Regular Member Directory

BHRI members are located at Kent State University as well as at Akron Children’s Hospital, Cleveland Clinic and Northeast Ohio Medical University.

The majority of Kent State faculty are housed in the College of Arts and Sciences, working in a variety of disciplines including biological sciences, biomedical sciences, psychology, chemistry, sociology, English, philosophy, mathematics and computer science. Additional faculty work in the College of Nursing, the College of Education, Health and Human Services, the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, the College of Communication and Information, the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, and the College of the Arts.

To apply for membership, please go to the Members page.

College of Aeronautics and Engineering
Name Title Email Profile
Jason Lorenzon JD jloren10@kent.edu Link to Profile

College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Name Title Email Profile
Adil Sharag-Eldin Ph.D. asharage@kent.edu Link to Profile
Sara Bayramzadeh Ph.D. sbayramz@kent.edu Link to Profile

College of the Arts

School of Art
Name Title Email Profile
Linda Hoeptner-Poling Ph.D. lhoeptne@kent.edu Link to Profile

School of Fashion
Name Title Email Profile
J.R. Campbell M.F.A., PG Cert in Ph.D. Supervision jrcamp@kent.edu Link to Profile
Lisa Valendza Master's lvalendz@kent.edu Link to Profile

School of Music
Name Title Email Profile
Joshua Albrecht Ph.D. jalbrec6@kent.edu Link to Profile

School of Theatre and Dance
Name Title Email Profile
Fabio Polanco Master's fpolanco@kent.edu Link to Profile
Jakyung Seo MFA jseo1@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Anthropology
Name Title Email Profile
Owen Lovejoy Ph.D. olovejoy@aol.com Link to Profile
Mary Ann Raghanti Ph.D. mraghant@kent.edu Link to Profile
Jeanne Marie Stumpf-Carome Ph.D. jstumpfc@kent.edu Link to Profile
Rafaela Takeshita Ph.D. rtakeshi@kent.edu Link to Profile
Anthony Tosi Ph.D. atosi@kent.edu Link to Profile

Department of Biological Sciences
Name Title Email Profile
Heather Caldwell Ph.D. hcaldwel@kent.edu Link to Profile
Wilson Chung Ph.D. wchung@kent.edu Link to Profile
Lique Coolen Ph.D. jcoolen@kent.edu Link to Profile
David Costello Ph.D. dcostel3@kent.edu Link to Profile
Derek Damron Ph.D. Ddamron@kent.edu Link to Profile
Daniel Dankovich Other ddankov1@kent.edu Link to Profile
Qunxing Ding Ph.D. qding@kent.edu Link to Profile
Elda Hegmann Ph.D. ehegmann@kent.edu Link to Profile
John Johnson Ph.D. jjohns72@kent.edu Link to Profile
Woo-Yang Kim Ph.D. wkim2@kent.edu Link to Profile
Min-Ho Kim Ph.D. mkim15@kent.edu Link to Profile
Manabu Kurokawa Ph.D. mkurokaw@kent.edu Link to Profile
Laura Leff Ph.D. lleff@kent.edu Link to Profile
Michael Lehman Ph.D. lehman@kent.edu Link to Profile
Jennifer Marcinkiewicz Ph.D. jmarcink@kent.edu Link to Profile
Jennifer McDonough   Ph.D. jmcdonou@kent.edu Link to Profile
Eric Mintz Ph.D. emintz@kent.edu Link to Profile
Aleisha Moore Ph.D. amoor149@kent.edu Link to Profile
Devin Mueller Ph.D. dmuell10@kent.edu Link to Profile
Colleen Novak Ph.D. cnovak13@kent.edu Link to Profile
Richard Piet Ph.D. rpiet@kent.edu Link to Profile
Helen Piontkivska Ph.D. opiontki@kent.edu Link to Profile
Louise Steele Ph.D. lsteel11@kent.edu Link to Profile
Haiyan Zhu Ph.D. hzhu9@kent.edu Link to Profile

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Name Title Email Profile
Valerie Cubon-Bell Ph.D. vcubon@kent.edu Link to Profile
Torsten Hegmann Ph.D. thegmann@kent.edu Link to Profile
Hanbin Mao Ph.D. hmao@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

