Career Center Staff Members

Amanda Baker is currently an Assistant Director in the Career Center at Johns Hopkins University. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in psychology from Shippensburg University; her Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction in 2001; and her Master of Science in Counselor Education in 2005, both from The Pennsylvania State University. She has over 10 years of experience in education and 5 years of experience as a career counselor. She has instructed in a variety of settings including early childhood, secondary education, higher education, and professional. She also teaches a graduate course in Career Development Theory at Towson University. Ms. Baker is a National Certified Counselor (NCC), Distance Certified Counselor (DCC), and Master Career Counselor (MCC). She serves on the Ethics Committee of the National Career Development Association (NCDA) and as past president of the Maryland Career Development Association (MCDA). Her research and clinical interests focus around career development issues for college students and adults.

Contact Casey Miller,
Assistant Director of External Relations: casey.miller@jhu.edu

Casey Miller joined the Career Center at Johns Hopkins as an Assistant Director of External Relations in January of 2012. Casey has worked in higher education since 2002 and comes to Johns Hopkins after spending 8 years at The Shriver Center at UMBC working with students and employers on developing internships, cooperative education, and research. Casey also received his degrees from UMBC, with a Master of Arts in Applied Sociology, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature with minors in Creative Writing and Women’s Studies. Casey was born and raised in the Baltimore area and likes traveling, reading, movies, and exploring the city.

Chelsea Haring joined the Career Center in 2008 as an Assistant Director. She now serves as the Assistant Director of Alumni Career Services. As part of her role, she provides alumni 0-5 years out of full time programs in KSAS and WSE with career counseling appointments. Chelsea telecommutes from the office to provide working alumni with appointments up until 8pm eastern time most days. Chelsea has worked in career services for over seven years and enjoys working with students and alumni in all disciplines. Chelsea holds a Master of Arts Degree in English from Portland State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Eastern Oregon University . Chelsea grew up in the Pacific Northwest and loves hiking, camping, yoga and spending time with her family.

Christy Murray currently works as an Assistant Director and Career Counselor in the Johns Hopkins University Career Center. She coordinates the Desk and Peer Assistant student worker program, and enjoys advising students and alumni across all disciplines. Christy holds a Master of Science degree in Counseling from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work from Miami University (Ohio). Prior to joining the Johns Hopkins University Career Center staff in January of 2008, Christy held a professional career in the corporate real estate industry. Although she grew up on a farm in Ohio, Christy embraces Baltimore city’s charm as a current urbanite. In her free time, she enjoys running, yoga, travelling, and spending time with her family and friends.

Dawna Milligan Reeves has worked at the Career Center at Johns Hopkins University since 2003. Prior to that, she worked in career services at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. Dawna grew up in a family that valued entrepreneurship and thus assumed a variety of roles, including accounting, marketing, public relations, and management at a young age in her family’s restaurant business. As an undergraduate she majored in anthropology with a focus on folklore, Latin-America, and classics. Working as a career counselor, Dawna has had a variety of academic specialty areas including social sciences, humanities, engineering, business, and communication and performing arts but throughout her career Dawna’s continuing passion has been internships. Having personally experienced the impact of career-related experience on her career goals and having researched its positive impact on college students’ academic and career paths, Dawna is a fervent believer in the importance of internship experiences for students.

Emily Calderone joined the Career Center in October 2008 and currently is an Assistant Director and Career Counselor. She has 10 years of experience working in higher education in a variety of offices, including Residence Life and Alumni Relations. Emily holds a Master of Education degree in Higher Education Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Muhlenberg College. She is a converted Orioles and NY Islanders fan. In her spare time she loves to trail run, cook, watch movies and play with her daughter.

Contact Eric Hall,
Associate Director of Employer Relations: ehall25@jhu.edu

Eric Hall joined the Johns Hopkins Career Center in 2011 as an Associate Director. In his role, Eric oversees the Employer Relations team and serves as liaison to the Whiting School of Engineering. Prior to his position at Hopkins, he worked in the career services offices at the University of Maryland, the University of Florida and the University of Connecticut. Eric holds a Master of Arts Degree in Higher Education: Student Affairs from the University of Connecticut and received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology from the University of New Hampshire. Eric is originally from the New England area and enjoys traveling, movies, good food, the outdoors and is an avid Boston sports fan.

Evelyn Davis joined the Career Center as Dossier Coordinator in 2000 after a long career in the insurance industry. In addition to her dossier duties, she is also the Billing Specialist for the Career Center. When not at Hopkins, Evelyn is part of the events staff at Baltimore Orioles and Baltimore Ravens home games. She enjoys taking river cruises in Europe and visiting art museums, especially those that feature art by the Impressionist painters.

Heather Barbakoff graduated from Johns Hopkins University in May of 2009 with her B.A. in English and the Writing Seminars. While at Hopkins, she was active in a variety of aspects of student life including being an editor on the campus newspaper, The Johns Hopkins News-Letter, and a sister of the multi-cultural sorority, Delta Xi Phi. She is currently pursuing her masters in communications at Hopkins with a concentration in public and media relations.Her thesis research focuses on individual's use of social media. In her free time, she enjoys running, cooking, pilates, and exploring her adopted hometown, Baltimore.

