george mason university fifty-fourth commencement
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George Mason UniversityFifty-Fourth Commencement
Friday, May 14, 2021
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Mason Memories
National AnthemSantiago Alfonzo Meza, BA Music and Environmental and Sustainability Studies ’20Accompanied by the Patriots Fife and Drum Corpsand The 8th Green Machine Regiment Band
Welcoming RemarksGregory Washington President, George Mason University
Presentation of the Mason Medal to The Honorable Tom DavisJames W. Hazel Rector, Board of Visitors
Commencement SpeakerDr. Jill Biden First Lady, United States of America
Student Performance“A Flame That Lights the Gloom” Performed by the George Mason University Winterguard
Presentation of Degree CandidatesMark R. Ginsberg, Provost and Executive Vice President
Ann ArdisDean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm Dean, College of Science
Robert E. BakerInterim Dean, College of Education and Human Development
Maury Peiperl Dean, School of Business
Germaine Louis Dean, College of Health and Human Services
Kenneth Ball Dean, Volgenau School of Engineering
Rick Davis Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Alpaslan ÖzerdemDean, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Mark Rozell Dean, Schar School of Policy and Government
Ken RandallDean, Antonin Scalia Law School
Conferral of DegreesPresident Gregory Washington
Alumni ToastSumeet Shrivastava, MBA ’94 President, Alumni Association
Alma MaterGreen Machine Alumni and Friends
Closing RemarksPresident Gregory Washington
Mason’s rendition of “Pomp and Circumstance” is provided by the Green Machine Funk Band. Special thanks to Michael W. Nickens (Doc Nix).
Letter from the President Congratulations, graduates! The faculty, staff, and administration of George Mason University are excited to join your families and friends and other special guests today at our fifty-fourth annual Commencement.
You’re earning a degree from one of the nation’s top research universi-ties and one of the most diverse universities in the country. Because of your hard work, you are prepared for success.
But that’s only part of the story. Your Mason journey has been unlike that of any graduating class in the university’s history. You’ve dealt with tremendous adversity over the past year and displayed a drive and resilience that will serve you in all aspects of life.
When we needed you to be flexible in your mode of education to stay on track to complete your degree, you adjusted. When we needed you to be leaders in executing our Safe Return to Campus plans for the fall and spring semesters, you led.
You’ve met every challenge thrown in your path. For these and so many reasons, this class—my first spring graduating class as Mason president—will always be special to me.
About one-third of Mason graduates in recent years have been in the first generation of their families to earn a four-year degree. For our first-generation graduates today, congratulations on making family history and inspiring others. You exemplify the inclusive excellence we strive for at Mason. We discover and develop talent and provide the opportunity for that talent to grow and flourish.
Today, all of our graduates join a distinguished group of more than 200,000 Mason alumni. They, too, take tremendous pride in your suc-cess and look forward to hiring you and working with you as valued members of the Mason Nation.
Stay connected to this place where you learned so much about your-self. Nurture the relationships you established here. Come back to campus for homecomings and other events. And, of course, keep us apprised of your accomplishments as professionals and as citizens. We’ll be watching.
And remember: Once a Patriot, always a Patriot!
Gregory WashingtonPresident, George Mason University
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Jill Biden, EdD, is the First Lady of the United States, a community college educator, and a bestselling author. Dr. Biden also served as Second Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
EARLY LIFE AND CAREER
Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden was born on June 3,
1951, in Hammonton, New Jersey, to Bonny
Jean Godfrey Jacobs and Donald Carl Jacobs.
The oldest of five daughters, she grew up in
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, just outside of
Philadelphia. She graduated from Upper More-
land High School in 1969, then graduated from
the University of Delaware with a bachelor’s
degree in English in 1975.
In 1976, Dr. Biden began teaching English at
St. Mark’s High School in Wilmington, Delaware.
She then became a reading specialist at Clay-
mont High School. At that time, she was also
pursuing a master of education with a specialty
in reading from West Chester University. She
completed her first master’s degree in 1981.
In 1975, she met then-Senator Joe Biden. They
married at the United Nations Chapel in New
York City in 1977 and she became the mother
Dr. Jill BidenFirst Lady of the United States of America
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of his two sons, Beau and Hunter. Their daughter, Ashley, was born in 1981.
Dr. Biden taught English at Rockford Center psychi-atric hospital while also pursuing a master of arts in English from Villanova University. In 1993, she accepted a job at Delaware Technical Community College. In 2007, she received a doctor of education (EdD) in educational leadership from the University of Delaware.
When Joe Biden became vice president of the United States and the Bidens moved to Washington, D.C., Dr. Biden continued her career at Northern Virginia Community College, teaching throughout their eight years in office.
SECOND LADYAs Second Lady, Dr. Biden focused on advocating for community colleges, military families, and the education of women and girls around the world.
As the Obama-Biden Administration focused on recovering from the 2008 economic recession, Dr. Biden worked to underscore the critical role of com-munity colleges in the nation’s economy. She hosted the first-ever White House Summit on Community Colleges with then-President Obama and led the Community College to Career Bus Tour to highlight industry partnerships between community colleges and employers. She also became the honorary chair of the College Promise National Advisory Board, leading the effort to make community colleges free for hardworking students.
The daughter of a U.S. Navy signalman and the mother of Major Beau Biden, a soldier in the Del-aware Army National Guard, Dr. Biden has been a longtime advocate for military families. As Second Lady, she launched Joining Forces with then-First Lady Michelle Obama, an initiative to support ser-vicemembers, veterans, their families, caregivers,
and survivors. She also released a children’s book in 2012, Don’t Forget, God Bless Our Troops, the story of their family’s experience with deployment through the eyes of Dr. Biden’s granddaughter, Natalie, in the year her father, Beau, was deployed to Iraq.
During her first White House tenure, Dr. Biden trav-eled to nearly 40 countries, visiting military bases, hospitals, and refugee camps, and advocating for education and economic empowerment for women and girls.
Dr. Biden’s advocacy for more cancer education and prevention began in 1993, when four of her friends were diagnosed with breast cancer. Following that year, she launched the Biden Breast Health Initiative to educate Delaware high school girls about the importance of early detection. After Dr. Biden and then-Vice President Joe Biden lost their son Beau to brain cancer in 2015, they helped push for a national commitment to ending cancer as we know it through the White House Cancer Moonshot.
LIFE AFTER THE OBAMA-BIDEN ADMINISTRATION Following the Obama-Biden Administration, then- former Vice President Biden and Dr. Biden launched the Biden Foundation and the Biden Cancer Initiative.
Her New York Times bestselling memoir, Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself was published in 2019. That was followed by her second children’s book, JOEY: The Story of Joe Biden, which was published in 2020.
FIRST LADY As First Lady, Dr. Biden continues her work for edu-cation, military families, and fighting cancer. She is a professor of writing at Northern Virginia Community College.
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Mason M
edal Recipient
The Honorable Tom Davis
Tom Davis’s first foray into politics was at the age of 14, when he was selected to serve as a United States Senate page for four years. He graduated from the Capitol Page School in 1967 and matriculated to Amherst College, where he earned his degree in political science with honors.
After graduating from the University of Virginia Law School, Davis was first elected to office in 1979, representing the Mason District on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. In 1991, he was elected countywide to serve as chair-man of the board. Despite a severe economic downturn and a county budget deep in the red, Davis was able to implement numerous reforms that resulted in Fairfax being named the best managed county in the country by Governing magazine.
In 1994, Davis won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives to represent the 11th Congres-sional District of Virginia. Throughout his tenure in Congress, Davis was widely recognized as a skilled legislator, an honest broker, and a political mastermind. Through legislation such as the D.C. Control Board Act, he helped rescue the District of Columbia from its troubled fiscal situation and sponsored legislation that resulted in the closure of the Lorton prison complex, a longstanding but previously unachievable goal for the citizens of Fairfax County.
Davis earned national recognition as chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2000 and 2002, where he was instrumental in maintaining his party’s majority in the House of Representatives. In 2002, for only the third time in American history, the political party of the president picked up seats in the House in a midterm election.
After the 2002 election, he was named chair-man of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, gaining national promi-nence once again by chairing hearings on the use of steroids in baseball.
Davis is a partner at Holland & Knight and serves on several nonprofit and corporate boards, including the George Mason University Board of Visitors, where he served as rector for six years.
He teaches at George Mason University as a Distinguished Professor, is the author of a recently released book that he wrote with former Democratic congressman Martin Frost about the polarization of the U.S. Congress, and is often asked to appear on network television political shows to discuss the current political landscape.
Davis and his wife, Jeannemarie, live in Vienna, Virginia, with their Maltese pup, Duchess.
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George Mason University Since its beginnings in 1957, George Mason Uni-versity has experienced a steady transformation from regional commuter school to national power-house. Mason’s rise is no coincidence, but instead reflects a purposeful path committed to embracing new ideas and adapting to the evolving needs of the community. More than a half-century later, Mason’s reach extends across the commonwealth and into the global arena, with a diverse student body com-prising students from all 50 states and 130 countries, a campus in South Korea, and world-renowned fac-ulty and researchers dedicated to both focusing on complex problems and nurturing the next generation of thinkers and leaders.
Even as Mason continues to make an impact region-ally, nationally, and globally, we have never wavered in our commitment to inclusivity and our belief that higher education should be accessible to all.
Guided by our motto of Freedom and Learning, Mason strides into the future with a spirit of inno-vation, an acceptance of wide-ranging viewpoints and cultures, and a conviction to stand firm to our principles. In a rapidly changing world of increasing complexity, George Mason University is in a unique position to make change happen by producing the leaders and solutions that our world needs.
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George Mason, the ManGeorge Mason IV was the primary author of the Vir-ginia Declaration of Rights and Virginia’s first consti-tution, written in May and June 1776, which served as examples for other states. He was highly regarded by contemporaries for his intellect and abilities. Thomas Jefferson described him as “a man of first order wisdom,” and James Madison described him as “the soundest and clearest reasoner I have ever listened to.” A reluctant public servant, he has been referred to as the “forgotten” or “unknown” founder.
In 1787, Mason attended the Constitutional Con-vention in Philadelphia. James Madison, although known as the Father of the Constitution, attributed much of the final document to Mason. Mason refused, however, to sign the Constitution, because it did not guarantee the rights of the people. By his principled opposition, Mason ultimately assured the adoption of the federal Bill of Rights based on his Virginia Declaration of Rights. As demonstrated in the
language set forth in Mason’s own documents, he was acutely aware of the moral depravity of slavery—yet he owned slaves. He proposed an elimination of the slave trade as a first step toward eventual emanci-pation, yet he did not make provisions for the care or release of his own slaves upon his death.
On April 12, 1996, a seven-and-a-half-foot statue of George Mason presenting his handwritten draft of the Virginia Declaration of Rights was dedicated at the university. In 2021, the Enslaved People of George Mason memorial will be installed on Wilkins Plaza in proximity to the statue. The statue serves as a constant reminder of the ideals of freedom and learning most important to both Mason the man and the university that bears his name, while the memorial honors the memory of two of the hundreds of individ-uals enslaved by Mason. Together, these landmarks illustrate the complicated legacy of George Mason, the man.
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Highlights of George Mason University’s HistoryThe university’s formal history began in 1957 as Uni-
versity College, the Northern Virginia branch of the
University of Virginia (UVA), offering courses in engi-
neering and the liberal arts. It opened in a renovated
elementary school in the Bailey’s Crossroads area of
Fairfax County with an enrollment of 17 students.
In 1958, the Town (now City) of Fairfax purchased
150 acres and donated the land to the University of
Virginia for a permanent branch campus, then known
as George Mason College.
Just 14 years later, George Mason University
became an independent member of Virginia’s
system of colleges and universities when Virginia’s
governor signed legislation in 1972.
Mason has achieved many milestones across the
decades. Here are just a few highlights.
■ 1968—First class of 52 students graduates
■ 1972—The university separates from UVA
■ 1974—The Office of Admissions hires Mason’s
first Black admissions officer, Andrew Evans
■ 1976—Mason’s baseball team reaches the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
World Series
■ 1980—Fall enrollment is 13,293, including inter-
national students representing 58 countries
■ 1981—Mason begins offering graduate classes
on the Arlington Campus, known then as the
Metro Campus
■ 1983—The university awards its first doctoral
degree, a doctor of arts in education
■ 1985—Women’s soccer wins the NCAA Division I
National Championship
■ 1986—James Buchanan wins the Nobel Prize in
Economic Sciences
■ 1992—Kraken, the first Komodo dragon born in
captivity outside of Indonesia, is hatched at Mason
and quickly becomes a media star
■ 1996—The Johnson Center opens and is the
first multi-use building of its kind on a university
campus
■ 1996—The George Mason Statue is dedicated. Created by Wendy M. Ross, the seven-and-a-half-foot statue shows George Mason presenting his first draft of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
■ 2002—Vernon Smith wins the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
■ 2005—In recognition of a $10 million gift from Ernst and Sara Volgenau, the School of Informa-tion Technology and Engineering is renamed the Volgenau School of Engineering
■ 2006—The Mason men’s basketball team becomes the original “Cinderella” team of March Madness as it makes its exciting run from an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four
■ 2009—U.S. News & World Report names Mason the nation’s No. 1 University to Watch on its first list of up-and-coming schools. Since that time, Mason has remained on the list
■ 2010—The grand opening is held for the Hylton Performing Arts Center
■ 2011—After years of planning and fundraising, a new state-of-the-art Ritchey Chretien telescope is installed in the Research Hall Observatory
■ 2013—Mason joins the Atlantic 10 conference
■ 2014—Mason Korea is established as part of the Incheon Global Campus in Songdo, Korea
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■ 2015—The Prince William Campus is renamed the Science and Technology Campus
■ 2016—Mason enters the R1 Highest Research Activity tier of the Carnegie Classification of Insti-tutions of Higher Education, joining an elite group of 131 research universities and signaling Mason’s leading role in tackling some of society’s most pressing challenges, while reaffirming our status as an innovation engine for the state and region
■ 2016—A $30 million combined gift to the George Mason University Foundation renames Mason’s law school in honor of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
■ 2017—ADVANCE, a new partnership between Mason and Northern Virginia Community College, is established to provide a seamless path for trans-fer students to earn four-year degrees
■ 2017—In recognition of a $10 million gift from Dwight C. Schar, the School of Policy, Govern-ment, and International Affairs is renamed the Schar School of Policy and Government
■ 2018—The new Peterson Family Health Sciences Hall, named in honor of the Peterson Family, opens on the Fairfax Campus, allowing all of the College of Health and Human Services to be housed in one location for the first time
■ 2020—The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution is renamed the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution as a tribute to the Carters’ steadfast commitment to peacemaking through nonviolence
■ 2020—Gregory Washington is named Mason’s 8th president and first Black president
■ 2020—Mason-sponsored research surpasses $200 million
Our Vision StatementWe are an innovative and inclusive academic community committed to creating a more just, free, and prosperous world.
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Spotlight on Extraordinary StudentsThis year, we invited our individual colleges and schools to highlight extraordinary students who demonstrated a commitment to excellence in a variety of ways.
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Kevin Omans Kevin is receiving a BA in foreign languages, with concentrations in Korean studies and Spanish, and a BA in global affairs. He speaks Spanish, Chinese, and Korean fluently. Kevin is a Korean adoptee who has related personal experiences and insight to bilingualism, multilingualism, and questions of social equity in education. He received the CHSS Dean’s Challenge Scholarship in 2020, studied in Korea to attain an advanced high proficiency in Korean, and will be advancing to a graduate program in East Asian studies.
Amy Dezember Amy is receiving a PhD in criminology, law and society. Her dissertation research, which received a prestigious National Science Foundation dissertation fellowship, investigates Alford pleas and the role of evidence in these cases by examining court records and conducting interviews with court actors to learn more about the process for offering, negotiating, and accepting these unique pleas. She has been pub-lished in Psychology, Public Policy, and Law; Courts and Justice Law Journal; and has written numerous book chapters about guilty pleas and the use of risk assessments in the criminal justice system.
College of Science
June KangJune is receiving a PhD in bioinformatics and computational biology. June contributed to our understanding of how viruses jump from animals to humans, and she demonstrated extraordinary ded-ication to mentoring undergraduate, graduate, and Mason INTO students.
Fahad AlmsnedFahad is receiving a PhD in bioinformatics and com-putational biology. Fahad applied a sophisticated bioinformatics algorithm to a broad spectrum of human issues ranging from cancer to viral and meta-bolic diseases. Fahad also published eight peer- reviewed publications and mentored many students.
College of Education and Human Development
Elizabeth Washington Elizabeth is receiving an MS in exercise, fitness, and health promotion (EFHP) with a concentration in advanced practitioner. She is the proud recipient of the American Kinesiology Award and the award for Outstanding Graduate Student in EFHP. Her sports medicine experience and her tenacious passion for her discipline have led her to work with the Advancing Healthcare for Underserved Students (ACHIEVES) Project and to serve in teaching assis-tantships in the Athletic Training Program.
Andrea GuidenAndrea is receiving her PhD in education with emphases in education policy and U.S. history. She was awarded the College of Education and Human Development Outstanding Dissertation Award for her study, “In Search of ‘the Right Type’: An Historical Examination of Black Teachers and Quality in the District of Columbia Public Schools, 1952–1964.” Andrea is a National Academy of Education Spencer Dissertation Fellowship semifinalist and is the author and coauthor of journal articles and book chapters on topics regarding race in education policy and the professionalization of teaching.
