Faculty & Staff

Kent State University consistently wins awards for being a great place to work. For the third straight year, the Employers Research Council named Kent State University to the NorthCoast 99, one of the 99 great workplaces for top talent in Northeast Ohio, while the Chronicle of Higher Education honored Kent State in its 2009 "Great Colleges to Work For" list.

Kent State continues to be recognized locally and nationally because of the unique skills, diverse talents, knowledge and “above and beyond” effort of faculty and staff. In return, Kent State offers many services and resources to assist its employees in their professional and personal development.

CCI Kent State has a highly talented faculty who are committed to excellence in education.

CCI Kent State Faculty and Staff:

    * Stanley T. Wearden, Prof. and Dean, swearden@kent.edu
    * LuEtt Hanson, Assoc. Prof. and Associate Dean, lhanson@kent.edu
    * Evan Bailey, Operations Manager, The Tannery, ebailey@kent.edu
    * Beth Bush, Administrative Assistant, ebush@kent.edu
    * Pearle Bower, Special Assistant, pbower@kent.edu
    * Janet Cash, Business Manager, jcash2@kent.edu
    * Kristen Chorba, Assoc. Instructional Designer, kchorba1@kent.edu 
    * George Cheney, Prof. and Coordinator of Doctoral Education/Interdisciplinary   Research, gcheney@kent.edu    
    * Deborah Davis, Coordinator of International Programs, dldavis@kent.edu
    * Ben Hollis, Sr. Instructional Designer, rbhollis@kent.edu
    * Christine Isenberg, Director of Advancement, cisenber@kent.edu
    * Jennifer Kramer, Director of Public Relations and Marketing Communications, jlkramer@kent.edu
    * Audrey Lingenfelter, Senior Business Manager, alingenf@kent.edu
    * Brittany Moore, Secretary, bmoore43@kent.edu     
    * Marianne Warzinski, Academic Program Director, CCI Commons, mrwarzin@kent.edu
    

CCI Kent State Advising Staff:

    * Cathy Zingrone, Director of Undergraduate Advising and Curriculum Services, czingron@kent.edu
    * Matt Rollyson, Director of Advising Administration and Graduate Services, mrollyso@kent.edu
    * Michael Bell, COMM Academic Advisor, mbell34@kent.edu    
    * Vince Giles, VCD Academic Advisor, vgiles@kent.edu
    * Lorie Hopp, COMM Academic Advisor, lhopp@kent.edu
    * Beth Lattimer, Secretary, blattime@kent.edu
    * Robert Springer, JMC Academic Advisor, rspring2@kent.edu
    * Aimee Swartzlander, JMC Academic Advisor, dvan@kent.edu    
    * Amy Wilkens, JMC Academic Advisor Coord., awilken1@kent.edu
 

Full-time Faculty in CCI Schools:

School of Communication Studies:

    * Paul Haridakis, Prof. and Director, pharidak@kent.edu
    * Jeffrey Child, Assoc. Prof.
    * George Cheney, Prof.
    * Rebecca Cline, Prof.
    * Jae Eun Chung, Asst. Prof.
    * Rozell Duncan, Asst. Prof.
    * Nichole Egbert, Assoc. Prof.
    * Catherine Goodall, Asst. Prof.
    * Mei-Chen Lin, Assoc. Prof.
    * Jennifer McCullough, Asst. Prof.
    * Janet Meyer, Assoc. Prof.
    * Sally Planalp, Prof.
    * James Ponder, Lecturer
    * David Trebing, Asst. Prof.

