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University of California, San Diego
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Alumni Profiles


We would like to hear from all alumni about what you are doing, your current and future plans, and anything else you'd like to share about yourself. We are also happy to help you establish contact with other DAH graduates, like-minded colleagues, and well-remembered teachers and mentors. 

If you would like your information listed below (either with or without the contact info), please send an email to j3johnson@ucsd.edu with all the relevant information using the attached form as a guideline.

Also, check out the alumni pages on our departmental websites.
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Karin Griffin: 1989, B.A., History

She's been a Senior Assistant Librarian for California State University, Long Beach since January 2005. Her current assignment is as the library faculty liaison for the College of Education.

Phone: (562) 985-1542
E-mail: kgriffi3@csulb.edu


Michael C. Keays: 1991, B.A., Political Science

Michael Keays is now the U.S. Department of State’s representative on a U.S.-military led Provincial Reconstruction Team in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. He is one of three civilians on the team, and is mid-way through is year-long assignment. Michael's current plans are to return to the U.S. Department of State in the Fall for an assignment in the Office of the State Department’s Coordinator for Counterterrorism.

Michael has served at our embassies in Kingston, Jamaica; Moscow, Russia; Warsaw, Poland; and Tel Aviv, Israel. At the State Department, he served in the Office of the Special Negotiator for Nagorno-Karabakh & Conflicts in the Former Soviet Union.

E-mail: ghaznienvoy@gmail.com
 
Mary Shanahan:

She is a creative director, currently at Town & Country and Town & Country Travel, previously with Paris Vogue, GQ and Rolling Stone. She has also designed books and exhibitions, most notably with Richard Avedon.