Two Thumbs Up Awards Ceremony 2024-2025
This past year the SDRC continued the tradition of creating an “Accessibility Word Cloud” using the words that our students shared with us, describing the characteristics USC’s faculty/staff have demonstrated that made them feel supported as students with disabilities. These word clouds are displayed in the SDRC, with nominees’ signatures, to serve as a reminder of all the impactful work our faculty and staff do each and every day. The words chosen:
Nonjudgemental, Perseverance, Relatable, Dedication, Accommodating, Compassionate, Kindness, Understanding, Flexible, Engaging, Resourceful, Patient, Patience, Applicable, Caring, Passionate, Attentive, Encouraging, Empathetic, Sincerity, Acceptable, Supportive, Approachable, Humility, Inclusive, Accessible, Comforting, Respectful, Positive, Thoughtfulness
Faculty/Staff Member |
Department/College |
| Allison Anders | Educational Foundations and Inquiry |
| Nina Brook | School of Journalism and Mass Communications |
| Valerie Byrd-Fort | College of Information and Communications |
| Hui Chen | Biological Sciences College of Arts and Sciences |
| Mitchel Colebank | Department of Mathematics |
| Latifah Collins | SDRC |
| Kersten Cope | Public Health |
| Patrick Demouy | Darla Moore School of Business, Management |
| Alicia Flach | Exercise Science, Physical Therapy |
| Michelle Foster | University 101 Programs |
| Dan Frost | SEOE |
| Anderson Greene | Department of Mathematics |
| Brian Harrold | Department of Statistics |
| Robert Hock | College of Social Work |
| Ashley Hubbard | Office of Pre-Health Professionals |
| Catherine Keyser | English Language and Literature |
| Kaleigh Margita | Chemistry |
| Andrea Martinez-Johnson | Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures |
| Gabrielle Mccoy | History |
| Patrice Penney | College of Social Work |
| Shannon Pipes | Biological Sciences |
| Neal Polhemus | English Language and Literature |
| Caitlin Ramage | Darla Moore School of Business, Career Coach |
| Charlie Ramage | University of South Carolina Athletics |
| Susan Rathbun-Grubb | Library and Information Science, College of Info & Comm. |
| Kayley Safley | University 101 Programs |
| Michael Seaman | Education and Developmental Science College of Ed. |
| Margaret Selph | Nursing |
| Pankaj Singh | Department of Mathematics |
| Brittany Sparks | CAS/ SVAD Advisor |
| Sarah Tanner | English Language and Literature |
| Myriam Torres | Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
| Susan Vanderborg | English Language and Literature |
| Adela Vraciu | Department of Mathematics |
| Ian Weiss | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
| Brett Williams | National Fellowships and Scholar Programs |
| Jaimee Wishon | Department of English |
| Yanan Zhang | Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
Previous Recipients of this Recognition
We present to you faculty and staff who have worked to create a more accessible Carolina for our students!
Faculty/Staff Member |
Department/College |
|
Stephanie Ackerson |
Biological Sciences |
|
Dr. Bree Alexander |
College of Social Work |
|
Allison Anders |
College of Education |
|
Ashley Bailey-Taylor |
Financial Aid |
|
James Bird |
Statistics |
|
Phillip Brookins |
Economics |
|
John Ceballes |
Philosophy |
|
Carlina de la Cova |
Anthropology |
|
Steven Derochers |
Mathematics |
|
Rhonda DiNovo |
College of Social Work |
|
Naomi Farber |
College of Social Work |
|
Alysia Fischer |
Religion |
|
William "Trey" Franklin |
Biological Sciences |
|
Jessica Gibson |
Career Center |
|
Paul Graham |
Sport and Entertainment Management |
|
Patrick D. Hanly |
Management |
|
Carol Harrison |
History |
|
Kawon Kim |
Hopsitality and Tourism Management |
|
Pat Lank |
Mathematics |
|
Dylan Ludemann |
Anthropology |
|
Jed S. Lyons |
Mechanical Engineering |
|
Dave "Mac" Marquis |
History |
|
Drew Martin |
Hospitality and Tourism Management |
|
Anna May |
College of Social Work |
|
Carmen Maye |
Journalism and Mass Communications |
|
Marc Moskowitz |
Anthropology |
|
Amanda Murphy |
Statistics |
|
Dr. Daniel James Ostergaard |
International Buisness |
|
Dr. Cyrus K. Riahi-Nezhad |
Mechanical Engineering |
|
Brett Robertson |
Journalism and Mass Communications |
|
Christine Sacco-Bene |
Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science |
