Class Notes

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2011

Kaitlin Hennessy

(BA, Art and Art History, Public Relations) is event rental coordinator at McNay Art Museum in San Antonio.

Justin Ginsberg

(MFA, Art) is glass studio technician in the UT Arlington Department of Art and Art History. He was selected as a finalist for the Saxe Award, given by the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle to the outstanding teaching assistant for summer 2012.

Damodar Dahal

(BS, Mathematics/Management) has opened an eatery called Momos & More south of UT Arlington. The signature dish of Nepal, momos are steamed dumplings filled with meat or vegetables.

Marcus Culpepper

(MA, Criminal Justice and Criminology) is assistant special agent in charge of the Dallas field office, south central region, with the Education Department, Office of Inspector General. A special agent with the ED/OIG since 2000, he oversees 10 special agents who independently conduct investigations to detect fraud, waste, and abuse in programs and operations administered or financed by the Education Department.

Aman Batheja

(MA, Economics) is a reporter for The Texas Tribune, an online news service.

Ruqiyyah Abu-Anbar

(BA, Spanish/English) is pursuing a Master of Public Affairs degree with a focus on social policy at UT Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs.

2010

Richard Kastl

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Sunset High School in Dallas.

Staceee Jones

(BSN) is a registered nurse at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital.

Amy Bishop

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Leonard Middle School in Fort Worth.

Jacob Cortez

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Pearce High School in Richardson.

Toni Estell

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Richardson North Junior High School in Richardson.

Charlotte Ford

(PhD, Public and Urban Administration) is principal at Coble Middle School in Mansfield.

Emily Froese

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Austin Middle School in Irving.

Becky Garner

(MS, Exercise Physiology) is exercise science academic adviser in the Department of Kinesiology at UT Arlington.

Gina Garza

(BA, Public Relations) is community director for the Fort Worth March of Dimes. Her duties include community relations, fundraising, and event planning.

Pennie Green

(BA, Mathematics) teaches math at Joshua High School.

Zoheb Hassanali

(BA, Broadcast Communication) is a news reporter for KTVO-TV in Kirksville, Mo.

Tanisha Williams

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Wallace Elementary School in Richardson.

Snehal Watharkar

(MS, Biomedical Engineering) is a research assistant in radiation oncology with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

James Statham

(BBA, Management) is a purchasing manager at Site Planning Site Development, a specialty landscape construction firm in Arlington.

Niesha Small

(MEd) is dean of instruction at the Young Women’s Leadership Academy, a middle school in Fort Worth.

Jennifer Sanchez

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Daggett Elementary School in Fort Worth.

Brandy Sachs

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Stripling Middle School in Fort Worth.

Angelia Ross

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Handley Middle School in Fort Worth.

Nealie Perkins

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Morningside Elementary School in Fort Worth.

Lorena Perez

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Diamond Hill Elementary School in Fort Worth.

Yvette Nguyen

(BBA, Marketing) is a sustaining engineer lab manager in the avionic systems division at NASA. She also is a member of the Rockets Power Dancers, who perform at Houston Rockets basketball games.

David Muñoz

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Stripling Middle School in Fort Worth.

Bradley D. Anderson

(BS, Economics) is a material requirements planning controller with Lockheed Martin.

Katharine Brandon

(BSN) is a registered nurse for Texas Health Resources at Harris Methodist Southwest in Fort Worth.

Lynn Dehart

(PhD, Public Administration and Policy) is superintendent for the Mount Pleasant Independent School District. Previously, he was superintendent at Maypearl.

Darren Groth

(MCIRP, City and Regional Planning) is gas well manager for the city of Denton. He previously was gas well coordinator for the city of Arlington.

Zoheb Hassanali

(BA, Broadcast Communication) is a news reporter at KTVO-TV in Kirksville, Mo.

Ann Holland

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Rayburn Elementary School in Grand Prairie.

Rebecca Strong

(BA, Public Relations) works at Open Channels Group, LLC, one of the largest minority-owned public relations firms in Texas. She conducts surveys for the Fort Worth Transportation Authority as part of a public affairs campaign for a southeast Fort Worth passenger rail feasibility study.

Madhavi Wagh

(MFA, Visual Communication) is lead graphic designer at Direct Capital Corp., a business loan consulting firm in Portsmouth, N.H.

Julie Gould

(BFA, Art) co-directed the short film 8, which was screened at the South by Southwest festival in Austin in March. The film’s name comes from the jersey number of her late husband, Clay Gould, who played and coached baseball at UT Arlington.

