Benjamin Bagocius
Ben Bagocius lives in Alexandria, Virginia, and is an associate professor of the humanities with the Bard Sequence Program, a division of Bard Early College. He teaches Bard College classes at public charter high schools in Washington, DC. Ben's first book of poetry,
The Canaanite Woman, was published in Summer 2022, and his second book of poetry,
The Gospel According to B., is slated for publication in 2024. Ben's academic articles, book reviews, and poetry are regularly published -- including two poems in
Kris Armstrong's exquisite literary journal T
omorrow and Tomorrow. Ben is founding director of the Institute for Spiritual Poetry, which hosts workshops to write and talk (join us!) and a literary journal (publish your poetry and short prose with us!). Ben's poem
Apple or Baby Jesus was recently nominated for a Best of the Net award for 2022. Learn more and reach out at
BenjaminBagocius.com and
InstituteForSpiritualPoetry.com.
Kelly Dillon
In August I received word I earned both tenure and promotion to Associate Professor of Communication & Digital Media as well as the Edith B. & Frank C. Matthies Award for innovative teaching at Wittenberg University. I will be spending my 23SP semester on sabbatical researching the use of digitized handwritten notes in the college classroom using the funds I received from the Matthies Award. This new achievement has only affirmed my sense of place in the liberal arts classroom, a journey that started 26 years ago in Gambier. If anyone is interested in learning more innovative teaching and learning please reach out!
Holly Donahue Singh
Life and learning are rolling on! With our daughter in middle school and the adults teaching at the University of South Florida, Deepak, Anushka, and I are all kept pretty occupied. This fall is made more exciting waiting for the arrival of my first book,
Infertility in a Crowded Country: Hiding Reproduction in India, due out from Indiana University Press in December. Looking forward to being in conversation with readers.
Naomi Enright
After almost 14 years, my family will be moving from Park Slope to Fort Greene. It is a huge change, particularly for my 11-year-old son, but we are excited for the next chapter. I am also happy to share my recent interview with the
Powerful Women Series, in which I discuss my work and lessons learned throughout my career.
Rachel Leber
I'm in my 4th and final year of Naturopathic Medical school, it's all clinical from here! So nice to have some brain space, time to apply and integrate everything we have learned, not to mention have some actual down time and fun! I also just re-joined an all-percussion drum troupe here in Portland that makes my heart sing! Singing, cycling, hiking and yoga-ing whenever I can, and always meeting new people in this relatively new city of mine. Miss you and all and wishing you well!
Kristin Meister
Greetings classmates! It was so great to see some of you at reunion this year. After 19 years on the Upper West Side of Manhattan I am relocating with my family this Fall to Falls Church, Virginia. I will be splitting my time between NYC and DC until November when I move to Falls Church permanently. I look forward to reconnecting with old friends – including some of you! - in the DMV. Feel free to drop me a line if you are in the area with time to meet up!
Beko Reblitz-Richardson
Greetings from the Bay Area. Biggest update here - my oldest son (Kai) started high school this fall. He's excited, but I'm not sure I'm ready for this change! One of his classes is Asian Worlds, so my Kenyon Asian Studies Concentration is coming in handy. I spent the summer in Idaho with my family, at Bear Lake, with some good hiking, biking, and running. I'm still working as an attorney at Boies Schiller Flexner, currently handling privacy cases (some against Google) and antitrust matters. I'm looking forward to our 2025 reunion.
Noah “Bret” Seferian
I continue to be disappointed and disgusted by Kenyon's administration and Board of Trustees refusing to recognize that student workers clearly want to unionize with KSWOC and instead attacking students, retaliating against students, and spreading lies and half-truths - while paying a Trump election lie law firm to help them fight Kenyon's own students. I expected Kenyon to be so much better than this. I have at least enjoyed meeting some current Kenyon students and recent alumni.
Joanna Radnor Vilensky
Joanna Radnor Vilensky,
Gelsey Lynn Rellosa, Beth Roche Griffin, Heather (Graber) Stinson, Becky White Newgren, Sara Gage Rinala, Aleta Lafferty, and
Maggie Beeler Stefani are all in a regular text thread where they discuss topics ranging from Kenyon's new mascot to jean styles to communes. They might even discuss vegan cheese once in a while.
