TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 1,400 degrees at winter commencement ceremonies held Monday, Dec. 15, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.

Dr. Douglas E. Jones, UA professor emeritus of geology and curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Alabama Museum of Natural History, was the featured speaker. Jones also received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree during the event.

Jones, a 1952 UA alumnus, began his teaching career at UA in 1958. In addition to teaching and research activities during his long tenure, Jones served as department head, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, dean of University Libraries, vice president for academic affairs, and executive director of the UA Museums.

With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 187,000 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 Birmingham area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:

JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE

BIRMINGHAM -- 35216 -- Kenneth Scott Steely, 35226 -- Joseph Blair Shores

DOCTORAL DEGREE

BESSEMER -- Margaret Ann Nicholson

BIRMINGHAM -- 35226 -- Gary Shane Sprayberry

McCALLA -- Buffie J. Clodfelder-Miller

MASTER’S DEGREE

ALABASTER -- Robin Donna Cherry

BIRMINGHAM -- 35205 -- Maria T. Dickerson, 35209 -- Betty Jane Love, 35213 -- Prabhu Sundaram, 35216 -- Lea Konjevic, Rosalyn Waseka Nandwa, Ryan Wesley Shaw, 35226 -- Thomas Michael Wagner Jr., 35229 -- Lauren Michelle Taylor, 35242 -- Brooke Amanda Bendall, Krista Lee Oswalt, 35243 -- Lindsey Paige Adair, Ashley Morris Buha

HOOVER -- Dana D. Mims, Katherine J. Morris

HUEYTOWN -- Charles David White

PELHAM -- Tyler Farrior Watts

PLEASANT GROVE -- George Matthew Rainey

SHELBY -- Jon Eric Binkerd

TRUSSVILLE -- Lorrie Dawn Bess

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

ADAMSVILLE -- Scott Wilson Cockrum

ALABASTER -- Sara Lane Alverson, Ellen Cooney Foley, Andrew M. Young

BESSEMER -- Joshua Michael Chandler, Porsche Lashai Pace, Renaldo Lerone Vincent, Allison Dianne Wade, Ashley Shea Watkins, Kourtni Diawn White

BIRMINGHAM -- 35204 -- Nancy Michelle Latham, Andrea D'Nese Pruitt, Angela Monique Pruitt, 35205 -- Ashley Nicole Wallace, 35206 -- Joseph Thomas Cooper, 35207 -- Catherine La'Shun Wright, 35208 -- Maria Alecia Moss, Angela Jeanese Winston, 35209 -- Robert Carl Crowley III, Jessica Jean May, Evita Dionne McClinton, 35210 -- Barbara Erin Huguley, Shelley Rebecca Wirt, 35211 -- Tiffany Lashawn Cotton, Garlana Terese Hill, Tiffani Lasha Stanton, Rico Durell Williams, 35212 -- Holly Rebecca Craig, Kimberly Sibionn Newton, Chanel Yvonne Waters, 35213 -- Mary Amanda Buchanan, Virginia Shelton Denson, Julie Marie Mitchem, Michael Nicholas Pounds, Pamela Melissa Samen, Michael Lee Vann, 35214 -- Clarissa Monique Branch, Sean Jay Lee, Jason Antoine Meadows, Pamela Michelle Singer, Robert William Smith II, 35215 -- Sherrell Stephaneke Brown, Natalie Diane Chambliss, Cristina E. Childs, Russell Lee Sirmans III, 35216 -- Sarah Anne Horning, Amanda Estes Irvin, Aaron Lee Kimbrell, Hunter Charles Martin, Demetri Nicholas Ravanos, Arlando Franqu'Ar Sanders, Charles Reade Taylor, 35218 -- Alonzo Samuel Williams, 35221 -- Prince Jamaar Cleveland, 35222 -- Marcus Lorenzo McGhee, Steven Jay Schneider, Stephen Matthew Sullivan, 35223 -- Bradley Jay Friedman, Stanley John Uncapher, Elizabeth Whitton Ward, 35226 -- Christopher James Barnes, Courtney Shea Carpenter, Rebekah Pruett Ethridge, Shea Christine Furlong, Charles William Reeves, Douglas Sidney Stephen, Jacqueline Lee Wright, 35228 -- Ava Michelle Tabb, Robyn Nicole Young, 35231 -- Kourtlawn Duval Richardson, 35235 -- Raymond Michael Byars, Eric Cornell Delk, Brandy Laurell Dunn, Stephanie Maureen Goforth, Justin Eugene Reed, 35242 -- Pamela Susan Clark, Stephen Martin Figert, Jeb Michael Franklin, Verlandez Jamal Jones, Brian Jon Langlois, Kyler Kerr O'Neill, Catherine Ann Rouzie, Sarah Elizabeth Shelton, Jennifer Leigh Vines, 35243 -- Daniel Christopher Bailey, Jeffrey Tolbert Brewer, Lucian Chad Chappelle, Elizabeth Layne Clifton, Andrew John Flanigan, Christopher E. Honeycutt, Harrie Winfield Wilson, 35244 -- Jennifer Collins Andress, Janet Averett Clark, Laura Kay Dies, David Thomas Garner Jr., Mark Anthony Nelson, Jeremy P. Simmons

