Class Notes Category: Career

  • Emmanuel Masongsong ’04

    Emmanuel Masongsong ’04

    Emmanuel Masongsong ’04 is the subject of a UCLA Newsroom spotlight comprising a video and a self-penned story on his nearly 27-year Bruin journey. A pillar of the physical sciences…

  • Angelica Chéri ’09

    Angelica Chéri (née Nutt) ’09, who earned her B.A. in theater, with a playwriting concentration, announced that her musical “Wanted” (formerly “Gun & Powder”) is officially going to Broadway. It…

  • Al Schnupp, Ph.D. ’85

    Al Schnupp, Ph.D. ’85, is a retired university theatre professor who taught over 10,000 students at Cal Poly, SLO. He has directed and/or designed approximately 85 shows and written a…

  • Amy Rooker, MBA ’07

    Amy Rooker, MBA ’07

    Amy Scott Rooker, MBA ’07, has published a memoir, “My Mother Is a Dragonfly (GFB),” which explores trauma, grief, forgiveness and the unexpected paths that can lead back to wholeness.…

  • Leslie Bosserman ’06, M.Ed. ’08

    Leslie Bosserman ’06, M.Ed. ’08

    The debut book by executive leadership coach, educator and TEDx speaker Leslie M. Bosserman ’06, M.Ed. ’08, “Emotional Endurance: Faith-Fueled Skills for Bouncing Back,” will be released July 28 by…

  • Trish Lundy ’13

    “The One that Got Away With Murder,” the debut thriller for young adults by Trish Lundy ’13, is in development for television at Hulu. Her next YA thriller, “The Worst…

  • Richard A. Marston ’74

    Richard A. Marston ’74, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Kansas State University, is co-lead author on a new university textbook published by Cambridge University Press, “Essentials of Geomorphology.” The 567-page…

  • Mark Kapczynski ’93

    Mark Kapczynski ’93

    A new book by Mark Kapczynski ’93, “Everyone Sells (Including Ai): How to Influence Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime,” was published in January. The book is described as revealing “what truly drives…

  • Tanya Petrossian ’05, Ph.D. ’10

    Tanya Petrossian ’05, Ph.D. ’10

    EndoCyclic Therapeutics, founded by Tanya Petrossian ’05, Ph.D. ’10, just announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its…

  • Avelardo Valdez, M.A. ’76, Ph.D. ’79

    Avelardo Valdez, M.A. ’76, Ph.D. ’79, professor emeritus at the University of Southern California, is the author of a new book, “Homeboys Forever: The Lifetime Consequences of Gang Membership,” forthcoming…