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Overcoming Addiction

Nearly three decades into her own recovery, Anita Bradley ’95, founder of the Northern Ohio Recovery Association

International Voices

A dozen members of the Kent State family share their origin stories / Kent State Magazine

Plugged In

Kent State educational technologist Richard Ferdig studies the potential—and the possible limits—of emerging digital tools / Kent State Magazine

Psychology professor John Gunstad studies the connection between obesity and cognitive problems

Researchers have long known that carrying extra weight can be hard on our bodies: studies show that obesity is linked to higher rates of heart and liver disease, for example.

Those extra pounds may be weighing down our brains, too, says John Gunstad, Ph.D., professor of psychological sciences and director of Kent State’s Applied Psychology Center.

Fall at Kent State 2016

Experience the autumn colors of the Kent Campus.

Kent State to Honor Veterans on Nov. 9

Kent State University held its annual Veterans Day observance on Wednesday, Nov.

Open Forums: Hear About the Kent State of Wellness and Share Your Ideas for a Culture of Health on Campus

Kent State University’s Strategic Roadmap includes a university-level initiative, the Kent State of Wellness, to cre

Kickin’ it with Kenny Spotlights the Kent State Fashion School Store

The Kent State Fashion School Store got some early morning customers -- via television.

Kent State Entrepreneur Wins Burton D. Morgan Pitch U Competition

Kent State’s Shanice Cheatham is one step closer to helping healthcare workers stop the spread of disease in underdeveloped countries. Cheatham took first place in the PITCH U elevator competition at the University of Akron.

Video: Fall at Kent State 2016

Experience the autumn colors of the Kent Campus.

November Scholar Puts Communication on Display

Scholar of the Month
Jessica Barness
Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design
College of Communication and Information
2012-present

The word “communication” likely makes you think of language, but November’s Scholar of the Month has spent her entire career researching design as a language of its own.

Across various media, Jessica Barness, an assistant professor in Kent State University’s School of Visual Communication Design, creates her own design-based research model that merges the making of artifacts with critical inquiry.

“I’m interested in the multiple facets of design,” she said. “Design is social, and it’s a professional practice as well as a scholarly discipline. We’re designing artifacts and experiences, but we’re also building the new knowledge necessary to inform and lead those activities. Research through design can be used to better understand people, phenomena, theories or technologies. By approaching design as a sort of hybrid practice, our students learn how to adapt to future needs within our society.

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Steven Brown, Evaluation and Measurement

Steven Brown, Evaluation and Measurement, and James Good, University of Durham (UK), presented “Moving Beyond the Qualitative-Quantitative Binary: Q Methodology's Emancipatory Potential for a Transformative Applied Social Science” at the Mixed Methods International Research Association at Durham University in the United Kingdom on Aug. 4, 2016.