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School of Business
Nicholas CarrNick is receiving a BS in marketing. He has become a student leader integral to the success of both the School of Business and Mason at large. He has used his marketing skills to help showcase the student experience to all incoming students, guests, and visitors to Mason through self-directed videos of campus and the community. Nick was also a highly motivated member of the School of Business Living Learning Community who helped to elevate the pro-gram to new heights, while creating a memorable, lasting impact among his peers.
Kaylin TrychonKaylin is receiving an MBA. Working at the intersec-tion of technology and national security, Kaylin found Mason’s MBA Program to be a perfect fit for her career aspirations. During her time at Mason, Kaylin was recognized as a top communicator in cyber-security, invited to become a member of the Forbes Communications Council, and accepted her dream job at Google.
College of Health and Human Services
Grace BuckGrace is receiving a BS in health informatics. She was recognized for her achievements with a schol-arship from the Health Information and Management Systems Society National Capital Area chapter and for her academic excellence in the area of health informatics. Grace is also a Student Pathways intern at the National Institute on Aging within the National Institutes of Health. That opportunity has allowed her to apply knowledge from her studies in the field, such as using data visualization software.
Caprecia MillerCaprecia is receiving an MSW. As a student, Caprecia took action to fight systemic racism and registered hard-to-reach voters during the summer by serving as a voting squad captain for When We All Vote, where she held voter registration drives at the Black Lives Matter protests in Washington, D.C. Caprecia was recognized by prominent voting outreach leaders, including Gloria Steinem, Meghan Markle, and Michelle Obama.
Volgenau School of Engineering
Maya ChatterjeeMaya is receiving a BS in information technology. As president of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), she started a mentorship program, initiated numerous corporate events, and grew membership by more than 100 members. Collaborating with the SWE board, she organized their first-ever Cloud Computing Conference. As a student, she interned at British Aerospace Systems and Amazon Web Services. In the fall, she will continue her studies as a Mason graduate student pursuing an MS in applied information technology with a concentration in project management.
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Erin PughErin is receiving a BFA in theater performance. An active student in the School of Theater, she led the Kilroy’s Club monthly play reading series, focusing on underrepresented voices. She is an advocate in initiatives to bring awareness and anti-racism prac-tices to productions, rehearsals, and classrooms, and she has created video materials showcasing her talents as a performer. Erin has served the School of Theater and the College of Visual and Performing Arts in her roles as an Acting for Young People Teaching Artist, Mason Players staff co-historian, and Alpha Psi Omega—Alpha Zeta Upsilon cast member.
Anna BurklinAnna, a Knoxville, Tennessee, native, is receiving an MA in arts management. She is the recipient of the Erin Gaffney Memorial Award in recognition for her service to Mason’s Arts Management Program as a graduate professional assistant, student repre-sentative in the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GAPSA), and her work in the field. Her professional experience includes working with the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, Mason’s Center for the Arts, and the marketing department for the College of Visual and Performing Arts. She holds a BA in music from the University of the South.
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Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Oakley Hill Oakley is receiving an MS in conflict analysis and resolution with a concentration in media, narrative, and public discourse. Oakley’s thesis, Deconversion as Conflict: The Moral Grammar of Latter-Day Saints and Ex-Mormons, focuses on deconversion, an intrapersonal phenomenon of religious psychology, as both a form of complex social conflict and a nonlinear social phenomenon. His thesis presents a theory of deconversion as conflict. Oakley was a recipient of the prestigious Brenda Rubenstein Memorial Scholarship Award in 2020.
Schar School of Policy and Government
Jenna PanJenna is receiving a BA in government and interna-tional politics with a concentration in international political economy. She is also an accelerated mas-ter’s student in international commerce and policy. Jenna offered exemplary service to the Schar School as the lead peer academic advisor and by helping create a better team approach to serve Schar School students.
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College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Candidates for Bachelor’s Degrees
Major in Anthropology
Bachelor of ArtsKaydee AndersonRachel Katharine AshAspen BatailleSerenity ChavezAurora Nathalie deBoerBenjamin J. FlemingSolana M. Gibson*Coltin HahneElise Rose HollidayNorhan O. HusseinNickolyn M. JacksonSamuel M. JoslynJung Min LeeLindsay Marie LindenmuthPeter K. NjorogeTaylor Jacqueline NolanAshley Carolina ScrivnerJae-Lynn Deanna Tavarez
BrownKoen van NispenErika T. Zurita
Major in Art History
Bachelor of Arts*Shirley AlvarezAllison Randolph CiminoOlivia Grace Holly-Johnson*Francis NguyenJanie Inez Ritter
Major in Communication
Bachelor of ArtsSabreen Khalil
Abu-GhannamDevon Paul AdamsAbigail K. AdcoxSteven M. AgustinElisar AlassafLayth Ryad A AlwatbanOscar AvelarEdwin AyalaSonia Noel BahouValentina R. BalatsenkoIsabelle Clare BarrettTakira BazemoreDominique S. BernardinoAnna F. BertinoMadison Taylor Blum
*Kaitlin Ashley Booth*David BoyarsAndrea CardonaCrystal CardozaNeil ChristyMatthew CoverNicole CummingsLauren M. DanekerKatherine Celene Dawson
*Jared Michael DiCesareMadison DirlamJanae DixonPatrick James DohertyChristian A. DonaldJoseph Duffield*Haley Elizabeth Early*Kaitlin Jane EasterdayPeter T. Figueroa
*Victoria Lynn FoleyAnn Marie M. Frankfurt
Jacob M. FrehnEdgar GarciaHannah Salome GreenStefany Brenda GuevaraDarlina N. Ha
*Sebastian Charles HardyDelaney J. Harrison
*Emilinda Jane HausOlivia HendersonMatthew Hoang
*Abigail Grace HowardAl-Batool Ibrahim IbrahimMelanie M. JalimHannah F. KanferAziz M. KarawaSalma M. KhaffagyTutul Tazin KhanMegan Kisup Manapsal KimMaia KinerAdam Vincent KnopsnyderKirk M. KnutsenAndrew JeongWook KohAlissa Michelle LebronCatherine LeeHyoungjin LeeZander Nicholas Leon*Alexander Michael LewBrooke N. LewitasMarina Min Yao LiJonathan L. Lindsay Sr.Lily Foster MackenzieNicolas G. MacottoMegan MaiersLuke MaxwellEsmeralda A. Medrano
*Kathleen Marie MilamAhmed A. MohamedKillian Leigh MooreAnjana NairHanna Napoleon
*Hoang Minh Chau Nguyen
Olivia Elaine O’Brien*Christina O’Farrell*Sochima C. Onuorah*Andrea P. Ortega-NajarroAbigail Rose PearlTiffany N. PhamJobelle G. Pombuena*Lauren D. PorterValerie R. PreactorJulianne PyneMicah R. ReavesLexi ReyesBrian RobitailleMilagros Micaela RochaAsya Nicole RojasSean RushCruz Andrew Sanchez*Jaime A. Segui AsadAngel Min SeoMansur A. Shaheen
*Emma K. SharmanFariha Zahid SheikhRoss L. ShinbergSydney SimonJames Edward SmallMaria E. Soto CerrosJoshua R. Sowinski*Wissal StarliPeyton R. StevensCaroline Winter TaylorManna W. TsegayeCole P. TutwilerEmma L. Tyeryar
*Ana-Gabriela VargasOlivia A. VermaneSarah B. WagnerGenna R. WalnutChristian Maverick WhitePriscilla Yun
*Indicates that the student has applied to graduate in August following the annual Commencement. Dates for the conferral of degrees in colleges and schools other than the Antonin Scalia Law School are December, May, and August. At the Scalia Law School, the dates are December, May, and July.
+Indicates a University Scholar.
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Major in Creative Writing
Bachelor of Fine ArtsJonathan AlvaradoVictoria Jadzia BurtonMaeve Elizabeth CostelloSarah FreedmanMadison L. GainesJane Catherine GrosskopfJoshua N. HallAlaina Kim JohanssonTyrell J. JordanJoseph Roger MassaJoseph P. MauceriKimberly R. McKenzieTheresa Ann StrattonSarah SylvanSarah L. Woodward
Major in Criminology, Law and Society
Bachelor of ArtsSarah Khaled Al-Akhras*Sara A. AlamariOiya Ali-NeelyAhmed Ahly BaaNicholas Colton BainesRoxana Bajuelo OllerJackson F. BarrettNicole Berger
*Sydney Griffith Berry*Kaitly BobeJoshua BrooksChristine CannonClaudia Elizabeth
CastellanosSelena M. Chagolla-SeguraEmily CobbGillian A. ContilloHeath CrouchFelix DabdubBrenna Mireya DavisLauren Elizabeth DavisErik Espinoza Jr.Macy Foxwell
*Henry GonzalezAmber N. GustavsonJanyce J. HarveyMohssen HassanDorothy Henderson
*Shalita Kenney*Erik M. LacinskiJocelyn LizamaVictoria M. MeilhammerAugust Madison MuirGenei Rose OngcolMelissa OrtizJenaye N. Parker
Jaime E. PazJennifer Pena CruzAbe PowerMiguel Reyes Jr.
*Peter RobertoChristopher Rogers*Ashley Sandoval*Brianna SharpeAnisha Shukla*Hannah E. SizemoreEdwin J. Sorto GarciaZachary Glasgow TaylorMarjorie Alyse ThompsonMacarena Veliz LauraAlyssa Josephine VuilleumierDanielle Montye Walker
*John Riza YilmazErika T. Zurita
Bachelor of ScienceZain AbbasShan Shahid AbbasiAhlan Abdirahman*Taqwa Samir Abo-IssaKevin P. AguilarOmar Abduljaleel
Abdulkareem Hasan Alblooshi
Kelsey T. Amison*Rabia E. AnsariJefferson Antwi-AgyeiAna Beatriz Argueta Torres*Sara Arsenault*Larissa AvilaJoanna J. BairesJustin T. BarnesMegan J. BaughmanGarrett C. BeauchBrighton F. BeauchampNickolus H. Belk
*Noah R. BilgerMark R. BiliunasDavid A. Blakeslee
*Jamie BoatengMaxine Jordan BradshawAllison L. BreinerJazman Ann BrooksJordan BrownMegan BrownNicholas J. Brown
*Stephanie Shenandoah Bruno
Hannah D. ButlerAdam CaraballoMichael A. CarrickNicole CassellaJacob Paul ChamberlinKimberly Auxiladora
Chamorro-AbeaDina Chatila
*Ishan ChatterjeeDiana Marcia ChaupisLauren G. ChewningJason Scott ChristoffersonCamille G. Chupin
Saige CislerBruce Clark IIWhitney ClavijoSavannah Rae ClintonKatherine Melissa CoffronMaria Jeannine Colombo
MurilloJahrek Alexander ColonMarco Alessandro ColonAlexander M. CoonsJonathan Randall
Crawley-FyeJoseph Felix Davoli IIIFarzad DehqanMikayla L. DelcocoMichael A. Deleon VazquezDioulde Babou DialloTimotheos Athanassios
DiamantisKaterine Lisseth DiazJosiah M. Donohue*Erin K. DooleyChristopher Relu DraghiaSandy DuongMadison Brooke DurnerJazlyn H. EbronKana Lee ElderEvelyn Y. ElviraCarly I. EpsteinCameron Joseph FaintKiran FarooqLaila FawadMadeline FeiersteinAnne C. FentressDakota J. Ferris
*Justin J. FerrufinoBrianna R. FletcherLindsay Marie FlynnTaye FolkMadeline Brooke FortinDanielle Rae FussellCalvin GalangHaley J. GarrisonSavannah GloverDestynee Y. Goodman
*Stephanie Youn GrayOliver Eduardo Guox*Doris GuzmanCarrie Brianne HagemeierCarson Alexander HaleNarges K. HassanzadehZahra HassanzadehMadison Elaine HeilmeierJasmin Marie HendersonMirna X. Hernandez
*Valeria M. Herrera Maturana*Duncan R. HillyerJay Matthew HonigAaron W. HornbuckleEdson Huapaya
*Jordan Avery HudsonNicole HuertasAliza InamAshleigh A. Irby*Myles Jackson
Caprice Jonnah JamesSilas Monroe JamesChristian Taylor JohnsonElisabeth A. JohnsonKaitlyn Nicole Elizabeth
Johnson*Joshua Timothy JonesMarkeitha Annatasia JosephLawrence Pierson JoyceAllison JoynerWilliam Charles KallioAlimamy Issa Kamara*Savannah Jordan KeelingMichael Martin KeenMichael Louis KenneallyJustin Lee KenneyMahinoor Madeha KhanAsim Khan KharamAllison S. KinneyMadeline KnightJoseph D. KurlandBryce Kushmerick-McCune
*Gavin Scott KuzemchakAthena I. Landeros*Andrew Omar Lara*Erika S. LarkinCaroline Ruth Larson*Andrew Y. LeeDaniel H. LeemBrionna Nicole LodsunEmilio Kristian LopezSydney A. MachenNoel A. MaldonadoJack Matthew MannarinoMichelle Ivonne MarroquinBanks Lee MasonJosiah N. Mayberry*Austin R. MayhewDavid McCabeMathias Vaughan-Stirling
McFarlaneNicole J. McMahanMakayla McVay
*Jennifer Kay MearaJulio Alejandro MedinaJonathan Eugene MilamSudi Abdulkadir
Moalin-MohamedMia Ines MontanezAidan Robert MooreKayla MorrowOmer MoustafaBridget MuslehPeyton Elizabeth NewsomeJaspreet NijjarJoseph F. NoblesJuan D. Nunez BonillaAidan F. OakesAmanda M. Ocasio RiveraMadison O’ConnorAndrea OrellanaAlicia N. Orellana MelgarChristopher E. OrtizSarah J. Oulton*Harlee Pattarozzi
2021 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM 17
Kole Avery PattenAlexandra Chaffee PeloquinBrasil Juan De Dios PerezKevin J. Perez-CastellonMelanie Khristine PerlaCasey PinedaMatthew Jerzy PoradaShakiya PrideAnna N. ProkopJack A. QuinnMaram QuttainehMichelle Denise
