New and Familiar Faces

New Face

Job Description:

Oversee the coordination of tutoring services for the general population of Kent Campus students.

Worked at KSU since:

August 2012

Employment Prior to Kent State University:

Lake Erie College – Director of Academic Advising and the Academic Learning Center (five years); Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy and Religion at Lake Erie College and at Lakeland Community College

Likes Most About Kent State University:

Even though it’s a large university, it still feels like a community. Everyone I’ve met works incredibly hard, and yet still keeps perspective enough to be very friendly.

Attraction to Kent State University as an Employer:

The opportunity to work at a world-class institution that is on the rise and expanding.

Resides in:

Chardon, Ohio

Hometown:

Cleveland, Ohio

Education:

B.A., Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) – Philosophy, Psychology; M.A.T.S., United Theological Seminary (Trotwood, Ohio) – Theological Studies; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University (Claremont, California) – Religion: Theology, Ethics and Culture

Hobbies:

Spending quality time with my wife, our family, friends and two dogs; reading and observing the world to find answers that lead to more questions; playing basketball, watching football and scuba diving

Familiar Face

Job Description:

Teaching, research, advising

Worked at KSU since:

August 1982

Employment Prior to Kent State University:

Graduate Research Assistant, Purdue University

Likes Most About Kent State University:

The nice setting of the Kent Campus, working with young, enthusiastic students, and learned and friendly colleagues.

Attraction to Kent State University as an Employer:

The opportunity to start and develop a graduate program in Engineering Geology.

Resides in:

Kent, Ohio

Hometown:

Lahore, Pakistan

Education:

Ph.D., Engineering Geology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Hobbies:

Walking, sightseeing, travelling to new places, visiting with grandchildren