Class Notes Category: Career
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Eric Chang ’11
Eric J. Chang ’11 has joined the U.S. Department of Justice as an assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District of California. As an undergraduate, Chang majored in economics and Asian American studies.
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William Cooper ’04
A book by William Cooper ’04, “How America Works and Why it Doesn’t: A Brief Guide to the US Political System,” will be published in July. His previous book, “Stress Test: How Donald Trump Threatens American Democracy,” was published in 2022. Cooper’s new book is described as “An accessible guide to the U.S. political system…
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Allison Fischer-Olson ’10, M.A. ’14
Allison Fischer-Olson ’10, M.A. ’14, took up her new position as the point person for UCLA’s Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) repatriations in mid-February. From 2014–16, she served as the Fowler Museum’s assistant curator of archaeology and was staff researcher and project coordinator for the acclaimed UCLA StoryMapping resource, Mapping Indigenous Los…
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Guy Wheatley, M.A. ’91, MBA ’92
Guy Wheatley, M.A. ’91, MBA ’92, joined the Fowler Museum to lead their finances and operations in November 2023. As deputy director he also oversees facilities, human resources, security, information technology and project management. Previously, Wheatley served as senior director of development communications and operations for 11 years at the UCLA College. Prior to that,…
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Dennis Kass ’84
For the first time in its 30-year history, law firm Manning Kass has a new managing partner: Dennis B. Kass ’84, a founding partner and former assistant managing partner, who steps into the role following the tenure of Steven D. Manning, who has led the firm for the last 30 years. A seasoned litigator and…
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Kyung Ha, Ph.D. ’22
Kyung Ha, Ph.D. ’22, has joined the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) as a Research Staff Member in the Operational Evaluation Division of IDA’s Systems and Analyses Center. Ha earned his doctoral degree in mathematics from the UCLA in 2022. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Seoul National University in 2016. IDA is…
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Alex Yavorsky ’07, MBA ’12
Alex Yavorsky ’07, MBA ’12, was recently promoted to principal at Cornerstone Research, an economic and financial consulting firm. Yavorsky has more than a decade of experience consulting on complex matters in consumer fraud and product liability, consumer finance and intellectual property litigation. In these contexts, she has consulted on numerous cases related to false…
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Mediget Teshome ’01, M.D.
UCLA Health has appointed leading breast surgical oncologist Dr. Mediget Teshome ’01 as the new chief of breast surgery and director of breast health. From the press release announcing the appointment: In her new role, Teshome will provide breast surgical oncology leadership across the UCLA Health enterprise, including the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. Before…
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Pamela J. Peters ’11
Every month for the last four years, Pamela J. Peters ’11 has posted accomplishments, milestones and other life events of Native Bruins on the American Indian Studies Center’s website. In 2019, Peters herself was featured in a profile that discussed, among other things, how, through her multimedia photography and video work, she explores her concept…
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Susan Miyo Asai, Ph.D. ’88
A new book by Susan Miyo Asai, Ph.D. ’88, “Sounding Our Way Home: Japanese American Musicking and the Politics of Identity,” explores a generation-spanning history of music making and the sense of belonging it engenders. From the book’s website, Asai addresses the politics of music, interrogating the ways musicking functions as a performance of social,…