Ramirez-Bonilla*Samantha Ann Marie ReeseOscar H. ReyesIsabel V. RobinsonElena I. RodriguezOriana RossoEric J. RussoFarhat SafaAnnalisa Salazar*Jake M. SalewskiNatalia SantosSamuel J. ScalskyJohn Schwartz*Ophelia A. SedzroSheraz Ali ShahJacob A. ShainJasmin Patrice SheltonSamuel Edgar Siles Suarez*Sonam SinghWilliam J. SingletonArthur H. SmithJada R. SmithShannon Janette SomersStephen Wayne SouzaAnthony Parker StacyArmand StanAmanda M. StoltzPerry StoneWillis Andrew TaborJessica Lee Hayes Theriot*Tyler W. ThompsonAnalia TorresCameron TottenHung D. TranJacob A. Turner*Maria Andrea VasquezEmily Morgan WadeFinnley Rose WardRyan M. WilburAustin G. WilkersonAlyssa Rose WilliamsDarius Williams
*Benjamin R. WilsonMilla Emery WisenbakerAniya S. Woodley*Juan Gabriel Zurita
Major in Economics
Bachelor of Arts*Nour El Hoda AbdallaMichael AsieduJack Chen*Sijia ChenMichael C. DiehlNicholas G. Duong
*Ahilla GhannouchiEdwin E. Guevara-AlvarezCristian R. Heredia*Mohamed E. HusseinTuscany JusticeKevin R. KapoorKamran KheriBrad William LavelleBorden Hugo Lopez
VasquezHammad Sultan MahmoodGeorge David MinningTimothy Gary MulvihillCamron Franklin Perry*Numan RahmanMansur A. ShaheenCynthia J. TablerJames L. TalockaTalmage Wriston Tyler IIIDanny Fernando Valdez TeoCarolina VanegasEric Anthony Young
Bachelor of ScienceMariem Mohammed AbadirAbdelrahman Tarek Farid
AbdallaTurki Haza D AlharbiNaif Salem M Almarri
*Shiraz Shiraz BaigNicholas Christian BucknerMariella Elizabeth Calderon
RojasNathaniel Chapman
*Syjane EangMichael Jose EspanaStephanie GotfriedLeticia N. Guevara RamirezMolly M. HarnishVictoria HolcomKyle Wade JacksonAndrew David JohnsonJohn P. Kelly*Gaulvan Javon KeyAndrew LeitnerNicole Teresa MelnykJay Amit PatelAnika B. RahmanRoland J. RiveraEthan M. RuppenthalGiovanni Carlo RusticiOlivia SherwaniLaura R. SwihartKristie Ashleigh Thompson
Victor ValenzuelaAlberto Vergara IVJacob WadeTimothy Michael Warsocki*Samuel Pearce Weaver
Major in English
Bachelor of Arts*Michelle AdamsSuado AliArman AnaloueiMonet BallardNargis BehgomanChristopher V. BenderLauren McKenzie Bennett
*Christian BennickCamille Austin BrewsterHolly Beth CalhounEmily Rose Cericola
*Hannah Abigail DassKendal N. DennyRichard S. FerrellGandalph Darian GeigerJoshua Elijah GoadSharde Graham*Cierra N. GrayPaige McKenzie HerndonSamiran H. IbrahimJieun Jang*Symone Keolani JenkinsKaelynn Mae KennyCarolyn E. KleinBethany K. Kressin
*Thomas M. LebargeVirginia L. LedwellSarah K. LuriaEmma M. MankinGrace M. McGiffinClaire Mulrooney McTiernanLara Kryzel S. Mercado
*Sean Edward Moss*Diana Monserrat
Mozqueda-Hernandez*Jordan OrlowGabrielle Alexandra PanettiZachary Daniel PeachKate Marie PuckettSanjana RaghavanEthan Holbrook ReynoldsArlyn RomanNicole Alexandra RufJessica Elizabeth SavageMattison SmithRickayla Sade’ StrongKristen Alexandra Toney
*Nhu Ngoc Hai TranLiudmila UshakovaMargaret M. VuAqsa ZiaClaire E. Zimmermann
Major in Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Bachelor of ArtsDarryl Irving Acker-CarterEmily Nicole BohrSeth K. BoscoJordan L. Boyle*Antonia BustamanteAngela Ann ChampionGlenden Jake DemoryMilica DjordjevicMaxwell EarleMatthew Jordan FrostDiana Garcia JimenezNancy E. Grandfield
*Kika Grimes-BolesJoseph Douglas Guite IIIRilee K. Hupart
*Isaac JasperChyna Breann LawHayley Nicole MagannDaniel John O’Connell
*Cristian Gabriel Ramirez*Christina S. Turner
Major in Foreign Languages
Bachelor of ArtsTania E. Castro*Pamela EllisTaylor E. FarrarMichael Blake GalaydaIsabella Galindez ReynaDavid M. GlassFrancesca HarrisHolly Ann HughesElizabeth JenkinsAlaina Kim JohanssonDamhu KangKaelynn Mae KennyRachel Sarah KnitzerSarah S. McKinleyKevin David OmansJaime Amalia ScottAndrea E. Sevilla-MunguiaNile Ngzoi-Mayumi SongDevin Shamar Stewart
Major in Global Affairs
Bachelor of ArtsAmal J. AbdikarimGhaida Abdulhameed
Ahmad
18 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Reem AlmadhounSherazade Claire Ariavand*Areeba Atique*Rabab AytouniAbigail Saint Elizabeth BilbySarah E. BlantonMatthew Joseph BoeroDaniel BrunjesJohn BullSamuel Joseph BurkeDennis J. CallahanHyunjung ChaWei Cheng ChengJin Seong ChoiSarah Catherine ColtsonParis Shantel CopelandAnelva Corcos BeltranAlejandro Corral-AguadoRebecca J. DurantMariam ElhendawyNancy Sofia Espinoza
PastoraMichael D. EstradaDylan B. FinleyBrenton Christopher
GoedeckSonia Elizabeth GonzalezLily J. GoodmanLaurel L. GriffinDiana GudielJenna Marie Gugliuzza*Xin GuoAlyssa Corinne GuzmanCameron B. HelfeldtGabriella Iacono HensingerRiley Abigail HesterMeredith E. HuffmanAl-Batool Ibrahim Ibrahim*Zainab JaghoriLiam Patrick JonesMinkyu JooMacy R. KarpaJermeen KerolusDeina KimHojin Kim
*Neul KimYulhee KimCarter B. KnappYelim KuSarah Rebecca KurianAram KwonSarah LariosPhat Tuan LeHyoin LeeJiwoo LeeTae Hun Lee*Nelson Eduardo Leonor
CruzAndrea A. Lopez BaldeonAlondra Lopez VelazquezAlejandra V. Majano
Salmeron*Airina MalievaJacqueline MarquisJosiah Andrew McDaniel
Carisa L. McLaneySarah D. Medley*Andrea Elizabeth Mejia*Racheal R. Mills*Jacqueline MoraRodrigo Nicolas MoreschiAlessandra M. Munoz
CaceresRawan O. NasirKevin David OmansNicholas Paul OrlandoJin Hee Park*Andrew S. Pena*Yeni A. PosadaBria Monae Prescott
*Hailey Nichole RastrelliSummer N. RobertsJosselyn E. Rodas*Natalia Rodriguez CaceresZaira Melanie RomeroRayanna R. RoxasMargaret R. Ryan
*Kayla SakyiGabriel SantosUlla M. ScheikAndrea E. Sevilla-MunguiaSamuel Edgar Siles SuarezAndrew Michael SmithNile Ngzoi-Mayumi SongKollawole SoumanouMilica StjepanovicMallory Yvonne SuttonZachary TenneySira Anissa I. ThiamElise B. ThompsonDaniel Alejandro TortozaJose F. Uribe-GaetaZachary Reagan VickersJohn Aga Villanueva IIIBrandon Choong Un YiCherin Yoon
Major in History
Bachelor of ArtsJuliet A. AbinaAreeba AhmadNancy J. ArguetaJacob Scott BarnhartIhab Benlamkaddem
*Ryan Tyler BettsTrevor BrittonJoel M. ContiKeith W. Damian
*Vanessa Deleon*Lorena Elizabeth DiazAlice FarinhasIan P. GormanJoshua T. GreeneAlyssa HayesJustin M. HendryMichael HillsSkyler David Hodell
Elise Rose HollidayKeegan Hughes-SegrovesSantiago JaureguiBrian Foster KelleherHibba A. KhanMalcolm Imanuel LawKennedy LedbetterJacob T. LeonardDaniel MarquezSarah K. MethodPatricia L. MikellDaniel J. MjeldeJillian Raquel MooreBrant Paul Morin
*Andrea MoyeDairo Munoz BolanosSamuel Keegan NewbyMaria Ortiz Pozo
*Sarah PetroffBrenna Marie ReilleyDevon ReynoldsDaniel J. SchwarzMatthew Aris SenyitkoJesse M. SkibaAdam W. StokeEmma W. SunseriMallory Yvonne SuttonScottie D. TranElizabeth A. TubbBenjamin Glenn WarsockiMatthew WilliamsNicholas John WilliamsCharles A. WoltemathAhad R. Yonus
Major in Individualized Study
Bachelor of Individualized Study
*Jihan Amin Al-Halali*Rafael Louis AndersonElizabeth Anne AndrewsWilliam ArmstrongJonathan BaroneBrian J. Bott
*Michelle BuscemaMichael Joseph Willis CarrBrian Carte
*Kei Chan*Shawn Chick*Jeanette ColemanWahida S. Coleman*Misty Dawn EdwardsJamila Essa*Virginia FallSaia Sami FatahKieran D. FawsettMichelle Bortoli FillipiniJovilisi FotofiliHarold John Frederick Jr.
Jackson R. GeerLisa Goodwin
*Paula Verdun GormanAshley R. Greer*Timothy Paul GroszkowskiJanet McClarey HaggertyRachel E. HarrisCraig Alan HaselerMarcelyn Michelle Johnson
*Diego Saul JuarezJadwiga Teresa Kupczak*Michel G. LaveanKristiana LeichtLuis F. MartyBrandon E. Matthews
*Aaron McLaughlin*Sepehr Shariat Mohseni*Drew Montmarquet Jr.*Edmund Wilbur Moore IVJose David Morante ArcilaMilinda Marie PetittRobert PionTonay Queen*Matthew James RossErin Diane RowsonAbraham SamsonSheila SantiagoRose I. SaundersJessica Brown Shindler*Nicholas StaresJennifer B. StorchKate A. StuekerjuergenEmmanuel Tetteh
*Anguy Ximena Tobar Astudillo
Rebecca Lynn WestAllyson Layne Wilson
Major in Integrative Studies
Bachelor of ArtsAma AduseiRangina AhmadSabiya Ahmed*Charlotte Bethany AlexanderImtisal AnisElsy Stephanie AriasDominique Terrell ArnoldMarie Masteliro ArnoldTaylor Lauren ArringtonSuekayna AsgariAdina Atambaeva*Vashti Nicole AveirlsAekta Bandodker*Emily J. BanksonSharizze Nikita BanuelosMisbah BashirAllison Bauer*Mary C. BentzCatherine Marie Smith BerryKaitlin Bey
2021 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM 19
Sarah Ndaya BeyaGeorgia Julia BidwellShane Francis BlewittMelany Brenda BustamanteHelen A. Caceres ChicasGregory Antoine CalixteBritnie C. CarrionJason ChenJu Eun CheongAdeel ChughtaiDestiny D. ColbertKaitlyn Somers CresentJasmine CuevasJaydn DavidMonica Brown DavidsAlyssa DavisZachary H. DolsakShaelyn Elaine DoveKaylyn DrakeAngelique Durocher*Ta’Naisha Easter*Lakrysta F. EbarbRenee Elizabeth FargoAmanda I. FigueroaAmy L. FissmerJordan K. FlisJulie Marie FrappierBrooke Lauren FreemanDanielle GazesSamantha M. GibsonJocelyn L. GirardJulianna M. GohmanAgnes GonsalvesDarlin Josselyn Gonzales
MunozJavon GreeneAlyssa GreenspanGeorgina GudinoTaylor HamptonNatalie HananiaRabiya HasanAriana HavensA’ndrea Grace HenryTeresa Marie
Hernandez-AvilesKristan A. HindersHannah K. HoisingtonDelaney Marie Hooks
*Gabriella Reade HutchinsonYasmin IhsanZohra IslamzadaVanessa R. JohnsonChristina Abigail Jones*Mona KabraSarah Sophie Karas*Jeff KessieJessica Brittany KidderYvonne Kil*Nadine Elizabeth KrillGabriel LajaraHalena LassiterKelly LazarteHunter LitkeAngelica Y. LovelaceBrenda Mercedes Lozano
Mikaela Nichole LutzMaeve Rose Majcher
HartnettMaia M. MalleyDanielle R. MartinezNorah Elizabeth McGregorBrandi R. MeislAndrea MercadoBrianna N. MichelsJoshua F. Miller*Jensen G. MunozNebal George Wahbeh
NahhasKaitlyn Marie NauheimerEslly Y. Nolasco BarahonaLeeana D. NormanLauren Catherine NyilasMelissa Alejandra Oliva OrtizAnisa OstadGabriella PahleEmily Elizabeth PearsonCedric L. PriceMorgan Evelina PriceLucy E. Pritz
*Adriana Elizabeth Rivera Pacheco
Molly Ann Romero*Ronya Isam Sakatan*Janiyah SaundersCassandra D. SerranoBennett Parker ShoopBreanna Singh
*Caitlin Rose SlaterJasmine E. SmithSusan D. Snelling MauldinDavid A. SolorzanoJane SongKiana L. Stallworth
*A’Deja Ravonne StillMary Ann TaKelly A. TinneyTaylor N. Tolson*Jade TrowersHannah Elizabeth UlemanAlayna R. UmanaAllyson Van Balen*Marla Noel VargasAlejandro Javier Vasquez
MartinezRogelio Antonio
Vasquez-MartinezGabriela VelasquezMeaghan Laura WaltersZakiya N. WilliamsRegan WilsonRachel Leah WynderChristiana C. YapnayonSophia Tokhi YousofyTays Hillary Zambrano
Bachelor of SciencePatrick BrooksDanielle Bubb
*Utuba Inesne Gadissa*Fatema T. Hossain
*Jasmine Christine JohnsonSamantha Julia MooreBrooke PincusSarah Mihwan ShinMeghan M. Widmaier
*Sahar Yousafi
Major in Philosophy
Bachelor of ArtsRhys Pauline AllisonWilliam I. AyassGerritt Casselman HansenSarvajna KalvaJackson S. Mentzel*Firdaus M. MukadamSarah K. RayJoseph RivettiWali A. SiddiqSophia G. SneadOliver Southam-GerowAlexandra Rachel Sudak
Major in Psychology
Bachelor of Arts*Dania Y. AbutaahBayan Mohammad A
AlabaishiRuth AlemuDiana AnlasGissela Aparicio-Lopez*Alondra ArellanoNicole ArteagaNicole Adriana AzeroYasmin Ziad BadrKiara N. Baldoceda PizarroPrasanna BasnetShelby Grace BassiliKyra Nichole BattleYoussef BeekunCourtney Rose BeyerHale BransonIsabella R. BrimTrinitey D. BrownMatthew N. Carney
*Jessica Centeno*Rebecca Brianne ChanceHalla Jamil CharkiEva A. ChavezKatherine Melissa CoffronAudrey Blanche Corbet*Nicole CriquiDanielle Davila
*Alexandra DavisGuadalupe I. De La OYesenia Diaz*Deonna I. Dobson
Alexandra Dugger*Sophia Madelaine Dwyer*Rhiannon C. EdwardsValeria Sofia EscobarDoaa Khaled FalahHazel R. Flores
*Sabrina FordAlison F. FranklinJazmin N. FreemanChad E. FriedmanBrittney FulgerEboni FullerLeilah GoingsGabriella A. GuerrieriJohn D. Hudson IIIJessica JonesMozelle H. KangMark Scotty KeovongphetDemetrius O’mar KingSharron Chancelle Mirdjia
Koffi-BellaKate KrawczelOlivia Grace KurzejaMichael Lamarche
*Cindy LinNoor S. LodhiKaren Lopez
*Sarah G. LovellAlison Victoria MarcoeRaul Mauricio
Marquezfuentes*Tylor MartinezColin Joseph McComasElena McVadon
*Julia Angel MilesShokofa MomenDannya Allesen MoralesNathan Arturo MorganWillmara Angelee Fedee
Moye*Firdaus M. MukadamJillian Hope MulkeyLisa NguyenShannon Nicole NolanMin-Ji ParkLeah Kristina Marie Pinto
*Christina Janice PitzEmilee Marie PulaskiCorey I. PurnellDesiree QuistKelly RamirezHannah Jillian RatcliffeNatalie Ivette ReateguiChristopher Alfonso RiosJanie Inez Ritter*Kelly Elise Roddy-BurnsPaola D. RodriguezAbigail H. Rogers*Eduardo Sanchez Jr.Franchescka Brittney
SandovalAngel Min SeoEmily K. SheehanDaniel A. SheltonVielka Isayanis Solis
20 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Katrina Romi SorekIsaiah Matthew SuttonZachary TenneyRichard TorresMikayla B. TurnerAlejandra Vallejos*Imani Mone VaughanAlyssa Josephine VuilleumierDestiny D. WallaceMorgan A. WelckLeon F. YoungSophia Marie Zmorzenski
Bachelor of Science*Mohammad Firas Abdel Aziz*Wroud Firas AbdelAzizKatya N. Abou JahjahAlauna M. Ailstock*Zainab Al SaeedHannah Beatrice M.
