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JOHN L. WEST, Ph.D., Vice President for Research

• Research and Graduate Studies policy, procedures
• Administration of all units of Research
• Internal research support
• Research Council
• Federal Demonstration Partnership
• Research Safety and Compliance
• Office of Technology Transfer

E-mail: johnwest@lci.kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2851
Fax: 330-672-2658

SATYENDRA KUMAR Ph.D., Interim Associate Vice President for Research

• Major Funding Initiatives and Opportunities      
• Support Faculty’s Extramural Funding Activities     
• Research Mentoring  and Outreach Programs
• Proposal Writing Workshops and Funding Agency Days
• Liaison between Researchers and Grant Agencies
• State and National Research Alliances

E-mail: skumar@kent.edu
Phone:  330-672-2566
Fax: 330-672-2658

Mary Ann Stephens, Interim Dean

• Graduate program review
• Graduate program development
• General Graduate Studies administration
• Graduate School Catalog
• Regents Advisory Committee on Graduate Studies
• Educational Policy Committee
• Graduate enrollment management
• Graduate programs services administration

E-mail: mstephen@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2180
Fax: 330-672-2658  

CLAIRE COSENO, Senior Business Manager

• Plans, develops and manages the business and financial operations under Research and Graduate Studies
• Directs all purchasing activities
• Analyzes financial information
• Reviews, approves and processes personnel transactions
• Serves as building curator for Cartwright Hall, which houses RAGS

E-mail: ccoseno@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-6323
Fax: 330-672-2658

PEGGY KRAMER, Administrative Secretary

• Vice president and Dean's calendar
• Research Council coordination (budget, meetings, support requests)
• Summer and academic year research appointments
• Secretary for Animal Care and Use Committee, Human
  Subjects Review Board, and Patent Board
• Faculty incentive accounts
• Research support/travel reimbursements
• Supply orders
• Key operator, copiers

E-mail: pkramer@kent.edu   
Phone: 330-672-0709
Fax: 330-672-2658

ROSE M. TRAN, Lead IT User Support Analyst 

• Network administrator 

E-mail: rmtran@kent.edu  
Phone: 330-672-0969 
Fax: 330-672-2658

JAMES MAXWELL, Public Relations Coordinator 

• Website administrator
• Research marketing coordinator
• Special events coordinator
• Graduate studies catalog

E-mail: jmaxwel2@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-0731