He holds the Rosemary Kopel Brown Eminent Scholars Chair in mathematics at Auburn University.

[1] After receiving his BS degree in 1986, he spent 4 years serving in the United States Army, leaving the service as a captain.

[1] His thesis was titled Homological Methods in the Theory of Splines, and was advised by Michael Stillman.

[1] He was appointed as the Rosemary Kopel Brown Eminent Scholars Chair in Mathematics at Auburn University in 2019.

[5] Schenck was elected as a fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2020 for "contributions to research and exposition in applications of algebraic geometry and for service to the profession.