Research & Science
Alumna Jessica Maisano ‘Rocks’ Childhood Dream Job
Honors College alumna Jessica Maisano, ’94, B.A., started her career at Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø as a fashion merchandising student before realizing her passion for dinosaurs and dirt was a viable career option. One Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø professor would show Maisano that childhood dreams are actually within reach.
Political Science Professor Talks Bias and Perception of Political Misconduct
Ryan Claassen, professor of political science at Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø, conducted research during the fall semester finding that American voters think politicians view situations differently depending on party affiliation. Claassen’s research was recently featured in an article from the Record-Courier.
Social Media Use Increases Boredom and Homework Decreases Boredom, Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Research Shows
Researchers Andrew Lepp, Ph.D., and Jacob Barkley, Ph.D., from 91¿´Æ¬Íø’s College of Education, Health and Human Services suspected a relationship between boredom and social media use but wondered about cause and effect. Does social media use cause boredom? Or does boredom cause social media use? To answer these questions, they designed an experiment.
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Physics Professor Elected as 2020 Fellow of Prestigious Scientific Society
Jonathan V. Selinger, professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar in 91¿´Æ¬Íø’s Department of Physics, in the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.
2020 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award Recipients
91¿´Æ¬Íø has announced the recipients of the 2020 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSA). Sponsored by the University Research Council and the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, this award honors Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø’s exceptional researchers and scholars.
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Recognizes New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award Winners
91¿´Æ¬Íø has announced the recipients of the New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award. These awards recognize the hard work and dedication of faculty who have been at Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø for 10 years or less and are sponsored by the University Research Council.
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Researchers Find That College Students’ Alcohol Consumption Increases During Pandemic
While it's no secret that many college students drink alcohol, how COVID-19 affected these behaviors and patterns is the focus of recent research published in the journal Addictive Behaviors by the collaboration of William Lechner from the Department of Psychological Sciences and Deric Kenne from the College of Public Health. The pair sought to study the effects that a major stressor such as the pandemic could have on addictive behaviors and how vulnerabilities such as anxiety and depression played a part in the coping process of college students.
Alcohol Consumption Increases During Pandemic
While it's no secret that many college students drink alcohol, how COVID-19 affected these behaviors and patterns is the focus of recent research published in the journal Addictive Behaviors by the collaboration of William Lechner from the Department of Psychological Sciences and Deric Kenne from the College of Public Health. The pair sought to study the effects that a major stressor such as the pandemic could have on addictive behaviors and how vulnerabilities such as anxiety and depression played a part in the coping process of college students.
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø’s Contributive Legacy to the Assessment of Psychopathology
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, MMPI, is a standardized psychometric test that was first published by the University of Minnesota Press in 1943 and quickly became the gold standard for assessing psychopathology. 91¿´Æ¬Íø has played a key role throughout the history of this test and a Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø faculty member led the revision for the recently published and updated 2020 MMPI-3.
Alumna Making a Difference through Tracing COVID-19 Community Spread
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Alumna Priya Midha, M.S. ‘20, is making a difference in Northeast Ohio, working to track COVID-19 to stop community spread and was recently featured in Akron Life Magazine.