Contact Us

Please use the navigation links to locate the contact information for the Legislators, Business Managers, Senators, and Executive Board Members.  If you have a specific question tailored toward one of the executive board members, please e-mail them directly.  General questions can be directed towards gss@kent.edu.

Office Location

Kent Student Center – Student Leadership Suite 217E

1075 Risman Dr.
Kent, Ohio 44242

Mailing Address

Graduate Student Senate
Center for Student Involvement
Kent Student Center – Box 18
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44240

LEGISLATOR CONTACT INFO

According to our Charter, part of the mission of the KSU Graduate Student Senate is to “secure the rights and privileges of graduate students”, and we work diligently to do this. If you would like to advocate on your own behalf, however, below is a list of the legislators who represent districts containing KSU campuses:

U.S. Senate

U.S. Senate

Sherrod Brown (D)

Local Office: DC Office:

Cleveland, OH

801 West Superior Ave., Suite 1400
Cleveland, OH 44113

Washington, DC

713 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

(216) 522-7272

(202) 224-2315

Website: brown.senate.gov

Twitter: @SenSherrodBrown

Facebook: /SenatorSherrodBrown

J.D. (James) Vance

Local Office: DC Office:

Cleveland, OH

1240 East 9th St., Room 3061
Cleveland, OH 44199

Washington, DC

448 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

(216) 522-7095 (202)224-3353

Website: govtrack.us

Twitter: @JDVance1

Facebook: /teamjdvance

U.S. House of Representatives

Tim Ryan (D, OH-13)

Representing Kent and Trumbull Campuses
Local Office: DC Office:

Akron, OH

1030 Tallmadge Ave.
Akron, OH 44310

Washington, DC

1126 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

(330) 630-7311 (202) 225-5261

Twitter: @RepTimRyan

Facebook: /timryan

Bob Gibbs (R, OH-7)

Representing Tuscarawas Campus
Local Office: DC Office:

Canton, OH

110 Central Plaza South
Canton, OH 44702

Washington, DC

2446 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

(330) 737-1631 (202) 225-6265

Twitter: @RepBobGibbs

Facebook: /RepBobGibbs

Jim Renacci (R, OH-16)

Representing Stark Campus
Local Office: DC Office:

Parma, OH

7335 Ridge Rd., Suite 2
Parma, OH 44129

Washington, DC

328 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

(440) 882-6779 (202) 225-3876

Twitter: @RepJimRenacci

Facebook: /repjimrenacci

Bill Johnson (R, OH-6)

Representing Salem and East Liverpool Campuses
Local Office: DC Office:

Salem, OH

192 East State St.
Salem, OH 44460

Washington, DC

1710 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

(330) 337-6951 (202) 225-5705

Website: clerk.house.gov

Twitter: @RepBillJohnson

Facebook: /RepBillJohnson

Dave Joyce (R, OH-14)

Representing Ashtabula, Geauga, and Twinsburg Campuses
Local Office: DC Office:

Twinsburg, OH

Twinsburg Gov. Center
10075 Ravenna Road
Twinsburg, OH 44087

Washington, DC

1124 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

(330) 357-4139 (202) 225-5731

Website: joyce.house.gov

Twitter: @RepDaveJoyce

Facebook: /RepDaveJoyce

Business Managers

Anthropology

Anthropology

Business Manager:

Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology

Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology

Business Manager:

Architecture

Architecture

Business Manager:

Art

Art Education, Art History, Fine Arts, and Crafts

Business Manager:

Biological Sciences

Botany, Biology, Cell Biology, Ecology, and Physiology

Business Managers:

Biomedical Sciences

Biological Anthropology, Cell/Molecular Biology, Neurosciences, Pharmacology, and Physiology Intrdisc.

Business Manager:

 

NEOMED

Business Manager:

Business Administration

College of Business Ph.D., College of Business MBA

Business Manager:

 

Management and Information Systems

Business Manager:

 

Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Business Manager:

 

Accounting

Business Manager:

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Business Manager:

Computer Science

Computer Science

Business Manager:

Digital Science

Digital Science

Business Manager:

  • No name available | No email available | (330) 672-9008
Economics

Economics

Business Manager:

English

Creative Writing, English, Teachng English as Second Lang.

Business Manager:

Fashion

Fashion

Business Manager:

Foundations, Leadership, and Administration

Sports and Recreation Management, Cultural Foundations, Hospitality/Tourism Management, and Education Administration K-12

Business Manager:

 

Education Administration – Higher Education, Higher Education and Student Personnel, and Evaluation and Measurement

Business Manager:

Geography

Geography

Business Manager:

Geology

Applied Geology

Business Manager:

 

Geology

Business Manager:

Health Sciences

Exercise Physiology, Nutrition, Health Education and Promotion, Audiology, and Speech Language Pathology

Business Manager:

History

History

Business Manager:

Communication & Information

Journalism & Mass Communication

Business Manager:

 

Communication Studies – MA

Business Manager:

 

Communication Studies – PhD

Business Manager:

  • No information available

 

Media and Journalism

Business Manager:

Library and Information Science

Information Arch/Knowledge Management and Library & Info Science

Business Manager:

Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences

Special Education, Educational Psychology, and Intructional Psychology

Business Manager:

School Psychology, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and School Counseling

Business Manager:

 

Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Human Development/Family Studies

Business Manager:

Liquid Crystal Institute

Chemical Physics

Business Managers:

Mathematics

Applied Mathematics, Math for Secondary Teachers, and Pure Mathematics

Business Manager:

Modern and Classifical Language Studies

French, Latin, Translation, and Spanish

Business Manager:

Music

Conducting, Ethnomusicology, and Music Composition

Business Manager:

Music Theory – Composition, Music Theory, Music Education, and Performance

Business Manager:

Nursing

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Adult Health Clinical Nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner, Nursing, and Nursing Education

Business Manager:

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Nurse Specialist, Primary Adult Nurse Practitioner, and Women’s Health

Business Manager:

Philosophy

Philosophy

Business Manager:

Physics

Physics

Business Manager:

Political Science

Public Administration and Political Science

Business Manager:

Psychological Sciences

Clinical Psychology

Business Manager:

 

Experimental Psychology

Business Manager:

Public Health

Public Health

Business Manager:

Sociology

Sociology

Business Manager:

Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum

Career – Technical Teacher Education, Curriculum and Instruction, and Early Childhood Education

Business Manager:

Jr. High/Middle School CI, Reading Specialization, and Secondary Education

Business Manager:

Theater and Dance

Theater and Dance

Business Manager:

Visual Communication Design

Visual Communcation Design

Business Manager:

Senators

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Executive Board

Executive Chair

Ann Winter

Doctoral Student

Foundations, Leadership, and Administration

atager1@kent.edu

Hometown: Mansfield Ohio

Slippery Rock University ’15 & ‘17

Vice Executive Chair

Lisa Onyao

Master’s Student

College of Communication and Information

lonyao@kent.edu

Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya

Computer Science- Jomo Kenyatta University, Kenya

Programming Chair

Vinoth Kumar

Masters’s Student

School of Fashion

vgnanase@kent.edu

Hometown: Chennai, India

Fashion Design – National Institute of Fashion Technology, India

Finance Chair

Masum Patwary

Doctoral Candidate

Information Systems and Business Analytics

mpatwar1@kent.edu

Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh

BBA, MBA (MIS) University of Dhaka, Bangladesh 

 

Advocacy Chair

Ryan Storme

Master’s Student

Anthropology

rstrome@kent.edu

Hometown: Columbus, Ohio

Kent State University ’23

Information Services Chair

Shiza Nisar

Doctoral Student

Communication and Information

snisar@kent.edu

Hometown: Islamabad, Pakistan

MA International Journalism University of Central Lancashire, UK

Advisor

Sekhar Mamidi, Ed.S., M.Ed.

Student Success Manager 
Graduate College