The Provost and Associate Provost Offices are located in Bailey House. Jeff Bowman currently serves as the provost and is assisted by associate provosts Drew Kerkhoff and Sheryl Hemkin. To help direct your calls to the appropriate staff member, we encourage you to refer to the chart below.
Division of Departments and Programs
Type of activity key: S = Student Matter or Program; F = Faculty Matter; D = Department/Program Matter; C = College Matter
| Activity | Contact |
Type of Activity |
| Academic Advising | Tom Hawks | S/F/D |
| Acaddemic Infractions Board (AIB) | Drew Kerkhoff, Amy Quinlivan | S/F/D |
| Academic Policy Questions | Drew Kerkhoff | F |
| Academic Regulations | Jeff Bowman, Amy Quinlivan | S/F/D |
| Accounting | Rachel Shoman, Jackie Teater | F/D/S |
| Administrative Assistants to Departments | Darlene Tedrow, Sheryl Hemkin | F/D |
| Administrative Assistant Duties | Darlene Tedrow, Sheryl Hemkin | F/D |
| Affiliated Scholars | Amy Quinlivan, Drew Kerkhoff | F/D |
| BFEC Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC) | Dave Heithaus, Jeff Bowman | C |
| Calendar Committee | Ellen Harbourt, Registrar | C |
| Center for Global Engagement (CGE) | Marne Ausec, Jeff Bowman | C/S |
| Center for Innovative Pedagogy (CIP) | Joseph Murphy, Jeff Bowman | F/D |
| Chairs' Meetings and Agendas | Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Civil Rights Office | Samantha Hughes | S/F/D/C |
| Classroom Repair or Replacement | Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| Committee on Academic Standards (CAS) | Drew Kerkhoff | F/C |
| Common Hour. schedule an event or room | Carol Duvall | F/D/S/C |
| Community Partnerships, Office of | Alyssa Lawrence; Jan Thomas | F/D/S/C |
| Compliance Issues | Sheryl Hemkin | F/D/C |
| Course Evaluations | Jeff Bowman, Jalene Fox, Joe Murphy | F |
| Curricular Policy Committee (CPC) | Drew Kerkhoff | F |
| Department Budget Issues | Jeff Bowman, Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| Departmental Outcomes Assessment | Amy Quinlivan, Sheryl Hemkin | F/D |
| Departmental Annual Reports | Sheryl Hemkin, Drew Kerkhoff, Amy Quinlivan |
F/D |
| Disability Grievance | Samantha Hughes | S/F/D/C |
| Discriminatory Harassment | Samantha Hughes | S/F/D/C |
| Distinguished Service Award | Jeff Bowman, Amy Quinlivan | F |
| Dr. Newton Chun Award | Jeff Bowman, Wendy Busenburg | F |
| Early Graduation Petitions | Ellen Harbourt, Registrar | S |
| Endowed Chairs and Endowed Chairs research funds | Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Environmental Health and Safety | Gary Sweeney, Sheryl Hemkin, Amy Quinlivan, Dudley Thomas |
F/D/C |
| Equipment funds such as departmental, classroom, office: — Fine Arts Equipment Fund — Math Equipment Fund — Science Equipment Fund |
Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| External Department Evaluation Process | Sheryl Hemkin, Jeff Bowman, Amy Quinlivan |
F/D |
| Fac Pac and Faculty meetings | Jalene Fox | F |
| Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC) | Sheryl Hemkin | F |
| (FAC) Faculty Research and Teaching Grants | Sheryl Hemkin | F |
| (FAC) Faculty Research and Teaching Grants - Reimbursement and Reports | Wendy Busenburg | F |
| Faculty Handbook | Jeff Bowman, Jalene Fox | F |
| Final Exam Policy | Drew Kerkhoff, Amy Quinlivan | F/C |
| Franklin Miller Awards | Jalene Fox | C/S |
| General Education Assessment | Amy Quinlivan, Jeff Bowman | F/D |
| Grants and Fellowships | Deedra Sukrungruang, | F/D/C |
| • FAC awarded Grants | Wendy Busenburg | F |
| • Applications • Accounting and final reports |
Wendy Busenburg | F |
