Kent State University at East Liverpool is preparing for its 13th annual Earth Day Environmental Justice Conference to be held April 21. Organizers are now accepting papers, posters and video presentations related to environmental justice issues from all students. The event will run from 8 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. in the Slak Shak, located in Purinton Hall. Each participant submitting an essay, video or poster will be highlighted in the program if registered by April 14. Register for our Earth Day Environmental Justice Conference Those who register on time and present their work during th...
Kent State University’s DeWeese Health Center is on a mission to create a culture of wellness on campus that incorporates body, mind, spirit and financial well-being, as well as a sense of community. To this end, the DeWeese Health Center’s Wellness Committee recently accomplished one of its wellness initiatives of creating a community garden focused on growing fresh produce, learning best-practice gardening techniques and managing stress through connection with nature. Serving on the committee are wellness ambassador Danielle Romig; health educator Sierra Baker; A...
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March 3: Dr. Chance York, Assistant Professor at Kent State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication conducts research that speaks to a possible link between social media habits and one’s genetics. He recently received a lot of media attention for this research into genetics as a determining factor in social media use. Read Being addicted to social media is hereditary Learn more about Dr. Chance York Listen to the Elevations interview: ...
After spending months cooped up inside, most of us enjoy the opportunity to freshen our homes and offices with a good spring cleaning and decluttering. But before all the clutter ends up in a landfill, Kent State University’s Office of Sustainability recommends finding responsible ways to reduce, reuse and recycle. DONATE Before you throw away everything, consider what else you can do with it. Many places in local communities accept donations. “It is always better to give items another life by reusing or donating first before recycling them or placing items in the trash,” sa...
College of Communication & Information
The School of Communication Studies and the School of Digital Sciences at Kent State University invite applications for two (2) open-rank tenure-track and/or tenured positions in Communication and Technology at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Full Professor. These appointments are two of eight new interdisciplinary faculty lines in the College of Communication and Information (CCI) and are shared between Communication Studies (75%) and Digital Sciences (25%), both schools in CCI. The School of Communication Studies would be the tenure home. CCI is the only col...
The Department of Sociology and Criminology performs and provides cutting edge research in several units within the department.
These include the Survey Research Lab, ENLOK lab, and others in the Small Groups area
College of Communication & Information
Assistant professor Rekha Sharma, Ph.D., published a chapter in the book, South Asian Diasporic Cinema and Theatre: Re-visiting Screen and Stage in the New Millennium. The book contains 17 critical essays by Indian, European, Indo-Scottish and Indo-American scholars that affirm heterogeneity and difference while celebrating diverse ways of looking at South Asian diasporic film and drama. Sharma authored the chapter “Desi Films: Articulating Images of South Asian Identity in a Global Communication Environment.” The chapter discusses how movies created by and about South Asian ...