The AICPA Foundation granted fellowships to 25 minority doctoral students.
The Minority Doctoral Fellowship program, which serves to bolster the number of minority CPAs serving as educators at colleges and universities, provides $12,000 to each student, renewable for up to an additional four years, assuming students continue to meet eligibility requirements.
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 2019—20 recipients are listed below, along with the doctoral programs they are attending:
Christiana Antwi-Obimpeh, University of Texas at San Antonio
Ryan Ballestero, University of Texas at Austin
Candice Boucree, Louisiana State University
Hilda Carrillo, University of South Florida
LaToya Flint, University of Mississippi
Danielle Gant, Texas Tech University
Paige Harrell, Emory University
Claudia Hernandez, Florida International University
Andria Hill, University of Central Florida
Brittani Jackson, Indiana University
Devon Privette Jefferson, Virginia Commonwealth University
Carissa Malone, Virginia Tech University
Tendai Masaya, Yale University
Ann Mungai, Florida Atlantic University
Christian Paparcuri, Arizona State University
Clay Partridge, University of Wisconsin—Madison
Iguehi Rajsky, Temple University
Jeremy Richardson, Texas Tech University
Vernan Rivera, University of Connecticut
Christina Ruiz, Arizona State University
Nuria Seijas, University of Arizona
Syrena Shirley, The Pennsylvania State University
Andrea Tillet, Florida State University
Edgar Rodriguez Vazquez, University of Washington
Kimberly Walker, University of Wisconsin—Madison
