Graduate Student Union Network: Representatives

We are pleased to announce the Graduate School SUN representatives for the 2009-2010 school year. They are:

Lisa Masako Snow

Program: Counseling Psychology: Community Counseling
Concentration: Youth Counseling and Thesis Track
Co-Director of Community Relations, Lead Representative

Lisa is originally from Phoenix, Arizona, and moved to Portland in 2004 to pursue her education. She has a Bachelor of Science with honors in Psychology from Portland State University. Lisa is a former 3-year member of the PSU cheer squad as lead-captain and clinic organizer. She is also a member of the National Honor Society of Psychology, PSI-CHI chapter at PSU and has studied abroad in Kyoto, Japan in 2006 and 2007 summer terms. Lisa is currently working on her Master of Science thesis, canines perceived as transitional objects in animal assisted therapy. Lisa’s spare time is spent with her fiancé, Colby, Chocolate Labrador Retriever, Redders, and with family and friends. Lisa and her fiancé enjoy extreme sports like wakeboarding, four wheeling, and snowboarding. She also enjoys scrap booking, joy reading, and a hot marshmallow cocoa on a cold snowy day!

Aaron Levinson 

Program: Education: MAT
Concentration: Early Childhood/Elementary Education
Co-Director of Professional Development

Originally from the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Area, Aaron has been working with youth for most of his professional career in both recreational and educational settings. Aaron has a BA from the University of Massachusetts - Amherst and is currently student teaching a 6th/7th blended grade class at Springwater Environmental Sciences School in Oregon City. He also hosts a weekly radio show on the Lewis & Clark Radio Network. In Aaron’s spare time he likes to spend it with his dog Buster, a terrier mix whom he rescued from the pound and looks like Benji. He loves playing Frisbee golf, hiking and camping outdoors, any medium of the arts, and anything that involves creativity.

Camille Jarmie 

Program: Counseling Psychology: Community Counseling
Concentration: Youth Counseling
Co-Director of Professional Development

I grew up in both Santa Barbara and Eugene and pursued Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. In love with how people interact with each other, I began an emphasis in Social Psychology. During my time in Santa Cruz I had several incredible experiences as a Research Assistant and TA, but when I graduated I was still unsure of what professional path I wanted to pursue. I then took four years off to explore areas outside of Psychology including retail management, accounting, personnel administration and event planning. I am now pursuing a Master's of Community Counseling (child and adolescent track) at Lewis & Clark and am employed on the undergraduate campus as an Administrative and Recruitment Coordinator in the Center for Career and Community Engagement. In addition to a professional and school life, I enjoy spending time with my dog, Nara, a rescue Pit Bull who bears a rather close resemblance to the RCA dog. I also spend a lot of my free time outside and seem to have an outdoor hobby for every season...next up, snowboarding!

Emily Humphrey 

Program: Education: MAT
Concentration: Early Childhood/Elementary Education
Co-Director of Community Relations

Though I have only ever worked in the fields of education and childcare since I was an early teen, it didn't cross my mind until my junior year of college that perhaps I should pursue this as my career. After that realization, I began taking classes on alternative education and critical pedagogy, and since have become interested in politics in education as well as the difference between equity and equality in educational practices. At Western Washington University I received a BA from Fairhaven College titled, "Empowerment of the Individual through Alternative Education and Art Expression." While in Bellingham, WA I also worked as an art teacher for K-8 and a middle school literacy and math teacher. I am now working towards my Masters of Teaching in Early Childhood and Elementary Education and hope to be in a classroom next fall! Aside from school and working, I love to go on walks with my dog Henry, play board games, watch unintentionally bad television and eat food.