Affiliated Faculty

Faculty affiliates of ESDRI. For more details, please click on each instructor's thumbnail.

Aeronautics and Engineering

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Yanhai Du, Ph.D.
Professor
ydu5@kent.edu
330-672-1910
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Dhruba Panthi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
dpanthi@kent.edu
330-672-9218
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John Sankovic, Ph.D., MBA, PE
Professor
jsankov3@kent.edu
330-672-3170

Architecture and Environmental Design

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Britta Bielak
Assistant Professor
bbielak@kent.edu
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Reid Coffman, Ph.D.
Professor
rcoffma4@kent.edu
216-337-5934
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Diane Davis-Sikora
Professor
dmdavis@kent.edu
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Rui Liu, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
rliu5@kent.edu
330-672-0611
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Cat Soergel Marshall
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
cmarsh40@kent.edu
216-357-3432
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Taraneh Meshkani, DDes
Assistant Professor
tmeshkan@kent.edu
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Kristen Mimms Scavnicky
Assistant Professor
kmimmssc@kent.edu
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Laure Nolte
Schidlowski Emerging Faculty Fellow
lnolte@kent.edu
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Ebrahim Poustinchi
Associate Professor
mpoustin@kent.edu
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Adil Sharag-Eldin, Ph.D. LEED A.P. BD+C
Coordinator, MSAED Program, Associate Professor
asharage@kent.edu
330-672-0935
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Andrea Sosa Fontaine
Assistant Professor
asosafon@kent.edu
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Ruoxin Xiong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
rxiong3@kent.edu
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Jon Yoder, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
jyoder31@kent.edu
330-672-3943
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Sung Ho Kim
Architecture Program Director, Urban Design Program Director
skim67@kent.edu

Art

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Taryn McMahon
Professor - Print Media and Photography
tmcmaho5@kent.edu
330-672-2839

Biological Sciences

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Darren L. Bade
Associate Professor
dbade@kent.edu
330-672-4639
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Christie Bahlai
Assistant Professor
cbahlai@kent.edu
1-330-672-9775
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David Costello
Associate Professor
dcostel3@kent.edu
330-672-2035
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Qunxing Ding
Associate Professor
qding@kent.edu
330-382-7523
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Sarah E. Eichler
Assistant Professor
seeichle@kent.edu
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Jean Engohang-Ndong
Professor
jengohan@kent.edu
330-308-7458
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Mark W. Kershner
Associate Professor
mkershne@kent.edu
330-672-2738
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Lauren Kinsman-Costello
Associate Professor
lkinsman@kent.edu
330-672-3640
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Manabu Kurokawa

mkurokaw@kent.edu
330-672-2979
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Sangeet Lamichhaney
Assistant Professor
slamichh@kent.edu
330-672-2764
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Laura G. Leff
Professor and Chair
lleff@kent.edu
330-672-3788
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Xiaozhen Mou
Professor and MA Coordinator
xmou@kent.edu
330-672-3625
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Oscar Rocha
Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator
orocha@kent.edu
330-672-2297
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Carolina Schuchovski
Assistant Professor (NTT)
cschucho@kent.edu
330-672-2993
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Greg Smith
Associate Professor
gsmith62@kent.edu
330-244-3395
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Brian Trevelline

btrevell@kent.edu
330-672-3895
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David Ward
Professor and Herrick Chair
dward21@kent.edu
(330) 672-9394
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Haiyan Zhu
Assistant Professor
hzhu9@kent.edu
330-382-7573

Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Diane Stroup
Professor Emeritus
dstroup1@kent.edu

Communication and Information

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Heather Soyka, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
hsoyka@kent.edu
330-672-0008
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Ikram Toumi
Associate Professor
itoumi@kent.edu
330-672-7143

Earth Sciences (formerly Geology)

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Timothy Gallagher
Assistant Professor
tgallag9@kent.edu
330-672-7867
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Joseph D. Ortiz
Professor
jortiz@kent.edu
330-672-2225
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David Singer
Professor
dsinger4@kent.edu
330-672-3006
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Kuldeep Singh
Associate Professor
ckuldeep@kent.edu
330-672-4114
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Alison J. Smith
Dean
alisonjs@kent.edu
330-672-8068
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Allyson Tessin
Assistant Professor
atessin@kent.edu
330-672-3473
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Courtney Wagner
Assistant Professor
cwagne41@kent.edu
330-672-2746

English

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Ryan R. Hediger
Undergraduate Studies Coordinator/ Professor
rhediger@kent.edu
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Catherine Wing
Associate Professor
cwing1@kent.edu
330-672-1743

Fashion

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Gargi Bhaduri, Ph.D.
Associate Director, School of Fashion, TT - Associate Professor
gbhaduri@kent.edu
330-672-0197
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Margarita Benitez
TT - Faculty Director of the TechStyleLAB & Professor
mbenitez@kent.edu
330-672-0170
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Lauren Copeland, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Associate Professor
lcopela6@kent.edu
330-672-0498
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Mourad Krifa, Ph.D.
Research & Creative Scholarship Coordinator; TT - Associate Professor
mkrifa@kent.edu
330-672-0139
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Archana Mehta
Senior Lecturer
amehta1@kent.edu
330-672-7695
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Linda Ohrn-McDaniel
Faculty Director of the KnitLAB and Professor
lohrn@kent.edu
330-672-0188
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Noël Palomo-Lovinski
TT - Professor, Fashion Design
npalomo@kent.edu
330-672-0137

Geography

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Katherine (Kay) Springer Amey, Ph.D.
Professor
kamey@kent.edu
440-964-4533
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Chris Post
Professor
cpost2@kent.edu
330-244-3427
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Scott Sheridan
Professor & Interim Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
ssherid1@kent.edu
330-672-3224
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Sarah L. Smiley
Professor and Chair, Graduate Coordinator
ssmiley8@kent.edu
330-672-3909
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Dr. Aimee L. Ward
Assistant Professor
award60@kent.edu
330-389-1345

Peace and Conflict Studies

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Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao
Assistant Professor
ehsiao1@kent.edu
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Ashley E. Nickels, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
anickel5@kent.edu

Political Science

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Sarah Schmidt
Assistant Professor
sschmi16@kent.edu

Psychology

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Lee Gilman (they/them)
Assistant Professor
lgilman1@kent.edu
209 Kent Hall Annex
(330) 672-2201

Public Health

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John Hoornbeek, PhD
Professor, Health Policy and Management
jhoornbe@kent.edu
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Tara C. Smith, Ph.D.
Professor
tsmit176@kent.edu
330-672-3946
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Christopher J. Woolverton, PhD
Professor Epidemiology
cwoolver@kent.edu
330-672-4648

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management

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Dr. Andrew Lepp
Professor
alepp1@kent.edu
330-672-0218

Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies

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Bridget Mulvey
Associate Professor
bmulvey@kent.edu
330-672-0621