Doctoral students at KSU also participate in a Teaching Mentorship Program. All students take a semester-long workshop in learning theory and teaching methods, and students are given multiple opportunities to teach beginning in their third year in the program.

The combination of ongoing research mentorship, multiple projects in a pipeline, and a variety of teaching experience and training makes our students highly marketable for faculty positions. Recent alumni placements have included:

Our Ph.D. students have a unique opportunity to be part of this high quality research through our Research Mentorship Program. Beginning in their first year, students work closely with faculty on research projects that have the potential to be publishable in high quality journals. Students are given multiple opportunities to develop their own research ideas in collaboration with faculty mentors.

As a Ph.D. student at Kent State, you will be an integral part of a highly engaged research ecosystem.

Kent State is a Carnegie Research 1 institution with a strong emphasis on high quality research. Our faculty publish in top journals in their fields, including:

Academic Program Director:
Linda Ruse
Phone: 330-337-4292
Email: lruse@kent.edu

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