Twenty-five doctoral students received the AICPA's annual Minority Doctoral Fellowship, providing the recipients with $12,000 to aid them on their journey toward becoming accounting professor role models to future CPAs.
The fellowship is one of several initiatives aimed at cultivating a diverse and inclusive accounting profession. All fellows must be ethnic minorities and U.S. citizens or permanent residents, who have earned a master's degree or worked at least three years full time in the accounting profession.
The 2018—2019 recipients are listed below, along with the doctoral program they are attending:
Ryan Ballestero, University of Texas at Austin
Candice Boucree, Louisiana State University
Jerome Conley, University of Tennessee
LaToya Flint, University of Mississippi
Danielle Gant, Texas Tech University
Claudia C. Hernandez, Florida International University
Andria Hill, University of Central Florida
Brittani Shantel Jackson, Indiana University
Ethan LaMothe, University of South Carolina
Carissa Malone, Virginia Tech
Christina Ruiz Mueller, Arizona State University
Ann Mungai, Florida Atlantic University
Patricia Navarro-Velez, University of Central Florida
Joye (Baugh) Norwood, Jackson State University
Christian Paparcuri, Arizona State University
Clay Partridge, University of Wisconsin—Madison
Iguehi Rajsky, Temple University
Giovani Rodriguez-Martinez, Texas Tech University
Andrea Rozario, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Nuria Seijas, University of Arizona
Syrena Shirley, Pennsylvania State University
Phylicia Taylor, Jackson State University
Andrea Tillet, Florida State University
Edgar Rodriguez Vazquez, University of Washington
Kimberly Walker, University of Wisconsin—Madison
