COE Graduate Research, Teaching, & Service Awards

Outstanding Research by a Master’s Student
Nicholas T. Barefoot 

Outstanding Teaching by a Master’s Student
 Reginald T. Ryan

Outstanding Research by a Doctoral Student
Battogtokh “Togy” Zagdsuren

Recognition for Excellence in Research by a Doctoral Student
April M. Jones

Outstanding Service by a Graduate Student
Kimberly G. Stephenson

Most Outstanding Thesis
Filiz Akyuz
The Effect of Test-Optional Policies on Student Enrollment Demographics
Chair: Dr. Karri A. Holley

M. Ray Loree Most Outstanding Dissertation
Dr. Wenjing Guo
Exploring Rating Quality in the Context of High-Stakes Rater-Mediated Educational Assessments
Dissertation Chair:  Dr. Stefanie A. Wind

Recognition for Excellence in Dissertation Research
Dr. A. C. Johnson
“I Deserve to Be Here More than Anybody Else”: First-Generation African American Women Doctoral Students’ Experiences at Southern HWIS
Chair: Dr. Karri A. Holley

Recognition for Excellence in Dissertation Research
Dr. Kiara S. Summerville
“…Just Keep Cracking the Ceiling.”: Black Women Student Leaders’ Experiences with Belonging at a Historically White Institution
Chair: Dr. Karri A. Holley

Dissertation Research – Honorable Mention
Dr. Aundrea M. McFall
Self-Regulated Strategy Development and a Low-Intensity Behavior Strategy: Intensified TWA and Mindful Breathing to Improve the Reading Comprehension Skills of Middle School Students with Learning and Behavioral Disorders
Chairs: Dr. Kristine Jolivette; Nicole C. Swoszowski

Dissertation Research – Honorable Mention 
Dr. Briana G. Kidd
Kendred Spirits: An Autoethnographic Account of Composing Closeness between Bars
Chair: Dr. Latrise P. Johnson

Dissertation Research – Honorable Mention
Dr. Brenton R. Powers
Black Men’s Choice Process in Attending a Historically Black College and University Medical School
Chair: Dr. Nathaniel J. Bray

Janice Bargdill Wilson Award for Excellence in Teaching with Children’s Literature
Abigail Arthur & Brianna Hyche 

Judy L. Bonner Award for Nurse Educator of the Year
Jenna Beamer

George H. Stopp Academic Achievement Award
Sarah Yelverton

The University of Alabama Adapted Athletics Academic Award
Parthasarathi Venkatram

Jasper Harvey Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies
Kameron Carden

Tommy Russell Award for Excellence in Doctoral Studies
Allyson Pitzel

Stephen A. Willard Memorial Award
Carolina Kudesey