Omer Farooq, M.L.I.S. ’12, doctoral student in the College of Communication and Information, and Associate Professor Miriam Matteson, Ph.D., published an article titled “Opportunities and Challenges for Students in an Online Seminar-Style Course in LIS Education: A Qualitative Case Study” in the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS), Vol. 57, No. 4 (October 2016).
Omer Farooq, College of Communication and Information, and Miriam Matteson, School of Library and Information Science
Peter C. Kratcoski Sr., Department of Sociology at 鶹ý at Stark, authored Correctional Counseling and Treatment, 6th edition, published by Springer in 2017.



鶹ý’s student newspaper, The Kent Stater, is the best collegiate daily (published three times per week or more) in Ohio, according to the Society of Professional Journalists’ Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest.

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Mary Anne Nichols, M.L.S., School of Information, was appointed to the YALSA Midwinter Paper Presentation Planning Committee (2017-2018).
Haithem Zourrig, Ph.D., Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at 鶹ý at Stark, and his co-presenters received a Best Paper Award in Global and Cross-cultural Marketing Track at the Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators conference, March 8-11, 2017. The paper is titled “The Perceived Deceptiveness of Insurance Fraud: A Cross-cultural Perspective on Information Manipulation Theory.”
Peter C. Kratcoski Sr., Department of Sociology at 鶹ý at Stark, authored “Policing: Continuity and Change,” a section in Global Issues in Contemporary Policing.
Virginia Dressler, University Libraries, authored a journal article titled “The State of Affairs With Digital Preservation at ARL Member Libraries: A Survey and Analysis of Policy” in Digital Library Perspectives, Vol. 33 (2), 2017.