| • Other Sponsored Grants to individuals (e.g. NSF) • Budget Development &Approval, Accounting |
Deedra Sukrungruang, Jeff Bowman, Aaron Miller |
F/D |
| • Institutional Grants (e.g. HHMI, Mellon, etc.) | William Billiter, Sheryl Hemkin | C |
| • Student Postgraduate Scholarships & Fellowships | Thomas Hawks | S |
| • GLCA Grants | Jeff Bowman, Aaron Miller, Jalene Fox | F |
| Hiring Workshops | Ted Mason, Amy Quinlivan | F/D |
| Honors Examiners | Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| IFDA Individual Faculty Development Accounts | Darlene Tedrow | F |
| Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Research on Human Subjects | Amy Quinlivan, Sheryl Hemkin | F/D/S/C |
| Kenyon Campus Community Development Fund | Mick Steiner | C |
| LBIS | Helpline Staff |
S/F/D/C |
| Lectureships | Howard Grier | F, C |
| Maintenance — event set up, building upkeep | Work Order, Paula Morrison | D/C |
| Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation Fellowship | Ted Mason, Amy Quinlivan | F/D |
| Mentoring | Amy Quinlivan, Drew Kerkhoff, Sheryl Hemkin |
F/D |
| Midwest Faculty Seminar | Darlene Tedrow, Sheryl Hemkin | F |
| NEH Summer Stipend | Sheryl Hemkin | F |
| New Faculty Orientation | Sheryl Hemkin, Amy Quinlivan | F/D |
| Off-Campus Studies | Marne Ausec, Jeff Bowman | S, C |
| Offices: Furnishings, Assignment of Offices, Office Repairs and Replacement, Office Moves | Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| Personnel Issues | Jeff Bowman, Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Provost Website | Jalene Fox Amy Quinlivan | C |
| Recruitment Tenure Track | Jeff Bowman, Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Recruitment Visiting Fellows | Amy Quinlivan, Sheryl Hemkin, Drew Kerkhoff |
F/D |
| Registrar | Ellen Harbourt | C/F/D, S |
| Repair and Replacement Equipment Requests | Darlene Tedrow | F/D |
| Research Funds, Designated | Darlene Tedrow | F |
| Reviews and Dossier Preparation | Jeff Bowman, Sheryl Hemkin, Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Sabbatical Proposals and Reports | Jeff Bowman, Jalene Fox | F |
| Search Expenses | Jalene Fox | F/D |
| Senate | C | |
| Start-up Funds | Darlene Tedrow, Jeff Bowman, Jalene Fox | F |
| Student Grade Appeals | Drew Kerkhoff | S |
| Student Research Support | Drew Kerkhoff, Amy Quinlivan | S |
| Summer Legal Studies Program John W. Adams Summer Scholars |
Ric Sheffield, Sandye Hamilton | S |
| Summer Science Scholars | Drew Kerkhoff, Tammy Konkler | S |
| Summer Scholars (Social Science & Humanities) | Drew Kerkhoff, Tammy Konkler | S |
| Synoptic Majors | Amy Quinlivan, Drew Kerkhoff | S |
| Technology Services | F/D | |
| Tenure and Promotion Committee (TPC) | Jalene Fox, Jeff Bowman | F/D |
| Tenure-track Searches | Jalene Fox, Jeff Bowman | F/D |
| Title IX | Samantha Hughes | S/F/D/C |
| Trustee Teaching Excellence Awards | Jalene Fox, Jeff Bowman | F |
| Visiting Searches | Sheryl Hemkin, Drew Kerkhoff, Amy Quinlivan |
F/D |
| Whiting Awards | Jeff Bowman, Jalene Fox | F |
| Work Orders | Maintenance | F/D/C |
| The Writing Center | Jeanne Griggs, Sheryl Hemkin | S/C |
Associate Provosts
| Drew Kerkhoff |
Sheryl Hemkin | |
| Divisions/Departments | Chemistry, Humanities, Social Sciences | Fine Arts, Natural Sciences (except Chemistry) |
| Programs | African Diaspora Studies American Studies* Asian and Middle East Studies* International Studies* Islamic Civilizations and Cultures Latino/a Studies Law and Society |
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology* Environmental Studies* IPHS Public Policy Scientific Computing Women's and Gender Studies |
*Interdisciplinary programs with majors