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Faculty directory and profiles. Select the subject area for the faculty member whose bio you wish to view, or scroll down through the alphabetical listing.
| Name |
Credentials |
Appointed |
Bio |
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Robert Aguilar |
B.S., New Mexico State University; M.A.T., University of Texas at Dallas |
2006 |
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Thomas Armbruster |
B.F.A., Kent State University; M.F.A., Kent State University |
1983 |
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Anthony Baldridge |
B.S, Juniata College; M.S., Case Western Reserve University |
2009 |
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Leander Blankenship |
B.A., Kent State University; M.A.T., Marygrove College |
1971 |
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Katherine Bonomo |
B.A., DePauw University |
2003 |
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Michael Bonomo |
B.A., Kenyon College |
2002 |
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Keely Boomhower |
B.A., Wittenberg University; M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
2009 |
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Christine Borrmann |
B.A., Colgate University; M.A., Middlebury College |
2004 |
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Ralf Borrmann |
B.A., Johannes Gutenberg Universitat; M.A., Johannes Gutenberg Universitat; D.M.L., Middlebury College |
1995 |
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Catherine Buffett R.N. |
B.S.N., R.N., N.C.S.N. Texas Woman's University |
1997 |
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William A. Bugg III |
B.A., Davidson College; M.A., University of Georgia |
2008 |
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James Bunting |
B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., Duke University; J.D., University of Michigan |
1995 |
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Christopher D. Burner '80 |
B.A., Franklin & Marshall College; M.A.L.S., Dartmouth College; M.Ed., Harvard University |
1992 |
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C. Ray Campbell |
B.S., University of Southern Mississippi |
2000 |
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Patricia Campbell |
B.A., University of North Carolina, Asheville |
2000 |
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Feng Chu (Judy) Chen |
B.A, Fujen Catholic University; M.A., Kent State University |
2006 |
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David Chiarella |
B.A., Youngstown State; M.A.; Alfred University; Ph.D., Kent State University |
2005 |
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Sherry Chlysta |
B.S., Kent State University; M.Ed., Kent State University |
1994 |
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Barbara Closen |
B.S.W., Bowling Green State University; M.S.W., Case Western Reserve University |
1996 |
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Brand Closen |
B.S., Bowling Green State University; M.A.T., Marygrove College |
1986 |
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Jeffrey Cronheim |
B.A., Rutgers University; B.A., Oxford University; M.A., Oxford University |
2005 |
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Dana Cunningham |
B.A., Macalester College; M.Ed., Harvard University |
1998 |
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Robert Czup |
B.A., Hiram College |
1988 |
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Thomas Davis |
B.A., Ohio University; M.A., John Carroll University |
1977 |
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Joseph DiBiase |
B.S., University of Connecticut |
2002 |
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Alan Doe |
B.A., University of Montana; B.S., Rochester Institute of Technology; M.A.T., Case Western Reserve University |
1988 |
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Harold Donnelly Jr. |
B.S., Springfield College; M.A., Trinity College |
1967 |
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Daniel Dyer |
B.A., Hiram College; M.Ed., Kent State University. Ph.D, Kent State University |
2007 |
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Richard Eicheldinger |
B.A., Hobart College
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2006 |
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Jill Evans |
B.A., Clemson University; M.A., Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English (in progress) |
2006 |
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Cathy Fahey-Hunt |
B.A., Bucknell University; M.F.A., NEOMFA, Kent State University |
2008 |
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Marie Fiedler |
B.S., Kent State University. M.A., Kent State University |
1972 |
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James Fraser |
B.A., Queens University, Canada; M.A., Middlebury College |
1967 |
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Daniel Gibbons |
B.S., University of Akron |
1998 |
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Jason Gough |
B.A., University of Puget Sound; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
2007 |
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Jane Guffey-Pierre |
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; M.A., Indiana University |
2009 |
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Peter Haas |
B.A., Wheaton College |
2009 |
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Herbert Haller Jr. |
B.A., Indiana University |
2000 |
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Richard Hoffman |
B.A., Wittenberg University; M.A., Kent State University |
2001 |
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Sarah Horgan |
B.A., Kenyon College; M.A.L.S., Skidmore College; M. Ed., Teachers College Columbia University |
1985 |
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Margaret Karam |
B.A., University of Rochester; B.Mus. Ed., Eastman School of Music; M.M., Ohio State University |
1992 |
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Jeanne Kidera |
B.A., John Carroll University; M.F.A., Bowling Green State University |
2005 |
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Brenda Lestock |
B.S., Kent State University |
2007 |
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Nick Lewis |
B.A., Davidson College |
2005 |
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Alyssa MacMeekin |
B.S., Muhlenberg College; M.A.T., The Citadel |
2008 |
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Gerard Manoli |
B.A., St. Vincent College; M.A., John Carroll University |
1989 |
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Kevin McKee |
B.A., Denison University |
2004 |
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Susan McKenzie |
B.A., Middlebury College;
J.D., Case Western Reserve University |
2004 |
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Vicki Mitchell |
B.A., Colorado State University; M.S., Northern Michigan University; M.A., University of Salamanca |
2003 |
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Russell Morrison |
B.A., Hiram; M.B.A., George Washington University |
2000 |
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Kathryn Mueller |
B.S., University of Michigan; M.N.S., Idaho State University |
2003 |
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Jennifer Nagano |
B.S., Case Western Reserve University; M.Ed., Cleveland State University |
2008 |
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Jeffrey Namiotka |
B.A., Assumption College; M.A., University of Memphis |
2006 |
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Kevin O'Brien |
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Middlebury College Bread Loaf School of English |
2005 |
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Donalee Ong |
B.F.A., The Theatre School of DePaul University |
2000 |
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Richard Ong |
A.B., Bowdoin College; M.A.T., University of Illinois at Chicago |
1998 |
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Julie Pratt |
B.S., Wake Forest University; M.S.T., Boston College |
2004 |
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Lisabeth Robinson |
B.A., Kent State University; M.A., Kent State University; Ph.D., University of Akron |
1998 |
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Patrick Smith |
B.A., Oberlin College; M.S., Kent State University; M.Ed., Harvard University |
1984 |
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Susan Strauss |
B.S.N, R.N., N.C.S.N., La Roche College, Mercy School of Nursing |
1998 |
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Adam Tassile |
B.A., Kenyon College |
2008 |
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Eugene Thomas |
B.A., Dartmouth College |
1982 |
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Irma Thomas |
B.A., University of Costa Rica; Licentiate, University of Costa Rica; M.Ed., University of Akron |
1984 |
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Jeffrey Warner |
B.A., Allegheny College; M.A.T., Marygrove College |
1984 |
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Ed Wiles |
B.M.E., Ohio State University |
2004 |
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Elizabeth Wirtz |
B.A., Saint Olaf College; M.A., John Carroll University |
1986 |
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Justin Zimmerman |
B.S., University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point; M.S., Indiana University |
2006 |
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