College of Education, Health and Human Services

Kent State University 2016 Catalog > College of Education, Health and Human Services

Academic Advising Offices:

Vacca Office of Student Services (undergraduate)
304 White Hall
Tel: 330-672-2862
Fax: 330-672-3549
E-mail: oss@kent.edu
Web: www.kent.edu/ehhs/services/voss

Graduate Student Services
418 White Hall
Tel: 330-672-2576
Fax: 330-672-9162
E-mail: ogs@kent.edu
Web: www.kent.edu/ehhs/ogs

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Mission Statement

The College of Education, Health and Human Services creates and advances knowledge as it educates professionals who enhance health and well-being and enable learning across the lifespan.

The College of Education, Health, and Human Services (EHHS) consists of four schools:

• Foundations, Leadership and Administration
• Health Sciences
• Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences
• Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies

The college offers 27 distinctive programs that lead to the degrees of Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Education, combined Bachelor of Science/Master of Arts, Master of Arts, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Education, Educational Specialist and Doctor of Philosophy.

School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration

• BOSKE, CHRISTA A. (2008), Associate Professor, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University, 2006
• CHUANG, NING KUANG (2005) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 2005
• CLARK, DEBRA L. (1995) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2003
• DAMROW, AMY (2014) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2011
• DEES, DAVID M. (1991) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2000
• DEVINE, MARY ANN (1997) Professor, Ed.D., University of Georgia, 1997
• DONNELLY, MICHELE K. (2015) Assistant Professor
• ECKERT, ERICA L. (2005) Assistant Professor and College Assistant Dean, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2012
• GONZALEZ, GLORIA L. (1998) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1994
• GORNIK, ROSEMARY (2003) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2003
• HOEGLER, EDWARD M. (2008) Associate Lecturer, M.S., Johnson & Wales University, 1994
• ISRAELI, AVIAD A. (2012) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1997
• JINDRA-PARMAN, JANE M. (1990) Lecturer, M.A., Central Michigan University, 1986
• KARPINSKI, ARYN C. (2010) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2010
• KRETOVICS, MARK A. (2001) Associate Professor and College Interim Dean, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1998
• LARA HILTON, TRACY M. (2008) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Idaho State University, 2004
• LEE, SEON JEONG (2014) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2014
• LEPP, ANDREW P. (2004) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Florida, 2004
• LEVINSON, NATASHA (1997) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 2001
• LI, JIAN (2012) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2012
• LYBERGER, MARK R. (1996) Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1996
• MERRILL, MARTHA C. (2008) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1982
• MULROONEY, AARON L. (1992) Associate Professor, J.D., University of Akron, 1990
• NIESZ-KUTSCH, TRICIA (2004) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2003
• PARR, MARY G. (1992) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 1992
• RAVICHANDRAN, SWATHI (2005) Associate Professor, M.B.A., Iowa State University, 2002
• SCHENKER, JASON D. (2000) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2007
• SCHEULE, BARBARA M. (1997) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1995
• SCHIMMEL, KIMBERLY S. (1995) Professor and School Director, Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Greensboro, 1994
• SEEBERG, VILMA (1989) Associate Professor
• SILER, GRETA Y. (2004) Lecturer, M.S., Kent State University, 2007
• THOMAS, STEPHEN B. (1985) Professor, Ph.D., University of Florida, 1974
• ULICNEY, MANDY L. (2010) Lecturer, M.S., Kent State University, 2011
• WALTON-FISETTE, THERESA A. (2003) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2002
• WANG, PHILIP C. (1990) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1991
• YIM, HYONG IL (2015) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2015

