The Kenyon College English Department is dedicated to the teaching and study of literatures in English through attentive close reading, critical thinking, effective speaking, and skillful writing. Its faculty includes renowned teachers, award-winning poets and fiction writers, and a recent winner of the MacArthur Foundation's "genius award." As the home of the internationally renowned Kenyon Review, as well as many student-run literary publications, Kenyon offers a rich literary as well as intellectual life.
Study Abroad
What's it like to study abroad? Read Caitlin Parker-Arnett's blog. Caitlin is enrolled in the '09-10 Kenyon-Exeter Program in England.After Kenyon: John Green '00
Novelist John Green '00 majored in English and Religious Studies. Read a review of his award-winning novel, Paper Towns, in the Alumni Bulletin. After Kenyon: Phil Edmunds '09
An English major, Phil Edmunds turned his experiences in and out of the classroom into a job on Wall Street.