Alyse Corbett

(BA, English) served as an intern for Fort Worth, Texas magazine and has had several articles published.

Sean Bolton

(BA, Communication Technology) is a database programmer focusing on data mining for Ulterra Drilling Technologies, based in Fort Worth.

Pam Brown

(Education Certificate) is dean of instruction for Adams Middle School in Grand Prairie.

Yinsheng Fang

(MS, Materials Science and Engineering) is doing research on photocatalysis at Nanjing Beilida Industry Co., which specializes in decorative gardening products and artistic sculpture, in Nanjing, China.

Sarah Macias

(BA, Broadcast Communication) is a producer and editor at KXII-TV in Sherman.

David Muñoz

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Trimble Technical High School in Fort Worth.

Prashanth Ramesh

(MEngr, Materials Science and Engineering) is a senior chemical engineer with Foamex Innovations (FXI), a developer in foam technology in Seattle.

Diana Rojas

(BA, Broadcast Communication) covered the Dallas Mavericks for Radio Cadena Nacional, Colombia’s national radio and television station.

Alexis Spears

(BA, Broadcast Communication) is a reporter at WOAY-TV in Beckley, W.Va.

Ramkumar Subramanian

(PhD, Materials Science and Engineering) is a senior research scientist for Matheson Tri Gas, a supplier of gases and gas handling equipment based in Longmont, Colo.

Arunya Suresh

(MS, Materials Science and Engineering) is a product engineer/tribologist for NanoMech, which designs materials at nano scale and is based in Springdale, Ark.

Eric Sinha

(BFA, Art) worked with Plano Independent School District students during the summer at iD Tech Camp, teaching them how to design video games and edit film projects.

David Baron Sims

(BBA, Management) is a nursing home administrator for Mesa Springs Retirement Center in Abilene, Texas. He was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity at UT Arlington.

William Nutt

(BA, Anthropology) helped excavate an Etruscan ceramic vessel depicting a woman giving birth as part of the Mugello Valley Archaeological Project, which oversees the Poggio Colla excavation site near Florence, Italy. Nutt, who is legally blind, is a graduate student at UT Arlington.

Rachel Haynes

(BFA, Art) was one of several artists featured in Cutting Edge, a glass art exhibit in Oklahoma City last fall.

Nadia Ayala

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas.

Stephen George

(MA, Linguistics) is working toward a Ph.D. at the University of North Texas.

Iris Bechtol

(MFA, Art) is an adjunct faculty member at Eastfield College in Mesquite. She teaches art appreciation, 3D design, and sculpture. Her work was featured in Big and Bright: New Work from Texas at the Southwestern College Art Gallery in Chula Vista, Calif.

Tiffany Hauck

(BA, English) had her first nonfiction piece, “Marking Time,” published in the April 2012 Hippocampus Magazine.

Zoheb Hassanali

(BA, Broadcast Communication) is a multimedia journalist at WACH-TV in Columbia, S.C. Previously, he was a news/sports reporter at KTVO in Kirksville, Mo.

Jeff Hobbie

(MA, Linguistics) teaches English as a second language in the Intensive English Program at Southern Methodist University.

Todd Hill

(BA, Political Science) is government affairs manager for the Housing Policy Council of the Financial Services Roundtable in Washington, D.C. The council comprises 32 companies that are among the nation’s mortgage finance leaders.

Bongani Mlambo

(BFA, Art) had his work featured in January on the blog Ebony Delights. A Dallas-based artist, designer, photographer, and filmmaker, he has directed six short films and been cinematographer or photography director on more than 20 others.

Ashley Hodo

(MSN) was honored in May as one of the Dallas/Fort Worth Great 100 Nurses. She is a nurse at Texas Health Harris Methodist in Fort Worth.

Wendy Okolo

(BS, Aerospace Engineering) received a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, funded by the Department of Defense. The fellowship covers tuition and required fees for three years, plus a $30,500 stipend for the first year, $31,000 the second year, and $31,500 the third year. She is a student in the B.S. to Ph.D. program in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UT Arlington.

Francisco Moreno

(BFA, Art) was featured in the New American Paintings MFA Annual. He is an MFA student at Rhode Island School of Design.

Rebecca Rury

(BFA, Art) started her own business, Rury Arts, in Midlothian. She specializes in graphic arts, including improving old photos with alternative processes as well as providing website design, printing, and signage.

