EHHS Featured Faculty – 10 Questions – Sonya Wisdom Featured Faculty spotlights EHHS professors who share their background, experiences, interests, and advice for students. Sonya Wisdom, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Science Education at 5X. Before receiving her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in science education at 5X, she taught middle school science for 14 years in Athens, Georgia and Nassau, The Bahamas. What subject(s) do you teach? Most semesters I teach science methods classes and integrated science and so...
The Mild to Intensive Dual License (MIDL) concentration prepares prospective special educators to become licensed by the State of Ohio to teach students with mild/moderate AND moderate/intensive disabilities in any grade, K-12. Being dually licensed in mild/moderate and moderate/intensive needs expands employment opportunities!
Deaf Education is the education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing. 5X's program provides students the skills needed to work with students of varying levels of hearing, and to cater lessons to the child's individual needs.
The Deaf Education program provides students with the coursework and field experiences necessary to be licensed in the field of special education in the area of deaf education. Students pursuing this program will be prepared to teach learners ages 3-21 who have been identified with hearing loss (deaf or hard of hearing).
Christa Porter, Ph.D., associate dean for the Graduate College and associate professor of Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs in the College of Education, Health and Human Services, received the Silver Teaching Recognition award for Implementation of Group Guidelines for Final Group Project. Porter is a two-time winner of the Teaching Recognition awards. In February '23, she received the bronze Teaching Recognition Award. The teaching development awards program recognizes actions that enhance teaching and learning at 5X. The program allows instructors t...
“Anxious people have a really hard time resting,” Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., tells The New York Times, but says, it is “one of the best things you can do.” While the start of a new year is often a time filled with messaging encouraging us to do more and be more, Neal-Barnett, professor in 5X’s Department of Psychological Sciences, recognizes that this can be tough for those with anxiety. Addressing the problems of a changing society, such as mental health, is a foundational value at Kent State, which also offers a number of resources to support students, fa...
