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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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    Arai
    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
    Anna Hutcheson
    ahutche2@kent.edu
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