. In addition to several collaborative pieces that explore the intersection between curriculum, pedagogy, and students, Dr. Gershon is currently involved in two active research projects. The first of these projects examines how students and their teachers use the process of making music to better understand academic content, science content in particular. Second, he is the founder and co-leader of The Curriculum Research Partnership (CRP). The CRP is a national consortium of scholars dedicated to working with local urban schools in an effort to provide districts rich, meaningful, and useful data that can be utilized to provide others with a more complete picture of the important kinds of work students and teachers do in their schools.
Area: TLC - ECED, MCED
Dr. Andrew Gilbert began teaching in the Washington DC area in 1993. Since that time, he has taught and carried out research in varying contexts across the country. He has been teaching Early and Middle Childhood Science at Kent State University since the fall of 2003. He also teaches graduate courses in several program areas at KSU. His research looks at the complex issues involved in enacting science in the classroom context. These research topics represent a range of issues that include: inquiry-based science teaching, social justice and equity, the separation of theory and practice, and international education. His work has been published in various outlets including: Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Curriculum Inquiry, Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy and Early Childhood Research and Practice.
Area: HS - PEP, PEP, PEP
vita [pdf] | http://www.personal.kent.edu/~eglickma/
Ellen Glickman, PhD is a Full Professor in Exercise Physiology and has a joint appointment in Biomedical Sciences. Her research is in the area of thermoregulatory and physiological responses to environmental extremes in humans, [i.e., acute cold exposure and hypobaric hypoxia (altitude)]. She has ongoing collaborative research investigations with the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM), Natick, Massachusetts in the areas of Military Nutrition and the Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division.
Area: FLA - LEST
After completing my B.S. in Physical Education from Texas A&M, College Station, I taught H.S. Physical Education for five years and was the varsity girl's coach. I received a M. Ed. from Tarleton State University, while I was the assistant women's basketball coach. I earned my MBA and a Ph.D. in Administration of Athletics and Physical Education from the University of Iowa. Prior to joining the Kent State Faculty I taught for six years at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State); pedagogy at the undergraduate level and sport management at the graduate level. I came to KSU in 1998; my teaching area is in the Sport Management concentration. My area of interest in research stems from a graduate class at the University of Iowa, Minorities in Sport. The stacking of players topic led to my dissertation the stacking of Latinos in Major League Baseball and my research has centered around this theme ever since. I have related publications in the Journal of Sport and Social Issues, the Journal of Hispanics in Higher Education, Research Quarterly Supplemental and various conference proceedings. I am actively involved in our state organization, Ohio Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sport as Parliamentarian, RA member and program chair for the annual state convention.
Area: HS - NUTR
I earned a B.S. and M.S. in Animal Science from The Ohio State University. I then completed a PhD in non-ruminant nutrition at the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign and also completed the requirements to become a registered dietitian. I joined the Kent State University faculty in 1988 where I teach and advise both undergraduate and graduate students in the Nutrition and Dietetics program. Courses taught include Applied Nutrition; Community Nutrition; Cultural Aspects of Food, Nutrition and Health; Complementary and Alternative Nutrition Therapy; Micronutrients and Nutrition. I am also involved with the Nutrition Outreach Program that provides nutrition assessment, counseling and presentations for students, faculty and staff. I am the advisor for the Student Dietetic Association where members network with professionals in the field of nutrition and are involved in community service. My primary professional interest is community nutrition including health promotion/nutrition education over the life span and maternal/child nutrition.
Area: TLC - CI
I began my professional career in 1991 as a third grade teacher in Solon, Ohio, after graduating from John Carroll University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education. I taught at the elementary level for nine years before leaving to teach full-time at the university. Upon completion of my Master¹s Degree in Literacy Studies at John Carroll, I was invited to teach literature and language arts courses there in 1996 and 1997. I began my doctoral work at Kent State University in 1997. As a doctoral student, I served as both a Graduate Assistant and a Teaching Fellow. During my tenure as a doctoral candidate, I was awarded a University Fellowship for the 2001-2002 academic year. I have been on the full-time faculty at Kent for two years. I currently serve as the Co-coordinator for the Reading Endorsement cohort program. My research interests include the student and teacher discourse that surrounds the literacy processes of young readers and writers, and the ways in which teachers construct their professional thinking about literacy based on their personal and practical experiences.
Area: LDES - CHDS
I began teaching secondary science courses after receiving my B.S. from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA, in 1994. I changed career paths after a few years in teaching and pursued a M.Ed. in school counseling from University of Louisiana- Monroe. While working as a school counselor in New Orleans I earned a Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of New Orleans. I have been a member of the CHDS program at Kent State since 2003. My current interests are in school counselor preparation, supervision, counselor professional identity, women's issues in counseling, and advocacy. I am active in the Ohio Counseling Association as the newsletter editor and a member of the Government Relations Committee. I also serve as the current president of the Ohio Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors.
Area: HS - NUTR
Dr. Ha completed a Ph.D. in Human Nutrition in 1999 and post-doctoral work at the Bone Mineral Metabolism Laboratory of the Ohio State University. Her research interests focus on nutrition education and osteoporosis prevention over the life span. Dr. Ha's recent research plans include studying: (1) the relationship between obesity, bone density and fracture in children; (2) dietary effects on bone density in children; (3) Calcium and Vitamin D status and bone density among the elderly; (4) Effect of nutrition education on eating behavior and life style changes in college students.
Area: HS - ATTR
I was born in White Plains, New York and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. I received my BS in Kinesiology with concentration in athletic training from Indiana University (Bloomington). I have worked as an athletic trainer in the areas of football, wrestling, softball, and track and field. My MS in Kinesiology (again with concentration in athletic training) is also from Indiana University. I have worked at Cumberland University in Lebanon Tennessee, at Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio, and I have been employed by Kent State University since 2000. Currently, I am an athletic trainer and instructor and the clinical education coordinator. I oversee volleyball and athletic training students and off campus clinical experiences.
Area: FLA - HIED, EDAD
After receiving a bachelor's degree in microbiology from Howard University, I quickly decided that a change in career choice was in order. That decided, I enrolled at Ohio University and graduated in 1972 with a master's degree in education. I began my career in education as an elementary teacher and soon determined that an administrative path was what I wanted to pursue. My doctorate in educational administration from the University of Akron in 1980 has provided opportunities to serve as an elementary principal and several central office administrative posts for some fifteen years. In 1990, however, it was a call to direct a diversifying the teaching force project at Kent State University and Cuyahoga Community College, that introduced me to higher education . Fifteen years later, I have enjoyed a career at Kent State University as a faculty member, program coordinator, and special assistant to the dean, associate dean, and currently interim department chair. I was an American Council on Education Fellow in 2004-05. This experience provided the opportunity to study the systemic elements of organizations that impact communication and collaboration. In addition, I studied the change process and how it affects an institution. These are areas I will continue to investigate as I continue in other leadership roles. I am active in the American Council on Education, AERA, and AAC+U.
Area: LDES - SPED, SPED, SPED
Sanna Harjusola-Webb, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Special Education, received her doctorate in early childhood special education from the University of Kansas. She is a new faculty member at Kent State University. For the past six years, she has been involved in several federally funded projects at the Juniper Gardens Children's Project working with young children and their caregivers. She has experience in naturalistic language and communication interventions with infants and toddlers, community-based collaborative training programs, and early childhood professional development. Her research interests include prevention and early intervention for young children, language and communication interventions, evidence-based practices, and issues related to intervention effectiveness and fidelity.
Area: OAA
I have been employed by Kent State University for 8 years working in the College of Education, Health, and Human Services. Currently, I am a Arts and Sciences student pursuing a degree in Sociology. My duties include, but are not limited to, AQIP, NCATE and College Assessment activities.
Area: FLA - SPAD
John was born in Wales and has a BA(Hons) degree in Sport and Human Movement Studies, a PhD in the Sociology of Sport and a Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching. Whilst a student he worked in the sports industry as a coach, fitness instructor and as a manager of sports programs in England and the USA. Following completion of his doctoral research he became Higher Education Program Leader (Leisure and Tourism) at a small college in England and then spent the next five years as a Senior Lecturer at two universities in the UK, serving as both an undergraduate and postgraduate course director. During this time he also worked as a consultant for a number of sport and leisure providers. Harris has published numerous articles on gender issues in sport although his current work centers largely around mediated sport and the (re)presentation of national identities. Ongoing collaborative work with colleagues in the UK and the USA includes research in areas such as collegiate sport and labor migration. His main individual research focuses on the 2010 Ryder Cup and the professionalization of rugby union. John serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of the Journal of Sport & Tourism and the Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education.
Area: HS - AUD
Although my Bachelor's degree as a voice major in Music Education at Washburn University (Topeka, KS) prepared me to teach K-12 music, I never taught. Instead, I pursued opportunities in consumer audio electronics. After co-owning a speaker retailing and audio electronics manufacturing business and then wanting something more, I discovered Audiology. This lead to a M.S. in Audiology and a Ph.D. in Communication Sciences at Central Institute for the Deaf, the Speech & Hearing Department of Washington University in St. Louis, and eventually to Kent State in 1991. Although I am an audiologist and teach courses in instrumentation, psychoacoustics, clinical audiology, and the effects of noise, my major research interests are in speech perception. My goal to combine my interests in audiology, speech perception and electronics has lead to a research focus investigating ways to improve upon speech processing strategies for manufacturers of cochlear implants, an electronic prosthesis that provides the severe-profoundly deaf with the ability to hear. More recently, our joint doctoral (Au.D.) program in Audiology with The University of Akron has provided considerable opportunities and challenges in taking our profession to a new level.
Area: TLC - ADED, CI
Todd S. Hawley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching, Leadership and Curriculum Studies at Kent State University. He earned his M.Ed. in Secondary Education at Vanderbilt University in 2007 and his Ph.D. in Social Studies Education at the University of Georgia in 2008. His research interests include rationale-development as a core theme of graduate and undergraduate social studies teacher education, the possibilities of powerful social studies teacher education, the connections between the structure, content, and process of teacher education and the professional and pedagogical decision-making of beginning teachers, the preparation of social studies doctoral students, and the intersection of self-study methodology and social studies teacher education. Prior to receiving his Ph.D., he taught high school social studies for four years in the Atlanta Public Schools and for three years at Oglethorpe County High School.
Area: FLA - HM
I received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Hotel and Restaurant management, with a minor in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Stout in 1972. Continuing my education was a high priority, while retaining industry positions in the management of food and beverage operations, as well as food sales and distribution, and hotel sales operations. I completed my business education state certification at Cleveland State University. While teaching classes at Cuyahoga Community College, I commenced pursuit of my Master Degree at the University of Akron. I also held the position of instructor in the Hospitality Management program at the University of Akron where I completed my Master of Business Administration-Marketing. In 1983, I began my tenure-track position at Kent State in the Hospitality Management academic program. My research interests and teaching focuses have been in the area of industry/academic relationships, and the integration of theoretical applications they relate to operations in the Hospitality industry.
Area: TLC - CI
After seven years of public school teaching, I pursued a doctorate in curriculum and teaching studies. I've been extremely pleased with this decision and feel fortunate to work at Kent State University, particularly given our College and Graduate School's tradition of offering a C&I Ph.D. I regularly teach three courses: Fundamentals of Curriculum, Curriculum Leadership, and Theory and Research in Curriculum. I am coordinator of our college's C&I Master's Degree and Ph.D. programs and co-editor of The Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy. I am an active member in the Curriculum & Pedagogy Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, the American Educational Research Association, and the Professors of Curriculum Honorary Society. My service work in these organizations is closely linked to my scholarly interests, which focus on democratic curriculum wisdom and its implications for professional development, reflective practice, and curriculum leadership. I have authored, co-authored and co-edited four books on these topics, and two of these books are currently in their third editions. I am currently working with a local assistant superintendent of instruction on the creation of an online Curriculum Leadership Institute.
Area: FLA - HM, HM, HM
Ed was born in Northeast Ohio where he went to high school and worked as a banquet chef for a very successful local catering company. Upon graduation he moved to Rhode Island to attend Johnson & Wales University. While attending Johnson and Wales University he received degrees in Culinary Arts, Food Service Education and a masters degree (MS) in Computer Education. All while working in the Teaching Assistant, Fellowship and Management Development scholarship programs. Since graduation Ed has worked in the Hospitality Industry as a General Manager in the Healthcare, Hotel, Restaurant and Country Clubs operations. Ed joined Kent State University in January 2008 and lives in Medina with his wife Tammy and two children, Ashley and Eddie, Jr.
Area: TLC - ECED, CI
Mary Lou Holly is a professor in the department of Teaching, Leadership, & Curriculum Studies, and founding director of Kent State University's Faculty Professional Development Center. Her career began in 1968 as an elementary school art consultant. She became a classroom teacher of young children, and began graduate school in curriculum and teaching with a major in human development and learning. Having completed her graduate work at Michigan State University she joined the early childhood education faculty at Kent State University. Her study of professional development led her as a visiting scholar to the Centre for Applied Research in Education at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, and to the School of Education at Deakin University in Geelong, Australia. Early in her career Mary Lou began documenting and learning from her teaching using artistic and qualitative methods. This introduced her to action research and laid a foundation for later work with adults using life history and biographical methods. Her continuing scholarly interests are in human development and learning and how environments and resources can be used to support growth -from the early years of life to the later years in adulthood; in teaching, learning, community building, and cultural change in higher education. Over the last several years Mary Lou's work is focused on the biology of learning and on cultivating environments for learning across ages and roles. Action research, problem based learning and inquiry in learning communities where all are documenting and learning from their collective and individual experiences are aspects of Cuyahoga watershed high schools project in the third year of funding from the Ohio Board of Regents (and Martha Holden Jennings Foundation) "Igniting Streams of Learning in Science", with co-directors Denny Taylor (Biology, Hiram College) and Zac Zachariah (University of Akron, Technology).
