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Graduate School of Arts & Science
2018Master’s and Certificate Convocation
Graduate School of Arts & Science
Master’s and Certificate Convocation Ceremony
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
12:00 p.m.
Beacon Theatre
Notice to audience: By entering this venue and live proceedings,
you agree to be video and/or audio recorded by the producers of this event.
2 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
MUSICAL PRELUDE
FACULTY PROCESSIONAL
Please stand for the processional.
WELCOME
Phillip Brian Harper
Dean
Andrew Hamilton
President
Farshin Zargaran
Master’s Graduate
International Relations
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
David P. Giovanella
Assistant Dean for Graduate
Enrollment Services and Director
of the Master’s College
Master’s Awards for Academic
Achievement
The Threesis Academic Challenge
DISTINGUISHED FACULTY SPEAKER
Michael John Williams
Director and Clinical Professor,
International Relations
MUSICAL INTERLUDE
PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES
AND HOODING
Danielle Hartounian
Senior Assistant Director
of the Master’s College
Class Representative
Estelle Streett Pyper
Journalism
Banner Bearer
Morgan Blanche Harnois
Psychology
Faculty Hooders
Deena Engel
Director, Digital Humanities and Social
Science and Clinical Professor,
Computer Science
Pamela Newkirk
Professor, Journalism
Christine Rushlow
Director of Master’s Graduate Studies
and Professor, Biology
Bruce Grant
Acting Director, Experimental Humanities
and Professor, Anthropology
GSAS Master’s ConvocationOrder of Exercises
3MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
CLOSING REMARKS
Phillip Brian Harper
Dean
RECESSIONAL
Please stand for the recessional.
MUSIC
Symphonic Brass Alliance
Robert Susman, Director
Ann J. Kirschner, mezzo-soprano
New York University Pipes and Drums
Brian C. Meagher, Jr., Pipe Major
PHOTOGRAPHY
Island Photography
LIVESTREAM
MB Productions
Graduates and their guests are requested
to remain in the hall for the duration of
the ceremony.
4 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Class of 2018
ADVANCED CERTIFICATE
Denz, Jacob Thomas
German, Kirk R.
Graham, Zoe M.
Korneta, Aubrey Lynn
Renault, Emilie-Julie Marie
Rogers, Emily L.
Ung, Kaliane Helene
Zesk, Andrew Thomas
MASTER OF ARTS
Abiskaroon, Indira A.
Abou Kathir, Mariam Tarek
Abrams, Lindsay
Abric, Abigail
Acri, Lauren
Adeniyi, Keshad Donte
Advani, Rohan
Aeder, Sara Talia
Ahumada Rioja, Matías
Airhart, Ellen
Al Hourani, Youmna
Al Sudairy, Faisal Naif
Al Tabbaa, Marianna
Al Thani, Latefa Mohammed
Alcaino, Manuel Jose
Alcaro, Mary Michelle
Alessio, Taylor Lauren
Alfano, Anna Deborah
Allen, John Tyler
Al-Mamlouk, Nayla
Alok, Adham
Alshaalan, Basma
Alves Dutra Nogueira, Thiago
Alzraiy, Manar M.A.
Amalia, Rifda
Anceau, Emile
André, Hugo Karl Mathias
Anegon, Javier
Anson, Patrick
Antoine, Kemmy Amanda
Anyanwu, Sheba Uzoamaka
Arabind, Rohit
Argyle, Samuel Kent
Asher, Emily Goodman
Atik, Berrak
Bacon, Monica Kailikapuolono
Badaan, Vivienne
Barbour, Shannon Brandace
Barrette, Catherine
Bastardas-Albero, Adriana
Bautista, Nidia Melissa
Beatty, Jessica L.
Bebeshko, Alexander Vladimir
Behzadi, Emily Theadora
Benson, Nikita
Berman, Kira S.
Bernstein, Lauren C.
Biberaj, Isabella
Billingsley, Andrew James
Bloser, Joy Michelle
Bokhari, Sabina Y.
Bolte, Quinn R.
Bonn, Hilary Leslie
Boosalis, Phoebe Alexandra
Constantine
Bortman, Carly S.
Bozorgi, Saghar
Mashaallahzadeh
Bracaglia, Matthew Dillon
Bradwick, Michael Carl
Brantley, Kindall G.
Braun, Kellymarie
Brock, Megan Renee
Brooks, Jeffrey Allen
Brown, Abygayle Scottora
Brown, Eliza
Brown, Serenity Adorra
Bruno, Annabel Rose
Buehler, Melanie Josefine
Buescher, Karli Rei
Bui, Viet Duy
Burgher, Harriet Aspin
Burke, Alison Katherine Kelly
Bushell, Christine Marie
Caballero Samper, Isabel
Cai, Zejun
Cakiroglu, Miray
Calvillo, Maria
Camargo, Raisa Catalina
Cantrell, Elizabeth Duke
These names are up to date as of of April 2, 2018.
Names and related details of all graduates appearing herein are subject to changes, deletions, and additions
as may be necessary for conformity with final, official records of the University.
5MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Cao, Qiong
Caraballo, Lisa M.
Carmen, Cody Ryan
Caro Mejia, Stephany
Carothers, Angela
Carpenter, Max
Castillo Herrera, Juan C.
