Jean Whalen

Jean Whalen

Jean currently works in the Second Judicial District. She has worked as a realtime reporter for the United Nations at the Rwanda war crimes trials; at the University of Minnesota, captioning a French class for a hard-of-hearing student; and as an in-stadium captioner for the Minnesota Twins. Jean has degrees in court reporting and industrial and organizational psychology from the University of Minnesota Crookston and was a recipient of its Alumnus of the Year award.

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