Tuscaloosa Area Residents Among UA Graduates

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 2,250 degrees at spring commencement exercises held Friday, May 17, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.

Outgoing UA President Andrew Sorensen gave the commencement address during two University-wide commencement ceremonies that were held at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively, to award degrees. Sorensen was recently named president of the University of South Carolina and will assume that position in July.

During the ceremonies, acclaimed author and scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters. Gates is the W.E.B. DuBois Professor of the Humanities and chair of Afro-American studies at Harvard University and director of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research.

Frank M. Johnson Jr. was recognized, posthumously, with the Hugo L. Black Award. Johnson, who died in 1999, is remembered for his historic contributions to civil rights issues of the last century while a U.S. District Court justice. Following the Montgomery bus boycott, Johnson ruled against segregated city buses. In later actions, he was the first judge to order names of qualified African Americans added to county voting rolls, and he wrote the first statewide school desegregation decree. The Black Award, named in honor of the late Supreme Court Justice and UA alumnus Hugo Black, recognizes distinguished service to the people of Alabama and the nation and is the highest award given by the University.

With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 181,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. UA holds commencement ceremonies three times a year.

The following students from the Tuscaloosa area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:

JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE

EUTAW — Alton Davis Blanton

MILLPORT — Henry Prentiss Allred

NORTHPORT — Brandi Lynne Branton, Jeffery Adrian Brown Jr., Regina Ford Cash, Andrew Joseph Moak, Lauren Lynn Shutt, Christy Michelle Sparks

SWEET WATER — William Anderson Ward

TUSCALOOSA — Jacqueline P. Austin-Trucks, Donna Marie Bailer, Raegan Whitten Bellenger, Gerald Clark Brooks Jr., Douglas Hugh Bryant, Christopher P. Couch, Christopher Dwight Danley, William R. DeGraffenried III, Christopher John England, Brent Kenneth Faulkner, Katherine Elizabeth Hill, Richard Brantley Johnson, Sedrick D. Johnson, James Keith Lambert, Matthew Andrew Mantle, Benjamin D. McAninch, Steven Wesley Money, Kevin Mika Morris, Michael Jason Musgrove, Benjamin Howard Parr, Frank Brian Rice, William L. Rodgers, Adam Brook Snyder, Willard Brent Woodall

DOCTORAL DEGREE

COTTONDALE — Janet Turner Parish, Larry Eugene Thompson, James Litton Weston

NORTHPORT — David Bryan Johnson, Christian Kiewitz, Lan Xie.

TUSCALOOSA — Barbara A. Allen, Min Chen, Rita Anne Durant, Se-Ho Kim, Bernard Robert Kuhajda, Monique Tisha McCoy, Chakarida Nukoolkit, Brenda Legrone Rickett, Timothy N. Taylor, Veronica Lee Womack

MASTER’S DEGREE

BANKSTON — Deidra Holley Deavours

BERRY — Valorie Leighth Waugh

CENTREVILLE — Sandra Milam Williams

COKER — Linda Bresnahan Holcomb, John Mark Taylor

COTTONDALE — Jerry Clinton Moore, Robert Allan Thompson

DEMOPOLIS — Heather Rowley Carpenter, Sean Michael Smith

DUNCANVILLE — Misty Marie Samya, Joy Demetrice Vawters, Jason Thomas Watkins

EUTAW — Isaac Neal Atkins, William Oliver Parker III

FAYETTE — Melissa Hollis Stowe, Heather Gosa Whitley

GORDO — Lamonica L. Herron-McCoy, Patrick Michael Littleton

GREENSBORO — Rasheda Katoria McCalpine

KENNEDY — Lea G. Yerby

LINDEN — Robert Ashley Cave

MOUNDVILLE-Salvador Salemi Domino

NORTHPORT — Matthew Callaway Barganier, Justin Donald Benefield, Lianne Linard Brown, Amy Thorne Cabaniss, Mark Allen Capps, Brandee Harless Curry, Gina Marie Diorio, Virginia A. Galloway, Michelle L. Garrett, Carol Ann Gray, Stephanie Williams Holloway, Leah Perdue Jones, Lynn Kelley Lackey, Kevin Scott McKinny, Teresa D. McNutt, Brenda Johnson Parker, Carol Anne Presley, James Daniel Richardson, Traci Scott, Elaina Gayle Sexton, Chad Chalhub Smith, Juliana Faria Teixeira, Lori Coleman White, Belinda Sexton Williams

