Southwestern Magazine | Spring 2022

Nereida Zarco , Austin, TX, and Associate Professor of Economics and Business Debika Sihi were selected as inaugural Marketing EDGE Ambassadors, a select group of corporate professionals, students, and academics who help connect students to opportunities in the field of marketing. Mark Steven Collier , Cedar Park, TX, has published fantasy novels available on Amazon under the pen name Stevie Collier. Brenna Conway , Plano, TX, earned a master’s degree in library science from the University of North Texas. MARRIAGE: Zachary Whitlock and Hannah Mincey , Round Rock, TX, were married on September 25, 2021. BIRTH: Sierra De la Cruz Kimbro and Weston Kimbro , Parker, CO, welcomed daughter Arabella on March 13, 2021. Madeline Yu Carrola , San Antonio, TX, had her peer- reviewed article titled “Activists in Red Capes: Women’s Use of The Handmaid’s Tale to Fight for Reproductive Justice” published in The Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography . Conner Joyce , Houston, TX, started a doctoral program in political science with a focus in international relations at Rice University. Mikayla Miller , Kempner, TX, received her master of accounting from Rice University in May 2021. Meredith Rasmussen , Los Angeles, CA, Associate Professor of Political Science Emily Sydnor, Madison Flores ’20 , and Megan Nair ’20 published a chapter titled “Civility through the Comparative Lens: Challenges and Achievements” in the book Political Incivility in the Parliamentary, Electoral, and Media Arena (Routledge, 2021). Jared Wiggins , Kemah, TX, is attending Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Charles Ellison , Leander, TX, began working as a math teacher in the Leander Independent School District. Madison Flores , Austin, TX, see Meredith Rasmussen ’19 . Maria Elena Garcia , Austin, TX, is now the assistant store manager for the Round Rock, TX, location of Tiff’s Treats. Morgan Gilpin , Laredo, TX, is currently pursuing a doctorate in physical therapy at University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. Lizzeth Cepeda Lozano , McAllen, TX, cowrote an article with Professor of Spanish Katy Ross titled “La Adopción China en El Alfabeto de los Pájaros de Nuria Barrios” that was published in the journal ConSecuencias . Jose Melendez , Sudan, TX, received his master of accounting from Rice University in May 2021. Lauren Muskara , Plano, TX, is pursuing a master of science in biomedical visualization at the University of Illinois Chicago. Megan Nair , Austin, TX, see Meredith Rasmussen ’19 . Tyler Norman , League City, TX, see Erin Crockett ’05 . Gissell Perez , Georgetown, TX, joined the staff at Southwestern as the assistant director of university events. Katelyn Watkins , Austin, TX, served as director of operations at TELEPHONE, which was described in the New York Times as “a grand- scale game of telephone in the form of an interactive art exhibit. Each artist involved received a work in the form of poetry, music, film, or a visual from another artist and translated that piece into one of their own before continuing the chain.” Zachary Faulkner , Rowlett, TX, joined Fox Rothschild LLP in Dallas, TX, as an associate in the litigation department. He helps clients resolve a broad range of commercial disputes, including insurance defense, uninsured motorist/underinsured motorist coverage disputes, contractual disputes, Occupational Safety and Health Administration disputes, construction litigation, premise liability litigation, and eminent domain matters. William Hodges , Tempe, AZ, graduated from the Midwestern University College of Veterinary Medicine in May 2021 and is now practicing as an emergency veterinarian at the Scottsdale Veterinary Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ. Michael Martinez , Rochester, NY, recently earned his doctorate in trombone performance from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester and was awarded the principal trombone position at Arizona Philharmonic. Christopher Adams , Durham, NC, a second-year pediatric dentistry resident, received a $10,000 scholarship from the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee. Adams was captain of the SU men’s lacrosse team prior to receiving his doctor of dental surgery from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Olivia Huffstetter , Tyler, TX, received her doctorate in arts administration, education, and policy from the Ohio State University in May 2021. Emily Grover , Shreveport, LA, is now a cataloger of rare books, prints, and cartographic materials for the James Smith Noel Collection, a nonprofit library housed on the campus of Louisiana State University in Shreveport. 2015 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 45 SOUTHWESTERN