Audra (Lousias) Vaz, '92, successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, Giving and Gratitude: Comparing Communication Media and Expressions of Gratitude on Subsequent Annual Giving, at Appalachian State University in the Reich College of Education's Educational Leadership program. Audra Vaz, Ed.D., lives in Columbia, South Carolina and serves as Assistant Dean for Advancement in the University of South Carolina's School of Music and Koger Center for the Arts.