The Samuel B. Barker Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies, named for UAB’s first graduate dean, Dr. Samuel Booth Barker, was introduced in 1995. Each Spring since then, two students (one at the master's level and one at the doctoral level) who will graduate in the Spring, Summer, or Fall of the calendar year, may be nominated for "the Barker award" by their department's graduate program director. The Dean of the Graduate School chooses the final recipients from the group of nominees, whose names appear on plaques outside the Graduate School office as continuing evidence of their accomplishments.
Past Recipients
2017 - 2010
2017
Jennifer Bail, Doctoral Level, Nursing
Ibawolatei Iyegha, Master's Level, Accounting
2016
Jay Bhatt, Doctoral Level, Neuroscience
Marie Sutton, Master's Level, English
2015
Julie Schram, Doctoral Level, Biology
Jessica Deitzer, Master's Level, Criminal Justice
2014
Stephanie N. Brosius, Doctoral Level, Neuroscience
Joanna C. Wilson, Master's Level, Art History
2013
Roberta Challener, Doctoral Level, Biology
Stephanie Cardwell, Master's Level, Criminal Justice
2012
Juan Calix, Doctoral Level, Microbiology
Jacob Nelson, Master's Level, Mechanical Engineering
2011
Katie Gibbs, Doctoral Level, Biology
James Gothard, Master's Level, English
2010
Craig Aumack, Doctoral Level, Biology
Bonnie Kathleen Culpepper, Master's Level, Biomedical Engineering
2009-2000
2009
Ozioma C. Okonkwo, Doctoral Level, Medical/Clinical Psychology
Sally E. Culpepper, Master's Level, English
2008
Scott W. Keith, Doctoral Level, Biostatistics
Christopher Null, Master's Level, History
2007
T. Scott Isbell, Doctoral Level, Pathology
John C. Mahan, Master's Level, English
2006
Francisco Hernandez, Doctoral Level, Computer and Information Sciences
Lauren Rast, Master's Level, Physics
2005
Paula Chandler-Laney, Doctoral Level, Psychology-Behavioral Neuroscience
Rosie O'Bierne, Master's Level, Anthropology
2004
Chenxi Wang, Doctoral Level, Nutrition Science
Dina Hagler, Master's Level, English
2003
William J. Tyler, Jr., Doctoral Level, Psychology-Behavioral Neuroscience
Barbara J. Adams, Master's Level, Health Informatics
2002
Jeremy R. Patterson, Doctoral Level, Physics
Catherine M. Stevens, Master's Level, Art History
2001
Bryan A. Moore, Doctoral Level, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Aysha D. Bey, Master's Level, English
2000
Shelley E. Haydel, Doctoral Level, Microbiology
Donna L. Cox, Master's Level, History
1999 - 1995
1999
Scott Jenkins, Doctoral Level, Psychology-Behavioral Neuroscience
Helene Dubois, Master's Level, Electrical and Computer Engineering
1998
Hunter Moseley, Doctoral Level, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Traci Parnell, Master's Level, Art History
1997
Sara J. Sudmeier, Doctoral Level, Chemistry
Staci S. Simon, Master's Level, History
1996
Philip Chen, Doctoral Level, Pathology
Daniel P. Swenson, Master's Level, Biology
1995
Peter P. Sayeski, Doctoral Level, Physiology and Biophysics
Julia A. Hagle, Master's Level, Health Information Management