Area: EFSS - EDPF
My career at Kent State has come full circle. It began in 1950 as a kindergartner in what is now Franklin Hall, and continued through high school graduation in 1962 from Kent State University School (now the Michael Schwartz Student Center). When I returned to KSU in 1991, one of the first doctoral courses I took met in the same room in Franklin Hall where I had been a first grader 40 years earlier, a room that still included the original cubbies, windows, flooring, and room heaters. I was home again! Other stops on my journey include Oberlin College (B.A., 1966); Chicago Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1969); and Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. (D.Min., 1979). I was a United Methodist pastor from 1969-1990, when I left ministry to enter the ed psych program at Kent (Ph.D., 1996). I was a teaching fellow at EFSS (1992-94), taught part-time (1991-94) and was NTT (1995-96) at Stark and Tusc, and graduated to tenure track at Stark (1996-present). I teach ed psych and cultural foundations courses and coordinate the Stark Department of Education. My research interests include childhood bereavement experiences and systematically identifying student strengths for learning.
Area: HS - ATTR
Area: TLC - CI, ADED
I currently serve as the Coordinator of the Masters of Arts in Teaching program and am a non tenure track faculty member in secondary education. I have been a classroom teacher for over 30 years and started this career by teaching reading to incarcerated male convicts. Over the years, I have taught English to public school adolescents and instructional strategies and education research to college students. My undergraduate degree in secondary education (English, math and reading) is from Ohio University. I received my masters degree in Educational and Cultural Foundations and my doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from Kent State University. Before retiring from Kent City Schools as the Coordinator of Staff Development, I served as an adjunct faculty member at Kent State. By working extensively in the two settings, I have developed a passion for teacher leadership.
Area: LDES - ITEC, EDPF
vita [pdf] | http://www.albertingram.com
Albert L. Ingram, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Instructional Technology at Kent State University, where he is responsible for teaching, advising, research, and service in Instructional Technology. He teaches a variety of courses in instructional design and technology. He received his Ph.D. in Educational Technology from Arizona State University in 1984. Along the way, Dr. Ingram has taught at Governors State University and Kent State University and worked at a variety of other organizations including Digital Equipment Corporation, The American College, the Software Engineering Institute, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Dr. Ingram is co-author of Exploring Current Issues in Educational Technology with Drew Tiene and of FrontPage 2002: An introduction to Web design for educators and trainers with Ruth Watson. He has published papers in a variety of journals, including Educational Technology, the Journal of Educational Technology Systems, Educational Technology Research and Development, the Journal of Educational Computing Research, Performance and Instruction, and Computers in the Schools.His research interests include using computer-mediated communication to facilitate collaborative learning and problem solving, developing Web-based instruction, usability of instructional Web sites, and others. He has served as Faculty Associate in Kent State University's Facutly Professional Development Center and also as the Interim Director of that Center. Dr.Ingram is currently coordinator of our Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology programs.
Area: FLA - HIED, HIED, HIED
Susan Iverson is Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration and Student Personnel, and holds affiliate faculty status with women's studies. Prior to joining the faculty in 2006, Iverson served as adjunct faculty in both Higher Educational Leadership and Women's Studies at the University of Maine, where she also worked as Associate Director of Safe Campus Project, a federally grant-funded initiative to address interpersonal violence on campus. Prior to UMaine, Iverson worked as a student affairs administrator at colleges in Massachusetts and Virginia. Iverson's scholarship includes: equity issues, women and advancement, service-learning, and feminist and post-structuralist approaches to inquiry. One line of her inquiry focuses on educational strategies to cultivate changes in students' thinking. For example, Iverson has investigated the use of theatre to address social justice issues. Iverson also has examined the ways in which students' participation in change-oriented service or activism contributes to the development of critical consciousness.
Area: TLC - ECED
Dr. James completed her doctoral work in teacher education at the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2006. Her dissertation, Care in the Lives of Women Teachers, explored the complex relationship between gender identity and constructs of teaching as they inform pedagogical decision making in early childhood classrooms. Dr. James teaches the social studies methods course for the early childhood education program, and has particular interests in the relationship between democratic and historical thinking, and the development of critically-minded, active citizens concerned with social justice. She continues to think about issues of teacher identity development as they are related to individual biography and the socio-cultural, political contexts in which teachers live and work. She is currently involved in a variety of projects through which she is exploring the relationship between how teachers come to understand their roles and responsibilities as social studies educators and how those understandings play out in their daily interactions with young people. Dr. James believes there is a critical relationship between theory and practice that requires listening to and learning from teachers in order to develop scholarship that meaningfully contributes to conversations of teaching and learning.
Area: LDES - CHDS
vita [pdf] | http://chdsw.educ.kent.edu/Faculty%20Vitae/jencius.pdf
I received my B.A. in Biology and my M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Illinois â Urbana-Champaign. I earned my Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of South Carolina. My sixteen years of clinical experience includes work as an addictions counselor, as a general mental health counselor, coordinating services for severely emotionally handicapped children and as a counselor in a private practice serving business and industry. Prior to coming to Kent, I had a faculty appointment at Columbus State University. While at Kent State my scholarly interest emerged in international aspects of counseling and counselor training. That interest has provided me the opportunity to teach counseling and to make multiple trips to Turkey, the Bahamas and Singapore. My other interests include multicultural counseling training and the use of technology in counseling. I am founder and list manager of CESNET-L a professional listserv for counselor educators and GlobalCounsellor a listserv for international collaboration in counseling and counseling research. I am co-founding editor of The Journal of Technology in Counseling, a web-based, peer reviewed journal. I am on the editorial boards of The International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling and the Counselor Education and Supervision Journal. I act as section editor of the Couples Enrichment and Education section of The Family Journal.
Area: LDES
I have worked for KSU the past 11 years. I began my career working as a temporary employee. I held various assignments working in the Admissions Office, University Press, Parking Services and the Provost's Office. My first permanent position was in the College of Education as a Clerical Specialist in the Undergraduate Admissions Office for one year. I moved on as a Clerical Coordinator to the Graduate Student Services area and about a year later became the Office Manager in that same area. I enjoyed it very much and continued there for about eight more years. I currently work in the Ed Foundations & Special Services Dept. as the Administrative Assistant.
Area: HS
I have worked in the School of Family and Consumer Studies since 1996. Before coming to Kent, I taught acccounting, business English, math and computer skills in an occupational training program offered through Merced College in California.
Area: HS
I have been a clinical supervisor at the Kent State University Speech and Hearing Clinic most recently since 1996. I previously was employed in the same capacity from 1990-1994. My B.S. in Communication Disorders is from Marywood College, now University, in Scranton, PA, and my M.A. in Speech Pathology is from Ohio University. I have particular interests in the areas of adult language disorders and voice disorders. My previous professional experience has included work as a speech-language pathologist at a residential facility for mentally and physically handicapped children and adolescents, at a psychiatric hospital, a nursing home, and outpatient facilities, serving a variety of clients with a wide range of speech and language disorders. It is personally and professionally rewarding to be an integral part of educating the next generation of speech-language pathologists.
Area: HS - PEP, PEP, PEP
I am a Fulbright scholar grantee - The J.William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board 2007, International. My education in Ukraine resulted in four degrees: Biology (Ph.D. 1987), Biochemistry (B.S.1976), Biology (M.S. 1971), and Physical Education (B.S. 1965). During my career in Ukraine I served as the Chair of the Department of Sport Biochemistry (19 years) and as Vice President of the Kiev State Institute of Physical Culture. I was honored as a keynote speaker at several International Symposiums in Sport Medicine, Physiology and Exercise Physiology in Europe and in Asia. I am a member of the International Advisory Boards of five journals: Medicina Sportiva, (Poland), Medical Chemistry, (Ukraine), Ukrainian Biochemical Journal, Journal of Sport and Leisure (USA/Canada) the Brazilian Journal of Kinanthropometry & Human Performance (Brazil), and Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences (India). I was granted a distinction as a Fellow by ACSM. I co-authored 10 books: Ergogenic Aids (2008), Practical Training in Medical Biology (2007), Human Biochemistry (2002); Exercise and Intracellular Regulation of Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle (1995); Myocardial Metabolic Regulation Under Different Functional Conditions (1992); Nutrition, Health and Exercise (1990); Exercise Biochemistry (1989); Biochemical Mechanisms of Adaptation During Exercise (1986); Biochemistry (1986); Nutrition of Athletes (1985). I have published over 60 refereed articles in such journals as Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Brain Research, Perceptual and Motor Skills, European Journal of Applied Physiology, Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Sportmedizin, European Journal of Sport Sciences, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Pediatric Exercise Science, etc.
Area: FLA - EVAL, EVAL, EVAL
I received my doctoral degree in statistics and research design and a master degree in evaluation, measurements and quantitative methods from the college of Education at Michigan State University. My bachelor degree was in educational statistics. I started my professional career as co-researcher and supervisor for the National and International Adult Literacy Survey Project in the center for Longitudinal and Multilevel Methods Projects at Michigan State University. Then I worked in the private sector for three years as a senior statistician for a research firm in St. Louis Missouri. I supervised several research projects involved multi-sites evaluations. Because of my passion for teaching I made a career change in 2003 and joined the faculty at KSU. My research interest is in the methodology development and the applications of multi-level analysis to hierarchically structured data often found in educational settings. Some of my work published in journals such as Harvard Educational Review, Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, and The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. I am currently working on research exploring efficient ways of estimating effect sizes for single subject design studies through multilevel methods.
Area: TLC - MCED, CI
vita [pdf] | http://www.personal.kent.edu/~wkasten
Wendy C. Kasten earned her B.S. degree at Rowan University in New Jersey, her M.Ed from the University of Maine, and her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona (1984). She is 1996-2002 president of C.E.L.T., (Center for the Expansion of Language and Thinking), an invitational society of literacy educators who advocate meaning-centered views of learning. She is active in the International Reading Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the National Reading Conference. Kasten taught elementary school in Maine, and previously taught at the University of South Florida, and was a visiting faculty fellow to Deakin University in Victoria, Australia. She is co-author of several books, including The Multiage Classroom: A Family of Learners (1993 with Clarke); Implementing Multiage Education: A Practical Guide (1998, with Lolli);Action Research for Teachers: Traveling the Yellow Brick Road (2001; 2005 w/ Holly and Arhar); and Living Literature (2005, w/Kristo & McClure) Articles can be found in Reading and Writing Quarterly; Anthropology and Education Quarterly; Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Literacy, Teaching and Learning, The National Reading Conference Yearbook, and others. She is Associate Editor of Reading and Writing Quarterly. Areas of interest and research include: writing, action research, literature based reading instruction, children's literature, literature circles, multiage education, struggling readers, reading assessment, independent reading, and teacher reflection. Personal website address is: http://www.personal.kent.edu/~wkasten
Area:
Dr. Keller joined Kent State in 1990. He worked with Akron (Ohio) Public Schools for twenty-six years as a classroom teacher, curriculum developer, and as coordinator for Gifted and Talented. He was co-director of the KSU/NASA Global Robotic Observatory System with observatories at Kent State University and the Western Australia State Observatory, Perth, Australia. He has served as a member of the National Science Education Association Committee for Gifted Education. In 1991 he presented at the NSTA - Soviet Academy of Science International Conference in Moscow, Russia. He has been a Visiting Professor at Delhi University, New Delhi, India and at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia. He was visiting Astronomer at the Western Australia State Observatory, Perth Australia. His Book, Teacher's RiverGuide - A Curriculum Handbook for Educators received the First Place National Award by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In 2000, Dr. Keller received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the Kent State Alumni Association. Dr. Keller retired from Kent State in 2002; however he is still actively teaching and writing. He presently is serving as Interin Chair for the Department of Teaching Leadership and Curriculum Studies. He is co-author with Dr. Gen Davis the text book, Exploring Science and Mathematics in a Child's World, published by Prentice Hall, (2008).
Area: HS - HEDP
I have worked full time at Kent State University since 1991. My educational background includes a B.S. and M.Ed. in Health and Physical Education from Slippery Rock State University and Bowling Green State University respectively, and an MA and Ph.D. in Health Education from The Ohio State University. During my doctoral program at The Ohio State University I specialized in sexuality education. In 1986 I did a life-changing internship with the Ohio Department of Health's AIDS Activities Unit. This experience helped me to find my passion and subsequently specialize in HIV/AIDS education and prevention. From 1987-1990 I was the AIDS Education Director for the American School Health Association, traveling extensively to provide workshops for school professionals on how to teach about HIV/AIDS. My passion for sexuality and HIV education continues as I teach courses in this realm at KSU. I enjoy preparing others to work in various health settings, and working with graduate students on advocacy, professional development, dissertations and sexuality research. I stay involved with health issues in the community by conducting Ohio Child Welfare training programs and serving as an evaluation consultant for the Akron Area Ryan White Consortium. I recently completed a 2-year term as Executive Editor of the Journal of American College Health and am currently Chair of the Board of Associate Editors of the American Journal of Health Education.