Katie Diven joined the Career Center in December 2011 as the Assistant Director for Employer Relations. Katie previously worked as a Recruiter for a non-profit organization at UMBC and in the Human Resources Department at Inova Fairfax Hospital. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Services from Elon University. Originally from Lancaster, PA, Katie has grown to love Baltimore and all that it has to offer. She enjoys sports, movies, reading and spending time with family and friends.

Tracy Carter joined the Johns Hopkins University Career Center in 1998. Prior to this, she worked in case management/social work for a community psychiatric rehabilitation facility. Tracy holds a Master of Arts in Applied Behavioral Science from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. A native Baltimorean, Tracy is a lifelong Orioles fan and remembers when the Colts played in Baltimore! She enjoys traveling to tropical locales, trying new restaurants, and spending time with family and friends.

Student Employees

Career Center Student Assistants are students who help other students at various stages of the career process. They can help you make an appointment or create a J-Connect account, and several are trained to review resumes and cover letters as well as assist with job or internship searches. If you are a JHU student interested in working at the Career Center, please contact us at 410-516-8056 or career@jhu.edu.

Ashley Elsberry

Ashley Elsberry is a freshman studying Biomedical Engineering. She hopes to receive her PhD and go into medical research. Originally from Alaska, she loves to talk about the wonders found there, as well as complain about how incredibly hot and humid it is here in Baltimore. When not working as a recruiting assistant at the career center, Ashley is typically busy attending classes and doing homework, as her math-and-science-centered major demands. For fun, after her homework is done of course, she enjoys reading, attending beginning tae kwon do classes, going to various shows on campus, and participating in homework parties in her hallway that always turn into group discussions on a variety of subjects.

Charlie Buffa

Charlie is a junior International Studies Major. In his third year at the Career Center, you can find him either behind the front desk or reviewing resumes as a Peer Assistant. An avid sports fan, he spends a debatably unhealthy amount of time tinkering with his fantasy football team lineups. Here at Hopkins, he is the president of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity and is also involved with Crossover Basketball as a local elementary school’s assistant basketball coach. This summer, he hopes to be somewhere in Europe exploring, working or studying.

Chris Mirasola

Chris Mirasola is a senior International Studies major concentrating in East Asia from the Great State of New York. When not spreading the good news of proper resume and cover-letter writing to the Hopkins community, he is involved in A Place to Talk, the Sexual Assault Response Unit, and the Refugee Action Project. He will spend two years in China after graduation before going into a career in U.S. foreign policy towards East Asia. So come over if you have any questions with the job/internship search, or want to talk about Jim Lehrer. Because unbiased news is cool.   

Fareedat Oluwatosin Oluyadi

Fareedat is a senior, pre-medical student majoring in Psychology.  She is involved in a variety of cultural and academic organizations on the Homewood Campus.  Some of them include:  Co-Chair of the Psychological and Brain Sciences Mentoring Program, Women’s Pre-Health Leadership Society (WPHLS), Admission Representative, JHU Camp Kesem Chapter and African Student Association.  She also works in one of the greatest place on Campus, “The JHU Career Center” as a peer assistant!  In addition, she also offers her services outside the Career Center office hours at the Multicultural Affairs Student Center (MASC) on Tuesdays, from 5-8pm.  So far her experience at Hopkins has been wonderful!  Her long-term aspiration of attending medical school has become a reality with her acceptance to Mount Sinai School of Medicine through the Humanities and Medicine Program.  Fareedat’s favorite past-time includes dancing, reading, and interacting with children.

Gerard Hampton

Gerard is a freshman from Connecticut. He is currently undecided for his major, although he is leaning towards Public Health and/or the Classics. Gerard is working as a first year Desk Assistant at the Career Center. On his free time he is either getting beaten up on the Rugby Field or looking for new ways to get involved on the Johns Hopkins campus. Gerard hopes that Hopkins will help him to find his passion and lead him to a successful career..

Joanne Gamble

Joanne is a sophomore from the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. She is majoring in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and minoring in Psychology. When she is not checking resumes as a peer assistant at the Career Center, Joanne spends her time dancing, snowboarding, and watching The Office. She is a member of Theta Tau, and JHU's chapter of Camp Kesem. She also volunteers as a tour guide. Although her future plans change almost daily, Joanne currently hopes to pursue a career in the field of tissue engineering.

Katherine Wu

Katherine is a sophomore majoring in International Studies, working as a Peer Assistant at the Johns Hopkins Career Center. Born in San Francisco, she moved back to a small town in southwest China called Kunming and grew up there. She lived in Hong Kong for a couple of years, before coming to the United States in 2007, and attended a private boarding school in New Jersey. Over the past two summers, Katherine has taught English back in China. An avid runner, she enjoys running very much and hope to complete a marathon by the end of her four years in college. She also hopes to attend law school after college and to stay and work in the United States in the future.

