Fall 2022 Doctoral Forum Retreat

Associate Dean Stephen Mitchell

Stephen Mitchell has been at Kent State University since 1992. He is the Associate Dean for EHHS Administrative Affairs and Graduate Education and a Professor in Curriculum and Instruction. Steve holds a PhD from Syracuse University and a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Loughborough University in England. He has authored numerous articles and book chapters related to standards-based teaching in Physical Education, and has co-authored three textbooks, including two related to teaching games for understanding within public school physical education, with one now into its fourth edition. Steve is a past-president of the Ohio Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (OAHPERD), a role in which he fronted advocacy efforts that led to a mandatory standard based Physical Education assessment system in the state of Ohio.

Tom Slagle

Tom Slagle is an Assistant Professor of Composition at the University of Pittsburgh Bradford. He holds a Ph.D. in Literacy and Rhetoric from Kent State University and an M.A. in English with a focus in professional and technical writing from Youngstown State University. His research interests include corpus linguistics, developmental writing instruction and transfer pedagogies. Tom's areas of expertise include applied linguistics, the design and instruction of developmental and first-year writing curricula and professional and technical writing.

Sitang Jittapirom (Jamie)

Sitang Jittapirom, (Jamie), an international student from Thailand, is a Ph.D. student in the Cultural Foundations program, College of Education, Health and Human Services. As a graduate assistant for EHHS Administrative Affairs and Graduate Education, part of Jamie’s responsibility is organizing Doctoral Forum Retreat and overseeing EHHS Mentor Match program. Her research interests include social movement and education and civic education for democratic citizenship. Jamie has a Master’s degree in Cultural Foundations from Kent State University, and a Bachelor’s in Physical Therapy from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand.