Kenneth F. Kitchell, Jr.

Kenneth Kitchell retired from the department in May 2014 after 16 years of service. He joined the department in 1998 after serving 22 years at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Prior to this he taught for two years at Quigley Preparatory Seminary South, Chicago, Illinois.

He received his Ph.D. in Classics from Loyola University of Chicago, during which time he spent a year as the Hetty Goldman fellow of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.

Professor Kitchell’s research falls into two main groupings. One concerns itself with the pedagogy of teaching classical languages and led to his dual editorship, with Thomas Sienkewicz, of the Legamus series of texts for Bolchazy-Carducci Press.  He and Sean Smith of Amherst High School published the Catullus volume in this series in 2006. In 2010 he and Professor Sienckewicz published Disce!  An Introductory Latin Course with Pearson Publishing.  His interest in pedagogy and promotion also led to various professional posts:  President of CAMWS, President of ACL, and Vice President for Education for APA/SCS.

His other research interest centers on animals and animal lore from antiquity through the Middle Ages.  With Irven Resnick he published the first ever translation of Albertus Magnus’ De animalibus (1999, Johns Hopkins) and two other books on Albert.  Most recently he published Animals in the Greek and Roman World A-Z. (Routledge, 2013).