Alumni Notes

Jill Mayranda Frank Styron  
BA English, Mass Communication 2003
MA English 2005
jillmfrank@yahoo.com
I am currently living in Foley, Alabama, with my husband David Styron. This summer, I worked as the Education Director for the Foley Boys and Girls Club. I also began adjuncting at Faulkner State Community College. At FSCC I teach English 093, 101, and 102. In August, I began teaching English and journalism at Woodham High School in Pensacola, Florida.
(September 2005)

Jessica Marie Lueders  
MTPC 2005
jessicalueders@hotmail.com
After graduating in May 2005, I returned to Nebraska, where I am a communications specialist for State Farm Insurance's Heartland Zone. Starting this fall, I will also teach one section of JGEN 300: Technical Communication II at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
(August 2005)

Mary Coleman Mayberry
BA 2004
marycolemanm@yahoo.com
I am currently a second year law student at Jones School of Law in Montgomery, Alabama. I will obtain my J.D. in May '07.
(September 2005)

Carmen Stone Juarez
BA 2004
cjuarez@mta-inc.com
I am working at an engineering firm in Huntsville, AL as a technical writer/editor.
(September 2005)

Paul G. Cook
MA 2004
cookpg@mailbox.sc.edu
So far, so good... I'm in the second year of my PhD at USC, I'm "specializing" in Rhetoric/Composition, and I'll be presenting a paper at CCCC in Chicago next March (look me up when you get there!).
(September 2005)

Paul Michael Wamsted
MTPC 2004
I am currently employed as a Systems Analyst (SA) with Unisys Corporation in Montgomery, Alabama. I am a Microsoft Windows SA, administering servers and providing application support.
(February 2005)

Amy Lee Marie Locklear
MA 2003
almlocklear@knology.net
I'm teaching composition as an Adjunct at AUM, as well as working full time as the Executive Assistant to a local corporate CEO (pays the bills). My husband Shawn retired from the USAF in December 2004 and now works as an educator for the Air Force.
(September 2005)

Nathan Meier
MTPC 2003
nmeier2@unl.edu
As a Proposal Development Specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, I help our investigators prepare extramural grant proposals. This requires broad institutional knowledge and a firm grasp of the proposal preparation requirements at federal agencies, private foundations and other funding sources (not to mention the ability to write clearly and concisely).
(September 2005)
  

Alise Chabaud Hagan
MTPC 2003    
achagan@lsu.edu

I am Grants and Contracts Coordinator at the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training/Academy of Counter - Terrorist Education. The technical writers create manuals that are used to train first-responders throughout the country in areas of awareness, prevention, and deterrence.
August 2005)

Susanna Haines   
BA 2003
hainsl4@wfu.edu
Currently working toward my M.A. in English at Wake Forest University.
(April 2005)

Keisha Oldacre Beckham
BA 2002
flykoma@earthlink.net
I 've been teaching high school English in Georgia for 3+ years. I acquired certification through an alternative program, which I completed in 2 years. Last year, I became certified to teach Honors and AP Lit. I'm now preparing to apply to law schools after taking the Oct. LSAT.
(October 2005)

Ashley J. Tucker
BA 2002; Masters of Education
ajtsat@aol.com
I am currently teaching at Pizitz Middle School in Vestavia Hills, AL. This is where I attended middle school, so it is fun being back here teaching. War Eagle!!
(September 2005)

Emily Fonde Waters
BA 2002
I am currently a paralegal for Johnstone, Adams, Bailey, Gordon & Harris in Mobile, Alabama. After publishing several short stories in the Auburn Circle, I have continued to write and am currently working on several short projects including a children's book. In October 2004 I married P.J. Waters. He works for the Auburn University Marine Extension and Research Center in Mobile.
(September 2005)

Amy Jo Formby  
MA 2002
ajformby@datasync.com
"I survived Katrina, but I haven't gotten a T-shirt, yet. Widespread devastion even in our little town (about 30 miles north of the coast from Bay St. Louis, MS). Many areas in our county are still without power, telephones, water ... We really, really appreciate all the donations and voluntarism from neighboring states and other parts of the country. Keep the faith!

