OWHE Blog
Meet Sharon Chinn Jan 2 2015
Sharon Chinn is the director of Educational Career, Licensing, and Accreditation Services and the Commencement Coordinator at the Graduate School of Education and Counseling, Lewis & Clark College. With 25-years in the field, Sharon brings to her work decades of experience networking, advocating, and supporting students, faculty, and staff as they grow in their professions. Sharon completed her undergraduate work in comparative sociology at the University of Puget Sound, including a year spent at Coleg y Drindod (Trinity College) in Carmarthen, Wales, studying Welsh language, history, and society. She went on to complete a master’s degree in counseling psychology with a focus on adult development and career counseling at Lewis & Clark College. The highlight of her graduate years included one-year spent as a faculty intern with Clackamas Community College’s “Displaced Homemaker” program under the mentorship of its founder, Anne Pardington.
Meet Rebecca Schaffeld Dec 2 2015
I grew up in Hermiston, a small town in eastern Oregon. I received my Bachelor of Arts from Oregon State University in 2011. I majored in Sociology and minored in Spanish and Women Studies. I am a recent graduate of the College Student Services and Administration Master in Education program at Oregon State University. During my time in graduate school I had the opportunity to be a graduate assistant for the Career Development Center and participate in many other programs and functional areas such as academic support and orientation. My area of specialization was Transitioning Students and I am now seeking a career in student affairs, where I can utilize my skills in developing students and passion for empowerment.
Professional Journey:
Meet Natalia Fernández Nov 2 2015
Natalia Fernández is the Oregon Multicultural Librarian for the Oregon Multicultural Archives (OMA). The OMA is a part of Oregon State University's Special Collections & Archives Research Center. Its mission is to assist in preserving the histories and sharing the stories that document Oregon's African American, Asian American, Latino/a, and Native American communities. Prior to joining OSU in November of 2010, she interned at the Arizona Historical Society and worked as a graduate assistant at the University of Arizona Library Special Collections. Fernández holds an M.A. in Information Resources and Library Science from the University of Arizona (U of A). She also earned her B.A. in Art History and Spanish Literature from the U of A.
My Professional Journey
Meet Virginia Martin Oct 2 2015
Virginia Martin has worked as an educator, activist and advocate for women and sexual and gender minorities for 15 years. She has a special place in her heart for non-profits. She has worked for Planned Parenthood, The Sexual Assault Resource Center, The Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center, and Human Dignity Coalition. Her work with universities includes the Pride Center, Women's Center and Team Liberation at Oregon State University and Program Coordinator for the LGBT Center & Women’s Center at Ohio University. Additionally, Virginia worked for 8 years as the Education Coordinator for It’s My Pleasure, Portland’s first feminist, woman-owned sexuality boutique.
August: Meet Laura Syron Aug 1 2015
BIOGRAPHY
Laura Syron is a Research Assistant in the School of Biological and Population Health Sciences at Oregon State University. A fifth-generation Oregonian, in 2008 she earned a BA from the University of Oregon with majors in Philosophy, Political Science, and Spanish, and a minor in Latin American Studies. As an undergraduate, she studied in Quito, Ecuador and completed an internship in Santiago, Chile. In 2010, she earned a Master’s degree in Public Health from Oregon State University, with a focus on International Health. After completing her MPH, she worked for law firms in Alaska and Oregon. Currently, she is continuing her graduate studies in the Environmental and Occupational Health program at Oregon State University.
July: Meet Malgorzata Peszynska Jul 1 2015
Malgorzata (Malgo) Peszynska is a Professor of Mathematics at Oregon State University and she has been at OSU since 2003. Originally from Poland, she received her MS in Applied Mathematics at Warsaw University of Technology in 1986, and her doctorate at the University of Augsburg (Germany) in 1992. She held various academic positions at Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw University of Technology, before taking on her first US visiting and postdoctoral positions at Purdue University in 1993 and 1994. After this she moved to The University of Texas at Austin where she worked in the Mathematics Department and the Institute of Computational Engineering and Science and Center for Subsurface Modeling. She works on various applied and interdisciplinary projects with her students and with collaborators from oceanography, hydrology, statistics, computer science and engineering.