Todd Diacon
Diacon in 2019
13th President of Kent State University
Incumbent
Assumed office July 1, 2019
Preceded by	Beverly J. Warren
Personal details
Born	1959 (age 66–67) Wellington, Kansas, U.S.
Education	Southwestern College (Kansas) (BA) University of Wisconsin-Madison (MA, PhD)
Website	www.kent.edu/president
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thesis	Capitalists and fanatics: Brazil's Contestado Rebellion, 1912–1916 (1987)
Academic work
Institutions	University of Tennessee, Knoxville University of Massachusetts Amherst Kent State University

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

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

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]

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