Karen Katherine Marshall was born in Melrose Park, Illinois. She currently works in the Journalism Library.

She was originally the student assistant to the Information Library Specialist in the Catalog Department in 2007-2008. She started her current position in the Journalism Library in August 2008.

She received a B.A. (interdisciplinary studies with concentrations in photography and women’s studies).

Her childhood cat lives at her parents’ house because, as she says “my dad wouldn’t give her up when I went to college.”  She really wants a cat but for now will settle for playing with friends’ cats.

Her leisure activities and interests include photography, travel, reading, going to concerts, and going to art events downtown.

The coolest place she ever visited was the Galapagos Islands, although she mentioned there were some pretty amazing places when she studied abroad in Australia.

Her response to the question of who she would pick to portray her in a movie was “maybe Natalie Portman as young me because she has done a lot of different kinds of roles and is around my age and Katherine Hepburn as older me because hopefully I will be as wise and confident as she was at that age.”

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PT (Lori) Martin was born in Red Cloud, Nebraska–the home of Willa Cather. She currently works in LTS. She has worked for MU Libraries for 6 years (“this round” she commented–she has worked at the Libraries previously in 1994).

PT has a Masters of Education degree.

Her leisure time pursuits include gardening, reading, and the Rachel Maddow Show. Her interests include “All things Xena.”

In a movie of her life, she would choose Jodie Foster to portray herself.