Cavdar, Suheyla
Ceja, Ligia Elena
Cervantes-Orta, Cora
Chandran, Sanjay
Chao, Pei-si
Chapin, Nicolas Isaac
Che, Yinan
Chehabeddine, Rajaa
Chen, Kehe
Chen, Rianne Meisheng
Chen, Yuning
Cheng, Daniel
Cheng, Zhijia
Chi, Solina H.
Chin, Vit Nam
Cho, Hyo Jin
Chu, Tianshu
Ciallella, Bryse Ayn
Cillekens, Emma Lydia Ann
Cirenza, James R.
Claveau-Garant, Felix
Clifton, Devon Epiphany
Coats, Taylor Corrine
Cohen, Jennifer Lauren
Cohen, Lauren Merrill
Cohen, Max Alexander
Coleman, Aaron Ross
Coleman, Natalie Elizabeth
Conroy, John Oliver
Coolbaugh, Nicole
Cordova-Leon, Lissa
Corleto, Rebeca
Cotner, Michaela
Cox, Sarah
Crabaugh, Sydney Cheyenne
Craig, Samantha Nicole
Cullen, Terrence Robert
Culton, Sophie Lee
Cummins, Eleanor Artemis
Woods
Cunningham, Kimberly Gale
Currie, Samantha Rose
Cutolo, Benedetta
Dalton, William Benjamin
Damotharan, Samhita
Daniels, Jordan
Davis, Kelly
Davis, Scott
Davis, Whitney
Davis, Zachary
Dawson, Allison Lorraine
Dayal, Smaran
de Freitas, Alessandra Dantas
De la Flor, Armando Marcelo
DeMarco, Nicole Elizabeth
Dent, Loren
Desai, Trushika Tushar
Dess, Sophie Madeline
Deull, David
Dickman, Ian Andrew
Diep, Sherry
DiNoia, Megan Ashley
Dorfman, Jennifer Lillian
DosSantos, Linda Isabella
Douglas, Brelaun D.
Dover, Joseph Thomas
Dugar, Aditya
Dull, Alana Karina
Dupont, Marie
Durand, Rose E.
Ealy, Aaron C.
Eichert, David Gregory
Ejigu, Ayenat
Eleti, Athyunnath Reddy
Elfenbein, Matthew Ari
Engelman, Molly Elizabeth
Eni-Kalu, Tochi
Esposito, Benjamin John
Etelain, Jeanne Mathilde Aline
Evans, Caroline Benson
Excell, Jane B.
Fagan, Abigail Sarah
Famodimu, Eunice Abosede
Faure, Mathieu
Faurt, Anaïs
Feinstein, Adam Z.
Feliz, Lotus M.
Feng, Jiayun
Feniak, Hannah Rose
Ferguson, Forrest William
Filipiak, Anna Yvonne
Fletcher, Ben William
Follert, Kendall Elizabeth
Fosnight, Elizabeth
Foster Hanson, Emily Elizabeth
Frage, Joseph Scott
Frank, Chelsea Erin
Frank, Emily Beatrice
Freitas, James Anthony
6 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Class of 2018
Frim, Daniel Joseph
Froehlich, Barrie Lauren
Frutos-Zatlin, Laura Karina
Fu, Tianyu
Furlong, Caitlin
Furrer, Amanda Lee
Gaffney, Shawn James
Gagliano, Gina
Gallagher, Brian Matthew
Galteland, Nicolle Erin
Gao, Zhuoqun
Garcia, Felicia Renee
Gargiulo, Jennifer Ann
Garofalo, Paula Bettina
Garton, Timothy A.
Gasparotto, Melissa R.
Gaudio, John
Gaylord, Alexandra Leigh
Ge, Nan
Georges, Colleen Andrea
Getzoff, Marc David
Giddens, Carlee Virginia
Gigout, Kaitlyn Michelle
Gikandi, Levi Mungai
Gitan, Ionut
Gizzi, Chelsea L.
Godel, William P.
Gomez, Brandon Joseph
Gonzalez, Alexander
Gonzalez, Eduardo
Gonzalez, Noel
Gorsky, Ariel Anna
Goulet, Lisa
Goulovitch, Angela
Graves, Vanessa Anne
Green, Amara
Greenberg, Samuel N.
Greene, Kevin J.
Grieder, Melanie L.
Grimes, Marisa L.B.
Grisar, Paul Joshua
Grissom, Ashley Nicole
Guan, Tianyun
Gulick, Deanna Michelle
Guo, Edelene Yuzhu
Guo, Mengyao
Gupta, Sanjana Vivek
Gurley, Lauren Kaori
Haider, Syed Zeeshan
Hailey, Chantal Annise
Hall, Jordan
Hammoud, Rawan Khaled
Han, Danyang
Han, Ji Hye
Han, Jianfan
Hanrahan, Laura Elizabeth
Harchack, Jesse
Harnois, Morgan Blanche
Hashimoto, Marika J.
Hasni, Alexander James
Slimane
Hatfield, Zachary Shaw
Haynes, Christine Elizabeth
Hebdon, Bronte Alexandra
Heck, Micaela Castle
Hedenstierna, Sophie Ewa
Wilhelmina
Henderson, Dillon J.