AlejandriaElena C. AlexanderChathurya AnugaLesly AparicioNada Naguib AtwaRuth BahgiCharleigh Ann BarnesKiara BassOra R. BentonScott Reeder BernoAlexis Terese Bielak*Scott BoulineauxBuenvenido Jerico Sacdalan
BuenaventuraBryana Alexis Chavis
*Syrah ChoudharyChelsea CluckClaudia M. Collado ZabalaRachel Anne CoppeHolly CrowderGeraldine M. CruzMaria G. D’AgostinoRohan Isaac DanielMikayla L. DelcocoMahinur Demiroz
*Savannah Delores Mae Downs
Radwa Amir Elsayed*Vanessa M. EscalanteNadine W. Fahmy
*Christina F. FernandesRomina Ferrufino-Beza
Dylan Thomas FinlayRachel E. Frietchen
*Ning FuCeyara M. GarciaKaitlyn Delaney GarciaNely Anahi GarciaJacqueline A. GarrHaley J. Garrison
*Katrina Ellen GaugerColleen E. GerrityMehrdad Ghajargar
*Maya GhaliLorna GraddyNadia HachmiehNathan C. HackerVirginia Blair Harvie*Nedah HatamiJeremy Moore HaywardChristian Alexander
HernandezDiego A. HernandezAbigail Colleen HigginsHailey AnnMarie HighlanderDanielle M. HoegnerNicole Huitt
*Timothy Owein HumphreysEgette IndeleleJayla L. IngramJessica JantzenGJaudy Natashia John
WallaceChristopher Robert KaneKendra L. Kerr
*Brianna KhambounheuangZainab KhanGordon Max Kinsey-KerrEric Kisling
*Lindsey D. KohlbeckerBradley Richard KostMakayla M. KowalskiKimberly N. KrumposChristopher M. Kyriacou*Erika S. Larkin*Brea C. LentEvetra LewisLynn N. LieuLara Elizabeth Caroline LillyBrooke LoftisClaire P. LydonFiona Ruby MacDonaldRaphael Lansang Manalo
*Rayan A. MatinMadelaina Matz
*Abdulmalik I. McGillHaleigh Brickell McGirt
*Nayanathara Mohanan Nair*O’Neil Devon Newman
Nation Jr.Shaghayegh NazemiKhanh M. Nguyen
*Ashley N. OlsonAfua O. OwusuaaMaria Theresa R. PachtmanEunice E. ParkFiona PassinoAnjali PattanaikSafa A. PirachaCole H. PriceSalaman Bakhsh RaiAdeeba RasoliCaitlin Alexandra RayleMadyson F. ReillyJasmine C. RoseJulia A. RossIngrid Saavedra
*Madeeha Fatima SattarJonathan Thore SchneiderEmily Rose SckalorRu’gene X. ScrivenBaheeh Sefat
*Eyesha A. ShaikhGozde SimElise SingletonEve Nicole SmithDanbi SoBoshra S. SoltanEvan R. SowderKathryn Alexis SteindlerSamuel Stewart*Sierra M. Strickler*Sarah E. StuartAugust Joseph TenneyJune ThapaGrace ThorntonHunter Cole TolleyJazlyn Xochitl Torres*Nahom TsehayeShannon Lorraine TuckerDominique WallaceDanna Faye WinslowFielder Anna-Kate WiseAbigail G. Wiser
Hannah M. Yang*Nelly ZabalaSarah A. Zipprich
Major in Religious Studies
Bachelor of ArtsKeith W. DamianBrett Michael JonesNatalie Jane Shaver
Major in Russian and Eurasian Studies
Bachelor of ArtsPreston Scott HaasRiley Abigail HesterChristopher Aidan
Kernan-SchmidtShana N. Pedersen
Major in Sociology
Bachelor of ArtsObaid Saeed Obaid Saeed
AljarwanMelissa E. ArevaloBianca R. Castro CastanedaAutumn M. Dearing*Joy Elizabeth FordAlexandria Joy HuffmanOnaisa KhushnoodDylan Joseph KnottsJee Yeon KoMargaret M. LarkinMichaela R. PereiraKarmen E. PerryClaudia J. Pleites MoralesKamron H. ShafianMassan Aude SignonDeanna R. Smith
2021 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM 21
Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Program in Anthropology
Master of ArtsGregory Wayne Craft*DeShondra Moneé
DandridgeLauren Renee ReinmanKirstyn R. ThurmanTanisha Chanel Washington*Janis Nancy Maria
Galamgam Woodward
Program in Applied Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Master of Professional StudiesDina Abed AbughannamAyanna Olivia BakerSusan Barbini*Salma Nada BenyahyaSabrina Cushing*Claudia Andrea Febres
MormontoyElizabeth Wheeler GuytonIsaac Paul Hintz
*Carly Salas KellerHannah Jean KoontzKelsey KurzawskiMiriam E. LakeDacie MarshallJoshua D. NuhferKeith Michael OwenNancy L. Smith
*Emily S. Szabo*Amy TeixeiraSemene TesfayeSiobhan M. TischlerAbigail Joy WheelerMunazza Zaheer
Program in Art History
Master of Arts*Emily M. AndersonSamantha Leanne Haas
Program in Communication
Master of ArtsLauren H. BackJerome Boettcher*Katelin Elaina BoydErika HarringtonBenjamin Farris Hubbert
*Juan Carlos Mendoza DiazErika OrtnerLaura M. PowersSarah M. Sarkar
Program in Creative Writing
Master of Fine ArtsZachary Ian BarnesStephanie BuckleyRebecca R. BurkeShane Michael ChergoskyBenjamin Edward CountsVirginia EggertonEmily Jasmine GreenLinda Ruth HallJulianne IannoneKyra Nicole KondisJosiah Trever LebowitzJames Chris McGloneMartin Benjamin MitchellAnastassia Elaine PugatchPatricia ReeseKatherine Anne Richards+Hannah Camille TullisMelissa Jo WadeDanielle Paige WilliamsSarah Hope Wilson
Program in Criminal Justice
Master of Science*Deena Wassim Afifi*Caterine ArevaloAlicia G. BernhardtAna G. Blanco-ArguetaDaniel Maximillian BrazierSarashaniece Saleh
ColemanTamirah Jamil DanielsJeffrey W. GoodsonKaleigh Elizabeth Haines
*Sahar Shahbaz KhanKaren Faith Maline
Ethan T. NewlandHaley B. OlenskiCheyenne Ashea PagoSara Rose PringleSavannah Anne ReidJasmine Rhiannon SwellSasha Marie ToophanieKatelynn Elizabeth Wentz
Program in Criminology, Law and Society
Master of ArtsAmbrozine A. Ayers*Lynnea R. DavisBenjamin James MackeyArden A.
Richards-KaramarkovichTaryn Zastrow
Program in Economics
Master of ArtsAbdulmohsin Ali M AldalaanEmma Jordan BlairJoseph Emmet BowlingColin Daniel CannonGiorgio Laurenzo Castiglia*Preston CooperPatrick J. CrawfordAmy Crockett+Suria DauodAmberly Evon DozierPatrick Ruben FitzsimmonsNitish Gobin
*Jacob Conner GrantShan GuiElliott Jeiwon HanJoshua Andrew HempelMariam Aster JavedJoseph Daniel JohnsBora Bibianna LeeJustin A. LeventhalYifei LiJuan Martin Londono
RodriguezDavid LosadaJessica McBirneyNicholas Eric McIntyreSarah Marie MoorePatrick Thomas O’ConnorRobert Thomas OrrBrian ParkerJason Peirce
Kacey Nicole ReevesNoah ShultDustin StarbuckSarah P. SylvesterAlexander TaylorAshani S. Wijesuriya
Program in English
Master of ArtsGaida Khaled M AlammashShadden Ahmad AlfadhilAhmed Ali AlzahraniSara AmiriCharles Alexander Paris
BadleyEmily Loraine BuckleyErin M. Della PucaAbdullah ElamariKelly Ann EvansZakiya JuakaliEmily C. MerrickArlee Jade PearlswigKimberlyn Gail PepeSnezana ScatamacchiaSophie E. SmithAlan John Strom
Program in Foreign Languages
Master of ArtsElsie M. Campbell HendricksLuz Adriana MuellerAnastasia D. PestovaFatima Seck
Program in Global Affairs
Master of ArtsRyan H. BarteeJuwairiyah BrownShreya GurungDaniel Owusu GyamfiAbigail Nicole HummelBashir Ahmad KhadimOghenenomevi Ihinosen
MagbegorYokabed Ephrem MamoKiahna R. MarshallSusana G. MasinGouzal NazaryLisa Carolin Petersen
22 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
*Maria Regina Caeli RicksLorraine E. SantanaEdna Panyasiri SergioSalem Kibru SolomonRong TianJasmine M. WalmonIsaac F. WilliamsMaghfirat Zargarpur
Program in Higher Education and Student Development
Master of ArtsRhina L. AlvaradoAlyssa Morgan Goff*Carla Christine GoodwinMark Hall
*Felicia Medrea HaynesMyra A. KhanKaiyuan LuoTaylor Mallory*Brielle V. Manovich*Jill Marie ManuelJulianna West Stanley
NapiecekKelly Christine ReidEmma Elisabeth Schait
*Samara M. SingerRachel Melton Stockdale
Program in History
Master of ArtsChristopher Thomas BabbittBridget Margaret BukovichGail ColemanCourtney HudsonKristin Elizabeth JacobsenPatrick Fitzgerald McManusJohn Robert McNair
Nancy MurrayBethany Marguerite NyborgNoreen SaitKimberly Anne Shaw
*Samantha Lynn SnyderJerry L. Stewart III*Terence Peran ViernesJoanna Lynn VretosCorinne L. Wilkinson
Program in Interdisciplinary Studies
Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary StudiesSarah BirnsClaire Marie DennyDianna EscobarGarrett H. FojtikLauren C. JackmanMelody Anne KujatJeongseok LeeColin James NackermanTimothy J. RogersHannah Mei SherefJohn C. Silver IIIStephanie Ann Wilson
Program in Middle East and Islamic Studies
Master of ArtsMusah AbubakarHiba Ahmad
*Michael Edward Shammas
Program in Philosophy
Master of ArtsLarry Waiston Creech
*Clayton JonesGrace OkoyeWaleska D. Solorzano
Program in Psychology
Master of ArtsAlenamie N. AlegradoCarol BoctorAyana D. CameronAlec CampbellTahani ChaudhryTiancheng ChenKarlan D. CruzQuyen Van Hoang DangMorgan Marie DeHartJereme Philip EndicottNicholas C. GazziaKurtis Ben Shane GoadEslam M. HassanJoravar HiraSteven Barrett HollandAlyssa M. IzquierdoKenneth M. JacksonHeekyung KimMatthew KlockeYoori KooJung Kuan LinErin LuLindsey Ann MalceinLaura N. MartinValerie L. MatsonIvey A. McCartneyMichael G. McGrawZoe M. Nerantzis*Elana M. NormanOlivia M. PaganEmily Linda Richard
Alexis N. RomanNicole RothnerSarah L. SchroederSarah Meagan SultzerPia TomaselloHo Chun TsaiTevis L. TuckerGabrielle Rita Van
VolkenburgAlex VeerasammyChristina Joy WheelerSedona Cheyenne WhitmoreNianqi WuYicen Xie
Program in Sociology
Master of ArtsLilianna Kay Deveneau
*Nina PastorAina Liantsoa
RamiaramananaMiriam Alana Wagner
2021 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM 23
College of Science
Candidates for Bachelor’s Degrees
Major in Atmospheric Sciences
Bachelor of ScienceJacquelyn Naomi CrowellRiley Renee FreelandJohn R. Stiles
Major in Biology
Bachelor of Arts*Bahar Agha*Jewel AlendriLilian Stephanie Alvarenga
HernandezMichaela Grace Atchison
*Christopher J. BizonValeria Caceres YoungMarcus DooleyStephanie Diane DuchaineRaghad B. GhoushehRio L. HarrelsonNickolyn M. JacksonFarah KhanBrenda Marina LandaetaHannah Lapham
*Minhyeong LeePriscilla K. NguyenSolitaire Dionne ParraHanna Baluch ParvizAn Yan RobinsonLindsey I. Sikand
*Yoftahie Zewdie
Bachelor of ScienceMohammed Abdulwasi
*Einas M. Abu-El HawaPooja AgarwalAzghar Mohammad AkbariZohra Akbary*Zena Al MashhadaniJulie Al Mir*Tarik Al Shawi*Nadeen Aladham*Sarah Alashoush*America Yoseline AlbarranMatthew Thor AlbertsonHudda M. AliKamela Alikhail
Zaid Khalid Meteab Al-Obeidi
*Hamzah Alwahab*Jahan Sadaf Aman*Linda Claire Amar*Diwa Amarkhil*Elsie F. Amoako-KissiSahana AnandakumarGabrielle AndersonJack Bruno AndersonBridget K. AnimLily AppiahAlina Ashraf*Bushra Ayyub*Sara Anis Malak AzerSabiha S. BasitAfafe B. Bazi Kabbaj*Lisa M. Benavides NochezAyanna Ciera Bonner*Angela Borda Berrospi III*Muhammad-Usa A. BukhariEnes BurkutRebecca BurrisAllison N. Burton*Allyson L. CarterKeidra E. CarterHannah Lorelle CavanaghHye In ChaCharles Benjamin ChalkleyPratyusha ChaluvadiFlorence ChengJennifer J. Cho*Anika Chowdhury PutulRinad Nadwah ChowdhuryTawsif Sarwar ChowdhuryEthan WIlliam ClarkSela Bounvichit Hazel
CooperKiersten CrawfordQuinlan Jeanne CuddyJake Hunter CundiffAnthony Isidro CusiJacqueline DahlHajar DarwishNabiel Ahmad DehyarJialin DengMark T. DercoKenia P. Diaz CruzHoang-Anh H. Dinh
*Simran DughMaryam DurraniSynah Elahi-Mohassel*Andrea Isabel Espino
Bautista
*Landon Scott FaintMegan Nicole Fetterly
*Clare Sophie-Ying Fitzgerald*Tamyia Yone FletcherRebecca Alice Fowler
*Valeria GalembaAndrew Michael GarciaKateland Acadia GelinCollin M. GrahamDanial Hafezi
*Jonathan Henry HamMarwa HamdamMegan Marie Harbison
*Erica Dawn Smith HatcherRewa Ossama HazimTamela B. Henry*Chan HeoAmy H. HoangAnh HoangLydia H. HolleyKayley HoltomIman Fatimah HussainHamza IjazSamir IssaGitee JabarkhailAleesha Raina JacobJasmine L. James*Areej B. JawaidAlison N. Johnston*Isha JoshiDavid Riley JoynerSwetha KadiyalaRosheen KamalArisa KanoKimia KeyvanshokouhSidra Khan*Rahul KhannaHarrison KimMary KimEaston G. Knowles
*Ann-Marie KoromaJa Ding Pan LahpaiAlexander J. Lalena*Amanda LamVivian Lam*Wendy Koshie LampteyKhoa Thanh LeJaewon Lee*Hadeer LeilaAlana LewisIhsanullah LodinJacob M. Ludwick*Qudsiya Malik*Gunay Malikova
Keila Sarai Marmol*Faith E. MatthewsAnastasiya Yuriyivna MelnykNada A. MohammadSamim MohammadiShelby R. MorrisShimelis Moshe*Delan M. Mustafa*Helia Naderi IIAli Nadhaif*Alejandra Marcela Navia
RiveroAmy M. NguyenAnthony NguyenGwendolyn Q. NguyenJennifer T. NguyenKhanhhuyen NguyenLinh N. Nguyen
*Phuong Thanh Thi NguyenThuy Duyen Thi NguyenViet Quoc NguyenJaekyung Noh*Aryan NooshinAutumn LynnMarie NortonMarie O’ConnorDawon OhConnell OshodiBetsy R. OsinagaSharmila PandiyarajuAlexandra PantigozoNatalia Milena Patino
RosalesKailynn Olivia Perkins
*Nguyen Ho Hanh Pham*Sameer A. PopalRebecca S. PortilloBahar PourtalebiGanit PricerAisha Wajahat QureshiKhaled Ahmed RababehSalaman Bakhsh RaiMary RaineyKatelyn Jade RaneyMishalle Rashid
*Hassina RasuliJazmin Reyes JuarezHonoria Riley
*Ana G. Rodas MedinaJessica C. RoderickYousif A. RomaniJahnay Tytianna RousonIrving D. RuizShah Saeed*Hamayel Razia Safi
24 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Binni Kaur SaggiRaghad A. Sahal
*Mari Carmen SanchezJustyn Schneider*Divine Dodzi SedzroDawoud S. SerajNima Seyed AshrafDaven G. Sharma
*Jahliya SisohorAvery Rae SmithAnirwin Dhorai SridharAmari Lamonte StokesVictoria Rosemary
Stromberg*Brianna C. StuckeyZina TambilOznur TemelMarie Therese TessierRahul Thakur
*Anthony Thornton*Ekaterina TitovaDiana TothJenny TranKatherine H. Tran
*Minh D. Tran*Altagracia Villatoro BanegasAndres J. Villogas*Waverly VuongJanice R. WangSamantha L. Whippen*Ryan D. WhiteJoshua Thomas Witten*Anthony L. Xereas Jr.Mustafa H. ZaeeanHisham Tarek ZahidCarolina S. Zeballos*Betel Z. Zewdie
Major in Chemistry
Bachelor of Science*Felix S. AdatsiRomilly Marto BenedictAxell S. ChandraMax ChernysKellie ConnollySilvia DimitrievMalcolm J. Evans Sr.
*Tasin T. JamalAlexander S. KeyMy A. LeSochun LimAshley Louise Mertsock*Duncan J. MillerSoraya S. NgarnimQuan Minh NguyenChae Lin ParkGillian Kate Megan PayneKien V. SuPaula C. UlloaChristopher G. Veatch
Major in Computational and Data Sciences
Bachelor of ScienceJessica AgostiniKhalifa Awad Mubarak
Hamad AlshamsiElvin CarranzaMatthew E. ClokusHilina Z. GebreKayla M. Hart
*Mohidin HassanSteven Phong Hoang*Ala’a Jamal HouallaJae Hyun JeongJackson E. KelleyMira Moon
*Phuc Nguyen NguyenAamnah QureshyAlberto Alexis Rodriguez*Omar SafsafJavier Sanchez-GuzmanLayan SbeitanBraxton Charles ThomasGeorge David Tsantes*Laurel M. VaughanJada Nicole WilliamsIman Yousfi
Major in Earth Science
Bachelor of ScienceShannon N. GlockAlexander Addison Gray*Juliet K. Pasupulati*Ashley McKenna Robertson
Major in Environmental Science
Bachelor of ScienceYusra F. Al AsadiMorgan R. CahillSophia ChapinMatthew Charles CoferDenise Del RosarioWilfredo DelcidMegan Elizabeth EcksteinOmar S. FarooqBreanna L. Hart
*Ruth Maria Heath*Zabrina R. LewisDakota Lea MullinsAdam Murray*Eran B. O’Keefe*Bailey L. Price
*Ashley McKenna RobertsonSamira R. SatherJustin R. SpiegelEmily StaffordAysan Yazdanpanah
Major in Forensic Science
Bachelor of ScienceJorge A. AlarconNicole L. BakerAlyssa Nicole BillyGabriella C. BorregoAmber R. Christly*Danaya ChusuwanOlivia Madeleine R.