BRIGHTON -- Tiffany Janae Davis

CALERA -- Lindsey Leigh Jones

CHELSEA -- Brandy Linn Erwin, Joseph Brett Moore

COLUMBIANA -- Meredith Suzanne Lovelady, Stephanie Nicole Marcum

FAIRFIELD -- Jihan Candance Trone

FULTONDALE -- Sara Nicole Jones, Ranjit Singh Makhija, Robert Matthew Walker

GARDENDALE -- Tamara Dawn Briscoe, Kirk Harris Kelly

HELENA -- Norman Gregory Boyd, Jorden Brooke Hill, Cheryl Lee Marsh, Tresia Latre May, Erika Nikol Penn

HOMEWOOD -- Drayton Hamilton Cosby, Holly Lynn Hasenfuss, Tracey Michele Jasper, Kristen Elizabeth Love, Crispin Bonura Piazza

HOOVER -- April Michelle Barnard, Jennifer Leigh Casey, Jonathan David Cook, Vicki Georgia Fotinos, Jeremy Ryan Gossett, Jonathan G. Hopton-Jones, Wesley Michael Hudson, Libbi Christine Langford, Stephanie Marie Marino, Christopher Robert Nix, Robert Lawrence Peters, Letitia Darice Sanders, Courtney Lyn Waltenburg, Kimberly Lea Weldon, Nicole Ann Zito

HUEYTOWN -- Beth Lea Amason, Charles Brandon Collier, William Gus Gulas, Christopher Owen Parks

IRONDALE -- Michael Shane Brasher, Alton Jerrell Haynes, Alan Wayne Johnson

LEEDS -- Frank Ray Sweatt

McCALLA -- Jennifer Taylor Kelley, Christopher Robin Mattheus, Roni Lynn Shaw

MONTEVALLO -- Matthew Blair Murray

MOODY -- Shaley Kyle Parker

MORRIS -- Jonathan Adam Dunn

PELHAM -- Paul William Estep, Lindsey Christina Evans, Kyle Massey Stephens

PINSON -- Luke Marshall Anthony, Shannon Leigh Yarbrough

PLEASANT GROVE -- Brett Aaron Blalock, Matthew Duane Hamilton

TRUSSVILLE -- Michael Drennen Adkins, Robert L. Brodrecht Jr., Lauren Marie Carr, Jennifer Fay Crandall, Joshua David Jones, Brett Combs Macdonald, William T. Morrison, Lisa Dawn Parker, Lesley Dianne Purcell, Kathleen Iris Watkins

VESTAVIA HILLS -- Ken Edwin Adkisson Jr., Brandon Patrick Boggs, Lauren Elizabeth Carter, Stephen Douglas Daniels, Leslie Ann Kinsaul, Matthew Wayne Stuenkel

WARRIOR -- Dwayne Benton, Ami Renae Cooke, Shay Danielle Joiner, Christopher Ryan Palmore

WATSON -- Travis Sterling Chaffin

WILSONVILLE -- Steven Joseph Ballenger