College of Education, Health and Human Services

Kent State University 2012 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
• CHANDLER, TIMOTHY J. (1991) Professor and Senior Associate Provost, Ph.D., Stanford University, 1984
• CHO, MOON-HEUM (2009) Assistant Professor, Regional Campuses, Ph.D., University of Missouri (Columbia), 2008
• CHUANG, NING KUANG (2005) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 2005
• CLARK, DEBRA L. (1995) Associate Professor, Ph.D. Kent State University, 2003
• CONVERTINO, CHRISTINA (2012) Assistant Professor, Regional Campuses, Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2011
• DEES, DAVID M. (1991) Associate Professor, Regional Campuses, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2000
• DEVINE, MARY ANN (1997) Associate Professor, Ed.D., The University of Georgia, 1997
• FITZGERALD, SHAWN M. (1997) Associate Professor, Ph.D., The University of Toledo, 1997
• GONZALEZ, GLORIA L. (1998) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1994
• HACKNEY, CATHERINE E. (2010) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Georgia State University, 1994
• HAMMOND, RHONDA (2010) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 2010
• HEIMAN, ROBIN L. (1983) Assistant Professor, M.B.A., The University of Akron, 1982
• HINES, LAURIE A. (2000) Assistant Professor, Regional Campuses, Ph.D., Indiana University, 2000
• HOEGLER, EDWARD M. (2008) Lecturer, M.S., Johnson &Wales University (Charlotte), 1994
• IVERSON, SUSAN V. (2006) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Maine, 2005
• JONES, JOFFREY P (2012) Assistant Professor
• KARPINSKI, ARYN (2010) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2010
• KRETOVICS, MARK A. (2001) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1998
• LARA, TRACY M. (2008) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Idaho State University, 2004
• LEE, JU YUP (2012) Assistant Professor
• LEE, SANGKWON (2007) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2005
• 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
• LYBERGER, MARK R. (1996) Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1996
• MAHONY, DANIEL F. (2008) Professor and Dean, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1995
• MCCLELLAND, AVERIL E. (1979) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1986
• MERRILL, MARTHA C. (2008) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1982
• MULROONEY, AARON L. (1992) Associate Professor, J.D., The University of Akron, 1990
• NIESZ-KUTSCH, TRICIA M. (2004) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2003
• PARR, MARY G. (1992) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1992
• RAVICHANDRAN, SWATHI (2005) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2005
• SCHENKER, JASON D. (2000) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2007
• SCHEULE, BARBARA M.E. (1997) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1995
• SCHIMMEL, KIMBERLY S. (1995) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of North Carolina (Greensboro), 1994
• SEEBERG, VILMA (1989) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Hamburg, 1989
• THOMAS, STEPHEN B. (1985) Professor, Ed.D., University of Florida, 1974
• TRIBUZI, SCOT B. (2006) Associate Lecturer, Regional Campuses, M.B.A., College of William and Mary, 1992
• WALTON, THERESA A. (2003) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2002
• WANG, PHILIP C. (1990) Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 1991

