Todd Diacon
Todd Diacon | |
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 Diacon in 2019 | |
| 13th President of Kent State University | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Beverly J. Warren |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 (age 64–65) Wellington, Kansas, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Website | www |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Capitalists and fanatics: Brazil's Contestado Rebellion, 1912–1916 (1987) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | |
Todd Diacon (born 1959) is an American college administrator and educator serving as the 13th President of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio (U.S.). He previously served as the provost and senior vice president of Kent State.[1]
Education
[edit]Diacon was born in 1959.[1] He received his B.A. degree from Southwestern College (Kansas), M.A., and Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Career
[edit]Diacon served as an executive vice president and provost at Kent State University, deputy chancellor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Vice Provost at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.[2]
On April 28, 2019, Diacon was appointed the 13th president of Kent State, effective July 1, 2019.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bamforth, Emily (29 April 2019). "Who is Todd Diacon, Kent State University's next president?". cleveland.com. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ Yost, Laina (29 April 2019). "Kent State selects Provost Todd Diacon as its 13th president". Kentwired.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "Kent State Trustees Appoint "tater" Todd Diacon, Ph.D., as University's 13th President" (Press release). Kent State University. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.