|
David Simmons |
Anthropology |
|
Erin Smolak |
Communication Sciences and Disorders |
|
Rebecca Stern |
English Language and Literature |
|
Suzanne M. Sutton |
College of Nursing |
|
Jenna Thompson |
School of Music |
|
Christine Vahlstrom |
Psychology |
|
Hanne Van Der Lest |
Sociology |
|
Dr. Raymond M. Watkins |
English Literature and Language |
|
Michael Wilkinson |
School of Music |
|
Bongki Woo |
College of Social Work |
|
Lindsey Woodworth |
Economics |
|
Parrish Wright |
Languages, Literature, and Cultures |
|
Thomas W. Yarborough |
Hospitality, Retail, and Sports Management |
Faculty/Staff Member |
Department/College |
|
Dwayne Alleyne |
College of Nursing |
|
Allison D. Anders |
College of Education |
|
Brandi Anderson |
College of Social Work |
|
Liz Anderson |
Arnold School of Public Health |
|
Cheryl Armstead |
Psychology |
|
Rebecca Boyd |
Office of Undergraduate Student Services College of Information and Communications |
|
Lana Burgess |
Museum Management Program |
|
Alyssa Clay-Gilmour, PhD |
Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
|
Kelsey M. Collins |
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice |
|
Dr. Clayton Copeland |
Informational Science |
|
Cynthia Corbett |
College of Nursing |
|
Travis Dalton |
Integrated Information Technology |
|
Sharon DeWitte |
Anthropology |
|
Sara M. Ernst |
School of Music |
|
Naomi Farber |
College of Social Work |
|
Chase Fleming |
Mathematics |
|
Zoë Foster |
Sports Medicine & Physical Therapy- Student Health Services |
|
Way Fountain |
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry |
|
Benjamin Garcia Egea |
Spanish |
|
Amy Grant |
College of Pharmacy |
|
Jessie Guest |
College of Education |
|
Catherine Gustafson |
HRSM |
|
Robert Hock |
College of Social Work |
|
Mary Grace Hollenbeck |
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry |
|
Kevin Hull |
Journalism |
|
Alexander Humphreys |
English |
|
Kat James |
Gamecock Recovery |
|
Miyoung Jeong |
HRSM |
|
Dianne Johnson-Feelings |
English |
|
Heather Kelly |
Office of Career Management |
|
Jessica Lewis |
Accounting |
|
Leslie Lovelace |
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry |
|
Alison Luscomb |
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry |
|
Meir Muller |
College of Education |
|
Elizabeth Myers |
Psychology |
|
Ivellise Ortiz-Hernandez |
Chemical Engineering |
|
Roxanne Price |
HRSM |
|
Leigh Ramey |
Informational Science |
|
Annie Sacilowski |
Student Disability Resource Center |
|
Wendy Schneider |
Spanish |
|
Stephen Slice |
Economics |
|
Jim Stewart |
Philosophy |
|
Patti Walker |
English |
|
Shana Watson |
Informational Science |
|
Atticus Wolfe |
Sociology |
|
Austina Wolverton |
Registrar School of Law |
|
Jaclyn Wong |
Sociology |
|
Thomas W. Yarborough |
HRSM |
Faculty/Staff Member |
Department/College |
|
Joanna Appel |
School of Medicine |
|
Anne Bezuidenhout |
Philosophy |
|
Erika Blanck |
Cell Biology & Anatomy |
|
Herrick Brown |
Biological Sciences |
|
Monique Brown |
Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
|
Taylor Bryant |
Communication Sciences and Disorders |
|
John Ceballes |
Philosophy |
|
John Cook |
Physics |
|
Clayton Copeland |
Informational Science |
|
Steven Derochers |
Mathematics |
|
Sarah DeVenny |
Student Disability Resource Center |
|
Tina Devlin |
Arnold School of Public Health |
|
Milan Dhameja |
Biological Sciences |
|
Kathy Dhotre |
Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
|
Loralee Donath |
Anthropology |
|
Molly Dunn |
Student Health Services |
|
Kathryn Edwards |
History |
|
Ciaran Fairman |
Exercise Science |
|
Rossana Fialdini Zambrano |
Spanish |
|
Blair Flicker |
Darla Moore School of Business |
|
Kristina Grob |
Philosophy |
|
Pam Harrison |
Darla Moore School of Business |
|
LaRita Hipp |
Mathematics |
|
W. Joe Jones |
School of Earth, Ocean & Environment |
|
Makenzie King |
Darla Moore School of Business |
|
Vanessa Kitzie |
Library and Information Science |
|
Susan Kuo |
School of Law |
|
Rod Leonard |
Electrical Engineering |
|
Jessica Lewis |
Darla Moore School of Business |
|
Allison Luscomb |
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry |
|
Richard Ly |
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry |
|
S.P. MacKenzie |
History |
|
Jim Mensch |
Exercise Science |
|
Candice Morgan |