Area: TLC - MCED, CI
My career as a science educator has taken many interesting turns. It began with a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from The Ohio State University, followed by a stint working in a neuroanatomy research lab at NEOUCOM, and a master's degree in biology from the University of Akron. From there, I launched my teaching career in Canton City Schools, where I also worked in science curriculum and professional development. My experiences in the classroom and in professional development raised questions about the teaching-learning dynamic that I felt warranted further study. This took me to Kent State University, where I earned a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, with an emphasis in science education. I am now beginning my ninth year at Kent State University-Stark as a faculty member, where my teaching responsibilities are split between Middle Childhood nd C & I program areas. My line of inquiry explores the relationships existing across teacher beliefs, teacher knowledge and pedagogy, and the role of teacher content knowledge on student achievement, classroom culture, and inquiry/integration.
Area: TLC - ADED, CI, MCED
William Kist is an associate professor of English Education in the Adolescence to Young Adult Education Program. He also teaches graduate students in the Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program and in Curriculum & Instruction. He has been a middle school and high school language arts teacher for the Akron Public Schools (teaching at, among other schools, his alma mater, Firestone High School); a language arts and social studies curriculum coordinator for the Medina County Schools' Educational Service Center and the Hudson City Schools; and a consultant and trainer for school districts across the United States, both independently and as a consultant for the National Council of Teachers of English. In November, 2007, Dr. Kist will begin a three-year term as Director of the Commission on Media for the National Council of Teachers of English. Dr. Kist's research interests focus on new literacies, broadening our conceptions of \"literacy\" to include alternative media such as video, blogging, and text messaging. On this topic, Dr. Kist has presented nationally and internationally. Dr. Kist has over 40 articles or book chapters to his credit, and his profiles of teachers is the focus of his book New Literacies in Action (2005) which has been chosen as a National Council of Teachers of English Select Book Remaining active in video production work, Kist is the recipient of an Ohio Educational Broadcasting Network Commission (OEBIE) Honorable Mention for the documentary The Learning Age and a regional Emmy Award nomination for outstanding achievement in music composition for the documentary series Our Family. Kist has worked as a producer for the streaming video Project AdLit for the Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science and Reading and is the writer/director of an independent feature Summer's Journey, the result of a film collaboration that spans 17 years.
Area: SPA - SPA
I received my bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Illinois. At the bachelor's level, I concentrated on speech-language pathology but changed to audiology at the master's level. In fact, at one time I would have qualified for dual clinical certification in both areas. Nevertheless, throughout my training and continuing to this day, I was and am fascinated by the physical processes (anatomy, physiology, speech acoustics, auditory perception) underlying normal communication and its disorders. I subsequently completed my doctorate at the University of Iowa in 1973. I came to KSU in January, 1972. This means I was here and ABD for 2 years working on both sides of the desk at the same time was hard! I've kept this in mind when advising and encouraging graduate students during their training. My own research and that of students I've advised has emphasized all physical aspects of speech, singing, and auditory perception. I've enjoyed several research collaborations with colleagues and students in the School of Music. In addition to teaching courses for majors in speech-language pathology and audiology, I've also helped develop and teach courses related to physical processes of speech/vocalization for non-majors, including those in education, music (vocal pedagogy), and theatre. I've also taught courses on research and statistical methods in our School as well as in the Integrated Health Sciences program. Beyond the subject matter, I strive to develop students' skills to think critically and to work with care and diligence; in short, to pay attention to little as well as big things that can take them beyond academic and professional competence.
Area: TLC - MCED, CI
Kent State University has been home to me for more years than any other academic institution. Receiving my undergraduate, masters and doctorate from Kent State has been a source of pride knowing the excellent professors and opportunities KSU has afforded me. As a student teacher I took advantage Kent State's international student teaching program and student taught in Cali Columbia, South America. Prior to joining Kent State as a professor, I was a chemist; a mathematics teacher at Hillman Jr. High in Youngstown; a mathematics, chemistry, and physics teacher at North High School in Akron; and a mathematics teacher for autistic children in Kent City Schools. I am presently the Director of the Mathematics Specialist Program (the only such master's degree program in Ohio) as well as the co-director of the Northeast Ohio Center of Excellence for the Teaching of Mathematics and Science (NEOCEx). I serve on the Ohio Mathematics Education Task Force and the Ohio Resource Center math review board. Two of my most recent books are Teaching Science to Children: an Inquiry Approach co-authored with A. Friedl and Science and Society in the Twentieth Century co-authored with W. Sherman.
Area: LDES - ITEC, ITEC, ITEC
My interest in pursuing an advanced degree in education emerged while I was a technology coordinator for a private girl's school in the early 1990's. My master's (MA,1996) and doctorate (PhD, 1999), both earned at Kent State University, are in the field of instructional technology. I returned to Kent in 2002, after having taught at The University of Akron for four years. Prior to my career in education, I was in business, working as a systems analyst and information systems manager for a major corporation. My computer-oriented business background has served me well by providing a solid foundation from which to learn and work with the myriad technologies now being used as tools for learning in educational settings. My research interests include technology integration, online learning, and visual literacy. I am a member of several professional organizations and serve on the editorial review board of the Journal of Research on Technology in Education (JRTE).
Area: LDES
I hold a B.A. and M.A. in speech-language pathology and have worked in both clinical and school settings as a speech-language pathologist. After earning my Ph.D. from Kent State University (1992) I was a special education supervisor (1991-1995) and then a curriculum coordinator (1995-2000) for Summit County Schools. In the fall of 2000, I joined the research staff at the Research Center for Educational Technology.
Area: FLA - HIED, EDAD
Mark Kretovics is an Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration and Student Personnel at Kent State University. He received his Ph. D. from Colorado State University and his research interests include the assessment of student learning, business practices in higher education, distance education, and pedagogical issues in compressed courses. Mark had over 20 years of administrative experience within higher education before transitioning into his current faculty role.
Area: HS - SPA, SPA, SPA
My current research interests are focused on oral, pharyngeal and laryngeal sensorimotor function for swallowing and related activities of the upper aerodigestive system. I am also interested in clinical research targeting interventions for swallowing disorders in adults with neurogenic dysphagia (swallowing disorder). I teach our graduate Dysphagia and Voice courses as well as our undergraduate Anatomy & Physiology of Speech course. I continue to practice clinically, and believe that my frequent experiences with patients greatly inform my teaching and research. I received my B.A. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1983, and my M.S. in Communicative Disorders from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 1985. After practicing as a speech-language pathologist in nursing homes, hospitals and rehabilitation centers for many years, I returned to school with a mission of conducting research that would benefit the patients who taught me so much, and of coaching the next generation of clinicians to join the profession I love. In 2007, I received my Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders with a focus in Medical Speech Pathology from the University of Cincinnati.
Area: TLC - CI, ECED
I began my teaching career as a specialist in early education in a university lab school setting, with both bachelor degrees and a master's degree in child development and family studies. Having taught in community colleges, early childhood lab schools, and public school settings I pursued doctoral studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and earned a PHD in Curriculum and Instruction in 2003. My research and teaching interests are focused on issues of power and identity in home, school, and community partnerships, early years teacher development, early childhood policies and practices, and qualitative research methodologies. I have researched in and written scholarly work about social action, agency, culture and cultural and identity change in diverse communities as well as the impact of pre service teacher's work on ECED classrooms. I find the intersections of social justice work, activism, school formation and the formation of schooled subjects (students) fascinating. In 2003, my doctoral dissertation, Chronicles of Diversity, Identity, and Change received an award, Outstanding Dissertation from the special interest group Early Education and Child Development from AERA. My published work has or will appear in such journals as The Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, the Journal of Educational Change and The Urban Review, and I've contributed to or co-authored works in English Education, The American Educational Review Journal, and Early Childhood Research and Practice, and Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood.
Area: HS - AUD
I obtained both my bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Wyoming and specialized in the field of audiology. After a four year period as an educational audiologist, I enrolled in the Ph.D. program at Wichita State University in Kansas. My dissertation was focused on the maturation of late auditory evoked potentials in children and I completed my doctoral studies in 1990. My first university appointment was in the temperate climate of North Dakota at Minot State University (MSU). During my nine years at MSU, I became active in telehealth research conducting some of the early research studies in audiology using this medium. I moved to Logan, Utah in 2000 to work at Utah State University and began a study in which I delivered comprehensive hearing services to infants 100 miles away from my office. Also, during this period of time, I became the American Speech Language and Hearing Association chair of the telepractice working group which generated guidelines for the use of telehealth technology for audiologists and for speech language pathologists. I just recently relocated to Kent State University this summer and hope to continue in telehealth research and early intervention research.
Area: LDES - ITEC, ITEC, ITEC
Chia-Ling Kuo received her master's in Computer Education and Technology and doctorate in Instructional Technology from Ohio University. Dr. Kuo joined KSU in 2005. Currently, she teaches Educational Technology, Portfolio Review, and Advanced Practicum. Her research interests include the integration of technology into curriculum, online learning and teaching, electronic portfolio development and assessment, wireless technology in education, and issues surrounding to educational technology.
Area: TLC - PEP
I earned a B.A. in Physical Education & B.A. in Recreation from North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, an M. S. in Physical Education and Sport Administration from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from Kent State University. I began my career teaching junior high school physical education and health and coaching four sports, which I did for 11 years. I also taught physical education and coached at the high school level. While teaching at the junior high school, I began coaching on the college level, which I enjoyed for four years, before deciding to pursue my educational appetite for a Ph.D. I joined Kent State University as a faculty member of the Stark campus in 1990. At the Stark Campus I coordinated the physical education program, which afforded me the opportunity to develop the program as well as grow the intramural program. Upon completion of my Ph.D. I worked as an assistant professor at Cleveland State University in physical education and sport management. In 2002, I joined the faculty in the School of Exercise, Leisure and Sport, as an assistant professor in physical education teacher education. In addition to teaching and advising undergraduates and graduates in teacher preparation courses, I am the coordinator of the Physical Education Professional Community (PEPC) a living-learning community for physical education and athletic training majors. I supervise student teachers, which allows me to research and work in collaboration with several area public school teachers, as well as presenting at school in-service programs. Research interest is in the area of teacher socialization, mentoring, professional development and developing communities of practice in physical education.
Area: FLA - HIED
Tracy Lara is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Personnel at Kent State University. She earned her Ph.D. at Idaho State University. Her research interests relate to career development, student development, community colleges, and international student services. Tracy is also a licensed professional counselor and a trained distance career counselor. Previously she coordinated the Student Affairs program as well as the International Student Services Certificate program at Western Kentucky University.
Area: TLC - ECED, CI
I began my career as a psychiatric social worker after earning my bachelor's degree in sociology from West Liberty State College, WV. A geographical move to South Texas provided opportunity for a pivotal career move into the field of education where I have remained, served, and taught in various roles: director/teacher in an early childhood education program, executive director for drop-out prevention and school-community partnership programs, and liaison for school (pre-school through higher education), business, and community initiatives. Upon moving to Indiana, I returned to directing and teaching in early childhood programs, including as the director of the Indiana University Campus Children's Center. I earned my M.Ed. and Ph. D. degrees in Curriculum Studies with an Early Childhood Emphasis from Indiana University-Bloomington in 1996 and 2004 respectively. In 2003 I joined the Kent State University faculty with program affiliations in Early Childhood Education (ECED) and Curriculum and Instruction (C & I). My research interests include early childhood education teachers' beliefs and practices; young children's social development and forming of community, especially during the transition period from preschool to public school; and issues of professionalism and quality in early childhood care and education issues on a national and international basis.
Area: HS - NUTR
I earned a B.A. in Psychology from Marymount University (Arlington, VA) and an M.S. in Family & Consumer Science (emphasis: Human Nutrition) from New Mexico State University. I am a registered dietitian and member of the American Dietetic Association and Greater Akron Dietetic Association. I worked as a clinical dietitian before joining the faculty at Kent State University in 2006. As an Instructor in Nutrition & Dietetics I teach Nutrition at the Kent Main, Geauga and Twinsburg campuses; and Clinical Dietetics. I also assist with the Dietetic Internship Program.
Area: FLA - RPTM
I earned my Ph.D. in 2004 from the University of Florida's Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism. Before pursuing a Ph.D., I worked for seven years in the field of natural resource management and conservation. During this time, I worked for the United States Park Service, the United States Forest Service and was a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in Uganda, East Africa. As a Peace Corps Volunteer, I served for two years as a Warden of Tourism in Uganda's national park system. In preparation for these jobs, I earned a Master of Science degree from Oregon State University in natural resource management, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Wake Forest University in mathematical-economics. This diversity of experience has been influential in determining my current interests in ecotourism, outdoor recreation, natural resource conservation and international development.
Area: FLA - CULT
I have been at Kent State since 1997. I teach graduate courses in philosophy of education, with an emphasis on the kinds of normative political theories that help culturally and religiously diverse societies learn to live amidst differences. Democratic theory, civic liberalism and civic republicanism are three approaches I've been exploring of late in my scholarship and in my graduate courses. I am interested in the different demands each of these approaches to political and social life place on educational institutions and practitioners, as well as on ordinary citizens. I also teach a master's level course in ethics for educators and human service professionals. I teach an undergraduate course in foundations of education that explores the development of public schools, the context of current school reform initiatives, and the challenges of teaching in a time when schools have never been asked to do quite so much in quite so distrustful a climate. My work tends to focus on educational concerns in the U.S., but I was born and raised in South Africa, and I travel to Ireland fairly regularly. I am told that I bring an international perspective to my teaching, which is helped by the occasional opportunity to teach the undergraduate foundations of education course to Kent State students in Ireland during the summer intersession.