Department of Computer Science
Name Title Email Profile
Qiang Guan  Ph.D. qguan@kent.edu Link to Profile
Ruoming Jin Ph.D. rjin1@kent.edu Link to Profile
Kwangtaek Kim Ph.D. kkim17@kent.edu Link to Profile
Jungyoon Kim Ph.D. jykim2@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

Department of English
Name Title Email Profile
Mark Bracher Ph.D. mbracher@kent.edu Link to Profile
Phillip Hamrick Ph.D. phamric1@kent.edu Link to Profile

Department of Mathematical Sciences
Name Title Email Profile
Daisy Arokiasamy Master's darokias@kent.edu Link to Profile
Omar De la Cruz Cabrera Ph.D. odelacru@kent.edu Link to Profile
Hai Dinh Ph.D. hdinh@kent.edu Link to Profile
Aloysius Kasturiarachi Ph.D. akasturi@kent.edu Link to Profile
Tsung-Heng Tsai Ph.D. ttsai1@kent.edu Link to Profile

Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies
Name  Title Email Profile
Michael Carl Ph.D. mcarl6@kent.edu  

Department of Philosophy
Name Title Email Profile
Andreea Smaranda Aldea Ph.D. aaldea1@kent.edu Link to Profile
Deborah Barnbaum Ph.D. dbarnbau@kent.edu Link to Profile
Michael Byron Ph.D. mbyron@kent.edu Link to Profile
David Pereplyotchik Ph.D. dpereply@kent.edu Link to Profile
Gina Zavota Ph.D. gzavota@kent.edu Link to Profile

Department of Physics
Name Title Email Profile
Thorsten Schmidt Ph.D. tschmi21@kent.edu Link to Profile

Department of Psychological Science
Name Title Email Profile
Rachael Blasiman Ph.D. rvolokho@kent.edu Link to Profile
Karin Coifman Ph.D. kcoifman@kent.edu Link to Profile
Julie Cremeans-Smith Ph.D. jcremean@kent.edu Link to Profile
Doug Delahanty Ph.D. ddelahan@kent.edu Link to Profile
Jocelyn Folk Ph.D. jfolk@kent.edu Link to Profile
Lee Gilman Ph.D. tgilman@kent.edu Link to Profile
Josefina Grau Ph.D. jgrau@kent.edu Link to Profile
John Gunstad Ph.D. jgunstad@kent.edu Link to Profile
Mary Himmelstein Ph.D. mhimmels@kent.edu Link to Profile
Joel Hughes Ph.D. jhughes1@kent.edu Link to Profile
William Lechner Ph.D. wlechner@kent.edu Link to Profile
Angela Neal-Barnett Ph.D. aneal@kent.edu Link to Profile
Amy Sato Ph.D. asato2@kent.edu Link to Profile
Mary Spitznagel Ph.D. mspitzna@kent.edu Link to Profile
Jennifer Taber Ph.D. jtaber1@kent.edu Link to Profile
Clarissa Thompson Ph.D. cthomp77@kent.edu Link to Profile
John Updegraff Ph.D. jupdegr1@kent.edu Link to Profile
Christopher Was Ph.D. Cwas@kent.edu Link to Profile
Maria Zaragoza   mzaragoz@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

Department of Sociology and Criminology
Name Title Email Profile
Carla Goar Ph.D. cgoar@kent.edu Link to Profile
Will Kalkhoff Ph.D. wkalkhof@kent.edu Link to Profile
Jessica Leveto Ph.D. jleveto@kent.edu Link to Profile
Manacy Pai Ph.D. mpai@kent.edu Link to Profile
Joshua Pollock Ph.D. jpollo10@kent.edu Link to Profile
Starr Solomon Ph.D. ssolom12@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences & Humanities
Name  Title Email Profile
David Odell-Scott Ph.D. dodellsc@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Name Title Email Profile
Ikpe Akpan Ph.D. iakpan@kent.edu Link to Profile
Murali Shanker Ph.D. mshanker@kent.edu Link to Profile
Don Thacker Master's dthacker@kent.edu Link to Profile

College of Communication and Information
Name Title Email Profile
Michelle Baldini M.L.S. mbaldini@kent.edu Link to Profile
Kathleen Campana Ph.D. kcampan2@kent.edu Link to Profile

