Jill Walker

Jill started her unexpected journey to the Wade Center as an undergraduate student at Wheaton College majoring in foreign languages and working for the student newspaper. After graduation, she went to culinary school and worked as a pastry chef for several years before her love of literature and academics won out. She returned to graduate school for dual masters degrees in library science and public history at Dominican University and Loyola University Chicago, respectively. Jill is happy to have returned to the site of her very first  library internship, the Wade Center, but this time as a full-fledged Librarian. She brings varied library experiences to her role, having contributed to projects for such places as the Chicago History Museum, the Newberry Library, and even the Library of Congress. In addition to her work for the Wade Center, Jill works as an adjunct faculty instructor in library cataloging for Dominican University’s School of Information Studies.

When Jill is not working, she is at home with her posse of fluffy and extremely spoiled dogs or building and rebuilding her comprehensive collection of Lord of the Rings LEGOs. She still enjoys baking in her free time, as well as reading, Zumba, bookbinding, and the occasional foray into video games with her fellow Wheatie husband.