Area: LDES - SPED
vita [pdf] | http://tspt.educ.kent.edu
Pamela Luft is an Associate Professor of Special Education (Deaf Education and Moderate/Severe Disabilities) at Kent State University in Ohio. She received her M.S. in Technology for Persons with Disabilities from the Johns Hopkins University and her Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Special Education. She worked in a variety of school settings for 15 years before getting her doctorate. Her research and grant focus is on transition services and has an OSEP transition grant and an RSA rehabilitation for the deaf grant. She has published on issues related to transition, technology employment of persons with disabilities, special education policy and instructional practices.
Area: LDES
I have been with Kent State University for 31 years, and the College and Graduate School of Education for 12 years. Working in the Office of Professional Development and Outreach, I assist individuals interested in furthering their professional development through workshops, off-campus courses and conferences provided by the College and Graduate School of Education. For more information, please visit our website at PDO.educ.kent.edu
Area: FLA - LEST
As an Ohio native I began my educational pursuits at Ohio University where I earned a B.S. in Health/Long Term Care Administration in 1985 and a M.A. from the University of Akron in 1989. In the course of my early tenure, I was actively involved as a consumer, coach, administrator, and participant in a variety of managerial and sport endeavors. These experiences help to solidify my chosen career pursuit of a Ph.D. in Sport Management/Marketing from the Ohio State University. I completed my degree in the spring of 1996 and in the subsequent fall joined the Kent State community. My recent research interests have focused on consumer consumption behavior, marketing, sponsorship, and leadership. In addition, I have worked collaboratively with a variety of community and business organizations to conduct market and facility usage/impact feasibility studies. Currently, I am working with colleagues to complete texts on event planning and promotion/public relations in sport as well as a variety studies related to consumption behavior and sport.
Area: AMERITECH
Patricia Mazzer brings 32 years experience as a science classroom teacher to her role as Instructional Specialist in the SBC Classroom. Mrs. Mazzer became one of the "pioneers" of the Classroom when she led a team of teachers and their students from Brown Middle School in Ravenna in 1998 for an extended unit of study on the Kent State University campus. The following year she retired from the classroom and began her second career supporting teachers in the SBC classroom. Her degrees include a Bachelor of Science from Western Michigan University with dual majors in biology and earth science, and a Master's in Biology from Kent State University. Her role includes mentorship and support of the SBC Classroom teachers, their students, and colleagues.
Area: FLA - CULT, CULT, CULT
My academic life has been the happy (and more-or-less unplanned) result of walking through a series of doors opened to me by teachers in various places. At Hiram College, where I was a legacy student, I discovered sociology, majoring in it, as well as in social science and history. Marriage, and three children later, I entered a master's program in educational administration (community education) at Kent for the purpose of enhancing a growing career as an educational consultant with school districts, the Greater Cleveland Superintendent's Association, Cuyahoga Community College, and the Cleveland Federation for Community Planning. I discovered cultural foundations at Kent, and earned a Master's degree and a Ph.D. in that field in 1979 and 1986. My interests have similarly evolved, and have included the nature of community, the nature and processes of social change, the role of education in the lives of women (The Education of Women in the United States: A Guide to Theory, Teaching and Research, 1992), the ways in which human beings acquire a cultural identity (Human Diversity in Education: An Integrated Approach with Ken Cushner and Phil Safford, 5th ed., 2005), and the nature and structure of social networks (dissertation, 1986). My most recent interest (and passion!) lies in the area of the impact of public policy on education in a democracy, including, but not limited to education as it occurs in schools.
Area: OLRC
I have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education from Florida A&M University and a Master's Degree from the University of Northern Iowa in Educational Technology. I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Kent State University. I have been with the university since February 1998 (approaching 8 years) as one of the Technology Projects Coordinators for the Ohio Literacy Resource Center (OLRC), located at Kent State University. I am responsible for coordinating the technology component of the GED Scholars Initiative, overseeing the distance-learning project for the state also know as Project IDEAL, conducting technology related professional development workshops at regional, state, and national conferences and events, managing a network of technology consultants, and developing Internet lesson plans.
Area: LDES - CHDS, CHDS, CHDS
vita [pdf] | http://chdsw.educ.kent.edu/mcglothlin
Jason McGlothlin earned his Ph.D. in Counselor Education from Ohio University and is currently a Professional Clinical Counselor with Supervisory endorsement (PCC-S) in Ohio. Prior to joining the KSU faculty (in 2001), he practiced in community mental health, private practice, and suicide prevention/hostage negotiation facilities. Dr. McGlothlin has had a variety of local, state, and national leadership positions in the counseling profession. His current areas of teaching, publication, and research include the assessment, prevention, and treatment of suicide; and counselor education accreditation. Dr. McGlothlin also serves as the coordinator of the Community Counseling and School Counseling programs along with being the liaison to the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).
Area: LDES - SPSY, SPSY, SPSY
Caven S. Mcloughlin served as a school psychologist in Hertfordshire, England, and in Jordan School District, Utah. He also was a classroom teacher and administrator in schools for children with behavioral and emotional disorders, and a school counselor. At Kent State University, he's particularly pleased to have been a Distinguished Teaching Award Nominee and to have received an award for "Outstanding Service to Continuing Education." He's coordinated the outreach program, School Psychoogy Seminar Series for over 25 years of its 33 lifespan. Dr. Mcloughlin has been involved in federally funded training of interdisciplinary leadership personnel working with toddlers, infants and newborns for the last eighteen years, and has managed to funnel several million dollars to student support in these areas. He is affiliated with the Family Child Learning Center - an outreach facility of Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Akron. Professor Mcloughlin has authored, edited or contributed to nine books, and 50+ published research articles. He is Co-Editor of School Psychology International Journal. Special Areas of Expertise/Research Items: Infants, toddlers and young children with disabilities and their families. School psychology in international settings. Behavior management in classroom settings. Single subject research design and methodology. School reform and the "reframing" of the role of school psychology in service of all children (in the spirit of NCLB) including service to the 'Charter Education' movement. Graduate Courses Taught: Role and Function of the School Psychologist. Principles of Social Learning. Issues and Approaches in School Psychology. School Psychology Seminar Series. Supervision of Specialist-level and Doctoral-level Internship in School Psychology.
Area: HS
Susan Meindl is the graduate secretary for the School of Exercise, Leisure and Sport and also the secretary for Exercise Physiology and Athletic Training concentrations. She did her undergrad and graduate work here at Kent State in Art, (woven tapestries were her "thing"). She now traded her loom in for a quilting frame and does quilted wall pieces, loves to knit, makes "artist's journals" and spends time at the pool watching her 13-year old swim on the Searider's team. Her husband, Richard is the chairperson for the Anthropology Dept.
Area: FLA - HIED
Martha C. Merrill, who worked on higher education reform in the Kyrgyz Republic in Central Asia from 1996 to 2001, has been involved in college-level international education since 1982. Currently Associate Professor of Higher Education at Kent State University and Coordinator of the program's International Education Certificate, Dr. Merrill previously was the Dean of Academic Programs at the International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership (www.ipsl.org), on whose Board she had served for seventeen years. From 2002-2006, she taught master's students at the School for International Training (Vermont) in the fields of intercultural communication and international education. In 2001-2002, she was a Visiting Scholar at the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center at Indiana University. Before she went to Kyrgyzstan, she was a founding faculty member of the (planned) New College for Global Studies at Radford University (Virginia) and Director of Programs and Resident Life at International House in New York City, which houses 700 graduate students from 100 different countries. She has published several articles and book chapters and given many conference papers on intercultural issues, international education, and Central Asia. Her degrees are in Russian literature (BA, Michigan), Creative Writing (Master's, Boston University), College and University Administration (Master's and Ph.D., Michigan) and Islamic Studies (Master's, Columbia University). She has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of the Alliance of Universities for Democracy (www.audem.org), which links US and Eurasian universities, since 2001. Her current research interests focus on the globalization of quality assessment standards in higher education and, in particular, the effect of such globalization in Central Asia.
Area: TLC - ADED, CI
I started my career as a middle school mathematics teacher in Columbus Public Schools after graduating from The Ohio State University. While teaching 5 different courses to an average of 195 students my first two years, I opted for a teaching position in the Mathematics department at OSU while working on a masters degree in Mathematics Education. After completing my degree (and getting married) I took a position teaching mathematics at Clearview high school in Lorain, Ohio. While in Lorain I also taught mathematics part time at Lorain County Community College. After 6 years in Lorain I started the PhD program and took a research assistant position for the Logo and Geometry project headed by Dr. Michael Battista at Kent State University. As research assistant I conducted over 500 clinical interviews with children grades K-6. I finished my PhD and have been a faculty member in the department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies at Kent State University for 14 years. My current research includes how students develop geometric reasoning, mathematics teacher professional development, and how web-based mathematics education can facilitate teachers and students learning of mathematics.
Area: LDES - EDPF, EDPF, EDPF
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I started working for Kent State University in 1991 in the undergraduate office in the College of Business. I received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Business Management (Magna Cum Laude) in May of 2000. In May 2005, I received a Master of Education in Higher Education & Student Personnel. Currently, I am an Academic Program Coordinator in the Office of Graduate Student Services. The main purpose of this position is to coordinate and facilitate the planning and implementation of policy and procedure for those involved with the Office of Graduate Student Services. I am also responsible for maintaining financial records of multi department GA Budget, admitting graduate students and clearing them for graduation.
Area: LDES - CHDS
I received my Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of New Orleans shortly after acquiring a M.Ed. in Community Counseling and a B.A. in Psychology. I began my career at Mississippi State University as a visiting assistant professor before moving to Kent State to my current position. Throughout my career thus far, I have focused on a variety of research interests. However, my primary interests now involve specialized accreditation issues and mental health trends on college campuses. Over the past few years I have come to take more of a pure existentialist approach to counseling (and possibly life in general). I find few things more rewarding than working with a client and helping him or her to face those issues that we all deal with but never like to talk about. It is for this reason that I am continually becoming more involved with the mental health needs of the students on campus. I am a member of the American Counseling Association, the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, and the American College Counseling Association.
Area: TLC - PEP, PEP, PEP
I am in my 17th year at Kent State, having done Doctoral work in Teaching and Curriculum at Syracuse University, and Masters and Bachelors degrees in Physical Education and Education at Loughborough University, England. With colleagues Judy Oslin and Linda Griffin, I have authored numerous articles and book chapters related to tactical games teaching, my major area of academic interest. We have co-authored three textbooks related to games teaching within public school physical education, including Teaching Sport Concepts and Skills: A Tactical Games Approach, now into its second edition (having also been translated into Japanese and soon into Korean). I am also currently collaborating with faculty in health education, nutrition, and communication on a project to combat childhood obesity through appropriate diet and exercise programming. I have been heavily involved with NCATE accreditation over the past ten years, serving as a program report reviewer and as the Program Report Coordinator for our SPA, the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. I am currently on the NCATE Board of examiners.
Area: TLC - CI
I received my B.S. from the University of Alabama in Early Childhood/Elementary Education and an M.Ed. in Elementary Education from the University of Illinois. I taught Kindergarten, second and fourth grade in Illinois before earning my Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in Language and Literacy. Upon my graduation in 2001, I accepted a three-year post doctoral position at the University of South Carolina to work on a federally funded grant studying long term professional development. In 2004, I accepted a position as an assistant professor in Early Childhood and Literacy Education at Kent State. My research interests include understanding teacher change in theoretical knowledge and practice, understanding student development as readers and writers and understanding site-based professional development. I also have a special interest in the use of informational books in the classroom.
Area: LDES - EDST, CHDS
As an undergraduate major in psychology and sociology I discovered a desire to grow old on a college campus. After many years and several careers this desire brought me to Kent State University where I earned a Masters in Community Counseling and a Ph.D. in Counseling and Human Development. I began teaching Educational Psychology while working on my doctoral degree and realized that relational learning was pulling me to the university setting. I became interested in the social construction of knowledge where the learning-teaching relationship is egalitarian in nature. This collaborative approach to teaching and learning creates space where knowledge expands in the back and forth conversation of everyday experience. Presently, I am considering the possibility of extending this sort of collaboration to a relational approach to leadership. An interest in international study has taken me to Cuba, Norway, Russia, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, and Finland. I especially appreciate working with students on international study abroad. We are introducing an Educational Psychology class to the Kent State University's Florence campus at Palazzo dei Cerchi in Italy for Summer I, 2007.
Area: LDES - SPED
I graduated from Kent State University in with a degree in secondary education- comprehensive science. I enjoyed teaching chemistry, physics, environmental science and biology for ten years. When our first child was born, she was diagnosed with Down syndrome shortly after birth. Our family was suddenly introduced the world of special education. I returned to Kent State to pursue a master's degree in special education. I received a training fellowship in early intervention and worked at the Family Child Learning Center providing direct services for families, training and supervising students. I graduated in 1997 with a master's degree in special education. After graduation I worked for the Portage County Early Intervention Collaborative as a service coordinator. I began teaching at Kent State in 1998 in the special education and early childhood departments and supervising student teachers. I bring to teaching a family perspective on early intervention, assessment as it relates to the IEP process, inclusive education, transition and family and professional partnerships. I have served on the Portage County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities for the past tweleve years.
