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Jerry Smith
Museology, 2015
In 2023, Jerry reports: "I'm excited to have recently finished my first year as Associate Collections Manager at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles. I'm enjoying working at a brand new museum helping build the Collections Department and preparing a very exciting Collection for our grand opening in 2025. I am also happy to be Programs Chair for the Preparation, Art handling Collections Care Information Network (PACCIN), a professional organization focused on art handling and collections care. I am currently planning our virtual 2023 Crating and Sustainability Workshop and our 2024 PrepCon Conference, to be held in-person at the Nelson Atkins Museum in Kansas City.
"All of this wouldn't have been possible without the training and support I received while in the Museology Program at the University of Washington."
Brian Smith
MSIM, 2015
Brian is working as a Windows Systems Engineer at UW IT.
Zhi Sun
MSIM, 2015
Zhi accepted a position at Facebook as a software engineer.
Tess Wilder-Cervantes
MLIS, 2015
As of 2024, Tess was the Assistant Managing Librarian of the Children and Teen Services Department at SPL’s Central Library in Downtown Seattle.
I Chen Wu
Informatics, 2015
I Chen is a Software Developer at Concur, a provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions.
Annina Wyss-Lockner
MLIS, 2015
Annina is a Reference and Instruction Librarian at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (San Francisco Campus).
Michael Beswetherick
Informatics, 2014
Michael is currently doing article redesign work at The New York Times.
Drew Blaisdell
Informatics, 2014
Drew runs Conway's Multiplayer Game of Life and works as a JavaScript engineer at Automattic.
Mathew Brock
MLIS, 2014
Mathew is working as the Library and Historical Collections Manager for the Mazamas, a 122-year-old mountaineering organization founded on the summit of Mount Hood. He oversees the library, archives, museum object collection, and a team of volunteers.
Dana Bublitz
MLIS, 2014
Dana works as a Content Strategist at Avvo in Seattle, where she has been since July 2014. She develops taxonomies for legal issues, manages and organizes over two million pieces of user-generated content on legal topics, and conducts strategic planning around Avvo's website content and outreach to consumers and lawyers.