Two Thumbs Up Awards Ceremony 2023-2024
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:
Relatable, Generosity, Welcoming, Enthusiasm, Encouraging, Open, Accommodating, Considerate, Trustworthy, Respectful, Available, Positive, Personable, Compassionate, Comforting, Fair, Open-minded, Patient, Dedicated, Kind, Intentional, Empathetic, Gracious, Supportive, Prepared, Validating, Equitable, Passionate, Flexible, Warm, Understanding.
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 |
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 |
|
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