About the College

Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
2121 Euclid Avenue, BH 106 Cleveland, OH 44115-2214

Campus Location
Berkman Hall, Room 106
1899 East 22nd Street
Phone: 216.687.5559
honors.program@csuohio.edu

Dean of the Honors College
Dr. Rachel Carnell, Ph.D.
Phone: 216.687.5559

Office Hours
Monday - Friday
8am - 5pm

To ensure your assigned advisor is available, please schedule an appointment online through Starfish in Campus Net.

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If you are a prospective student, please call the office phone listed below to schedule an appointment.
General questions should be directed to:
Honors.program@csuohio.edu
Phone: 216.687.5559
Fax: 216.687.5552
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Meet the Staff

Dr. Rachel Carnell

Dr. Rachel Carnell is Dean of the Mandel Honors College and Mandel Chair in Humanities. She has been a professor in the English Department at Cleveland State since 1994, teaching courses on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literature and mentoring many Honors English majors and M.A. students. Maintaining an active research agenda, Dr. Carnell is the author or editor of five scholarly books on eighteenth-century literary and political history, including Backlash: Libel, Impeachment, and Populism in the Reign of Queen Anne. In recent years, her research has become more interdisciplinary, as evidenced in her most recent book, Stewardship and the Future of the Planet: Promise and Paradox. Dean Carnell received her undergraduate BA in French from Haverford College, where she learned to value a small college environment—an experience that inspired her to lead the Mandel Honors College. Her MA and PhD in English are from Boston University, where she learned to appreciate the advantages of large urban university. When she's not in her office you might find her walking, bird watching, reading, or swimming.

Mandel Honors College, Office Coordinator

Brooke Fischbach, M.A.

Brooke Fischbach received her B.A. in Criminology and Sociology from Cleveland State University in 2007 and Master's Degree of Sociology in 2011. Brooke has been employed with the Honors College since 2012 and was promoted to office coordinator in November, 2018. She coordinates the administrative office functions of the college. In her spare time she & her husband enjoy going to estate sales and antique stores.

Mandel Honors College, Mandel Continuing Scholars Academic Advisor & Program Coordinator

D. Elizabeth Kravanya, MUPD, B.A.

Diane Elizabeth Kravanya (Liz) is a current Master of Urban Planning and Development (MUPD) student at Cleveland State University, who earned her BA in Political Science at CSU in 2019 as part of the Mandel Continuing Scholars Program. Liz lives in Cleveland Heights with two cats; Biggie Smalls and Teriyaki. She has a daughter who is an Emergency Room nurse, a son who works in finance, and two grandchildren. Liz is also known as Krazy Lady Kitchen (on Instagram) and looks forward to sharing her baking talents with all of you. She is a lifelong learner who believes in the power of young people and education. Together we can be the change.

Mandel Honors College, Honors College Academic Advisor

Elizabeth Okwudi, Ph.D., CPRW, GCDF

Elizabeth Okwudi, received her BA in Communication from Cleveland State University (CSU). Years later, she received her Master of Science in Management (MSM), from Indiana Wesleyan University. She returned to her alma-mater CSU in 2008, and worked as a Career Coordinator untill 2016 when she became an Academic Advisor. Elizabeth believes in nurturing diversity and motivating every individual to soar- in-spites of the odds. She loves dancing (teaches African dance), and engages in lifelong learning. Elizabeth received her Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Education at Cleveland State in December, 2021.

Mandel Honors College, Honors College Academic Advisor

Lauren Mannella, M.A.

Lauren received her B.A. in History from the College of Wooster in 2014 and her M.A. in Higher Education and Student Affairs from The Ohio State University in 2018. Prior to joining the Honors College, she worked as an Academic Counselor in the J.B. Speed School of Engineering at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. Lauren is originally from Northeast Ohio and is excited to be back at home and working with Scholars students. Outside of work, she enjoys staying active, reading and spending time with her husband and cat.

Mandel Honors College Program Manager

Adrienne L. Pounds, Ph.D., M.B.A.

Adrienne Pounds, alum of Ohio University, has helped first-generation college students, veterans, adult learners, transfer students, and international students achieve their goals, through recruiting, advising, teaching, and career coaching. She enjoys jazz music and is passionate about individuals reaching their goals.

Student Staff