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This is a list of notable students and staff of The Evergreen State College (Evergreen), an accredited public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Evergreen is located in Olympia, Washington, United States.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.Notable alumni
Academia
- Wayne Au, American educational researcher
- Thomas Herndon, economist
- Matthew Frye Jacobson, historian, professor
- Douglas Kahn, historian of sound, media arts, and science and technology studies
- Robert W. McChesney, university professor in communications and media studies
- Joyce McConnell, first female president of Colorado State University
- Russell Potter, novelist and college professor
- David Price, anthropologist
- Douglas Robinson, professor of English, dean, best known as a translation scholar
- Roger Stritmatter, professor of humanities and one of the leading modern-day advocates of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship
- Philip S. Thurtle, historian, biologist and academic.
- Lisa Darms, writer, archivist and art appraiser. Editor of "The Riot Grrrl Collection".
Activists
- Rachel Corrie, International Solidarity Movement political activist, killed in Gaza by Israel Defense Forces
- Saab Lofton, author, activist
Business
- Bruce Pavitt, founder of Sub Pop Records
- Bre Pettis, entrepreneur; co-founder of MakerBot Industries, NYC Resistor
Criminals
- Mechele Linehan, convicted murderer (conviction later overturned on appeal)
- Andrew Mickel, activist sentenced to death for murder of a California police officer
- Scott Scurlock (1955–1996), robbed 17 banks in the Northwest
- Justin Solondz, convicted felon, convicted in the University of Washington firebombing incident
- Briana Waters, convicted felon, convicted in the University of Washington firebombing incident
Entertainment, visual arts and media
- Tom Anderson, artist
- Katie Baldwin, artist
- Lynda Barry, cartoonist and author
- Craig Bartlett, cartoonist and animator for Rugrats and Hey Arnold!; married to Lisa Groening, Matt Groening's sister
- Josh Blue, stand-up comedian, winner of Last Comic Standing, member of US Men's Paralympic Soccer Team
- Violetta Blue, adult film star
- Robert Meyer Burnett, filmmaker; writer-director of Free Enterprise; producer of The Hills Run Red, Agent Cody Banks
- Charles Burns, cartoonist
- Tammy Rae Carland, artist
- Steve De Jarnatt, director of cult films Miracle Mile and Cherry 2000
- Matt Groening, cartoonist, creator of Life in Hell, The Simpsons, and Futurama
- Byron Howard, director and story artist at Walt Disney Feature Animation; lead character animator on Lilo & Stitch and Brother Bear; director of Bolt and Tangled
- Clayton Kauzlaric, artist, animator, game designer noted for work on Total Annihilation, Voodoo Vince and DeathSpank
- Megan Kelso, cartoonist
- Michael Leavitt (artist), fine art sculptor and toy maker
- Audrey Marrs, Academy Award-winning film producer and Sundance Film Festival award winner
- Nikki McClure, illustrator of New York Times best-selling children's book All in a Day
- Sam Miller, comedian
- Jared Pappas-Kelley, artist
- Heather Rae, filmmaker
- Michael Richards, actor, known as the popular character Cosmo Kramer on the TV show Seinfeld
- Don Roff, writer and filmmaker
- Liz Sales, artist
- Dana Simpson, cartoonist, creator of Phoebe and her Unicorn, and Ozy and Millie
- Margaret Stratton, photographer and video artist
- John Taylor, reality television star of Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back
- Steve Thomas, host of the PBS show This Old House
- Cappy Thompson, artist
- Jennifer West, artist and filmmaker
- Tay Zonday, internet personality, musician, voice actor
- Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, artist
- Panacea Theriac aka Miss Pussycat, artist, performs with partner as Quintron & Miss Pussycat.
