Alumni Scholars

Central Michigan University McNair Scholar ​Ph.D. Recipients​

• ​Dr. Tiffany Cobb (2001 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Speech Pathology at Wayne State University​ in 2017
  
• Dr. Asher Pimpleton (2001 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Education Psychology from Southern Illinois University in 2011
• Dr. Shawna Patterson-Stephens (2002 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Higher Education at Florida State University in 2015​
• Dr. Ketwana Schoos (2002 Cohort) - Ed.D. in Higher Education Management at University of Pittsburgh in 2018
  
• Dr. Theresa Walters (2003 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology & Conservation at the University of Florida in 2015
• Dr. Stephanie Pierce (2003 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Iowa in 2010
• Dr. Jon Brege (2004 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Chemistry from Rice University in 2009
• Dr. Isabel Montemayor (2004 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Socio Cultural/Medical Anthropology from Michigan State University in 2014
• Dr. Autumn (Johnson) Blanchard (2005 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Communications from Wayne State University in 2020
• Dr. Sarah Karl (2005 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Biostatistics from Boston University in 2014
• Dr. Laura Daniels (2006 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Clinical Health Psychology from East Carolina University in 2014
• Dr. Tiffany Jones (2006 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Urban Education from the University of Southern California in 2013
• Dr. Benjamin Machar (2006 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Political Science from Howard University in 2016
• Dr. Maureen Harke (2007 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology at Central Michigan University​ in 2016
• Dr. Ryan Kostaneki (2007 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Political Science at Wayne State University in 2022
• Dr. Rebecca Mercado-Thornton (2007 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Communications from Ohio University in 2012
• Dr. Heather Minkel (2008 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Alabama in 2014
  
• Dr. John Brooks (2009 Cohort) - Ph.D. in English at Indiana University in 2018
  
• Dr. Caitlin Demsky (2009 Cohort) - Ph.D. in I/O Psychology at Portland State University in 2015
• Dr. Kyle Eveleth (2009 Cohort) - Ph.D. in English at the University of Kentucky in 2019
• Dr. Kerry Flegel (2009 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology at University of Michigan in 2016
• Dr. Freddy Lee (2010 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Microbiology at Indiana University in 2016
• Dr. Helena Lucente (2010 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Utah in 2018
• Dr. Maame Adomako (2011 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2022
• Dr. Donnesha Blake (2011 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Women's Studies at the University of Maryland - College Park in 2018
• Dr. Justin Cramb (2011 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Georgia in 2020
• Dr. Jennifer (Messing) Garner (2011 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Community Nutrition at Cornell University in 2018
• Dr. Carissa Schmidt (2011 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Health Behavior & Health Education at the University of Michigan in 2018
• Dr. Katelyn (Blair) Franke (2012 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Social Work at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee in 2018
• Dr. Amanda Clark (2013 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Chemical Biology at Harvard University in 2021
• Dr. Nicole Lynn-Bell (2013 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Microbiology at The University of Georgia in 2020
• Dr. Jayson Smith (2013 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Genetics at Stony Brook University in 2021
• Dr. Blair Baker (2014 Cohort) - Ph.D. in School Psychology at Indiana University in 2021
• Dr. Aaron Argall (2015 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences at The Ohio State University in 2024
• Dr. Brady Hasse (2015 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Neuroscience at University of Arizona in 2022
• Dr. Holly Sucharski (2015 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences at The Ohio State University in 2024
• Dr. Donovan Watts (2015 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Political Science at Indiana University in 2023
• Dr. Alex Christmas (2017 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Dance Studies at The Ohio State University in 2023
• Dr. Nicole Dennis (2017 Cohort) - Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology at Texas Tech University in 2021