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Meet the Staff of
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Jennifer
Abagyeh
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Field Associate/Consultant
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jennifer@widernet.org |
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Jennifer is a Field Associate for the eGranary Digital Library in Nigeria. As a Field Associate on location in Nigeria, she can do anything from promote the eGranary Digital Library to potential partners to on-location technical support.
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Kate
Berry
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Volunteer Librarian
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kate@widernet.org |
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Kate volunteer librarian at WiderNet. She is also an English Major at The University of Iowa who hopes to attend the School of Library and Information Science soon. She's originally from Williamsburg, IA. |
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George
Chen
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Technician
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george@widernet.org |
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Yuan "George" Chen is a Technician at the WiderNet Project. |
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Xili
Deng
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Finance/Database Programmer |
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xili@widernet.org |
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Xili is a student at The University of Iowa. She is creating some finance database applications for WiderNet. |
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Angela
dePrairie
MA |
Volunteer Digital Librarian
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deprairie@widernet.org |
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Angela volunteers for WiderNet remotely from England, where she facilitates a partnership with the Institute of Development Studies to increase usage of the eGranary. She is also contributing to WiderNet's program development through a gender lens. Angela's work as a Digital Librarian with WiderNet began in 2001. Within a year, she had compiled the first version of the eGranary, containing approximately one million files (mostly full-length books and journals). In 2003 she received a BA in Global Studies and a BA in Women's Studies from the University of Iowa. She now has two Master's degrees also: Master of Nonprofit Management (Regis University, 2007) and MA Gender and Development (University of Sussex, 2010). |
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Jeff
Ebbing
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Fundraising Volunteer |
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jeff@widernet.org |
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Jeff is a student at The University of Iowa who is volunteering for WiderNet. He's assisting with fundraising and learning to write a grant proposal. |
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Heather
Erwin
JD |
COEP Coordinator
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herwin@widernet.org |
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Heather J. Erwin is a University of Iowa College of Law graduate and has worked with indigent, incarcerated and at-risk populations in the U.S. for Texas Impact, a faith-based lobbying organization, and StandDown Texas, a death penalty moratorium project, both in Austin, TX. While interning at the King County D.A.'s Office in Brooklyn, NY, she assisted in the implementation of the ground-breaking DETAP alternative sentencing, drug treatment program for non-violent offenders incarcerated in the state of New York.
At WiderNet, she is coordinating the Correctional Offline Educational Platform at WiderNet. |
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Matthew
Haxton
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Volunteer Librarian
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matthew@widernet.org |
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Matt is as volunteer librarian at the WiderNet Project while awaiting deployment with the PeaceCorps. |
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Casse
Jensen
BA |
Project Assistant
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casse@widernet.org |
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Casse graduated from the University of Iowa in August 2008 with a BA in Religious Studies. After her husband, Thomas, finishes his studies, she is considering traveling or returning to her hometown of Muscatine, Iowa, and continuing in the administrative support field there. |
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Kathrina
Litchfield
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Digital Librarian
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kat@widernet.org |
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Kat is a Digital Librarian at the WiderNet Project. |
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Sherry
Lochhaas
BA, MLIS |
Digital Librarian
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sherry@widernet.org |
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Sherry graduated from Truman State University with a BA in Philosophy & Religion in 2009. She is currently working toward her Master's degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Iowa.
Sherry is currently working for WiderNet remotely since she and her husband, Ian, have moved to Germany. |
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Nathan
Lothamer
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Librarian
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nathan@widernet.org |
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Nathan is a student at The University of Iowa working for an Informatics degree in Human-Computer Interaction. At WiderNet, he is creating tutorials for using Moodle on the eGranary. |
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Cliff
Missen
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Director, WiderNet Project
Professor in School & Library Information Science, University of Iowa |
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missenc@widernet.org |
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Cliff Missen has over 20 years professional experience in computers, networking, multimedia design, and applications development. At the WiderNet Project, he combines this with his long-term interest in international development. His first visit to Africa was with a medical team in 1982, and he continues to teach and promote appropriate water well drilling technology through the U.S. non–profit organization Wellspring Africa.
"I want to see the day when African technicians - so steeped in understanding of ICT technology - bend and twist these tools to create appropriate and affordable communications systems for the most rural villages in Africa." |
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Matt
Neely
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Computer Technician
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matt@widernet.org |
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Matt is a Computer Technician at the WiderNet Project after working at University Surplus. |
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Brent
Palmer
MLIS |
Information Architect
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brent@widernet.org |
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Brent Palmer got his Bachelor's degree in Biology from Kalamazoo College. During his time at Kalamazoo, he also spent nine months in Dakar, Senegal, on foreign study. After college, he had several adventures including teaching English in Japan and hiking the entire Appalachian Trail. Since then, he has obtained a Master's degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois. He primarily works on the eGranary project helping to design and build the next version of the digital Library. |
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Tomeka
Petersen
MSW |
Partnerships
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tomeka@widernet.org |
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Tomeka is working on Partnerships at the WiderNet Project. She has a BA in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and an MSW from Simmons College. She has over ten years of experience working in the US and abroad empowering the lives of less privileged children and families. She served in the Peace Corps in Kenya from 2001 to 2003 and served as a volunteer Life Skills facilitator with Global Camps, South Africa, in 2004. Tomeka lived and worked in Eldoret, Kenya, from 2005 to 2008 assisting in the design and implementation of a food security and OVC program within the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), a comprehensive HIV/AIDS care system offering care to tens of thousands of HIV-infected people living in western Kenya. |
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Diane
Peterson
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Portal Content Librarian
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diane@widernet.org |
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Diane joined WiderNet during the fall of 2009 as a Gerontology Fellow working on a Gerontology portal for the eGranary Digital Library. She holds a Master's degree in both Health Informatics and Biochemistry as well as a BS in Physiology. She has worked for many years in these fields including research, clinical medicine and computers. |
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Amy
Poague
MS |
Volunteer Librarian
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apoague@widernet.org |
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Amy has a B.A in English from the University of Iowa and a MS. in Library Science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is excited to work on a poetry portal for WiderNet. |
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Jose
Ruiz
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Digital Librarian
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jose@widernet.org |
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Jose is a Digital Librarian at the WiderNet Project. |
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Thomas
Sciano
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Computer Technician
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thomas@widernet.org |
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Tommy is a Computer Technician at the WiderNet Project and student at The University of Iowa. |
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Rosalind
Sixbey
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PR Assistant
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rosalind@widernet.org |
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Rosalind is a PR Assistant at WiderNet and student at The University of Iowa. |
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Kristen
Tammen
BA |
Digital Librarian
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kristen@widernet.org |
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Kristen has her B.A. in Eastern Religions and Anthropology from the University of Iowa. She has previously worked as a librarian at Bradley University & is currently working as a Digital Librarian for the WiderNet Project. |
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