Rhonda Mitchell

Rhonda Mitchell is a Part-time Lecturer in the Department of Fashion Design & Merchandising at Kent State University, within the College of the Arts. She teaches fashion illustration and is based at the Kent campus in office 124E MACC Annex. Contact her via email at rmitche3@kent.edu or phone: 330-672-4645.

As an alumna of Kent State, Mitchell has a multifaceted career as a freelance portrait artist, fashion illustrator, and published children’s book author/illustrator. Her works appear in Pearson Education Inc. publications, and her book The Talking Cloth is featured in Houghton Mifflin’s Reading Rewards. Major publishers include Steck-Vaughn, Cedar Crest Books, and Orchard Books (an imprint of Scholastic Books).

Research & Interests: Her expertise spans fashion illustration techniques, children’s literary art, and educational applications of visual arts. She contributes to the intersection of fashion design and storytelling through her creative works.

Awards & Grants: No scientific awards or grants explicitly mentioned in available records.

Advising & Labs: No formal advising roles or affiliated research labs noted. Her focus remains on teaching and creative publishing.