Environmental Science

WSU alumna, environmental historian is a storyteller at heart

Jen Corrinne Brown was known as WSU Libraries’ “fishing girl.” She spent hours in Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections working on her dissertation in 2012, debunking fly-fishing myths about the Rocky Mountains.  “I’m just a storyteller at heart,” Brown said. “I want to tell stories that people think are interesting or might not know about.” […]
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The journey to librarianship is never linear

Chelsea Leachman has many passions, and she can hardly pick a favorite.  It may be publishing a book or visiting every national park in the United States. Instructing classes and meeting with science and engineering students at WSU, however, are perhaps the most rewarding. “They’re really joining this conversation that’s happening in the world, and […]
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‘I feel really privileged to be able to help other people do really powerful research’

Growing up in southwestern Ohio surrounded by corn and crickets, Science Librarian David Luftig always saw agriculture as home.  In 2019, Luftig joined the Owen Science and Engineering Library as its first science librarian in two years. Transitioning from an engineering and physical science librarian at the University of Dayton to his current position opened […]
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