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Selene Wartell
Informatics, 2019
Selene is working as a software engineer for GitHub from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Barbara Williams
MLIS, 2019
Barbara worked in public libraries as a paraprofessional for about seven years, and after graduation in 2019 was promoted to an adult services librarian. In 2021, she accepted a job at Library of Michigan as a Library Development Analyst. She reports: "My MLIS has done so much to further my career. Without it, I was stuck in a paraprofessional position with out the possibility for growth."
Rosemary Adams
Informatics, 2018
Rosemary and her husband, Brad Holland (Informatics '18) welcomed their first child, Emmett Adams, in October 2023.
Arthur Aguilera
MLIS, 2018
In 2023, Arthur became an assistant professor, collection development & assessment librarian at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Stacey Akahoshi
MLIS, 2018
Stacey started a new position as the Virtual Content Manager at the Maricopa County Library District in spring 2022. She was selected as a 2023 ALA Emerging Leader.
Ellen Brigham
MLIS, 2018
Ellen was appointed Director of Library Services for Columbia County Rural Library District in February 2024.
Fion Chan
Informatics, 2018
Fion is working as a data engineering consultant at West Monroe Partners.
Avanti Chande
MSIM, 2018
Avanti changed teams within Walmart Labs and is now a senior data scientist in the Global Data team. She is now mentoring a few iSchool students as well as other new grads trying to enter the field of data science.
Isaac Chen
Informatics, 2018
As of 2022, Isaac was working as a software development engineer.
Staci Crouch
MLIS, 2018
Staci is the lead archivist at the Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle.