Christina Haas & Pamela Takayoshi
Faculty Associates

Christina Haas, Associate Professor of English, Coordinator of Writing Internships, and FPDC Faculty Associate for Undergrad Research, received her PhD in Rhetoric from Carnegie Mellon University.  As part of the Doctoral Program in Literacy, Rhetoric, and Social Practice, she specializes in  of writing technologies, workplace literacy, contemporary rhetorical theory, and research methods for the study of writing.  Currently the editor of Written Communication: An International Quarterly of Research, Theory, and Application, she has published in journals such as College Composition and Communication, Research in the Teaching of English, Computers and Composition, L2:  Studies in Language and Learning, Human Computer Interaction, Journal of Technical and Business Communication, and various edited collections.  Her current interests include the languages of new media and how the human hand is implicated in the cultural and material practices of writing.

Andrea Adolph
Faculty Associate

Andrea Adolph is the FPDC's Faculty Associate in Service-Learning. She has been a practitioner of service-learning since 1997, and as an assistant professor of English at the Stark campus has incorporated the pedagogy in composition and creative writing classrooms. She also coordinates service-learning on the Stark campus, and has worked with faculty across disciplines to develop dynamic, theoretically sound course syllabi and community partnerships.

Kenneth Cushner is Professor of Education in the College and Graduate School of Education, Health and Human Services  at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.  Dr. Cushner is author or editor of several books and articles in the field of intercultural education and training, including: Human Diversity in Education: An Integrative Approach, 6th ed. (McGraw-Hill, 2009); Human Diversity in Action: Developing Multicultural Competencies in the Classroom, 3rd edition (2006, McGraw-Hill); Beyond Tourism: A Practical Guide to Meaningful Educational Travel (Scarecrow Education, 2004); International Perspectives on Intercultural Education (1998, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates); and Intercultural Interactions: A Practical Guide, 2nd edition (with Richard Brislin, Sage Publications, 1996).  He is President of the International Academy for Intercultural Research, former Executive Director for International Affairs at Kent State, and past Director of COST – the Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching.  In his spare time, Dr. Cushner enjoys music (percussion and guitar), photography and travel.  He has developed and led intercultural programs on all seven continents.

Nicole Delahanty
Ohio Learning Network Regional Center Assistant

Nicole Delahanty is the Ohio Learning Network NE Regional Center Program Coordinator and is responsible for maintaining contact and consulting with the Faculty/Professional Learning Communities as well as maintaining documentation for all communities. Nicole has a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Communications from the University of North Dakota and is currently attending KSU as a graduate student in the Institute for Applied Linguistics, Spanish Translation program.