DenaburgLauren A. GrayLeslie Y. Iraheta-BonillaSamantha KiernanAngello Jeffry Moreno VeraCarlesta PalmerDina Thalya PalomoAbigail PellegrinoEmma Jensen PetersZainab SaeedAlison J. Spence*Haley M. SteeleZachary Joseph SwanekampZenab Walid MohamadCharity Nerissa Williams*Emily Z. Yoder-TiedtMonica M. ZakyWendy Katherine Zurita
Almanza
Major in Geography
Bachelor of ArtsPhilip Nicholas AuvilleGregory DeperiCaitlyn G. LightnerScott Gardner LuskSamuel RossDevin Shamar StewartJames Ian Vesterlund
Bachelor of ScienceLindsey A. BornickJustin Michael ElardeLawrence GaytanJoseph Matthew Hoffman*Jonathan LinneyScott NeginCecelia M. O’Neill*William Weller SiepmannKevin Richardson StollerZachary Kolbe Taphorn
Major in Geology
Bachelor of Arts*Margaret Anne Holland
Major in Mathematics
Bachelor of Arts*Crystal ArmentaWael H. FrancisGregory Kyriacos LoutsiosScott Robert NusselNatalie Hyeri ParkChristian Pridgen*Susan Tarabulsi
Bachelor of Science*Alaa Hamid Al-EryaniAndrew Hollins ArnoldNathaniel ChapmanAkhila P. DasariSamuel Thomas ElliottTaylor Marie FountainCatherine S. HaggertyKimberlyn M. HorstmanDong Young Huh
*Cassandra Lauren HulbertCheng JinNicholas W. LanuzoTaylor Joseph MenetskiJustin RosenbergGabriel San JuanRyan James SchofieldAlexandria SteinAdriana Suarez GuzmanBasem E. TakawiSamuel Ward ThomasMaria Irina VelicuAdam WardShijin ZhangTianlang ZhuTaleya ZinneaKristin M. Zuiker
Major in Medical Laboratory Science
Bachelor of Science*Ashton Baldwin*Amanda Lam*Phuong Thanh Thi Nguyen*Trung Q. Nguyen*Tessa North*Hai Hoang Pham*Anthony Thornton*Aminah Wali
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Major in Neuroscience
Bachelor of ScienceTehreem AbbasAya AbdelhalimShanzeh Aftab*Francesca Fiona Antolin*Monique AyresAfaq BarakzaiSamuel C. BlouirGrace B. CampbellKristina H. ChawlaSobia Z. ChoudhryMalcolm J. Evans Sr.Daniella Flamenco
*Ahilla GhannouchiMaya Shivani Godambe
*Deama HabibiAnas Hameed*Nedah HatamiIvery L. HighPrishay JohriSteven McGregory Jones Jr.Saisruthi KannanMatthew J. KeithHufsa KhanAsma KhurshidDarian Whitney LayneVictor Lopez Jr.Dhalia Tiomo Metenou
*Zahra MirzaiGawri Nandana Mohanan
NairSamira NaeemThang Minh Nguyen
Colton T. NyeEsther Appiah Dankwah
Ohemeng*Abdulmateen OyediranDavid ParkRafael ParkerJamesha N. Pope*Davesh Purohit*Hamdiya QaiserAbbas QizilbashSahar RizwanRebecca Susan RoyMalek A. SalhabJonathan Ontivero SanchezNeha Simon
*Sana TahirShawal TariqTiajah Marie Valerio
Major in Physics
Bachelor of Science*Hussain Ahmed H Al SaifJoseph C. DonoghueKevin Bert EastridgeAaron Antonio EscobarBrandan Alexander IversenJahae KimNatasha Latouf
*Soubhaan S. MasoodIan MorrisDaniel A. Rodriguez CastilloCaitlin Rose Stibbards
Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Program in Applied and Engineering Physics
Master of ScienceMark Anthony Barnaba Jr.Jenna M. CannRobert J. CooperAmanda E. HoebelNicholas Mattes
*Richard Edward Park III
Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Master of ScienceTamara Sameh AbulezBruno Zembruski Dos
SantosAlex R. FitzLuke Randall GrissomMingsi LiaoXingyu LuoKristin Markle
Program in Biology
Master of ScienceAmir Alkhafaji*Mahmood Oday AlmosuliKaona N. AyresNiloufar Azinghuly Boghdeh
*Alexis Cherry*Fatemeh DehbandiEmna El GazzahVanisai Laxmi B. KattaAlyssa Marcel*Bright Baffour Addo MillsTuong Vi V. NguyenAshley A. NtosiLaryssa Marie OlsonTresa Lynn Scruggs ProffittChamodya Thejamani
Senevirathne RuhunusiriMuska SekandiriMiata V. SmithSteve Romaric ToeYelyzaveta Voloshyna
Program in Chemistry
Master of ScienceOlushola ShokunbiRobert Spaine
Program in Climate Science
Master of ScienceZachary Manthos
Program in Computational Science
Master of ScienceJajwalya Ramesh KarajgikarRobert PowellAlexander Walker
Program in Earth Systems Science
Master of ScienceLucas Booth Cherry
Program in Environmental Science and Policy
Master of ScienceAsiya Al-HadidNicole BeetleWhitney Joy Brewster*Samantha Marie Cook
*Kelsey KaehlerLara Alexis Kazo
*Samantha G. MohneyValerie T. NguyenKate Ritzel
Program in Forensic Science
Master of ScienceJosephine Georgette AdgateHadeil Clara Al-HaddadJulia H. AliChristina J. BernardoStephanie Marie BettsMarina Eliza BiberiBria Christina BlakeEleanor Monona Blood
CheneyNicole Lynn DanielsShamiya Marie EstellCarina Eloisa GarciaJamey Alan GorsuchDorothy GyampohChristopher Reid HillDustin Duane HinzeDawn HolowkaTaityana LuskAndrew MansellAngelina Marie MaurielloJoseph OberleMelanie Sherling PettyDelonta L. PriceMorgan Michelle RomeroFabrizio Ricardo Sandoval
26 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Karla Pamela Sheen VentoMatthew Joseph SiewersLeana Sh’Niel Cl’Neece
SimmonsKornwut SrinapaRyen Lynn-Elizabeth WeaverSean David WhitmerAshley Lauren WillisJohanna E. YoungWen Zeng
Program in Geographic and Cartographic Sciences
Master of ScienceJennifer L. PulliamSharon SpradlingCora Stern
Program in Geoinformatics and Geospatial Intelligence
Master of ScienceZunera Ashraf*Daniel K. SpiwakJames Valentine
Program in Mathematics
Master of Science*Yemeen Maiwand AyubPhuong Trieu DangAndrew Alexander DraganovAlex R. GogolaMathew HastyLauren Taylor JoyaveJoseph A. Marr*Mahendra H. PanagodaDavid Charles Yablonski
2021 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM 27
College of Education and Human Development
Candidates for Bachelor’s Degrees
Major in Applied Science
Bachelor of Applied ScienceAlanna Madigan*Maryanne M. Nielsen
Major in Athletic Training
Bachelor of ScienceTimothy Allen CrumDejae Camille DicksonMadeleine Irene FontaineDenise Elizabeth GormleyKatherine Berali Hernandez
RuizRene David HumphreysMatthew A. JordanDestini Darne’a ManuelKatie Eileen OtersenBrandon Trayvonn Scott
Major in Early Childhood Education for Diverse Learners
Bachelor of Science in EducationMadison Renee ComerKristina N. CsorbaCourtney L. Krueger
Major in Health, Fitness, and Recreation Resources
Bachelor of ScienceElizabeth AdamsonElizabeth Faith Aveni
*Proctor N. Beard Jr.*Peter Lionel BerlinskyBrian BowenChase Alexander BrownMarissa A. Butts
*Jazzmyn Lurae Carter*Felecia CedenoMia R. De LucaAlessia Del Romano*Ayesha Faryad*Timothy Keyes FergusonHassan Walid GhanemSergio A. GonzalezDaytona Gransback
*Brian M. JacksonHunter Austin Kelly
*Desara KorreshiJin Hyung LeeSheikh Asif Mahmood*Shahbaz Amjad MalikDominic J. Masullo
*Mehki Isaac McCrayNia A. McManamaPaul McMenimanMia R. McQueenGavin M. MeaseKaylee Sabrina MenjivarMargaret E. Morgan
*Ian Matthew MurphyCorey M. Payne*Sandra R. RanicJohnny H. SaderDaniel Chistopher SaylesMariah SciaccaHannah SerruyaTait G. ShortInaLee Latimer Snider
Collin A. Telesz*Luis Alejandro TeranJasmyn Tomlin*Diego Alejandro Torres
InfanteLuis Antonio VelezHiram Wainwright
*Lucas Skye WalkerEmma H. WerthmannAnthony M. WilsonAnthony S. Wilson*Breana L. Young
Major in Human Development and Family Science
Bachelor of Arts*Heather Melanie AlbaSura AlzamaniHilary Rose AndersonAnita Julia ApisdorfSavannah Grace DennisonDa Hae Diane InNicholas A. Kays
*Sarah Jade Kelly*Keila Maresa MartinezFaith M. RobisonKiya S. SnowMayra J. SortoAndrea Villatoro
Major in Kinesiology
Bachelor of Science*Adrian A. AcunaSamer Salah AhmedMiguel Ardon
*Berith AustinKai M. Badua
*Erin M. Baughman
*Ochir BayarsaikhanSean D. BelleChristopher J. BradenAshley Campbell*Aleasha Ebony ChecoHailey Michaela Croft
*Regan Grace Dalberg*Paul Oluseye D’Andrade IIKsenia Mikhailovna EldredRoberto Ramiro
Febo-AlmeidaIsmael Jose Ferman
*Sergio D. Ferrufino*Oscar Daniel Funes-Pires*Brianna M. GibbsBrian Jacob Hall Jr.Joanna Hardy*Jesse A. HavensJoshua HeightLauren HwostowDavid Ming Jeremiah
*Hope Gwyneth JohnsonDaniel N. JorqueraHwihu Kang
*Marika Matilda KorpinenKaren Regina LaraAdrien M. Maher*Dasia Monique McDonald*Neville Malcom Mendonca*James Clayton MorganLynnsey OlsonDeanna OrobiaWilliam Pietri*Samantha Evelyn Praul*Jessica Rice*Anthony Carlos Rojo ChavezChristina RomanoJustin S. ShelbyJaylen Maxwell Simmons*John Franklin SimpsonKrista SkeltonCameron Eric StroudJenna A. TaweelMichael Jamal Tucker
*Jacob Walter VierlingPiero A. Vilchez Zapata
*Ira Tremaine Walker Jr.
28 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Major in Physical Education
Bachelor of Science in EducationJessica Lynn BakerGregory J. CooganAlexis KeithJames Alexander KingJudith A. KoMaria Fabiola Lujan
GonzalesOlivia Lewis Shipman
Major in Tourism and Events Management
Bachelor of Science*Jenna AdamsHolly E. AndersonSamantha Alice Robin
Baden*Helen BircherChloe Marie Boltz*Sandra CasasYea J. Chung*Kaitlyn N. Collier
*Jessica Carolena ConigliaroGeorge K. Connors*Sophia Daniela Del AguilaMakenna Elizabeth ElliottHannah Marie FryCassandra FuentesChristina Maria Heitzmann*Madeline Howland*Hyo Joo Jang*Tatianna JonesAnna Rose KaczmarczykAi Kang*Afrin Khan*Paola Michelle Lagos PastorSnigdha Om Madiraju
*Isabella A. Malovic*Emily Ann McClellanHannah Nicole MilesJazmine K. Mitchell*Stephanie M. Neves*Tala R. NuriGabriela Angela PantowDerek Pitta
*Jasmine A. RobertsBassant Soliman
*Brooke Amanda StanleyXiangkang Zhang*Mingyang ZhongMegan Rae Zimmerman
Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Program in Athletic Training
Master of Science*Edward Alfred BarhamCourtney Kristina Bullock*Garrett B. Farmerie*Emily Claire FisherEnyiah Mercedes GenesieBrittany Elizabeth JacksonRichard K. Johnson
*Zachariah J. Mihalovich*Leandra RobinsonElizabeth K. Snyder
Program in Counseling and Development
Master of EducationRawan M. BannourahFredd BerrumNadia A. BoatengAutumn BrownAnne Marie CarroParul ChaudharyMaria DaceyKaren Marie DavidJose Leonardo FloresYesly Cecilia Gonzalez
BenavidezMargaret Erin HaleyBrianna Glenelle HurleyCourtney HurleyAllison J. JackieYvonne R. JacksonColene LuczakMeredith Sophia McGinn
Dorothy MebaneVictor W. MirandaMersal ShakerJoelle Haejung ShinJason T. SmithTherese M. SmithSamuel G. WassermanMargaret L. WrightMaritza Zurita
Program in Curriculum and Instruction
Master of EducationErnesto D. AguiluzWilliam V.
Alexander-Goldsmith*Worood AljammalWendy Joanna AlvaresMarina Laura Amor De
CobaneraNina K. AndersonSusan Elizabeth AndersonKunika Arora
*Jennifer N. ArriazaSelvana AyoubIlham AzimAshleigh P. BalsamoJack L. Bass IIIMary Elizabeth BatesColleen Callahan Baum*Hannah Rebecca Bergquist*Emily E. Bird*Laura Michelle BoakClaudia BolanosJennifer L. BrazeeBre’Ana A. Bryant
*Kayla Renee Bukovac
*Breanne Mokihana BurkeLauren Breck BykowskiMarques Andre CameronCaitlin Ann CampbellJoanne Elizabeth CareyKathryn CargillMaria O. CarloVirginia Alexandra CarlsonKyle Mackenzie CarminesMonica Castro
*Adriana M. CernucanChia Yun ChangAshley Brooke CheneyHannah Y. Chong
*Sabrina Christy*Asta-Dianne Clark*Madeline Jean Love CoburnLashelle CoenenCaleb Joseph CoffmanZachary Davis Cogan*Katherine Anne ConnollySierra CookSara CooperClint Austin CorrellMeriah Ember CoryQuinn Costello-MaysLauren Denise CraddockJessica Ellen CurranKristin L. DauberShamar Renae Davis*Destiny Dawn DeMarinoAntionette Morgan DentAmy DohenyRiana Jordan DolenzAmber Lynn DominickGregory Joseph Donitzen*Katelyn M. DonnellyMolly DonnellyLori Ann DoveStephanie Marie DowdKelly Beth Dresen
*Carrie Ellen DrummondElisa Brenc Dupree
*Erin T. EdwardsDavid Benjamin EifertRima Elhaj
*Eman ElmasryCaroline N. EnglandSydney Dayne EskewJustin Euell-MalcolmMarisa Dane FacundusJulianne Shivani Fanning*Vernise June FerrerPatrick J. FessElisabeth FillingerCheryl J. FinleyLauren Elizabeth Carpenter
FisherGarreth Thomas FitzsimonsEmma FoleyErica Louise FountainDesmond R. Frost
*Thomas Christopher Gagnon
Jennifer M. Gartin*Stephanie Marie GeierLedina GianfrateAnna Marie Gieffels*Jenna M. GirbertAlejandro Cuitlahuac GomezLuis Armando Gonzalez
*Jayme Danielle GrantCharu Gupta*Cara P. HaganBrennan K. HaggettLauren I. HentzPayal Patel HerendeenJessica HernandezAmber Nicole HicksVirginia M. HolmKirsty Fayt Corloncito HopeJanet Dressler Hopkins
2021 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM 29
Cecelia E. HugginsIshtiak Hussain Sr.