Herbut, Sophie Kymberly
Hernandez, Stephany
Higgins, Wesley Courter
Ho, Stephanie
Hoffman, Eliezah Blumenthal
Hogan, Joseph Thomas
Holland, Lauren Renee
Hong, Stacy Suhyoung
Horschig, Doreen
Hossain, Syeda Rubaiyat
Hou, Yuxi
Hu, Daniel
Hu, Xin
Huang, Jingyu
Huang, Yingdong
Huang, Yueming
Huang, Yunli
Hughes, Alyssa Marie
Huh, Jinho
Hulett, Benjamin
Hume, Hannah Claire Martin
Hunt, Elaine Soeurt
Hurtubise, Michelle Yung
Idahosa-Erese, Ehimamiegho
Ito, Konan
Izzo, Trevor
Jacobs, Logan Mackenzie
Jacobson, Ella C.
Jasperse, Leland
Jaturavith, Jiradej
Jazzan, Marcos
Jenkins, Kathleen
Jensen, Eva Grace
Jiang, Linjing
Jiang, Yueyue
Johnson, Emily Rose
Johnson, Louisa Marie
Johnson, Michael Lawton
7MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Johnson, Sade J.
Jones, Camille Philippa
Ju, Lauren
Kanfer, Natalie Bella
Kang, Haiqing
Kang, Hannah Marie
Kang, Minjae
Kang, Yueming
Karna, Anjuli Verma
Karpovets, Oksana
Kasl, Colin Philip
Kaspareck, Alexandra Lucia
Katz, Hannah S.
Kaufman, Mark D.
Kaundinya, Anaka
Kearns, Madeleine Janet
Keary, Lauren Amanda
Kennedy, Hunter Leigh
Keough, Andrew William
Khodr, Omar Majed
Kim, Clemence Dongwoo
Kim, Eana
Kim, Hangyul
Kim, Heyeon
Kim, Min Jung
King, Willyann Jenneh
Ko, Ya-Yun
Koksalan, Damla
Konieczko, Marissa Anne
Kook, Ji Yeon
Koslock, Marina Lee
Kraus, Rachel
Kulpa, Ula
Kumar, Arjun
Kuperavage, Brianna Leigh
Kurland, Eli Simon
Kurzyna, Daniel
Kwak, Minkyoung
Kwan, Ellen
La Riviere, Lukas Joseph
LaFlam, Jeffrey David
Lai, Timothy Andrew
Langer Rossi, Laura
Lania, Nicole
Lapina, Yulia
Lasaro, Ivan C.
Latimer, Nichole E.
Lavandera, Maria Jose
Lavere, Rick
Lawson, Luke Richard
Lee, Chia Chen
Lee, Fangfang
Lee, James
Lee, Jinah
Lee, Joo Hyun
Lee, Sejin
Lei, Ni
Lei, Zhenhuan
LePla, Julia
Lerma, Vanesa Carolina
Lewis, Colton
Li, Alan Jiang
Li, Ang
Li, Han
Li, Li Cheng
Li, Ruoxi
Li, Sicheng
Li, Tong
Li, Xin
Li, Zimu
Liao, Yinxue
Lin, Chiao-Jung
Lin, Guan-Ting
Lin, Yangqiuzi
Lin, Ying
Lin, Zhuodong
Linde, Rebecca K.
Littman, Jason Michael
Liu, Jing
Lodaria, Komal J.
Loewen, Tisa Nicolette
Lolic, Sandra
Lotspike, Amanda Sommer
Luo, XueJuan
Lyon, Kelly P.
Lyu, Le
Ma, Luyao
Ma, Xiaotian
Maddaloni, Fosca
Maestre, Carolina Andrea
Mamedyarov, Riyad
Mangano, Vincent M.
Mann, Jasmine A.
Mansour, Ahmed Ali
Marchi, John P.
Marroquin, Tatiana Marcela
Martin, Britt
Martin, Violeta
Martinez Autin, Ivan
Martínez, Javiera Patricia
Mastrangelo, Sarah Danielle
Mastroianni, Carla M.
Matese, Nicholas G.
Matsuura, Michelle Chieko
Ku’uipo
Mattia, Taylor Renee
8 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Class of 2018
Mattingly, Peter J.
Matto Pérez, Luis Carlos
McCarty, Joellen Renee
McCullough, Allison McKenna
McDonnell, Maura Anne
McDougall, Rennie Lachlan
McFarlan, Tracy
McGraw, Kristina Marie
Mecca, Matthew M.
Mendiratta, Palak Ashok
Metcalf-Burton, Justin R.
Micare, Emma Kerin
Miller, Emma Shannon
Mirabile, Nicholas John
Mirpuri, Sanya
Mishara, Sophie
Mitchell, Christopher James
Miyares, Samantha
Mobayed, Yasmeen Omar
Mohamed, Kamal Ahmed Ali
Mohie-Eldin, Fatima Alev
Molloy, Christina Marie
Momot, Madelaine Frances
Mond, Ariel Sara
Montanes Lleras, Susana
Montero, Alexander Cole
Morris, Alexandra Francesca
Morris, Shannon Bridget
Morrison, Cassidy Erin
Morsawala, Mahak
Motolinia Carballo, Lucia
Moura Karolczak, Rodrigo
Mrie, Loubna
Muehring, James Ahrend
Mueller, Alison Katherine
Murillo Sosa, Uriel
Murphy, Kasey Leigh
Musich, Trista Marie
Naseem, Saba
Natarajan, Priyanka
Neidinger, Rachael Maris
Nelson, Miranda Julia
Nelson, Yasmin P.
