Focus on Alumni

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Halle Hill

  • Class Year: 2017
  • Major at MC: Religion
  • Senior Thesis Topic: “Evangelicals and Transracial Adoption”
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • Occupation: IT Copywriter, Wake Forest University; published author

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Kyle Duke

  • Class Year: 1997
  • Major at MC: Computer Science/Business
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Nashville, Tennessee
  • Occupation: Chief Information Officer, EvidenceCare; MCAA Board President

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Jessica Altshuler Joyner

  • Class Year: 2009
  • Major at MC: English Literature
  • Senior Thesis Topic: “An Analysis of the poetic works of Carol Ann Duffy”
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Tokyo, Japan
  • Occupation: Community Liaison Officer at the US Embassy of Tokyo; Former Account Executive with The New York Times

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Kirk McNair – Revisited!

  • Class Year: 1967
  • Major at MC: Political Science
  • Senior Thesis Topic: “A comparison of the press relations under President Kennedy and President Johnson”
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Northport, Alabama
  • Occupation: Columnist and reporter for BamaOnLIne.com / CBSInteractive, covering University of Alabama football and men’s basketball

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Jerica Johnson

  • Class Year: 2013
  • Major at MC:  Music & Organization Management
  • Senior Thesis Topic:  “Music, Advertisements, and Marketing”
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Chattanooga, Tenn.
  • Occupation: Talent Acquisition Manager, Hamilton County Schools

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Wesley Bloeme

  • Class Year: 2017
  • Major at MC: Fiance/Accounting
  • Senior Thesis Topic:  “College athletes deserve compensation”  
  • Current Town/City of Residence:  Atalanta, GA
  • Occupation:  President/CEO of WiseGuys Pro-Wash, LLC

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Bill Crews

  • Class Year: 1980
  • Major at MC: Business Administration (Bagpipes and basket weaving interms)
  • Senior Thesis Topic:  “Starting an aircraft dealership”  
  • Current Town/City of Residence:  Spartanburg, SC
  • Occupation:  Aircraft Sales

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William “Bill” Brewer

  • Class Year: 1978
  • Major at MC:  Political Science & Economics
  • Senior Thesis Topic:  “Bakke v California Affirmative Action or Reverse Discrimination”  
  • Current Town/City of Residence:  Walland, TN
  • Occupation:  General Session Judge Blount County Tennessee

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Erin Palmer Polly

  • Class Year: 1999
  • Major at MC:  Political Science
  • Senior Thesis Topic: I honestly don’t remember.”
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Nashville, TN
  • Occupation: Attorney

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Drew Morgan

  • Class Year: 2006
  • Major at MC:  Political Science
  • Senior Thesis Topic: I don’t remember the title. It was on political poetry, which is barely a thing. Tom Conte was my advisor, and he was awesome because he let me do it.”
  • Current Town/City of Residence: New York, NY
  • Occupation: Stand-Up Comedian & Author

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Andi Morrow

  • Class Year: 2009
  • Major at MC:  Theater
  • Senior Thesis Topic: Applying Bertolt Brecht’s Epic Theatre to Modern Works
  • Current Town/City of Residence: New York, NY
  • Occupation: Actress/Writer

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Erin Elisabeth Cawthorn Gomez

  • Class Year: 2012
  • Major at MC:  Spanish & International Studies
  • Senior Thesis Topic: Muslims and Monks: San Juan de la Cruz’s Place Within the Spanish Mystic Tradition        
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Chattanooga, TN
  • Occupation: Attorney

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Emily Layla Emadian Guthe

  • Class Year: 2009
  • Major at MC:  Music Theory & Composition
  • Senior Thesis Topic: The Composition of Jazz Songs Through the Study and Analysis of Selected Jazz Repertoire
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Wickliffe, OH
  • Occupation: Music Therapist

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Maxim Williams

  • Class Year: 2000
  • Major at MC:  Psychology
  • Senior Thesis Topic: Olfaction and its Influence on Anxiety
  • Current Town/City of Residence: San Francisco, CA
  • Occupation: Global Training Design Leader for Apple

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Linda Lee Clowes Moore

  • Class Year: 1972
  • Major at MC:  Sociology
  • Senior Thesis Topic: “Adoption”
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Maryville, Tennessee
  • Occupation: Retired

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Frank Twum-Barimah

  • Class Year: 1990
  • Major at MC:  Business and Organization Management
  • Senior Thesis Topic: “Business as a Calling: The Prevalence of Calling in the Non Profit World”
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Tamale, Ghana
  • Occupation: Humanitarian Emergency Affairs and Security Manager for World Vision International, Ghana.

