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Graduate Oath
s I embark on my career, now an alumnus of The Graduate School at Augusta
University, I pledge that I will represent my discipline honorably by conducting myself
and my professional endeavors in a manner that is always above reproach. I will strive
to show compassion, embrace diversity, and above all, uphold excellence that I should
become a worthy role model and ambassador of Augusta University.
With this affirmation, I acknowledge and honor the contributions of those who have preceded me,
while seeking truth and the advancement of knowledge in all my actions. I will always remember
to act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling, and incorporate both the art and science
of my profession in the products of my labor. I will incorporate ethical and moral principles that
constitute integrity in all that I do, and faithfully ensure that the results of my professional activities
ultimately benefit our world.
A
Message From The Dean
The Graduate School, founded in 1965, awards masters, specialist and doctoral degrees in more
than forty-nine programs. This year our enrollment exceeds 900 students. Our Graduate School
faculty members hold primary appointments in the Colleges of Allied Health Sciences, Arts,
Humanities & Social Science, Business, Dentistry, Education, Medicine, Nursing, Science &
Mathematics, and the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences. These faculty members all
demonstrate special talents in research, scholarship and graduate education.
The mission of The Graduate School is to provide a rich intellectual, academic and research
environment for educating students to become leaders in discovery, dissemination, and application
of knowledge.
The Graduate School continually strives to recruit the best faculty and students, and works to create
an open environment for intellectual pursuit. Graduation is not the culmination, but simply an
important step in the process of life-long learning. We hope that the Graduate School at Augusta
University represents a fit for life for all students and graduates.
Best wishes and continued success to all our graduates!
Mitchell A. Watsky, PhD
Dean, The Graduate School
Ceremony
Friday, May 29, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.
Virtual Presentation
Welcome Mitchell A. Watsky, PhD Dean, The Graduate School
Remarks Brooks Keel, PhD
President, Augusta University
CEO, AU Health System
Graduation SpeakerGretchen B. Caughman, PhD
Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
ReflectionsMitchell A. Watsky, PhD Dean, The Graduate School
Presentation of the 2020 Graduating Class
Graduate Oath Michael G. Ehrie
College of Nursing, 2020 Doctor of Nursing Practice Graduate
Closing Remarks x Mitchell A. Watsky, PhD Dean, The Graduate School
Doctoral Graduates
Doctor of Philosophy
BRINDA NIKHIL BHATT
Dissertation Role of Ufl1 in CD8+ Memory T Cell Survival and Function
Advisor Nagendra Singh, PhD
Associate Professor
Program Biochemistry & Cancer Biology
SHANKRAPPA DEVI BOGGUPALLI
Dissertation Defining the Role of Tropomyosin-1C in Cargo Transport in Drosophila
Advisor Graydon Gonsalvez, PhD
Associate Professor
Program Biochemistry & Cancer Biology
AARON EN KUANG FAN
Dissertation Using Peptide-based Vaccines to Enhance Adoptive Cell Therapy with
Genetically Engineered T cells
Advisor Esteban Celis, M.D., PhD
Professor
Program Molecular Medicine
WATSON P. FOLK
Dissertation The E2F1 Corepressor BIN1 is a Novel Tumor Suppressor RB1-Binding
Cofactor for Cell-Cycle Arrest and Genomic Instability
Advisor Daitoku Sakamuro, PhD
Associate Professor
Program Biochemistry & Cancer Biology
CLAUDIA ANNE FULMER
Dissertation Gene Regulation by the Putative Campylobacter Jejuni Diguanylate Cyclase
CbrR
Advisor Stuart Thompson, PhD