REFORM — Alyce Morgan Beasley

TUSCALOOSA — Jeong-Hee Ahn, Christina Ann Albea, Arthur Albiero Jr., Katy Michelle Allen, Sallie J Anglin, Michael Glen Anthony, Christopher Edward Babin, Martin Baeumel, Shenavia Lasha Baity, Dinesh Madhusudhan Bala, Channabasavanna Bangalore, Jeffrey Stewart Barrett, James Lawrence Bielli, Munidhar S. Biruduganti, Belinda Jones Blackstone, Ross Robert Bolick, Rodney W. Bolls, Wishnoe Broto, Robert Clinton Brown, Linawati Budijanto, Wanrudee Buranakorn, James Daniel Butler, Laurie Ann Charnigo, Karma Ruth Chavez, Kairui Chen, Zuomin Chen, Hwanseok Choi, Oana Carmina Cimpean, Jami Lynn Clinton, Stephanie Lynn Corcoran, Brock Leonard Corder, Cara Ennis Crosslin, Susan Laverna Danley, Siwawong Daosuparoch, Lora Ann Davis, Monica Lisette Decker, Xiaoguang Deng, Monte Lee Deschner, Ralf Deutlmoser, Lesli Ann Doan, Billy Joseph Ecker, Robert Radkoff Ek, Guangbin Fan, Susan Elizabeth Fisher, James Michael Ford, Patrick D. Fuller, Lesley Leigh Fulmer, Brandy Brook Futch, Brian T. Gibson, Stephen Craig Gleason, Rajuranga Gopalachar, Jenny Marie Grubbs, Rebecca Ann Harshman, Latanya Marchelle Hatter, Andrew Wallace Hayes III, Christopher Denson Henry, Harold Lee Herrin Jr., Nita D. Hestevold, Cynthia M. Holley, Martin Anthony Holt, Bo Hong, Redelle Easley Howell, Guosheng Huang, Wan Huang, Neal McCoy Hughes, Amanda Carol Hunt, Kristin J. Ingmundson, Nuntawut Jamjiraruks, Janet Lee Jarvis, Cynthia Ann Johnson, Junho Ko, Sylvia Irmgard Koestner, Pornsin Kow, Mangala Krishnamurthy, Michaela Lamberth, Yanawn Kameoin Lapread, Byung-Joo Lee, Brenda McDade Lewis, Hoon-Voon Liew, Zhanfeng Liu, Zhao Liu, James Lynn Lloyd, Sean Aden Lovelace, Shea Monique Ludgood, Peixian Ma, Bryan Scott Martin, Janie C. McDonald, Deborah P. McLeod, John C. Miller III, Ander Sannes Monson, Gayla Rhea Montgomery, Tommi E. Morgan, Paul Joseph Moxon, Adam W. Nice, R. Mercedes Obregon, Miyuki Okuyama, Dome Padungchewit, Vikrant Chandrakant Palan, Robert Andrew Parfitt, Kedar Ravindra Patil, Julie Alison Prigmore, Tonnia Marcelli Prince, Bettye Dee Rabon, Mosfequr Rahman, Melissa Lee Ray, Brent Michael Reilly, Joe Dan Rogers, Timothy Jay Rolfe, John Francis Saenz, Tapasi Sengupta, Amanda Hope Shannon, Takesha Monique Shannon, Michael Andrew Shiffler, Jennifer Lynn Shirley, Carolyn D. Simmons, Barbara Anita Sipe, Xavier Sonnerat, Bongkoch Soranakom, Charlye Ann Spiegel, Dalton Barton Styes Jr., Jamie F. Sullivan, Luyi Sun, Sarah Elizabeth Taylor, David Price Thompson II, Victoria Leigh Troup, Kimberly Diane Turner, Emily Alice Volz, Floyd Robert Wagner III, Huaning Nancy Wang, Meredith Anne Warren, Keith Mark Weaver, Joy Reaves Welker, James Deric Whatley, Hal Derric White, Jaclyn Michelle Whitehorn, Xianwei Wu, Marcel Wyrsch, Pingping Ye, Jun Yin, Jing Yu, Ling Zuo

VERNON — Amberley Machelle Holley.

