TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 1,260 degrees at summer commencement ceremonies held Monday, Aug. 16, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 190,000 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:
DOCTORAL DEGREE
ALICEVILLE-Walter C. Bragg COKER-Brian Joseph Panetta
NORTHPORT-John Curry Jackson
TUSCALOOSA-Darius Agoumba, Cathleen Ann Baker, Virginia Galloway Cooper, Shompaballi Datta-Kimball, Flavia Cunha Duncan, Bo Hong, Eric Brandon Howington, Joseph Bryan Keener, Cuiyue Lei, Pamela Hughey Parsons, Rachel E. Shuttlesworth, Moonhee Yang, Xinjun Zhang
MASTER’S DEGREE
ALICEVILLE-Sara Ann Stewart BERRY-Cheli Williams Jacobs
BROOKWOOD-Cheryl Lynn Rollins, Shannon Hall Stanley
CENTREVILLE-Kimberly Rose Reynolds COKER-Marian Donald Reese, Matthew Wayne Richardson
COTTONDALE-Sandra Michelle Ambrose, Katherine Margaret Donovan, Stephanie Freigh Massey
DUNCANVILLE-Brenda Simmons Brasfield
EMELLE-Darinda Deshan Poe
FAYETTE-Alana Sims Whitehead
GORDO-Sarah Cook
LIVINGSTON-Robert Aaron McInturf
MARION-Courtney Newkirk Barnes, Glenn Travis Vaughn
NORTHPORT-Garrett Dwight Allen, Martha Suzanne Ball, Ryan McDavid Ballard, Julie Alice Brand, Amanda Fae Durrans, Lee Rayfield Gibson, Sandra Marie Griffin, Wesley O’Brian Hamm, Angela Brown Holcomb, Jeanna Grace Lacy, Russell Velton Lee Jr., Christopher Lee McKinney, Mary Rice Moore, Shannon Lee Morris, Amit Suresh Mulay, Mary Katherine Nicholson, Ann-Marie Peirano, Gretchen M. Smith, Mark Anthony Stephens, Amy Kathryn Tidmore, Brenda Joyce Williams
TUSCALOOSA-Leah Elliott Armstrong, Thomas Jordan Baird, Donald Wesley Baker, James Bradley Barnes, Harish Babu Bhandari, Lee Barrett Bryars, Saskia Schier Bunting, Christopher Daniel Burgess, Courtney Nichole Burrell, Lisa Blewitt Cain, Jordana Lynda Colburn, Virginia Scott Cole, Alina Anne Corcoran, Thomas C. Dunnavant Jr., Monica Alicia Escauriza, Carl Tilman Etheredge Jr., Isaac Major Fuller, Julia Rebecca Gardner, Holli Marie Garner, Susan Adelyne Glass, Andrea Rae Graham, Latisha Cherry Hamlett, Latanya Marchelle Hatter, Kristi C. Higginbotham, Augusta Carol Holloway, Andrei Honciuc, Susan Crabtree Hopper, Weinong Huang, Yosondra Moultrie Irby, Ebony Lanatte Johnson, Adwait Vilas Joshi, Angela Marie Kirby, Marilyn Delores Knight, Cameron Hawkins Lacquement, Terri Diane Leslie, Peng Li, Shaohua Li, Shuang Liu, Yongtao Luo, Jennifer Burleson Mackay, Vivian A. McCreless, Katherine H. McGhee-Snow, Taqui-Ur-Rahman Mohammed, Paul Loring Morley, Rajeev Krishnan Namboodiri, Sachin Govind Nayak, Vaibhav Vilas Nikam, Bo Ning, Trina Lashaye Nobles, Cara Lynch O’Connell, Adaobi Chinazo Obinwa, Cara Michelle Oliver, Daniel O’Bryan Oliver, Sarah Paul Owen, Eunice Richmond Parker, Jennifer Partain, Irina A. Perevalova, Nancy Rebecca Phillips, Alison Leigh Pietrzyk, Ramesh Pullagujju, Bin Qiao, Ravishankar Rajagopalan, Ling Shao, Rori Beth Shaw, Michael Andrew Shiffler, Melissa Dawn Shoup, Natalia Sosedkina, Tameco Spain-Pinckney, Andrea Marie Staffo, Lucas Coleman Stewart, Sarah Marie Szurek, Kanako Takiguchi, Terrell Nicholson Taylor, Joseph Britton Thames, Dina M. Thigpen, Christopher Youell Uptain, Johnny Lee Wales, Yan Wan, Jiarong Xiao, Jeseung Yoo, Lisa Marie Young, Rengang Zhang, Zhiya Zhao. VANCE-Dana Michelle Depew
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ALICEVILLE-Surville Natoshia Craig, Sharon D. Hamlin, Parthenia M. Oliver
BANKSTON-Steven P. Sawyer
BERRY-Heather Marie Head
BRENT-Kevin Lamont Holman, Latoya Lashae Russell
BROOKWOOD-Jeana Lee Thompson
CARROLLTON-Melanie Dawn Freeman
CENTREVILLE-Latonia Michele Sims
COKER-April Nicole Channell, Nathan Gregory Craig, Jaime Melinda Houston, Richard R. Kulbacki, David Scott Mathews
COTTONDALE-Kelly Michelle Beasley, Daniel Valayat Drennen, Meredith S. Hughes, Grover Johnson, Clinton Derek McFerrin, Christina Perry Mink, Brandy Gail Stewart
DEMOPOLIS-Jeremy Brandon Fish, Martha Charlene Jackson
DIXONS MILLS-Shenekia Shawon Kennedy
