MEET OUR CONTRIBUTORS
I ’ m Anna Rowe , a junior at the University of Oklahoma . There , I ’ m currently studying Professional Writing and Music . In addition to my love of writing and singing , I also enjoy showing Morgan horses ! As a native Oklahoman , I was luckily raised somewhere with no shortage of horses . When my nose isn ’ t in a book and I ’ m not on a horse , you can usually fi nd me spending time with friends and family .
Anne Cosgrove Wimberly moved to Norman in 2018 . After a lengthy career as a laundress , sweeper , dishwasher , and kid picker upper , she enrolled in graduate school . She is earning her Master of Professional Writing degree from the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma and hopes to graduate in December 2023 . When she is not writing , she enjoys reading , cycling , and gardening , and spending time with her family .
Brenna Sawney is a Cherokee citizen as well as a student fi lmmaker and photographer at Gaylord College at the University of Oklahoma .
Doug Hill has been a Norman resident since moving here from Kansas City in 1983 . He ’ s an alum of the University of Kansas and the University of Oklahoma . Hill has been married to Barbara Hill for 45 years and they have two offspring raised here who are now big shots in Chicago and Kansas City . Hill enjoys bicycling , motorcycling , cooking and listening to music from opera to punk rock .
Katie Hallum grew up in Tahlequah , OK , and is a member of the Cherokee Nation . She ’ s received education from the Cherokee Immersion Charter School , Sequoyah Indian High School , and is currently a student at the University of Oklahoma studying journalism and international security . She currently writes for Gaylord News and the OU Daily .
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MAY / JUNE 2022 Volume 12 | Issue 3
PUBLISHER Mark MILLSAP
LAYOUT & DESIGN Marise BOEHS Rebecca HOWE
ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Jan GIZA Rebecca HOWE Jennifer JEPSON
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Staci Elder HENSLEY Doug HILL Anna ROWE Katie HALLUM Anne WIMBERLY Melanie WILDERMAN
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Kyle PHILLIPS Doug HILL Marise BOEHS Ted SATTERFIELD Riley ROWE Brenna SAWNEY
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Melanie Wilderman is an associate professor of journalism at the Gaylord College of
Journalism at OU who got her professional start in community newspapers in the Midwest City / Choctaw area . More recently she writes as a freelancer for a variety of Oklahoma magazines and has written works for the stage in Norman and Oklahoma City . She and her husband , Ted , live in Norman with two ( ill-behaved ) dachshunds , Echo and Chaco .
My name is Riley Rowe , and I ’ m a student at the University of Oklahoma . I ’ m currently majoring in Physics and Math with a minor in Digital Marketing . When I ’ m not doing rocket science or solving equations , I love to take photos , spend time with friends , and show horses . I ’ ve been riding Morgan horses since childhood , and I can ’ t imagine my life without it .
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Former city news reporter Staci Elder Hensley is a freelance writer , editor and columnist .
A graduate of OU she writes for several local publications and has managed public relations and media for the Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department , the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity . She also is a prior columnist for The Daily Oklahoman and Distinctly Oklahoma magazine . Hensley has received multiple state and national awards for her work .
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