Faculty and Staff Services

Presentations, Discussions and Workshops

The Writing Center offers individualized programming on any topic related to writing at Kenyon. If you have a request, please contact Jeanne Griggs, Writing Center Director (GriggsJ@kenyon.edu).

Past presentations and workshop topics have included workshops on how to cite sources and avoid plagiarism, advice on forming an analytical thesis, writing a research paper, methods for organizing ideas, panel discussions on how to write in a specific academic discipline, and resume writing.

Favorite Quotations About Writing

from Roy Wortman: "Writing is the most cruel of all professions." --James T. Farrell

Books on Writing for Faculty

The Writing Center offers books of interest to faculty members available for use in the Writing Center or the library; check the top of the bookshelf outside the office of the Writing Center Director (Olin 131A).

Writing Liaisons

for Spring 2013:

FINE ARTS

ARHS: Virginia McBride, Julia Weaver

DRAMA: Christine Prevas

FILM: Rekha Mohan

MUSC: Jill Hanley

HUMANITIES

CLAS: Julie Weiner, Charlotte Graham

PHIL: Jake Weiner

ENGL: Noah Johnson, James Dennin, Susannah Green, David Miller, Melissa Nigro

NATURAL SCIENCE

PHYS: Hetty Borinstein

MATH: Colleen Damerell

BIOL: Kendra Lechtenberg

SOCIAL SCIENCES

ANTH: Julia Dopp, Ellie Dawson

HIST: Andrea Odegaard, Lydia Shahan

PSCI: Caitlin Barker, Billy Braff, Molly Halberstadt, Devon Beeny, Mitch Schwartz