Our Faculty
"Teachers, mentors, friends"—that's the way generations of Kenyon students sum up the role that their professors have played in their lives. The faculty is Kenyon's greatest strength: nearly 200 accomplished scholars whose top priority is to help students thrive.
Professors work closely with students, in and out of the classroom and lab. Kenyon's student-faculty ratio of 10:1 means that close contact is inevitable. Teaching is the top priority here. Our faculty members are authors, artists, and researchers, immersed in scholarly and creative projects. But they are classroom teachers first and foremost, committed to making stimulating opportunities available to students.
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| Eliza Ablovatski | Associate Professor of History |
| Joseph Adler | Professor of Asian Studies and Religious Studies |
| Nahla Al-Huraibi | Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic |
| Galina An | Associate Professor of Economics |
| Nuh Aydin | Associate Professor of Mathematics |
| Jianhua Bai | Professor of Chinese |
| Sharada Balachandran Orihuela | Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertion Fellow/ Visit Inst of English |
| K. Read Baldwin | Associate Professor of Art |
| Michael Barich | Assistant Professor of Classics |
| Fred Baumann | Professor of Political Science |
| Robert Bennett | Professor Emeritus of Classics |
| Kyle Berg | Assistant Swimming Coach |
| Luis Biava | Adjunct Instructor of Cello |
| Jean Blacker | Professor of French |
| Concetta Blechschmidt | Visiting Instructor of Spanish |
| Sarah Blick | Professor of Art History |
| Jeffrey Bowman | Professor of History |
| Jennifer Britz | VP for Enrollment and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid |
| Julie Brodie | Associate Professor of Dance |
| Christopher Brown | Head Men's Soccer Coach and Spring Game Management |
| Kelly Bryan | Head Women's Soccer Coach |
| Theodore Buehrer | James D. & Cornelia W. Ireland Associate Professor of Music |
| W. Matthew Burdette | Head Baseball Coach; Assistant Athletic Director, Athletic Facilities Coordinator |
| Meredith Buzzi | Head Women's Lacrosse Coach |
| Pamela Camerra-Rowe | John B. McCoy Bank One Dist Teaching Assoc Prof of Pol Sci |
| James Carson | Associate Professor of English |
| Kathleen Charles | Head Women's Volleyball Coach |
| Hyun Cho | Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics |
| Antoine Clark | Adjunct Instructor of Music |
| Jennifer Clarvoe | Professor of English, Kenyon in Rome Program - Fall 2010 |
| Sarah Copland | Visiting Assistant Professor of Humanities |
| Jay Corrigan | Associate Professor of Economics |
| Sylvie Coulibaly | Assistant Professor of History |
| Mary Jane Cowles | Professor of French |
| Robert Cox | Adjunct Instructor of Guitar; Guitar Coordinator |
| Balinda Craig-Quijada | Associate Professor of Dance |
| Scott Cummings | Professor of Chemistry |
| Melissa Dabakis | Professor of Art History |
| Cary Dachtyl | Adjunct Instructor of Percussion |
| Linda Dachtyl | Adjunct Instructor of Percussion |
| Adele Davidson | Charles P. McIlvaine Professor of English |
| Miriam Dean-Otting | Professor of Religious Studies |
| Juan DePascuale | Associate Professor of Philosophy |
| Diane Dingler | Adjunct Instructor of Music |
| Simone Dubrovic | Assistant Professor of Italian |
| Ruth Dunnell | James P. Storer Professor of Asian History |
| Eugene Dwyer | Professor of Art History |
| Peggy Dye | Adjunct Instructor of Voice |
| Ennis Edmonds | Associate Professor of Religious Studies |
| Kathryn Edwards | Professor of Biology |
| Christopher Ehmer | Assistant Men's Basketball Coach |
| Katherine Elkins | Associate Professor of Humanities |
| John Elliott | Harry M. Clor Professor of Political Science |
| Daniel Epstein | Richard L. Thomas Visiting Professor of Creative Writing |
| H. Abbie Erler | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
| Claudia Esslinger | Professor of Art |
| Shawn Farnell | Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics |
| Ross Feller | Assistant Professor of Music |
| Allan Fenigstein | Professor of Psychology |
| M. Siobhan Fennessy | Professor of Biology, Codirector of Brown Family Environmental Center |
| Kathleen Fernando | Visiting Instructor of English |