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

AKRON — Tracy Michelle Johnson

ALICEVILLE — Victoria Barnes, Tammy Delois Ellis

BANKSTON — Shaina Satin Geist

BEAVERTON — Tisha Suzanne Sorrells

BELLAMY — Shanta Renae Hardrick

BERRY — William Terence Davis, Amy Walker Hamner, Gina Rena Hudson

BRENT — Angela Beth Davis, Margaret Michelle Dowdle, Christina Hollifield

CARROLLTON — Alanna Rachelle Poole

CENTREVILLE — Kevin Lee James, Laura Lynn Martin, Torrey Ladell Rice

COKER — Amye Suzanne Burt, Brian Jason Lang

COTTONDALE — Kellie Joy Allen, Jennifer Melissa Brasfield, Eric Jason Dickey, Deven Marie Fleenor, Natalie Alanna Medders, Lizabeth Allison Merriam, Catherine Mary Prodoehl, Ionut Radu, Shelly Vanita Skelton, Vanessa Rae Stafford

DAYTON — Robert Edward Poole

DEMOPOLIS — Patrick Gray Agee, Cristy Sue Bell, Natalie Elizabeth Hendrick, Amanda Diane Phillips, Kenneth Mack Tucker Jr.

DIXONS MILLS — Katrina Moniqua Dumas

DUNCANVILLE — Amanda Beth Medders

ELROD — Tammy Jo Hallman

EUTAW — Strassi Leonardo Armour, Tiffany Delilah Brownlee, Latricia Yvette Spencer

FAUNSDALE — Martha Garland McKee, Keisha Lashay Turner, Michelle Britannia Turner

FAYETTE — Cara Elizabeth Coons, Tiffany Marie Lacey, Braxton Clark McCaleb, Emily Nichole Morgan, Sarah Dusten Newman, Elana Claire Nichols, Eric Stocks Oswalt, Jonathan Ryan Phillips

FOSTERS — Wesley Burton Moffett, Daniel Lawrence Rice

GAINESVILLE — Katrina Latrice Summerville

GALLION — Jeffrey Howard Hasty, Maria Raeshunda Jones

GORDO — Timmy Scott Brasher, Zachary Ryan Howard, Kyle Foster Parham, Shawna Irene Smith, Toria La’Quanya Thomas, Jamie Alisha Windham

GREENSBORO — Shannon Leigh Barnette, Stacy Michelle Cole, Andre Howard

MARION — Kimyetta Jacquese Lipscomb, Nancy Gail Smith

MILLPORT — David Ray Homan, Dudley Lee Wriley

MOUNDVILLE — Jennifer Nicole Nevin, Jason Allen Skelton

NORTHPORT — Jennifer Nicole Bogucki, Jenny Crystal Booth, Theresa Marie Burnette, Latrenia Deshawn Byrd, Leigha Marie Cabaniss, Jennifer Caroline Carney, David Chen, Kimberly Dawn Cockrell, Leslyellen Moana Cook, Harold R. Corbin, Kenya Davis-Stewart, Eric Jermaine Davis, Paul Gregory Dixon, Doris Ann Earl, Jennifer Lei gh Estes, Stephanie Ann Falls, Arthur Lewis Festa, Carrie Lynn Freeman, Jamie Lynn Galloway, Nicole Norma Green, Mitchell David Greggs, Daniel Thomas Hamm, Sarah Patricia Hammer, Jennifer Leah Hardin, Kimberly Ann Harrison, Adam Dennis Henry, Dana Renae Hewitt, Alana Kelley Holmes, Daniel Aaron Johnson, Thomas Matthew Jones, Brian Jerome Kimbrell, Misty Jean Light, Shanna Marie Mann, Joseph Michael McComb, Angela Leah McCullum, Michael Maurice Mettee, Sonya Jean Miesse, Kyle Courey Norris, Ann-Marie Peirano, Kelly Marlene Phillips, Miranda Mae Plowman, Tina Elizabeth Ray, Derek Wayne Reeves, David Russell Reid, Casey Marian Robertson, Melissa Dawn Shoup, Annie Miller Spates, Johnny Mack Standridge, Erin Seale Stripling, Wesley Charles Stripling, Adrianne Collins Tanner, Kanedra Sharmaine Thomas, William C. Thompson Jr., Ira Fritts Thrasher, Cameron Cross Tidmore, Jason Edward Tison, Brent Alan Watson, Heather Malone Watson, Wendy Heather Welch, Holly Ann White, Jennifer Leigh White, Joanne Erica White, Edie Liana Wiggins, Kevin Allan Wilson