Hello to all at AU English Department.
(September 2005)

After a (very) brief stint as a public school teacher, I opted to start a business -- I am the president of Mississippi Aerospace Corporation, located in Picayune, MS. I employ a talented pool of engineers on whose skills I rely heavily for design and drafting purposes, while I design and format the tech manuals, reports, etc., that are required to provide complete documentation packages to our customers. (I am picking up a few AutoCad skills, too.) I am also learning how to write proposals and grants in order to bid government contracts. MAC is currently working on an engineering project for a South American air force, and we are pursuing other projects as well.
(October 2004)

Michael Lee McCollum   
BA 2002
michaelmccollum@mac.com
I am currently a Graduate Student in Journalism at the University of Colorado in Boulder. I work part-time doing online video editing for Warren Miller Interactive, the online department of Warren Miller ski movies. Further, I am interning at the Denver Post as a Staff Writer this fall in the City Desk department. Also, I try to never miss an Auburn football game.
(September 2005)

I am a graduate student at the University of Colorado in Print Journalism. I work freelance as a video editor and I intern fulltime at the Denver Post. I am not married. However, I love to ski.
(November 2005)

Diane Elizabeth Boyd   
PhD 2002
dboyd@pilot.lsus.edu

Fall 2004 marks the beginning of my third year as an Assistant Professor at Louisiana State University-Shreveport. Here I teach upper-division film and eighteenth-century literature courses and have twice been honored by my students as a "Teacher of the Year." In addition to my teaching I serve as the Director of the Teaching, Leadership, and Technology Center (a position I earned mostly on the auspices of my training while at Auburn--who knew lugging computers around Haley Center could prove to be such valuable job experience?) As the Director of the TLTC, I coordinate faculty development events, facilitate our Leadership Academy, and encourage faculty to incorporate instructional technology in their courses. Check out our website.
(September 2004)

Ashley Harris   
BA 2002  
amharris_78@yahoo.com

(May 2004)

Lowell C. Lambert    
MTPC 2002
lowelll@televox.com
I recently made a job change at the company that I work for in Mobile - Televox Software. I am now working as a copywriter for the Voice Services Department writing customized on-hold scripting and producing multimedia programs for our clients.
(April 2005)

Shawn Knight
MA 2001
knightshawn@earthlink.net
I am currently an actor working with the Nashville Children's Theatre. I am trying to make Nashville a base with an eye toward moving to NYC in a few years.
(September 2005)

Erica Leigh Parsons   
BA 2001
elp@bowronlatta.com
After graduating from the School of Law at the University of Georgia (and reluctantly learning to root for the Dawgs), I joined the law firm of Bowron, Latta & Wasden in Mobile, Alabama where I am currently involved in civil defense litigation. My cases primarily involve insurance companies and corporate clients, although I do occasionally handle a plaintiff's case.
(February 2005)

KC Culver  
MA 2000
k.culver@miami.edu

Since finishing my MFA in Creative Writing at the University of South Carolina, I have been teaching Freshman Comp. and Business Writing at the University of Miami.
(June 2004)

Wiebke Kuhn   
MA, PhD 2000
kuhnwi1@auburn.edu

After my short bout into the career of a medievalist, I switched gears in 2002 and am now one of the Information Technology Coordinators in the College of Liberal Arts, doing such fun things as helping faculty develop teaching materials that use WebCT or PowerPoint, managing web sites, and coordinating projects that involve instructional technology.
(June 2004)

Michael McCollum   
BA 2000
michaelmccollum@mac.com

Recently finished Interning for Georgia Public Broadcasting as a reporter for Lawmakers. Lawmakers airs for the duration of the Georgia General Assembly's legislative session with in-depth coverage of the state legislature. This fall I will be attending the University of Colorado to earn my Masters degree in Newsgathering.
(July 2004)

Ashley Seuell
BA   2000
aseuell@fulbright.com

After working for a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, I am now an associate at Fulbright and Jaworski in Washington, DC.
(October 2005)