College of Podiatric Medicine
Project Manager
Julie Miller
330-672-1461
jmill326@kent.edu
Philanthropic Advisor
Patrick Riley
216-916-7459
priley6@kent.edu
Brain Health Research Initiative
Project Manager
Julie Miller
330-672-1461
jmill326@kent.edu
Philanthropic Advisor
Dave Grober
330-672-5297
dgrober@kent.edu
College of Nursing
Project Manager
Julie Miller
330-672-1461
jmill326@kent.edu
Philanthropic Advisor
Corey Hukill
330-8753
chukill1@kent.edu
College of Communication and Information
Project Manager
Aliyah Tipton
330-672-0454
atipton4@kent.edu
Philanthropic Advisor
Laurel Wirtanen-Siloy
330-672-1010
lwirtane@kent.edu
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Project Manager
Bethany Sava
bsava@kent.edu
Philanthropic Advisor
Marti Ring
330-672-0932
mkring1@kent.edu
College of Education, Health and Human Services
Project Manager
Melanie Secre
msecre1@kent.edu
Philanthropic Advisor
Alyssa Mazey
330-672-0425
amazey2@kent.edu
In September 2025, faculty member Dr. Richard Steigmann-Gall sat down with our most recent addition to the department’s faculty, Dr. Nick Ostrum, to ask him about his career path and how he became an historian. Dr. Ostrum is a specialist in German History after WWII. He obtained his PhD at the University of Stony Brook in 2017. The interview has been edited for clarity and content. Richard Steigmann-Gall (RSG): So Nick, what brought you to German History?Nick Ostrum (NO): I took a roundabout path to it. Originally, I was doing classics at Sarah Lawrence College. Then in my senior year of ...