2024-2025 Honors Instructors
2024-2025 Honors Instructors
The following faculty and instructors generously contribute to the Honors College on the Kent Campus by teaching Honors courses or by supporting students engaged in Honors research. Faculty and instructors who support Honors research are noted with an asterisk (*) for those who guide Individual Honors work, and a (Ŧ) for those who advise and mentor students engaged in the Senior Honors Thesis/Project. This list is reflective of those currently offering Honors experiences for the 2024-2025 academic year, and does not include all faculty and instructors who have previously contributed.
Please email honors@kent.edu for questions, concerns, or corrections of this list.
Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Accounting
- Jessica H. Vargo
Economics
- Eric D. Johnson
- Jooyoun Park
Finance
- Albert A. Lloyd
Information Systems and Business Analytics
- Eric Curley
Management
- Faisal H. Altalhi
- Asli M. Arikan
- Steve Riczo
Marketing and Entrepreneurship
- Mary R. Heidler *
College of Aeronautics and Engineering
Aeronautics and Engineering
- Ali Abdul-Aziz
- Jeffrey Balcerski
- Darwin L. Boyd
- Shauna E. Cash
- Michael R. Fisch
- Stephanie G. Fussell
- Carl E. Harrison
- Jason Lorenzon
- Richard L. Mangrum
- Maureen R. McFarland
- Hossein Mirinejad
- Carissa M. Neff
- Timothy L. Palcho
- John M. Sankovic
- James Sebastian
- Syed Arbab Mohd Shihab
- Jonathan C. Weaver
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Architecture
- Adil M. Sharag-Eldin
- Alex R. Colucci
- Brett D. Tippey
- David Hughes
- Diane M. Davis-Sikora
- Elwin C. Robison *
- Jean J. Jaminet
- Kathryn E. Strand
- Kristen Mimms Scavnicky
- Nick N. Safley
- Paul L. Mosley
- Reid R. Coffman
- Steven N. Rugare Ŧ
Construction Management
- Anthony M. Mirando
- Lameck M. Onsarigo *
- Ruoxin Xiong
Interior Design
- Britta Bielak
- Jill Lahrmer
- Ronn Daniel
- Tina Patel
Landscape Architecture
- Charles M. Frederick
College of Arts and Sciences
Africana Studies
- Mwatabu S. Okantah Ŧ
Anthropology
- Linda B. Spurlock
Biological Sciences
- Aleisha M. Moore Ŧ
- Chi-hua Groff
- Christie Bahlai * Ŧ
- Colleen Novak Barnett
- David M. Costello *
- Devin Mueller
- Ferenc A. De Szalay
- James C. Redfearn
- Lauren E. Kinsman-Costello *
- Mark W. Kershner
- Richard Piet
- Sangeet Lamichhaney *
- Sarah E. Eichler
- Sarah R. Vash
Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Ruth R. Leslie
Computer Science
- Giovanni Villalobos Herrera
- Gregory S. DeLozier
- Joseph M. Oglio
- Joshua A. Behler
- Lei Xu
- Meldin Bektic
- Mikhail Nesterenko
- Qiang Guan
Earth Sciences
- David M. Singer
- Joseph D. Ortiz * Ŧ
English
- Adam H. Brodsky
- Charles J. Malone
- Chelsea R. Swick-Higgins
- Christopher M. Roman
- Dale E. Richards
- Danielle French
- Derek Van Ittersum
- Dirk Remley
- Don-John Dugas
- Edward Dauterich
- Elizabeth A. Hall
- Elizabeth A. Wagoner Ŧ
- Emily D. Reese
- Gregory L. Rabbitt
- Hagan Faye Whiteleather *
- James P. Winter
- Jeanne R. Smith
- Karl Uhrig
- Lauren A. Vogel Ŧ
- Mahli X. Mechenbier
- Mark Bracher
- Matthew A. Shank
- Michael T. Sanders
- Mischa S. Klenovich
- Patrick J. Clark
- Rob D. Sturr *
- Susan D. Lord
- Tammy Clewell
- Uma S. Krishnan Ŧ
- Wesley Raabe
- William A. Morris
Geography
- Aimee L. Ward Ŧ
- David H. Kaplan *
- He Yin *
History