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) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1996
• BACKUS, ANGELA S. (2003) Lecturer, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2010
• BARKLEY, JACOB E. (2006) Associate Professor, Ph.D., The State University of New York (Buffalo), 2007
• BERK, LYNN V. J. (2008) 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
• BURZMINSKI, NANCY H. (2001) Assistant Professor, Ed.D., Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, 2002
• CAINE-BISH, NATALIE L. (1997) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2002
• CHINN, LISA (2012) Assistant Professor
• DING, KELE (2005) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University, 2000
• FALCONE, TANYA R. (2007) Lecturer, M.S., Kent State University, 2009
• FRANCIS, SHELLY L. (1993) Sr. Lecturer
• GLICKMAN, ELLEN L. (1995) Professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1989
• GORDON, KAREN R. (1988) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1988
• GROGAN-JOHNSON, SUSAN L. (1998) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1993
• HA, EUN-JEONG (2004) Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1999
• HALE, CATHERINE C. (2000) Lecturer, M.S., Indiana University, 1995
• HAWKS, JOHN W. (1991) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Washington University, 1990
• HUSTON, JEFFERY L. (2007) Lecturer
• JONAS, JAY C. (2006) Associate Lecturer, M.Ed., University of Virginia, 1998
• KALINSKI, MICHAEL (1998) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Research Institute of Biochemistry Academy of Science of Ukraine, 1987
• KERR, DIANNE L. (1988) Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1992
• KRIVAL, CATHERINE (2007) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2007
• KRUMM, MARK P. (2005) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Wichita State University, 1990
• MALONE, MEGAN (2012) Lecturer, M.A., Case Western Reserve University, 2000
• MCDANIEL, JOHN (2011) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Utah, 2007
• MIRACLE, AMY L. (2012) Assistant Professor
• MITCHELL, PAMELA R. (1993) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1988
• PEER, KIMBERLY S. (1999) Associate Professor, Ed.D., The University of Akron, 2001
• PIERCE, BARBARA J. (1995) Sr. Lecturer, M.A., Case Western Reserve University
• POWELL-MCMUNN, MYRNA (1998) Lecturer, Au.D., University of Florida, 2005
• REED, ASHLEY A. (2009) Lecturer, M.S., University of Kentucky – Lexington, 2009
• RIDGEL, ANGELA L. (2008 ) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Marshall University, 2000
• ROWAN, LYNNE E. (1994) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1982
• SCHMIDT, ANNA M. (1994) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Florida, 1988
• SYMONS, CYNTHIA W. (1985) Professor, D.Ed., The Pennsylvania State University, 1985
• WAGNER, LAURIE M. (2010) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2008

School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences

• ANHALT, KARLA (2003) Associate Professor, Ph.D., West Virginia University, 2000
• BALAN, CHRISTINE M. (1986) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1994
• BARTON, LYLE (1984) Professor, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University, 1981
• BEDESEM, PENA L. (2010) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Central Florida, 2010
• BERGH, KATHLEEN A (2000) Lecturer, M.Ed., University of Akron, 1985
• BLANKEMEYER, MAUREEN S. (1996) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 1996
• BURGESS, SLOANE R. (2008) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2007
• CICHY, KELLY E. (2008) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2007
• CIMERA, ROBERT E. (2007) Associate 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) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1997
• DALTON, DAVID W. (1990) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Colorado (Boulder), 1985
• DELLMANN-JENKINS, MARY M. (1981) Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1982
• FERDIG, RICHARD (2009) Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2000
• FISHLEY, KATELYN M (2012) Assistant Professor, Ph.D, The Ohio State University, 2011
• GUILLOT MILLER, LYNNE M. (2003) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of New Orleans, 2003
• HALLAMAN, LISA M. (2007) Lecturer, Regional Campuses, M.A. Kent State University, 1996
• HARJUSOLA-WEBB, SANNA MARI (2006) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2006
• 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
• KOVALIK, CYNTHIA L. (1994) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1996
• KRITZER, KAREN (2007) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2007
• KUO, CHIA-LING (2005) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 2005
• LUFT, PAMELA J. (1995) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1995
• MCGLOTHLIN, JASON M. (2000) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 2001
• MCLOUGHLIN, CAVEN S. (1981) Professor, Ph.D., University of Utah, 1981
• MILLER, JASON L. (2003) Instructor, Ph.D., University of New Orleans, 2003
• MORRIS, BRADLEY J. (2012) Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1998
• MORRISON, ANNE B. (1993) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2001
• MORSEFIELD, REBECCA H. (1998) Lecturer, M.Ed., Kent State University, 1997
• OSBORN, CYNTHIA J. (1997) Professor, Ph.D., Ohio University, 1996
• PAGE, BETSY J. (1996) Associate Professor, D.Ed., University of Maine, 1996
• PALLOCK, LINDA L. (2007) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison), 2003
• PRETTI-FRONTCZAK, KRISTIE L. (1997) Professor, Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1996
• RAINEY, JOHN S. (2002) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Texas A & M University, 2001
• RICHARDSON, RHONDA A. (1984) Professor, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 1984
• RUMRILL, PHILLIP D. (1996) Professor, Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1993
• SANSOSTI, FRANK J. (2006) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of South Florida, 2005
• SMITH, GREGORY C. (2001) Professor, Ed.D., University of Rochester, 1983
• TANKERSLEY, MELODY J. (1993) Professor, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1992
• TIENE, C. DREW (1983) Professor, Ph.D., University of Texas (Austin), 1983
• VIERSTRA, COURTNEY L. (2003) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2006
• WALKER, KATHLEEN K. (2002) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kansas State University, 2002
• WAS, CHRISTOPHER A. (2005) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Utah, 2005
• WEST, JOHN D. (1988) Professor, Ed.D., Idaho State University, 1976
• WILEY, ANDREW L. (2008) Assistant Professor, Ed.D., University of Virginia, 2008