College of Education, Health and Human Services

School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration
Name Title Email Profile
Mary Ann Devine Ph.D. mdevine@kent.edu Link to Profile
Jian Li Ph.D. jli42@kent.edu Link to Profile

School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences
Name Title Email Profile
Donna Alexander M.B.A. dalexa2@kent.edu Link to Profile
Brian Barber Ph.D. bbarber8@kent.edu Link to Profile
Kelly Cichy Ph.D. kcichy@kent.edu Link to Profile
Jenny Cureton Ph.D. jcureton@kent.edu Link to Profile
Frank Sansosti Ph.D. fsansost@kent.edu Link to Profile
Gregory Smith ED.D. gsmith2@kent.edu Link to Profile
Darlene Unger Ph.D. dunger1@kent.edu Link to Profile
Jing Zhang Ph.D. jzhang65@kent.edu Link to Profile

School of Health Sciences
Name Title Email Profile
Lisa Audet Ph.D. laudet@kent.edu Link to Profile
Ali Barikroo Ph.D. abarikro@kent.edu Link to Profile
Amanda Burke Ph.D. ajburke@kent.edu Link to Profile
Kele Ding Ph.D. kding@kent.edu Link to Profile
Kathleen Durant Ph.D. kdurant@kent.edu Link to Profile
Ellen Glickman  Ph.D. eglickma@kent.edu Link to Profile
James Hannon Ph.D. jhannon5@kent.edu Link to Profile
Julia Huyck Ph.D. jhuyck@kent.edu Link to Profile
Adam Jajtner Ph.D. ajajtner@kent.edu Link to Profile
J. Derek Kingsley Ph.D. jkingsle@kent.edu Link to Profile
Bruna Mussoi Ph.D. bmussoi@kent.edu Link to Profile
Angela Ridgel Ph.D. aridgel@kent.edu Link to Profile
Jennifer Roche Ph.D. Jroche3@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies
Name Title Email Profile
Janice Kroeger Ph.D. jkroege1@kent.edu Link to Profile
Elena Novak Ph.D. enovak6@kent.edu Link to Profile
Jiahui Wang Ph.D. jwang79@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

College of Nursing
Name Title Email Profile
Loretta Aller Ph.D., R.N. laller@kent.edu Link to Profile
Mary Anthony Ph.D., R.N. manthony@kent.edu Link to Profile
Kristine Jacobson M.S.N., CNRN kejacobs@kent.edu Link to Profile
Stacy Miner Ph.D., R.N. sminer5@kent.edu Link to Profile
Pamela Rafferty-Semon MSN-ED, R.N. praffer1@kent.edu Link to Profile
Denice Sheehan Ph.D. dsheeha1@kent.edu Link to Profile
Wendy Umberger Ph.D. wlewando@kent.edu  
Ya-Fen Wang Ph.D., R.N. ywang95@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

College of Podiatric Medicine
Name Title Email Profile
Mark Dalman Ph.D. mdalman@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

College of Public Health
Name Title Email Profile
Sonia Alemagno Ph.D. salemagn@kent.edu Link to Profile
Tina Bhargava DRPH tbharga1@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

Regional Campuses

Ashtabula
Name Title Email Profile
Jessica Leveto  Ph.D. jleveto@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

East Liverpool
Name Title Email Profile
Daniel Dankovich D.C. ddankov1@kent.edu Link to Profile
Qunxing Ding Ph.D. qding@kent.edu Link to Profile
Haiyan Zhu Ph.D. hzhu9@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

Geauga
Name Title Email Profile
Jeanne Marie Stumpf-Carome Ph.D. jstumpfc@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

Salem
Name Title Email Profile
Rachael Blasiman Ph.D. rvolokho@kent.edu Link to Profile
Louise Steele Ph.D. lsteel11@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

Stark
Name Title Email Profile
Loretta Aller Ph.D. laller@kent.edu Link to Profile
Julie Cremeans-Smith Ph.D. jcremean@kent.edu Link to Profile
Aloysius Kasturiarachi Ph.D. akasturi@kent.edu Link to Profile
Don Thacker M.B.A. dthacker@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