Area: FLA - SPAD
My educational background is primarily in business and law. I received a B.S.B.A. and M.B.A. in Finance as well as a J.D. all from the University of Akron. My sport background comes primarily from experience as a collegiate and professional tennis player. I also worked for a number of years with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Richfield Coliseum in a variety of capacities while completing my degrees. I am currently a licensed attorney in the state of Ohio where I have a very limited private practice. My primary research has been legal liability and risk management practices of sport, recreation and public assembly facilities and I have written numerous articles, book chapters and a text in this area. I am working on several new research projects with our graduate students, including texts on event planning and legal issues in sport. During my 15 years at Kent I have served as Sport Administration Coordinator, Graduate Coordinator and Assistant to the Director of the School of Exercise, Leisure and Sport.
Area: FLA - EVAL, CULT
I completed my Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, where I specialized in anthropology and education, ethnography/critical ethnography, and urban schooling. I came to Kent State in 2004 as an assistant professor of qualitative research methodology. My methodological interests are in how contemporary social and cultural theory raise new questions and challenges for qualitative research, and how methodologists and researchers are responding to these challenges. Multisited ethnography, in particular, is one approach that I am exploring in my current work. I am also interested using ethnographic methods to explore the role of schooling in social stratification and social change. More specifically, I am interested in the ways in which equity-oriented educational discourses--and more broadly, social critique--inform the meanings, identities, and cultural practices that youth and educators produce in schools. My current research focuses on teacher professional networks that take up questions of diversity, equity, democracy, and social justice. In this work, I am exploring how the social processes of networks-as-inquiry communities influence educators' identities, agency, and contributions to school change.
Area: TLC - CTTE
I've been at KSU for 18 years focusing mainly on coordinating teacher education programming and leadership for the Career-Technical Education community primarily in North East Ohio. The main activities to this end have been in teacher preparation for initial licenses and continuing professional development as well as scholarship related to workforce education/development. My scholarly and publication interests are quite broad ranging from workplace literacy to leadership/organizational change. My primary teaching duties are at the master degree level. I have had similar positions at the University of Georgia and Indiana University of Pennsylvania. I also have high school and community college teaching experience.
Area: ACHVE - HEDP, HEDP, HEDP
Dr. Olds is a Professor of Health Promotion at Kent State University. He holds doctoral and masters' degrees in health education (Indiana University and Penn State University, respectively) and a master's degree in library and information science with an emphasis in information technology from Kent State University. He has over twenty years of conducting research on substance abuse and working with community groups on needs assessments, data collection and analyses. From 2001 through 2004, he held an Intergovernmental Positions Assignee (IPA) post with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office on Smoking and Health, and the Office of Science and Extramural Research. Dr. Olds has published more than thirty scientific papers in refereed journals and secured more than $2.0 million dollars in grant monies. On a more personal side, Scott has two daughters; both of whom are in college. He enjoys skiing, swimming, sailing, hunting, exercising and home remodeling.
Area: LDES - CHDS
I joined the CHDS faculty here at Kent State University in 1997 after completing my Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision at Ohio University (1996) and practicing as a licensed professional clinical counselor in southeast Ohio. My bachelor's degree is in psychology and religion (Otterbein College, 1984) and I hold a Master of Divinity degree (United Theological Seminary, 1988), which led me into pastoral ministry for several years. Current scholarly interests stem from my clinical practice in substance abuse counseling and include strengths- or competency-based approaches such as solution-focused counseling and motivational interviewing. Collaboration with colleagues in health promotion and in CHDS has expanded my research endeavors to include addressing college alcohol use, understanding leadership in counseling and other helping professions, and experiential learning and teaching in counselor preparation. I am pleased to be serving with my colleague, John D. West, as co-editor of the national journal, Counselor Education and Supervision, for a 3-year term beginning in 2006.
Area: SELS - PEP
Following graduation from Kent State University in 1974, I taught health and physical education at Kennard Junior High and coached girls volleyball and basketball at East Technical High in the Cleveland Municipal School District. My public school teaching experience continued in the New London School District, New London, Ohio. In 1983, I received graduate assistantship from Kent State University to pursue a master's degree in s port psychology. My next position was at Cleveland State University, where I taught physical education professional preparation courses and served as the assistant women's basketball coach. From Cleveland State, I returned to Kent State for one year as an instructor before moving onto the Ohio State University to attain my Ph.D. in sport pedagogy. I then went to the University of Alabama and was an assistant professor in physical education teacher education for two years before coming back to Kent State University in 1992. I am just beginning my 14th year as faculty member in the School of Exercise, Leisure, and Sport. My research is in student-centered curricular approaches, specifically the Tactical Approach to games education, with my secondary line of research in the role of assessment in student learning. I am an active member in the Ohio Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, National Association of Kinesiology and Physical Education in Higher Education, and American Education Association. My hobbies include walking, hiking, kayaking, biking, golfing, and reading.
Area: RWDC - CI
My degrees are in the Teaching of English (University of Illinois), Reading (Northern Illinois University), and Curriculum and Instruction (Northern Illinois University). Prior to coming to Kent State in 1985, I was a classroom teacher and administrator in Illinois. I am a Distinguished Professor of Education. I am the Principal Investigator for the Ohio Literacy Resource Center, the GED Scholars Initiative, and the Ohio Literacy Alliance. I direct the Reading and Writing Center, which provides support for teachers seeking advanced degree work in literacy, and teach graduate courses in literacy education. My scholarly interests include family literacy and working with struggling readers. I have written or edited a dozen books and more than 100 scholarly articles and chapters. I am past College Reading Association President and a former the coeditor of The Reading Teacher. I currently co-edit the Journal of Literacy Research, a top-tier research journal in literacy education.
Area: CHDS - CHDS
My education includes a B.S. from the University of Maine in Education, an M.A.P.E. in Physical Education from the University of Florida, an M.S. in Counseling from the University of Southern Maine, and an Ed. D. in Counselor Education from the University of Maine. My early career (1972-1988) as a teacher included classroom instruction for students from K-12 and undergraduates in the U.S. and Australia. Most often I taught science, physical education, or seventh and eighth grade. I served as a school counselor at a high school and later at a K-8 elementary school. While finishing my dissertation, I worked as a counselor and clinical supervisor at an agency that provided care for foster children I also served as the counselor for students at a therapeutic kindergarten run by the agency. I came to KSU in 1996. My interests include group work, supervision of counseling, and the construction of instruments. I am currently coauthoring a book on leader skills and planning in group work. I am active in ASGW, ACA, and ACES.
Area: FCS - HDFS, HDFS, HDFS
Area: FLA - RPTM
I received my Bachelor's degree in Recreation Education from the University of Iowa in 1984, my M.S. in Recreation and Park Administration from Western Illinois University in 1988, and my Ph.D in Leisure Studies from the University of Illinois in 1992. Prior to returning to graduate school I worked in Employee Services for a manufacturing company in Rockford, IL. I was responsible for coordinating employee sports leagues, company events, physical activity and health and wellness programs, etc. Upon completion of my doctorate, I joined the faculty of Kent State University. I teach courses in the areas of social psychological dimensions of leisure, cultural dimensions of contemporary leisure practices, and our Foundations of Recreation and Leisure course. I also teach a graduate course that examines the philosophical and social bases of leisure and sport. My research interests include understanding the meaning of leisure and it's relation to professional practice and professional preparation of students, and leisure's role in the development of community.
Area: ACHVE - CTTE
I have lived in Garrettsville, OH all of my life after I turned six years old. Until then my family lived in various places around the USA and the world due to my father making his career in the Army. I came to KSU campus five years ago as a temp, part-timer, and three years ago became full time in the ACHVE Dept., as Program Assistant to Career Technical Teacher Education. I enjoy working in my department and with students in the world of academia.
Area: TLC - ECED, ECED, ECED
Following graduation from Heidelberg College in 1983 my educational career began with 10 years of teaching in the Alliance City Schools, Alliance, Ohio. During those ten years, I had the opportunity to teach second graders through fifth graders in various combinations. In 1987 I received my Masters Degree in Elementary Education from Akron University. The arrival of our first child and my husbands work related transfer to North Carolina in 1994 lead to my involvement with infants through 5 year olds in a preschool setting where I was the director of a Mothers Morning Out program. After returning to Ohio in 1999, I taught at the preschool level for two years and later was invited to become a supervisor for Kent State Universitys Early Childhood Education program where I facilitated college students who were completing their student teaching at the pre-k and primary levels. Following six years of supervising, I decided to pursue a Ph.D in Curriculum and Instruction in order to return to the classroom as an educator. I was a graduate assistant for one and a half years and am currently a full time non-tenure-track instructor in the field of early childhood education. I am in the process of writing my dissertation with a completion goal set for the summer of 2009. My research is a case study that focuses on how one teacher supports the social and emotional atmosphere in the classroom. I am interested in the importance of these interactions at the primary level as students transition from the preschool environment to the academic life of the elementary school.
Area: HS - ATTR
A Kent State University Graduate in 1986 with a B.S. in Physical Education/Secondary Education, I went on to pursue an MA in Athletic Training at Western Michigan University where I serve as the graduate assistant for Intercollegiate Athletics. Upon graduation, I accepted a position at Mount Union College as an Assistant Athletic Trainer/Lecturer in the Sports Medicine Program. Following a four year tenure at MUC, I accepted a position at the Crystal Clinic Rehabilitation and Health Center where I served as the Sports Medicine Coordinator. After being recruited to start a high school Sports Medicine Program in 1995, I accepted a position to direct the Academy for Health and Sport Science in Coventry. This program served as a model program for establishing curriculum in the state of Ohio for similar programs. In 1999, I returned to Kent State University after completing my Doctoral Degree at the University of Akron in Higher Education Administration with a Health Care Management Cognate to lead the athletic training education program to full accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. My research interests are in athletic training education including professional ethics, clinical athletic training and leadership.
Area: TLC
Dana Perlman is in his first year as an assistant professor in the School of Exercise, Leisure and Sport at Kent State University. Before coming to KSU, he taught one year at Washburn University and three years in the Connecticut public school system, as a health and physical education teacher. He received his Bachelors degree in Physical Education with a minor in Health Education from the University of Idaho. During his three years of public school teaching Dana earned his Masters degree in Educational Leadership from Central Connecticut State University. Finally, he returned to the University of Idaho to complete his Ph.D. in sport pedagogy. Research interests focus in the area of student motivation within (a) teacher preparation and (b) curricula interventions, specifically Sport Education.
Area: BRTS
I came to Kent from New York in the Fall of 1969 to the MA Program in the Geography Department. In 1984 I obtained a teaching certificate. In 1993 I enrolled in the Evaluation and Measurement PhD program and was a GA in the Bureau of Research. I left BRTS and then returned in 2004 as a "number cruncher." It is a job I truly love and I intend to do it until my brain won't take any more. My hobbies include puzzles, gardening and travel, when I can. My dream job is as a statistician in Inverness, Scotland.
Area: LDES - FCS
My education includes a B.A. from Heidelberg College in Home Economics/Education and a M.A. from Kent State University in Home Economics/Education. I taught in the public schools at both the middle school and high school level before joining the faculty at Kent State University. I am Certified in Family and Consumer Sciences with the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. In 2002, I was named the Colleges, University, and Research Professional of the Year by the Ohio Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. Presently I coordinate the Family and Consumer Studies Program at the Stark Campus. The courses I teach include The Family, Nutrition, Gerontology, Changing Roles, and Early Adolescence. Last semester I worked with several other Stark faculty members on the AHEC Education Grant providing a Heath Outreach Program for mentoring minority and low socio-economic children. In addition to the grant my students and I planned, organized, and taught a Health Fair for 150 children with financial support being provided the Stark County Heart Association.
Area: HS
I have been a clinical instructor in speech-language pathology at the Kent State University Speech and Hearing Clinic since the fall of 2004. I had previously been employed as a clinical supervisor at the University of Akron and Case Western Reserve Mental Development Center. I had also worked as a speech-language pathologist at several agencies in the Cleveland-Akron area including Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center, United Cerebral Palsy Association, United Disabilities Services, Easter Seals, PSI Associates, Consultation Services for Individuals with Special Needs, Summit County Headstart, and Professional Nursing Service. In addition, I provided speech and language services in a private practice. I received my B.A. from Cleveland State University and my M.A. from Case Western Reserve University and completed additional post-master's coursework at Case Western Reserve. My areas of interest include speech and language disorders in children with multiple diagnoses, speech sound disorders (phonological and articulation disorders and verbal dyspraxia), and the supervisory process in the training of
Area: HS
I earned my B.S. and M.S. degrees in Speech Pathology from Pennsylvania State University in 1973 and 1974. I then attended the Ph.D. program at the University of Iowa. I worked in the public schools for three years in Iowa and one year in Youngstown after our move to Kent in 1979. Subsequently, I had a private practice in Kent for seventeen years working mostly with pre-school children. For the last fifteen years I have worked for the university as a clinical supervisor, initially on a part time basis and then full time. Most of my time is devoted to supervision at the English Language Proficiency Clinic (ELPC) which focuses on accent modification with international students. I also serve as a faculty liaison for our students who are student teaching or interning at health care facilities.
