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 Tuscaloosa area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:

DOCTORAL DEGREE

KNOXVILLE -- Cristie Anne Sealey

NORTHPORT -- Travis Andrew Bennett, Johnie Elizabeth Gibbs, Jae Chang Kwon

TUSCALOOSA -- Carol Bryan Bussey, Edwin L. Combs, Weidong Guo, Martha Mehaffey Hocutt, Feng Huang, Julia Griffith Kees, Peter Marston Letcher, Thomas Scott Lyons, Douglas Waites Milligan, Bruce Allen Prescott, Samory Toure Pruitt, Willard W. West Jr.

MASTER’S DEGREE

COALING -- Rebecca Ann Zark

COTTONDALE -- Mary Pauline Davis, Jennifer Lee Joiner, Amanda Keesha Poe

FAYETTE -- Emily Nichole Morgan

MILLPORT -- Traci Michelle Aldridge

MOUNDVILLE -- Tracy L. Boothe

NORTHPORT -- Allyson Bennett, Scott Andrew Beville, Kellee Renee Bivens, Benjamin Harold Cabler, Zachary Aaron Crawford, Tina Willis Fitch, Richard L. Flight, Kelli Elizabeth Olive, William C. Thompson Jr.

TUSCALOOSA -- Ariela Aaron, Kerry Gilbert Brothers, Sandra Passerini Champion, Linda D. Cheatum, Lei Chen, Salma Chowdhury, Jenifer Howell Clements, Connie Walker Coleman, Amy Lawson Cooper, Alexander E. Deal, Frances M. Degraffenried, Qin Dong, Robin Carol Ethridge, Xuebing Feng, Effie Jean Fields, Rondee Jeanette Gaines, Shawn E. Gardner, Vamshi K. Gillipalli, Kristyn Nichole Goode, Deborah L. Harrell-Bond, Kimberly Jill Hayes, Huan He, Jin He, Rongcai Huang, Elizabeth Lynn Johnson, Donia Lee Jones, Eric J. Jones, Rafi-Ud-Din Khawaja, Michael Pigott Koger Sr., Sangeeta Krishnan, Kaiyu Liu, Juan Carlos Llinas Villa, Angela Karen Lyle, Hong Ma, Xiaoxiao Ma, Amit Madan, Carey Nash Marsh, Lindsey Marie McAlpin, Tyya Sherell Milliner, Susan Ward Morris, Veena Nadella, David Jay Patterson, Walter Lee Patton, Charles Pendleton Redwine, Dennys Miguel Rondon Lopez, Cassie Williams Skaggs, Ramji Srinivasan, Leslie Michele Swanson, Tian Tang, Chien-Nee Tee, Gopal Krishan Uppal, Pailin Vongseng, Melissa Gayle Webb, Jinghua Yang, Hiu Shan Yau, Ji Zhang.

WOODSTOCK -- Patricia R. Powell

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

AKRON -- Harmony Marie Niblett

ALICEVILLE -- Randy De'Shawn Gibson, Tameka Latrece Lavender

BRENT -- William Bart Davis, William Cameron Mayfield, Jeremy Clint Moore

BROOKWOOD -- Adrienne Mahan Hatter, Lance William Holloway, Dan Weatherford Sullivan, Robin Leigh Taylor.

BUHL -- Michael Bradley Porter, Christopher M. Shirley

CARROLLTON -- Michael Thomas Clemmons, Beverly Dee Colvin, Benjamin Powell Curry III, Jana Nicolle Grayson, Angela Faye Huffman, Matthew Ross Irvin

CENTREVILLE -- Matricia Denise Hogue, Joseph Collins Johnson, Daniel D. McMillan

COALING -- Bethany Ellan Brown

COKER -- Lori Roberts Poole, April Nicole Redd

COTTONDALE -- Sandra Michelle Ambrose, Terry Jackson Bunn Jr., Mary Frances Burnette, Kimberly Jo Camp.

DUNCANVILLE -- Brenda Simmons Brasfield, Gilbert C. Brown, Frank Daniel Mathews.

ELROD -- Brandon L. Harbin

EMELLE -- Adrian Daniel Everett

ETHELSVILLE -- Gayla Antigone Pate

EUTAW -- Margaretta Elizabeth Bir, Altreece Denise Snoddy

FAYETTE -- Carol Jean Robbins

GALLION -- Barbara M. Henderson, Stephen Joseph Lewis.

