Who We Are
Semester in the West is made up of the following individuals:
Faculty
Phil Brick
Director of Semester in the West,
Professor of Politics
Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
Mary O'Brien
Professor of Ecology
Grand Canyon Trust
Castle Valley, UT
Paul Hoornbeek
Instructor of Writing
Lone Pine, CA
Paul Arbetan
Professor of Ecology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Suzanne Fouty
Professor of Ecology
USFS Hydrologist, Baker City, OR
Michelle Nijhuis
Instructor of Writing
Independent Journalist, Paonia, CO
William DeBuys
Instructor of Writing
Author, El Valle, NM
Craig Childs
Instructor of Writing
Author and Journalist, Crawford, CO
Staff
Sarah Koenigsberg
Audio/Video Support
Whitman '02 Environmental Studies/Politics major
Walla Walla, WA
Kate Greenberg
Field Manager
Whitman '09 Environmental Humanities major
Minneapolis, MN
Theodore Barnhart
Technical Manager
Whitman '10 Geology-Environmental Studies major
Seattle, WA
Maggie Brick
Dog
Walla Walla, WA
Students
Rachel Alexander
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Major: Politics-Environmental Studies
Blog: Rachel’s Random Musings on Life
Lisa Beneman
Hometown: Scarborough, Me
Major: Politics-Environmental Studies
Blog: Wherever I May Find Her
Dana Bialek
Hometown: East Lansing, MI
Major: Environmental Humanities
Gaea Campe
Hometown: Northampton, MA
Major: Environmental Humanities
Marcial Diaz Meijia
Hometown: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Major: Undecided
Katie Fales
Hometown: Carbondale, CO
Major: Politics-Environmental Studies
Krista Garrett
Hometown: Mercer Island, WA
Major: Geology
Thomas Glass
Hometown: Idaho City, ID
Major: Biology
Peter Gurche
Hometown: Spokane, WA
Major: Biology-Environmental Studies
Max Henkels
Hometown: Corvallis, OR
Major: Politics-Environmental Studies
Natalie Jamerson
Hometown: Mercer Island, WA
Major: Biology-Environmental Studies
Blog: Natalie Rides West
Bailey Lininger
Hometown: Birmingham, Mi
Major: Environmental Humanities
Erik Lyon
Hometown: Los Altos, CA
Major: Economics
Maggie Massey
Hometown: Bozeman, MT
Major: Sociology-Environmental Studiess
Elli Matkin
Hometown: Homer, AK
Major: Sociology-Environmental Studies
Hayley Mauck
Hometown: Concord, NH
Major: Politics-Environmental Studies and Studio Art
David McGaughey
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Major: Environmental Humanities
Matthew Morriss
Hometown: Austin, TX
Major: Geology
Liesl Olson
Hometown: Kirkland, WA
Major: Geology-Environmental Studies
Mary Patzel
Hometown: Salem, OR
Major: Anthropology
Madelyn Peterson
Hometown: Palmer, AK
Major: Biology-Environmental Studies