Todd Diacon is an American college administrator and educator serving as the 13th President of

Kent State University Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally. Regional campuses are located in As ...

Kent, Ohio Kent is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the largest city in Portage County. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in Northeast Ohio on the western edge of the county. The population was 28,215 at the 2020 Census. The city is counted as pa ...

(U.S.). He previously served as the provost and senior vice president of Kent State.

Education

Diacon received his B.A. degree from

Southwestern College (Kansas) Southwestern College is a private Methodist college in Winfield, Kansas. It was founded in 1885 as Southwest Kansas Conference College and graduated its first class of three in June 1889. The name of the school was changed to its current form in ...

, M.A., and Ph.D. from

University of Wisconsin-Madison A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

Career

Diacon served as an executive vice president and provost at

, deputy chancellor at the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, it ...

and Vice Provost at the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, ...

Knoxville Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's ...

. On April 28, 2019, Diacon was appointed the 13th president of Kent State, effective July 1, 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Diacon, Todd Living people Presidents of Kent State University Southwestern College (Kansas) alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni University of Tennessee faculty University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty People from Sumner County, Kansas 1959 births