Kent State University consistently wins awards for being a great place to work. For the third straight year, the Employers Research Council named Kent State University to the NorthCoast 99, one of the 99 great workplaces for top talent in Northeast Ohio, while the Chronicle of Higher Education honored Kent State in its 2009 "Great Colleges to Work For" list.

Kent State continues to be recognized locally and nationally because of the unique skills, diverse talents, knowledge and “above and beyond” effort of faculty and staff. In return, Kent State offers many services and resources to assist its employees in their professional and personal development.

CCI Kent State has a highly talented faculty who are committed to excellence in education.

CCI Kent State Faculty and Staff:

* Stanley T. Wearden, Dean, swearden@kent.edu
* LuEtt Hanson, Associate Dean, lhanson@kent.edu
* Christine Isenberg, Director of Advancement, cisenber@kent.edu
* Deborah Davis, Coordinator of International Programs, dldavis@kent.edu
* Marianne Warzinski, Academic Program Director, CCI Commons, mrwarzin@kent.edu
* Beth Bush, Administrative Assistant, ebush@kent.edu
* Pearle Bower, Special Assistant, pbower@kent.edu
* Audrey Lingenfelter, Senior Business Manager, alingenf@kent.edu
* Beth Lattimer, Secretary, blattime@kent.edu
* Jennifer Kramer, Director of Public Relations and Marketing Communications, jlkramer@kent.edu
* Ben Hollis, Sr. Instructional Designer, rbhollis@kent.edu
* Evan Bailey, Operations Manager, The Tannery, ebailey@kent.edu
* John Butte, Director, TeleProductions, jbutte@kent.edu

CCI Kent State Advising Staff:

* Cathy Zingrone, Director of Undergraduate Advising and Curriculum Services, czingron@kent.edu
* Matt Rollyson, Director of Advising Administration and Graduate Services, mrollyso@kent.edu
* Robert Springer, JMC Academic Advisor, rspring2@kent.edu
* Amy Wilkens, JMC Academic Advisor, awilken1@kent.edu
* Aimee Swartzlander, JMC Academic Advisor, dvan@kent.edu
* Vince Giles, VCD Academic Advisor, vgiles@kent.edu
* Lorie Hopp, COMM Academic Advisor, lhopp@kent.edu

Full-time Faculty in CCI Schools:

School of Communication Studies:

* Paul Haridakis, Professor and Director, pharidak@kent.edu
* Jeffrey Child, Asst. Prof.
* George Cheney, Prof.
* Rebecca Cline, Prof.
* Jae Eun Chung, Asst. Prof.
* Rozell Duncan, Asst. Prof.
* Nichole Egbert, Assoc. Prof.
* Catherine Goodall, Asst. Prof.
* Junghyun Kim, Asst. Prof.
* Mei-Chen Lin, Assoc. Prof.
* Jennifer McCullough, Asst. Prof.
* Janet Meyer, Assoc. Prof.
* Sally Planalp, Prof.
* David Trebing, Asst. Prof.

School of Journalism and Mass Communication:

* Jeff Fruit, Professor and Director, jfruit@kent.edu
* Bob Batchelor, Asst. Prof.
* Evan Bailey, Asst. Prof.
* Greg Blase, Associate Director and Asst. Prof.
* Beth Butler, Asst. Prof.
* Candace Perkins Bowen, Asst. Prof.   
* Fran Collins, Assoc. Prof.
* Danielle Coombs, Asst. Prof.
* Fred Endres, Prof.
* Michele Ewing, Assoc. Prof.
* Mark Goodman, Prof., Knight Chair
* Gary Hanson, Prof.
* Gary Harwood, Instructor
* Barbara Hipsman, Assoc. Prof.
* Karl Idsvoog, Assoc. Prof.
* Jan Leach, Asst. Prof.
* David LaBelle, Lecturer
* Hyangsook Lee, Asst. Prof.
* Jacqueline Marino, Asst. Prof.
* Mitch McKenney, Asst. Prof.
* Stefanie Moore, Asst. Prof.
* Joe Murray, Asst. Prof.
* Tim Roberts, Lecturer
* Gene Sasso, Lecturer
* Ann Schierhorn, Prof.
* Carl Schierhorn, Assoc. Prof.
* Eugene Shelton Jr., Asst. Prof.
* William Sledzik, Assoc. Prof.
* David Smeltzer, Asst. Prof.
* Timothy Smith, Prof.
* A. Bennett Whaley, Asst. Prof.
* Traci Williams, Lecturer
* Susan Zake, Lecturer

School of Library and Information Science:

* Don Wicks, Assoc. Prof. and Interim Director, dwicks@kent.edu
* Denise Bedford, Asst. Prof. (Goodyear Professor)
* Michael Bice, Prof.
* Belinda Boon, Asst. Prof.
* Carolyn Brodie, Prof.
* Greg Byerly, Assoc. Prof.
* William Caynon, Emeritus
* Rosemary DuMont, Prof.
* Karl Fast, Asst. Prof.
* Thomas Froehlich, Prof. (IAKM)
* Karen Gracy, Asst. Prof.
* Sara Meghan Harper, Asst. Prof.
* Frank Lambert, Asst. Prof.
* Kiersten Latham, Asst. Prof.
* Miriam Matteson, Asst. Prof.
* Mary Anne Nichols, Lecturer
* David Robins, Assoc. Prof. (IAKM)
* Dan Roland, Asst. Prof.
* Athena Salaba, Assoc. Prof.
* Catherine Smith, Asst. Prof.
* Marcia Lei Zeng, Prof.
* Yin Zhang, Prof.

School of Visual Communication Design:

* AnnMarie LeBlanc, Professor and Director, aleblanc@kent.edu
* Jillian Coorey, Asst. Prof.
* Douglas Goldsmith, Asst. Prof
* Joan Inderhees, Asst. Prof.
* Jerry Kalback, Prof.
* Sanda Katila, Assoc. Prof.
* Jaime Kennedy, Asst. Prof.
* David Middleton, Assoc. Prof.
* Annette Moinette, Asst. Prof.
* Bruce Morrill, Asst. Prof.
* Chris Ransom, Assoc. Prof.
* Valora Renicker, Asst. Prof.
* Gretchen Rinnert, Asst. Prof.
* Ken Visocky O'Grady, Assoc. Prof.