ACADEMIC HONORS WEEK MARCH 30-APRIL 3, 2020 GRADUATE ACADEMIC HONORS CONVOCATION MARCH 30, 2020 Grand Gallery, Smith Hall 4 p.m. UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC HONORS CONVOCATION APRIL 3, 2020 Moody Music Building Concert Hall, 10 a.m. Receptions follow both programs. 1 THIS IS HOW COLLEGE IS MEANT TO BE. For the first 80 years of The University of Alabama’s history, the University and its ACADEMIC HONORS WEEK 2020 College of Arts and Sciences were one in the same In 1911, The University of Alabama’s first professional school was established, expanding the University’s curriculum for the first time beyond the liberal arts Today, the College of Arts and Sciences remains the academic TABLE OF CONTENTS heart of The University of Alabama It plays a central role in the education of all 30,000 of the University’s undergraduates by providing foundational courses in the sciences, humanities, About the College of Arts and Sciences 2 mathematics, social sciences, and the fine and performing arts on which all University Letter from Joseph Messina, Dean of the College 4 disciplines rely The College is the largest of the University’s 12 divisions with approximately 8,500 Graduate Academic Honors Convocation Program 6 undergraduate students and 1,100 graduate students The College employs 480 tenure-track faculty and about 300 staff members It has an annual budget of $95 million and occupies Undergraduate Academic Honors Convocation Program 7 more than 25 campus buildings The College is one of the oldest and largest liberal arts colleges in Alabama and offers Honors Week Events Hosted by the Departments of the College of Arts and Sciences 8 the state’s most comprehensive liberal arts program at both the undergraduate and graduate levels It consists of more than 100 degree programs in 22 academic departments: College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Convocation: American Studies, Anthropology, Art and Art History, Biological Sciences, Chemistry and University and College Graduate Awards 12 Biochemistry, Communicative Disorders, Criminology and Criminal Justice, English, Gender College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Convocation: and Race Studies, Geography, Geological Sciences, History, Mathematics, Modern Languages College Undergraduate Awards 14 and Classics, Music, New College, Philosophy, Physics and Astronomy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, and Theatre and Dance Campus-wide Honors Week Awards 16 For the 2019 fiscal year, research centers and departments in the College of Arts and Sciences generated over $31 million in contract and grant funding National Alumni Association Awards 18 Our chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was founded in 1851, the 12th chapter in the nation to be established and the oldest chapter in the Deep South The nation’s first premedical honor Departmental Graduate and Undergraduate Awards 19 society, Alpha Epsilon Delta, was established here The College has more than 30 active Blount Scholars Program Class of 2020 41 national honor society chapters Arts and Sciences students regularly receive national recognition and have earned 2020 Inductees into Academic Honors Societies in the College of Arts and Sciences 42 15 Rhodes Scholarships, 41 Goldwater Scholarships, 13 Truman Scholarships, and 74 student Fulbright Awards College of Arts and Sciences Peer Advisors 49 Leaders are those who have the ability to think creatively and analyze effectively The College believes that the liberal arts (humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and College of Arts and Sciences Ambassadors 50 mathematics) are the best training ground for these critical thinking skills The College is rich in tradition and academic distinction But, more importantly, it is a place where young Alma Mater 52 men and women come to develop the critical thinking skills that enable them to become the innovators and problem solvers of tomorrow 2 3 A LETTER FROM THE DEAN Joseph Messina, Dean Ray White, Senior Associate Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics On behalf of the faculty of the College of Lisa Dorr, Associate Dean of Social Sciences Arts and Sciences, I am pleased to welcome Tricia McElroy, Associate Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts you to our 2020 Honors Week, a special time Lisa Pawloski, Associate Dean of International Programs each year when we celebrate scholarship Roger Sidje, Associate Dean of Multicultural Affairs I extend a very warm welcome to parents, John Wingard, Assistant Dean and Director of Student Affairs grandparents, family, and friends of the honorees We are delighted to have you on DEPARTMENT CHAIRS campus On the academic calendar of this College, there are only two occasions of such significance Edward Tang, Department of American Studies that they symbolize what we as a liberal arts college are about They are Honors Week and Keith Jacobi, Department