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Luis Centurion
MSIM, 2016
As of July 2016, Luis was working as a project manager at Adobe Systems Inc.
Rachel Ivy Clarke
PhD, 2016
As of 2022, Rachel Ivy Clarke had been awarded tenure and was promoted to associate professor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies. Her research focuses on the application of design theories and methods to facilitate the systematic, purposeful design of library services and education.
Chelsea Cooper
MLIS, 2016
Chelsea is working for Sno-Isle Libraries. In February 2017, she helped to open the Mariner Library in south Everett. Previously this community had only been served by Sno-Isle's Library on Wheels. Chelsea says, "It has been a great experience opening a brand new, store-front location. I have been using my knowledge and skills gained from the MLIS program to fully serve the Mariner community!"
Tiffany Coulson
MLIS, 2016
As of 2025, Tiffany was working as an embedded research librarian and curriculum designer for Altera - an educational non-profit in eastern Washington. She has written a series of articles for School Library Journal on environmental topics supporting positive climate mental health for youth. She wrote a teacher's resource guide for Penguin Random House called "Climate Journeys". This year she was accepted by the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism as a Flutie Fellow - a program that elevates individual career goals and connects the autism community. She will be participating as an advocate for more inclusive conference and presentation spaces for autistic professionals. She is honored to have been accepted as a member of the International Advisory Council at the Freire Institute, where she will engage with others in guiding the strategy, programming and outreach of the Institute in supporting its mission to promote inclusive, critical, and community-based education.
Linda Garcia
MLIS, 2016
In June 2018, Linda accepted a position as an access services librarian at Montana State University.
Erin Gordenier
MLIS, 2016
Erin started a new job as Outreach Librarian and Volunteer Coordinator at the Siuslaw Public Library in Florence, Oregon.
Robbyn Gordon Lanning
MLIS, 2016
Robbyn is the recipient of the British Columbia Library Association's 2022 Eureka Award. The award recognizes individuals who created an innovative approach to address a barrier, solve a problem, provide a powerful new insight, or introduce an original idea in the library field.
Robbyn was recognized for the “Going with the Flow” menstrual equity initiative. Launched in 2019 and receiving full funding in 2022, the project brings free menstrual products to Camosun College, addressing the integral relationships between physical and mental health, inclusion and accessibility, and educational success.
Alexis Gregerson
Informatics, 2016
As of 2020, Alexis was working as a UX Designer at NWEA, a Not-For-Profit education assessment organization in Portland, Oregon. Alexis was transitioning to work as a UX Designer for Kroger starting in October 2020.
Nicole Gustavsen
MLIS, 2016
As of 2021, Nicole was the STEM liaison librarian at Gonzaga University in Spokane. Nicole started in 2019, right before the pandemic.
Kate Hanske
MLIS, 2016
After a few months of travel, job searching, and volunteer work with the Seattle Opera and Seattle Art Museum, Kate began working part-time at ProQuest on a new content support team. She reports she is in good company, with many other iSchool alums at ProQuest. She also continues to volunteer with the Seattle arts organizations.