Role
Senior Administrative Assistant

Office phone
617-258-9790

Email
rkendall@mit.edu

Office
6-113

Biography

Ryan Kendall sits at the front desk of DMSE Headquarters, serving as a departmental resource for DMSE administrative processes and assisting with almost anything needed around the department. He functionally operates as the department head’s assistant, administrative officer’s assistant, facility manager’s assistant, IT liaison, parking coordinator, and administrative assistant for diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Throughout his time with the department, he has also had a hand in communications, staff and faculty hiring processes, and event coordination. In his free time, he enjoys gaming, philosophical and linguistic discussion, working on his novel series, and writing and performing lyrically poignant songs accompanied by guitar. Kendall has a bachelor’s degree in English and creative writing from Lesley University and is pursuing a master’s degree in communication studies at Arizona State University.