DUNCANVILLE-Kenneth Scott Farley, Valerie Rebecca Gleaton, William Geary Hewett Jr., Maggie K. Kearley, Jessica Marie Kornegay, Rodney Levert Tolbert
FAYETTE-Mary Catherine Beauchamp, Chasity Nicole Brown, Nathaniel B. Greene, Stephen Kyle South, Theodore D. Swinney
GALLION-Kristen Patrice Coats, Valencia Lajoy Robertson
GORDO-Angela Carol Evans
GREEN POUND-Mark Lloyd Eaton
GREENSBORO-Lindsey Rae Bowen
LINDEN-Alicia Renee Barrineau, Stephen Benjamin King, Lee Ann Yelverton
LIVINGSTON-Roderick Prenell Bell, Sherica Nekida Williams
MARION-Orlando Quentrez Essex
MOUNDVILLE-Gregory Scott Brown, Thomas Christopher Nevin
NEWBERN-David Quinten Watson
NORTHPORT-Amanda Theresa Allen, Lannis Jermaine Baxley, Chanwoo Bin, Katie Susanne Butler, Sakura Creedon, Alia Jeanene Deerman, Daniel Oneal Duboise, Shawn Leyon Forrester, Yukiko Fujimoto, Michael Andrew Gore, Gary Shannon Jolly, Lukeithian L. Jones, Richard Courtney Lecroy, Amanda Brook Livingston, Jaime Lynn Lyons, Philip O’Leary, Shannon Marie Pekera, Clint Alan Randolph, Kathryn D. Salley, Greg Walter Steeves, Robin Louise Stevenson, Casey A. Taylor, William Ryan Whitson, Isabella Lenora Wilson
RALPH-Mistie Jane Abston, Robert Burdette Dorroh
THOMASTON-Jarvis Lovell Hudson
TUSCALOOSA-Kenneth Neil Abbott Jr., Can Akbas, Kamran Ali, Robin William Allen, Beth Lea Amason, Terrance Dewan Anderson, Lee Ellen Avant, Julie D. Averette, Daniel John Avery, Katherine Wesley Baker, William Frederick Barry, Lynsey Brooke Barton, Jonnie Alison Beasley, David Alan Blackston, Kimberly Tanesha Blanding, Sandra Sue Brooks, Sandra Denise Browder, Suzanne Avis Bunn, Terry Jackson Bunn Jr., Kimberly Joyce Burns, Dwight Allwyn Caddell, Brandon Lee Cantrell, Sherry Ames Chandler, Susanna Kate Coleman, Amy Katherine Cottingham, Litha J. Darshanon-Cummings, Mary-Virgina Deloach, Sherdrick Vashun Doss, Xiaochao Du, Andrew Franklin Eaton, Stephen Oluwole Ejide, Kimberly Marie Elliott, Ashley Michele Evans, Michael Christopher Frost, Amy Cheree Gay, Stephen Christopher Gibson, Steven Allan Gillis, Jason L. Golden, Reagan Ann Golightly, Christy Renea Gordon, Jasmine Renae Gosa, Erin Michele Greason, Karen Alicia Griffis, Timothy Michael Guy, Charity Lynn Hall, Kevin Adams Harbor, Kyle Lamon Harbor, Benjamin William Harrell, Marjorie Nell Harris, Lashandra V. Hatcher, Erroll M. Hickenbottom, Daniel C. Holman, Kristen Michelle Howard, Jenny Erin Howton, Jason Craig Hudson, Deshawn Kelvin Hughes, Tracy Pendley Johanson, Christy Rashun Johnson, Jennifer Ann Johnson, Annemarie Diane Joubert, Dhamandeep Singh Judge, Emily Anne Kellen, Tallie Elizabeth Kimble, Sally Cameron Kizzire, Timothy Dewayne Knight, Robert Bennett Lackey, Lashonda Renae Lawson, Clay S. Leak, Lakesha Michelle Leonard, David Luis Leopard Jr., Jennings E. Leverette, Heather Elaine Lietch, Waquita Renee Mack, Donald Ray Malone, Ryan Charles Marks, Mary Ann Marshall, Taylor Simmons Maxwell, Jessica L. McCafferty, Luke Alan McGlothin, Jodi Deann McGraw, Catherine C. McKissick, Jennifer Carol Meggs, Landon Cabell Miller Jr., Justin Sherrett Mills, Richard Andrew Mullins, Athanasios M. Murphree, Matthew James Ochocki, Olufunmilayo Ojo, Matthew Overbeck, Ju-Yeon Park, Kun Hee Park, Snaha Kaushik Patel, Veronica Maria Paz, Justin Russell Peake, Marquetta Ronshell Pearson, Sam Taylor Phelps, Deborah Ann Polion, Katherine B. Pope, Chandler Fulton Pritchett, Amanda Louise Pugh, Caroline Arnold Railsback, Justin Marbury Rainer, Christi Lane Rodgers, Jennifer Kate Shields, Ellen Marie Shimkus, Lissette Soto, Chris Lee Tingle, Michelle Renee Turner, Charles Brooks Ward, James Michael Washington, Tyler Sibley Watkins, Gerald Loren Welker, Joseph P. Wheat, Gerald William Wilburn, Caroline Morrison Williams, Cheri Brandy Williams, James Gregory Williams, Bleve Brent Willoughby, Robert Scott Wilson, Felita M. Winn, Melissa Ann Young
UNIONTOWN-Regina Latrice Arrington
VANCE-Shelia Bell Brooks, Courtney Jane Hickey, Olivia Catherine Wooten
VERNON-Justin Michael Freeman
Contact
Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu