...CELESTE POTTIER MA
2003
Pottier is currently working on her PhD in English Literature —
majoring in 19th Century British with a minor in 20th Century British
— at the University of South Carolina, where she is also employed
as a lecturer.
ROBERT O'BRIEN MA
2003
rcobrien@cox.net
O'Brien is the English Department Chair at Northern Nash High School
in Rocky Mount, where he teaches AP English Literature and Journalism/Yearbook.
MARCUS
EDMOND BA 2005
medmond@albancat.com
Edmond is a Middle-Manager/Product Support Representative for Alban
Caterpillar in Elkridge, MD. He sets up government contracts as well
as general contracts for commercial services.
NEELEY
CRANFORD BA 2004
mizmeeley@aol.com
Cranford is currently teaching eighth grade in Gaston County, working
with students considered "the most poverty-stricken" in the
county. She reports that her students are "wonderful" and
that she loves them.
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...JONI MICHELE SURETTE BA
2001
...jonisurette@yahoo.com
Surette is enrolled at California State University where she is teaching
composition and pursuing a Masters Degree in Literature. Following the
M.A., she plans to continue studying at the University of Californina
Santa Barbara, in hopes of earning a PhD. She currently lives in Los Angeles,
California.
...CINDY RAYBURN MA
2002; BA 2000
...cindy0619@earthlink.net
Rayburn works as an editor for Campbell Alliance, a management consulting
firm in Raleigh that specializes in the pharmaceutical industry. She
is responsible for editing all client deliverables, proposals, and marketing
materials for two separate practice areas at the company. She also evaluates
the writing samples of prospective employees and ensures that Campbell's
consultants and editors adhere to company conventions by revising and
maintaining the style guide. She married Eric Linton in April 2003;
they live in Cary NC.
...JODY
R. HOLLIS BA 2000
Hollis
has been an English teacher at Williamston High School since January
2001.
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... JENNY LEONARD MA
2000
Leonard
works for the University of Rochester public relations department as editor
of Currents, the employee and faculty biweekly newspaper, and feature
writer for the Rochester Review, the university's alumni magazine.
She also writes/edits public relation office brochures. She and her husband
are currently restoring their 1963 Vespa and their 1895 Queen Anne cottage
on Lake Ontario.
... TRAVIS L. WILLIAMS MA
2002
...PirateGraduate@aol.com
Williams
is employed by Advacon, a technical documentation company located in Research
Triangle Park, NC. Currently he is working on an ongoing e-mailing project
with Cisco Systems.
...WILLIAM STACEY COCHRAN MA
2001
Cochran's fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in CutBank, North
Carolina Literary Review, Plots With Guns, Phoenix Forum, Cliched Cliche,
and The Rebel. He was a finalist for the 1998 Isaac Asimov Award.
Some of his work appears online at Stacey
Cochran's Website. He lives in Arizona.
...P.
LYNN WHICHARD MA
2003
...PLynnECU@netscape.net
Whicard
is a lecturer in the ECU English department. She, her husband Ed, and
son Thomas live in the Pactolus community of Pitt County.
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...CHANTAL
WEEDMAN MA 2001; BA
1993
...chantal_0209@yahoo.com 919-616-0832
Weedman
recently accepted a position as a Communications Consultant concentrating
in change management with Quintiles Transnational in Research Triangle
Park, NC. She is working on a three-year project focused on implementing
an Enterprise Document Management System within Quintiles worldwide.
She designs and manages websites and other communications vehicles,
working with project teams from around the world.
...CHRYSTAL MINCEY MA
2000
...chrystalm@earthlink.net 301-456-5388
Mincey is a Policy and Procedures Specialist with the District of Columbia
city goverment, and serves as an Adjunct English Instructor at Prince
George's Community College. She lives in Suitland MD.
GLENDA
JAKUBOWSKI BA
2000
....GBJ0224@ecu.edu
Jakubowski won the Associated Press Senator Sam Ervin Award for
Investigative Journalism in 2001 while working at the Daily Reflector,
in Greenville. Her articles and photographs also have appeared in the
Farmville Enterprise, the Chowan Herald, the Elizabeth City Daily
Advance, North Carolina Literary Review, Tar River Poetry, and Our
State magazine. Jakubowski currently is pursuing her MA in
International Studies with a concentration in Security Studies at ECU.
She was awarded a Boren National Security Education Program Graduate
Fellowship to study Arabic at the American University in Cairo, Egypt,
beginning in January, 2007. After serving five years as the director
of public information for Edenton-Chowan Schools, Jakubowski recently
accepted a position as an editor with the Defense Intelligence Agency
based in Washington, DC.
...JOHN
BLANK BA 2002
...jonblank50@hotmail.com 252-353-5109
Blank
is currently an English and journalism teacher at Washington High School.
He is the advisor of the school newspaper, The Pamlicoan Currents. He
is also an assistant football coach and the head junior varsity baseball
coach.
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...MICHAEL McPHERSON MA
2000; BA 1991
McPherson was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army Reserves
in 1991. He worked as an account manager for Nortel Networks before starting
his own freelance professional writing business, McPherson
Design Solutions. In 2003 he was named Contributing Writer for the
Eastern Wake News. He lives in Knightdale NC with his wife Melissa
and their son Willem.
...KRISTY ARO BA
Writing 2002
Aro works for Homeland Security in Washington, DC doing research and correspondance
for the government officials and the President.
...JOHANNA S. OWENS BS
1991, MA 2000
...owensjo@mail.ecu.edu
Owens returned to East Carolina in 2000 and is Director of Communications
in the Office for Institutional Advancement. Prior to that, she worked
in business and marketing communications with Global TeleSystems Inc.
and Taylor Companies, both in the DC Metro area. Owens lives in Tarboro
with her husband, Tripp, and their son, Simon.
DANIELLE
LEWIS ANGE MA 2003
danielle.lewis@mchsi.com
Ange is working in Washington, NC as a mentor for a nine-year-old ESL
child. She is trying to find additional employment teaching college
courses online. She got married in 2004 and now has a young son.
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...CHRISTY
KINNION
BA 2000; MA 2001
... clk929@lenoircc.edu
Kinnion is an English Instructor for Lenoir Community College in Kinston,
NC where she teaches business writing, literature, and argument-based
research. She is currently pursuing a Certificate in Technology &
Communication offered by the School of Journalism and Mass Comm. at
UNC Chapel Hill. She resides in New Bern with her dog, Napoleon.
...KATHY
LANGSTON
MA
2002
...kjlangston@cox.net
Langston is working on her PhD in English, Composition and Rhetoric,
at the University of Rhode Island. She teaches freshman writing courses
and scientific and technical writing at URI. After graduation from ECU,
she moved to Newport, RI, and has worked as the director of the Writing
Center for Salve Regina University. Her freelance technical writing
work includes writing grants for non-profit organizations as well as
re-writing Campbell University’s Extended Campus Faculty Manual.
She completed the Student Handbook for extended campuses before leaving,
NC. Kathy resides in Newport, RI, about a block from the Narragansett
bay, with her husband and three children.
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