Jazz Glastra

Jazz Glastra joined the Career Development Office in August of 2018. As a Kenyon alumna, she is excited to be back in Gambier helping Kenyon students pursue meaningful careers that compliment their hard work in the classroom.  

Jazz graduated from Kenyon in 2011 with a degree in religious studies and a concentration in environmental studies. After college, she worked for three years in Milwaukee at a small nonprofit organization dedicated to creating communities that grow their own food. Seeking to deepen her knowledge of food, development, and American society, she returned to Ohio in 2014 to pursue a Master of Science in environment and natural resources with a specialization in rural sociology. Jazz returned to nonprofit management in 2016, serving as the director of a startup nonprofit organization in Newark, Ohio, devoted to local food and economic development.

In addition to counseling students, Jazz is responsible for working with alumni, advising special populations at Kenyon, and creating new programs that will help students more fully engage in work as a part of their education. She is excited to be working with students to help them make their mark on the world of work.

On the weekends, Jazz can be found working in her garden, baking bread, or hiking Knox County’s many park trails with her husband Jeremy and their golden retriever, Leo.