Southwestern Magazine | Fall 2019

Michael Broz , Brooklyn, NY, has been accepted into Memorial University of Newfoundland’s philosophy doctoral program. Riley Bunnell , New Orleans, LA, graduated from Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia, with a master’s in pediatric nursing. Bunnell now works in New Orleans as a pediatric nurse practitioner. Ben Cardiff, San Marcos, TX, joined Texas State University as a residence director in January 2019. Cardiff is glad to be back in Texas. Lea Cantú-Altom , Spokane, WA, married on July 10, 2016, bought a house on April 25, 2017, and started a new job as a care coordinator for Pathways of Washington on February 5, 2018. Jordan King , Austin, TX, published an article with Associate Professor of Computer Science Barbara Anthony and Christine Harbour ’16 in the February 2019 issue of Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing . The paper, “Greedy Is Good: An Empirical Evaluation of Three Algorithms for Online Bottleneck Matching,” is a culmination of work that began in 2014–2015 with support from the Collaborative Research Experience for Undergraduates program of the Computing Research Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research. Charles Morris , Georgetown, TX, and Professor of Art Mary Visser had their 3-D sculptural work selected by the European Symposium on Additive Manufacturing (3-D Printing) to be presented at the orga- nization’s Paris conference in June at the CentraleSupélec. Marianne Brown-Trigg , Crowley, TX, is being commissioned as a provisional elder in the United Methodist Church. Kaitlyn Foster , San Antonio, TX, was accepted into a residency program for physical therapy at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston to specialize in orthopedic physical therapy. Christine Harbour , see Jordan King ’15. Andrea Lee , Georgetown, TX, published Adventures with Alzheimer’s , a glimpse into the life of a daughter caring for her mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The book is intended to support caregivers and to educate those who want to know more about the progressive disease. Alexandra Petrucci , Coralville, IA, a University of Iowa neuroscience graduate student, has received a predoctoral research fellowship award from the American Epilepsy Society. Petrucci, who works in the Iowa Neuroscience Institute lab of Gordon Buchanan, M.D., Ph.D., was one of four students nationally to receive this award. She will use the funding to support her epilepsy research investigating postictal generalized electroencephalography suppres- sion network and receptor mechanisms. Philip Ricker Jr. , Waco, TX, graduated magna cum laude with his J.D. from Baylor University School of Law. Margaret Sweeney , Allston, MA, is in her third semester in the film and television studies master of arts program at Boston University. Sweeney will be presenting her research paper “Shifting Regulations for Closed Captioning Television” at the Northeast Popular Culture Association’s national conference in November. Jonathan Vaughn , Galveston, TX, is enrolled in the doctor of physical therapy program at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Kaitlyn Campbell , Vermillion, SD, was awarded $10,000 through three grants to study the effects of various contaminants in amphibians. This is the largest sum of money that she has been awarded since starting her Ph.D. at the University of South Dakota in the fall of 2017. Lizette Cantu , see Sarah Butterworth ’18. Kyle Fraser , see Sarah Butterworth ’18. Emma Kathryn Groves , Brenham, TX, coau- thored a paper with Associate Professor of Mathematics Therese Shelton and Associate Professor of Education Sherry Adrian titled “A Model of the Transmission of Cholera in a Population with Contaminated Water,” which was published in the CODEE Journal . The article was downloaded across 15 countries in its first 25 days of online availability. Natalie Lane , Somerville, MA, graduated in May 2019 from Lesley University with a master of arts in clinical mental health counseling with a specialization in art therapy. She will be working for Aspire Health Alliance, in Boston, MA, to begin the Massachusetts licensed mental-health counselor and registered art-therapist license processes. Bear Reeves , Stanford, CA, worked for the top corporate transactional law firm in the U.S.— Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz—in New York City in the summer of 2018. In summer 2019, he worked at one of the top international law firms in the world, Cleary Gottlieb, in Washington, DC. While at Cleary, he worked in the areas of antitrust, complex commercial litigation, and international arbitration practice. Lorena Roque , Washington, DC, graduated in May 2019 with a master’s in public policy from the George Washington University. Her concentration was in economic and fiscal policy. She now works at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a think tank in Washington, DC. Sarah Butterworth , Burbank, CA, together with Professor of Psychology Traci Giuliano, Justin White ’18, Lizette Cantu ’17, and Kyle Fraser ’17, published the article “Sender Gender Influences Emoji Interpretation in Text Messages” in the journal Frontiers in Psychology . Emet Ezell , Boston, MA, is a lead organizer with Never Again Action, a loosely connected group of Jewish activists protesting for immi- grant rights. Bonnie Henderson , Jarrell, TX, will begin a master’s in data science this fall at Michigan Technological University. 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 49 SOUTHWESTERN CONTINUED ON PAGE 50