COMM Regional Facility

    * Carole Barbato, Prof. (E. Liverpool)
    * Laurie Bentley, Asst. Prof., (Ashtabula)
    * Bei Cai, Assoc. Prof. (Stark)
    * Alice Crume, Asst. Prof. (Tuscarawas)
    * Erin Hollenbaugh, Asst. Prof. (Stark)
    * Jeff Nelson, Assoc. Prof. (Trumbull)
    * Lisa Waite, Assoc. Lecturer (Stark)
    * Carolyn Webber, Asst. Prof. (Stark)
 

School of Journalism and Mass Communication:

    * Thor Wasbotten, Professor and Director, thor@kent.edu 
    * Luke Armour, Asst. Prof.   
    * Bob Batchelor, Asst. Prof. 
    * Evan Bailey, Asst. Prof.
    * Greg Blase, Assoc. Director and Asst. Prof.
    * John Butte, Practictioner in Residence
    * Candace Perkins Bowen, Assoc. Prof.   
    * Fran Collins, Assoc. Prof.
    * Danielle Coombs, Asst. Prof.
    * Michele Ewing, Assoc. Prof.
    * Jeff Fruit, Professor     
    * Mark Goodman, Prof., Knight Chair
    * Gary Hanson, Prof.
    * Barbara Hipsman, Assoc. Prof.
    * Karl Idsvoog, Assoc. Prof.
    * Cheryl Kushner, Asst. Prof.
    * Jan Leach, Assoc. Prof.
    * David LaBelle, Lecturer
    * Hyangsook Lee, Asst. Prof.
    * Jacqueline Marino, Assoc. Prof.
    * Stefanie Moore, Asst. Prof.
    * Joe Murray, Assoc. Prof.
    * Tim Roberts, Lecturer
    * Gene Sasso, Lecturer
    * Ann Schierhorn, Prof.
    * Eugene Shelton Jr., Assoc. Prof.
    * William Sledzik, Assoc. Prof.
    * David Smeltzer, Assoc. Prof.
    * A. Bennett Whaley, Asst. Prof.
    * Traci Williams, Assoc. Lecturer
    * Susan Zake, Lecturer
    * Wendy Wardell, Lecturer

 

JMC Regional Facility

    * Beth Butler, Asst. Prof. (Stark)
    * Mitch McKenney, Asst. Prof (Stark)

 

School of Library and Information Science:

    * Tomas Lipinski, Prof. and Director, tlipins1@kent.edu
    * Denise Bedford, Asst. Prof. (Goodyear Professor) (IAKM)
    * Michael Bice, Prof.
    * Carolyn Brodie, Prof.
    * Greg Byerly, Assoc. Prof.
    * Karl Fast, Asst. Prof.
    * Thomas Froehlich, Prof. (IAKM)
    * Karen Gracy, Asst. Prof.
    * Sara Meghan Harper, Assoc. Prof.
    * Christine Hudak, Prof. (IAKM)
    * Frank Lambert, Asst. Prof.
    * Kiersten Latham, Asst. Prof.
    * Marianne Martens, Asst. Prof.
    * Rebecca Meehan, Asst. Prof.
    * Mary Anne Nichols, Assoc. Lecturer
    * David Robins, Assoc. Prof. (IAKM)
    * Dan Roland, Asst. Prof.
    * Athena Salaba, Assoc. Prof.
    * Catherine Smith, Asst. Prof.
    * Don Wicks, Assoc. Prof.
    * Marcia Lei Zeng, Prof.
    * Yin Zhang, Prof.

SLIS Regional Facility

    * Belinda Boon, Asst. Prof. (Columbus)
    * Nancy Lensenmeyer, Lecturer (Columbus)
    * Miriam Matteson, Asst. Prof. (Columbus)

School of Visual Communication Design:     

    * AnnMarie LeBlanc, Professor and Director, aleblanc@kent.edu   
    * Jessica Barness, Asst. Prof.
    * Jillian Coorey, Asst. Prof.
    * Douglas Goldsmith, Asst. Prof
    * Joan Inderhees, Asst. Prof.
    * Jerry Kalback, Prof.
    * Sanda Katila, Assoc. Prof.
    * Jaime Kennedy, Asst. Prof.
    * David Middleton, Assoc. Prof.
    * Bruce Morrill, Asst. Prof.
    * Chris Ransom, Assoc. Prof.
    * Valora Renicker, Asst. Prof.
    * Gretchen Rinnert, Asst. Prof.
    * Ken Visocky O'Grady, Assoc. Prof.