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      Anthony Molina
      Anthony Molina
      Chairperson & Associate Professor
      Bowman Hall
      amolina4@kent.edu
      330-672-2060
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      Felix Akinboyewa
      Graduate Assistant
      Bowman Hall
      fakinboy@kent.edu
      Office 12
      (330) 672- 8948
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      Tatsushi Arai
      Associate Professor
      tarai@kent.edu
      330-672-2875
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      Kit Autumn
      Kit Autumn
      Academic Program Coordinator
      Bowman Hall
      kautumn@kent.edu
      302-3
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      Christopher Banks
      Christopher P. Banks
      Professor
      Bowman Hall
      cbanks6@kent.edu
      330-672-0908
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      Nelson Burns
      nburns1@kent.edu
      330-672-2060
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      Joel R. Carbonell
      Associate Professor
      jcarbon2@kent.edu
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      Professor Mark K. Cassell
      Mark K. Cassell
      Professor
      Bowman Hall
      mcassell@kent.edu
      330-672-2060
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      Daniel Chand
      Associate Professor
      Bowman Hall
      dchand@kent.edu
      330-672-8939
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      Ryan L. Claassen
      Professor and Graduate Coordinator
      Bowman Hall
      rclaasse@kent.edu
      330-672-2060
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      SPCS Director R. Neil Cooper
      Neil Cooper
      Professor
      cooper@kent.edu
      330-672-8940
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      Karen Cunningham
      Karen Cunningham
      Professor
      kcunning@kent.edu
      113-D McGilvrey
      330-672-8943
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      Michael K. Dzordzormenyoh
      Assistant Professor
      Bowman Hall
      mdzordzo@kent.edu
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      Michael J. Ensley
      Michael J. Ensley
      Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator
      Bowman Hall
      mensley@kent.edu
      330-672-8933
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      Caraline Feairheller
      cfeairhe@kent.edu
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      Meghan Geist
      Bowman Hall
      mgeist1@kent.edu
      Office 9
      (330) 672-8953
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      Landon Hancock
      Landon Hancock
      Professor
      lhancoc2@kent.edu
      113-B McGilvrey
      330-672-0904
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      Daniel P. Hawes
      Professor
      Bowman Hall
      dhawes2@kent.edu
      330-672-8923
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      Elaine Hsiao
      Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao
      Assistant Professor
      ehsiao1@kent.edu
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      Sara Koopman
      Assistant Professor
      skoopman@kent.edu
      330-672-0389
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      Danielle McLaughlin
      Assistant Professor
      dmclau13@kent.edu
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      John Mendy
      John Mendy
      jmendy@kent.edu
      Bowman 302-10
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      Patrick Miller
      Associate Professor
      Bowman Hall
      pmille62@kent.edu
      302-19
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      Zachary Morris
      Zachary Morris
      zmorris5@kent.edu
      Bowman 302-5
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      Ashley Nickels
      Ashley Nickels
      anickel5@kent.edu
      330-672-0900
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      Liam O'Brien
      Liam O'Brien
      Graduate Student and Adjunct Professor
      lobrie10@kent.edu
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      Md Harun Or Rashid
      Adjunct Professor and Ph.D. Candidate (ABD)
      mrashid@kent.edu
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      Gabriella Paar-Jakli
      Gabriella Paar-Jakli
      Associate Professor
      Bowman Hall
      gjakli@kent.edu
      330-672-8936
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      Michael Palmieri
      Project Coordinator
      mpalmie2@kent.edu
      330-672-0333
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      Richard Robyn
      Richard Robyn
      Associate Professor
      Bowman Hall
      rrobyn@kent.edu
      330-672-8944
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      Proma Roy
      Proma Roy
      proy2@kent.edu
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      Michael Sacco
      Michael Sacco
      Bowman Hall
      msacco4@kent.edu
      302-14
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      Sarah Schmidt
      Sarah Schmidt
      Assistant Professor
      Bowman Hall
      sschmi16@kent.edu
      302-17
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      Johanna A. Solomon
      Assistant Professor
      jsolom14@kent.edu
      330-672-0783
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      Camille Tinnin
      Graduate Assistant
      Bowman Hall
      ctinnin@kent.edu
      Office 14
      (330) 672-8953
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      Anna Hutcheson
      ahutche2@kent.edu
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