Nemchick, Michael Paul
Nemo, Leslie Ann
Nestor, Reesa Jean
Newell, Alec Thomas
Newport, Stacy Renee
Ng, Yuqin Kimberly
Ngo, Cheuk Hin
Nikitin, Evgenii
Nirjar, Vasavi
Nista, Danielle Marie
Noland, Maria A.
Noll, Samantha Patricia
Nyarushatsi, Aloys
O’Brien, Catherine Ellen
Okuda-Overhoff, Emily Maria
Onyiorah, Fortune N.
Orcutt, Lisa Angela
Orellana Ramos, Edison Patricio
Orescan, Leah Jeannette
Ortiz, Ashley Marie
Osborne, Graceelaine F.
Ozan, Ilhan
Pal, Srijita C.
Pandey, Aayushman Indra
Pandya, Harsh R.
Park, Hae Min
Park, JuWon
Park, Sojung
Paschal, Mattos
Passi, Marvin Gabriel Junior
Patel, Karina Chandrakant
Paulsen, Tine Nansen
Paynter, Breanna Marie
Pearl, John Gregory
Perrone, Natalie Lisa Maria
Pierce, Haley S.
Pierre, Anissa Michel
Pinel, Melissa
Pittman, Katharine Leigh
Pooya, Parvin
Pope, Jasmyne Nomarah
Potter, Grier Howland
Povilonis de Vilchez,
Natalie Sue
Premachandra, Bharathy
Proo, Sarah Jessica
Prykhodko, Maryna
Pugliese, Annunziata Tina
Pyle, Marcus Ryan James
Pyper, Estelle
Qin, Shasha
Qiu, Leimin
Quinn, Joseph Francis
Radney, Imani Naiema
Rahman, Shagor Aziz
Raitt, Louisa Michelle
Ramesh, Divya
Ramirez, Audy A.
Ramos, Richard J.
Randall, Stephanie Rae
Ratjen, Victoria
Ray, Moriah
Reddix, Sherry Jacqueline
9MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Reinero, Diego Ariel
Rendo, Maria
Rich, Alexander Solomon
Richards, Christopher Thomas
Riley, Edward
Roberts, Clark Harrison
Roberts, Madison L.
Roberts, Mariel
Robitzski, Daniel Arthur
Roe, Corrie
Rollet, Charles Marie Henry
Rollet, Lewis Peck
Rollins, Kevin A.
Rosado, Nasanin A.
Rothe, Anselm
Rouhani, Shiva
Rowland, Nora
Rudy, Alisa Joyce
Russell, Emma
Ryder, Camila E.
Sabbagh, Michelle Rivka
Saber, Angie
Sahin, Merisa Bahar
Sahinkaya, Ezel
Saleem, Saniya
Salgado Portillo, Cesar F.
Salley, Jessica Celeste Ross
Sanchez Gonzalez, Julian Dario
Sanci, Elissa Maria
Sarconi, Emma Maureen
Sauma, Mario
Schaeffer, Carol J.
Schmitz, Emily Katherine
Scholtz, Klara Louisa
Schoon, Bethany N.
Schuman, Alexandra
Sears, Jessica
Seda, Lucia I.
Seger, Katherine V.
Seligson, Paula Lynn
Setyon, Lisa
Sevinc, Bugra Ahmet
Seyal, Amir Ian
Shakya, Ayesha
Shang, Shuang
Shao, Yuhan
Shelley, Alejandro
Shen, Qin
Shetty, Anjushree Arun
Shi, Long
Shi, Sophia
Shieh, Marissa
Shin, Esther Hyunhee
Shindler, Megan E.
Shusterman, Noa
Sicard, Sarah Melissa
Simon, Hannah Kate
Singhal, Maya M.
Slautina, Maria
Slobodchikova, Olga
Smith, Emily Grace
Smith, Laura E.
Smyth, Derek Edward
Snape, Johannes Francis
Sneideman, Emily Catherine
Lauria
Sokolow, Alexandra Kirby
Somekh, Simone
Son, Jacquelyn Renee
Sonnier-Thompson, Bre’Anna
Elysse
Soto, Jonathan David
Spohn, Andrew Michael
Srna, Amina
St. Francis, Isabella Michelle
Stark, Patricia Zin
Stathis, Micah
Staworzynska, Ewa
Steinerova, Lucie
Stillerman, Benjamin Stewart
Stolnik, Ivana
Stone, Susanna
Stout, Zoe E.
Stoyanovich, James Davis
Strike, Theresa Nicole
Stutman, Gabriel A.
Sugars, Stephanie Alena
Suhr, Jonathan Shin
Sun, Yu-Ting
Sun, Zhuozi
Surujbhan, Camille Faudia
Suskin, Arielle
Sussman, Corey Alexander
Swayze, Hannah
Sweikert, Ryan Arthur
Swift, Symphonie Nicole
Syed, Razi
Sykes, Morgan Leigh
Szostak, Megan Elizabeth
Tadepalli, Apoorva
Tammaro, Kevin
Tanis, Kaitlyn Leigh
Tasoff, Harrison
Tatem, Caroline Joy
Taylor, Grace Ann
Teets, Samuel David
10 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Class of 2018
Thakker, Badal
Thielscher, Lea Sophie
Thomas, Jene Kaylin
Thomas, Leah Christine
Thorne, James Christian
Tian, Hanzong
Tian, Mi
Ting, Jasmine Arielle Pobre
Tiwari, Sanjana
Tong, Yuqi
Topper, Jessica Leigh
Torrealba, Isabel
Tracy, Ryan Edward
Traore, Jacqueline Khadidja
Tufano, Alison Emilia
Upton, Martha A.