School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies

• ARHAR, JOANNE M. (1994) Professor, Ed.D., University of Cincinnati, 1990
• BARBOUR, NANCY E. (1985) Professor, Ph.D.,The Pennsylvania State University, 1985
• BEDROSIAN, WENDLYN (1998) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2004
• BINTZ, WILLIAM P. (2004) Professor
• BROOKS, ELIZABETH W. (1990) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2005
• CANIGLIA, JOANNE C. (2008) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1994
• COURTNEY, SCOTT (2010) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2010
• CROWE, ALICIA R. (2001) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2001
• CUSHNER, KENNETH H. (1987) Professor, Ed.D., University of Hawaii, 1987
• DEVER, ROBIN (2007) Assistant Professor, Regional Campuses, M.Ed., Kent State University, 2002
• DONNELLY, LISA (2007) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1989
• DOWDY, JOANNE K. (2001) Professor, Ph.D., The University of North Carolina, 1997
• FISETTE, JENNIFER (2008) Assistant Professor, Ed.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst) (2008)
• FRAZIER, BECKY (2009) Lecturer
• FREEMAN, RAMONA G. (1998) Associate Professor, Regional Campuses, Ph.D., The University of Akron, 2005
• FROEHLICH, LARRY G. (2002) Associate Professor, Regional Campuses, Ed.D., West Virginia University, 1984
• GERSHON, WALTER S. (2006) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of California (Riverside), 2007
• GRUHLER, DANIELLE M. (1999) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2004
• HAWLEY, TODD (2008) Assistant Professor, Ed.D., University of Georgia, 2004
• HENDERSON, JAMES G. (1990) Professor, Ed.D., Stanford University, 1980
• HERON, MICHELE (2004) Assistant Professor, Regional Campuses, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2010
• HOLLY, MARY LOUISE (1978) Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University
• HUTCHISON, JANICE K. (1991) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1997
• KASTEN, WENDY C. (1995) Professor, Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1984
• KHOUREY-BOWERS, CLAUDIA M. (2000) Professor, Regional Campuses, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1995
• KIDDER, MELANIE (2008) Lecturer, M.A., California State University (San Marcos), 2004
• KIM, INSOOK (2012) Assistant Professor
• KIST, WILLIAM (1992) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1999
• KOSKO, KARL W. (2012) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 2010
• KROEGER, JANICE (2002) Associate Professor, M.S., Eastern Illinois University, 1990
• LASH, MARTHA J. (2003) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University, 2004
• MIKUSA, MICHAEL G. (1991) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1993
• MILLER MARSH, MONICA (2012) Associate Professor
• MITCHELL, STEPHEN A. (1992) Professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1992
• MONOBE, GUMIKO (2010) Assistant Professor
• MORANSKY, MARLO (2003) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2010
• MORGAN, DENISE N. (2004) Associate Professor
• MULVEY, BRIDGET K. (2012) Assistant Professor
• MUPINGA, DAVISON (2008) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State University and A & M College, 1999
• O'CONNOR, PATRICK J. (1988) Associate Professor, D.Ed., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1982
• PECH, SANDRA. (2000) Assistant Professor, Regional Campuses, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2010
• PYTASH, KRISTINE (2006) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2009
• RASINSKI, TIMOTHY V. (1988) Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1985
• REYNOLDS, ANNE M. (2004) Associate Professor
• RISHEL, TERESA J. (2003) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 2003
• SANDMANN, ALEXA L. (2004) Professor, Ed.D., University of Cincinnati, 1990
• SATO, TAKAHIRO (2010) Assistant Professor
• STOLL, JULIA A. (2000) Lecturer, M.A., Kent State University, 2000
• TURNER, STEVEN L. (2005) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2005
• WILFONG, LORI G. (2002) Associate Professor, Regional Campuses, M.Ed., Kent State University, 2003
• ZIMMERMAN, BELINDA (2008) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2003