
Jessica Kitchens Lewis
- Class Year: 2007
- Major at MC: Biology
- Senior Thesis Topic: “The Effects of Blood Storage Time on the Accuracy of Comprehensive Metabolic Panel Results”
- Current Town/City of Residence: Maryville, Tennessee
- Occupation: College Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministry at MC

Katherine Zacapa
- Class Year: 2020
- Major at MC: International Business & International Studies
- Senior Thesis Topic: “The Effects of Political and Economic Crises on Honduran Small Businesses and on Emigration”
- Current Town/City of Residence: Madrid, Spain
- Occupation: Business Development Analyst

Halle Hill
- Class Year: 2017
- Major at MC: Religion
- Senior Thesis Topic: “Evangelicals and Transracial Adoption”
- Current Town/City of Residence: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Occupation: IT Copywriter, Wake Forest University; published author

Kyle Duke
- Class Year: 1997
- Major at MC: Computer Science/Business
- Current Town/City of Residence: Nashville, Tennessee
- Occupation: Chief Information Officer, EvidenceCare; MCAA Board President

Jessica Altshuler Joyner
- Class Year: 2009
- Major at MC: English Literature
- Senior Thesis Topic: “An Analysis of the poetic works of Carol Ann Duffy”
- Current Town/City of Residence: Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation: Community Liaison Officer at the US Embassy of Tokyo; Former Account Executive with The New York Times

Kirk McNair – Revisited!
- Class Year: 1967
- Major at MC: Political Science
- Senior Thesis Topic: “A comparison of the press relations under President Kennedy and President Johnson”
- Current Town/City of Residence: Northport, Alabama
- Occupation: Columnist and reporter for BamaOnLIne.com / CBSInteractive, covering University of Alabama football and men’s basketball

Jerica Johnson
- Class Year: 2013
- Major at MC: Music & Organization Management
- Senior Thesis Topic: “Music, Advertisements, and Marketing”
- Current Town/City of Residence: Chattanooga, Tenn.
- Occupation: Talent Acquisition Manager, Hamilton County Schools

Wesley Bloeme
- Class Year: 2017
- Major at MC: Fiance/Accounting
- Senior Thesis Topic: “College athletes deserve compensation”
- Current Town/City of Residence: Atalanta, GA
- Occupation: President/CEO of WiseGuys Pro-Wash, LLC

Bill Crews
- Class Year: 1980
- Major at MC: Business Administration (Bagpipes and basket weaving interms)
- Senior Thesis Topic: “Starting an aircraft dealership”
- Current Town/City of Residence: Spartanburg, SC
- Occupation: Aircraft Sales

William “Bill” Brewer
- Class Year: 1978
- Major at MC: Political Science & Economics
- Senior Thesis Topic: “Bakke v California Affirmative Action or Reverse Discrimination”
- Current Town/City of Residence: Walland, TN
- Occupation: General Session Judge Blount County Tennessee

Erin Palmer Polly
- Class Year: 1999
- Major at MC: Political Science
- Senior Thesis Topic: “I honestly don’t remember.”
- Current Town/City of Residence: Nashville, TN
- Occupation: Attorney

Drew Morgan
- Class Year: 2006
- Major at MC: Political Science
- Senior Thesis Topic: “I don’t remember the title. It was on political poetry, which is barely a thing. Tom Conte was my advisor, and he was awesome because he let me do it.”
- Current Town/City of Residence: New York, NY
- Occupation: Stand-Up Comedian & Author

Andi Morrow
- Class Year: 2009
- Major at MC: Theater
- Senior Thesis Topic: Applying Bertolt Brecht’s Epic Theatre to Modern Works
- Current Town/City of Residence: New York, NY
- Occupation: Actress/Writer

Erin Elisabeth Cawthorn Gomez
- Class Year: 2012
- Major at MC: Spanish & International Studies
- Senior Thesis Topic: Muslims and Monks: San Juan de la Cruz’s Place Within the Spanish Mystic Tradition
- Current Town/City of Residence: Chattanooga, TN
- Occupation: Attorney

Emily Layla Emadian Guthe
- Class Year: 2009
- Major at MC: Music Theory & Composition
- Senior Thesis Topic: The Composition of Jazz Songs Through the Study and Analysis of Selected Jazz Repertoire
- Current Town/City of Residence: Wickliffe, OH
- Occupation: Music Therapist

Maxim Williams
- Class Year: 2000
- Major at MC: Psychology
- Senior Thesis Topic: Olfaction and its Influence on Anxiety
- Current Town/City of Residence: San Francisco, CA
- Occupation: Global Training Design Leader for Apple

Linda Lee Clowes Moore
- Class Year: 1972
- Major at MC: Sociology
- Senior Thesis Topic: “Adoption”
- Current Town/City of Residence: Maryville, Tennessee
- Occupation: Retired
Frank Twum-Barimah
- Class Year: 1990
- Major at MC: Business and Organization Management
- Senior Thesis Topic: “Business as a Calling: The Prevalence of Calling in the Non Profit World”
- Current Town/City of Residence: Tamale, Ghana
- Occupation: Humanitarian Emergency Affairs and Security Manager for World Vision International, Ghana.
KC Cross
- Class Year: 1990
- Major at MC: Business & Economics
- Senior Thesis Topic: “Human Resources and the Job Interview”
- Current Town/City of Residence: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Occupation: President and CEO Cross Senior Care, owner and operator of several skilled Nursing, Rehabilitation, and Senior Living Centers in the Southeast

Miranda Talley Reagan
- Class Year: 2007
- Major at MC: Child Development and Learning with Teacher License
- Senior Thesis Topic: “Best Methods in Elementary Mathematics Instruction”
- Current Town/City of Residence: Maryville, Tennessee
- Occupation: 3rd Grade Teacher, Sam Houston Elementary

Jennifer Martillie Bradley
- Class Year: 2000
- Major at MC: History
- Senior Thesis Topic: “Southern Macabre, Gender, and Urban Identity: A History of Americana and Country Music”
- Current Town/City of Residence: Knoxville, Tennessee
- Occupation: Architect

Kaitie Fernandez Lawsony
- Class Year: 2008
- Major at MC: Mathematics
- Senior Thesis Topic: Kidney Transplantation Optimization
- Current Town/City of Residence: Raleigh, NC
- Occupation: Biostatistician

Mike Minnix
- Class Year: 1974
- Major at MC: Philosophy and Religion
- Senior Thesis Title/Topic: History and Religion in the Time of the Judges
- Current Town/City of Residence: Carlisle, Pennsylvania
- Occupation: Pastor

Mark Libell
- Class Year: 2003
- Major at MC: History
- Senior Thesis Title/Topic: Bobby Kennedy’s 1968 Presidential Campaign
- Current Town/City of Residence: Alexandria, Virginia
- Occupation: Assistant Congressional Liaison at the Federal Reserve

Rachel Rushworth-Hollander
- Class Year: 2008
- Major at MC: English with Teacher Licensure
- Senior Thesis Title/Topic: A Study of Hamlet: Teaching Shakespeare’s Classic in Four Settings
- Current Town/City of Residence: Louisville, Tennessee
- Occupation: English Teacher
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