*Jennie P. HuynhAustin IsaacCandice Michele IvesShella B. JamesJordyn JelstromKiara K. JenkinsMildred Ramos JohnGabrielle Renee JonesRoy D. JordanBridgette Aldonna Joskow
*Taylor KernsMalalay Asadullah KhalidMedina M. KhatibNadia Khoury-KingFatme Hassan KhraibaniMackenzie S. King
*Jenna Elena Fara Krashin*Samantha Wynn KreshoverRachael K. KressleinErin M. KuhnJohn W. LaffeyAdeela LashariEliza LatimerKaia Mwezi LazoJenny H. Le*Sally M. LeRachel Sarah Lee
*Lisa LeightyKellie Christine LinehanHannah Dodd Lockard
Robert J. LoweryCatherine MaciasAmanda Bryn MaddenJustyna Joanna MalecMarianna Cristina
ManganielloCheryl Stoeckert Marcey*Lauren Elizabeth MarronMichaela D. MartinCarly A. MarxMelanie Gadish MayberryLisa Lisbeth McCaffertyBeth A. McCloskeyAnna Bree McDonaldAllisen Wonderland
McManusCaitlin Elizabeth McNeilJustin McNeilPatricia Menitra NunesHannah Miller
*Alexandra MilovanovicShirly Dewi Marlina Miner*Taylor Lee MooreShana Leigh MortensenMelanie MoyKevin Marcus MurphyShannon Nicole NachreinerJulianne Amanda NavaJacob M. Nawrot*Kimberly Dang NguyenEmilie Yoshii NiesKimberly Sue Norton
*Phoebe Elaine Noss*Brooke NyrenAngelina OcchiuzzoRicca Lou Evans O’Connor
*Savannah Brooke OrrKaren S. Ours
*Ashley Outlaw*Chloe ParkMary PartonKaren L. PatelKaren McCoy Perkins
*Mark J. PerlinDylan R. PersingerHa N. PhanMegan Rose Margaret
Phillips*Adriana Sofia PinedaSuzanne C. PochKatie M. PortilloJeffrey Ray PraterRebecca S. Price
*Samuel J. PubalAja M. PuopoloKelley M. RaichCarrington Reed*Hope Alexandra RileyAlexis RiveraKelsey Lee RiveraEileen Marie RixmannDylan James RobesonBriseida Rodriguez
*Sabrina Rodriguez
*Karla Ruiz AlegriaMosaab Abdelwareth SabahNatalie Elizabeth SalterNicole Elizabeth Sandrowicz
*Tatum Renea SankerCynthia Saravia Bazoberry*Megan ScharenKayla Elizabeth SchmidtChristopher SchneiderCourtney Rutledge SealLukas SearcyEmily Rouse Sefrin
*Christina S. Seo*Lucia I. SepulvedaRavneet Kaur SethiYujeong Julia ShinPatrice Loren Silver
*Michaelyn Ann SipesEmily Katherine SlutzRebecca SmithSandra Soto*Michala G. SteplerStephen SternChristine V. ThomasCiara Whitney ThornhillClaire T. TinsleyRoslyn TomyMartha Anne Tozier
*Paul TranJonathan Tristan TrujilloMary J. TwellmannEllen Valentine
30 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Samantha Katherine Vasquez
Olga Maria VelasquezNeha VermaMargaret M. VestermarkLisa VicencioHannah Marie WarnickScott W. WeaverBridget Rose WeberLisa Anne Welde MooreJulia Celeste WhatleyAmy Lynn WhiteNora Evette Williams
*Mariah A. WillisDenise A. Wilson-MorganGeralyn Marie WintersAdam Patrick WoodellSara Liliana WoodsDedra LaShawn Wright
*Saziye YilmazturkHei Sook YooJinghan ZhangFeiven Tesfamariam Zigita
Program in Education Leadership
Master of EducationDenise Adkins
*Jennifer L. AlpersJose R. AlvarezTara Ann Boone*Jesse Howard BrandKatherine Terney BrethKayla Rose BriggsDhanel Renea Brown
*Brooke B. Brylawski*Rebecca A. Buchannan*Meghan L. BucklesRhea S. ButlerKristina C. Caliri
*Cristin Sandra CaparottaElizabeth CarinoPatrick Carmack
*Bryan Gabriel CaseAndrea Jenese ChambersHelen Elizabeth CharrierHeather Denise ChristianRebecca D. Corallo
*Maura K. Cotter*Jody McLaurin DelaneyKassandra Di PlacidoLisa Louise DiLorenzo
*Rachael Elizabeth DomerCurtis Jay DonohueJessica Mills Duvel*Aleesha Martina EdwardsLarkin Lacey EpsteinCraig Joseph FontenotShirley FortenbaughMichelle R. Frosina
Dakota Leigh Gagliardi*Christie N. GoodmanShirley Michelle Guzman*Safia HaddamTracy Palmer HamiltonMonique Harrell-WatfordRodney M. Harris Sr.Nicholas Anthony HartmanSusan A. HawnTaylor Drew HeilTara Paige HewanMegan Ann HowlandKelly Anne HughesBobbi Jo Lynn IdzengaRobert Johnsen
*Shannon JohnsonKaitlin Nicole KaplewiczKristin L. KappKristin Lynn KasselderAngela Diamond King*Sarah L. KinzerFrancesca W. KnightMegan Lee KoehlerJoanna Wiedel KutaAllison Dawn LashleyKristen LehnerElyse LermanKayla Marie Loback
*Benjamin Townley Marchetti*Laura Mathurin*Patrick Francis McAndrewsMeredith MillerJonetta Opal MoodyChristina Renee MorrisKelsey Rae NarkevicAnna Jeannette NolanChristina O’Donovan*Mary Jane Domingo
PimentelAndrew D. PittsRiana Ashley Wilhelm Polino
*Craig PrimusKathryn Elizabeth ReamKayla M. ReistJenna Lee RichardDana Maxine RothRobert C. SalzbergNicole Regina ScherAlexandria Jordan
Schnappinger*Jennifer Joan Schrader*Zachary SchwarzTimica R. ShiversMaureen T. Sidor
*Mary E. SimpsonSamantha Debra SklarMichelle Nicole SkroupaMeghan Jean Smeenk
*Mackenzie Murray Smith*Efrosini Eleni StavrosTina Marie Stevenson*Christine StoermannDe’Andrea A. StoudamirePatricia Holland StoufferCatherine Tawfik
Jessica TerryMeghan ThemakJulie E. TillmanNorma Lucero TreminioRenita V. UpshurJessica Jeanne VoelpelMaya Alvarez Ward
*Elisa Grace YangNancy Lizbeth Yarahuan
Program in Educational Psychology
Master of ScienceMaryam Ahmed Mohammed
Al MesheikhiVincent CamachoShih Yuan ChangSara R. DraganEllen Paige Hanawalt
*Beth A. HosekChalon N. JohnsonJacqueline L. MosleyOluchi T. OzuzuKarlie Mary PetersJustin ShireyMaggie D. StoltzSiyun TanManjoong YoonKatherine Zacur
Program in Exercise, Fitness, and Health Promotion
Master of ScienceStefanie Grace BrzezinskiBishop Shawn GuempelPranjal Ravindra JoshiShannon Elizabeth SimpsonElizabeth Washington
Program in Kinesiology
Master of Science*Soha AhmedIsabelle Jen Wy AnonasJonathan A. BorthIan A. BrewerGiulia Cammarano*Cindy Scarleth CastroHannah S. CouchKennedy Lyn DeweyMarissa Eshelman
Emily R. EstepMichael Wesley Evans FisherPatrick FlemingEmily Nicole MeyerlChrishaun A. MorganSara Mary NestrowitzBryce K. PappDrazan VukovicMeghan A. WebsterMatthew ZarembaJoshua Edward Zimmerman
Program in Psychology
Master of ArtsAriel J. Ashline-WintersCourtney A. HolmbergGary J. Hooker Jr.Katherine E. HyderSo Mi LeeYara M. MohamedAnita MulpuriSamantha PierceIlana A. RegenJocelyn SalinasSarah Meade SimpsonAna-Cecilia SuarezTamera Denise Toney
Program in Special Education
Master of Education*Karima AbidaAmy L. AdamsKathleen B. Adams
*Diana Boateng AgyeiSamantha K. AlderferMariam Aldoseri
*Michelle Saskia AlemarAdam K. AliAljawharah Ibrahim A
AljunaydilRachel L. AlstonJocelyn C. AyalaJennifer Lynn AyoubColleen Denise BagonyiSandra K. BedardCurtis P. BessetteKirsten Elizabeth Beverly
*Sabeen Bilal*Meena BishtKathleen Ricca BlevinsShameka E. Brantley*Amanda Breed*Rose M. BrobergAllison J. BrooksAmber Renee Brown*Linette R. Bryant
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Bridget Anne BuesingJane Rooney BurkeTanesha Callaham*Erika CarranzaSamantha Mechelle
CastellanosLara Kathleen ChamberlinWilson W. Chan*Jillian ChappelKatherine Marie ChenelerAshley CobbEmily Sara Colliflower
*Chasidy S. CollinsSharon P. CrillyLindsay Elizabeth CrytzerTammy J. DarrahEmily Elizabeth DavisSoad ElMahdi DavisTracy DavisAmanda H. Dillon*Meaghan DubeSuzanne R. DurrLilyanne Morgan Eaton
*Stacey Edington*Zachary R. ErdmanElise I. FelicioLydia Grace FergusonTammy Sue FickLilley Tomas FitzgeraldAnastasia FranjieBrianna Lee FridyHiroko FujikiMaureen L. GilliganJanice GrayMallory Ann Grimes
*Eve Bonner Hall*Katie M. Hand*Amber Simone HarrisonAlyssa HartzlerHayley Jordan Heath
*Caitlin Donna HenryKimberly Hershberger
Ashleigh Monique HillFlor De Amelia Lizette
HoffmanMatthew James HolcombLauren Rebekah HoldredgeEffat D. HosseiniJacqueline M. Huchler*Euihyoung Joen*Reema JubranJames Thomas Kaden Jr.Erin KeupJill M. KingNuril Mausufah KingsleyHillary K. KleinAlison KliemKhadija Kouiroukidis
*Janie T. KruegerHannah Laney
*Brendan William Lawler*Elshedai LemenehJennifer Princess LominyMadeline Quigley Long
*Lynn MaiEmil Noah Majetich Jr.Sadia MarableKelli R. MatthewsBrittany MaysLindsey McCready
*Emily M. McGovernShannon Whitney McMahon*Jisset Mejia*Kaleigh MerrittDaniela Moreno HernandezDelnaz Nizar Najim
*Mabintou N’DiayeTatiana Henani Hoa Okupu
Okalani NguyenAllison Ade NolandZara Patricia NunziataCharleen Elizabeth O’BrienChristine Bernadette
Oliveros
Sean James O’ReillyJacqueline PaekAshton N. Parker MortonJessica L. Patterson*Ya Peng*Arianna H. Pieragostini*Nicole Suzzette RattiganMariyah Faisal RiazHolly RinderleAshley Nicole RobertsAshantha RodrigoCourtney RomesbergKatherine N. RyanCecily SalvadorHenrietta Rema SawyerrMary Helen ScaliciAlexis SchmidtErica Rena SchumanNimo Abdirahman
Sheikh-AdamKristy Lauren SheridanAmanda Grace ShultzAlexis M. SmithThomas Smith*Virginia Gabriella StrobachJean-Pierre TanMariela E. Tapia-HernandezMitra TarjanRachel Naomie Taton
*Yorwen Maya Teah*Korbin Thompson*Kelsey Lee TilsonAshley Caroline TurnbowBarbara Rogahn Van LearKiani WardTammy L. WheldenLauren K. WhiteKeva Z. Willis-McPhersonKaitlin Wills
*Je Moon WonLatoya Young
Program in Sport and Recreation Studies
Master of ScienceAlexander Bates*Jamail Edward BoganyKaleb ColeCasey Lynn DavisWilliam Jackson
DeLongchampsSean GibsonZachary Edward HamiltonJinsun HanNatalie Lucie HeavrenParker D. LamarreKevin Jacob LestzSarah R. MaddenAnthony Richard McLeanAlexandria RicciutiAngela Schroeder
32 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
School of Business
Candidates for Bachelor’s Degrees
Major in Accounting
Bachelor of Science*Marcy AbarcaMadina Abdul AliVanessa Adu Ampomah*Nabeeha AfzalIftikhar AhmadSahar Ali*Hadi AlshammaaDaniel Arguedas-CornejoMarem Atef
*Sarah Allison AustinMaryoly AyalaSarah AzharMaad Khaled A BadraigSalman Majdi A BadraigIsabella BahSama BakerPamela L. BarrettMohammad Akbar BeenishKlaudio BezhaniAlexa Grace Renee BituinFlorian BlattiAllison Grace BoykinAmanda L. BurtJackson R. Canas
Membreno*Xiaoying Chang*Jessica ChavarriaAna G. Chavez TorresAndrew R. CliffordWilliam George CloutierBrytton ColemanElizabeth Comtois
*Sajevonne CrudupClyde M. Delos SantosRyan DietzJunfei Dong*Consyl W. V. EdwardsYassine El GahsAdele Sohail Elbakri*Kareem Ashraf Elshiekh*Omnyat Eltayeb*Zoya Joann FakhriAmy FanKhushbakhat FatimaErick FernandezElisabeth Michaela Brooks
FlickElaine Micah Gail Nocum
Fortuna
*Rochelle Patrice GrinbergPamela GuerreroMahmoud HagiAyanna Gabriel HairstonAnna HanCaroline Grace HarleyLamont HarrisRavin Hassan
*Sebastian E. HenriquezJelani Omari HerardKelly HerringtonAlexandria C. HeusingerEdward Andrew
HintermeisterAmy HoangXiaoqing HuSusan Margaret HurdleLena Tran Huynh
*Saba K. JaberDei Hyun JeonRoy JiaAlex Jordan Kern*Dipendra KhatiwadaYebin KimYun Kim*Raena Marie C. KregerKilmar Ronaldo Lazo-GomezAndrew Dong Eun Lee*Sunyoung LeeSelena Renae Lewis-FullerJillian Rae LimJacob T. LinkAojie LiuChiayu Liu*Yujie MaElissa Denise MammolentiMackenzie Elizabeth Mann
*Israel Bruno Martinez*Jack Quam MartinoAngel Alan Maturano Garcia*Cyndy MayorgaAngela R. MazzolaJohn M. MejiaShelby MidgettNeda ModarresGladys F. Monroy*Jarold Montano QuispeDayana Jasmine MontijoTserenbat MunkhbatTsega NetsanetNgoc C. NguyenTuan Nguyen*Zukhra Nugmanova
Ayomide Precious Olagoke-Bello
Mariya OleynikJuliana Ortiz AlvaradoJuliana OseiErnest H. Page IIIKenneth Paredes
*Disha Jagdip PatelJacob Peck*Bryan J. PendletonMelissa S. PereraConnor M. Petzen*Carol Pham*Hoang Minh Thy PhanPrincess PioquintoJonathan Michael Ramos*Angelique ReyesDeisy Araceli Reyes
QuintanoChloe Danielle ReynoldsMichael Marvin RodriguezZaira Melanie Romero*Hyun Moo Ryoo*Rubi SaudNathaniel More Shirey
*Virginia A. SinarsSara Sleiman-Haidar*Daniela F. SotoJessica Y. StadtlerNicole E. SuarezStephen A. SydnorHaleluya Berhanu TadesseJack M. TempchinBrandy Thompson
*Maya Elizabeth ThompsonNhi Tieu
*Duy Truong*My Truong*Ngoc TruongMichelle TsaoMark Anthony VargasManuel Vasquez
*Jaime Stephano VediaMimi VuJohn Marshall Williams Jr.Yixuan ZhaoQinghui Zheng
Major in Business
Bachelor of Science*Abdirahman AbdirahmanTalal Albayih*Miguel Angel Amezcua*Muzhdah AtazaiSangsu Bae*Zanab BaharKarima BerradiAmerica CastroKuan Lin ChenMahad Nur CollinsTouka M. Farag*Stephanie Leah FincherAshlen Jasmin
Garcia-Rodriguez*Amaury GuzmanSangwoo HanWendlassida D. IlboudoPatrickdag K. Jumah
*Jack J. Kemp*Iskandar Khabbaz*John Gia Luc*Valerie C. Mayer Lopez*Michelle K. MullallyDevon Broderick NelsonKimberly NguyenKevin Huy PhanKevin G. Poussard
*Jacqueline RobinsonThomas G. RobinsonBassim SalihErick Sanchez
*Areej SawanKathryn Lynn SteppJovina Marie Svaranowic*Amna Tahir*Sandy ThongdyyarathLinh Duy Trinh
*Ishan Tuli*Lauren Taylor Vaughan*Ms. Mahsan ZarrinkolahJie Zhou
Major in Finance
Bachelor of ScienceVanessa Adu Ampomah*Nabeeha AfzalRashid Al Khayarin
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*Luisa Fernanda AlcalaSaad Fahad A Alsaqr*Tamim Ibn AnwarDaniel Arguedas-CornejoMaad Khaled A BadraigSalman Majdi A Badraig*Brandon BakerDave BallengerOkan CabaKathleen Justiniano Callahan
*Joshua Michael CarterDai G. ChauEdward C. ChenZebin ChenSai Jayanth ChintamaneniMegan S. ClemSonia L. CogdillEric Nicholas CorbinJai DevkaranJiacheng DongAidan M. EcclesSafinaz Hamdy ElnahalAbdallahi Ely TelmoudyHomira FarzayeeDanny Ferrufino Tapia
*Ana K. Garcia*Rolando Garcia-Montalvo*Aram Daniel GhanbariIsabelle GrahamAdriana GuardadoAnna HanSchubert S. Han*Matthew Thomas Heath*Fady Mohsen Lotfi IbrahimKyle Matthew JacobsMahesha Madhubhashini
JayawardhaneRoy Jia
*Ivan KharitonsevBao-An LePatrick S. LeagueAojie LiuYu Ci Liu*Nathaniel Langley LohrJake Mitchell Lonsdale*Ryan Spencer LoweVictor Antonio LozaThien Ly*Andrew Owen Hathaway
McMahonOsvaldo Alfonso MembrenoHodan Yusuf MobarakRodrigo Montano
PenarandaPascuala MoralesJoshua MortensenBrandon Patrick MurphyJohn Alexander Nahra*Shivam NayakBrandon A. NeinePhoebe G. NelsonCrystal Nguyen NgoHoai Thuong Nguyen
*Nam Thanh NguyenNancy Phuc Nguyen
Alexander NhounisoungJoshua R. O’NeilBrian PeirceKavita N. Priyadarshy
*Neil R. PuriUgne Radzeviciute*Numan RahmanCarlos RiveraMaya E. SaahSergio E. SalazarKashif SaleemMichael A. SchaferMichael ScottVincent L. Seymore Jr.*Yaokun ShenJenny ShiMichael Tiger ShueWillem Joseph SmaghJasmine Jennifer SolizKamish A. TajuddinMatthew S. TalleyJack M. TempchinNahom Ghirmay TesfazghiRyan TongArmando Toyos OrellanaLinh Vu Hoai Tran
*Lindsey Thuy VoPatrick Miller VroomJessica L. WhiteJennifer Junxue WuXiaohan YangMin Christopher Yoon
*Yupeng YuanKevin Douglas Zambrana
Roman
Major in Information Systems and Operations Management
Bachelor of ScienceVince Adrian AbanillaDunyah AbbasiAyah K. Abdel GhanySondos AbdelrahimMadina Abdul Ali
*Sandra Abud*Amira G. AbusbitanCollin M. AdamsDivyani Shree AdhikariAmna Ahmad*Mohammad AhmadAbdulwahab Ahmed Sharif
Ahmed*Marwa Mohamed Abdel Aziz
AhmedZumarna AhmedZakaria AinteMarwa AkkasAli K. Akoum
*Noor Al Bayaa*Sherly Samelly Alay TorresMohamed Ali Al-Matari
*Manal AlnabouchAhmed AlsameenIbtihal Alshammari
*Amar Abdullbari AlshehariHussein J. Al-ShwailiEnrique G. Alvarez ZuluagaKofi AmankwahAmitha S. Anmalsetty*Carissa Marie Ashley
ArdizzoneMaria J. Arevalo VillatoroGrace Wambui ArinaKhatib AryanMaysa AwadallahMohammad AwadallahAli Bahabib*Nathan J. Bartlett-WillWasam BashirRediate Befekadu
*Farzana BegumAchraf BelatikIan James BerryRobing Alberto Bocanegra
*Mohamed Mohamed Boualam
Jonathan Michael BrownShenice Brunson*Courtney Y. Burchett*Yessica Callejas CruzAlmendra J. Canales Corzo*Javier A. CanteroDaniel Kyung CarmanRyan ChaeKatherine Marie ChangDai G. Chau
*Justin Tuong ChauJack Chen*Julia M. ChenMichelle ChengSamuel A. ChoeJacob Jinsuk Chung*Carlo Claros*Pete-Andrew Cohen Jr.Jennifer Eileen Condezo*Stephen J. Crichton*Daniel Joseph Cross Jr.Derwin Alton Davis IIGrayson T. De GroatAngeline Dela Cruz*Alexander Pierce DeYoung*Frank DialloAshley Veronica Diaz*Bettina Biamaa DonkorSalma DoulfakkarJonathan H. DuongSultan DurraniSamuel M. EatonYassine El GahsAdele Sohail ElbakriMohammed Majed Elbayya
*Monsef Ibn Hassan El-Ghilani
Farah Farhat Elmohtaseb*Evelyn EstrellaSyeda K. FatimaAnjiya S. FazlaniCorwin G. Fontaine*Ariana Camille Ford*Le’Ann Marie Fredericks*Brian A. Fredrikson*Eizel M. FreyMatthew Gabbay
*Rolando Garcia-MontalvoRida N. Gill
*Mamuka GogiberidzeMercedes F. GonzalezAtta Gyebi Snr*Michil HadadHamnah HafeezShadi M. Hamadeh-Rojas*Sean R. HanlonChristopher J. HannahDavid Andrew Harvey Jr.
