Meet Kenyon Faculty

Between the Notes
With both wit and work, conductor Dane Heuchemer encourages his students to become better musical thinkers

The Art of Looking
Art history professor Kristen Van Ausdall teaches students to find the influence of art in everyday culture

Intangibles
Economist Jay Corrigan probes what consumers will pay for such "non-market" goods as the Fair Trade label and even pollution prevention

Introduction to Literature
Professor Perry Lentz enjoys the fresh perspectives that arise from his traditional courses in Kenyon's renowned English department

Changing the Course of Lives
For more than 25 years, political science professor Pamela Jensen has helped Kenyon students 'come into their own.'

Serfassing
Kenyon students are eager to take courses with classics professor Adam Serfass

All Things India
For many students, the exciting plunge into international studies--and India in particular--begins with Wendy Singer

A Life With Dance
As both dancer and choreographer, Julie Brodie finds inspiration in disparate disciplines

Saline Solution
Biologist Christopher Gillen teaches the way he trains for marathons-with enthusiasm, rigor, and experimental curiosity

Sharing a Passion for Astronomy
Paula Turner, associate professor of physics, spreads her passion for astronomy far and wide.

Beneath the Surface
Whether she's studying religion in her native China or teaching a class about images of the East, sociologist Anna Sun digs for deeper truths

Medieval and Modern
Laurie Finke, director of the women's and gender studies program, finds herself at home intellectually with both King Arthur and feminist theory

A Versatile Performer
Professor of Religious Studies Vernon Schubel researches-and practices-performance.

Artist of Artifacts
Archaeologist Patricia Urban guides students to discovery, and self-discovery, through the Kenyon Honduras Program

A Sense of Perspective
With a certain serenity, Allan Fenigstein delves into wrenching realms of psychology

The Immensity of Small Things
Physics professor Benjamin Schumacher, an expert in quantum information theory, contemplates big things that come in small packages.

Strictly by the Book
Sociology professor John Macionis finds that publishing and teaching go hand in hand

Call of the Baroque
Bach scholar Reginald Sanders had an engineering degree and a job in Silicon Valley, but all the joy came from music.

Stage Presence
With inventive premises and incisive humor, playwright-in-residence Wendy MacLeod probes moral questions and contemporary issues.

Fluent Francophile
Students taking French from Mary Jane Cowles may find themselves acting scenes from Molière, pondering the contradictions of the French Revolution, or cooking crepes.

Chemistry on the brain
Sheryl Hemkin, assistant professor of chemistry, explores the brain's chemical secrets.

Digging for Complexity
Michael Levine, one of Kenyon's experts on eating disorders and body image, pushes his students to question the assumptions underlying the facts.

From Lawyer to Teacher
Associate Professor Marla Kohlman's professional journey enriches classroom discussions on race relations, gender roles, class, marriage, and more.

Hardy Appetite
Anthropologist Bruce Hardy can tell you what the Neanderthals ate, when he's not cooking himself