Area: LDES - SPED, SPED, SPED
vita [pdf] | http://ehhs.kent.edu/ecis
Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontzcak is an Associate Professor in early childhood intervention, in the Department of Educational Foundations and Special Services at Kent State University (KSU). Kristie received her doctorate in early intervention from the University of Oregon and has extensive experience in preparing preservice and inservice personnel in recommended practices for working with young children and their families. She directs the Early Childhood Intervention Specialist Program at KSU, where she is responsible for preparing preservice teachers to work with children with disabilities from birth to age eight. Kristie frequency provides training and technical assistance to programs interested in the Assessment, Evaluation and Programming System (AEPS), Activity-Based Intervention (ABI), and creating legally defensible and meaningful individualized education plans (IEPs). Her lines of research center on using authentic assessment practices for accountability and programming (specifically on the utility of the AEPS), effective approaches to working with young children in inclusive settings (specifically regarding the efficacy of an activity-based approach and the application of universal design for learning principles), and the link between assessment, individualized goals, and quality curriculum.
Area: TLCS - ECED
I received my B.A. in English Literature and an M.Ed. in Secondary Education from John Carroll University. I taught high school English in Texas before pursuing a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Kent State University. I was a graduate assistant and am currently a full time non-tenure-track instructor. I am in the process of writing my dissertation. My research focuses on the literacy practices of adolescents attending alternative schools. I also have a special interest in dropout prevention and content area literacy.
Area: CHDS - CHDS
I began my career, following the completion of a Master of Arts degree in physical education at Southern Methodist University (1987), as a high school health and physical education teacher and swimming coach in the Dallas, TX area. I then completed my Master of Science degree in school counseling at Texas A&M University â Commerce (1996) and began work as a school counselor in a discipline-based alternative school. I continued my education in the Ph.D. program at Texas A&M University â Commerce and completed the degree while working as an Assistant Professor â ad interim in 2001. I began my work at Kent State University in the fall of 2002 where I have worked as an assistant professor, the school practicum and internship coordinator, and the advisor to the Kappa Sigma Upsilon chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, International. My research interests are in the areas of school counselor preparation, school counselor identity, and counseling sexual minority clients.
Area: TLC - ECED
Timothy Rasinski is a professor of literacy education at Kent State University. He has written over 200 articles and has authored, co-authored or edited over 50 books or curriculum programs on reading education. He is author of the best selling book on reading fluency entitled The Fluent Reader, published by Scholastic, and co-author of the award winning fluency program called Fluency First, published by the Wright Group. His scholarly interests include reading fluency and word study, reading in the elementary and middle grades, and readers who struggle. His research on reading has been cited by the National Reading Panel and has been published in journals such as Reading Research Quarterly, The Reading Teacher, Reading Psychology, and the Journal of Educational Research. Tim is currently writing the fluency chapter for Volume IV of the Handbook of Reading Research. Tim recently served a three year term on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association and from 1992 to 1999 he was co-editor of The Reading Teacher, the world's most widely read journal of literacy education. He has also served as co-editor of the Journal of Literacy Research. Rasinski is past-president of the College Reading Association and he has won the A. B. Herr and Laureate Awards from the College Reading Association for his scholarly contributions to literacy education. Prior to coming to Kent State Tim taught literacy education at the University of Georgia. He taught for several years as an elementary and middle school classroom and Title I teacher in Nebraska.
Area: FLA - HM
vita [pdf] | http://www.ehhs.kent.edu/hm
Swathi Ravichandran received an MBA in Marketing in 2002 and a PhD in Foodservice and Lodging Management in 2005 from Iowa State University. She joined Kent State University in Fall 2005 as an Assistant Professor in Hospitality Management. She teaches a variety of courses at Kent State University (KSU) including Hospitality Meetings Management, Strategic Lodging Management, Human Resources Management and Marketing in the Hospitality Industry, and Legal Issues in the Hospitality Industry. She started the KSU chapter of Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) in the Hospitality Management program and serves as faculty advisor for a group of dedicated, passionate, hard working students interested in pursuing a career in the meeting and event planning industry. Her research has been published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Foodservice Business Research, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Journal of Travel and Tourism Research, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education, and Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism.
Area: SPA - SPA
Dr. Redle's primary research interests include pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders and the impact of these disorders on the families.
Area: TLC - MCED, CI
I received my Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Education at James Cook University of North Queensland, Australia. I taught for 19 years in Queensland, Australia, as an elementary teacher, a high school mathematics and accounting teacher, and as a resource teacher for students with special needs. In 1990, I came to the United States to complete my Doctorate in Mathematics Education at Florida State University. In 1993, I joined the faculty at the University of Oklahoma and concentrated my efforts in mathematics education in the early childhood, special education, and middle grades programs at the undergraduate level as well as teaching and advising in the mathematics education graduate programs. I joined the faculty at Kent State University in the Fall 2004, where I teach mathematics education courses in the MCED, ECED, and C & I programs. My research interests are focused on how students learn mathematics, particularly the imagery involved in making sense of mathematical ideas, and in learning in a problem centered setting.
Area: TLC
I have been employed by the University since 1981 and have worked in a variety of departments on campus. I started with Disabled Student Services as a Program Aid, after the grant wasn't renewed I went to the Registrar's Office, in the records department. From there I went over to the Business Administration Building in the Graduate School of Management as a receptionist, admissions secretary, and financial assistant. Then I went to the Dean's Office as an Administrative Secretary for the Associate Dean. I left after about 17 or 18 years in the Business Building to the Education Building. I have been in the College of Education, Health and Human Services since 2001. I am the Administrative Assistant for the Department Chairperson and the department faculty.
Area: LDES - HDFS
I have a B.A. degree in Psychology from the College of William and Mary and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Human Development and Family Studies from The Pennsylvania State University. I joined the Kent State faculty in 1984. My professional activities are oriented around my interest in understanding and strengthening social contexts to support optimal development for adolescents. Specifically, I enjoy contributing to the education of both undergraduate and graduate students who are committed to roles as human service providers or classroom teachers working with adolescents. Courses I teach are Adolescent Development, Early Adolescence, Parent-Child Relationships, Family Development, and Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies. My research interests include adolescents as parents (particularly adolescent mothers' social support networks and transition to adulthood) as well as parenting of adolescents (communication and attachment between parents and young adolescents, parenting education for parents of young adolescents). I am credentialed by the National Council on Family Relations as a Certified Family Life Educator and have provided numerous community-based parenting enrichment programs.
Area: TLC - CTTE
Teach the following classes: Methods of Career/ Technical Ed. Curriculum Design and application Issues in Career/ Technical Ed. Supervise and advise Family and Consumer Schience
Area: HS - PEP, PEP, PEP
Angela is an Assistant Professor in Exercise Science. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology from The College of William and Mary in Virginia, a Master's degree in Biology at Villanova University in Pennsylvania and her Doctoral degree in Biomedical Sciences from Marshall University in West Virginia. Dr. Ridgel completed her Post-doctoral training at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic. Her early work used animal models to examine the neurobiology of movement and the effects of aging on movement. Most recently, she has been interested in how aging and neurological disorders limits exercise and movement in humans. Dr. Ridgel's current research project examines the effects of exercise rate on improvements in motor function in Parkinson's disease. She has ongoing research collaborations with biomedical engineers and neurologists at the Cleveland Clinic.
Area: TLC - MCED, CI
Teresa Rishel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Middle Childhood Education and Multicultural Education. Dr. Rishel joined the Kent State faculty in 2003. Her educational experience includes serving as an elementary principal and teaching elementary and middle level grades. She earned her Master of Science in Elementary Education and her PhD in Curriculum Studies at Purdue University. Her undergraduate degrees include Elementary Education (St. Joseph's College, Indiana) and Physical Education & Health K-12 (Ball State University, Indiana). Dr. Rishel's interests include guiding middle level preservice teachers as they transition into effective novice teachers. She is interested in reflective thinking, curriculum theory, multicultural issues of education and social justice. Her research interests include adolescent suicide in relationship to teaching, leadership, and curriculum, with a focus on affective environments. Dr. Rishel presents her research nationally and at several Midwestern universities, as well as in education classes at Kent State.
Area: VOSS
Responsible for: Undergraduate Student Records A - H
Area: CIIE
I graduated with a BA with honors in Elementary Education from the University of Wyoming in 1968, a MA in Educational Administration from Akron University in 1978, and a PhD. in Higher Educational Administration from Kent State University in 2005. After a career of teaching in Georgia, North Carolina, Wyoming, and Berlin West Germany, I served as a public school administrator in the Aurora City Schools and South Euclid-Lyndhurst City Schools as an elementary and high school principal as well as assistant superintendent for human resources and curriculum. Since 2001, I have served as the Director of the Gerald Read Center for International and Intercultural Education in the EHHS. My areas of research and collaboration interests include leadership, civic education, and intercultural communication and I specialize in Turkish collaborations.
Area:
I am currently an administrative Clerk in the Office of Graduate Student Services in Room 418 White Hall. I have been an employee of Kent State since June 2000. Before that I worked in the office of a propane company for 19 years. Currently my responsibilities include the admitting of students into various masters, educational specialists, and all doctoral programs. This includes clearing these students for graduation. I also administer the doctoral comprehensive exams three times a year.
Area: HS - SPA
I have three degrees in the field of speech pathology and audiology. I received my B.S. from Kent State University, my M.A. from the University of Connecticut, and my PhD from Purdue. Prior to returning for my Ph.D., I worked as a Speech-Language Pathologist for the Cleveland Public Schools, the University of Iowa Hospitals, and the St. Paul Public Schools. My interest has always been in the area of language acquisition and language disorders in children. After completing my Ph.D., I worked at the University of Illinois with faculty across a number of departments and disciplines during which time we developed an early intervention transdisciplinary model for educating graduate students to work with children 0- 3. While at Kent I have been able to continue this area of interest through work with the Family Child Learning Center (FCLC) and with the Early Childhood, Early Childhood Special Education, and School Psychology programs here on campus. Research interests include comprehension strategies, vocabulary development, and phonological awareness skills in young children and the interaction of language development and literacy. Most recently I have been involved in the development of model intervention programs in the areas of phonological awareness and oral/written language skills. I am active in ASHA, CEC, OSLHA, and OSSPEAC.
Area: LDES - RHAB, RHAB, RHAB
I earned my bachelor's degree in Psychology at Keene State College in New Hampshire in 1989 and my master's degree in Counseling at Keene State in 1991. In 1993, I completed my doctorate in Rehabilitation at the University of Arkansas. My work experience in the field of rehabilitation includes substance abuse counseling, providing services to students with disabilities in higher education, and career counseling with people with adult-onset chronic illnesses. My professional and research interests include research design and methodology, workplace discrimination against people with disabilities, the career development implications of disability, disability issues in higher education, multiple sclerosis and other chronic illnesses, and self-advocacy strategies that implement the Americans with Disabilities Act. Here at Kent State University, I serve as Director of the Center for Disability Studies and teach courses including Seminar on Research in Disabilities, Psychosocial Impact of Disability, Internship, and Occupational Aspects of Disability.
Area: TLC - MCED, CI
After graduating from Copley High School, I earned undergraduate degrees in English and Education, as well as a master's degree in Reading from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Before earning my doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Cincinnati, I taught for five years in the public schools. Before coming to Kent State in 2004, I taught for two years at Northern Kentucky University and twelve years at the University of Toledo. I have served in varied leadership roles across the state: President of the Ohio Council of the International Reading Association, having been a local council president several years before that; member of various state reading and writing committees; and Praxis III assessor. I present consistently at the national conventions of International Reading Association, National Council of Teachers of English, and the National Middle School Association, as well as state literacy events. I directed the Toledo Area Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project, for ten years. I am currently the director of the National Writing Project at Kent State University.
Area: LDES - SPSY, SPSY, SPSY
After receiving my B.S. in psychology from the University of Pittsburgh, I began my professional career working at the Autism Center located at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. After several years of assisting with research and working with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in both clinical and summer camp settings, I enrolled in the School Psychology Program at the University of South Florida. There, I received my Ph.D. in School Psychology with an emphasis in pediatric health issues. Prior to joining the faculty at Kent State University, I worked as a school psychologist and autism consultant for the District School Board of Pasco County in West Central Florida. While working as a school psychologist, I provided coaching and technical assistance for inclusion practices for children with ASD, behavioral disorders, and other severe and low-incidence disabilities. As an applied school psychologist, I focused on the use of a problem-solving model that takes a contextual/systems approach for the identification of and program planning for children with disabilities. I currently serve as an Assistant Professor in the School Psychology Program at the Kent campus. My research and professional interests include the development and implementation of behavioral and social skills interventions for young children with ASD and for individuals with severe and low-incidence developmental disabilities, issues in pediatric school psychology, classroom and behavior management, school-based service delivery systems, and systemic educational reform. In addition, my work focuses on building the capacity of schools in the effective use of team-based Positive Behavior Support (PBS) processes and data-based service delivery models.
Area: FLA - HM
Doctoral and Master of Science degrees were completed at Kansas State University in Hospitality Management & Institutional Food Service Management. A dietetic internship was completed at the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center. The Bachelor of Science degree was completed at the University of Nebraska with dual majors in (1) Human Nutrition and Foodservice Management and (2) Education and Family Resources. Prior to joining the Kent State University faculty, was a manager for 16 years in a University Dining Services known for "from scratch" food preparation and award winning special events and menus. Is the faculty advisor for the Student Chapter of Club Managers Association of America and teach classes on food production and food science, foodservice management, hospitality service quality, and private club management. My research interests include food safety education, management of quality and consumer satisfaction, effectiveness of employee development programs, school foodservice management, and educational issues related to hospitality education.