Professor
Program Biochemistry & Cancer Biology
HELEN E. KAISER
Dissertation The Role of Kynurenine, a Tryptophan Metabolite that Increases with Age, in
Muscle Atrophy
Advisor Mark Hamrick, PhD
Regents’ Professor
Program Cellular Biology & Anatomy
HUIPING LIN*
Dissertation Cell Drinking: A Closer Look at How Macropinocytosis Drives Cholesterol
Uptake in Atherosclerotic Vessels
Advisor Gabor Csanyi, MD
Assistant Professor
Program Vascular Biology
TING LIU
Dissertation Role of Class III Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase in the Renal Proximal Tubule
Advisor Jian-Kang Chen, MBBS
Associate Professor
Program Cellular Biology and Anatomy
YUJIAO LU*
Dissertation Neuron-Derived Estrogen and Neural Function
Advisor Darrell Brann, PhD
Professor
Program Neuroscience
MERRY WENLAN MA*
Dissertation Role of NADPH Oxidase following Traumatic Brain Injury
Advisor Darrell Brann, PhD
Professor
Program Neuroscience
DALEY A. MORERA*
Dissertation Glycosaminoglycans, Chondroitinase, and Molecular Subtypes in Bladder
Cancer
Advisor Vinata Lokeshwar, PhD
Professor, Department Chair
Program Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
LAUREN PRUSINSKI FERNUNG*
Dissertation Early Life Environmental and Hormonal Exposure and Race-Related Influence
on the Human Stem Cell Populations in Fibroid and Myometrial Tissues Leads
to Compromised Genomic Integrity and Increased Fibroid Tumorigenesis
Advisor Ayman Al-Hendy, M.D., PhD
Professor
Program Molecular Medicine
JING SUN
Dissertation False Coverage Rate- Adjusted Smoothed Bootstrap Simultaneous Confidence
Intervals for Selected Parameters
Advisor Santu Ghosh, PhD
Assistant Professor
Program Biostatistics
*PhD with Distinction
Doctor of Education with a Major in Educational Innovation Presented by: Megan Buning, PhD, Assistant Professor
JEANA O’NEILL AYCOCK
Dissertation An Exploration of Elementary Students’ Perspectives on Participating in a Prosocial Behavior Support Program
Advisor Megan Buning, PhD & Molly Quinn, PhD
Concentration Educational Leadership
NATALIE MICHELLE CASON
Dissertation An Exploration of Elementary Students’ Perspectives on Participating in a Prosocial Behavior Support Program
Advisor Megan Buning, PhD & Molly Quinn, PhD
Concentration Curriculum and Instruction
PHYLLIS JUANITA GAMBLE
Dissertation A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Approach to Exploring the Lived
Experiences of Participants in Georgia’s P-20 Collaboratives
Advisor Megan Buning, PhD & Molly Quinn, PhD
Concentration Curriculum and Instruction
BILL BLOUNT HAMILTON
Dissertation The Influence of Instructional Rounds on Teacher Metacognition in a Middle School Context: A Mixed Methods Study
Advisor Megan Buning, PhD & Molly Quinn, PhD
Concentration Curriculum and Instruction
BARIA LESHEA JENNINGS
Dissertation The Influence of Instructional Rounds on Teacher Metacognition in a Middle
School Context: A Mixed Methods Study
Advisor Megan Buning, PhD & Molly Quinn, PhD Concentration Educational Leadership
JOE HENRY LOTT
Dissertation An Exploration of Elementary Students’ Perspectives on Participating in a Prosocial Behavior Support Program
Advisor Megan Buning, PhD & Molly Quinn, PhD
Concentration Educational Leadership
CAROL WILLYN MAPLE
Dissertation A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Approach to Exploring the Lived
Experiences of Participants in Georgia’s P-20 Collaboratives
Advisor Megan Buning, PhD & Molly Quinn, PhD
Concentration Curriculum and Instruction
FELINA RAE MCCOY
Dissertation A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Approach to Exploring the Lived
Experiences of Participants in Georgia’s P-20 Collaboratives
Advisor Megan Buning, PhD & Molly Quinn, PhD Concentration Curriculum and Instruction
LAUREN A. OCAK