*Khalaf Hashi*Sophia HasnainMichael M. HaydenAlexandria C. HeusingerDaniel A. HillIdil A. HiradAndrew H. HoangNhu Quynh N. HoangAlisa HoltBrian JB HongMatthew D. HouserHajar Housni
*Aribah Hussain*Salman Hussain*Azamat IsrailovIlham Yussuf Mohamed Issa
*Zain M. JafriSuryaraj N. JainRaeun JangTala Osama JaradehDaniel Johnston
*Atamjot K. KalraSharina Kapoor*Qais KarimVidit Karki*Krishna Sai KatheraGurleen Kaur*Navneet Kaur*Puneet KaurNeswanth Naga KeepudiIbrahim Salahadin KhalifaAhsan KhanLydia A. Kingo
*Evan Klutz*Pedro KritselisTu Van LamVasundhara LankaZachary J. Larmour*Maxim LazarevAndrew Dong Eun Lee*Hojae Lee*Mikhail Gee Lewis*Hui LiZhongjia Liao
34 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Cary C. LinJiaqi LinWilmer LinaresKristina Louise LongeDavid Luna
*Tiffany T. LyOmar Magatheh*Azan Mahmood*Noor MahmoodSahar E. MajeedzadaHamza S. Malik
*Jawaria Zahid MalikGaurav S. Mangat*Paul Marinero Jr.Tariq Ashraf MasoudCatheryn A. MeislAndres J. Missiego*Pegah Moeini*Yasmin A. MohamedHumyra Mohammad
*Asad Ullah Mokel*Jarold Montano QuispeCrystal Marcia MooreJerome Patrick Morgan*Sally Moron RiberaDana M. Mulcahy
*Faisal Abdulaziz M MullaBakhtawar Mustafa
*Tameem I. NashnoushArezo Zulaikha NaskaiSandeep NewnahaAnh Nam NguyenAnna NguyenJimmy NguyenKhiem G. NguyenMai Nguyen
*Michael NguyenVictoria NguyenMaria Mikhaylovna Noskova
*Nicole Y. Nourdeh*Mojgan Nouri*Kevin Alejandro Nunez DiazAyomide Precious
Olagoke-BelloMatthew T. O’MalleyYahya OmarJames ParedesShabrina Jayesh Parikh*Esther Y. Park*Imran PashaDisha U. PatelMeet PatelElvina Chrisande Paulino
*Arlene S. PenaHue PhamKhanh Pham
*Hoang Minh Thy PhanChristian Pitura*Narenkrishna Reddy PunuruEissa Maher Qader
*Allen C. QiuQasar Qureshi*Muhammad Humayun
RafiqueIfaz Rahaman
*Kinara S. Rahim*Ahmad RahimyarAbrar RahmanMichelle A. RahmanNathaniel G. RamosArjun RangarajanIman Rehman
*Aleja Andrea G. ReyesNathan Allen Reyes
*Karina Reynoso*Michael Louis RobinsonRachelle B. RodsaDevin Michael RohlerHenry Francisco Romero
CruzDana M. Sabri
*Andrew SadekZain Farid Safdar*Jayson Saint-Surin*Zaid SaleemJoseph I. SalihFernando Mauricio SanchezAshley Saverio*Nureen Sediki*Nawid SediqiCaleb J. Serrano-SanchezElaha Shadan
*Faisal Shah*Tyam Shahbazi*Rameen ShahidChristopher Joseph
ShammasSaghar ShamsoldiniPraman SharmaJenny ShiIsakor ShikurStephen SimAdit A. Singh*Gurpreet SinghHarmandeep SinghKiratpreet Singh
*Nathan Alexander SkempNavleen K. SohiEwan S. SouzaNathaniel J. SpositNathan A. Stewart
*Hassan Suhail*Amer N. SumreanAbhishek K. Suryawanshi*Hassan TahirKamish A. Tajuddin
*Rafael TalledoNafia TanzimZainab Tarique*Haroni Tewolde*Emily Moore ThatcherAna Damaris Torres
Hernandez*Yessenia Torres*Lan Khanh TranTyler TranJason V. TruongMichelle TsaoAlmila TuncNeamat Ullah
Faezah UsmanSaqib Rehman UsmaniJuan L. ValdiviesoJhon Eddy VallejosSabrina VasquezVanessa VillalobosChristine Ramas Viray*Aiza Fatima ViryamAaron H. Vo*Ryan C. WadsworthAnand Wagner*Tasheonna A. WaltonSpencer Thomas WarnerJevon M. Waters*Ali W. WaziriMatthew Scott Wertz II
*Karl S. WimmerDevin P. WoodwardZijing Wu*David YangAllison YeeNathaniel Kelleta ZaduFarah ZaidiGiovanni ZamoraAlexandra N. Zhou
Major in Management
Bachelor of ScienceAbraham Afzal*Rima Abrahim AlghusseinAlanoud H h AlotaibiAudra Budiman Amezquita*Jennifer Argueta*Jocelyn G. ArocheCarlos Brandon ArrietaEdwin A. BalderramaArinnia BeghamMichael T. Blackburn
*Katya Marlene Bradley*Alexandra L. CarabelloNatalie CarterXiomara Ximena Chacon
CordobaVivian ChauBrenda Cheung
*Malie P. ChhangSanghyun ChoiAmer ChoudhuryPatrick David ConklinDaniel David CooperStephanie N. CrawfordBenjamin Richard DarbyBrendan L. Deal
*Desiree Dela CruzMelissa L. Delgado
*Nan DengSejal G. DesaiCharlotte Marie
Dick-ShannonLaura Elizabeth Edwards
Mason Francis EvansMadison Fleming
*Andrea Gail FranciscoRonald GomesLoranji Mikia GoodrumDiana Marcela Green
*Anna HaHamnah HafeezOmid HajimohammadEdmund HammondIssa HassanJasmine Henriquez*Cristhian Hinojosa SilesAndrew H. HoangSamantha D. HoangDawson James HopkinsIssa A. HoseinJoseph Allen HuntLena Tran HuynhMounia Idouissaaden
*Dahlia Sophia Jaleel*Nicoll Rossana Jimenez*Bianca I. Juliani*Anika KapoorNehul KapoorMichael F. Kapusta
*Andrew T. KimDo Hyun Kim
*Dong Kyun Kim*Seahee KimEmily A. KonchanPatricia M. LalaYujin LeeJames Jintack LimJillian Rae LimSteven M. Longino*Nathaly Alicia Lopez*Ryan Spencer LoweCatherine Ann LynnSara Lyn MaldonadoMichael ManzerBriana MayfieldMichiru Angelica McCombs
*Jason MehtaAnna Shalom MonteroUmar MorradZeshan MustafaKayvon NaghdiZabiullah NasiriMatthew C. NewellBritney K. NguyenErica NguyenPhillip Huy Huu Nguyen
*Jacqueline Nnaji NnajiJeffery NyamekyeKatherine Paige O’DonnellShawn E. Ortiz*Moussokoura OuattaraXingyu PanMin Jung Park
*Drew T. PearsonJennifer Diane PrestonCharles Thomas Race Jr.*Diana Paola Ramirez RuizJohn Reese
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Cai Ren*Emily C. RivasMehaq RizwanJason Andrew RogersPatrick Christopher RowlandMatthew Karl Rubel
*Maria F. Saldana SuarezMarco Polo Salguero
MaldonadoRidge Cairme Samala
*Lekena SarenXeniya A. Seliverstov*Badr Abdulrahman W
ShangwaniZaineb ShaukatShannon Ashley ShelleyJasmin Patrice SheltonYunyu Shi*Colin David SimonJared M. SimsJacob Tony SiningerScott Matthew Sladen*Jessica Renee SmithJamal Jordan Snow*Jiyoung SongJessica Y. StadtlerAya Hussein SubhiBruno SujoyMargreen Sulistija
*Yasamin S. TaheriLeena Tahmassian-PacosianSiqi TangDavid D. Tato
*Louis Angelo Tenace*Bethany Diane Terrell*Pamela TorricoKevin TranMichael Q. TranTien T. Tran
Andreas J. TsaousisEthan L. VanciniLinh Khanh Vu
*Jacob Miles WeigelQifeng XiaJeffrey Joseph Yarabek*Ken YoshinoRomi Yona Zachar
*Qusai Zaher*Luis Y. Zaragoza
Major in Marketing
Bachelor of SciencePaul AbbracciamentoEmma Sophia Adams
*Caroline Elizabeth AndersonHaley Ann ArringtonJames BrokerNicholas Edward CarrPhong V. ChauStephen M. ChellisEuna ChoiJoshua J. ChoiHengyun ChuangAndrew CookeDaniel David CooperGisela Veronica Cozen*Milica Dabic*Adam R. Darif*Ava A. DayJacob R. DeforgeSicheng FanIgnacio L. Fernandez
*Bruce Patrick FranzSimone GhobadiHaellie Gordon
Meghan Emily GrahamTalia GutierrezKayla Noelle HamricNhu Quynh N. HoangLaura M. HoferSeth Thomas HorneYifan HuSyed Sajjad Hussain*Sineen M. Jarrar*Grace C. Kair*Nicole Keeys*Ahmed S. KhalafallaFatimah KhanStella Kim*Jiawen LiYancheng LiChing Hui LinJunjie LinMarcus John LottaShibo Ma*Azan MahmoodBoutaina MarhrimChristine G. McCarthy*Meghan Elizabeth
McCormack*Surraiya Y. MemonClaudia Evette Mendoza*Christopher J. MerklingMark Allen MillerShaun T. MillerBenjamin A. MillsAshley Grace MineardAnna Shalom Montero*Charles David Mullins*Morad Jamil MuslehJaime A. NevarezErica Nguyen
*Hannah Jocelyn NoblesHayley Nicole Norlin
*Dania OmeishNicole A. PapathanassiouAdriana Carolina Pena*Arlene S. Pena*Tyler Scott PhelpsElizabeth Marjorie PridayKatelyn A. RabakAvory Justin RansomeJared M. RayA’roya Justina Reese*Erin Nicole Richards*Christopher R. SaenzStacey SalgadoTorie SchabergRachael R. SchmidtOmar Sefer*Hugeth Ivizel SegoviaMaria E. Severichs
*Kyung Hee Sim*Mekhi SimmonsLucas W. SmithEmily Soundara
*Yasamin S. Taheri*Aimee TanTristan Lenore
Tatum-Marshall*Lucas Jennings TaylorRebecca L. Travis
*Eric J. Vasquez*Kaila Wallace*Sixian Wang*Levi Thomas Witherow*Tianping XuTianyuan XuYuchen YanHa Eun YooIrem Yuksel
*Edison Jose Zavala
Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Program in Accounting
Master of Science*Megan Emily Adreance*Shayne Maritt Medina
Aguilar*Aiman Ansari*Tamera Renee’ Bolling*Madison C. Brown*Valentina A. Bulavitchi*Andrea Castaneda Guzman*Musfirah A. Chaudhry*Karen S. Chipman*Sorina M. Cret*Xiaofei Chunyu Dean
*Anthony M. Dinh*Jennifer R. Downey*Allison Dreesen*Hanan Abdiqani Duale*Elizabeth Farley*Andrew GuilloryDavisson Han
*Nicolas J. Haynor*Zhaohui He*Ted Huertas*Cindy Huynh*Ikram Yussuf Issa*Leehwan Ju*Mpesa Kapinka*Tahsina Khan*Naseem Kolyani*Daisey H. Kyaw
*Linh Hoang My Le*Jessica Lee*Meng Liu*Koorosh Jonathan Malek*Jacob L. Manbeck*Daniel Milos*Nooreen A. Mirza*Jose Alejandro Ospina*Geonryang ParkSindhu Perchani*Vinay N. PrasadWasana Rajapakshe*Shareen Nazim Rashid*Thomas Schaffer*Martin Schmidt*Deborah Dongju Shin*Funmilola Shittu
*Ashley O. Sisson*Yunyoung Son*Jiayi Song*Samuel Elisha Summers*Vinh Q. Tang*Valerie Christian Tejada
Freeman*Sojla N. Tiwana*Lucia M. Tozzi*Aparna Venkitachalam*Andres Villarroel*Garyelle Marie Wanzer*Tenzin Yangchen*Yewon Yoo
36 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Program in Business Administration
Master of Business Administration*Andrea AndersonJenita ArshadSeth Camenga BaileyCaroline Cardenas BarbosaJake Mecham BarnesOnur Alpaslan BaskayaDebra Curry BassMarilyn Ann BowTyler Kent BrandenburgJason Paul BrownMahad Ali ChaglaChad Jeremy ChapmanEvan Chate
*Kevin Thanh ChauHae Na Chung
*Mary CorneliusThomas CreminGiuliana D’Adamio*Kosta Dalageorgas*Tracy DanielsEric DavisThomas A. DeHaven*Candace C. Depass*Michael N. Driggs*Chad Eckles*Rashal A. EdwardsStephen Benjamin ElsonSergio Alejandro
Fernandez-MayesJames David FeyRaymond Joseph Fields
*Colleen Marie GarrottJohn Lawrence GoetchiusCory A. Gordon*Theresa GothardDaniel Keith Guenther
*Ambrea HarrisCourtlin L. HoltDavid HopeKyle Nicholas HumphriesBenjamin Chukwuma IgweAlanna KahnSawir KakarNathan Kaley
Curtis Patrick KincaidZachary Myles LaBateDaniel Allswell LaryeaVictor L. C. Lee*Dorota Klaudia Lewis*Ioana LewisShaden Ayman MaraqaHilary Uyen-Phuong
MarschikAshish MasihMckenzie Allen Matthews
*Gabriela Mercado GragedaCristina MorgadoMaria Theresa Moussa
*Kito Mussa*Sharle Yansy NatarenAnn Elizabeth NewsomeVinh Huy NguyenAngela Pauline OliverNicholas OrtizAltaf PatelJaime PatelBishnu PathakDilyana Dimitrova
Petleshkova-Williams*Cuong Hung PhamDavid Paul PotocnikDaler Pulatov
*Joshua Baker RachfordNarishmha Rigaud
*Angus B. RobertsonDavid Francis RodriguezNathan Lee RossowMallory RutkoskeDaniel Hansen Saba
*Nina SchwartzKristi Lynn SevernsAmy Anderson SiegelEdwina L. Smallwood
*Cordelia Alice SmithDerek R. SmithJonathan Peyton SmithMatthew SmothersMarlo SneddonChristina Marie SnyderBradley B. SonJacob F. Summers*Craig SwanerCharles A. SweetFrances Missy TejadaPierre Thompson
Tam Thao TrinhDavid Robert WellingtonWon Mo YangErin Rose Young
*Benjamin Troy ZemekYuqing Zhang
Program in Management
Master of Science*Emma Louise Anderson*John A. Atela*Hojun Augustine Boo*Stone Redd Brickhouse*Chen Chen*Ting Yu Chen*Weijia Du*Lawrence Hailes*Shelbi Harris-Mowatt*Thomas Charles JenningsMuhammad Haziq Khan
*Cheng I. KoCourtney Kramer*Joseph Eliott Leguizamon
Day*Tie Li*Viet Quoc Luong*Ingrid Rubio*Emmanuella Serwaa*Amber Smith*Clare Fiona Sullivan*Dongli Sun*Peter Dao Tran*Eileen Catherine Voss*Leterra E. Ward*Alexander K. Weiser*Sidney Joshua Yap
Program in Real Estate Development
Master of SciencePhilip Harwell BradyAhmad Darwish*Katherine Hollands JacobsWilliam Clyde JenkinsSamantha Marie Kuehne*Taylor William Malbon
Program in Technology Management
Master of ScienceIhsan Isam AlrishehStefano Bassi MazziniAnna G. ChunAaron Geoffrey DavisAnthony DrizosZachary EatonBrandi Nichole FletcherFernando MagriMohammad Shah MoradianChristopher Lee MurphyMark T. NakagawaDanh Duy Nguyen-HuynhAshley Karina RobertsEric Smith
2021 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM 37
College of Health and Human Services
Candidates for Bachelor’s Degrees
Major in Community Health
Bachelor of ScienceShoaib AhmadMariam Kawther AlkatebBridget R. AmaniampongSophie AndriamanjatoShabnum AnwarJeffrey Ian ArmstrongZain Ali BaigNorah P. BartellSandra E. BekhetAman T. Bivens*Brian Thuong BuiGisele Carla CalustroNatalia Camacho CubillosJacqueline Elizabeth CarpioNoheli Adriana Carrasco
