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Meet the Staff of
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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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Jay
Clelland
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Programmer
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jclelland@widernet.org |
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Jay is a Programmer. This is his second time working for WiderNet. |
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Dianne
Daniels
MA |
Program Manager
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ddaniels@widernet.org |
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As a Program Manager at WiderNet, Dianne brings a background of international work and volunteer experience. With a Masters of International Studies from North Carolina State University, she developed a program of nonprofit education for Mogilev (Belarus) State University, where she taught American History. She also completed a Certificate of Nonprofit Management from Duke University, a BA in Journalism from the University of South Carolina, and Senior Certified Grants Specialist Training. Additionally, Dianne served as the executive director of Prison MATCH (Mothers And Their CHildren) of NC, Inc, and has taught high school social studies. |
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Stephen
Danielson
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Computer Technician
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stephen@widernet.org |
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Stephen is a Technician at the WiderNet Project and junior at the University of Iowa majoring in Computer
Engineering. He enjoys extreme sports, hang gliding, motorcycling and anything nerdy. His future plans include traveling and owning his own business.
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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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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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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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Amy
Kersten
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Technical Writer
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akersten@widernet.org |
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Amy has a degree in Computer Science from Iowa State
University and works on the eGranary documentation. |
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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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Senem
Menda
MBA |
Volunteer
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senem@widernet.org |
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Senem is a Volunteer at WiderNet. She is preparing the business plan for the Field Associate Program for WiderNet. She is an MBA graduate with an interest in finance and accounting. |
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Cliff
Missen
MA |
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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Tomeka
Petersen
MSW |
Partnerships Coordinator
GDRL Field Coordinator, Field Associate Program Manager |
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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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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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