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KC Cross

  • Class Year: 1990
  • Major at MC:  Business & Economics
  • Senior Thesis Topic: “Human Resources and the Job Interview”
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
  • Occupation: President and CEO Cross Senior Care, owner and operator of several skilled Nursing, Rehabilitation, and Senior Living Centers in the Southeast

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Miranda Talley Reagan

  • Class Year: 2007
  • Major at MC:  Child Development and Learning with Teacher License
  • Senior Thesis Topic: “Best Methods in Elementary Mathematics Instruction”
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Maryville, Tennessee
  • Occupation: 3rd Grade Teacher, Sam Houston Elementary

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Jennifer Martillie Bradley

  • Class Year: 2000
  • Major at MC:  History
  • Senior Thesis Topic: “Southern Macabre, Gender, and Urban Identity: A History of Americana and Country Music”
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Occupation: Architect

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Kaitie Fernandez Lawsony

  • Class Year: 2008
  • Major at MC:  Mathematics
  • Senior Thesis Topic: Kidney Transplantation Optimization
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Raleigh, NC
  • Occupation: Biostatistician

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Mike Minnix

  • Class Year: 1974
  • Major at MC: Philosophy and Religion
  • Senior Thesis Title/Topic: History and Religion in the Time of the Judges
  • Current Town/City of Residence:  Carlisle, Pennsylvania
  • Occupation:  Pastor

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Mark Libell

  • Class Year: 2003
  • Major at MC: History
  • Senior Thesis Title/Topic: Bobby Kennedy’s 1968 Presidential Campaign
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Alexandria, Virginia
  • Occupation:  Assistant Congressional Liaison at the Federal Reserve

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Rachel Rushworth-Hollander

  • Class Year: 2008
  • Major at MC: English with Teacher Licensure
  • Senior Thesis Title/Topic: A Study of Hamlet: Teaching Shakespeare’s Classic in Four Settings
  • Current Town/City of Residence:  Louisville, Tennessee
  • Occupation:   English Teacher

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Laura Gibson Owens

Laura Owens
  • Class Year: 1997
  • Major at MC: Psychology
  • Senior Thesis Title/Topic: Dating Violence on College Campuses
  • Current Town/City of Residence:  Alcoa, Tennessee
  • Occupation:   Production Manager, Mary Beth West Communications

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DeJuan Hathaway

DeJuan Hathaway
  • Class Year: 2005
  • Major at MC: Physical Education
  • Senior Thesis Title/Topic: Strength and Conditioning: The Secret to Success in Collegiate Football Programs”
  • Current Town/City of Residence:  Ft. Bragg, NC
  • Occupation:   Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist: Special Operational Forces

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Kirk McNair

 
  • Class Year: 1967
  • Major at MC: Political Science
  • Senior Thesis Title/Topic: “A comparison of the press relations under President Kennedy and President Johnson”
  • Current Town/City of Residence:  Northport, Alabama
  • Occupation:   Editor/Publisher ‘BAMA Magazine and BamaMag.com

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Julie Danielson

Julie Danielson
  • Class Year: 1994
  • Major at MC: Sign Language Interpreting
  • Senior Thesis Title/Topic: “An Adult Learner of a Second Language: Interpreting From American Sign Language Into Spoken English”
  • Current Town/City of Residence:  Smyrna, TN
  • Occupation:   Freelance Writer
  • Family: Husband, Blaine Danielson; Daughters: Piper (age 10) and Ada (age 8)

