The Alice Eaves Barns Award Outstanding Achievement in Master’s Program (Previous Winners)
December 2023
Kaelin Rae Allison
M.S.S.W. Social Work
Co-Mentors: Lecturer Mane Martirosyan and Instructor Jennifer Bobo
May 2023
Randall Eric Cole
M.S.S.W. Social Work
Co-Mentors: Professor Anita Barbee and Lecturer Lori Paris
December 2022
Dustin Ray Smith
M.A. Anthropology
Mentor: Assistant Professor Thomas Jennings
Bolaji Michael Ogbulu
M.U.P. Urban Planning and M.P.A. Public Administration
Co-mentors: Associate Professors Aaron Rollins and Sumei Zhang
May 2022
Vickie Stone
M.S.S.W. Social Work
Mentor: Assistant Professor Shawnise Miller
December 2021
Ashley Renee Ezzo
M.A. Anthropology
Mentor: Assistant Professor Kathryn Marklein
May 2021
Meredith Nicole Cahill
M.P.H. Public Health Sciences: Specialization in Epidemiology
Mentor: Associate Professor Kira Taylor
December 2020
Sashauni Johnson
M.S.S.W. Social Work
Mentor: Assistant Professor Heather Storer
May 2019
Miranda Danielle Hale
M.A. Spanish
Mentor: Assistant Professor Lluίs Baixauli-Olmos
December 2018
Allan A. Day
M.A. Anthropology
Mentor: Assistant Professor Angela Storey
May 2018
Brittany Michelle Volpei
M.S.S.W. Social Work
Mentor: Professor Anna Faul
May 2017
Amanda Marie Velez
M.S.S.W. Social Work
Mentor: Professor Seana Golder
May 2016
Deborah Layne Geisler
M.S.S.W. Social Work
Mentor: Professor Anna Faul
December 2015
Sara Ashley Mudd
M.S.S.W. Social Work
Mentor: Professor Anna Faul
May 2015
Mawut M. Mach
M.S.S.W. Social Work
Mentor: Assistant Professor Dru Kemp
December 2014
Dominique Zilpha Jones
M.S. Pharmacology and Toxicology
Mentor: Associate Professor La Creis Kidd
May 2014
James Howard Kent Pugh
M.A. Sociology
Mentor: Assistant Professor Robin Hognas
December 2013
Archana Rai
M.S. Biostatistics: Decision Science
Mentor: Professor Rudolph Parrish
May 2013
Melony Gwen Martinez
M.A. Spanish
Mentor: Co-Chairs Associate Professor Lisa Wagner and Associate Professor Manuel Medina
December 2012
Kendra Elise Hollis
M.S.S.W Social Work
Mentor: Lecturer April Murphy
May 2012
Alexis Marie Bass
M. A. Art (Creative) and Art History
Mentor: Associate Professor Mary Carothers
December 2011
Brentin J. Ocker
M.S. Sport Administration
Mentor: Professor Mary Hums
May 2011
Alice Lannon Maynor
M.S.S.W. Social Work
Mentor: Co-Chair Professor Pamela Yankeelov
Co-Chair Professor Crystal Collins-Camargo
December 2010
Sheila Marie Cuffee Martin
M.S.S.W Social Work
Mentor: Lecturer Carolyn Provenzano
May 2010
Fran S. Ellers
M.S.S.W. Social Work
Mentor: Professor Dana Christensen
May 2009
Charlene Burlew
M.S.S.W. Social Work
Mentor: Professor Carolyn Provenzano
December 2008
Ghanashyam Sharma
M.A. English
Mentor: Professor Beth Boehm
May 2008
Kahlil Gibran Baker
M.S.S.W. Social Work
Mentor: Associate Professor Anna Faul
Basheer Zuhair Hawwash
M.S. Computer Science
Mentor: Associate Professor Olfa Nasraoui