Trumbull
Name Title Email Profile
Valerie Cubon-Bell Ph.D. vcubon@kent.edu Link to Profile
Hai Dinh Ph.D. hdinh@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

Tuscarawas
Name Title Email Profile
Ikpe Akpan Ph.D. iakpan@kent.edu Link to Profile
Lovejoy Das Ph.D.,D.Sc. ldas@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

University Administration
Name  Title Email Profile
J.R. Campbell M.F.A., PG Cert in Ph.D. Supervision jrcamp@kent.edu Link to Profile
Michael Carl Ph.D. mcarl6@kent.edu  
David Hassler M.F.A.  dhassle1@kent.edu Link to Profile
Torsten Hegmann Ph.D. thegmann@kent.edu Link to Profile
Michael Kavulic Ph.D. mkavulic@kent.edu Link to Profile
Michael Lehman Ph.D. lehman@kent.edu Link to Profile
Jennifer Marcinkiewicz Ph.D. jmarcink@kent.edu Link to Profile
David Odell-Scott Ph.D. dodellsc@kent.edu Link to Profile

 

University Libraries
Name  Title Email Profile
Feng-Ru Sheu Ph.D. fsheu@kent.edu  

 

External Partner Institutions

Akron Children's Hospital
Name Title Email Profile
Elle Brennan Ph.D. ebrennan@akronchildrens.org Link to Profile
Bruce Cohen M.D. bcohen@akronchildrens.org Link to Profile
Sarah Friebert M.D. sfriebert@akronchildrens.org Link to Profile
E. Eugenie Hartmann Ph.D. ehartmann@Akronchildrens.org Link to Profile
Sarah Ostrowski-Delahanty Ph.D. sdelahanty@akronchildrens.org Link to Profile
Ronald Seese Ph.D./M.D. rseese@akronchildrens.org Link to Profile
Stephen Sondike M.D. ssondike@akronchildrens.org Link to Profile

 

Cleveland Clinic
Name Title Email Profile
Tatiana Byzova Ph.D. byzovat@ccf.org Link to Profile
Hod Dana Ph.D. danah@ccf.org Link to Profile
Dimitrios Davalos Ph.D. davalod@ccf.org Link to Profile
Ranjan Dutta Ph.D. duttar@ccf.org Link to Profile
Jessica Krizo Ph.D. krizoj@ccf.org Link to Profile
Antoine Louveau Ph.D. louveaa@ccf.org Link to Profile
Nikhil Panicker Ph.D. panickn@ccf.org Link to Profile
Hoonkyo Suh Ph.D. suhh2@ccf.org Link to Profile
Dawn Taylor Ph.D. taylord8@ccf.org Link to Profile
Bruce Trapp Ph.D. trappb@ccf.org Link to Profile
Jessica Williams Ph.D. williaj39@ccf.org Link to Profile
Murat Yildirim Ph.D. yildirm2@ccf.org Link to Profile
Minzhong Yu Ph.D. yum@ccf.org Link to Profile

 

 

Northeast Ohio Medical University
Name Title Email Profile
Nichole Beebe Ph.D. nbeebe@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Christine Crish Ph.D. ccrish@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Samuel Crish Ph.D. scrish@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Sheila Fleming Ph.D. sfleming1@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Alexander Galazyuk Ph.D. agalaz@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Rebecca German Ph.D. rgerman@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Tariq Haqqi Ph.D. thaqqi@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Denise Inman Ph.D. dinman@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Takhar Kasumov Ph.D. tkasumov@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Kristen Knepp Ph.D. kknepp@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Yong Lu Ph.D. ylu@neomed.edu Link to Profile
William Lynch Ph.D. wonk@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Jeffrey Mellott Ph.D. jmellott@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Priya Raman Ph.D. praman@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Erin Reed-Geaghan Ph.D. ereedgeaghan@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Merri Rosen Ph.D. mrosen@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Brett Schofield Ph.D. bschofie@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Sharad Shanbhag Ph.D. sshanbhag@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Matthew Smith Ph.D. msmith13@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Jeffrey Wenstrup Ph.D. jjw@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Bradley Winters Ph.D. bwinters@neomed.edu Link to Profile
Liya Yin Ph.D./M.D. lyin@neomed.edu Link to Profile
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