School of Health Sciences

• ARNOLD, HAYLEY S. (2010) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2007
• AUDET, LISA R. (1995) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2000
• AXIOTIS, IRENE R. (1985) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1996
• BACKUS, ANGELA S. (2003) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2010
• BARKLEY, JACOB E. (2006) Associate Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York-Buffalo, 2007
• BERK, LYNN V. (2008) Associate Lecturer, M.A., Cleveland State University, 1981
• BERNERT, DONNA J. (2007) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 2005
• BLAKELY-ADAMS, CARMEN M. (2007) Lecturer, M.Ed., Cleveland State University, 2004
• BURKE, AMANDA J. (2000) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2015
• BURZMINSKI, NANCY H. (2001) Associate Professor, Ed.D., Saint Mary’s University, 2003
• CAINE-BISH, NATALIE L. (1997) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2002
• CHINN, LISA (2012) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2012
• DING, KELE (2005) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington, 2000
• FALCONE, TANYA R. (2007) Lecturer, M.S., Kent State University, 2009
• FORBES, MYRNA A. (1998) Associate Lecturer, Au.D., University of Florida, 2005
• GLICKMAN, ELLEN L. (1995) Professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1988
• GORDON, KAREN R. (1988) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 1988
• GROGAN-JOHNSON, SUSAN L. (1988) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1993
• HA, EUN-JEONG (2004) Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1999
• HALE, CATHERINE C. (2000) Associate Lecturer, M.S., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1995
• HAWKS, JOHN W. (1991) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, 1990
• HUSTON, JEFFERY L. (2007) Associate Lecturer
• HUYCK, JULIA J. (2013) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2010
• JONAS, JAY C. (2006) Senior Lecturer, M.Ed., University of Virginia, 1998
• KERR, DIANNE L. (1988) Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1992
• KINGSLEY, JAMES D. (2013) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Florida State University, 2009
• KRUMM, MARK P. (2005) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Wichita State University, 1990
• MALONE, MEGAN (2012) Lecturer, M.A., Case Western Reserve University, 2000
• MATTHEWS, JAMIE C. (2014) Lecturer, M.S., Kent State University, 2004
• MCDANIEL, JOHN (2011) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Utah, 2009
• MIRACLE, AMY L. (2012) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Nevada-Las Vegas, 2013
• MITCHELL, PAMELA R. (1993) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988
• O’FLANNIGAN, CARA M. (2016) Lecturer, M.A., Case Western Reserve University, 2007
• PEER, KIMBERLY S. (1999) Associate Professor, Ed.D., University of Akron, 2001
• REED, ASHLEY (2009) Associate Lecturer, M.S., University of Kentucky, 2009
• RIDGEL, ANGELA L. (2008) Associate Professor, Sc.D., Marshall University, 2000
• ROCHE, JENNIFER M. (2014) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Memphis, 2011
• ROWAN, LYNNE E. (1994) Associate Professor and School Director, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1982
• SCHMIDT, ANNA M. (1994) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Florida, 1988
• SHARP, DAVID E. (2015) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Cornell University, 2015
• TRIBUZI, SCOT B. (2006) Senior Lecturer, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2015
• VAUGHN, AMY L. (2012) Lecturer, M.A., Case Western Reserve University, 1995
• VISKER, JENNIFER N. (2016) Lecturer, M.A., Case Western Reserve University, 2001
• WAGNER, LAURIE M. (1997) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2008

School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences

• ALBRITTON, KIZZY (2015) Assistant Professor
• ALEXANDER, DONNA C. (2008) Lecturer, B.A., Kent State University, 1992
• ANHALT, KARLA (2003) Associate Professor, Ph.D., West Virginia University, 2000
• BALAN, CHRISTINE M. (1986) Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1994
• BARBER, BRIAN R. (2013) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2014
• BARTON, LYLE (1984) Professor, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University, 1981
• BEDESEM, PEÑA L. (2010) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Central Florida, 2010
• BERGH, KATHLEEN A. (2000) Associate Lecturer, M.Ed., University of Akron, 1985
• BLANKEMEYER, MAUREEN S. (1996) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 1996
• BURGESS, SLOANE R. (2008) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2007
• CHEN, CHING-I (2014) Assistant Professor
• CICHY, KELLY E. (2008) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2007
• CIMERA, ROBERT E. (2007) Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 1998
• COWAN, RICHARD J. (2003) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 2003
• COX, JANE A. (2007) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1997
• CURRY, DALE H. (1988) Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1997
• DELLMANN-JENKINS, MARY M. (1981) Professor and School Director, M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1977
• FERDIG, RICHARD (2009) Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2000
• GUILLOT-MILLER, LYNNE M. (2003) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of New Orleans, 2003
• HALLAMAN, LISA M. (2007) Associate Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 1996
• HARJUSOLA-WEBB, SANNA M. (2006) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2006
• HINES, LAURIE A. (2000) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington, 2000
• INGRAM, ALBERT L. (1996) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1984
• JENCIUS, MARTIN J. (2000) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1996
• KENYON, CYNTHIA (2009) Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University, 2010
• KRITZER, KAREN (2007) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2007
• KUO, CHIA-LING (2005) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 2005
• LIOU, CHIH-LING (2014) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2011
• LUFT, PAMELA J. (1995) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 1995
• MCCARTNEY, JAMIE L. (2007) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Akron, 2004
• MCGLOTHLIN, JASON M. (2000) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 2001
• MCLOUGHLIN, CAVEN S. (1981) Professor, Ph.D., University of Utah, 1981
• MCWILLIAMS-WOODS, WENDY (1984) Assistant Professor, M.Ed., Kent State University, 1988
• MOORE, ALMA J. (2012) Lecturer, M.Ed., Malone University, 2004
• MORRIS, BRADLEY J. (2012) Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1998
• MORRISON, ANNE B. (1993) Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2001
• MORSEFIELD, REBECCA H. (1998) Associate Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University, 1997
• MUPINGA, EMILY E. (2008) Lecturer, M.S., Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge, 1999
• NOVAK, ELENA (2015) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Florida State University, 2012
• OSBORN, CYNTHIA J. (1997) Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 1996
• PAGE, BETSY J. (1996) Associate Professor, Ed.D., University of Maine, 1996
• PIEPER, ALICIA (1969) Assistant Professor, M.A., Kent State University, 1968
• RAINEY, JOHN S. (2002) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2001
• RICHARDSON, RHONDA A. (1984) Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1984
• RUMRILL, PHILLIP D. (1996) Professor, Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1983
• SANSOSTI, FRANK J. (2006) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of South Florida, 2005
• SMITH, GREGORY C. (2001) Professor, Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1983
• STEVENSON, NATHAN (2015) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2015
• STORLIE, CASSANDRA A. (2013) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2013
• TANKERSLEY, MELODY J. (1993) Professor and Senior Associate Provost, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1992
• TOBIAS, SCOTT A. (2009) Assistant Professor, D.Sci., University of Missouri, 2009
• TOEPFER, STEVEN M. (2004) Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2001
• VIERSTRA, COURTNEY L. (2003) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2006
• WALKER, KATHLEEN K. (2002) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kansas State University, 2002
• WILEY, ANDREW L. (2008) Associate Professor, Ed.D., University of Virginia, 2008
• WILLIAMS, MATTHEW A. (2009) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2012
• WISDOM, SONYA L. (2012) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2010