Government
- Jessica Bateman, member of the Washington House of Representatives
- Elizabeth Furse, former United States congresswoman
- Dennis Heck, Lieutenant Governor of Washington (since 2021)
- Maia Bellon, former Washington Secretary of Ecology
- Yuh-Line Niou, 2002–present; New York State Assembly member whose district includes Chinatown
- Terry Oliver, Bonneville Power Administration's chief technology innovation officer
- Christine Quinn-Brintnall, Washington State Court of Appeals judge
- Kevin Ranker, Washington state senator, 40th district
- Sharon Tomiko Santos, Washington state representative, 37th district
Literature
- Maile Chapman, author
- John Bellamy Foster, co-editor, Monthly Review
- Thorn Kief Hillsbery, author
- Benjamin Hoff, writer, The Tao of Pooh
- Steve House, Piolet d’Or Award recipient
- Tom Maddox, science fiction writer
- Robert W. McChesney, co-editor, Monthly Review
- Judith Moore, author of the novel Fat Girl: A True Story
- Inga Muscio, author of book Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
- Leslie Rule, non-fiction author, novelist, paranormal writer
- Ken Silverstein, investigative journalist
Music
- Carrie Brownstein, musician in band Sleater-Kinney and co-star in the television series Portlandia
- Martin Courtney, musician in the band Real Estate
- Kimya Dawson, musician
- Heather Duby, musician
- Timo Ellis, musician
- Phil Elverum, musician
- Steve Fisk, musician, audio engineer, and producer
- Ely Guerra, singer-songwriter
- Kathleen Hanna, musician in Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and The Julie Ruin
- Calvin Johnson, composer, musician, audio producer and founder of K Records
- Conrad Keely, vocalist/guitarist of indie rock band …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
- Nomy Lamm, singer, songwriter, activist, accordionist
- Macklemore, born Ben Haggerty, rapper
- Lois Maffeo, musician
- Mirah, born Mirah Zeitlyn, recording artist
- Molly Neuman, musician in band Bratmobile, recording artist
- Casey Neill, musician, singer, songwriter, leader of the band Casey Neill & the Norway Rats
- Katherine K. Preston, musicologist
- David Rovics, musician, political folk
- Jeff Sherman, musician in band Glass
- Justin Trosper, musician in band Unwound
- Corin Tucker, musician in band Sleater-Kinney
- Tobi Vail, musician in band Bikini Kill
- Kathi Wilcox, musician in band Bikini Kill
- John Wozniak, musician in band Marcy Playground, record producer
- Allison Wolfe, singer, songwriter, writer, & podcaster. A founding of Bratmobile, pioneer of the early-to-mid '90s riot grrrl movement.
- Sara Lund, musician in band Unwound
Science
- Holly Hagen (epidemiologist). professor, College of Global Public Health, New York University, and director of the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research.
- Paul Stamets, mycologist
Sports
- Joey Gjertsen, soccer player with San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer
Faculty and staff
- Stephanie Coontz, historian
- Daniel J. Evans, former governor of Washington
- Elizabeth Kutter, biologist
- Bill Ransom, science fiction author
- Gail Tremblay, poet and artist
- Willi Unsoeld, mountaineer (deceased)
- Sean Williams, ethnomusicologist
- Miranda Mellis, author
References
- "PERI: : Does High Public Debt Consistently Stifle Economic Growth? A Critique of Reinhart and Rogo ff". Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- Kevin Roose (2013-04-18). "Meet the 28-Year-Old Grad Student Who Just Shook the Global Austerity Movement". Nymag.com. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- Professor of American Studies, African American Studies, and History
- personal website Archived 2010-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Earth Liberation Front members plead guilty in 2001 firebombing, By Hal Bernton and Christine Clarridge, Seattle Times, October 5, 2006
- US woman convicted of being lookout during arson gets prison, restitution Associated Press June 19, 2008
- "Class Notes". Evergreen Magazine. Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen State College. Spring 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
- "Governor Names Maia Bellon '91 Named Washington State Director of Ecology | The Evergreen Mind". Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- Macabasco, Lisa Wong (15 September 2016). "Meet Yuh-Line Niou: The New Face of Downtown Manhattan's Political Scene". Vogue. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- "TED | Profile". www.ted.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-25. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
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- "Evergreen Authors Directory | the Evergreen State College". Archived from the original on 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2015-01-30.