FacultyDevelopments Fenn Welcomes New Faculty and Staff Fenn welcomes eight new faculty and staff members and one Fenn Fellow this year, some of them familiar faces on campus.
EDEN DUNCKEL
ROB KETTLEWELL ’04
JENNIFER MANGANO
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EDEN DUNCKEL is the new director of Learning Support Services, coming to Fenn from Bridgton Academy, a boarding school for boys in Maine where for six years she managed all activities of the Office of Disability Services, actively promoting the importance of empowering students by helping them learn how to learn. She has also taught English, psychology, and history, and was a school psychologist in Anchorage, Alaska, prior to her tenure in Maine. Eden has a BA in psychology from UMass Amherst, an MA in psychology from Tufts University, and a PhD in Education from the University of Tennessee. Eden, her husband, Matthew, and their twins Eric and Eva, who turned two in November, live in Acton, where Eden grew up. “It’s great to be back home,” she says. She calls Fenn a “wonderful, caring, and respectful community,” and says she has been “welcomed with open arms.” ROB KETTLEWELL ’04 is a Fenn Fellow for the fall and winter trimesters. Rob has worked at Star Camps; he enjoys teaching young people because it is rewarding, he says, “to see them improve with my help.” Rob is assisting John Sharon, chair of the Social Studies department, in the latter’s Global Studies classes, and is observing and covering some Latin classes, coaching football, and working with Tiffany Toner in drama. The Fenn Fellow—a non-compensated, one-trimester appointment that carries an option for extension—was inaugurated two years ago as part of Fenn’s continued commitment to encourage and inspire recent college graduates to pursue teaching. It a great opportunity, Rob says, because he has the time and flexibility to observe other teachers, including those who taught him while he was at Fenn. He cites as a role model retired social studies teacher Jim Carter ’54, who not only taught him research skills but also sparked Rob’s interest in Russian history, a subject that Rob continued to study. A Worcester Academy graduate, Rob earned a BA in history at the University of Richmond, where he co-hosted a campus radio talk show, interviewing political figures such as Virginia Governor Mitch Daniels. When asked if Fenn has changed at all since his days here, he notes that it is “more diverse in many ways, allowing more perspectives in classrooms, but it still has that strong sense of community that I remember.” JENNIFER MANGANO, Fenn’s new athletic trainer, has a BS in athletic training from the University of Southern Maine. A certified trainer, she most recently worked at Middlesex School. Drawn to Fenn because “it was everything I was looking for in a position,” Jennifer says she liked the challenge of being one of the school’s first trainers and of helping Fenn build a great sports medicine program.” An Ayer resident, Jennifer says her greatest passion outside of her work is snowboarding. “I’m really excited to be a part of Fenn and I’ve had a great experience so far,” she says.