Dissertation An Exploration of Elementary Students’ Perspectives on Participating in a Prosocial Behavior Support Program
Advisor Megan Buning, PhD & Molly Quinn, PhD
Concentration Educational Leadership
KATHERINE MARIE SCOGGINS
Dissertation The Influence of Instructional Rounds on Teacher Metacognition in a Middle School Context: A Mixed Methods Study
Advisor Megan Buning, PhD & Molly Quinn, PhD
Concentration Secondary Education Mathematics
HOLLY ALLEN TOWNSEND
Dissertation The Influence of Instructional Rounds on Teacher Metacognition in a Middle
School Context: A Mixed Methods Study
Advisor Megan Buning, PhD & Molly Quinn, PhD
Concentration Secondary Education English
Doctor of Nursing Practice Presented by: Pamela Cook, DNP, RN, NE-BC, Associate Professor
KAY M. AGROVES
Project An Educational Policy Initatitive to Improve Maternal & Fetal Mortality Rates in Georgia
MARISSA KELLY BYRD
Project PrEP in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Educational Intervention SHONKEISHA LETITIA BYRD
Project Evaluation of A Quality Improvement Project to Optimize Nurses Knowledge to
Provide Heart Failure Education Prior to Discharge
YESENIA CASTRO
Project A Practice Update on the Evidence-Based Guideline for Prevention, Intervention
and Management of Childhood Obesity
JESSICA L. COKER
Project Improving Provider Attitude of Pharmacogentics: A Focus on Antidepressants
CHARLAINE CONGER
Project PrEP in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Educational Intervention MICHAEL GRANT EHRIE
Project Early Identification of Sepsis and Adherence to the Latest Evidence-Based
Guidelines: A Performance Improvement Initiative for Advanced Practice Nurses
LAUREN EUGENIA FESPERMAR
Project Implementation and Evaluation of Analgesia and Sedation and Spontaneous
Awakening Breathing Trial Protocols in Intensive Care Units: A Continuous Quality Improvement Project
KAYLA SONDRIA FREEMAN
Project Youth Obesity: Implementation of an Education Process to Reduce Screen Time and
Increase Physical Activity
CHRISTIAN PHILIP GIBBS
Project A Quality Improvement Project Related to Opioid Prescribing Practices in Primary
Care
VALERIE RENEE GRENALD
Project A Practice Update on the Evidence-Based Guideline for Prevention, Intervention
and Management of Childhood Obesity
KIMBERLY NATSON HALL
Project An Educational Program Plan for Medical Providers in the Rural Community Care
Setting on the Benefits of Psychiatric E-consultation Utilization
TANYA R. HALL
Project Quality Improvement Project to Enhance Follow Up Processes for Persons
Presenting with Asympotmatic Hypertension in the Emergency Department
ROBERT ADAM HARDY
Project An Evidence-based Program Plan for HIV Screening in Rural Primary Care
LACY ELIZABETH LALLY
Project Combating Antibiotic Overuse and Misuse in Urgent Care
JENNIFER LYNN LOGAN
Project Improving Provider Attitude of Pharmacogentics: A Focus on Antidepressants
TAYLOR P. LOGUE
Project Evaluation of the Impact of Educational Intervention in Prediabetes
MELISSA ANN SHEESLE LONG
Project Postpartum Depression Screening in Pediatric Primary Care: An Educational
Intervention
CHRISTEN ELIZABETH MCCABE
Project Improving Self-Management in Heart Failute Patients: A Primary Care Education
Initatiative
STEVEN ALLEN MOON
Project A Quality Improvement Project Realted to Opioid Prescribing Practices in Primary Care
DE’MONICA SWANTESE NEAL
Project Quality Improvement Project to Enhance Follow Up Processes for Persons Presenting with Asympotmatic Hypertension in the Emergency Department
MAGGIE ELIZABETH NORMAN
Project Increasing Awareness of the Current Anti-Obesity Medication Guidelines Through
Provider Education
LAUREN NICOLE NOXSEL
Project An Educational Program Plan for Medical Providers in the Rural Community Care
Setting on the Benefits of Psychiatric E-consultation Utilization
CARA HANNAH OVERSTREET