Katie Calabro

Katie is a freshman studying computer science. She is form Long Island, New York. She hopes to work for the government and possibly be on the president’s National Security Agency. She works as a web design assistant. Katie is involved in club swimming, women in computer science club, tutoring local Baltimore students, and is in the outdoor’s club. A few interesting facts about Katie is that she loves reality television, especially the Real Housewives, she likes to ride roller coasters, and she is a big New York Yankees fan.

Lily Thompson

Lily Thompson is a sophomore Neuroscience major and Spanish minor. She is from Appleton, Wisconsin. Lily is involved in Outdoor Pursuits and leads Pre-Orientation for them, Salud and Women's Club Soccer. This is her first year working at the Career Center as a desk assistant.

Mathew Brown

Mathew Brown is a senior psychology major from Kansas. He is in his third year at the career center, working as a peer assistant. After college he hopes to either volunteer abroad or go to graduate school for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Besides working at the career center, Mathew is this year's Relay for Life event co-chair,, an admissions representative, and a senior leadership consultant. He also is an internet at Citizens Planning and Housing Association, where he is currently measuring and analyzing the functioning levels of community associations in Baltimore.

Nate Mark

Nate Mark is a sophomore history and economics major from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. You can always pick him out as the Desk Assistant engulfed in a history book. Feel free to grab his attention if you are in desperate need of a stimulating discussion of Germany’s role in starting world war one

Nimi Vora

Nimi Vora is a junior majoring in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and minoring in Psychological & Brain Sciences.  When she is not reviewing resumes or cover letters as a peer assistant at the Career Center, you can find her going for a run, baking, or hanging out with her Alpha Phi sisters.  She is also Vice-President of Industry of the Johns Hopkins American Institute of Chemical Engineers/Society for Biological Engineers (AIChE/SBE) chapter.  After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in food science or pharmaceuticals.

Rachel Burns

Rachel is a third year Peer Assistant in the Career Center and a senior at Johns Hopkins University.  She is originally from Princeton, New Jersey.   She is a Public Health Studies and Anthropology major and a French Cultural Studies minor.  Some other things that she does around campus are Alpha Phi Omega (a co-ed community service fraternity on campus), the Johns Hopkins Model United Nations Conference (a mock United Nations conference run for high school students each year), and the Campus Kitchen Project.  As a peer assistant, she is able to look over resumes and cover letters, as well as give advice on using J-Connect and starting your job or internship search. 

Rachel Louie

Rachel is a Sophomore, currently undecided on a major. Luckily that brought her to the career center, which unexpectedly led her to a wonderful job with wonderful people! She just started working this summer in the Career Center as a Web Assistant. Born and raised in NJ, Rachel comes from a large family of six children. She is of full Chinese descent, but grew up with strong Jamaican influences, thanks to her Chinese-Jamaican mommy! Ironically, she does not know any Chinese, but understands Jamaican Patois. She enjoys running, drawing, and eating lots of delicious/unhealthy food with her friends. She also has an undying love for Hello Kitty, the color pink, and pancakes.

Sara Martinez

Sara is in her first year working at the Career Center as a desk assistant! She is currently a freshman and, although she hasn't chosen a major yet, she is on the pre-med track and hopes to be a doctor someday. Since she arrived on campus, she has become a mentee in MAPPS (Mentoring Assistance Peer Program) and has started working for the Phone-a-thon. She was born in Woodland Hills, California, but was raised most of her life in Orlando, Florida. Some interesting things about her are that she is bilingual in English and Spanish, loves to ride roller coasters, and enjoys watching Broadway musicals. Some of her hobbies include reading, playing basketball, watching movies, going to concerts, listening to music, and visiting her family in Colombia every summer.

Shanaz Hossain

Shanaz Hossain is a freshman majoring in neuroscience and on the pre-med track to eventually become a doctor. She is starting her first year at the Career Center as a desk assistant. After coming to campus, she has joined many groups such as the NeuroJAYS, SSSCR, SASH, Circle K, as well as become a mentee of MAPP. Shanaz is a local from Baltimore so if you need any tips on where to go, don’t hesitate to ask!.    

Sonia Tsuruoka

Sonia Tsuruoka is a Recruiting Assistant at the Career Center. She is a sophomore double-majoring in International Studies and Writing Seminars, and is actively involved in on-campus organizations like the Foreign Affairs Symposium and the JHU News-Letter. She is an aspiring journalist, and hopes to work abroad as a foreign correspondent after graduating. Though she was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, she's lived in Montclair, NJ for most of her life, and considers herself a Garden State native. Her passions include literature, politics, and the New York Mets.    

Stephanie Geller

Stephanie is a senior economics major from Lancaster, PA. This is her first year as the Fiannce recruiting assistant in the Career Center. She is involved with a number of groups on campus, including Vision XChange, the Student Government Association, the Senior Class Gift Committee, and Phi Mu. She will be working in the investment banking industry after she graduates and is glad to be helping more students discover the field!