- Kenneth J. Bindas
- Nicholas Ostrum
- Richard A. Steigmann-Gall * Ŧ
- Timothy L. Scarnecchia
Mathematical Sciences
- Laura A. Smithies
Modern and Classical Languages
- Geoff S. Koby Ŧ
- Jennifer L. Larson
- Luis G. Hermosilla
- Olga I. Rivera
- Stephanie J. Siciarz
- Teresa Villa-Ignacio *
Multidisciplinary Social Sciences & Humanities
- Andrew S. Barnes
- Julie M. Mazzei
- Suzanne L. Holt *
Peace and Conflict Studies
- Jacquelyn K. Bleak
Philosophy
- David Pereplyotchik
- Kimberly K. Garchar
Political Science
- Christopher P. Banks Ŧ
- Mary S. Peterson Ŧ
Psychological Sciences
- Angela M. Neal-Barnett
- Christopher A. Was Ŧ
- Jeffrey Ciesla
- Jocelyn R. Folk *
- John A. Updegraff
- Judith Gere
- Kathleen V. Casto
- Lee M. Gilman *
- Mary S. Himmelstein Ŧ
- Maureen S. Blankemeyer Ŧ
- Phillip M. Hamrick *
- Sharon M. Sciartelli
- Yossef S. Ben-Porath Ŧ
Sociology and Criminology
- Allen Lowery Ŧ
- Anthony Vander Horst Ŧ
- Liz E. Piatt
- Manacy Pai
College of Communication and Information
Communication Studies
- Cristin Compton
Emerging Media and Technology
- David A. Foster
- David E. Silva
- Emily E. Baumgartner
- Thomas A. Mis
Media and Journalism
- Andrea R. Nenque
- Dana White
- Luke L. Armour *
- Michele E. Ewing
- Mitchell J. McKenney
- Mizell Stewart
- Peter S. Bobkowski
- Roseann C. Canfora
- Scott W. Hallgren *
- Timothy A. Roberts
Visual Communication Design
- Daniel R. Kearsey
- David Roll *
- Gretchen C. Rinnert
College of Education, Health, and Human Services
Foundations, Leadership & Administration
- Andrew S. Eith *
- Christian H. Booher *
- Natasha Levinson
Health Sciences
- Amy L. Miracle
- Catherine C. Hale
- Eun-Jeong Ha
- Jamie C. Matthews
- Jay C. Jonas
- Jeffery L. Huston
- Jenny M. Roche
- Julie E. Fioritto
- Justin T. Blankenburg
- Kodai Noguchi
- Mark P. Krumm Ŧ
- Meghan K. Magee *
- Michelle A. Sohm
- Sloane R. Burgess
- Tanya R. Falcone
- William Bolden
Lifespan Development & Educational Sciences
- Giulia A. Borriello
- Jamie L. McCartney *
Teaching, Learning & Curriculum Studies
- Cheryl L. Potenza-Radis
- Danielle M. Gruhler
- David H. Ternent
- Jackie N. Ridley
- Judy I. Benjamin
- Kristine E. Pytash
- Rezwan Shihab
College of Nursing
Nursing
- Caitlin M. Kosar
- Dana M. Hansen
- Heather Weil
- Kimberly A. Cleveland *
- Laurie B. Robinson
- Lisa M. Davis
- Loretta J. Aller * Ŧ
- Mary B. Bacha
- Mary K. Hodakievic
- Meghan Edmondson
- Natalie M. Cline
- Sarah Bixler
- Sarah J. Matola
- Shelby L. Bucceri
- Stacy Miner
- Yafen Wang
College of Public Health
Public Health
- Abbey L. Eng Ŧ
- Baaba K. Essel
- Eric S. Jefferis
- Laurel A. Tomi
- Madhav P. Bhatta
- Maggie M. Stedman-Smith
- Tina D. Bhargava
College of the Arts
Art
- Gustav F. Medicus * Ŧ
- Laura Fenelli
- Maya S. Kirkpatrick
- Shana K. Reisig
Fashion Design and Merchandising
- Catherine A. Leslie Ŧ
- David H. Hahn
- Kathryn E. Novak
- Margarita Benitez
- Noel N. Palomo-Lovinski Ŧ
- Paula K. Dancie
- Trista L. Grieder Ŧ
- William C. Perrine
- William E. Hauck
Music
- David E. Mitchell
- Jennifer L. Johnstone
- Priwan Nanongkham
Theatre and Dance
- Amy Fritsche
- Caitlin Kane
- Fabio J. Polanco
- Grace A. Keenan
- Jennifer S. Korecki
- Jonathan F. Swoboda
- Paul Hurley
- Steven R. Pauna
The Honors College
Honors Staff Instructing HONR/UC Courses
- Erin E. Ahrens
- Lauren A. Huffman
- Stacey L. Spearman
- Theresa A. Yogi