Hannah Adams
graduated in 2017 with a B.S. in Health Sciences. During her time as an undergraduate, Hannah worked on independent research projects in both the Health Sciences and Biology departments and served as the Editor-in-Chief of The Bluestone, the university’s annual yearbook. She currently works as the Development Associate at Blue Ridge CASA for Children, a local nonprofit that advocates for abused and neglected children. When she is not working, she enjoys running her photography business and eating breakfast at Mr. J’s.Zachary Buchin
grew up in Beaverdam, Virginia, and received his undergraduate degree in 2015 with a major in Psychology and a minor in Statistics. He served on the JMURJ Editorial Board as a junior and senior and is now in his third year of a five-year PhD program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Psychology and Neuroscience Department studying memory and cognition. His research focuses on retrieval-based learning, divided attention, and educational applications of cognitive science. He hopes to remain in academia when he graduates and to teach as a professor at a liberal arts school.Danielle LeFrancois
graduated in 2017 with a degree in Media Arts & Design and a concentration in Integrated Advertising and Corporate Communication. While at JMU, she served on the JMURJ design team. She lives in Washington, D.C., and works as a Marketing and Communication Specialist at Boland.Hayley Guess
, from Charlottesville, Virginia, earned a B.S. in Nursing in 2017. During her time at JMU, Hayley completed her senior capstone project as a student in the Honors College and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She currently works as a registered nurse at University of Virginia Medical Center in the Nerancy Neuro Intensive Care Unit.Christina Reilly
graduated in May 2017 as a Media Arts & Design and Spanish double major. Her SMAD concentration was Integrated Advertising and Corporate Communication. She lives in Charlottesville and works at Merkle, a digital marketing company, doing search engine optimization.Lindsey Chiles
graduated in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts and Design with a concentration in Journalism, as well as a degree in Communication Studies with a concentration in Public Relations. She lives in Northern Virginia and works in marketing.Russell Munn
graduated in 2017 with a degree in Media Arts and Design and a concentration in Integrated Advertising and Corporate Communications. He is currently training to become a Financial Adviser with a firm in Richmond, Virginia.Andrew Strasel
graduated in 2017 and studied Media Arts and Design with a concentration in Digital Video and Cinema. He works as a Junior Editor Assistant at Long Story Short Media.Jess Garcia
graduated in 2017 as a Media Arts & Design major with a concentration in Interactive Media and double minors in Women’s and Gender Studies and English. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Social Work at Arizona State University. Her dream is to one day become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.Sam Taylor
, from Richmond, Virginia, is a recent graduate of the School of Media Arts and Design. He concentrated in Digital Video & Cinema and minored in Film Studies and Creative Writing. He currently works at a local nursery in Richmond, Virginia, exploring interests in horticulture and landscaping.Laura VanDemark
is a History major with minors in Secondary Education, Inter- disciplinary Social Sciences, and Honors Interdisciplinary Studies. Upon graduating in December 2018, Laura will continue her education at JMU and pursue an M.A. in Teaching. In her free time, Laura enjoys travel, photography, and searching for the best flavor of ice cream.Jessie Axsom
, from Blacksburg, Virginia, graduated in 2016 with a B.S. in Kinesiology and a minor in Biology. She is now completing a post-baccalaureate research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science in the National Institute on Aging. At the NIH she studies heart rhythms and their associated dysfunction with aging. She wrote “Hematological Changes” with the help of Dr. Christopher Womack, her honors thesis committee chair and a professor of Kinesiology at JMU.Sarah Koth
is a Communication Studies major from Powhatan, Virginia, with minors in Nonprofit Studies and Creative Writing. While studying abroad in Ireland (2016), she began to see the importance of language when dealing with large-scale problems. She plans on earning a master’s degree and working toward a nonprofit career that advocates for social justice. Other pieces of her work have been published in The Breeze (2014) and Gardy Loo (2016, 2017).Kyle Woodward
graduated in the spring of 2017 with a B.S. in Geographic Science. He currently works at Timmons Group in Richmond, Virginia. Kyle plans to start graduate school in the fall of 2018, where he will pursue a master’s degree in Geography or Geoscience. A few of his favorite things include playing ultimate frisbee, riding his bike, and exploring new places.JMURJ
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Volume 5, 2017-2018
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