Samuel B. Barker Award

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, students (at the master's level and 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

  • 2021 - 2020

    2021


    Doctoral Recipients

    Sabrina Heiser, Biology
    Valene Garr Barry, Nutrition Sciences
    Macy Stockdill, Nursing
    Riley Hightower, Graduate Biomedical Science, Neuroscience
    Leland Fleming, Graduate Biomedical Science, Neuroscience

    Master's Recipients

    Audra Gottier Weber, Business Administration
    Aldric Gardiner, Management Information Systems
    Blake Beaton, Criminal Justice
    Angela Richardson, Nutrition Sciences
    Sam Phillips, English

    2020


    Doctoral Recipients

    Rose Creed, Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Neuroscience
    Catherine Scull, Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
    Wesley LaBarge, Biomedical Engineering
    Katie Cederberg, Rehabilitation Science
    Sumner Harris, Physics

    Master's Recipients

    Jessica Robbins, English
    Bethany Langer, Multidisciplinary Biomedical Science
    Robert Ezekiel, Art History
    Trey Gordon, Public Administration
    Kory Dees, Biomedical and Health Sciences

  • 2019 - 2010

    2019

    Mark Pepin, Doctoral Level, Medical Scientist Training Program and Biomedical Engineering
    Antonio Foles, Master's Level, Health Behavior

    2018

    John Donnelly, Doctoral Level, Epidemiology
    Firooz Jahani, Master's Level, Public Administration

    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