Urodov, Andrey Nickolaevich
Vakta, Hetanshi Sanjay
Vincent, Briana
Vlachakis, Alexander
Waheed, Shandana
Wallis, Hanna Suzanne
Wang, Chao
Wang, Cong
Wang, Dan
Wang, Kaibo
Wang, Mengyao
Wang, Xiaoyang
Wang, Xin
Wang, Yifan
Wang, Yifan
Wang, Zhiyu
Wang, Zhou
Wangmo, Tsering
Wangshen, Wanruo
Warga, David Ross
Warren, Danielle Elizabeth
Wasserman, Sasha Kalter
Watson, Rachel Morris
Weathers, Sally Bacon
Wei, Wenlu
Weinberg, Max
Weiner, Jacob Alex
Wetsman, Nicole
Weza, Thandiwe Abeni
Wheeler, Zachary
Williams, Steven
Williamson, William Jordan
Willis, Mary Katherine
Wilson, Michael Ryan
Wilson, Olivia P.
Withers, Rachel Rose
Wong, Augusta Sullivan
Wong, Levi
Wong, Pearlie Yiansie
Wooden, Leslie R.
Wortsman, Aurelie B.
Wright, Audrey Lenox
Wu, Qihan
Wu, Shirley
Wu, Xiaolang
Wu, Xiaoyi
Wu, Yifei
Xia, Fangqian
Xia, Yu
Xiao, Hangyu
Xiao, Yiwen
Xiong, Yifan
Xu, Xiaoyong
Yamazaki, Mizuho
Yan, Runyu
Yan, Yusi
Yang, Yang
Yang, Yueqi
Yang, Yutong
Yao, Xiaolin
Yarlagadda, Tara
Yazgi, Elizabeth A.
Ying, Jiexiao
Yip, Viola
Young, Melissa Noelle
Yu, Yifan
Zaidy, Sadia Hasan
Zargaran, Farshin
Zavadski, Katie
Zeitlin, Mollie
Zelmer, Jennifer Rashell
Zeng, Chen
Zeng, Qingnan
Zhang, Mengxi
Zhang, Shuai
Zhang, Yi
Zhang, Yile
Zhang, Yizhi
Zhao, Jiayu
Zhao, Wei
Zheng, Alina Michelle
Zhong, Rui
Zhou, Wei
Zhou, Xinqian
Zhou, Xuan
Zhu, Keyu
Zhu, Shiyu
Zilinsky, Jan
11MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
Aber, Aria
Ahmadi, Amir
Alexander, Azzure Isabelle
Alla, Albert Arthur
Antigua, Diannely Alicia
Arenas Gill, Felice
Blumstein, Benjamin Gibreel
Bockino, Kathryn Mae
Boerem, Andrea Gale
Branciforte, Gino L.
Brodsky, Pascual Ariel
Carcamo, Franco Orlando
Castro Amenabar, Maria
Trinidad
Chow, Matthew
Conner, Isabelle
Cotto Castellano, Wilmiriam
Cusano, Charlotte R.
Darling, Kristina Marie
Dekeersgieter, Colin
DeRado, Andrew James
Des Vignes, Sean Eric
Dinerman, Barbara Ann
Diofebi, Dario
diPierro, Alyssa Grace
Fletcher, Irby Ray
Fulbrook, Carl
Gannis, Scott Nelson
Gilbert, Todd Mitchell
Gilham, Hannah
Glencross, Timothy Edward
Goldstein, Caroline L.
González, Alberto Andrés
Gonzalez, Gizela Madrigal
Gunty, Theresa Kathryn
Hall, Alexandria Kathleen
Helbacka-Bennett, Andrew Jay
Hetzman, Courtney
Higgins, Andrew Patrick
Holtz, Sophia Horowitz
Jorquiera Stagno, Camila
Kashefi, Farnaz
Kruse, Emma C.
Lin, Yuxi
Loewi, Ethan G.
Ludel, Wallace
Madrigal, Luis Alberto
Maher, John
Mahmoud, Adham Osama
Mannheimer, Rachel E.
Martin, Claire Elizabeth
Martin, Kristen Ann
Mearin Puigdellívol, Marta
Millner, Maggie Rose
Modi, Jessica M.
Moreno Santa Rosa, Mariano
Antonio
Mori, Madeleine Claire
Newton, Hallie
No, Patricia
Ogrodnik, Marcia Lynn
Ouimet, Ryan James
Ovando, Juan Francisco
Powell, Crystal
Prey, Austin William Ernst
Rico Carrillo, Jose Luis
Rizkallah, Jessica Marie
Rojas Mora, Laura Victoria
Sanchez Villaman, Aquiles A.
Severiche, Guillermo Abel
Shahbaz, Francine
Shutts, Brittany
Skillen, Lindsey
Smith, Thomas Jennings
Sugar, Leigh
Swenson, Megan Nicole
Telling, Blayne
Tiniaco, Natasha Lucia
Tucker, Jordan Valentine
Valverde, Elizabeth Ann
Wright, Eleanor Moselle
Zimmerman, Sacha M.
MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY
Breatore, Matthew Quinn
Brielmann, Aenne Annelie
Castellano, Lorenzo
Fattal, Joshua Felix
Fedo, Amelia
Fokaidis, Athena
Fuller, Jeffrey Martin
Herron, Jonathan D.