Area: FLA - PEP, PEP, PEP
vita [pdf] | http://ehhs.kent.edu/els/schimmel
Kim is an Associate Professor of the Sociology of Sport in the School of Exercise, Leisure and Sport and an Affiliate to the Women's Studies Program. She earned her bachelors degree at Muskingum College in 1983, masters degree at Miami University (Ohio) in 1987, and PhD at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1994. Her classes focus on domestic and global diversity issues. Kim's scholarship addresses problems associated with the political economy of urban (re)development and sports mega-events and infrastructure development in local-global context. She treats as problematic the assertion that these projects and events, including the construction of stadiums and arenas, are community assets and are beneficial for the community-as-a-whole. Kim serves on the Editorial Board of the International Review for the Sociology of Sport and has been elected to serve as a Vice President of the International Sociology of Sport Association for the 2008-2011 term.
Area: HS
As the child of a military family, I heard and tried to speak different languages early in life. I discovered that I could study how people understand and talk to each other at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. I received a M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in sociolinguistics. Further graduate education led me to the University of Florida at Gainesville where I received the equivalent of a second M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology and a Ph.D. in Speech Research. I teach courses in Articulation/Phonology and Maxillofacial Anomalies and supervise students in the English Language Proficiency Clinic. I am also a member of the Craniofacial Team at Akron Children\'s Hospital. My research interests lie in the areas of speech perception and production, specifically in possibilities of reorganization of an organized normal speech system.
Area: FLA - CULT
I have been a member of the Kent State University community since 1989 as professor for international-multicultural education. I completed my PhD in Comparative International Education at the University Hamburg, Germany, in 1990, which was preceded there by my MA in Education with a minor in Sinology in 1983. Long before that, in 1970, I received my B.S. in Foreign Language Instruction, German and Russian at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Eight years of experience founding and serving as principal and director of a "street academy" (private secondary school) serving middle and high school drop-outs in Madison, WI, had lead me back to academia for advanced studies. This included a year teaching at China University for Science and Technology, and conducting my dissertation research in China. While writing the dissertation, I worked at the World Bank and a think-tank in Washington, D.C., taught in International Studies at the University of South Florida, and foundations of education courses at Cleveland State. I also substitute taught in three districts in the greater Cleveland area. My interests in education have always been in exploring the inequalities in access to knowledge, whether that be in advanced industrial areas with pockets of poverty, or poor regions and nations with pockets of wealth. My primary line of inquiry and publishing has been in education in China using socio-political and anthropological perspectives in order to frame egalitarian and multicultural policy in China and in the U.S. Recently I have been collaborating with a Chinese institution on developing higher education academic degree program. I am active in the Comparative International Education Society, National Association of Multicultural Education, and AERA.
Area: AMERITECH
Frank Seman had 31 years of classroom and administrative experience with the Ravenna City Schools in Ohio when he accepted the position of Administrative Specialist in the SBC Classroom at Kent State University in 1998. While he was principal at Brown Middle School in Ravenna, he gained the distinction of being one of the first administrators to participate with his teachers in the inaugural year of the high tech Classroom. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a Master's in Education Administration from Kent State University. As Administrative Specialist, Mr. Seman has the responsibility of the day-to-day oversight and management of the Classroom.
Area: BRTS
Dr. Shama-Davis is currently serving as a program coordinator in the Bureau of Research Training and Services, College and Graduate School of Education, Health, and Human Services, at Kent State University. Dr. Shama-Davis has over 20 years experience in research and statistical consulting and analysis, program evaluation, teaching, writing, and making presentations. Her most recent projects include evaluating such grants as the Math Science Partnership (funded by NSF) and after-school programs such as 21st Century. She is also extensively involved in assisting various schools in Northeast Ohio with utilizing assessment data. In addition, Dr. Shama-Davis teaches a graduate level data analysis and presentation class at Kent State University. Before coming to Kent State, Dr. Shama-Davis taught special education in the Akron Public Schools.
Area: SPA
I started college seeking a degree in special education, but when I was required to take an introduction to audiology course, my career path was set. I received a BS from Bowling Green State University, attended my first year of graduate school at Utah State University, then my M.A. in clinical audiology from the University of Akron. I eventually received my Au.D. from Central Michigan University in 2007. My heart will always lie with pediatric audiology, but during my time at Kent I have been able to expand my skills and knowledge for working with the geriatric population. I teach courses in aural rehabilitation, age-related changes in communication, gerontology issues in audiology, counseling in audiology, fundamentals of educational audiology and auditory processing disorders. My interests, in addition to the topics I teach, lie in developing interdisciplinary programs that promote student understanding of other fields and result in best care practices by seeing the patient as a whole. I'm also establishing connections within the community to educate people of all ages about hearing, hearing loss, and hearing conservation in an effort to provide communicty service as well as service-learning for students.
Area: LDES - HDFS
I have a doctorate in Human Development (Specialization in Psychology of Adult Development and Aging) from the University of Rochester, a master's in Psychology from Villanova University, and a bachelor's in Psychology from the State University of New York. In 2001, I came to KSU after five years as Research Associate in the Ringel Institute of Gerontology (Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany) and 11 years as a tenured faculty member in the Department of Human Development (University of Maryland, College Park). My applied experiences include internships in rehabilitation psychology and gerontological counseling, and serving as Special Administrative Assistant in a multi-level care gerontology center. My primary research focus is on caregiving issues within aging families, and I am currently the PI of a study funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research titled "Online Intervention to Improve Stroke Care from Spouses". I am a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, a member of the Board of Trustees for the Ohio Association of Gerontology & Education, Associate Editor of the the International Journal of Aging and Human Development, and a peer reviewer on two NIH study sections (BBBP-D and SPIP).
Area: VOSS
I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Mount Union College in 1995. During the course of my undergraduate degree, I developed an interest in Higher Education while I served as an intern for the Admission's Office. Upon completion of my BA degree I entered the Higher Education, Administration and Student Personnel program at Kent State University where I earned my Master's of Education in 1997. During my 10 years with the Office of Student Services, I have served as a Graduate Advising Assistant, Academic Advisor Coordinator, Assistant Director, and most recently as the Director of Advising and Licensure. As Director, I work collaboratively with faculty, staff, and students to ensure the office provides advising assistance and support to the College of Education, Health, and Human Services.
Area: HS
My professional experience started after earning my B.S. from Bowling Green State University in 1965. I worked as a âspeech & hearing therapistâ in the Berea City Schools for four years, until my professional detour to raise two daughters. My education continued and in 1983 I received my M.A. in Audiology from Cleveland State University. While in graduate school, I also worked as a âspeech & hearing therapistâ in the Olmsted Falls Schools. My first audiology position was to develop the audiology program for the state developmental centers in Cleveland. Other audiology positions were at Brentwood Hospital and Cleveland area nursing homes. Teaching an audiology course at Baldwin Wallace College whet my appetite for collegiate teaching. I have taught at KSU for 13 years, initially as the Audiology Clinic Coordinator and, since 1999 as Clinic Director. Ten years ago, I spear-headed development of an early intervention program for very young hearing impaired children, housed at the Family Child Learning Center. I continue to enjoy both direct clinical supervision of audiology doctoral students and coordinating the clinical experience of speech-language pathology masters students and am passionate about continued development of the Northeast Ohio AuD Consortium audiology professional doctorate (NOAC).
Area: LDES
Callista L. Stauffer is the Services Coordinator of the Access to Quality Higher Education Project, which is funded by the Office of Post Secondary Education and a Research Associate in the Center for Disability Studies at Kent State University. Ms. Stauffer has been involved with the Kent State University Faculty Learning Community on Disability Issues, in her capacity as facilitator, for two years. She has a long standing 35 year history in various positions in higher education, through her association with University of Pennsylvania and Kent State University. Ms. Stauffer has been involved in research related activities for the past 10 years, while working with the Bureau of Research Training and Services at Kent State University. She has been the outside evaluator for numerous grant-funded research projects, worked with several public school districts training teachers how to establish data driven instruction within their curriculum, and consulted with public and private sector organizations regarding qualitative and quantitative data analysis. Callista has a M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration, and is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling.
Area: TLC - ECED
After receiving my Bachelor of Science degree in Education from BGSU in 1993, I taught preschool and kindergarten and then served as a director for a child care center in the Cleveland area. I obtained my Master of Arts degree in Early Childhood Education from KSU in 2000 and I am currently pursuing a doctorate in Curriculum & Instruction at KSU. I currently teach three courses a semester for the Early Childhood Program in the areas of preschool education, mathematics and science. I also work at the Child Development Center on campus as one of the Co-Coordinators for the Children's Program where I mainly oversee the billing for families and participate in ongoing faculty research initiatives. My research interest is in the area of teacher education and early mathematics and science teaching and learning.
Area: EFSS - SPED
Leah Subak has been an NTT in the Educational Interpreting Program in Educational Foundations and Special Services since the fall of 2003. Prior to that, she was the coordinator and lead faculty member at the University of Akron's Interpreter Preparation Program. Leah has her BA in Speech/Language Pathology and Audiology from the University of Akron and her MA in Deaf Education from Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the world's only liberal arts institution for Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals. She also holds a certificate of Teaching ASL/ Teaching Interpreting from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Interpreting credentials include: The Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Interpretation Certificate and Transliteration Certificate (IC/TC), 1986; The Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Certificate of Interpretation and Certificate of Transliteration (CI/CT0, 1989; National Association of the Deaf Level IV/V, 2001. Leah has been interpreting since 1980 and has interpreted in a variety of settings which include; educational; corporate; legal; medical and community. She has interpreted for Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, among others. Presentations include workshops and conferences in Ohio and in the U.S. She has held various offices in professional interpreting organizations and has chaired several state and regional conferences. She is married with 4 children.
Area: RCET - ITEC
Karen Swan is Research Professor in the Research Center for Educational Technology at Kent State University. Dr. Swan's research has been focused mainly in the general area of media and learning on which she has published and presented nationally and internationally. Her current research focuses on online learning, mobile computing and on student learning in ubiquitous computing environments. Dr. Swan has authored several hypermedia programs and co-edited two books, Social Learning from Broadcast Television and Ubiquitous Computing in Education: Invisible Technology, Visible Impact and a DVD ROM on the latter topic. She served as a project director on several large scale grants including work for the US Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, and the NYC Board of Education, and is currently PI for an NSF funded materials development grant on data literacy. She is an Effective Practices Editor for the Sloan Consortium, the Special Issues Editor for the Journal of Educational Computing Research, and Editor of the Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology.
Area: HS - HEDP
Dr. Cynthia Symons holds an undergraduate degree in health, physical education, recreation and dance from Lock Haven University in PA. In addition, she earned her masters and D.Ed. from Penn State in health education. Prior to her tenure at Kent State University, she taught public school health and physical education in PA. Having served as the President of the American School Health Association, Dr. Symons' research interests are focused on child and adolescent health promotion and school-based policies and programs that support this agenda. She has been recognized with the University's Distinguished Teaching Award and returned to the ranks of public school teaching on a sabbatical leave several years ago. Cindy has been at Kent State for 20 years.
Area: LDES - SPED
Dr. Melody Tankersley, Professor of Special Education, completed her doctoral work at the University of Virginia and a post doctoral fellowship at the University of Kansas, Juniper Gardens Children's Project. Her work has focused on children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders, first as a classroom teacher, and now as a teacher educator and researcher. Her research interests include prevention and early intervention for young children with emotional and behavioral disorders, direct academic and social interventions, promoting positive parenting practices, and issues related to bringing research to bear upon practice.
Area: DEAN
vita [pdf] | http://www.ehhs.kent.edu
I received my bachelor's degree in communications from Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania and my master's degree in technical education from the University of Akron. Prior to working at Kent, I was a communications coordinator for the American Red Cross, Greater Cleveland Chapter. I started at Kent in 2006 as an educational technologist for the College of EHHS and now serve as the public relations coordinator. I also teach courses in public relations, technology and graphic design at Kent and Ursuline College in Pepper Pike. Currently, I am working on my doctoral degree in educational psychology at Kent, and specializing in instructional technology.
Area: BRTS
Amanda began working with the Bureau in 2000. Her primary responsibilities include coordinating the Data Lab, managing the Bureau finances and working with internal and external clients to meet their scannable form and transcription needs. Amanda leads many in-house projects that focus on building the Bureau's capacity to service clients in a variety of fields. A student of the College's Higher Education Administration and Student Personnel program, Amanda's career goals include working as a Vice President at a university similar in size to Kent State University.
Area: FLA - HIED, EDAD
I received my B.S. degree in 1971 from Oklahoma State University, M.S. also from OSU in 1972, and doctorate in 1974 from the University of Florida. While attending UF, I was a fellow with the National Educational Finance Project, where I had the opportunity to work with many of America's leading scholars in Education Finance and Law. Upon graduation, I served as an assistant professor at Madison College in Virginia for two years, Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas for five (the final three years as an associate professor), and St. Johns University in Queens, N.Y. for four, all at the full professor level. I then came to Kent State University and have been here for 23+ years. I teach many of the law courses in the College of Education, Health, and Human Services, including those in higher education, K-12 administration, special education, and school psychology. Additionally, I teach courses dealing with education finance (both higher education and K-12), higher education disability, and faculty roles and responsibilities. While at Kent, I am most proud of my role (others also have been involved) in acquiring graduate assistantships for students (we currently have 60-70 diverse GA placements at 10-15 institutions) and for receiving the Distinguished Teaching Award in 2007.
