Dr. Kele Ding
Health Sciences
Associate Professor
Campus:
Kent
Biography
Dr. Kele Ding is an Associate Professor in the Health Education and Promotion program at Kent State University. His research interest is in drug addiction and mental health. He teaches advanced program evaluation, application of behavior theory, research methods, drug use and misuse, and many other courses, and has mentored over 20 doctoral students. Dr. Ding has been working with the homeless veteran program of Family and Community Service at Portage County, in developing an intervention program using Creative Art Therapy for mental health recovery.
Education
B.S. in Western Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University, China
M. S. in Health Education, Western Illinois University
Ph.D in Health Behavior, Indiana University at Bloomington
Expertise
Drug abuse
Risk Behavior
Measurement
data analysis
Health and Medicine
Medical Intervention Methods
Disease Prevention
Health related behavior patterns (in measurement and application)
Peer pressure in drug initiation
community program evaluation
psychological recovery
Affiliations
Awards/Achievements
- Faculty Excellence Award-Teaching, Kent State University, 2013
- Faculty Excellence Award-Research, Kent State University, 2013
- Civic Engagement Award, Kent State University Undergraduate Studies, 2013
- Faculty Excellence Award-Teaching, Kent State University, 2012
- Faculty Excellence Award-Research, Kent State University, 2012
- John R. Engweight Distinguished Alumni Service Award, School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Indiana University, 2011
- Faculty Excellence Award-Teaching, Kent State University, 2010
- Faculty Excellence Award-Research, Kent State University, 2010
Documents
Research Institutes and Initiatives
Global Understanding Research Initiative
Healthy Communities Research Initiative