Jang, Ki-Eun
Lih, Emelyn G.
Margulies, Zachary Abram
Mishel, Emma Katarina
Mitchell, Elise Agatha
O’Neill, Mary Elizabeth
Quinton, Laura Rose Lloyd
Riccardi-Swartz, Sarah Amy
Sanchez Voelkl, Pilar
Schwartz, Yitzchak E.
Seaton, Andrew
Shybunko, Kyle Stephen
Weisberg, Alexander Matthew
12 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Class of 2018
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Abdul Basheer, Nusrath
Adam, Steven N.
Agrawal, Sharan
Aliwaisi, Ahmed
Allwood, Thomas Michael
Middleton
Almabrok, Amel I.
Alyafi, Dana A.
Amendola, Caroline R.
An, Ziyan
Ao, Ran
Arias, Paul Jonathan
Arnaboldi, Brenton
Arnav, Arunabh
Arora, Pranit
Arumugam, Meenakshi
Sundaram
Aruta, Matthew Scott
Athreya, Sahana S.
Bakhturina, Evelina
Bakogianni, Sofia
Balogh, Stephen Gregory
Bandari, Bharath
Bannon, James John
Bapodra, Neil V.
Baranov, Max
Belgamwar, Nehal Sudhir
Bellocq, Flavien
Berkowitz, Shari
Bhagat, Ankit Chetan
Bhasin, Palak
Bhave, Anand Shrikant
Bisin, Vittorio A.
Bloser, Joy Michelle
Boddu, Sravya
Bodt, Louise Hart
Bouchie, Adrienne Nolan
Bower, Daniel William
Brawley Jr., Douglas N.
Brittingham, Gregory P.
Butt, Hannan A.
Cao, Chenyang
Cao, Xianzhi
Cao, Xu
Cao, Zhi
Castro-Rivera, Cristina
Cefola, Vincent A.
Chadha, Pehalvi K.
Chaganty, Ravi
Chagarlamudi, Tejas Rao
Chan, Tien Tung Celeste
Chao, Cheng-Hsi
Chaphekar, Pranav
Chediak, Quentin
Chen, Ben
Chen, Chengbo
Chen, Chun-Ting
Chen, Hao-Yuan
Chen, Jiaming
Chen, Ju
Chen, Yichao
Cheng, Qianyu
Chiang, Sherry
Chien, Mu-Hua
Chitale, Poonam
Chittenden-Veal, Joseph
Connell
Choi, Youngduck
Chu, Fang-Yi
Cipolina-Kun, Lucia
Cirrone, Jacopo
Copeland, Timothy Leo
Corcos, Eli S.
Corso, Michael
Cui, Hao
Cui, Xin
Cui, Yafei
Cullaj, Arben
Dai, Yuxiao
Dancel-Manning, Kristen Dana
DeCarlo, Christopher
Delgado Sanchez, Raul
D’Elia, Kristen Patricia
Deochand, Sunil Dwarka
Deshpande, Ojas Aniket
Deshpande, Ria
Dhage, Meghana
Diaz, Bianca
Dillon, Shaun Joseph
Ding, Chen
Dobru, Vlad Darie
Dong, Chen
Droumbakis, Claire Margret
Dutt, Rishu P.
Dwyer, Mildred M.
Dyzenhaus, Sophie Jean
Eagel, Jess Aaron
Elzaky, Manar
Evci, Utku
Fagan, MaryEileen
Fan, OuKan
Fan, Raochuan
Fan, Xinyu
Fang, Mi
Fang, Yiwen
Fernando, Jude Ruben
13MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Fetcie, Katherine
Fierro Farah, Eduardo
Fisher, Paul Michael
Floam, Scott Matthew
Flores Gonzalez, Gerardo
Francisco, Larizbeth A.
Franco Ortega, Mario Raul
Frank, Emily Beatrice
Gan, Quan
Gao, Lingshan
Gill, Simranjyot Singh
Gopu, Vishakh Ram
Graesser, Laura Harding
Greatti, Yves
Green, Jordan
Greenidge, Deirdre Gertrude
Guo, Lei
Guo, Taikun
Guo, Zhiqi
Gupta, Abhinav
Gurram, Bhaskar Srinivas
Hadar, Sarah Mariam
Hamilton, David E.
Hammond, Robert Eugene
Han, Qiyu
Han, Ru Jun
Harish, Raghavendra
Hawidi, Mohamed Hassn Ab
Haynes, Christine Elizabeth
He, Donghan
Hekal, Taymor Ahmed
Helmers, Julie Christine
Ho, Chun Ming
Hong, Ruojun
Hsu, Ching-Hsiang
Hsu, Harrison R.
Hsu, Jui-Ting
Hsu, Pei-Feng
Hsu, Wellington Chih-Hsiang
Hu, Ruoyu
Hu, Xuyao
Huang, Junjie
Huang, Xi
Huang, Xiaoyu
Hwang, Shinyou
Hyland, Nicholas S.
Ianniello, Carlotta
Ichikawa, David M.