Project An Evidence-based Program Plan for HIV Screening in Rural Primary Care
NICOLE REINECKE POWELL
Project Youth Obesity: Implementation of an Education Process to Reduce Screen Time and
Increase Physical Activity
CHELSEY ELANA PYE
Project Imprementation and Evaluation of Analgesia and Sedation and Spontaneous
Awakening Breathing Trial Protocols in Intensive Care Units: A Continuous Quality Improvement Project
SHANELLE LYNETTE RAIFORD
Project Evaluation of a Quality Improvement Project to Optimize Nurses Knowledge to Provide Heart Faliure Education Prior to Discharge
MORGAN A. ROWE
Project Standardization of Critical Care Orientation in a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit for
Registered Nurses
JACEY LAINE SALLEY
Project Evaluation of the Impact of Educational Intervention in Prediabetes
AKOSUA FREMA SARFO
Project Imprementation and Evaluation of Analgesia and Sedation and Spontaneous
Awakening Breathing Trial Protocols in Intensive Care Units: A Continuous Quality
Improvement Project
ANNALEE H. SNYDER
Project Combating Antibiotic Overuse and Misuse in Urgent Care
ELIZABETH MORAN TYSON
Project Evaluation of the Education and Use of an Electronic Veno-Occlusive Disease
(VOD) Risk Calculator or an Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Unit
ERIN M. WEBB
Project Implementation and Evaluation of Analgesia and Sedation and Spontaneous Awakening Breathing Trial Proctocols in Intensive Care Units: A Continous Quality
Improvement Project
JENNIFER WRIN WOOD
Project Evaluation of Negative Outcomes of Prolonged Length of Stay in Trauma Patients
in an Emergency Department
MELISSA H. ZEAGLER
Project Increasing Awareness of the Current Anti-Obesity Medication Guidelines Through
Provider Education
Specialists Graduates
Specialist in Education with a Major in Advanced Educational Studies Presented by: Rebecca Harper, PhD, Assistant Professor
Laura Burns Cartledge
Kristin N. DeLoach
Alison Denise Hatchett
Kathryne Rebecca Jones
Olga Malin
Kirsten Elizabeth Pitock
Jennifer Carole Robertson
Matthew Brendan Ryan
Aimee Elizabeth Smith
Katrena Taylor-Springs
Britton Campbell Terrell
Meredith Lynn Thomason
Lindsey Rae Weidenaar
Specialist in Education with a Major in Educational Leadership
Angela Lynn Rogers David Solomon Tucker
Masters Graduates
Master of Arts Intelligence and Security Studies Presented by: Craig Douglas Albert, PhD, Associate Professor
Eric Scott Garrett
Hellen Taylor Hanks Christopher William Hennigan
Elizabeth M. Martin
Alexandra J. Montesclaros Rachelle Deanne O’Neil
Master of Business Administration Presented by: Rick Franza, Dean, Professor
Mohamed E. Awad
Rodney She Ferguson
Aaaron Kyle Henson
Dafna Lapidot
Master of Education with a Major in Counselor Education Presented by: Margaux Brown, PhD, Assistant Professor
Christopher C. Colwell
Tawn Shaquelle Middelton
Tevin Shaquelle Middleton
Master of Education with a Major in Educational Instruction Presented by: Ashley Gess, PhD, Assistant Professor
Khalid Ahmed
Micheal Patrick Burns
Nibras Clapp
Sarah Ashley Dowdy
Marilyn S. Eastman
Beverly Yvonne Franqui
Camille Catherine Gee
Sameh Zakaria Said Ibrahim
Mary Claire Jenkins
Nassim Kouba
Michell Lynn Paterson
Sara Sharif
Rebecca Szybura
Faouz Touay
Master of Education with a Major in Educational Leadership
Hannah Pauline Crawford Clifton Blakey Sticher
Master of Public Administration Presented by: William Hatcher, PhD, Associate Professor
Marcus Melvin Allen
John Christopher Cannon
Jessika Marie Douglas
Garrett Lee Dragano
Carla Louise Hamann
Junsoung Kim
Ashley Shena Leonard
Michael Lawrence Siegner
Ruby Parveen Syed
Gregory George Ulseth
Ashley Marie White
Master of Public Health Presented by: Vivian Dicks, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor
Wesley Allen Black
Carley Nicole Borrelli
Caroline W. Cook
Frank Costello Halima Nana Sayyed Gerba