College of Social Work |
|
Anyssa Murphy |
Linguistics |
|
Catherine Ntube |
English |
|
Derek O’Leary |
History |
|
Mike Ottone |
College of Social Work |
|
David Precht |
Darla Moore School of Business |
|
Sarah Rogers |
Criminal Justice |
|
Alphan Sahin |
Electrical Engineering |
|
Howie Scher |
Marine Science |
|
Charles Andy Schumpert |
Biological Sciences |
|
Tricia Simon |
Biological Sciences |
|
Wilson Smoak |
Electrical Engineering |
|
Adam Steinbach |
Darla Moore School of Business |
|
Sarah Thompson |
English |
|
Feili Tu Keefner |
Library and Information Science |
|
Marc van Essen |
Darla Moore School of Business |
|
Susan Wood |
Pharmacology, Physiology, & Neuroscience |
|
Courtney Worsham |
Darla Moore School of Business |
Faculty/Staff Member |
Department/College |
|
Junk Baba |
Languages, Literatures and Cultures |
|
Reginald Bain |
School of Music |
|
Beth Barnes |
Communication Sciences and Disorders (COMD) |
|
Susan Brinson |
Darla Moore School of Business |
|
Quinyana Brown |
Healthy Campus Initiatives |
|
Debbie Brumbaugh |
Darla Moore School of Business |
|
Sarah Carroll |
Darla Moore School of Business |
|
Danielle Coriale |
English |
|
Adem Coskun |
Computer Science |
|
Shannon Davis |
Biological Sciences |
|
Mathieu Deflem |
Sociology |
|
Tina Devlin |
Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior (HPEB) |
|
Erik Eudy |
Biological Sciences |
|
Naomi Farber |
College of Social Work |
|
Lisa Fitton |
Communication Sciences and Disorders (COMD) |
|
Ashley King Holt |
College of Education |
|
Katherine Leith |
Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior (HPEB) |
|
Jessica Lewis |
Darla Moore School of Business |
|
S. P. MacKenzie |
History |
|
Jenna Marco |
English |
|
Colin Miller |
School of Law |
|
Mariah Moran |
College of Social Work |
|
Candace Morgan |
College of Social Work |
|
Brianna Newton |
Office of Multicultural Student Affairs |
|
Amanda Noyes |
Student Disability Resource Center |
|
Geophrey Odero |
Statistics |
|
Daniel Ostergaard |
Darla Moore School of Business |
|
Jeffrey Penka |
Library and Information Science |
|
Sara Reinhardt |
Enrollment Management |
|
Cyrus Riahi-Nezhad |
Mechanical Engineering |
|
Jeremiah Shepherd |
Mechanical Engineering |
|
Simon Tarr |
School of Visual Art and Design |
|
Elizabeth Sudduth |
University Libraries |
|
Bill Sudduth |
Government Information & Maps |
|
Amy Taylor-Perry |
Chemistry & Biochemistry |
|
Jeff Vesel |
Languages, Literatures and Cultures |
|
Shelly Welton |
School of Law |
|
April Winningham |
Arnold School of Public Health |
|
Catherine Wiskes |
Languages, Literatures and Cultures |
|
Katie Wolfe |
College of Education |
Faculty/Staff Member |
Department/College |
|
Heather Beatty |
Student Affairs |
|
Kathleen Carroll |
English |
|
Matthew Childs |
History |
|
Shannon Davis |
Biological Sciences |
|
Fred Dings |
English |
|
Kate Dominguez |
Student Disability Resource Center |
|
Jacqueline Fox |
School of Law |
|
Brian Fuleihan |
Criminal Justice |
|
Brian Habing |
Statistics |
|
Pat Hanly |
Darla Moore School of Business |
|
Kevin Hull |
Journalism & Mass Communications |
|
Jie Li |
Chemistry & Biochemistry |
|
Emily Lyles |
College of Arts and Sciences |
|
Allison Marsh |
History |
|
Tim McAteer |
Languages, Literatures and Cultures |
|
Colin Miller |
School of Law |
|
Amanda Noyes |
Student Disability Resource Center |
|
Jennifer O’Neill |
Exercise Science |
|
Geophrey Odero |
Statistics |
|
Susan Palmer |
Student Affairs |
|
Tammi Richardson |
School of Earth, Ocean & Environment |
|
David Rocheleau |
Mechanical Engineering |
|
Ben Roth |
College of Social Work |
|
Katherine Ryker |
School of Earth, Ocean & Environment |
|
Howard Scher |
School of Earth, Ocean & Environment |
|
Lauren Steimer |
School of Visual Art & Design |
|
Ernestine Surls |
Student Disability Resource Center |
|
Carla Swygert |
Languages, Literatures and Cultures |
|
Jeffrey Vesel |
Languages, Literatures and Cultures |
|
Robbie Whittle |
Broadcast Journalism |
|
Jeffrey Williams |
History |
|
Matthew Wilson |
Political Science |
|
Kelly Wolf |
Film & Media Studies |
Questions?
Any questions regarding the Two Thumbs Up Award and/or Ceremony, please contact the Student Disability Resource Center by phone, email, or use our Virtual Drop-In Form.
Phone: (803) 777-6142
Email: sadrcga@mailbox.sc.edu