GORDO -- Charles Blake Bedsole, Cristin Leigh Duren, Susan Quinn Johnson, Stephanie Nikki Simpson

GREENSBORO -- Charles Jonathan Boozer, Doris C. Sewell

KENNEDY -- Donna Annette Crowley

LINDEN -- Tara Elizabeth Hill

MARION -- Kristy Lorraine Walton, Tracee' Lashawn Ward

MOUNDVILLE -- Sara Michael Chandler, Heather Renee Cunningham, Jolena Simone Epps, Christina Marie Keeney, Robert Burrell Lake, Ashley G. Wilson

MYRTLEWOOD -- Thomas Brian Jowers, Thomas Brandon Thurber

NORTHPORT -- Rebecca Lynn Arvay, Nina Marie Bigham, Julie Carol Booth, Bruce Wayne Boswell, Jamie L. Boyd, Keith Alan Boyd, Jessica Dean Bradford, James David Brown, Kristen Marie Carney, David Addison Carter, Holly Leanne Cole, Ronnie Scott Collins, Mary Caroline Crownover, Trent Julian Davis, Dana Shea Deason, Emily Suzanne Dillard, Emily Rene' Galloway, Kimberly Lien Glick, Haylee Elaine Gordon, Michael Andrew Gore, Leigh Tyler Hagler, Brian Lee Hass, Amber Renee Henderson, Christina Marie Hiler, Erin Michelle Holdefer, Amanda Ellen Hollyhand, Eddie Lee Koen, Li-Kan Lin, John Andrew McCartney, Juanita Franklin McMath, Linda Jean Mills, Jennifer Ryan Nicholson, Peyton Joseph Nicholson, Charles Houston Parrish, Jennifer Kathleen Peirano, Andrea Leigh Pope, Jonathan Newton Posey, Valerie Louise Powell, Addam B. Prewitt, Laurie Anne Ridley, Ashley Helena Roberts, Jo Whitney Rose, Hilda Blair Ross, Trenton Parker Shepherd, Ann Marie South-Dollar, Robin Louise Stevenson, Darren Edward Surman, Michael Joseph Terry, Katie Marie Vaughn, Kerri Lynn Wheatley, Roshunda Abrams Williams, Justa Powell Willingham, Jamie Marie Yates.

RALPH -- Robert Jason Crane, Laurie Beth McCracken.

REFORM -- Eugenia Rena Bradford, Jessica Doss, Tiffine Unian Horton.

