Get to know the people here!
The faculty and staff featured below are also happy to answer questions you might have about living and working at Kenyon and the surrounding area.
Harry Itagaki
Where you lived before coming to Kenyon: Tucson, AZ; Mobile, AL; Durham, NC; Monkey Bay, Malawi; New Haven, CT; Hanover, NH; Sapporo, Japan
What you do at Kenyon: Professor of Biology
What most surprised you about being at Kenyon? The isolation is actually an advantage. It brings folks together in a nice way.
What you like to do when you’re not working: Cook, read, travel.
What advice you might give to someone considering working at Kenyon? It really is a community: people really do care, and there are a lot of wonderful and interesting people here.
Favorite spot in Knox County: Middle Path
Best vacation or trip you’ve ever been on: Walking over the Pyrenees on the Camino de Santiago.
Favorite local restaurant or activity: Walking the BFEC.
Acronym or activity you found the most mysterious: The Figure 8 school bus races at the Knox County Fair.
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Chris Kennerly
Where you lived before coming to Kenyon: North Charleston, SC
What you do at Kenyon: Associate Dean of Students and Director of Multicultural Affairs
What you like to do when you’re not working: Exercising, Reading, Hanging out in Columbus, Traveling with family.
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Jene Schoenfeld
Where you lived before coming to Kenyon: I grew up in a suburb (Pleasant Hill) in the San Francisco Bay Area. I've also lived in Berkeley, CA, Durham, NC, and Lexington, KY.
What you do at Kenyon: I'm an assistant professor in the English Department.
What most surprised you about being at Kenyon? What has surprised me about living in Knox County is that we have three (now two) Indian Restaurants and a pretty great community pool/ water park.
What you like to do when you’re not working: I like to read, go out to eat, cook, hike, see movies, and play with my kids.
What advice you might give to someone considering working at Kenyon? Give small town life a chance. It has its charms. It's a really beautiful area. Now, I like driving the rural routes, because there's little traffic and the scenery is just lovely. Also, all the parades and festivals can be fun. I still like to go to Columbus once or twice a month, but I also realized lately that I really love this part of the state, too.
Favorite local restaurant or activity: My favorite local restaurant is the Village Inn, though I quite like WineStein, a very nice wine bar in Mount Vernon. My favorite local activities are the Harvest Festival (October) and the Open Barn (April). I'm also a big fan of our local farmer's market and our new local foods store, Harvest @ the Woodward.