Imperiale, Daniele
Jadwani, Sonal
Jiang, Shangying
Jin, Kexin
Jin, Luyu
Jones, Zachary Nicholas
Juang, Che-Lun
Jusufi, Ardi
Kadel, Akash
Kadiyan, Abhishek
Kadkhodaie, Zahra
Kaki, Abdulmajeed Mustafa
Kalyani, Jahnavi
Kamalaharan, Dagshayani
Kamen, Scott Allen
Kapoor, Aditya
Karan, Bhavishya
Karnik, Pratik Parag
Kartsonis, William John Dunne
Katyal, Tanvi
Kaur, Puneet
Ke, Yaohan
Kernaf, Almabrouk E.
Khanwani, Jaya Hiro
Kim, Eugenie
Kim, Gyuhak
Kim, Young Eun
Kingsberg, Harold Robert
Kobzar, Vladimir Alexandrovich
Kothadia, Ramani Bhupendra
Kulkarni, Sushma
Kumar, Krishna Keshab
Kumar, Naman
Kumar, Roshan
Kutty, Vineetha K.N.
Lai, Ying-An
Lakhanpal, Jai Gaurav
Lalani, Saniya
Lamba, Sonal
Lang, Walter Nathan
LaRue, Madeleine Monica
Lawrence, Nicholas Frank
Le, Son Nguyen
Lebec, Xavier Armand
Lee, Caroline S.
Lee, Silviana
Leon, Allison Caitlin
Leon, Victor A.
Lesi, Oyinlola Adetoun
Lewis, Brianna R.
Li, Ao
Li, Chong
Li, Kaili
Li, Qianhao
Li, You
Liang, Jiaxing
Lin, Hsin-Pei
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Class of 2018
Lin, Shasha
Lin, Weitao
Lin, Zhuoru
Lipscomb, Thomas H.
Liu, Boyu
Liu, Fanghao
Liu, Jingni
Liu, Nan
Liu, Peng
Liu, Sheng
Liu, Xialiang
Liu, Xiaodan
Liu, Zhaopeng
Lou, Alexia
Lu, I-Wu
Lu, Jiaxuan
Lu, Wenhao
Lu, Yunfei
Lucaci, Alexander
Luo, Kailin
Luo, Yangyang
Luo, Yixiang
Ma, Haoran
Ma, Siqi
Ma, Tao
Ma, Yizhuo
Ma, Yue
MacMillan, Hannah J.
Mahesh, Anish Vaideshwar
Maheshwari, Chirag
Major, Vincent J.
Malkin, Israel
Manza, Paul T.
Mao, Tingyu
Martin, Patricia K.
Martinez, Britney B.
Mastrangelo, Sarah Danielle
Mastroianni, John
Masur, Rohit Gururaj
McGaw, Quentin
McKenna, Benjamin
Alexander Reiss
McLaughlin, Daniel J.
Mehta, Sanchit
Meng, Lingzhi
Mi, Tianyu
Millan, Kristyn
Minck, Christopher W.
Mirisis, Anastasios A.
Mishra, Sakshi
Mlejnek, Jakub
Mody, Nihit
Mohan, Saumya
Moreno-Vasquez, Ryan
Mu, Yurui
Mullachery, Vikramsreehari
Mustafa, Ismail
Mustafa, Meer
Muthyala, Rohit R.
Nagarajan, Adheip
Nallam, Pavan Sudhir
Nam, Jiin
Nangia, Nikita
Narasimharajan, Srinivas
Natsheh, Muath Khaled
Neagle, Scott Wyman
Ni, Yuan
Ni, Yuan
O’Brien, Derek M.
Okoro, Michael C.
Pan, Shuyu
Pandharpurkar, Nitisha Vikas
Pareek, Pranay
Park, Hae Min
Patil, Neeraj
Patkeshwar, Apurva Vaibhav
Pavinkurve, Nishanth P.
Peng, Mingshi
Perez-Gea, Ana Cristina
Petricioli Araiza, Carlos
Eduardo
Philip, John
Poduval, Aditya Madhusoodan
Prabhu, Vasant Madan
Purwar, Sanketh
Qi, Yifan
Qian, Yulu
Qin, Li Lin
Qiu, Mengna
Rahimova, Alina
Rahman, Md. Mostafijur
Rao, Parth Hiren
Rasool, Ayesha
Raval, Yash Rajan
Rawson, Michael
Rempel, Yekaterina
Ren, Tong
Ren, Zizhuo
Rodriguez, Jonathan J.
Rogers, Nicholas S.
Rogers, Stephanie L.
Ross, Storm Avery
Rossillo, Mary G.
Rowland, Joela
Sadhwani, Yash
Sanghavi, Frenil Pankajkumar
Sannapareddy, Rohith Reddy
15MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Sappadla, Prateek Veeranna
Saraf, Sonica
Sargsian, Shushan
Sasidharan, Divya
Saurav, Nitesh
Schraink, Tobias
Seminara, Jason Vincent
Serralta, Alexandra V.
Shah, Sohil Sunil
Shalaby, Nora Abdelnaby
Eliraqy
Shan, Zhe
Sharma, Suneesha
Shen, Feng
Shen, Qian
Shen, Yiqiu
Shi, Huangyi
Shrote, Vigya
Shubhada Narayan, Fnu
Singh, Amanpreet
Singhal, Raghav
Smith, Samuel Richard
Song, Joseph Kwang Lim
Song, Liwei
Song, Yue
Su, Jingyi
Sui, Peimeng
Sun, Qianran
Sun, Yang
Suresh, Priyanka
Swenson, Joyce
Swiniarski, Lucas
Tan, Elaina
Tan, Qinxin
Tao, Manyuan
Tao, Yicong
Thakur, Kartikeya
Thapar, Pranjal
Thomas, Mathew
Thyagarajan, Sharanya
Tian, Haiming
Tran, Minh Ha
Treado, Colleen Jennifer
Trivedi, Ashish
Tu, Yuwei
Tyagi, Gajraj S.