RALPH — John Heath Hollyhand

REFORM — Melissa Armbruster, Christopher Lee Campbell, Patricia D. Kelley, Stacy Bryan Thornton

SULLIGENT — Tammy Renee Crawford

TUSCALOOSA — Amy Sue Aaron, Phil Abeline Adams III, Shin Akatsuka, Ahmed Akhuraidah, Mizuho Aoyagi, Rex David Bailer, Melanie Ellington Bankston, Amanda Paige Baugh, Meghan Dana Bazemore, Amanda Ellen Black, Joseph Matthew Bland,Mary Elizabeth Boehm, Shannon Nicole Bradford, Wallace Lambert Briggs, Malcolm Anthony Britton, Carmen Shea Brown, Danielle Marie Bruns, Russell Kane Burnette, James Joshua Case, Cash Collateral Casey, Jessica McLellan Cason, Deborah Diane Cate, Patricia Ann Causey, David Chen, Heng-Li Chou, Phillip Cecil Clark, Julia Meghan Clement, Leah Kim Coates, Philip Ryan Coker, Pamela Kristin Cook, Thomas Blake Corder, William Phifer Cork, Merri Kris Cottrell, Carla Vinetta Crawford, Charles Joseph Crespino, Susan Michelle Criss, Jonathan Lee Criswell, Kenneth Paul Crowe, Tonya Renee Daniel, Eleanor Vanhorn Davis, Frances M. Degraffenried, Emily Loretta Donohue, Terry Rodger Douglas, Jeffrey Allen Dragg, Philip Bert Dublin, Jessica Lane Duda, Edward Maxwell Dulaney, Fenita Rena Dunn, Nicholas Bradley Dunn, Laura Melanna Eddins, Tiffany Edwards, Meghan Kathleen Etheridge, Alshaundra Delynn Everett, Andrea Gayle Fanning, Dominick Vincent Ferrara, Robert Kendrick Fikes, Jonathan Lucas Fitts, Brenda Lee Foster, Mandi Rae Fowler, Fred Stephen Franklin II, Leslie Erin Franks, Jerry Wilton Fretwell, Charles Russell Gambrell, Matthew Francis Garcia, John Michael Geary, Stephen Randall Gelwix, Candis Natasha George, Misty Marie Giles, Geoff Lawrence Gowin, Jennifer Michelle Grant, James Frederick Graves III, Bridget Rochelle Green, Rebecca Sunshine Gross, Ramona Elizabeth Guffin, Brandy Nicole Hall, Russell Glenn Hammack, D’Acquisto Alexi Hamner, Tarae Brunette Hampton, Devin Deshaye Hardy, Pearl Hardy, Alicyn McKay Hargroves, Jerry Glen Harper, Ayca Hasbay, Markus Joern Haustein, Jill Miranda Haynes, Ryan Roebuck Hendley, Jorge Heysen, Emily Anne Hill, Grady Morgan Holder, Melani Christine Holderer, Rikkia Holmes, Matthew James Howells, Mary Beth Hubbard, Kristy Ann Huffman, Nicole Diane Hughes, Shara Leigh Hughes, Lindsey Marie Hunnicutt, Chyvonne Ingram, Julie Denise James, William Michael James, Andrew Glenn Johanson, Elizabeth Lynn Johnson, Natalie Kay Johnson, Emily Kay Johnston, Jonathan Brent Jones, Terry Wayne Jones Jr., Valarie J. Jones, Jami Lynne Judkins, Cheyenne Kearl, Christopher Kevin Kelly, Yada Louise King, Lea Konjevic, Melanie Kay Koskodan, Joseph Brandon Langford, Jan-Are Larsen, Alanna Elizabeth Lasseter, Megan Leigh Lavey, Jeffrey Stuart Lawrence, Anne Marie Leblanc, Christopher Carneal Lewis, Micah Ernest Lewter, Sara Naomi Lichtenstein, Adrienne Marie Lightsey, Jay Elton Little, Stephanie Rae Lynch, Evie Anthea Mackey, Jonathan William