Alumni Updates

Jessica Hoffschildt

Art, 2003

currently working at Kinoshita Circus in Japan

Ali

Sociology, 2002 B.A. and 2009 M.A.

Ali R. Chaudhary, 2002 Sociology and 2009 Sociology, earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Davis, in 2015. He is currently a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford and enjoying life in the U.K. with his wife Rebecca Kellawan and their newborn son, Miles Ali Chaudhary. In January 2017, they will move to New York City, when Ali will take up his position as an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Joy DeBruyn

Geography, 2002 (BA - Geography); 2006 (BS - Wildlife Management)

Joy currently holds the position of Senior Technical Support at H. T. Harvey & Associates, an ecological consulting company, where she essentially fulfills the role of an office manager. She resides in Arcata and has a deep affection for Humboldt County, having left several times only to return each time.

Since graduating, Joy's career path has included valuable experiences working in Sequoia National Park as well as various field jobs across California and Oregon from 2002 to 2007. However, in order to establish a more stable local job and embrace her role as a mother, she transitioned to an administrative position with the ecological consulting company in 2007, where she has continued to work through 2026.

On a personal note, Joy's husband also graduated with a degree in Geography from Humboldt State University (now known as Cal Poly Humboldt). The couple initially met during a Physical Geography field trip and has since been married for 19 years, raising two children together.

Jenna MacFarlane

Art, 2002

Jenna MacFarlane ('02, Studio Art) moved to the east coast in 2005 and since that time has owned a marketing company. In early 2022, she published her first novel entitled "Hardware Stories," and has since released an award-winning feature called "Adopting Audrey" nationwide.

Robert David Short

Geography, 2002

Robert David Short, 2002 Geography spent time traveling the U.S. and had the opportunity to take a boat from Humboldt Bay to Wrangell, Alaska after graduation. It was a 38-day trip and the last 500 miles were traveled solo. I worked with the Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Forest Service before finally landing a job with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Ocean Service as a physical scientist helping to update and acquire charts used for ocean navigation.After graduation, I spent time traveling the US and had the opportunity to take a boat from Humboldt Bay to Wrangell, Alaska. It was a 38 day trip and the last 500 miles were traveled solo. I worked with the Army Corps of Engineers and the US Forest Service before finally landing a job with NOAA's National Ocean Service as a physical scientist helping to update and acquire charts used for ocean navigation.

Shannon Dybvig

Journalism, History, 2002

hannon Dybvig, Journalism, History, 2002, co-produced the documentary Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy, which played at the Miniplex in Arcata January 10, 2020. In 2008 Dybvig earned an MFA in Photography at Brooks Institute of Photography. Dybvig has been working in the documentary film industry in Southern California since 2005

Shelli Maher-Sarchett

Sociology, 2002

I am in my 7th year as the Assistant Softball Coach here at Humboldt State University.

Dawn Arledge

Sociology, Master's degree, 2002

Was chosen to receive an "Award of Excellence" from the California Office of Traffic Safety & the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for work to reduce the number of young people injured or killed in car crashes.

Shelli Maher-Sarchett

Sociology, 2002

I guess I should of updated sooner. I have been back on HSU's campus for 6 years now. I am the assistant softball coach now after playing here in the late 90's when HSU Softball won their first national championship

Danny Recendez

Anthropology, 2002

Since graduating from HSU, Danny moved back to the Central Valley, where he grew up. He worked as an archaeology field tech and then decided to pursue a career in teaching. He has been teaching middle school since 2005. Danny still enjoys traveling back to Humboldt County for vacation and has family who live in Eureka.