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Alumni Highlight: Kendyl Lemahieu
When Kendyl looks back on her career path, one thing particularly stands out: her work has always been about connecting with people. Now, as an E-Commerce Marketing Manager at Baker Publishing Group, she gets to do that every day by helping readers discover and engage with Baker Book House online. Whether she’s launching something new like TikTok Shop, building product visibility on Pinterest, or refining social ad strategies, she’s constantly testing, learning, and adjusting. At the end of the day, her goal is simple: grow the brand while creating real, meaningful connections with her audience. That focus on people really…
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Margaux Malek Smith Alumni Highlight
Margaux Malek Smith currently works as a Teaching Assistant in Normandy, France, participating in the TAPIF program. Her path to this role was shaped by her experiences in Digital Humanities (DH) at MSU, which connected to her discipline in unexpected ways. Initially, she considered studying abroad with a friend who had joined a program, but when her friend dropped out, Margaux decided to go alone, and the rest is history. Some of her standout experiences at MSU include working at the Digital Scholarship Lab and studying abroad in London and Edinburgh, where she explored how technology shapes culture and creative…
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Alumni Highlight: Michael Griffin
Finding Purpose Through Digital Humanities at MSU For Michael, Michigan State University became a place not of certainty, but of discovery. He started college as a Chemical Engineering major, but it didn’t take long for him to realize that engineering wasn’t where he saw himself long term. What did stick, though, were the moments spent working with people, especially through his roles as a Resident Assistant and campus tour guide which slowly pointed him toward higher education and student support. The Digital Studies (DS) minor ended up being a turning point in ways Michael didn’t expect. While it helped him…
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Alumni Highlight: Taylor Hughes-Barrow
From MSU to Northwestern: A Journey Shaped by Digital Humanities When Taylor Hughes-Barrow arrived at MSU, she never expected all the opportunities that would come her way. Taylor has always been passionate about education reform, but she was not sure which direction she wanted to take towards that path. She switched her course of study from Political Science to Human Development and Family Studies, and had a minor in law. Taylor strived to combine all of her interests from education, development, law/policy to media/technology, but wasn’t sure how to bring these interests all together. She longed for a creative element…
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Alumni Highlight Miranda Madro
The following piece was originally created for the DH@MSU Newsletter and was featured in the January 23, 2023 issue. Subscribe to the Newsletter here. Alumni Highlight: Miranda Madro What is your current role/responsibilities in your job? I am an Adult Services Librarian at a public library in Virginia. Public libraries act as free community centers with a focus on equal access to information; most of my job is thinking of new, innovative ways to serve my community. I help customers find library books and navigate library resources, like our free music and eBook/eAudiobook apps. I create programs for adults, like the Diversity…