School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies

• BEDROSIAN, WENDLYN K. (1998) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2004
• BINTZ, WILLIAM P. (2004) Professor
• BORGERDING, LISA (2007) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington, 2007
• CANIGLIA, JOANNE C. (2008) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1994
• COURTNEY, SCOTT A. (2010) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2010
• CROWE, ALICIA R. (2001) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2001
• DEVER, ROBIN (2007) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2008
• DOWDY, JOANNE K. (2001) Professor, Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1997
• FROEHLICH, LARRY G. (2002) Associate Professor, Ed.D., West Virginia University, 1984
• GERSHON, WALTER S. (2006) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California-Riverside, 2007
• GORECKI, JENNIFER J. (2011) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2000
• GRUHLER, DANIELLE M. (1999) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2004
• HAWLEY, TODD (2008) Associate Professor, Ed.D., University of Georgia, 2004
• HENDERSON, JAMES G. (1990) Professor, Ed.D., Stanford University, 1980
• HERON, MICHELE L. (2004) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2010
• HOLLSTEIN, MATTHEW S. (2015) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 2015
• HOSTLER, ROCHELLE (2008) Lecturer, B.S.E., Kent State University, 2000
• HUTCHINS, PAMELA K. (1993) Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University, 1992
• IRVING, SONYA E. (2013) Lecturer, Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign , 2014
• KENYON, ELIZABETH (2015) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2015
• KIDDER, MELANIE K. (1995) Associate Lecturer, M.A., California State University-San Marcos, 2004
• KIM, INSOOK (2012) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2011
• KIST, WILLIAM (1992) Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1999
• KNAPP, KATHRYN A. (2007) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2013
• KOSKO, KARL W. (2012) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2010
• KROEGER, JANICE (2002) Associate Professor, M.S., Eastern Illinois University, 1990
• LASH, MARTHA J. (2003) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington, 2004
• MILLER-MARSH, MONICA A. (2012) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997
• MITCHELL, STEPHEN A. (1992) Professor and College Associate Dean, Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1992
• MONOBE, GUMIKO (2010) Assistant Professor
• MORGAN, DENISE N. (2004) Associate Professor
• MULVEY, BRIDGET K. (2012) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2012
• MUPINGA, DAVISON M. (2008) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge, 1999
• MYERS, CASEY Y. (2009) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2015
• NURNBERGER-HAAG, JULIE (2015) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2015
• O'CONNOR, PATRICK J. (1988) Associate Professor, Ed.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1982
• PYTASH, KRISTINE E. (2006) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2009
• RASINSKI, TIMOTHY V. (1988) Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1985
• RAVEN, SARA P. (2013) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2013
• SANDMANN, ALEXA L. (2004) Professor and School Director, Ed.D., University of Cincinnati, 1990
• SATO, TAKAHIRO (2010) Associate Professor
• STOLL, JULIA A. (2000) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2015
• TESTA, ELIZABETH A. (2013) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Akron, 2014
• TURNER, STEVEN L. (2005) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2005
• WALTON-FISETTE, JENNIFER L. (2008) Associate Professor, Ed.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2008
• WILFONG, LORI G. (2002) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2006
• ZIMMERMAN, BELINDA S. (1992) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2003