Alex is a Roman soldier re-enactor!

Alex Kyrychenko (pronounced “kee-ree-CHAN-ko”) is the Learning Commons coordinator. He came to the Library in 2009 after working in ECIT for four years. “Our goal,” says Alex, “is to provide a unified user experience throughout the campus.”

Alex is graduating this semester with PhD in Religion from Emory. He received two Master’s degrees from Abilene Christian University, a Master’s of Divinity, and a Master’s of Arts in New Testament. Alex also received a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering at the Kharkov Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine.

Born in Dubno, Ukraine as the son of a Soviet Air Force Engineer, Alex moved around a lot, growing up in the Ukraine, Germany, the Republic of Georgia, England, and finally in the United States.

Alex is scholar of Roman military history and even does re-enactments as a Roman soldier. Having just finished his dissertation and working a full-time job, Alex barely has time for anything else! He does watch movies with his wife and two children. His son is a freshman at Georgia Tech in mechanical engineering.

“I love working at Emory,” says Alex, “I know a lot of faculty here and have really enjoyed getting back to my technical roots. My current role allows me to incorporate both my interests in technology and education.”

You can reach Alex at akyrych [at] emory [dot] edu.