Carolyn Langton Jeopardy Profile: Age, Job, Family, Stats
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Carolyn Langton Jeopardy Contestant Profile
Carolyn Langton is an American application developer based in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, appearing on Jeopardy! Season 43. She works for WPPI Energy, a Wisconsin-based not-for-profit power company serving locally owned electric utilities. Langton has been with WPPI Energy since April 3, 2017, giving her more than nine years with the organization by the time of her Jeopardy! appearance.
Her current role sits within WPPI Energy’s information technology operation. The organization’s staff structure lists her as an Application Developer, working alongside application development, systems administration, business solutions, telecommunications and information-management personnel. Her technical training encompasses programming, web development, databases, SQL, software architecture, mobile development, user-experience design and collaborative software development.
Langton’s route into software development was not a conventional computer-science path. She originally studied journalism at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 2012. She was named to the university’s Dean’s List and became heavily involved with its student newspaper, The Spectator. By spring 2012 she was serving as the newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief, overseeing an editorial operation that included managing, news, sports, multimedia, photography, copy-editing and design staff.
She was also involved in college radio. From May 2011 until May 2012, Langton served as webmaster for WUEC-FM 89.7 Eau Claire, the university’s radio station. Her university-era work consequently crossed journalism, editing, photography, design and web publishing. Contemporary material from The Spectator credits Carolyn Tiry, her name at the time, with design work, while other Wisconsin publications have continued to use photographs she took during this period.
Photography was another significant part of Langton’s early creative work. Her photographs have subsequently been used by Wisconsin Public Radio and other publications, including images of the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire campus and the historic mill pond in her hometown of Amherst, Wisconsin. She also contributed photography to Eau Claire-area arts and culture coverage, and her Creative Commons photography has appeared in online publications and projects.
After her journalism education, Langton undertook a second course of study focused specifically on software development. She attended Northcentral Technical College from 2014 to 2016, completing extensive coursework in Advanced SQL, Client-Side Web Scripting, Database Concepts, Database Design and SQL, Introduction to Programming, Mobile Programming, Object-Oriented Programming, Software Architecture, Team Software Development, User Experience Design, Web Design and Web Programming.
Her professional history between Eau Claire and WPPI Energy also includes employment in the Wausau, Wisconsin area, although the publicly indexed version of her professional profile does not expose the names or positions for those employers. By April 2017, however, she had completed the transition into application development and joined WPPI Energy in that capacity.
Langton was previously known professionally as Carolyn Tiry. Public records connect Carolyn Tiry with Timothy Langton, and more recent records use the name Carolyn Langton. Her earlier journalism, photography and university work therefore appears under her former name, while her software-development career and Jeopardy! appearance use Langton.
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Carolyn Langton. Her earlier professional, university, journalism and photography work appears under the name Carolyn Tiry. |
| Location & Residence | Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, United States. Her professional profile places her in Sun Prairie Town and her current employment in the Madison, Wisconsin area. She has earlier connections to Amherst, Wisconsin, where she was from while attending UW–Eau Claire; Eau Claire, where she attended university and worked in student media; and the Wausau area, where she subsequently studied and worked. |
| Profession & Jobs | Application Developer at WPPI Energy, beginning April 3, 2017 and continuing through her 2026 Jeopardy! appearance. She works within WPPI Energy’s information-technology organization. Her technical background includes application and software development, SQL, relational databases, database design, object-oriented programming, web development, client-side scripting, mobile programming, software architecture, team software development, UX design and web design. Before entering application development, she had substantial experience in journalism, editing, web publishing, design and photography. She served as Editor-in-Chief of The Spectator, UW–Eau Claire’s student newspaper, and as Webmaster for WUEC-FM 89.7 Eau Claire from May 2011 to May 2012. Her photographs have appeared in Wisconsin media and other publications. |
| Gender & Sex | Female / woman. |
| Age & Date of Birth | |
| Nationality & Ethnicity | American. |
| Education & School | University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire – Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, 2012. She attended from approximately 2008–2012, appeared on the Dean’s List and was active in student media, ultimately serving as Editor-in-Chief of The Spectator. She also served as webmaster for university radio station WUEC-FM 89.7. Northcentral Technical College – 2014–2016, undertaking software-development education. Coursework included Advanced SQL; Client-Side Web Scripting; Database Concepts; Database Design and SQL; Introduction to Programming; Mobile Programming 1; Object-Oriented Programming 1, 2 and 3; Software Architecture; Team Software Development; User Experience Design; Web Design 1; and Web Programming 1. |
| Relationships (Married/Dating/Sexuality) & Family | Married to Timothy “Tim” Langton. Earlier family records identify her as Carolyn Tiry, wife of Timothy Langton. |
| Biography & More Details | 2026 Jeopardy! contestant, identified by the show as an application developer from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Langton’s career combines two notably different disciplines. She first trained as a journalist, graduating from UW–Eau Claire in 2012 and becoming Editor-in-Chief of The Spectator. Her university activities also encompassed photography, graphic/design work, online publishing and college radio, including serving as webmaster for WUEC-FM. Her photography has had a long afterlife online: images credited to Carolyn Tiry have been used by Wisconsin Public Radio and other publications, including photographs of UW–Eau Claire and Amherst’s historic mill pond. She later retrained in software development at Northcentral Technical College, studying programming, databases, SQL, web and mobile development, software architecture and UX design. She joined WPPI Energy as an Application Developer on April 3, 2017 and remains identified in that role. Her public professional profile records experience across the Eau Claire, Wausau and Madison areas, illustrating her progression from journalism and digital media into professional software development. |
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Carolyn Langton Jeopardy Results
| Thursday, 24 September 2026 | Emily Burnham Bangor, Maine Writer & Editor 1 Day Winnings of $17,201 Final Score: $3,199 Round 2 Score: $8,200 Round 1 Score: $2,400 | Nikolas Polsinelli Winter Park, Florida Student Winning Score: $17,601 Round 2 Score: $13,200 Round 1 Score: $1,400 | Carolyn Langton Sun Prairie, Wisconsin Application Developer Final Score: $0 Round 2 Score: $8,800 Round 1 Score: $3,200 |