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Dustin Hodge
Informatics, 2008
In 2014, Dustin returned to UW! He works as a UX Interaction Designer at the UW Office of Research Information Services.
Micah Huff
Informatics, 2008
Micah is working as the director, data engineering at Demandbase, leading a team charged with building out the company's core datasets and ensuring timely delivery of its daily warehouse data.
Joel Larson
MSIM, 2008
In 2025, Joel I. Larson, MSIM ’08, earned a Ph.D. in Information Technology (Information Assurance & Cybersecurity) from Capella University. Participation in the iSchool’s Information Assurance & Cybersecurity concentration sparked his lasting interest in risk management and privacy and set him on the doctoral path. His dissertation examined how technology executives at U.S. public R1 universities manage risk in response to shadow IT. Joel serves as Director of IT Support, Networking & Disaster Recovery at Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Michigan.
Catherine McMullen
MLIS, 2008
As of 2024, Catherine was certified by the Oregon Association of County Clerks (OACC) as a Certified County Clerk (CCC) in August 2024. She was elected by voters in 2022 and has served as the Clackamas County Clerk overseeing Elections, Recording, and Records Management since January 2023. Clackamas County is the third-largest county in Oregon with more than 313,000 voters and the largest county in Oregon with an elected Clerk.
Phoebe Owens
MLIS, 2008
Phoebe has written a fiction podcast about a planet of dogs and their adventures for kids with her 6-year-old son and her partner. They won a grant to produce it from Oregon's Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) in June 2020, and we will be launching the podcast at www.powerdogadventures.com.
Mike Paulsmeyer
MSIM, 2008
Mike works as a Manager at Logic20/20, where he has worked since 2010.
Lokesh Ramani
MSIM, 2008
Lokesh is a director at KPMG, leading cyber security transformation services for the firm in the Pacific Northwest.
Miriam Rigby
MLIS, 2008
Miriam is an Associate Professor and Librarian at the University of Oregon Libraries, where she was worked since 2008. She published her second book with ACRL Press in January 2019, "Motivating Students on a Time Budget: Pedagogical Frames and Lesson Plans for In-Person and Online Information Literacy Instruction," co-edited with Sarah Steiner. It's available for purchase at the ALA Bookstore in ebook and print formats.
Amanda Runyon
MLIS Law, 2008
Amanda was named associate dean and director of the Biddle Law Library at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, starting in August 2019. She previously served as the head of public services at the University of Michigan Law Library for five years, and previously as a reference librarian at Michigan and the University of Texas for six years.
Anna (Wiggs) Sebree
MLIS, 2008
Anna is the librarian and media specialist at Holy Names Academy in Seattle. In 2012-13, she served on the Executive Board of the Washington Library Media Association as the chair for small districts & private schools.