Alumni Notes 1990 - 1994

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Clark Hutton M.A. 1990 clark.hutton@volstate.edu Clark Hutton (M.A. 1990) and his wife Erin Rochelle Green Hutton (Auburn class of ‘93) welcomed their first child, Samuel Elijah Hutton, to the world last June 16. Clark is an Associate Professor of English and Philosophy at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tennessee. In August, he received his Ph.D. in medieval literature from Middle Tennessee State University. The couple also celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary in October. January 2005
Tom Neeley BA 1990 tdneeley@yahoo.com I'm a management consultant, specializing in procurement systems and supply chain management for large corporate clients. I met my wife Machiko while teaching in Osaka Japan many years ago. We live in suburban Kansas City with our two dogs. January 2007
Laura Rose-Merryman 1990 landsmerryman@aol.com After teaching as a GTA and Instructor from 1986-1999, I began secondary teaching. I currently teach honors, 10th grade, and Sci-Fi at King George High School. I also continue to teach at Kappahannock Community College. War Eagle! September 2005
Margot Black Smith BA 1990 smithmarg@cox.net I used to work on Capitol Hill for Senator John Warner (1990-1995). Then I became a mother of two boys. Now I am a jewelry designer and own a small business. September 2005
Evan Hanby Girard BA 1991 evan.girard@pearsoned.com I am an acquisitions editor for Pearson Custom Learning Solutions, a division of Pearson Education, the world's largest educational publisher. I live in Evanston, IL and am married with 3 kids (John age 9, Ben - age 7, & Kate - age 3). November 2005
Todd Keith BA English 1991 toddkeith@charter.net I married another Auburn graduate in English, the attractive and bright Julie Burch. Taught ESL in Czechoslovakia for a year or so then started writing for various magazines, doing travel pieces and writing several custom publications on Alabama rivers and historical/environmental subjects. I am currently a senior editor and partner at Portico Magazine (winner of consecutive "Best Regional Magazine" Folio Eddie Awards) in Birmingham and a senior contributor at Executive Traveler magazine, a national travel mag that is not at all as dry as it sounds. Julie and I have a four-year old and another child en route as of early 2006. Unlike Chris Smith on this page, I do not have a mini van—and hope to keep it that way. February 2006
Bonnie Michelle Odell BA English 1991 jukr8@yahoo.com I work for the State of Alabama in Birmingham as a Child Support case manager. Travel is my great love and I also enjoy working on my home in the historic area of Bham, Forest Partk. July 2006
Elisabeth Gullett South B.A., English 1991 esouth@flpl.lib.al.us After serving for the past five years as Director of the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, I stepped down in order to spend more time with my husband and 3-yr-old daughter. I am now working part-time at the library. I earned my Master's degree in Library Science from Florida State University in 1992 and have been working in libraries since. September 2005
Sarah Elizabeth Bialk BA 1992 bialks@yahoo.com Married, working for (ISC)2 as Director of Communications, study ballet with former head of Tampa Ballet. February 2006
Nikki K Graves BA 1992 MA 1995 Nikki_Graves@bus.emory.edu After graduating with my MA from Auburn in 1995, I began a Ph.D. in Women's Studies at Emory University. While working on my Ph.D. I served as a business writing consultant at Emory's Goizueta Business School and as the Scholarship/Fellowship Advisor for the College of Liberal Arts. When I graduated in 2003, I was offered a position as an Assistant Professor in the Practice of Management Communication at Goizueta. My husband and I are currently building a house in Avondale Estates, where we live with our blue and gold macaw, Star. If anyone wants to talk about transitioning from the humanities to the Dark Side (business), let me know. July 2006
Wiebke Kuhn PhD 2000 MA 1993 BA 2000 kuhnwi1@auburn.edu Still doing the IT thing, but now as the IT Manager for the College. Still having a lot of fun learning new technologies, learning about other areas of research and teaching. The latest additions we are planning on is adding iTunesU to the offerings of AU lectures online and to add student response systems to a group of classes so that all students can participate in a class at the same time. Ian is moving into 7th grade in August and Finn is heading into 3nd grade, playing soccer right now, while Ian is writing stories and swims. July 2008
Tara Wooldridge Maple BA 1993 mapletw@auburn.edu Married, one baby (girl), work for AU in Harrison School of Pharmacy, read as much as I possibly can!! October 2005
James Allen Jacobs BA 1994 jimjacobs@aol.com Self employed as an attorney in my hometown. Currently separated from wife. One son, age 5. His name is Thomas Hanson Jacobs. We went to the Mississippi State game and he met Aubie. Had a blast. September 2005
Susan Tanner Monroe BA 1994 susan.monroe@cityofmcalester.com After graduation, I got an MPA at Auburn. Began a career writing community development grants for cities all over Alabama. In July, 2005, became City Manager for McAlester, Oklahoma. Married to Paul Monroe in 2000 and have two stepchildren, George, 12 and Victoria, 9, who live with me. October 2005
Jake Adam York BA 1994 Jake.York@cudenver.edu I am entering my fifth year as Assistant Professor of English at the University of Colorado at Denver, and I will be going up for early tenure this year. Here, I direct an undergraduate Creative Writing program and advise the student group and literary journal. I also serve SHENANDOAH as a Contributing Editor and work as poetry editor for STORYSOUTH, an online journal founded by fellow department alum Jason Sanford. In the past two years, I have published over forty poems and have received a Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowship. Recently, three poems were named first runner up for Sarah Lawrence College's Campbell Corner Prize. My study THE ARCHITECTURE OF ADDRESS: THE MONUMENT AND PUBLIC SPEECH IN AMERICAN POETRY will be published by Routledge this fall. I have just completed a short lyric film I was commissioned to produce for a new museum in Denver, and starting this Fall, I will serve on the advisory board of The Lab, a new contemporary arts center based here in Denver. June 2004
Nikki K Graves BA 1992 MA 1995 Nikki_Graves@bus.emory.edu After graduating with my MA from Auburn in 1995, I began a Ph.D. in Women's Studies at Emory University. While working on my Ph.D. I served as a business writing consultant at Emory's Goizueta Business School and as the Scholarship/Fellowship Advisor for the College of Liberal Arts. When I graduated in 2003, I was offered a position as an Assistant Professor in the Practice of Management Communication at Goizueta. My husband and I are currently building a house in Avondale Estates, where we live with our blue and gold macaw, Star. If anyone wants to talk about transitioning from the humanities to the Dark Side (business), let me know. July 2006
Wiebke Kuhn PhD 2000 MA 1993 BA 2000 kuhnwi1@auburn.edu Still doing the IT thing, but now as the IT Manager for the College. Still having a lot of fun learning new technologies, learning about other areas of research and teaching. The latest additions we are planning on is adding iTunesU to the offerings of AU lectures online and to add student response systems to a group of classes so that all students can participate in a class at the same time. Ian is moving into 7th grade in August and Finn is heading into 3nd grade, playing soccer right now, while Ian is writing stories and swims. July 2008