Academic Administrative Assistants

Administrative Assistants

Name	Contact	Department or Center
Kimberly Gerhart Administrative Assistant in the Academic Division	Campus Address Oden Hall 317 Phone Number (740) 427-5316 Email gerhart1@kenyon.edu	History Art History American Studies International Studies
Victoria Grimaldo Administrative Assistant in the Academic Division	Campus Address 318 Oden Hall Phone Number (740) 427-4275216 Email grimaldo2@kenyon.edu	Political Science Asian and Middle East Studies Gender & Sexuality Studies Philosophy Latino/a Studies Religious Studies
Shanon Hashman Administrative Assistant in the Academic Division Psychology, Chemistry and Neuroscience	Campus Address 112 Tomsich Hall Phone Number (740) 427-5370 Email hashmans@kenyon.edu	Psychology Chemistry Neuroscience
Christy Keffer Administrative Assistant in the Academic Division	Campus Address Oden Hall 311 Phone Number (740) 427-5855 Email keffer1@kenyon.edu	Center for Innovative Pedagogy Center for the Study of American Democracy Sociology Anthropology
Tammy Konkler Administrative Assistant in the Academic Division	Campus Address Higley 213 Phone Number (740) 427-5383 Email konkler1@kenyon.edu	Biology Provost Environmental Studies
Jessica Landon Administrative Assistant & Applied Music Program Coordinator	Campus Address Storer 20 Phone Number (740) 427-5197 Email landonj@kenyon.edu	Music
Carla Parsons Administrative Assistant in the Academic Division - English	Campus Address 102 Lentz House Phone Number (740) 427-5210 Email parsonsc@kenyon.edu	English Integrated Program in Humane Studies
Emily Teater Administrative Assistant in the Academic Division	Campus Address Hayes 112 Phone Number (740) 427-5069 Email teater1@kenyon.edu	Physics Mathematics & Statistics
Kristin Van Valkenburg Administrative Assistant in the Academic Division	Campus Address Ascension Email vanvalkenburg1@kenyon.edu	Classics Modern Languages & Literatures Economics

Administrative Assistant Duties

The primary role of an administrative assistant is to support the department and programs that she is assigned. Often these responsibilities include searches, external reviews, budgets, course catalog, course scheduling and helping with annual reports, senior exercises, honors examiners, departmental webpages and managing office equipment and building issues. However, other duties may be assigned by department or program chairs. That is, the list of duties above is not an exhaustive list, and other duties may be assigned.

Administrative assistants are a vital part of the daily operations of departments and programs. Thus, they must be team players when unexpected events occur. When faculty and staff members wait until the last minute to complete regular tasks, the administrative assistant is not expected to rearrange her schedule to complete the task immediately. On the other hand, there will be times when the department chair and other individuals need immediate assistant so good judgement must be used. If you are ever in doubt about setting your priorities, please contact your liaison, Darlene Tedrow.