Administrative Secretary
Department of Sociology and criminology, College of Arts and Sciences
Kent Campus
Lisa Douvikas demonstrates outstanding achievements, service, leadership, and dedication to Kent State by going above and beyond the call of duty. For example, she helped organize the construction of the department’s virtual reality lab, which advances the ability to conduct cutting edge social psychology research. Douvikas’ support of faculty research enables the department to produce high quality research, which attracts top graduate students. And graduate assistants who need help obtaining their compensation, they can count on Douvikas to diligently organize their paperwork to ensure they receive their compensation.She never lets graduate assistants paperwork fall through the cracks.
Faculty can count on Douvikas to help them enhance their instruction. Once Douvikas ordered and assembled a white board for a conference room that was used to teach a graduate class without being asked to. She even ordered new dry erase markers as well. The instructor would not have been able to teach the course effectively without Douvikas’ help. She helps advance the priorities of global competitiveness and a distinctive Kent State through her support of faculty research. Douvikas organizes and manages faculty start-up funds, which were used for two national survey projects and helped organize contracts to distribute faculty surveys. Her assistance led to publications in an international journal and presentations at a national conference. Douvikas demonstrates the core Kent State values of respect, kindness and purpose in all she does.