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Peter Coats

  • Class Year: 2009
  • Major at MC: International Business 
  • Minor: Spanish
  • Senior Thesis Title/Topic: “The Recession and Its Effect on Dubai”
  • Current Town/City of Residence:  Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Occupation:   Business Development for InsideOut Development, a leadership development company that provides management training solutions to increase engagement and accountability.
  • Family:   Kathryn Coats; mom; Ken Tuck ’54 and Sara Tuck, grandparent

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Sue Van Aken

Sue Van Aken
  • Class Year: 1983
  • Major at MC: Recreation
  • Senior Thesis Title/Topic: “Prison Recreation”
  • Current Town/City of Residence:  Franklin Park, N.J.
  • Occupation:   Superintendent of Recreation for the Township of Franklin
  • Family: Mother, Betty

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Marissa McInnis

Marissa McInnis
  • Class Year: 2004
  • Major at MC: Environmental Studies and Piano Performance (double major)
  • Senior Thesis Title/Topic: “Nature and the Music of Bela Bartok: The Fibonacci Series”
  • Current Town/City of Residence:  Washington, D.C.
  • Occupation: Communications Director, Tribal Program Manager at Environmental Protection Agenc
  • Family: Ariel Laguilles, husband

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Staci Kerr Stalcup

Staci Stalcup
  • Class Year: 1998
  • Major at MC: Biochemistry 
  • Senior Thesis Title/Topic: “Effect of UV Radiation on Elastin Tissue”
  • Current Town/City of Residence:  Louisville, TN
  • Occupation:   Physician
  • Family:   Husband, Clay ‘98; son, Seth (7); daughters, Aiden (7) and Caroline (4)

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Rev. “Tommy” Brown

Tommy Brown
  • Class Year: 1984
  • Major at MC: English/Theatre
  • Senior Thesis Title/Topic: “A Flair for the Dramatic, A play around the Zoo Story and a study of the works of Edward Albee”
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Boone, N.C.
  • Occupation: Presbyterian Campus Minister at Appalachian State University; adjunct faculty at ASU in Recreation Management and First Year Seminar Programs; Ministerial Consultant; Life Coach
  • Family: Wife Karen Shafer Brown ’85, son Hayden Brown ’14; and son Shafer Brown, UNC School of the Arts High School Class of 2013

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Erin Taylor Huffstetler

Erin Huffstetler
  • Class Year: 2001
  • Major at MC: Double Major:  Art and Writing/Communications 
  • Senior Thesis Title/Topic: “Picture Books: More Than Just Pictures and Words”
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Maryville, TN
  • Occupation:  Frugal Living Expert
  • Family:  Husband, Aaron Huffstetler; daughters, Emily (10) and Lauren (8)

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Eric Etchison

Eric Etchison
  • Class Year: 1988
  • Major at MC: Physical Education
  • Senior Thesis Title/Topic: “Effects of strength and flexibility training on baseball hitting performance”
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Maryville, Tenn.
  • Occupation: Assistant Athletics Director for Communications, Maryville College
  • Family: Wife Bonnie Bouch Etchison ’87 and a daughter, DeAnna (18)

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Melanie Kohn Day

Melanie Day
  • Class Year: 1975
  • Major at MC: Double Major:  Art (Painting/Art History) & Music (Piano Performance)
  • Senior Thesis Title/Topic: “15th c. Illuminated Music Manuscripts and 13th c. Byzantine Icons-Research & Replication”
    Current Town/City of Residence: Richmond, VA
  • Occupation:  University professor, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts and Artistic Director of VCU Opera
  • Family: Husband- Dr. Roland Karnatz of Melbourne, Australia

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William L. “Bill” Thomas

Bill Thomas
  • Class Year: 1981 
  • Major at MC: Political Science
  • Senior Thesis Title/Topic: “Jean-Jacques Rousseau: An Introspection of On the Social Contract”… or something like that
  • Current Town/City of Residence: Berryville, Va.
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Family: Wife Walker and two daughters, Georgia (19) and Tessa (17)

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Carol Clark
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Faculty & Staff
Director of Alumni Affairs
Jennifer Triplett
Director of Alumni Affairs
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Alumni Services Coordinator
Carol Clark
Alumni Services Coordinator