Macklem, Wayne Ann Mai, Paul Dominic Malito, Sparkle Mallisham, Sheresia Karnise Martin, Marsha Carol Mason, Diane Christine Matherson, Ryo Matsushima, Alice Anne Maxwell, Marcus Scott McClanahan Jr., Alanna Patricia McCorkle, Lee Hannah McDonald, Keith Allen McGee, Karen Deeann McGough, Meredith Sims McGraw, Andrew William McKenzie, Joanna Benham McMichael, Frances Blount McNeil, Bethany Erin Milligan, Katie Marlene Milligan, Ryan O’Neil Mims, Lana Marie Mitchell, Wyetta Denise Morrow, Michael Glenn Moss, Richard Andrew Mullins, Daniel Paul Murphy, Fiona Elisabeth Nairn, Rieko Nakamoto, Susheel Narla, James Alexander Neville, Travis Blair Newby, Tiffany Nicole Noles, Daniel Lee O’Neal, Yu Okura, Mami Okuyama, Maria Christaki Onisiforou, Yoshinori Ono, Mary Theresa Orrell, McKensie Patton Osborn, Jennifer Otto, Eun-Hee Park, Sae Hee Park, Christy Denise Patterson, Walter Lee Patton, Candace Lane Pearson, Timothy Leonard Perl, Braxton Plunkett Jr., Amy Kathleene Porter, Amy Suzanne Powell, Tiffany Nicole Pulliam, Laura Marie Purdin, Chandra Rena Rancher, Mara Elizabeth Ray, Mallory Charles Read, Wade Oliver Reese, Reagan Walker Rhone, Joseph Pierre Richard, Monica Renee’ Richey, Mary Morrison Robinson, Tulia Laticia Robinson, Nattacha Nicole Rogers, Christopher Antwine Ruddock, Stephanie Summer Sanders, Mary Kathryn Sanford, Mark Alan Schaeperklaus, Teresa Lynne Schloemer, Jeremy Brett Scott, Juliet Emmaline Shanrock, James Bradley Shaw, James Mark Shockley, Misty Leigh Skelton, Sherea Marquita Skinner, Benjamin Myles Slaughter, Michael Thomas Small, Gary Eugene Smith, Holly Margaret Smith, Katara Patrice Smith, Jonathan Eric Smitherman, Brandi Nicole Srader, Felicia Lavon St. Clair, Brandon Wayne Stepp, Chris George Stevens, Bobbette J. Stewart, Leslee Shelly Stewart, Solveig Julie Sundell, Nuwan Sri Suriyagoda, Mayako Takechi, Veronica Lynn Talley, James Lowrie Tanara Jr., Brooke Louise Taylor, Clayton Solomon Taylor, Erin Kathleen Thomas, George Albert Thompson, Jeremy Brian Thompson, Demondre’ Levar Tinker, Marianne H. Todd, David Baxter Tolar, Rebecca Lynn Wade, Samuel Gene Walker, John Dan Wallace, Martha Leanne Waller, Kate Lauren Wallis, Wei Bill Wang, Tyler Farrior Watts, Dawn Marie Wells, Britney Westbrook-McAllister, Michael Lance White, Dorothy F. Whitehead, Brenna Gail Whitley, David Alan Wiggins Jr., Vickie Delois Wiggins, Brett Strong Wilkin, Darlene M. Williams-Allen, Arron Shaft Williams, Taylor Brian Williams, Amanda Lee Williamson, John Anderson Williamson, Kierston Renee Wilson, Robert Park Wilson, Timothy Michael Wingenter, Robin Leann Wyatt, Manabu Yabuta, Yohei Yamaoka, Jeremy Scott Yarbrough, Hyungkeyn Yi, Je-Seung Yoo, Young-Joon Yoo, Lisa Marie Young, Wayland Edward Young

WARD — Mable Roshelle Lawson

WEST BLOCTON — Stacy Reach Carroll, Rhoneshia Lanell Snelson

WOODSTOCK — Lakisha Templeton Ford