Welcome to the CAS Staff Spotlight, a column featuring members of the CAS staff. For this spotlight, we are proud to introduce you to Cheri Widowski.
- What do you do at the CAS?
I’m the research manager so, big picture, I help the various research committees get their research projects completed. And we have a lot of research committees. I also manage the CAS library and DARE, the CAS literature database. - What do you enjoy most about your job?
Although it doesn’t happen a lot, I love when I get to use my library skills on the job, whether it’s doing some research for a co-worker or helping someone learn how to maneuver around DARE. - Hometown:
Cleveland, Ohio - College and degree:
John Carroll University, bachelor’s in history and psychology; Syracuse University, master’s in library and information science - First job out of college:
I juggled a few jobs right out of college — working in a book store, my dad’s video store and a library. I pretty much never had a day off for about two years. After that, I guess my first official 9-5 job was as an indexer for a research database. And my first job out of grad school is my current one. - Describe yourself in three words:
Smart, sarcastic, organized - Favorite weekend activity:
I really like to do as little as possible on the weekends and just enjoy my time off, but it’s a rare weekend when I haven’t seen a movie or watched some sort of sporting event. - Favorite travel destination:
Anywhere there’s a beach. - One interesting or fun fact about you:
I used to write for a Survivor website, where I did episode recaps and player profiles.
