Staff Directory

Stephanie K. Crosse

Stephanie Crosse is Manager of Employer Relations in the Office of Career & Professional Development. Stephanie serves as a liaison to legal employers and coordinates school sponsored recruitment initiatives. Stephanie received her Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Texas at Austin (1995) and her Juris Doctor from The University of Dayton School of Law (1999). Upon graduation from law school, Stephanie practiced law for eleven years in the private sector. Stephanie worked as a solo practitioner, a litigation associate in a mid-sized law firm, and as in-house counsel for a Fortune 200 insurance company.

Dewayne T. Henry

Dewayne T Henry is the Senior Administrative Assistant for the Office of Career and Professional Development at WCL.  He attended Prairie View A&M and studied Chemical Engineering.  In addition to his studies, Dewayne spent nine years in the United States Amy National Guard where he was activated to Operation Iraqi Freedom (Balad, Iraq), as well as New Orleans to assist in Hurricane Katrina Relief.

Christina H. Jackson

Christina Jackson is the Assistant Director, Public Interest Specialist in the Office of Career & Professional Development. She specializes in counseling students interested in obtaining public interest and government positions at the federal, state, and municipal levels. Christina received a B.S. in business management from the Pennsylvania State University and a J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law. Prior to joining OCPD, Christina served as the Director of Career Services for Faulkner University, Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, and practiced municipal civil rights defense and employment law for eight years in Georgia and Alabama.

Traci Mundy Jenkins

Traci Mundy Jenkins is the Assistant Dean for the Office of Career & Professional Development at American University Washington College of Law. In addition to managing the staff and all educational and recruitment programs sponsored by the office, she conducts private and public sector employer outreach and counsels JD and LLM students in all areas of their career development. Prior to joining the law school, Traci was the Managing Partner of a Washington, DC area legal placement and consulting company where she specialized in attorney recruitment and counseling, and offered diversity consulting services to law firms and corporate legal departments. She also served as the Director of Placement for a national attorney placement company.

Traci began her legal career at Venable, Baetjer and Howard, LLP (now Venable LLP) where she developed an employment and commercial litigation practice during her seven years with the firm. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, and she received a BA in Economics from Wellesley College. Traci is active in a number of professional and community organizations, including current service on the NALP Board of Directors and former positions as president and board member of the Washington Area Legal Recruitment Administrators Association. She is a frequent speaker on legal recruiting issues.

Amy L. Killoran

Amy Killoran is the Judicial Clerkship Coordinator in the Office of Career & Professional Development. She specializes in counseling students interested in obtaining judicial clerkships and internships at the federal and state court levels. Amy received a B.A. in government from Cornell University and a J.D. from Duke University's School of Law. Prior to joining OCPD, Amy served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable William C. O'Kelley, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, and practiced labor and employment law in Atlanta.

Eliza Park Musallam

Eliza Park Musallam is a Career Counselor and the Diversity Liaison in the Office of Career & Professional Development. In addition to counseling students interested in pursuing careers in the private sector, Eliza also serves as the liaison between employers with diversity outreach initiatives, the Office of Diversity Services, and students at the Washington College of Law. Eliza received both her JD (2001) and her BA (1998) with a double major in Political Science and International Studies from Case Western Reserve University. She joined the law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP after law school where she defended Fortune 500 companies in asbestos and toxic tort litigation. Just prior to joining the OCPD, she worked as a Judicial Staff Attorney for the Honorable Eileen T. Gallagher of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, in Cleveland, Ohio. She serves as the 2009-2010 Co-Chair for the Diversity Committee of the Washington Area Legal Recruitment Administrators Association (WALRAA).

Michelle Norris

Michelle Norris is the Resources Coordinator in the Office of Career & Professional Development. She provides students with career resource access and serves as a liaison to the Office of Technology and the Office of Finance at the Washington College of Law. Michelle attended American University, and has since worked in nonprofit publishing, technology support, and executive recruitment in Washington, DC.

Matthew L. Pascocello

Matthew L. Pascocello is the Director of Career Development and Alumni Counseling. He specializes in counseling alumni and domestic LL.M.s, as well as directing OCPD's marketing efforts. Matthew also serves as an Adjunct Professor at both AU and WCL. He received a BA in Economics and Political Science from Boston University and his J.D. from Georgetown; he also completed coursework at the London School of Economics and the National University of Singapore. Matthew has worked as a corporate and international trade attorney in Manhattan and served as in-house legal counsel and Manager of Legal Information Systems for a Parisian-based, multinational assistance services company.

Adriana Vito

Adriana Vito is the Assistant Director for International Career Programs. Adriana specializes in advising foreign ILSP students and alumni on issues unique to foreign lawyers entering the job market in the United States. Prior to joining WCL, Adriana worked for the international trade law practice groups of two law firms in Washington, DC. She also worked for the international trade section of the Brazilian Embassy in Washington. Prior to moving to the United States, Adriana worked for the Brazilian Federal Prosecution in Sao Paulo. Adriana is a licensed Brazilian attorney who holds a LL.B. from Mackenzie University in Sao Paulo and a LL.M. from the University of Florida, and she has published articles about US trade remedy laws and the impact of U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings on Brazilian exports to the United States. She has also worked on a study about the impact of European and North-American agricultural subsidies on Brazilian corn exports. She speaks Portuguese, English, Spanish and basic French.

Jen Wetzel

Jen Wetzel is a Career Counselor in the Office of Career & Professional Development. She counsels students interested in obtaining positions in both the private and public sectors, and specializes in advising students interested in pursuing careers in small and medium firms. Jen received a B.A. in Psychology from New York University and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law. After law school, Jen practiced corporate tax law at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in New York, where she was very active in the firm’s recruiting efforts and related committees. Just prior to joining OCPD, she worked as a temporary career counselor at Georgetown University Law Center.