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Book 'Em, Jim Hannon/Staff

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Miss UNA 1996 Laura Parker reads to children at the Handy Recreation Center.

*Article from The TimesDaily*

Quest For The Crown, Shannon Heupel

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Miss UNA 1998 Melanie Hargett to compete in Miss Alabama Pageant.

*Article from Franklin County Times*

Senior Wins Miss Una 2017, Hannah Zimmer

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Victoria Roose is crowned Miss UNA 2017 by Miss UNA 2016, Jocelyn Barnes.

*Article from The Flor-Ala*

Williams Selected Winner At Una, Robert Palmer

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Kimberly Williams crowned Miss UNA 1999.

*Article from The TimesDaily*

Nix Crowned Miss Una, Andy Hutto/Una Student Photographer

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Miss UNA 2005 Mallory Wooten crowns the new Miss UNA, Nicole Nix.

*Article from The Franklin County Times*

Here They Go...To Miss Alabama..., Franklin County Times

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Miss UNA 2006 Nicole Nix, along with Miss Hamilton and Miss Northern Highlands enjoy a reception to wish them well at the Miss Alabama pageant.

Phil Campbell's Graben Crowned 2002 Miss Una, Franklin County Times

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Miss 2002 Elishaba Graben.

Parker Wears Two Crowns, Ralonda Boddie

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Miss UNA 1996 Laura Parker also was named UNA Homecoming Queen.

*Article from The Flor-Ala*

Best Friends, Jim Hannon/Staff

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Kicking off National Pet Week with Miss UNA 1985, Alyssa Ashley, and her dog.

Freshman Wins Miss Una Title, Timesdaily

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Bridgette DeLon Smith wins crown.

Cissy Ashley Commended By Alabama Legislature, East Lauderdale News

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Miss UNA 1985 commended by the Alabama Legislature for her outstanding accomplishments.

Kitchens Chosen Miss Una, Itawamba County Times

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Sondra Patrice Kitchens chosen as Miss UNA 1989.

Our Own 'Miss Alabama' Pam Long Leaves Saturday For Atlantic City, The Flor-Ala

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Miss UNA and Miss Alabama Pam Long busily gets ready for the Miss America Pageant 1974.

Battles Busy; Miss America Could Be Next, Kaye Franklin Veal

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Miss Alabama Pam Battles looks to the future and the Miss America Pageant.

Best Of State's Beauties Competing For A Crown As 1986 Miss Alabama, The Birmingham News

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Miss Alabama 1986-Amy Beth Jones and DeLon Smith pictured.

Battles Wins Miss Alabama, The Timesdaily

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Miss UNA 1982 Pam Battles wins Miss Alabama 1983.

Past Miss Point Mallard Winners, Decatur Daily

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Yesteryear, Athens News Courier

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25 Years ago... Karen Pressnell of Elkmont was crowned Miss UNA during a pageant at the University of North Alabama in Florence.

Florence State Junior Wins Miss Alabama Title, Associated Press

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Miss UNA 1974, Pam Long, wins the title of Miss Alabama at Birmingham-Southern College Theater.

They'll Know Susie "Country Girl' Is Going City (Atlantic), Cindy Greene

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Interviewing Susie Vaughn on her upcoming trip to Atlantic City, New Jersey and the Miss America Pageant.

*Article in The TimesDaily*

The Miss America Pageant, Miss America Pageant

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The Miss America Pageant Program 1974

To Be Busier, The Times-Journal

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Miss Alabama Pam Battles

Goodbye, Pam, Jim Hannon/Staff

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Off to crown the next Miss Alabama.

Pamela Kaye Long 'Our' Miss Alabama, Sara Prater

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News article and photographs of Miss Alabama Pamela Kaye Long, who also was the first Miss UNA 1974.

