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Karessa Weir

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Karessa Weir

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Communications Manager

Berkey Hall, 316C

(517) 414-2304

weirkare@msu.edu

Biography

Karessa Weir (kah-RESS-uh weer) came to the Department of Sociology from the Environmental Science and Policy Program where she served as communications and outreach specialist for 7 years. She has bachelors' degrees in Journalism and Anthropology from MSU and a master's degree in Environmental Journalism, also from MSU. She has worked as an environmental journalist in Maryland and Michigan. She and her husband, Brian Wheeler, live in East Lansing with their three children and countless pets. I

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Education

MA, Environmental Journalism, Michigan State University 2005

BS, Anthropology, Michigan State University, 1995

BA, Journalism, Michigan State University, 1995

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