Vasandani, Bhavesh Subhash
Venkatesan, Karthik
Ventyana, Gita
Verma, Deepti
Virani, Mansi
Visweswaran, Nisha
Vulfson, Alec
Vulpescu, Nicholas Andrew
Wahib, Hanan
Wajekar, Manoj
Wald, Jennifer
Wang, Duo
Wang, Edward Zhicheng
Wang, Eric
Wang, Hezhi
Wang, Jinglin
Wang, Kailing
Wang, Mengran
Wang, Miao
Wang, Weimin
Wang, Xiaoyu
Wang, Xintong
Wang, Xuan
Wang, Ying
Wang, Zifan
Wang, Ziyang
Weren, Kelsey Elizabeth
Will, Peter Colby
Williams, Samuel Baxter
Wu, Haichao
Wu, Joyce Mengshin
Wu, June Qiong
Wu, Kehan
Wu, Nan
Wu, Yihui
Wu, Yue
Xia, Bo
Xiang, Gen
Xiang, Siyuan
Xiang, Yue
Xiong, Lihua
Xu, Jiwei
Xu, Junwen
Xu, Kewei
Xu, Lei
Xu, Lejing
Xu, Shizhou
Xu, Yida
Xu, Yiran
Xu, Zhe
Yang, Aotian
Yang, Chun-Yi
Yang, Guang
Yang, Jinfan
Yang, Lu
Yang, Rihan
Yang, Xinyan
Yang, Yunjian
Yao, Lihan
Yao, Xiang
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Class of 2018
MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Yeh, Kuan-Ting
Yenugutala, Praneeth
Yevick, Aaron
Ying, Jinghan
Ying, Da
Yu, Jiayun
Yu, Juanlu
Yu, Xiaohe
Yu, Xinyi
Yu, Zemin
Yu, Zhichao
Yu, Zidan
Zeng, Binqian
Zhang, Chen
Zhang, Guangyu
Zhang, Jiaming
Zhang, Qianhui
Zhang, Songnan
Zhang, Xinsheng
Zhang, Yang
Zhang, Yanjia
Zhang, Yanyu
Zhang, Yidi
Zhang, Yuqian
Zhang, Zachariah
Zhao, Han
Zhao, Jing
Zhao, Tian
Zhao, Weisen
Zhao, Xinya
Zhao, Yu
Zhao, Zixiang
Zhao, Ziyu
Zheng, Xuhui
Zhou, Tianze
Zhou, Yanli
Zhou, Zaihao
Zhu, Dailing
Zhu, Jiadong
Zhu, Jincong
Zhu, Tianhui
Zhu, Wenqing
Zhu, Ya
Zhu, Yuhe
Zhuang, Zeleng
Zhuo, Liang
Zuhusky, Joseph Ryan
Zuniga, Marisol
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Graduate School of Arts & Science
ADMINISTRATION
Phillip Brian Harper
Dean
Roberta S. Popik
Associate Dean for Graduate Enrollment Services
and Graduate School of Arts and Science Administration
Allan Corns
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
David P. Giovanella
Assistant Dean for Graduate Enrollment Services
and Director of the Master’s College
Aida Gureghian
Assistant Dean for Students
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DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS
Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Studies
Ancient World, Study of the
Anthropology
Atmosphere Ocean Science
Biology
Chemistry
Cinema Studies
Classics
Comparative Literature
Computational Biology
Computer Science
Creative Writing
Data Science
East Asian Studies
Economics
English
Environmental Health Sciences
Ergonomics and Biomechanics
European and Mediterranean Studies
Experimental Humanities
Fine Arts
French
French Studies
German
Hebrew and Judaic Studies
Historical and Sustainable Architecture
History
International Relations
Irish and Irish-American Studies
Italian Studies
Journalism
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Law and Society
Linguistics
Mathematics
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Museum Studies
Music
Near Eastern Studies
Neural Science
Performance Studies
Philosophy
Physics
Politics
Psychology
Religious Studies
Russian and Slavic Studies
Sackler Institute
Social and Cultural Analysis
Sociology
Spanish and Portuguese
Languages and Literatures
MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Graduate School of Arts & Science
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HISTORY
The Graduate School of Arts and Science was founded in 1886 by
Henry Mitchell MacCracken, a professor of philosophy and logic and vice
chancellor at New York University. MacCracken believed that universities
should respond to the needs of modernity by giving unprecedented
priority to advanced research and professional training. Guided by his
vision, New York University became the second university in the United
States to award a PhD on the basis of academic performance and
examination.
MacCracken’s new vision of graduate training attracted ever-growing
numbers of young women and men to doctoral and master’s programs.
The first female students entered the University in 1888. Today, women
constitute over half of the 2,863 master’s and 2,056 doctoral students
enrolled in over 50 degree-administering units.
Mirroring the cultural diversity of New York City, the Graduate School of
Arts and Science is an urban, diverse, and cosmopolitan major research
center, with students from more than 130 countries. The Graduate School
still honors the ideal expressed by Albert Gallatin, the University’s first
president, who articulated the institution’s primary goal: “A private
university in the public service.”
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Graduate School of Arts & Science
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