The following listing represents full-time tenure-track and nontenure-track (NTT) faculty, with the exception of a few full-time temporary faculty hired prior to 1989.

Communication Studies

• BARBATO, CAROLE A. (1975),Professor, Regional Campuses, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2002 
• BENTLEY, LAURIE S. (1994), Instructor (NTT), Regional Campuses, M.A., Kent State University, 1996
• CAI, BEI (2002), Assistant Professor, Regional Campuses, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 1996
• CHILD, JEFFREY (2007), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., North Dakota State University, 2007
• CRUME, ALICE L. (2005), Assistant Professor, Regional Campuses, Ph.D.,Bowling Green State University, 1995
• DUNCAN, ROZELL R. (1989),Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1996
• EGBERT-SCHEIBELHOFFER, NICHOLE L. (2000), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2000
• HARIDAKIS, PAUL M. (2000), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2000
• HUGENBERG, BARBARA S. (1995), Assistant Professor (NTT), Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2002
• HUGENBERG, LAWRENCE W. (2005), Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1981
• KIM, JUNGHYUN (2006), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2006
• LIN, MEI-CHEN (2003), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2003
• MEYER, JANET R. (1998), Associate Professor, Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1989
• NELSON, JEFFREY A. (1971), Associate Professor, Regional Campuses, Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1972
• PARKER, ROBYN E. (2001), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Wayne State University, 2001
• ROBINSON, WENDY G. (2007), Assistant Professor (NTT), Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003
• WAITE, LISA A. (1991), Lecturer, Regional Campuses, M.A., The University of Akron, 1985
• WEARDEN, STANLEY T. (1984), Professor and Dean, Ph.D., The University of North Carolina, 1987

Journalism and Mass Communication

• BLASE, GREGORY M. (1985), Program Director, M.A., Xavier University, 1985
• BOWEN, CANDACE P. (1995), Assistant Professor, Master’s degree, Northern Illinois University, 1984
• BUTLER, MARY E. (2004), Assistant Professor (NTT), Regional Campuses, M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 2004
• COLLINS, FRANCES L. (1992), Associate Professor, M.A., The Ohio State University, 1980
• DRAKE, JEANETTE L. (2006), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2004
• ENDRES, FREDRIC F. (1974), Professor, Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1975
• EWING, MICHELE E. (2002), Associate Professor, M.A., Kent State University, 1989
• FRUIT, JEFFREY W. (1998), Professor and Director, M.A., The Ohio State University, 1977
• GOODMAN, S. MARK (2007), Professor and Knight Chair, J.D., Duke University, 1985
• GRUBB, MAX V. (2004), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 1999
• HANSON, GARY L. (1999), Associate Professor, M.A., Kent State University, 1999
• HANSON, LUETT J. (1987), Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1994
• HERNANDEZ, TERESA (2004), Assistant Professor, M.A., Syracuse University, 2002
• HIPSMAN-SPRINGER, BARBARA (1987), Associate Professor, M.A., Sangamon State University, 1980
• IDSVOOG, KARL A. (2004), Assistant Professor, M.A., University of Wisconsin, 1975
• JEWELL, ROBERT S. (1999), Instructor (NTT), M.A., Kent State University, 1979
• KASTNER, KAREN S. (1995), Assistant Professor (NTT), M.A., Youngstown State University, 1986
• LEACH, JANET C. (2003), Assistant Professor, M.A., Kent State University, 2006
• LEE, HYANGSOOK (2007), Associate Professor, M.Ed., Ohio University, 1998
• MALENE, JOANNE S. (1999), Instructor (NTT), Regional Campuses, M.A., Kent State University, 2001
• MARINO, JACQUELINE A. (1990), Assistant Professor, B.A., Kent State University, 1994
• MCKENNEY, MITCHELL J. (2008), Assistant Professor, Regional Campuses, M.B.A., Kent State University, 2008
• MOORE, STEFANIE A. (2001), Assistant Professor (NTT), M.S., Kent State University, 2007
• MURRAY, GORDON J. (1982), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1998
• SARVER, DANIELLE (2007), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2007
• SCHIERHORN, ANN B. (1986), Professor, M.S.J., Northwestern University, 1973
• SCHIERHORN, CARL R. (1985), Associate Professor, M.S.J., Northwestern University, 1973
• SHELTON, EUGENE JR. (2001), Assistant Professor (NTT), B.A., Kent State University, 1972
• SLEDZIK, WILLIAM E. (1992), Associate Professor, M.S., State University of New York (Buffalo), 1992
• SMELTZER, DAVID F. (2005), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Ohio University, 2007
• SMITH, TIMOTHY D. (1986), Professor, J.D., The University of Akron, 1977
• WARZINSKI, MARIANNE R. (1994), Instructor (NTT), M.A., Kent State University, 2001
• WHALEY, A. BENNETT (1980), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1980
• WHITMORE, EVONNE H. (1990), Associate Professor, M.A., The Ohio State University, 1976
• WILLIAMS, TRACI L. (1995) Lecturer (NTT), M.A., Kent State University, 2005
• ZAKE, SUSAN K. (2008), Instructor (NTT)

