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Past Emerging Voice Award Recipients

2011 Emerging Voice Recipients

Brad Dancer
BA 1995, Communication, Purdue University
MBA 2007, University of Maryland

Senior Vice President, Research & Digital Media, National Geographic Channel
Washington, DC

Delita Martin
MFA 2009, Creative Arts, Purdue University
BFA 2002, Drawing, Texas Southern University

Owner/Master Printer, Black Box Press
Adjunct Professor, University of Arkansas-Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas

Jennifer Ping
BA 1995, History, Purdue University

Principal, Bose Public Affairs Group, LLC
Principal, Bose Government Strategies, LLC
Indianapolis, IN

2010 Emerging Voice Award Recipients

Stephen Caliendo
BA 1993, English & Political Science, Clarion University
MA 1995; PhD 1998, Political Science, Purdue
Professor of Political Science, North Central College
Naperville, IL

Kenya Davis-Hayes
BA, American History (1998), Campbell University
M.Ed, Social Studies Education (2000), Campbell University
PhD, American Studies (2005), Purdue University
Assistant Professor of American History, California Baptist University
Riverside, CA

Vandermeer

Gerritt VanderMeer
BA, German (1996), Purdue University
BS, Engineering (1996), Purdue University
BA, Theatre (1997), Purdue University
MA, Acting (2000), UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and Television

Professional Actor

2009 Emerging Voice Award Recipients

Christian F. Hempelmann
PhD, 2003, Linguistics
Director, Ontological Semantics, RiverGlass, Inc.
Champaign, IL

Paul Kei Matsuda
PhD, 2000, Rhetoric and Composition
Associate Professor of English, Arizona State University
Chandler, AZ

David E. Omholt

David E. Omholt
BS, 1992, Economics
Founder and CEO, The Entrepreneur Authority
McKinney, TX

2008 Emerging Voice Award Recipients

Tanasha Anders
BA, 1994, English
MS, 2001, Public Administration, Baruch College/City University of NY
Director of Special Events for REACH Media/Tom Joyner Morning Show; Dallas, TX

Jo Alice Blondin
BA, 1993, English
MA and PhD, 1998, English, Arizona State University
Chancellor at Arkansas Tech University, Ozark Campus; Ozark, AR

Ron Carpinella
BA, 1991, History
MBA, 2005, Duke University
Director of Sales for VEHO Networks, Inc; Atlanta, GA

2007 Emerging Voice Award Recipients

Amanda Lopez AMANDA BROWN LOPEZ
BA, 2001, Law and Society
MSW, 2004, University of Michigan
Child Welfare Policy Director; Association of Community Human Service Agencies; Los Angeles, CA

ARAM GOUDSOUZIAN
BA, 1994, Colby College
MA, 1997, University of Massachusetts at Boston
PhD, 2002, History, Purdue University
Assistant Professor, Department of History, The University of Memphis; Memphis, TN

EMILY ROSKO
BA, 2001, English, Purdue University
MFA, 2003, Cornell University
PhD program at University of Missouri-Columbia in Literature and Creative Writing; Columnia, MO