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Alumni Achievements

Here's what some Whitworth graduates are doing in political-science fields:

• Jenifer Tracy, '08, is pursuing a master's degree in public policy at King's College, London. Tracy was also accepted to Queen Mary University, Royal Holloway University, Birkbeck University, Exeter University, Middlesex University, and Brunel University, all in the U.K.

• Garin Etcheberry, '07, attends Oregon's Willamette University Graduate School of Management.
  
  
• Gavin Jamison, '07, received a full scholarship to the University of Idaho School of Law.
  
  
• Lindsey Kiehn, '07 (international studies, cross-cultural studies and French majors), was selected to the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program, which places young Americans as English teachers in middle and high schools throughout Korea.
  
  
• Noah Patterson, '07, received a full scholarship to the University of Denver School of Law.
  
  
• C.C. Laverty, '06, is attending the University of York School of International Studies, in the United Kingdom.
  
  
• Greg Svadinize, '06, is pursuing a master's degree at the George Washington School of International Affairs.
  
  
• Laura Thaut, '05, received a 2005 Fulbright grant to study emigration-related issues in Lithuania and is attending the University of Minnesota on full scholarship.
  
  
• Gene Emmons, '04, served as the internship coordinator for the Washington State Legislature and is enrolled in the Harris School of Management at the University of Chicago.
  
  
• Jena Lee, '04, is director of Blood:Water Mission, a ministry of the Grammy Award-winning band Jars of Clay that provides clean blood and water to Africa.
  
  
• Brian Maloy, '04, is enrolled in the journalism graduate program at the University of Australia, in Melbourne.
  
  
• Carla Reyes, '04, is enrolled in a four-year joint-degree program at Duke University: through the program, she is pursuing a J.D./L.L.M. in international and comparative law at Duke Law School and an M.A. in public policy at the Duke Sanford Institute of Public Policy. She was a member of the World Trade Organization Moot Court Team in 2006-07.
  
  
• Maren Anderson, '03, is attending law school at the University of Washington.
  
  
• Lyndsey Downs, '02 (political science and history double major), graduated from Seattle University School of Law in 2006 and is a law clerk in the Thurston County Superior Court.
  
  
• Erin Erickson, '02, is on a two-year Peace Corps assignment in Moldova as part of a master's program at the School for International Training, in Brattleboro, Vt.
  
  
• John Fisher, '02, earned a master's degree in urban and regional planning and is currently a housing developer for Community Frameworks, a nonprofit agency in Spokane.
  
  
• Katherine Smith, '02 (international studies and sociology double major), is a judicial law clerk with the United States Department of Justice.
  
  
• Julie Gilstrap, '01, earned a master's degree from the University of Edinburgh and is a policy advisor for the Association of Scotland's Colleges.
  
  
• Alissa Johnson, '01 (political science and French double major), received a Fulbright in 2002 to conduct research in Burkina Faso. Johnson is now a project manager with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, where she works with global research organizations to develop and test safe and effective drugs, prevention strategies and vaccines against HIV/AIDS.
  
  
• Sarah Revell, '95, is currently serving as a foreign-service officer for the U.S. State Department in Osaka-Kobe, Japan.
  
  
• Anna Schowenquerdt, '93, has coordinated Catholic Relief Service programs in Liberia, Uganda, Iraq, and Indonesia.
  
  
• Steve Jensen, '82, has worked in many parts of the world in the field of emergency and disaster management.
  
  
• Doug Nave, '81 (political studies and history double major), is a partner with Weil, Gotshal & Manges, one of the world's largest law firms, and is heading the firm's European antitrust practice, in London.