Senior Administration
Todd A. Diacon Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs tdiacon@kent.edu
Todd Diacon serves as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost of Kent State University. He oversees all aspects of the academic enterprise, including the university’s seven regional campuses.
Before coming to Kent State, Diacon served as the deputy chancellor of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He spent 21 years at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, serving as a tenured professor, department head, and vice provost.
An historian of Brazil, Diacon’s book, Stringing Together a Nation, won the Warren Dean Prize for the best book published on the history of Brazil. He earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Southwestern College (Winfield, Kansas), and his M.A. and Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Senior Administrators
Sue Averill Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs saveril2@kent.eduPhone: 330-672-2219
Stephane Booth Associate Provost for Quality Initiatives and Curriculum sbooth@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-8530
Fashaad Crawford Assistant Provost for Accreditation, Assessment and Learning fcrawfo1@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2220
Sally Kandel Associate Vice President, Operations and Administration skandel@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-5200
Grant McGimpsey Vice President, Research and Sponsored Programs wmcgimps@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3012
Richard Rubin Associate Provost for Extended Education rrubin1@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2220
Denise A. Seachrist Interim Associate Provost and Director of the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music dseachri@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2172
Said Sewell Assistant Provost ssewell2@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2220
Melody Tankersley Associate Provost for Academic Affairs mtankers@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2220
Wanda Thomas Associate Provost, Dean of the Regional College, and Interim Dean KSU-Trumbull wthomas4@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2279