Vanessa Hammler Kenon, Ed.D., serves as the Associate Vice President Technology Compliance and Community Engagement and is responsible for management and leadership of the department’s audit, compliance, risk services, business continuity and emergency management, internal and external community outreach and collaboration, and the department’s developing internship and UTS Classroom to Career Program.
She serves as a key UTS liaison with UTSA students, faculty, and staff. Dr. Kenon serves on several UTSA committees, and task forces, supporting technology, student success, community service, diversity and inclusion, academic research, audit and compliance, the UTSA annual SECC, and community outreach. She also serves as a lecturer in the College of Education and Human Development’s African American Studies program teaching a contemporary course in film, media, and technology.
Dr. Kenon has worked in higher education positions of instruction, leadership and management in both private and public higher education programs for over 26 years with 24 of those years spent managing departments and initiatives directly related to technology. Kenon serves the San Antonio community on several boards and committees including service for Trinity University and Hallmark University System.
Current UTSA projects for Dr. Kenon include working on the expansion of UTS’s role in the support for UTSA internships and the university’s College to Career Program. She is also working with faculty, staff and students on technology enhancements including support of Online Tutoring, and Virtual Reality initiatives. Several of these projects launched as a part of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation iPASS grant project, where Kenon served as the PI and administrator on several projects, including the highly successful Degree Works implementation.
Kenon has presented and facilitated at conferences and events across the globe and has presented for the American Education Research Association, Microsoft, Texas Association of State Systems for Computing and Communications, The International Higher Education Reform Symposium, The Association for College and University Technology Advancement, The New Media Consortium, The International Society for Educational Planning, Ready Education, Achieving the Dream, and EDUCAUSE.
Dr. Kenon is a first-generation college graduate and an alumni of Trinity University where she earned bachelor’s degrees in Communications and English. She is also a very proud UTSA alumni where she received her Masters and her Doctorate in Education, as well as a recipient of the 2018 Distinguished Alumni award from the Educational Leadership Department.
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