David Muñoz

(MEd, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) is an assistant principal at Sam Houston High School in Arlington. Previously, he was an assistant principal in the Fort Worth Independent School District.

Anthony Killoran

(BS, Electrical Engineering) is an engineer with Oncor Electric Delivery in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity at UT Arlington.

Joan Khalaf

(BA, Journalism) is intern director at D Magazine.

Meri Elizabeth Geer

(BS, Interior Design) is a textile designer for Feizy Import and Export at the Dallas World Trade Center.

Conner Covington

(BM) is assistant conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. He was invited to participate in the prestigious Malko Conducting Competition in Denmark.

Ross Peyton Richardson

(BA, Political Science) is a contractor with J.D. Caldwell Construction Co. in Fort Worth.

Fanny Ramirez

(’10 BA, French/English; ’12 MA, English) is pursuing a Ph.D. at Rutgers University.

Jamison Powell

(BA, Information Systems) is an account manager for SYS-CON Media in Woodcliff Lake, N.J.

Francisco Moreno

(BFA, Art) is the gallery teacher for The Rachofsky House art collection at The Warehouse in Dallas.

Kevin Carrigan

(BBA, Economics) won the Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Golf Championship in the fall and qualified for the 2013 Canadian Open in July.

Kathelin Buxton

(BA, Public Relations) is an account associate at Linhart Public Relations in Denver.

Litany Brown

(BA, Advertising) is the client manager of a social media campaign team at Standing Dog Interactive, an Internet marketing agency in Dallas.

Rebecca Strong Bartholomew

(BA, Public Relations) is marketing coordinator at Cassidy Turley, a commercial real estate services provider.

Nadia Ayala

(MEd, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) is principal at the International Leadership of Texas Charter School in Dallas.

Carlos Walcott

(MEd, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) is an assistant principal at Gill Elementary School in Dallas.

2009

Chris Aufdembrink

(’09 MA, TESOL) is an instructor in the English Language Institute at UT Arlington.

Enrique Baez

(’09 BS, Civil Engineering) is a resident engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan.

Kim Danek

(’09 BBA, Accounting) is a tax associate at Sanford, Baumeister & Frazier, an accounting firm in Fort Worth. She assists with federal and state compliance and preparation of individual, partnership, and corporate tax filings.

Cecil Touchon

(’09 BFA, Art) displayed his art “The New Beautiful” at the William Campbell Contemporary Art show March 27-April 24 in Fort Worth.

Colleen Doyle

(‘09 MS, Marketing Research) is a project director at RTI Market Research and Brand Strategy in Stamford, Conn. Previously, she was a strategic planner at Javelin Direct in Dallas.

Robert Martin

(’09 Principalship Certification, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) is assistant principal at Everman Junior High School.

Kristin Meyer

(’09 MS, Marketing Research) is an associate project manager for DSS Research, a Fort Worth-based firm specializing in the marketing needs of health insurance organizations.

Marshall Pattie

(’09 PhD, Business Administration) was elected chair of the Augusta County Democratic Committee in Harrisonburg, Va., where he is an associate professor of management at James Madison University.

Vineeth Kolkeri Sheety

(’09 MS, Electrical Engineering) is an iPhone wireless engineer at Apple.

John Brunett

(BS, Athletic Training) is assistant athletic trainer at Trinity High School in Euless.

Mary Cazzell

(PhD) is an assistant professor in the UT Arlington College of Nursing.

Michael Giannetti

(BBA, Finance) is an agent for New York Life Insurance Co. in the Fort Worth-Dallas area.

Maru Iabichela

(MBA) is a manager of hub operations at BNSF Railway Company in Fort Worth.

Emily Toman

(BA, Journalism) is editor of the Far North Dallas and Preston Hollow sections for Advocate Publishing, which compiles magazines and blogs about the Dallas area.

Cecil Touchon

(BFA, Art) is director of the FluxMuseum (fluxmuseum.org) in Fort Worth.

Erika Vega

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Wimbish Elementary School in Arlington.

Rosa Villarreal

(BA, Political Science) is manager of human resources for the Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority.

Breanna Standifer

Alex Alphonse

(MS, Materials Science and Engineering) is an application and sales engineer for Nano-Master in Austin, manufacturer of high-tech specialty semiconductor products.

Jessica Carrillo

(BA, Broadcast Communication/Spanish) is co-host and producer for the entertainment show Acceso Total, where she works with host Victor Cordero for Telemundo in Los Angeles.