Miriam Matteson, Ph.D., School of Information, co-presented a session titled “Promoting Neutrality or Privilege? Academic Libraries and Critical Librarianship” at the Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) annual conference in Wilmington, Ohio, on Oct. 28, 2016. (Co-presenters: James Castrillo, University of Wisconsin – Whitewater; Paul Campbell, Ohio University.) ...
Marcia Lei Zeng, Ph.D., School of Information, was co-presenter and facilitator of a half-day workshop titled “Building Curriculum for Linked Data Education” on Oct. 15, 2016, at the DCMI International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Co-presenters and facilitators: Thomas Baker, DCMI, Germany; Michael Crandall, University of Washington, Seattle ; Marjorie M.K. Hlava, Access Innovations/Data Harmony, Albuquerque, N.M.; Stuart A. Sutton, DCMI and University of Washington, Seattle.) ...
Catherine L. Smith, Ph.D., School of Information, published an article titled “Privacy and Trust Attitudes in the Intent to Volunteer for Data-tracking Research” in Information Research, Vol. 21, No. 4. ...
Familiar Face Mark L. Lewis Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator Department of Mathematical Sciences Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Teach mathematics classes, supervise Ph.D. students in mathematics, oversee undergraduate curriculum of the Department of Mathematical Sciences WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 1996 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Iowa State University LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The people ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: There were researchers in my field. RESIDES IN: Brimfield, Ohio ...
New Face Kristen Washington Recruiting Coordinator Career Exploration and Development Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I assist with the delivery of comprehensive on-campus recruiting services to students, alumni, the university community and external constituencies. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 2016 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Graduate Assistant at the University of Akron LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: I love the inclusive and welcoming environment that the university community provides. Glad to be a part of the Golden Flashes fami...
Bring your bike from home or check out a bike through the Flashfleet bike-sharing program at one of eight locations around the Kent Campus. Flashfleet locations include the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, Eastway Center, Van Campen Hall, Tri-Towers, Terrace Hall, Stopher-Johnson, the Kent Student Center and PARTA in downtown Kent. The lunchtime ride will take place on Tuesday, July 18, from noon-1 p.m. Chris John from Kent State’s Department of Recreational Services will lead us on a 30- to 40-minute campus ride, as well as around the surrounding community. Plea...
When someone suffers a stroke, traumatic brain injury or brain tumor, one of the common symptoms is aphasia, a disorder that arises from damage to portions of the brain, usually the left side, that are responsible for language. It impairs the expression and understanding of language, as well as reading and writing. About one million people in the United States currently have aphasia, and nearly 180,000 Americans acquire it each year, according to the National Aphasia Association. But, there is not a consensus in the medical community on how to best provide rehabilitation for those affli...
Researchers in Professor Philip Bos’ laboratory at Kent State University's Liquid Crystal Institute® and the Lincoln Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently published the results of their collaborative development of advanced liquid crystal devices that can steer a beam of laser light without physical motion. Steering a beam of laser light is easily done by mechanically shifting the position of a laser. But what if you would like to steer a beam of light without physical motion? “It would be great if there were a device, like a window, where the dir...
Kent State University’s current Police Academy cadets recently scored a collective 100 percent on their State of Ohio Physical Fitness Assessment. Only 12 of the 29 cadets, formally known as BAS 17-016, initially passed the assessment on Feb. 6 at the beginning of the program. “They made a commitment to one another,” said Class Commander Wayne Parker, Sergeant with Kent State University Police Department. “As a gesture of good luck for their final assessment, one of the cadets had athletic socks made for all 29 cadets with their class number stitched in them.” The assessment consists of ...
Kiersten F. Latham, Ph.D., associate professor in Kent State University’s School of Information (iSchool), has received a Fulbright Scholar Award to teach at the University of Zadar in Croatia for the Fall 2017 Semester. She will teach a course she created, Current Issues in Document/ation Studies, guest lecture in other courses, participate in several conferences and advise students. She also will have the opportunity to lecture at the University of Zagreb and collaborate on a project around Ivo Maroević, a Croatian museologist who has been very influential on her own work. Latham created th...