23 faculty and 40 courses in English at Kenyon College.
- Jesse Matz, John Crowe Ransom Professor of English and Creative Writing h-index 10
Modernist culture, narrative theory Education 1996 — Doctor of Philosophy from Yale University 1989 — Bachelor of Arts from Yale University, Phi Beta Kappa Courses Recently Taught Introduction to Literature and Language ENGL 103
Notable: “Literary Impressionism and Modernist Aesthetics” (2004) · 360 citations
- Sarah Heidt, Professor of English and Creative Writing (Chair) h-index 3
Nineteenth-century British literature and culture, auto/biography and life writing, women's writing, literatures of memory, pedagogy. Education 2003 — Doctor of Philosophy from Cornell University 2000 — Master of Arts from Corne
Notable: “?Let JAS words stand?: Publishing John Addington Symonds's Desires” (2003) · 33 citations
- Piers Brown, Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing h-index 2
Renaissance poetry and poetics, theories of metaphor, book history, the history of science, science fiction and fantasy Education 2009 — Doctor of Philosophy from University of Toronto 2001 — Bachelor of Arts from Simon Fraser U
Notable: ““Hac ex consilio meo via progredieris”: Courtly Reading and Secretarial Mediation in Donne's The Courtier's Library” (2008) · 16 citations
- Orchid Tierney, WPR Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing h-index 2
Contemporary anglophone poetry and poetics, ecocriticism, and critical plant studies Education 2019 — Doctor of Philosophy from University of Pennsylvania 2013 — Master of Arts from U of Otago, New Zealand 2010 — Masters o
Notable: “Breathing Without a Head: Plant Respirations in John Gerrard's Smoke Trees” (2023) · 1 citations
- Adele Davidson, Charles P. McIlvaine Professor of English & Creative Writing
Shakespeare and her teaching interests include Elizabethan and Jacobean drama and poetry, comedy and the literature of the Reformation. She has directed the honors program four times and twice served as Resident Director of the departmen
- Alyssa Quinn, Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing
Fiction writing; experimental literature; eco-literature Education 2023 — Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Utah 2018 — Master of Fine Arts from Western Washington University 2016 — Bachelor of Arts from Utah Sta
- Andy Grace, Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing
Poetry writing, 20th century American and British poetry, literary theory, cultural studies, history of the pastoral Education 2013 — Doctor of Philosophy from University of Cincinnati 2004 — Master of Fine Arts from Washington
- Hannah V Warren, Kenyon Review Fellow
Aesthetics, monster theory, gothic literatures, creative writing craft Education 2024 — Doctor of Philosophy from University of Georgia 2019 — Master of Fine Arts from University of Kansas 2016 — Bachelor of Arts from Miss
- Ira Sukrungruang, Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing
Creative writing, creative writing pedagogy, inclusive literature Education 2002 — Master of Fine Arts from The Ohio State University 1998 — Bachelor of Arts from Southern Illinois Univ Carbond Courses Recently Taught Intr
- Jene Schoenfeld, Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing
African American literature, American literature, mixed race Education 2005 — Doctor of Philosophy from Duke University 2002 — Master of Arts from Duke University 1997 — Bachelor of Arts from Univ. of California Berkeley C
- Kathleen Fernando, Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing
Post-colonial literature(s) and theory, South Asian literature, Canadian diasporic writing. Education 2012 — Doctor of Philosophy from York University 2003 — Master of Arts from University of Illinois at Chic 1994 — Bachel
- Keija Parssinen, Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing
Fiction, creative non-fiction, travel writing, contemporary fiction, young adult fiction, "expatriate" literature, Saudi Arabia Education 2009 — Master of Fine Arts from University of Iowa 2003 — Bachelor of Arts from Princeton
- Matthew Suazo, Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing
Hemispheric American literature, early and nineteenth-century, literature and environment, postcolonial studies, slave narrative and autobiography Education 2015 — Doctor of Philosophy from Univ of California Santa Cruz 2001 — M
- Michael Leong, Robert P. Hubbard Associate Professor of Poetry
Creative writing, American literature, poetry studies Education 2013 — Doctor of Philosophy from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 2003 — Master of Fine Arts from Sarah Lawrence College 2000 — Bachelor of Arts fr
- Nicole Arocho Hernandez, Kenyon Review Fellow
Creative writing, poetry, hybrid literature, translation Education 2023 — Master of Fine Arts from Arizona State University 2015 — Bachelor of Arts from Ithaca College Courses Recently Taught Introduction to Poetry Writing ENGL
- Nicole Dutton, Editor of the Kenyon Review
- Pashmina Murthy, Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing
Postcolonial studies, critical theory, transnational studies. Education 2007 — Doctor of Philosophy from Univ of Southern California 2001 — Master of Arts from University of Mumbai, India 1999 — Bachelor of Arts from Unive
- Rosemary O'Neill, Professor of English and Creative Writing
Literature from the Middle English period (c.); religion and popular culture in medieval England; and gender and sexuality in literature of all periods. She teaches classes on Chaucer, medieval romance and the history of ma
- Sean Yeager, Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing
Contemporary literature, narratology, neuroqueer theory, particle physics Education 2024 — Doctor of Philosophy from The Ohio State University 2019 — Master of Arts from Pacific Northwest College of Art 2013 — Maste
- Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky, Davidson Family Professor of English and Creative Writing
- Ted Mason, Professor of English and Creative Writing
. He is the author of several articles, reviews, and presentations on African-American literature, culture, and literary theory. During 2003, Professor Mason served as president of the International Society for the Study of Narrative Litera
- Thomas Hawks, Dean for Academic Advising and Support
- Travis Chi Wing Lau, Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing
Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literature and culture, health humanities, disability studies Education 2018 — Doctor of Philosophy from University of Pennsylvania 2013 — Master of Arts from University of Pennsylvania
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.