of Anthropology Graduation Both celebrate achievements we all share—students, faculty, and parents Jason Guynes, Department of Art and Art History Behzad Mortazavi, Department of Biological Sciences Honors Week recognizes the best among us—undergraduates and graduate students, who, Greg Szulczewski, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry by their abilities and hard work, have achieved academic distinction This book officially Angela Barber, Department of Communicative Disorders records those accomplishments The many events that are held this week give us opportunity Ariane Prohaska, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice to reflect on the hard work, steadfast sense of purpose, and love of learning that our honorees have exhibited in achieving excellence in so many subject areas I am never prouder of the David Ainsworth, Department of English fine students in the College of Arts and Sciences than I am during Honors Week I know Utz McKnight, Department of Gender and Race Studies I share that pride with our faculty and, most importantly, the parents of our honorees Douglas Sherman, Department of Geography Fred Andrus, Department of Geological Sciences Thank you for being with us for this special week We welcome you to the College of Arts Andrew Huebner, Department of History and Sciences and congratulate our students on their extraordinary academic successes David Cruz-Uribe, Department of Mathematics Douglas Lightfoot, Department of Modern Languages and Classics Sincerely yours, Charles Snead, School of Music Julia Cherry, New College Richard Richards, Department of Philosophy Joseph Messina, Ph D Patrick LeClair, Department of Physics and Astronomy Dean and Professor Joseph Smith, Department of Political Science Fran Conners, Department of Psychology Russell McCutcheon, Department of Religious Studies Sarah M. Barry, Department of Theatre and Dance 4 5 THE 2020 GRADUATE THE 2020 UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC HONORS CONVOCATION ACADEMIC HONORS CONVOCATION The College of Arts and Sciences The College of Arts and Sciences Grand Gallery, Smith Hall Concert Hall, Moody Music Building Joseph Messina, Dean Joseph Messina, Dean Presiding Presiding Welcome Prelude Performed by The University of Alabama Graduate Awards Dr. Faythe Freese, Professor of Organ Susan Carvalho Welcome Dean of the Graduate School Dean’s Award of Merit The College of Arts and Sciences College Awards Hazel Phelps Jones Prize Joseph Messina Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor Distinguished Undergraduate Scholar Awards Woodrow Alvin Davis Family Student-Athlete Award Departmental Graduate Awards The Lin Olin Endowed Scholarship Representatives of the Departments National Alumni Association and Campus Awards Conclusion College of Arts and Sciences Departmental Awards Reception Recognition of Other Honored Students Conclusion The University of Alabama Alma Mater Directed by Julia Schwendenmann Reception 6 7 HONORS WEEK EVENTS DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EVENT: English Honors Reception HOSTED BY THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE DATE: Thursday, April 2, 2020 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES TIME: 5:30 p m PLACE: Camellia Room, Gorgas Library DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES EVENT: Anthropology Honors Day Convocation EVENT: Honors Reception DATE: Friday, April 3, 2020 DATE: Friday, April 3, 2020 TIME: 4:00 p m TIME: 1:30 p m PLACE: 10 ten Hoor Hall PLACE: 1000 Bevill Hall DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY EVENT: Art and Art History Honors Convocation and Reception EVENT: History Honors Program DATE: Friday, April 3, 2020 DATE: Friday, April 3, 2020 TIME: 2:00 p m TIME: 3:00 p m PLACE: Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall PLACE: Governor’s Room, Hotel Capstone DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS EVENT: Honors Convocation EVENT: Math Department Honors Reception DATE: Friday, April 3, 2020 DATE: Friday, April 3, 2020 TIME: 2:00 p m TIME: 3:00 p m PLACE: 1014 North Lawn Hall PLACE: 301 Gordon Palmer Hall DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY EVENT: Honors Convocation and Reception DATE: Friday, April 3, 2020 TIME: 1:00 p m PLACE: 1004 Shelby Hall DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS EVENT: Honors Day Reception DATE: Friday, April 3, 2020 TIME: 12:00 p m (Immediately following College ceremony) PLACE: 33 Child Development Research Center DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE EVENT: Honors Luncheon DATE: Friday, April 3, 2020 TIME: 12:30 p m The 212,000 square foot Science and Engineering Complex was completed in summer 2009. PLACE: The University Club It is connected to Shelby Hall on the northeast corner and contains classrooms and laboratories for interdisciplinary sciences and engineering. 8 9 DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES