Class Notes Category: Career
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Angelica Chéri ’09
Angelica Chéri (née Nutt) ’09, who earned her B.A. in theater, with a playwriting concentration, announced that her musical “Wanted” (formerly “Gun & Powder”) is officially going to Broadway. It will begin previews Oct. 15 and officially open Nov. 8 at the James Earl Jones Theatre. Inspired by the true story of Chéri’s great-great-aunts, Mary…
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Al Schnupp, Ph.D. ’85
Al Schnupp, Ph.D. ’85, is a retired university theatre professor who taught over 10,000 students at Cal Poly, SLO. He has directed and/or designed approximately 85 shows and written a dozen plays, many of which were published and produced in university settings, regional theatre venues and Off-Off-Broadway. Several of his plays feature real-life female artists…
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Amy Rooker, MBA ’07
Amy Scott Rooker, MBA ’07, has published a memoir, “My Mother Is a Dragonfly (GFB),” which explores trauma, grief, forgiveness and the unexpected paths that can lead back to wholeness. After two decades as a corporate attorney and technology executive, Rooker’s life unraveled in ways she did not anticipate. Following the death of her mother,…
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Leslie Bosserman ’06, M.Ed. ’08
The debut book by executive leadership coach, educator and TEDx speaker Leslie M. Bosserman ’06, M.Ed. ’08, “Emotional Endurance: Faith-Fueled Skills for Bouncing Back,” will be released July 28 by Zondervan Gift, an imprint under HarperCollins Christian Publishing. From the press release: Combining insights from psychological research with biblical principles, Bosserman offers a practical, hope-filled…
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Trish Lundy ’13
“The One that Got Away With Murder,” the debut thriller for young adults by Trish Lundy ’13, is in development for television at Hulu. Her next YA thriller, “The Worst Is Yet to Come,” will be published Oct. 6 by Macmillan. Lundy majored in English at UCLA. Read her previous UCLA Alumni class note here.
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Richard A. Marston ’74
Richard A. Marston ’74, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Kansas State University, is co-lead author on a new university textbook published by Cambridge University Press, “Essentials of Geomorphology.” The 567-page book covers landforms made by tectonics, volcanoes, water, wind, ice and gravity on Earth as well as landforms of other planets. Other topics include biogeomorphology,…
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Mark Kapczynski ’93
A new book by Mark Kapczynski ’93, “Everyone Sells (Including Ai): How to Influence Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime,” was published in January. The book is described as revealing “what truly drives decisions: human psychology, clarity, trust, and timing—then shows how modern tools, including AI, can amplify your ability to persuade without losing authenticity. “…you’ll learn how…
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Tanya Petrossian ’05, Ph.D. ’10
EndoCyclic Therapeutics, founded by Tanya Petrossian ’05, Ph.D. ’10, just announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its lead program, ENDO-205, a first-in-class, non-hormonal targeted peptide therapeutic for endometriosis. The company plans to initiate a Phase 1 clinical study in healthy pre-menopausal women…
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Avelardo Valdez, M.A. ’76, Ph.D. ’79
Avelardo Valdez, M.A. ’76, Ph.D. ’79, professor emeritus at the University of Southern California, is the author of a new book, “Homeboys Forever: The Lifetime Consequences of Gang Membership,” forthcoming from University of Chicago Press this month. Drawing on more than two decades of longitudinal research, the book follows the lives of Mexican American men…
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David Johnson ’78
David Johnson ’78 has published his memoir, “When All Else Fails, BLAME YOUR MOTHER!” “My years at UCLA in the 1970s were formative in ways I’m only now able to fully articulate,” said Johnson. “The memoir explores identity, resilience and a chapter of LGBTQ+ student experience that was largely invisible at the time. It reflects…