Recent authors from all corners of the College were honored during a special ceremony held Tuesday, March 17, in Chalmers Library.
A total of 21 faculty and staff members were recognized for their work, which included editing and translating. Their creations take the form of everything from poetry and novels to academic histories and scholarly essays.
“The annual celebration of Kenyon authors is a wonderful, feel-good event,” said Provost Jeff Bowman. “The long list of Kenyon authors recognized at the event signals the range and depth of our faculty’s scholarly and artistic accomplishments. It is a great pleasure to celebrate the imaginative, rigorous and creative work that is at the very core of what we do at Kenyon.”
Each publication has been added to the Kenyon Authors Collection at the library.
The following faculty members and staff were honored at this year’s Kenyon authors event, organized by Chalmers Library Special Collections and Archives:
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Alex Brostoff, former assistant professor of English, co-edited “Autotheories”
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Krista Dalton, associate professor of religious studies, authored, “How Rabbis Became Experts: Social Circles and Donor Networks in Jewish Late Antiquity”
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Daniel Mark Epstein ’70 H’20, distinguished visiting lecturer in the Integrated Program in Humane Studies and affiliated scholar in American Studies, authored “Constellations”
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Andy Grace ’01, assistant professor of English, authored “A Brief History of the Midwest”
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Jeanne Griggs, affiliated scholar in English and retired director of the Writing Center, authored “After Kenyon”
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Katherine Hedeen P’13,’27, professor of Spanish, and Víctor Rodríguez Núñez P’13,’27 H’24, professor emeritus of Spanish, co-translated “Burn the Losses” by Antonio Gamoneda
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Anne LaGatta, visiting assistant professor of art history, co-edited “Why Ancient Objects Matter: Greek and Roman Art and Materiality from Antiquity to the Present”
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Travis Chi Wing Lau, assistant professor of English, authored “What's Left Is Tender”
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Michael Leong, Robert P. Hubbard Assistant Professor of Poetry, authored “Dear Vase Already Shattered Against the Fragile Floor”
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Timothy Lomeli, former Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation Fellow and visiting instructor of French, co-translated “Ady, Black Sun” by Gisèle Pineau
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John Macionis H’13, professor emeritus of sociology, co-authored “Why Your Diets Fail and the Science that Really Works”
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George McCarthy, professor of sociology, authored “Shadows of the Enlightenment: The Hidden Politics and Ideology of the Natural and Social Sciences”
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James McGavran ’02, associate professor of Russian, translated “The Graphomaniac” by Ilya Vinitsky
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Justin Rivest, assistant professor of history, co-edited “Exoticizing Consumption: European Drug Cultures, 1670-1740”
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Víctor Rodríguez Núñez P’13,’27 H’24, professor emeritus of Spanish, authored “La piedra de amolar”
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Clara Roman-Odio P’11,’18 H’21, professor emerita of Spanish, authored “Memoirs From My Spirit” (also available in Spanish)
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Peter Rutkoff H’21, professor emeritus of American studies, authored “Pinstripes”
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Ric S. Sheffield H’22, professor emeritus of sociology and legal studies, authored “False Promises: The Struggle for Black Voting Rights in 1800s Ohio”
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Joan Slonczewski P’05, professor of biology, authored “Minds in Transit”
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Alice Teall, senior director of wellness, co-authored “12 Keys to Health, Happiness and Well-Being for Nurses and the Healthcare Workforce”
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Orchid Tierney, William P. Rice Associate Professor of Literature, authored “this abattoir is a college”