Kent State University wasn’t just where alumna Julia Ryan went to school; it was part of her life growing up in Northeast Ohio with her father, Frank X. Ryan, Ph.D., associate professor and undergraduate coordinator of philosophy. “I kind of grew up on the Kent State campus,” Ryan said. “It was always a shoo-in: ‘I know I’m going to Kent, but what is it going to be for?’”Raised in a family that valued the humanities, Ryan decided to major in history and minor in political science.“History was always a big interest for me,” she said. “For a while, I tottered between theater or something el...