Category Archives: Meet New Employees

Chella Vaidyanathan, European/World History and Philosophy Humanities Librarian, Emory Libraries

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Chella Vaidyanathan (pronounced vied-ya-NAH-thun) joined the Emory Libraries late last year as a history and philosophy humanities librarian. She previously worked for six years at Johns Hopkins University’s Sheridan Libraries, where she served jointly as a liaison librarian in multiple subject areas (history, anthropology, Africana studies, Latin American studies, Islamic studies) and as the curator of 19th-21st […]

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Michelle Wilson, Accountant, Business and Administration

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Michelle Wilson joined LITS as an accountant in the last half of 2016. Before coming to Emory, she worked at Working Buildings, the company that is currently commissioning the hospital expansion at Emory. Michelle spent four years there, primarily as lead/senior accountant (project set-up, billing, accounts payable and receivable and payroll). Michelle was also an auditor at The Weather […]

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Will Wright, Software Engineer II, App Development & Informatics (LITS)

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Will Wright comes to Emory as a Software Engineer II, App Development & Informatics (LITS). He previously spent two years as a software engineer in the global services division of Atmospheric & Environmental Research, Inc. (AER) in Lexington, MA. Will is from Georgetown, SC, which he described as “a small ‘low-country’ town, home of a paper mill, steel […]

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Ken Danter, Network Analyst, Network Engineering Run Team

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Ken Danter joins Emory as a network analyst after spending two years at Guided Therapeutics as an electronics technician and an optical alignment technician. He also spent over eight years in the U.S. Navy as an aviation electronics technician. Born and raised in Adairsville, GA, Ken received his Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) for routing and switching at Kennesaw State […]

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Susan Detrie, Educational Analyst II, Teaching and Learning Technologies

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Susan Detrie joins Emory as an Educational Analyst II after spending time as an instructional technologist at the University of Colorado-Denver. She worked with education faculty at the University of Colorado-Denver, the University of Colorado-Boulder, the University of Denver and the University of Wyoming to build online courses for K-12 teachers of bilingual students. In addition to having […]

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Kayleah Farist, Electronic and Continuing Resources Specialist, Woodruff Library

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Kayleah Farist (pronounced KAY-lee) is an electronic and continuing resources (ECR) specialist in the Woodruff Library. She previously spent four years as a student assistant for periodicals and acquisitions at Emory’s Pitts Theology Library, while concurrently instructing high school test prep courses for a year and a half. Kayleah grew up in Dallas, GA, and has earned a bachelor’s and […]

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Update from HR

Regular Conversions: Stephanie Rodgers, Project Management, reporting to Kari Meyer, effective 11/1/16. Comings: Kevin Moran, Project Manager I, reporting to Felicia Bianchi, effective 1/23/17. Anslem Dorian Hyndman, Mgr, Network Engineering, reporting to Wayne Ortman, effective 1/25/17. Simon Buckner, Applications Developer Analyst, Sr., reporting to Kevin Chen, effective 1/17/17. Ike Ikegwuonu, Database Admin II, reporting to […]

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