SBS Faculty & Staff

Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Political Science

Megan Kerr started teaching political science courses, on a full-time basis, at Owens Community College in August 2010. Ms. Kerr graduated, with a bachelor of arts degree in political science, from Northern Illinois University in May 2002. She also received a master of arts degree in political science from Northern Illinois University in December 2004. Ms. Kerr also completed her Ph.D. coursework in political science at Northern Illinois University from August 2004-May 2008.

Her primary concentration was political philosophy/American political thought, while her secondary concentration was international relations. She has also presented academic papers at the Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.

At Owens Community College, Ms. Kerr teaches sections of “American Government,” “State and Local Government,” “Introduction to Comparative Politics,” and “Contemporary Global Issues.” She also participates in the Honors Program activities and has served as a faculty advisor for the Owens chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.

Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology

Kimberly Minke has taught full time at Owens since 2000, focusing mostly on Psychology (and a few Sociology, leadership, career and student development) courses. She also served as Director of the Owens Leadership Academy, a leadership development program for full-time employees of the College; and is a graduate and recent Board member of Leadership Toledo. In these roles, she facilitated many interactive workshops, presentations and training sessions for adults and teenagers.

Prior to teaching full time at Owens, she served as an adjunct instructor and a representative in the admissions and advising areas. She worked at both the Toledo and Findlay campuses, as well as at the Owens Learning Centers, and had the blessing of interacting with many wonderful colleagues and students through the years.

She received her Master’s degrees in College Student Personnel (with an adult-learner focus) and Industrial/Organizational Psychology (with a focus on training and assessment) from BGSU. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, with an emphasis in Biology and Chemistry at Lebanon Valley College in central Pennsylvania, which is about 15 minutes down the road from Hershey (as in “Hershey’s Chocolate” and “Hersheypark”—a smaller version of Cedar Point).

Although she has lived in Ohio for many years, now, she is a Pennsylvania native, born and raised in the beautiful foothills of the Appalachian Mountain chain. Ms. Minke loves spending time with her husband, family and friends (and 20-year-old Siamese kitty!), discovering new places, meeting new people, learning new things, volunteering (community, school, church, Leadership Toledo), reading, gardening, Star Trek, sunset walks on the beach and the color blue.

Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Sociology

Dr. Marian J. Moore received her doctoral and master’s degrees In American Culture and Sociology, Popular Culture and Sociology from Bowling Green State University. She received a B.A. in Sociology and Psychology from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. Dr. Moore has had a binary career in higher education and museum administration. She enjoys jazz music, reading and traveling.

Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology

Kristin Price, Professor of Psychology, is a Developmental Psychologist who teaches a variety of courses in Social and Behavioral Science. These include General Psychology, Life Span Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Introduction to Personality, Psychology of Childhood and Introduction to Gerontology.

Dr. Price earned her BA, MA and Ph.D. from the University of Toledo, after which she taught courses at both UT and Lourdes University. She has been a full-time faculty member at Owens since 2009. Price has served as Chair of the Owens Institutional Review Board since its inception in 2012. She also serves as faculty representative on the Student Conduct Hearing Board.

She holds a wide variety of interests revolving around language and conceptual development in children. She also enjoys working with youth sports and education in her local community, where she and her husband are raising three sons in the Anthony Wayne Local School District.

Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology

Professor Ross is originally from Dannemora, a small town in the Adirondack region of upstate New York. He earned his undergraduate degree from Plattsburgh State University in 2005 and his M.A. in Experimental Psychology from the University of North Dakota in 2008.

Professor Ross regularly teaches General Psychology, Life Span Psychology and Social Psychology at Owens. His research interests include change blindness, false memory, persuasion and liking/attraction. He spends his free time competing in pub trivia tournaments, playing tennis, listening to comedy podcasts and watching the latest theatrical releases.