| Leigh Fine | Visiting Instructor of Sociology |
| Laurie Finke | Professor of Women's & Gender Studies;Self Study Coordinator |
| Meridith Friedman | Visiting Assistant Professor of Drama |
| Monica Fullerton | Visiting Instructor of Art History |
| Ivonne Garcia | Assistant Professor of English |
| Simon Garcia | Assistant Professor of Chemistry |
| Martin Garhart | Professor Emeritus of Art |
| Monica Garoiu | Visiting Assistant Professor of French |
| Thomas Garvey | Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics |
| Paul Gebhardt | Associate Professor of German |
| Yutan Getzler | Associate Professor of Chemistry |
| John Giblin | Assistant Professor of Physics |
| Christopher Gillen | Professor of Biology |
| Kathy Gillen | Assistant Professor of Biology |
| Duane Gomez | Head Cross Country & Track & Field Coach |
| Thomas Greenslade | Professor Emeritus of Physics |
| Mortimer Guiney | Professor of French |
| Barry Gunderson | Professor of Art |
| Lijuan Guo | Visiting Instructor of Chinese |
| Marcella Hackbardt | Associate Professor of Art |
| Carolin Hahnemann | Professor of Classics |
| Bruce Hardy | Associate Professor of Anthropology |
| David Harrington | Himmelright Professorship in Economics |
| Bradley Hartlaub | Professor of Mathematics |
| Daniel Hartnett | Assistant Professor of Spanish |
| Thomas Hawks | Visiting Assistant Professor of English |
| Katherine Hedeen | Associate Professor of Spanish |
| Sarah Heidt | Associate Professor of English |
| E. Raymond Heithaus | Jordan Professor of Environmental Science and Biology, Codirector of Brown Family Environmental Center |
| Patricia Heithaus | Instructor of Biology; Director of Biological Labs |
| Emily Heithaus | Coordinator for Lifetime Fitness and Physical Education |
| Suzanne Helfant | Head Wmn's Basketball Coach;PhysEd Inst;Senior Wmn's Admin |
| Sheryl Hemkin | Associate Professor of Chemistry |
| Dane Heuchemer | Professor of Music |
| Karen Hicks | Associate Professor of Biology |
| Joshua Hill | Adjunct Instructor of Music |
| Craig Hill | Visiting Assistant Professor of Art |
| John Hofferberth | Associate Professor of Chemistry |
| Kristin Hofferberth | Visiting Instructor of Chemistry |
| Judy Holdener | Professor of Mathematics |
| Eric Holdener | Assistant Professor of Physics and Scientific Computing, Instructional Technologist for Visual & Spatial Technologies |
| Nikole Hotchkiss | Visiting Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Sociology |
| Mo Hunsen | Associate Professor of Chemistry |
| David Huston | Co-Director of the KAP Program |
| Lewis Hyde | Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing |
| John Idoine | Professor Emeritus of Physics |
| Haruhiko Itagaki | Professor of Biology |
| Pamela Jensen | Professor of Political Science |
| Jennifer Johnson | Associate Professor of Sociology |
| Brian Jones | Associate Professor of Mathematics |
| Daria Kabanova | Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in Russian |
| Thomas Karako | Director of the Center for the Study of American Democracy |
| James Keeler | Professor of Economics |
| James Keller | Associate Professor of Chemistry |
| Andrew Kerkhoff | Associate Professor of Biology |
| Nurten Kilic-Schubel | Assistant Professor of History |
| Bruce Kinzer | Professor of History |
| William Klein | Professor of English |
| Joseph Klesner | Associate Provost, Professor of Political Science |
| J. Terrence Klopcic | Director of Laboratories for Physics and Mathematics |
| P. F. Kluge | Writer in Residence |
| Jan Kmetko | Associate Professor of Physics |
| Marla Kohlman | Associate Professor of Sociology |
| Zoe Kontes | Assistant Professor of Classics |
| Dana Krieg | Associate Professor of Psychology |
| Kathy Krynski | Himmelright Professorship in Economics |
| Travis Landry | Assistant Professor of Spanish |
| Deborah Laycock | Associate Professor of English |
| Scott Layson | Director of Career Development Office |
| David Leibowitz | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
| Lisa Leibowitz | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
| Michael Levine | Samuel B. Cummings Jr. Professor of Psychology |
| Joshua Levithan | Assistant Professor of Humanities |
| Salinda Lewis | M.Yarbrough Dissertation Fellow/ Visiting Instruc of English |
| Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky | Professor of English |
| Benjamin Locke | Robert A. Oden, Jr. Professor of Music |
| Irene Lopez | Lodish Junior Fac Dev Prof in Natural Sci/Asst Prof Psych |
| Hans Lottenbach | Assistant Professor of Philosophy |
| David Lynn | Editor of the Kenyon Review; Professor of English |
| John Macionis | Professor & Prentice Hall Distinguished Scholar in Sociology |
| Wendy MacLeod | James Michael Playwright-in-Residence/Professor of Drama |
| Jeff MacMullen | Adjunct Instructor of Music |
| Matthew Maguire | Associate Professor of History and Humanities |
| Cynthia Mahaney | Adjunct Instructor of Voice |
| Ellen Mankoff | Instructor of English |
| Jennifer Marcellana | Adjunct Instructor of Voice |
| Natalie Marsh | Director, Graham Gund Gallery |
| Theodore Mason | Professor of English |
| Jesse Matz | Associate Professor of English |
| Robert Mauck | Associate Professor of Biology |
| Janet McAdams | Robert P. Hubbard Associate Professor in Poetry, Associate Professor of English, Director of Exeter Program 2010-11 |
| Terry McCandless | Adjunct Instructor of Organ |
| George McCarthy | Professor of Sociology |
| Hewlet McFarlane | Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience |
| James McGavran | Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian |
| Alex McKeown | Associate Professor of Political Science |
| Kim McMullen | John Crowe Ransom Professor of English |
| Glenn McNair | Associate Professor of History |
| William Melick | Bruce L. Gensemer Professor of Economics |
| Maria Mendonca | Henry Luce Assistant Professor of Asian Music and Culture |
| Andrej Mentschukoff | Adjunct Instructor of Guitar |
| Linda Metzler | Professor of Spanish |
| Paula Millin-Lipnos | Associate Professor of Psychology |
| Robert Milnikel | Associate Professor of Mathematics |
| Douglas Misarti | Head Men's Lacrosse Coach |
| Michelle Mood | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
| Evelyn Moore | Associate Professor Emerita of German |
| Sarah Murnen | Professor of Psychology |
| Kimmarie Murphy | Associate Professor of Anthropology |
| Christina Needham | Head Women's Field Hockey Coach |
| Erika Nesholm | Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics |
| Jennifer Nichols | Mellon Post Doctoral Fellow in Arabic |
| Andrew Niemiec | Associate Professor of Psychology |
| Rosemary O'Neill | Assistant Professor of English |
| Natalia Olshanskaya | Professor of Russian |
| Jennifer Olson | Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology |
| Sam Pack | Assistant Professor of Anthropology |
| Matthew Paetsch | Adjunct Instructor of Bass/Guitar |
| Susan Palmer | Executive Director, The Five Colleges of Ohio |
| Tabitha Payne | Associate Professor of Psychology |
| Frank Peiris | Associate Professor of Physics |
| Patricia Pelfrey | Adjunct Instructor of Piano |
| Jeffrey Poole | Adjunct Instructor of Music - jpoole001@columbus.rr.com |
| Wade Powell | Associate Professor of Biology |
| Nancy Powers | Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science |
| Daniel Priest | Head Men's Basketball Coach |
| Kora Radella Feller | Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance |
| Claudio Re | Visiting Assistant Professor of Music |
| Loretta Rearick | Adjunct Instructor of Piano |
| Carolyn Redman | Adjunct Instructor of Voice |
| James Reed | Adjunct Instructor of Trumpet |
| Andrew Reinert | Associate Professor of Drama |
| John Reitz | Adjunct Instructor of Piano, Piano Coordinator |
| Royal Rhodes | Donald L. Rogan Professor of Religious Studies |
| Kevin Rich | Assistant Professor of Drama |
| Patricia Lyn Richards | Associate Professor of Italian |
| Joel Richeimer | Professor of Philosophy |
| Leo Riegert | Assistant Professor of German |
| Vanessa Ripley | Adjunct Instructor of Viola |
| Victor Rodriguez-Nunez | Associate Professor of Spanish |
| Clara Roman-Odio | Professor of Spanish |
| Andrew Ross | Visiting Assistant Professor of History |
| Timothy Roth | Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology |
| Kerry Rouhier | Assistant Professor of Chemistry |
| David Rowe | R. Todd Ruppert Prof of Intl Studies & Assoc Prof of Pol Sci |
| Peter Rutkoff | Professor of American Studies, Co-Director of the KAP Program |
| Howard Sacks | Professor of Sociology |
| Nayef Samhat | Provost |
