Alumni Updates

Richard Caldwell

Music, 1969

RICHARD CALDWELL, 1969 Music, was in the Navy Band Program for 20 years after graduating from Humboldt State. Since retiring in 1991 Caldwell has been a Band Instrument Repair Technician. Caldwell says he owes his career in instrument repair to a repair class he took at Humboldt the summer of 1969.

Jessica Peters

Anthropology, 2010

Jessica Peters, 2010, Anthropology, received a Master of Arts degree in Anthropology in 2012 at UCLA. Peters also presented research at the American Anthropological Association 2012 meeting, and at the Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities at the University of West Georgia.

Beth Downing Chee

Journalism, 2001

Recently accepted a position as the Media Relations Manager for San Diego State University.

Sarah Lewers

Communication, 2005

I'm living in Geyserville, CA, and happily employed as a plaintiff's-side civil litigator with the Law Offices of Peter Goldstone in Santa Rosa. While I handle a wide variety of cases, I specialize in landlord-tenant work, easement disputes, and wrongful foreclosure cases.

Benjamin

Art, 2010

I am currently a graduate student at Syracuse University working towards my MFA in Art Photography.

Josh Bartee

English, 2011

These days I'm pursuing a PhD in English Literature at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Since graduating, I have had two papers accepted for conferences. The first, which I presented in May of 2011 to the Robinson Jeffers Association in Monterey, CA, is a look at the poet’s diachronic influence on the environmental ethics of rock climbers. The second paper, presented in November of 2011 to the Western Literature Association in Lubbock, TX, concerns the hominin relationship with fire as read in Loren Eiseley's "The Angry Winter" and a selection of poems by Robinson Jeffers.

I keep busy studying, cycling and making all kinds of fun connections between poetry and natural history.

Matthew Thomas Brashears

EnglishTESOL Minor, 2007

I'm happy to report that I was recently accepted to a graduate program at The New School. I'll be working towards an MA in TESOL - a field I was introduced to and excited by when I was an undergrad at HSU.

Yang Yang

Geographysecond BA: International Studies, Spring 2011

After I graduated from Humboldt in May 2011 with two BAs in Geography and International Studies, I went to London School of Economics and Political Science to pursue a MSc in Human Geography and Urban Studies Research. After completing my course work at the LSE, since August 2012, I proceeded to the PhD program in Cultural Geography at University of Colorado at Boulder to do research in ethnic studies in China.

Carol Renee Croissant White

English, 1998

Started personal business in garden/landscape consultation for Puget Sound region. Emphasizing ecological responsibility and sustainability. www.intelligentdesigngardens.com

Heather Frambach

PoliticsMinored in Latin American & Latino Studies, 2009

Heather is currently an urban agriculture planner at the City of Austin, Texas, the Community Outreach Manager for a small East Austin farmers market, and an organizing fellow with Real Food Challenge, a national campaign that organizers for more local and sustainable food on college campuses. She completed her master's degree in Community & Regional Planning at the University of Texas at Austin in 2012.