Spring 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.

Dr. Amy Damrow

Amy Damrow is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Foundations and Education at Kent State University Stark, where she teaches early undergraduates pursuing careers in teaching. She has also taught Advanced Qualitative Research Methods, Ethnography and Case Study, and Grounded Theory and Phenomenology at the Kent Campus. Her research interests include comparative and international research (Japan); equity and teacher education; and empowering early undergraduates. She values innovation in teaching and research. Recently, she has pursued producing a play based on collaborative research with Bowie State University. How Can I Say This So You Will Stay? focuses on the difficult dialogues we try to avoid and how we can stay in the room. Readings have taken place at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and the Tank in New York City. Her scholarship has been published in Anthropology & Education Quarterly, Teaching and Teacher Education, and The National Teaching and Learning Forum.

Vanessa Earp

Vanessa Earp is the subject librarian for the College of Education, Health and Human Services. She started at KSU in August of 2005. Prior to working for KSU she was the Curriculum Center Librarian at Texas A&MKingsville. She has a BS in Communication from the University of Akron, MLS from Indiana University, MS in Reading from Texas A&M, and an EdS in Higher Education from Kent State. She currently enrolled in the Research, Measurement, and Statistics program (formerly Evaluation and Measurement program) here at KSU. Her area of research interest is current academic integrity among college students. She lives on a small hobby farm with her husband Paul, 2 goats (Simon & Garfunkel) and 4 German Shepherds.

Sitang Jittapirom (Jamie)

Sitang Jittapirom, (Jamie), an international student from Thailand, is a third year PhD student in 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.