ALUMNI PROFILES
Screenwriter Jennie Snyder Urman ’99 Brings Bold Women to Screen
Urman’s fingerprints are on Gilmore Girls, Jane the Virgin, and most recently the Matlock reboot
The King and Queen of Energy
Kwanza Jones ’93 and José E. Feliciano ’94 dream — and give — big
Sydney Montgomery ’15 Helps First-Gen Students Apply to College
Montgomery’s nonprofit organization, Barrier Breakers, focuses on ‘holistic college counseling’
‘Tomorrow Will Be Worse’
Julia Ioffe ’05 explains Russia’s depressing history through its women, and the warning signs for America
Turbulence Times
Longtime U.S. F-15 pilot Michael Holl ’03 reenters the Middle East tinder box working with the Qatari air force
The Fall Guy
From DeNunzio Pool to the big screen, Kent De Mond ’07 has carved out a career as a stunt performer and brought his sister, Michelle ’07, along for the ride
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Vocalist Charmaine Lee ’14 Creates Mind-Bending Music
‘At what point does life become music, become sound, become music, become life?’
PAW Reunions Panel: How the News Media Covers the MAGA Movement
‘The press is doing its job, but Congress, there’s no sign of vertebrate life up there. If Congress and the other institutions in our democracy aren’t responding to those stories…
PAWcast: How to Make People Care About Climate Change
John Marshall ’87 and Jessica Lu ’17 say our most urgent global crisis has a public relations problem
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Christopher Beha ’02 Penned a Book About Leaving and Returning to Faith
Beha says he hopes Why I Am Not an Atheist invites readers to think
Lin King ’16’s Translation of a Taiwanese Novel Is Up For the Booker Prize
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuang-Zi explores the island’s colonial era and food culture under Japanese rule
Jamie Ding ’13 Won ‘Jeopardy!’ 31 Times!
The Quad member and molecular biology major set Jeopardy! records
Andrew Jarecki ’85’s Prison Documentary Is Up for an Oscar
The Alabama Solution exposed abuses within the state’s prison system
Stephanie Burset ’09 Manages Vanderbilt University’s Brands and Marks
Burset says her job hits ‘the sweet spot of right-brain, left-brain storytelling’
Theater Set Designer Sara Ryung Clement ’99 Builds Onstage Worlds
A production of the classic children’s picture book Go, Dog. Go! was Clement’s latest challenge
Alumni Around the Web
PAW in Print
July 2026
Architect Tod Williams ’65 *67 reflects on the Obama Presidential Center; rain and revelry at Reunions.
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