Local Girls Miss Crown But Take Scholarships, Daily Mountain Eagle

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Miss Alabama Pageant 1984

Inaccessibility Harms: Exploring The Impact Of Inaccessible Campus Organizations On Disabled Students, Francis W. Q. Corvin, Natalie G. Horgan

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

There are 3.5 million Disabled college students in the United States, with 4,671 utilizing disability services at Purdue University. Nationwide, 8–14% of students in higher education are Disabled, indicating a substantial number of students whose needs should be prioritized and supported. Inaccessibility impacts the way Disabled college students are able to engage with the college experience. Inaccessible classes, restrooms, clubs, job fairs, and campuses create significant barriers thatthat extend far beyond the classroom. Disabled students face challenges in securing scholarships, finding employment, graduating on time, and achieving long-term socioeconomic stability. Recognizing these barriers, HonorServes, a community service student committee at …

Adolescent Math Anxiety: Teachers' Grouping Approach At The Intersection Of Multiple Student Identities, Dara Shifrer, Hannah Sean Ellefritz, David Hernandez-Saca, Allison Roda, Karla Santana Martinez

Sociology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Math anxiety represents a substantial barrier to many students’ math learning. In this paper, we apply interdisciplinary perspectives to data on over 13,200 ninth graders and their math teachers from the High School Longitudinal Study. Results suggest that being perceived as dis/abled relates to heightened math anxiety regardless of adolescents’ gender, or race and ethnicity. Our intersectional approach reveals that adolescents’ expressions of math anxiety do not always correspond with gender, racial, and ethnic stereotypes, with Black girls, Black boys, and Latine boys expressing relatively low levels of math anxiety. Finally, consistent with the principles of inclusion and universal design, …

Leading Where You Live: A Qualitative Multi-Case Study Of Public High School Principals Who Reside In Their School Communities, Joseph Held

Doctorate in Education

Despite extensive scholarship on relational trust, social capital, place-based leadership, and culturally responsive practice, little is known about how a principal’s residency within the school community shapes leadership demands. This qualitative, multi-case study employed semi-structured interviews, reflexive memoing, and cross-case thematic analysis to examine how nine Minnesota high school principals who lived in the urban, suburban, and rural communities they served experienced leadership practice, equity work, and emotional labor. Findings revealed that residency functions as a consequential leadership condition that reorganizes how principals build trust, exercise judgment, engage families, navigate boundaries, and interpret equity-related tensions. Six themes illuminated residency as: …

What Is Happening In The World Today And Why: Humanity’S Evolving Consciousness And The Role Of Archetypal Energies As Guides During An Unfolding Weeding Out And Alignment Process, Carroy U. Ferguson

Psychology Faculty Publication Series

What is happening in the world today and why? Humanity is evolving its consciousness at individual and collective levels. Given these seemingly tumultuous times, as of this writing (January 2026), to make such a statement may sound like a strange thing to say. However, I suggest that if you are alive today and if you are reading these words, these are the very times for which you were born--to assist Humanity as it evolves its consciousness with your unique gifts, whatever they may be. That is, this period of our individual and collective human being-ness may be characterized as an …

Navigating Intersectional Margins: A Multilevel Analysis Of First- And Second-Generation Immigrant Students’ Academic Outcomes Within Urban Coethnic Communities, Douglas D. Havard, Minh Truong, Sophie Nguyen, Richard Vo, Luis Truong, Nellie Nguyen, Ryan Dam

Education Faculty Articles and Research

This study examines how structural and cultural forms of capital interact to shape the academic attainment of first- and second-generation immigrant students within urban coethnic communities. Drawing on data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study and hierarchical multinomial logistic regression, we integrate Yosso's community cultural wealth and the cultural and structural coethnic frameworks to examine how socioeconomic resources, bilingual fluency, and coethnic community strength predict postsecondary outcomes. Findings reveal that strong coethnic networks, bilingual fluency, and faith-based participation offset structural disadvantage. Results reframe the immigrant paradox through an intersectional, asset-based lens, emphasizing community-driven supports for equity-focused urban education policy.