Tammy Kjonaas is the physics department's lab supervisor.  She is responsible for all of the experimental equipment setup and maintenance, fills in as a part-time instructor in various lab courses, and is the machine shop person for the department.  After graduating from DePauw in 2003 with a physics major and classical studies minor, she taught two years of high school physics and earned graduate credits from Ball State University, Indiana University, and Indiana State University. She rejoined the DePauw Physics department as a staff member in 2005.
       Tammy is originally from Terre Haute and now lives in Greencastle in a new condo that she enjoys decorating.  She spends her free time making beaded jewelry, watching movies, running at the Nature Park, and getting involved in the community. Her favorite things are ancient Mediterranean history, crafts, Harry Potter, shopping (especially for shoes!), and her cat Cleopatra.