Angela S. Hickson
Tara Koehler
Andrew Lukas
Ian Chrisopher Nichols Kaleb Jakim White
Master of Science with a Major in Allied Health Presented by: Judith Anglin, PhD, RDN, LD, Associate Professor
Hannaj Kathleen Bieze
Hannah Rebecca Burman
Laycee R. Claes Chelsea N. Cotugno
Kathryn Elizebeth Dodds
Irene Margaret Erich
Monica A. Fayik
McKinsey Ray Fiveash
Isabelle Anne Foster Emsley Peyton Jones
Bailey Anne Joyner
Yeo J. Lee
Master of Science with a Major in Biostatistics Presented by: Jennifer Waller, PhD, Professor
Elizabeth Ann Matznick
Master of Science with a Major in Information Security Management Presented by: Mark Harris, PhD, Assistant Professor
Jasmine Denea Bailey
Diamond C. Dixon Nicholas Wyatt Ellington
Fengchong Kong
Alejandro Tadeo
Sandra Griswell Tharpe
Don Jessie Welch
Master of Science with a Major in Kinesiology
Jenna Kate Ansley Andrea Michelle Holloway
Leann Elizabeth Grayson
Master of Science in Medical Illustration Presented by: Amanda Behr, MA, Associate Professor
Benjamin Marshall Brown
Anna Beth Demario Weston Douglas Dewolff
Keri Leigh Jones
Amanda Marissa Manowski
Victoria Bailey Rogers Katharine Marr Thompson
Megan Elise Ward
Master of Science with a Major in Oral Biology
Nicole Shannon Widjaja
Master of Science with a Major in Psychology Presented by: Sabina Widner, PhD, Professor
Delesha Nikkole Greene Casey Brooke Lewis
Congratulations from The Graduate School
To Our Graduates:
When you began this journey, we know your minds and hearts were full of excitement, hope, and perhaps
a little trepidation.
Throughout your journey- each unique in its own way- there may have been speed bumps, and wonderful surprises, but you kept going, applying the tenacity, work ethic, and intellect that we always knew you
possessed. We are honored to have been here to cheer you on, hold your hand, and listen to your challenges
and wins. Together, we overcame the hurdles, and we feel lucky to have supported you along the way.
Today, we celebrate your endeavors, and congratulate you on obtaining your goal.
Graduation is not the end. It is a milestone and an invaluable step towards the rest of your life. We encourage
you to keep learning and to keep steadily moving forward with trademark integrity. We like to call The
Graduate School a “Fit for Life,” and we hope what you have learned here will continue to be a fit for your
dreams and aspirations. We have enjoyed getting to know you, and assisting you through your graduate
career. You have truly become family, and your accomplishments inspire and motivate us.
You’re now equipped with endless opportunity, and we know you will go out into the world as worthy
ambassadors of your special talents and abilities. We thank you for your dedication and wish you continued
success as you apply the principles you learned at Augusta University to your professional and personal growth. Just as you brightened our days at The Graduate School, we know you will make a shining impact
on your individual communities. In the words of Henry David Thoreau, “What you get by achieving your
goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” We have watched you all become
polished, competent representatives of Augusta University and The Graduate School, and we are proud of
each of you.
Mitchell Watsky, PhD
Dean, The Graduate School
Patricia Cameron, PhD
Vice Dean, The Graduate School
The Graduate School Administrative Staff
Acknowledgements
A special note of appreciation to the office staff of The Graduate School. Their hard work and caring greatly
assist the students during their tenure at Augusta University.
We also acknowledge the tireless dedication of our faculty to the education of our students.
A grateful thank you to The Graduate School Alumni Association.
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