Area: LDES - ITEC
Drew Tiene is a Professor of Instructional Technology at Kent State University in Ohio. Originally from Long Island, he received both undergraduate and Master's degrees from the University of Michigan. He taught children at a private school in New York City for six years and then returned to graduate school, receiving his Doctorate in Instructional Technology from the University of Texas. Upon graduation, he took a position at Kent State University and is now a full Professor. He has worked with instructional technology both locally and in other countries, including Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, China and Pakistan He has been a consultant for a number of international organizations, including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the United States Agency for International Development.. Dr. Tiene has also written extensively about educational television, including the "Instructional Television" entry in the International Encyclopedia of Education. Some of his own television productions have won awards, been distributed nationwide, and shown overseas in translation. The documentary entitled "The Story of the Kent State Shootings" includes interviews with ten people who witnessed that event in 1970. Dr. Tiene has also served as a juror at the Japan Prize, the world's most prestigious educational television contest. His book entitled Exploring Current Issues in Educational Technology, co-authored with colleague Albert Ingram, examines a series of important issues associated with how to most effectively use new technologies to improve instruction.
Area: - ITEC
I received my Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and my Masters in Education with School Library Media licensure both from Kent State University. I have been with the University for 31 years and with the EHHS for 26 years. Currently, I am the Director of Distance Education. My main job responsibilities include: to coordinate all distance learning activities for the College, manage and schedule distance learning resources. I am also the Co-Coordinator of the OLN Northeast Regional Center and Co-direct a national grant (ILILE).
Area: LDES - HDFS, HDFS, HDFS
I was raised in the Hudson River Valley of New York and made my way east to the University of Connecticut as an undergraduate psychology major and student athlete. It was during that time that I fell in love with education, specifically therapeutic intervention, and subsequently pursued a masters degree in counseling psychology at Northeastern University in Boston. At that time I was the project manager of an ongoing research project for the Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps and worked as an out patient therapist during a year long internship. The following year I worked at The Ohio State University as a psychometrist in the department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. I also co-authored articles on the use of the MMPI with adolescents. I continued at OSU in the Ph.D. program in Human Development and Family Sciences. My research interests focused on family patterns of emotional distance regulation and multi-method assessment of individual differences. At Kent State University I am extending those interests as well as researching subjective well-being. And lets not forget teaching, a central part of my academic life at the Salem campus.
Area: FLA - EDAD
As an Associate Professor of PreK-12 Educational Administration, Autumn works to maintain a balance of thoughtful and focused work dedicated to bridging the gap between those who lead schools, and those who study and prepare school leaders. Autumn studies the principalship focusing on identity, equity, school reform, and the micro-politics of the position. Her international work began with the creation of the first Masters Degree cohorts in educational administration in partnership with The College of The Bahamas. In addition to her books for principals on leadership, Autumns research has been published in journals that include Kappan, Educational Leadership, The Journal of School Leadership, The Journal of Research on Leadership Education, The International Journal of Leadership in Education, and The Journal of Cases for the University Council for Educational Administration. Autumn is currently serving a three year term as member of Executive Council of The University Council of Educational Administration. Also, she is as member of the Research Advisory Board for The College of The Bahamas
Area: SELS - PEP
After graduating from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1966 with a major in health and physical education and a minor in psychology my first six years of teaching were in the Chagrin Falls Schools teaching physical education in the two elementary schools. I also coached wrestling and track at the high school. I earned my M.Ed. in at Kent State 1973. In the fall of 1972, I accepted a position teaching physical education in kindergarten through ninth grade at the Kent State Laboratory School, a Department in the College of Education. I was coordinator of the Specials Unit (art, music, home economics, technology, and physical education), coordinator of the Kent State for Kids program for nine years, coordinated and lead the adventure education programs, and worked closely with the teacher preparation program in physical education in the School of PERD to coordinate and supervise pre-service teacher observations and teaching. In 1982, I became a faculty member in what has become the School of Exercise, Leisure and Sport at Kent State. My primary teaching responsibilities are in elementary physical education and adventure education. I have served nine years as coordinator of the Physical Education Basic Program and eight years as Assistant-to-the-Director in SELS.
Area: TLC - ECED
I joined the Kent State University faculty at Salem campus in January 2002. I earned a B.S. in Human Development and Family Studies and concentration in Child Development from University of Alabama. I received my M.S. and Ph. D. from Iowa State University in Human Development and Family Studies with specialization in Early Childhood Education. I am the Director of Early Childhood Education Technology Program at Salem Campus. The courses that I have taught include introduction to early childhood services, infant/toddler curriculum and services, preschool curriculum, program organization and parent involvement, and student teaching seminar. I also supervise student teachers in various field placements. I strongly value teacher reflection as a critical means of teacher preparation and my research and teaching interests focus on preschool science, preschool teacher-child verbal interactions, teacher preparation, and student teaching.
Area: TLC - MCED, CI
vita [pdf] | http://www.educ.kent.edu/TLCS/faculty/turner.html
Steven L. Turner is an assistant professor in the Teaching, Leadership and Curriculum Studies Department. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Curriculum and Instruction and Middle Childhood Education. He joined the KSU faculty in 2005. He earned his PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Virginia (2005) and his M.Ed from Boston University (2000). His dual undergraduate degree was Honors Liberal Studies and Special Education from Longwood University (1998). His research interests include the Learning Sciences and methods for preparing K-12 teacher candidates to integrate ethical and appropriate high-stakes test preparation without narrowing curriculum or teaching to the test. His current research project examines the misalignment between how teachers teach and how students learn.
Area: EFSS - EVAL
I received my B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Toledo. The epistemological questions that I had at the time were left unanswered by the degree. I sought those answers in the College of Education, first as an alternative masters student seeking certification in (at that time) elementary education and later as a graduate student in Educational Psychology. Unsatisfied with the empirical and measurement issues that arose in my studies, I continued my search as a Ph.D. candidate in Research and Measurement at the University of Toledo. Prior to coming to Kent State, I was Coordinator of the Center for Educational Research and Training Services. As part of that position, I coordinated research assistance for faculty, served on the internal NCATE assessment committee prior to our review, and provided training workshops for College of Education faculty on research design, statistics, and measurement related issues. I accepted a non-tenure track position here at Kent State University in 2003. I have continued to pursue my interests in the philosophical and historical issues that underlie social science research and measurement while greatly enjoying my position teaching the bright and inquisitive Kent State student population. My research and teaching issues include: measurement, assessment, evaluation, research design, and history of statistics.
Area: FLA - EDAD
I began as a middle school teacher of language arts and social studies on the Navajo Indian Reservation after earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education from the University of Arizona. I immediately enrolled in a master's program in elementary education at Northern Arizona University. After completing that degree, I began working as a district level k-12 language development coordinator and was encouraged to pursue an administrative license. Upon receiving my principal's license, I served as a middle school principal in Colorado. After returning to Pennsylvania, I began working as an administrator at an educational service agency in the areas of curriculum and staff development. Wishing to move up in the organization, I secured my superintendent's license and eventually was appointed Assistant Executive Director of Curriculum and Professional Development. I continued my education at the University of Pittsburgh where I received a doctorate in educational administration. My research interests have focused on the effects of policy on educational practice, characteristics of organizations and leaders that effect change, and characteristics of organizations and leaders that sustain continuous improvement.
Area: LDES - RHAB, RHAB, RHAB
I earned my Ph.D. in Special Education with an emphasis in Rehabilitation Counseling from Kent State University in 2006. Prior to joining the Kent State Rehabilitation Counseling program, my professional background included direct service and managerial experience in working with people with developmental disabilities and traumatic injuries, job development and placement, case management, and vocational evaluation. My research interests include issues facing students with disabilities in higher education, emerging disabilities and rehabilitation implications, psychosocial and vocational implications of multiple chemical sensitivity, issues facing people with chronic illnesses, and disability legislation and policy.
Area: LDES - HDFS
After graduating with a bachelor of fine arts from Kansas State University, I combined my passions for making art and making a difference by pursuing a master of science in art therapy from Emporia State University (also located in Kansas). These two degrees led me to work in a variety of human service settings with children, parents, residents, patients, and students as an early childhood educator, parent educator, activities assistant, art therapist, and after-school program coordinator. I eventually returned to Kansas State to earn a doctor of philosophy in family life education and consultation, and after graduating in 2002, I joined Kent State's Human Development and Family Studies faculty to teach classes in child development, building family strengths, and professional development. My research continues to combine my interests in art and development and focuses on the use of children\'s drawings in child development and family research as a way to better understand the influence of culture, gender, and age on the meanings children give to their experiences in multiple contexts. I am a member of both the National Council on Family Relations and the American Art Therapy Association.
Area: FLA
vita [pdf] | http://www.personal.kent.edu/~twalton1/waltonfaculty/index.htm
With a B.A. in Sociology from Southern Oregon University (1993) in hand, I headed for the first time to the Midwest to the University of Iowa, earning a M.A. (2000) and PhD (2002) in Cultural Studies. After working for a year as an academic advisor and adjunct professor at the University of Iowa, I joined the Kent State community in 2003. Drawing on critical cultural studies, my scholarship focuses on investigations of power relationships and the ways those relationships are both resisted and maintained within mediated sport narratives. In particular, I have examined media discourse of Title IX and sport, women's amateur wrestling, and elite distance running. My work has been accepted in the Sociology of Sport Journal, the Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, and the Journal of Popular Culture.
Area: FLA - LEST, RPTM
I completed my PhD in Leisure Studies at Penn State in 1991. My other educational experiences included Recreation and Parks (M.S.-Penn State) and Economics (M.A.-Western Michigan University, B.S.-Chinese Culture University). I joined the Kent State University faculty in 1990. Between 1999 and 2001, I took a leave from Kent State and joined National Dong Hwa University in Taiwan to lead the new Department of Sport and Leisure Studies as its Chair. In teaching, I have focused on management of commercial recreation, tourism development, social and philosophical issues of leisure, and park planning. My research interests include economic planning of tourism, serious leisure behavior, and classical eastern thoughts of leisure. I am currently working on research exploring the redevelopment of tourism from natural disasters and Confucius' notions of happiness and leisure.
Area: LDES - EDPF
I arrived a Kent State University in the Fall of 2005as an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology. I began my career working in a residential treatment facility for adjudicated youth as a teacher and research coordinator for the Odyssey Project, sponsored by the Child Welfare League of America. My Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Master of Science degree in Education were both awarded by Indiana University. In August of 2005 I received my Ph.D. from the University of Utah in Educational Psychology, with an emphasis in learning, memory and cognition. At the University of Utah I spent time as the director of the Laboratory for Cognition and Development. My research interests are in the areas of models of memory and complex cognitive processes, as well as classroom motivation.
Area: LDES - CHDS, CHDS, CHDS
I am a faculty member in the Counseling and Human Development Services (CHDS) Program. Prior to moving to Kent State University, I was on the faculty at Louisiana State University. I have been at Kent State for about 17 years and also serve as the coordinator of the CHDS Ph.D. program. My scholarly interests have included the study of narratives that guide our understandings of issues in education, mental health, individual and family life, and practices of leadership. Most recently, along with colleagues and students from the CHDS Program, I have been working at completing a study on leadership using a Q methodology design. This past spring semester Cynthia Osborn, Ph.D. and I became Co-Editors-Elect for Counselor Education and Supervision. I attempt to remain an active member in the American Counseling Association.
Area: DEAN
I never expected to be working at a University or to be living in Ohio. I began my college career in a small town in Central New York where I attended the State University of New York College at Cortland. I earned my Bachelor's degree in Physical Education in 1995 and planned to return to my hometown of Fredonia, NY to teach. I was a substitute teacher for few years and during this time I discovered that I wanted to work with students in a different capacity. I applied to the School Counseling program and became a member of the Kent State University community in July of 1997. I earned my Master's degree in School Counseling in 1998. Again, I planned to return to the Buffalo area and become a School Counselor. Instead I remained at Kent State University and worked for Residence Services for 4 years. I was a Graduate Assistant in Residence Services for a year while I earned my Educational Specialist in Counseling and I then accepted a full-time position as a Residence Hall Director. I remained in this position for 3 years and then transitioned to my position as an Academic Advisor in April of 2002. In July 2008 my role in EHHS changed and I accepted my current position as Coordinator for Recruitment and Retention.
Area: TLC - MCED, CI
Lori G. Wilfong, Ph.D., began her career in East Los Angeles, CA, teaching English as a second language to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders for the Los Angeles Unified School District. This sparked her interest in motivating adolescent readers and led to positions in Rootstown Local Schools and Maple Heights City Schools as a literacy coach and literacy specialist. Upon completion of her doctoral degree in Literacy Education from Kent State, Wilfong began her current position in the Middle Childhood Education and Curriculum & Instruction programs at the Stark Campus. She remains an active consultant in several area urban school districts, furthering her research interests in multicultural literature and education, fluency, and reading in the content areas.
Area: VOSS
I received an Associates of Arts, Trumbull Campus in May, 2003. I'm currently working on a Bachelor's in Pan African Studies and will graduate in May, 2007. Upon receiving my Bachelor's, I will go for a Master's in Librarian Science. Since my high school days, I've always dreamed of becoming a librarian.