| Reginald Sanders | Associate Professor of Music |
| Heather Sawyer | Visiting Instructor of Anthropology |
| Jene Schoenfeld | Assistant Professor of English |
| Edward Schortman | J. Kenneth Smail Professor of Anthropology |
| Vernon Schubel | NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor of Religious Studies |
| Benjamin Schumacher | Professor of Physics |
| Carol Schumacher | Professor of Mathematics |
| Andy Scott | Head Diving Coach |
| William Scott | Professor of History |
| Tamara Seckel | Adjunct Instructor of Music |
| Adam Serfass | Associate Professor of Classics |
| Ric Sheffield | Associate Provost; Assoc. Prof. of Sociology & Legal Studies |
| Jonathan Sherman | Assistant Professor of Film |
| Joel Shonkwiler | Adjunct Instructor in Music |
| Timothy Shutt | Professor of Humanities |
| Marta Sierra | Associate Professor of Spanish |
| Wendy Singer | Roy T. Wortman Distinguished Professor of History |
| Holly Singh | Visit Asst Prof Anthro, History, & Women's & Gender Studies |
| Ariane Sletner | Adjunct Instructor of Violin |
| Joan Slonczewski | Professor of Biology |
| Jennifer Smith | Lead Instructor & Director of Introductory Labs in Biology |
| Judy Smith | Professor of English |
| Peter Smith | Director of Athletics, Fitness and Recreation |
| Elin Smith | Assistant Professor of Mathematics |
| Linda Smolak | Professor Emerita of Psychology |
| Marie Snipes | Assistant Professor of Mathematics |
| Karen Snouffer | Associate Professor of Art |
| Eric Snyder | Visiting Instructor of Philosophy |
| P. Bailey Sorton | Adjunct Instructor of Oboe, Woodwind Chamber Ensemble - sorton@ee.net |
| Gregory Spaid | Professor of Art |
| Timothy Spiekerman | Associate Professor of Political Science & Humanities |
| Crystal Stabenow | Adjunct Instructor of Music |
| Thomas Stamp | College Historian and Keeper of Kenyoniana |
| Theodore Stanley | Head Football Coach |
| James Steen | Head Men's Swimming Coach; PHSD Instructor |
| Ann Stimson | Adjunct Instructor of Flute, Flute Choir |
| Sharon Stohrer | Harcourt Parish Choir Director/Organist, Adjunct Instructor of Music |
| William Suarez-Potts | Assistant Professor of History |
| David Suggs | Professor of Anthropology |
| Timothy Sullivan | Professor of Physics |
| Chengjuan Sun | Assistant Professor of Chinese |
| Anna Sun | Assistant Professor of Sociology |
| Maia Surdam | MYarbroughDissertationTeachingFellow/Visiting Instr History |
| Mary Suydam | Assistant Professor of Religious Studies |
| Sayumi Suzuki | Japanese Language Teaching Fellow |
| Olivier Tarpaga | Visiting Instructor of Dance |
| Jonathan Tazewell | Thomas S. Turgeon Professor of Drama |
| E. Scott Thielke | Head Men's and Women's Tennis Coach, PHSD Instructor |
| Dudley Thomas | Dir. of Chemical Labs & Environmental Health & Safety Spec. |
| Jan Thomas | Professor of Sociology |
| Janet Thompson | Adjunct Instructor of Harp/Piano |
| Kathleen Tipler | PD Fellow Center Study of Am Democ & Visit Asst Prof of PSci |
| Hideo Tomita | Professor of Japanese |
| Jaret Treber | Associate Professor of Economics |
| Richard Trethewey | Professor Emeritus of Economics |
| Kristin Tritt | Assistant Athletic Trainer |
| Paula Turner | Associate Professor of Physics |
| Patricia Urban | J. Kenneth Smail Professor of Anthropology |
| Kristen Van Ausdall | Associate Professor of Art History |
| Stephen Van Holde | Associate Professor of Political Science |
| Joseph Venosa | Visiting Assistant Professor of History |
| Benjamin Viccellio | Assistant Professor of Drama |
| Patricia Vigderman | Assistant Professor of English |
| Celso Villegas | Mellon P-D Fellow Intl Studies & Visit Asst Prof Sociology |
| Stephen Volz | Associate Professor of History |
| Rebecca Waller | Assistant Professor of Philosophy |
| W. Andrew Wheeler | Head Athletic Trainer |
| Andrea White | Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology |
| Heidi Wick | Adjunct Instructor of Music |
| Ross Wilson | Assistant Men's and Women's Tennis Coach |
| Rebecca Wolf | Assistant Professor of Drama |
| Roy Wortman | Professor Emeritus of History |
| Yang Xiao | Associate Professor of Philosophy |
| Marijana Yelich | Visiting Instructor of Italian |
| Yan Zhou | Visual Resources Curator, Art History, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art History |