School of Library and Information Science

• BOON, BELINDA (2006),Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2006
• BRODIE, CAROLYN S. (1989), Professor, Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University, 1988
• BYERLY, GREG W. (1975), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1979
• CAYNON, WILLIAM A. (1976), Associate Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1980
• CHENG, LAURA (2005), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University, 2004
• DU MONT, ROSEMARY R. (1986), Professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1974
• FAST, KARL V. (2007), Assistant Professor (NTT), M.L.I.S. University of Western Ontario, 2002
• FROEHLICH, THOMAS J. (1988), Professor, Ph.D., Duquesne University, 1975
• GRACY, KAREN (2007), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles), 2001
• HARPER, SARAH M. (2001), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2003
• HOLMES, JASON A. (2001), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of North Texas, 2003
• MORRIS, THEODORE A. (2000), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Drexel University, 2001
• NICHOLS, MARY A. (1996), Instructor (NTT), M.L.S., Kent State University, 1993
• ROBINS, DAVID B. (2007), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of North Texas, 1998
• RUBIN, RICHARD E. (1988), Professor and Director, Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1987
• SALABA, ATHENA (2004), Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison), 1996
• WICKS, DONALD A. (1999), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, 1997
• ZENG, MARCIA L. (1992), Professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1992
• ZHANG, YIN (1999), Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1999

School of Visual Communication Design

• GOLDSMITH, DOUGLAS, (2001), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Carnegie Mellon, 1988
• INDERHEES, JOAN E. (1982), Assistant Professor (NTT), M.A., Kent State University, 1986
• KALBACK, JERRY A. (1983), Professor, M.S., State University of New York (Buffalo), 1981
• KATILA, SANDA S. (1994), Associate Professor, M.F.A., Kent State University, 1993
• KENNEDY, JAIME (2007), Assistant Professor, M.F.A. The Ohio State University, 2006
• LEBLANC, ANNMARIE (2007), Professor and Director, M.F.A., Bowling Green State University, 1991
• MIDDLETON, DAVID A. (1998), Associate Professor, M.A., Kent State University, 1985
• MORRILL, BRUCE C. (1989), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Kent State University, 1989
• O’GRADY, KENNETH J. (1997), Assistant Professor, M.F.A., Kent State University, 2000
• RANSOM, CHRISTOPHER T. (1996), Associate Professor, M.F.A., University of Delaware, 1993
• RENICKER, VALORA (1994), Assistant Professor (NTT), M.F.A., Kent State University, 2001
• SIMMONS, SHAWN (2007), Assistant Professor, M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, 2007
• TIMBROOK, STEVEN R. (1987), Associate Professor, M.F.A., The University of Michigan, 1979