Born in nearby Newark, Ohio, and raised in the northlands, in Bay City, Michigan, Shutt is the grandson of a Kenyon graduate ('23). He was educated at the Hotchkiss School, at Yale, and at the University of Virginia, where he studied as a duPont Fellow and later as a Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow. Since 1986 he has taught medieval and Renaissance literature in the Kenyon English department and more broadly - from antiquity to the twentieth century and beyond - in the Integrated Program in Humane Studies. He has been honored with the Trustee Award for Distinguished Teaching and, on four occasions, with the Senior Cup, presented to the community member who in the judgment of the senior class has contributed most to Kenyon. Shutt has served as Faculty Secretary and as Chair of the Faculty and has long worked with the Kenyon athletic program as NCAA Faculty Representative. He offers regular nature talks at the Brown Family Environmental Center, and has spoken on behalf of the College at alumnae/i events nationwide.

Education

M.A. and Ph.D. Virginia
B.A. Yale

Selected Publications

Odyssey of the West I: A Classic Education through the Great Books, Hebrews and Greeks. Series Editor, Timothy B. Shutt. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2007.

Masterpieces of Medieval Literature. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2006. Dante's Divine Comedy. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2006.

Wars that Made the Western World: The Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War, and the Punic Wars. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2005.

Monsters, Gods, and Heroes: Approaching the Epic in Literature. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2005.

Approaching the Literature of C. S. Lewis. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2004.

Monsters, Gods, and Heroes: Approaching the Epic in Literature. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2004.

The Foundations of Western Thought: Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2004.

Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans: The Foundations of Western Civilization. Recorded Books, Barnes & Noble. 2003.

Courses Taught

IPHS 113-114 The Odyssey of the West
IPHS 391 Dante & Machiavelli
IPHS 324 The Divine Comedy
IPHS 325 Medieval Literature
IPHS 329-330 The Epic