SWEET WATER -- Sheila A. Rodgers

TUSCALOOSA -- Davin Jason Addison, Ayham Fikrat Al-Hafez, Allison Altom, Mary Lee Anderson, April Leigh Barnette, Brett Alan Battles, Terri Dunn Berling, Jennifer Ann Biladeau, Brenda Mechelle Brasfield, Amanda Leigh Brewer, Melissa Lin Bridges, Shannon Dwight Brown, Tyler Eugene Bryan, Anna Elizabeth Buchalter, Brooke Suzanne Buckner, Kimberly Jean Burrow, Hyacinth Amber Cappie, Cynthia Jane Caraway, Shirley Allen Carr, Chadwick Dustin Carraway, Ginger Lynn Carroll, Demetrice Michelle Carter, Jeffrey Jared Case, Jessica Leigh Chancey, Allyson Rae Clem, Helen Milam Cochrane, Stacy Elizabeth Cochrane, Ryan Neal Connell, Casey Love Cook, George P. Cooper, Marilyn Jo Cooper, Nathan David Coronado, Nathan Gregory Craig, Jason Michael Crowder, Tara Layne Cuccio, Kathleen Alexandra D'Souza, Julie Victoria Davis, Patrick Scott Davis, Tiffany Michelle Davis, Erica Reshae Day, Eugene Raymond Deakyne, David Ryan Dearman, John Lamar Dewitt, Damian Anne Drennen, Michael Lynn Dubose Jr., Theresa Ko'Me Edwards, James Justin Ellis, Rhonda Leigh Ellis, Amanda Elaine Fagerstrom, Satonia Renee Fields, Andrea Patrice Fitzpatrick, Ashley Lynn Fulgham, Jonathan David Garrison, Pamela Kristen Graham, Kelly Lynne Green, Matthew Lowell Gregory, Karen Alicia Griffis, Laquetta Vene'a Hall, Maquetta Rene'a Hall, Peyton Lanier Hallman, Carla Marie Harper, Regina Patrice Harris, Lindsay Erin Herrington, Jennifer Hill, Christopher Michael Hoffer, Jeffrey Shane Hogg, Amanda Elizabeth Holliman, Joshua Keith Howell, Leslie Diane Howerton, Yin-Chieh Hsu, Jason Michael Hudson, John Cavan Huggins, Deshawn Kelvin Hughes, Susan Diane Hughes, Charissa Lashon Hughley, Nahman Hussain, Holly Clair Inman, Andrew Glenn Johanson, Matthew S. Johns, Calvin Damond Johnson, Fatima Jewan Johnson, Lanita Faye Jones-Bostic, Crystal Georgette Jones, Misty Shanay Joseph, Emily Anne Kellen, Drury Blake Kelley, Minkil Kim, Brian Jerome Kimbrell, Jared Leigh King, Sabrina Dawn Kirkland, Gregory David Kitchens, John William Koster, Philip Andrew Lee, Kathleen E. Lysaught, Donna Tramaine Mackey, Enrique V. Malpica Sanchez, Ryan Ashley Maltby, Wilburn Jewett Manderson, Jessica Brooke Maness, Bennett Whitney Mansfield, Jeni Charisse Marshburn, Michael Jerrode Martin, Luis Alexandre Martins, Alice Anne Maxwell, Olagbemiga Abimbola Mayowa, Daniel Matthew McAllister, Marti Jo McCaleb, Andrea Laura McCarver, Andrea McCoy, Chance Watson McDaniel, Jayeson E. McDonald, Brendon Phillippe McHugh, Randy McMillion Sr., Iris Yanette Merida, Christopher Joseph Meyer, Samantha Christy Meyer, Franklin Burke Miles, Clint Winfield Miller, Leslie Carmen Mills, Susan Rebekah Moak, Carmen Nicole Moore, Mohammed Sarwar Morshed, Erin Elaine Mosely, Paul Richard Mulhern Jr., Michael A. Mullen, Courtney Chanel Murchison, Athanasios M. Murphree, Lauren Brooke Neighbors, Joshua Adam Nelson, Christina Renee Newell, Gautam Ramarao Nuthakki, Michael Watson O'Neal, Stephanie Brown Patton, Jennifer Marie Phillips, Andrea Denise Poe, Parketta Lashan Pope, Natalie Ann Porter, Katherine Denise Powell, Mark William Premo-Hopkins, Joshua Alan Rainey, Elizabeth Diana Reed, Rebecca Lauren Reed, Kristi Leigh Reid, Nicole Crystal Rhodes, Timothy Mark Robinson, Jennifer Leigh Romain, Cynthia Diane Rowland, Amanda Regina Schuber, David Kennedy Scott, Tequilla Shalaine Seay, Nathan E. Shattuck, Barton Henley Shaw, Mark Edward Simpson, Eddie Brian Skipper, Christen Camille Smallwood, Cynthia I. Smith, Shawn Kevin Spier, Carly Akers Standridge, Steven John Stelk II, Kristin Brooke Sterner, Teri Lyn Stewart, Mary Danielle Stubbs, Keshawnia M. Swanigan, Elizabeth Miller Swann, Jennifer Lynn Terry, James Lloyd Thomas, Kenneth Develle Thomas, Kimberly R. Thomas, Charles Bennett Thompson, Jason Douglas Tillman, Amy Laurie Tingle, Zanetta Lynn Tolbert, Le'Tia Marie Tolliver, Yoko Wada, Crystal Nicole Ward, Jamie Lee Watkins, William Andrew Watson, Eloise Hopson Webb, Shernay Antoinette Wells, Joseph P. Wheat, Wendy Lyn Wilburn, Latonel Anthony Williams, Meisha Lashea Williams, Shaud Ra'Shae Williams, Kristen E. Williamson, Laura Elizabeth Wood, Ann Claire Wuestefeld, Richard Joseph Wyatt, Tao Xie, Clint D. York, Melissa Ann Young.

VANCE -- Steven Randall Horton, Paula Michelle Jennings, Cally Robbins,

VERNON -- Victoria McDonald Casson, Carl Joseph Fulmer