Joseph Richardson

Manages all internal and external marketing and communications for the College of Education, Health and Human Services.

Before that, Joe was responsible for marketing and communications for the Division of Human Resources, including the HR website. Distributed weekly e-newsletter, HR Faculty/Staff News Now and distributed HR-related news and events to all faculty and staff across the eight campus system.

Born in Indianapolis and relocated to New York's Upper West Side after college and worked for Fox Television, the City of New York, Parks & Recreation, and the World University Games in Buffalo, NY. Moved to Northeast Ohio and received a master's degree from Kent State's College of Communication and Information with a major in media management. 

Married to Brenda Richardson (who works in Kent State Culinary Services). Daughter, Brianna, holds a B.A in economics from Kent State, and an MA in economics from Temple University. She works as a research scientist for Momentive, parent company of Survey Monkey.

Professional Experience

• Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services (Marketing and Communications)
• Kent State University, Division of Human Resources (Marketing and Communications)
• Aclara Inc., Solon (Internal and External Corporate Communications)
• Spectrum, Akron (Internal and External communications, and Public Affairs)
• Diebold-Nixdorf, N. Canton (Corporate Communications)
• Summit County Dept. of Development, Akron
• World University Games, Buffalo (Accreditation)
• City of New York, Parks & Rec, (Press Office and Special Events)
• Fox Television, New York (Marketing)

Education:
MA, Journalism, Kent State University
BS, Radio & Television, Butler University
Former NCAA Division 1 Student-Athlete

Achievements:
Institute for Excellence