Torrez*Gelila Paulos ChanieFreena Waseem ChaudhryLarry Arturo Chicas
*Kaitlyn J. ChisarikAneesa N. ChoudhryJoan Margret Caroline
ClarkeCristina De Leon*Kateryna DenysiukDaynelynne L. DizonChristopher Manhphong DuAmber R. Elston*Imen Houda FaresChristian B. Fary*Naz K. FatahAngelica Noel FelderKathy FernandezSierra Ashlee FrederickLauryn C. Freeman
*Sarah Louise FridayMadisyn Elizabeth Galang
*Perla V. GallegosGabriella P. GarzaAlexis Simone GaylesSemhar GelawdiwosReem Raid GhoushehBrittani M. GlassValerie GrispoEllen Ackerman Gurung
*Shabnam Habib
Michelle HardrathParvathy HaridasAbigail Marie HarlessErica HarpKaleigh Harris
*Nada A. Hassen*Delainey Marie HirschRand Ahmed Hossain
*Melissa S. Hunt*Jahnae V. HuttonLidya W. JemereAbigail Lauren JonesKatie M. JonesMackenzie JonesNaomi JonesLara N. KhalekZemZem KhiarMonica KondrakuntaThuyhang T. LeCheryl S. LeeKourtny Deana LewisYue LiangMinjie Liu
*Cindy Diana LopezBessy Nicole Lovos DavilaAlyson Sophia Martinez*Anisha Marya*Arin J. McNealAshley J. MedeirosJewel B. MinorAyan Ahmed MohamedNelofar MohammadiKimberly Lirag MontesaRebekah Moon
*Loretta N. MorganNhat Binh MotokiLaiba K. MughalJudy I. NanawZara NasirNoreen H. NasrMaribel NogalesMariam Oppong Nuamah
*David Osafo*Alexandra J. PalmisanoParia ParhamiSwarna Pasupuleti*Jonovan Farrell PeavieAbigail PollardDaniela PortilloSarah Helen Randall
Allison G. RiceAmir RizkDeekora Nyakhor Ruach
*Samira Safaei*Ariadna SanchezGabriela Nicole SanzEunice L. Sarrea-OstosTaranom M. SenfiElizabeth Masi Shamloo
*Karolina SharmaAisha B. SheikhIman Mohamed Sh-HersiShaina Anwar Sindhu*Manjot Kaur SinghAmelia Jo SteadmanMarina D. Tamarit CoukDanielle TanDelila Tareke
*Eryka L. TaylorKarungu ThukuAbigail TrinidadHannah Elizabeth TrumanJordan W. TurnerDi’Jah Monae’ TylerLabiba T. UllahAndres A. VelascoLamees Sameh WahdanLeila Waid
*Jacob WestneyBrooke Lauren WilliamsJane Irina YiChristine E. YoonKacie Paige ZakinJennifer Eunice Zelaya
Major in Health Administration
Bachelor of Science*Mariam AbdiSeid S. AdemRakchya AdhikariAmna A. AliOmar AliYasmin AminLucero Avalos
*Sahar Farrah BakhtaryAdriana Beatriz Barrientos
Samrawit Wondimeneh Basazinew
Nana-Kafo Bervell*Anmoljot Kaur Birdi*Luciana S. Bourn*Alanna L. Bradley*Dayana G. Bustillos LunaVanessa Elizabeth CamposAshley Cha*Elizabeth CheangDahee ChoiMaryam Choudhary
*Grace H. Chung*Stephanie Ann DotsonNatasha Liliana DuarteMorsal EskandariThana Fazelyar*Maria Sol Fernandez*Cassidy FirthNeda Zeigham GhaffariKeerat GillAlexandra Greenlaw*Mera Hajhassan*Brea L. HamiltonGhalia Ahmed Hantush*Jasmine A. Hayes*Manpreet KaurNazia Kazim
*Haseena B. Khan*Salima KhanSikandar Khan*Claire J. Kim*Loveneet Kaur Kooner*Sukhneet Kaur Kooner*Warnakulasuriya Fenolie
LoweSarah E. LukerNhi Thao LyDeepa MaharjanBridget Ann Major
*Miriam Marquez*Gabriela Angelica
Mendez-BeltranJenna L. MillerSamra MirzaNazaneen Mohmand
*Elanna Marie MooreHarsha NayyarMercy NinsonJada Noel
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*Ashim PandeyRajavi PatelWhittney N. PayneJudith Mariela Portales
EscobarMenuka PrajapatiMaria Isabel Rosales FrancoSaiqa Sadiq*Inderveer K. Saini*Yariana Najee Santos*Leana Mohammed SeidHaneen Shatara
*Laarayb A. Siddiqui*Thomas SlaughterKelsey Lee SmithTontitorn ThampitakAvery Mae ThompsonKaithlyn Ashley TorrezKathy Kim Tran
*Hannah Ryan TrippJaviera Antonia Troncoso
AzocarRavy YanJo-Vivian Yu
Major in Nursing
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
*Carla Abril*Laura Valentina Acosta
Corredor*Emily AdamsMark Ian Sayson AguisandaAli AhmadIlhan M. AhmedElena C. AlexanderStephanie Alvarado
Gonzalez*Noelle R. Anderson*Renae C. AndrewsTehmeena Asif*Jill BakerFatmata BanguraLindsay Leigh BenderVivien Anja BerftYonas Y. BerhaneAlyx Lynnell Bridis*Caroline Elizabeth BrightEmma C. BrownNatalia BujorClaire B. CampbellAn V. Cao*Corinne CarsonRichard Meister ChancellorKendal Chase
*Bee Won ChoNicole I. CunananCierra N. Custer*Cassidy L. DavisDeborah R. DeperioRyan Donoghue
*Madeleine Doyle
Michelle Ann DukeMekdes T. ErkyihunAdriana A. EscalayaJumana Yazmine Anna Fahel*Brittany FairDiego Figueroa
*Stephanie Karla FloresMichelle Amy Frank
*Taylor Alexya Frost*Mya Renee GatesBailey Veronica Gibson
*Elisabeth GiesemannBrenda J. Gonzalez
*Sheila Melissa GonzalezTeaghan Michelle Lattanze
GordonAree M. Grabow*Edgard GutierrezKaylin Riley HarringtonRachel Anna Hawn
*Eileen Susan HeinyEunyoung HeoGloria Vanesa HernandezRachel Jane HickeyChloe A. HinzTrini HongKaitlyn C. Hull
*Aigner Jackson*Jordan D. Jacomo*Ayam A. Jasim*Lydia H. JonesYusufu Kamara*Megan Elaine KaniaSarah E. Kelley*Ashley Elizabeth Kallis Kern*Kristin Lauren KidwellYoung Hwa KimAllen King*Martin Joseph King*Mary Therese KlineOmar Julius Mocorro LabajoBlanca Estela LagunasMichaelle Hyun Jee Lee
*Su Ji LeeAnalisse M. L’Etoile*Johvana LinaresCamila F. Lopez Valenzuela*Jennifer Karniewicz LuebkeKimberly Anne MajerowskiGila Regine Manansala*Rania Marzouk*Somayah Mateen*Jayme M. MathewsElizabeth V. McCall
*Jenna McKeown*Shannon Marie McLaughlinSelamawit B. Melka*Brianna Nicole MillerKelly J. Molina-CamposOphionia Erma MooreSarah K. MoyesRuth D. MususaIshmail Saidu Nabie
*Bethany Rena NelsonHan Phan Ngoc Nguyen
Dominic A. NichiloBrianna Cecile Nielsen
*Chimezie Chinekwu Nnoruka
*Meriam Gura Nure*Molly Ann O’BrienIkran Abdullahi OmarYasmin A. Omar*Nkeiruka Enyioma
Ononiwu-JonesKendall Buki OshinowoAmber Micah B. PadillaEsther PakSangeeta PanesarYasoda Paudel KadelGabriela Paz RodriguezYvonne Claire PelteNicole Pereira
*Kemberly Iraldi PinedaTeena Pokhrel*Aishah Sumuyyah Potts*Natalie Purnell*Patrick J. PutzigerCharisse Famin QuitorianoEman RahamaKeyana RajabiAli Rambo*Graham ReidEbelin E. ReyesRodrigo Aristides RoblesSandra Filipa Rodrigues
SousaLauren Nicole RomanoDaimara Roque ArochaKatherine RupinenKarina Melanie Sanabria
*Lara Santana BritoMariam T. SarverEric Zachary Schmidtlein
*Sofya SchumannJenna Ariel Schwartzman*Valentina Teresa SegoviaSarah M. Sheehan*Katie Weilu ShenHardev SinghDanette A. SmithPeighton R. Smith
*Rachael K. Sorenson*Jenna Shaye SpeddenEmma G. Sperle
*Georgia Spencer StephensKavita SubediSumayya Saleh SulaimanSarah Sarah Sunder*Bianca Visan SuritaAmanda Noelle Tavaglione*Christelle Manuealla
Tiagni-TchokouassiDiego E. Ticllacuri Pauccar
*Brian Tran*Tram-Anh D. TranZhane Umpierre VelazquezJonathan Connor ValliereAngelika K. VargasKatherine C. Vorder Bruegge
Isabel G. West*Heather Williams*Michael Thomas WilliamsVictoria Mary Williams*Da Mi YimSara Yun*Monica Marlene Zeballos*Cynthia Zelaya*Lin ZhaoPeggy Zheng
Major in Rehabilitation Science
Bachelor of ScienceMalvin Patrick Riguerra
AguilarThomas H. Amabile*Gabriel ChavezCara Noelle DillardLynn G. DoErin N. DonoghueJustin Dschuhan*Nicholas E. Echeverri*Gehan ElattarDavina LaneAna Victoria NoriegaSierra Virginia RobertsonKayla RossGisele SanchezEdwin Gabriel Tello SalasCrystal Alicia Boahemaa
Young
Major in Social Work
Bachelor of Social WorkRubaa AhmadMelissa E. AlvaradoMelanie L. AmadorRania AmerComfort A. AwuahMicaela Dayana BarrientosJarad Kevin Christopher
Barrow*Amr BashirArazhane’ Tierra BennettColleen Rhea BockmanZenaida Bonilla-SegoviaSara R. BurrellTristan Alec CorbettSaira Isabel FloresKristina Elizabeth FrankeElizabeth Adekemi GansalloAutum D. GreeneNana S. GyebiSydney M. Hinegardner
2021 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM 41
Grant B. HolmesFahmida HoqueSana IqbalSarah KahsaySenay KeseteBianca Y. KwanKo Eun Lee
*Alex David Lopez Jr.
Yessenia MalcaJessica Marye MasonShari Del Carmen McCallumMegan A. McCordDan Amaris MolinaJessica Barros NevesThi NguyenBrandon Noguera
Fabiola Mariana OssioChinaiya D. OwenJanessa PeabodyCatherine Ann PettitMei QiuMiriam Ruiz
*Evelyn X. SortoSarah Renee Styer
Pratishna ThapaGrace C. ThomasTapiwa TshumaTu-Nhi Truong VoNathan Lewis WeslowNoah George Zachariah
Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Program in Global Health
Master of ScienceLijing Zhang
Program in Health and Medical Policy
Master of ScienceParvaneh Vaziri
Program in Health Informatics
Master of ScienceShukri Y. AbdullahiAfreen AhmedIbrahim Awad S AlahmariMubarak Salman A AlmujariMeron Berhanu AssefaWendy S. AyersAngie Chamberland*Rabbia Shabbir ChoudarySri Surya Krishna Rama
Taraka Naren Durbha*Sherita Kaye EdwardsPiyushika C. GhimireHabiba HassenHajra InamKhadeeja InamNoorulain IqbalRafal Khalid A Jambi
*Raphael JosephCitrakasih Hanna KaigerePragyan Khanal
*Shannon E. McKerninJi Hyun MinVictoria NsiahSrilatha RebalaNabeal Saif
*Sara ScannellEryn Lee Scott
*Steven SmithDebora B. Vito VittorioChelsea Eileen Zabowski
Program in Health Systems Management
Master of Health AdministrationMansur Mohammed
AbubakarSaad Ahmad*Kyler Akers*Yasmin B. ArtisBriana Kimberlyn AustinRebeccah BaerRaven-Taylor P. BeatyKatherine Irene Beil
*Ravleen BoparaiJessica BuscheSarah C. CarneyEva Maria CollinsKristy Ann CurtisJulia DelaneyMonique A. DiggsCrystal DowellSuzanne DuongAmanda D. DupreeTeresa A. Emmons*Kaylyn A. FreemanCinthia Guadalupe Funes*Aimee GrangerJordan C. Harrison*Michelle DeAnne HentonNhien T. HoAirielle O. Jenkins*Jessica Brooke JewellMaava G. KhanVeronika P. Kouzmanova*Dave Kuhns*Heena Laroiya-Dave*Riley Ann LawsonJyh-In LucPriya Prabhu MallyaCassandra Talley McBurney
*Kelly Marie Mitchell*Mark Morrell*Aisha Naeem*Bre-anne D. NaughtonMichael ParkeIdene Ettez Perez-Arnold
*Jordan McKenzie RobinsonSarah SakhiJoshua Morse SmithAto Kwamina Smith-Mensah*Meena TamakloeIbrahim TaskintunaAulbrey Thompson*Jeffrey VoVy Hoang VuSabriyah R. WilliamsSamira L. WilsonKasey Dawn WrightSneha Dilip Yerunkar*Calahan Russell YoungYue Zhang
Program in Nursing
Master of Science in NursingSara M. AbdullahiMichelle Marilyn AlvaradoJennifer Megan AlvisEsra BabarLorena Elizabeth BadaouiShannon Theresa BaileyRita BatteyJulia Engelique BlackwellAlicia C. BrownLindsey ChapmanLauren CruzAnimatu N. Deen-KargboJennifer A. DjorupRebecca Maria EdmondsMary Kamara ErhunmwunseCarmen J. EscabaWalaa K. FayekHannah Grace FergusonStephanie Fitch
Julia Helen Nyhuis FreedKatelyn Currin HaughinberrySheryllane Camarillo IgnacioMarisa KonishiMeryl KrayAndrew MartinHala D. MataCatherine Margaret
MatkowskiLatrice Danielle MooreReinaldo A. MoralesAlexandra Michelle MurphyTruc Ngan Thanh NguyenLuther Achu NjweipiAnna Dare PintauroMichael Agyekum PrekoNatalia Rubio-KoberMichelle Jimenez SalcedoOlga SokolovMelissa Anne SwensenJemima M. TelusCharlotte A. VincentAshleigh Marie WallaceChristina Webb
Program in Nutrition
Master of ScienceManisha Khatri DjohiMeghan E. GrahamPrincess M. HallLi JiangHeaven JordanStephani R. KeenAbby Elizabeth KellerRebecca Belle LebedunBingqing LuoHani MorshidSamantha Lynn PappasNadia PetersRachelle JaNae Beery
Quintanilla*Monica L. VargasHexiang Yang
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Program in Public Health
Master of Public HealthAya Danielle AbdoNena Rose AbernathyClaire A. AcquayeAmy Rebecca AdamsSanjoli AgarwalNour Ali H Al Howaidi
*Abbey J. Allen*Regine BumperJoselyn Carballo*Tiffany ColonHannah Marie De La Rosa
*Hala Nedal DeebManmohan Kaur DhawanOgechikamma C. EmechebeJordan Rae EverettKelly E. GarciaEmily Glasgow
*Mallory GreenRameen S. Hashmi
*Macey Ann KeifriderAshley Dinah KorantengVirina MattaTatum Lyn McKay*Sandra Mendoza GuerreroVictoria Anjanette MuddKatelyn Marie MullinsTandis NejatAllison Mary O’RourkeGregory L. Papillon
Nuria Ilyas PirachaBruhaspaty PrasadAya K. RadwanZill R. RavalAlexandra Rae Rayner*Sadia SalmanNeela SampathMonica Francesca Solis
*Sanshiro SonePedro VillelaJessica N. VuRachel Noel WoffordEvelyn Yamileth Zavala
Program in Social Work
Master of Social WorkStephanie M. AlireJeanette AlvarezAdenike Mutiat AmosuGenesis Alexandra AndiaMary Katherine ArnoldBinta BahVictoria L. BaileyKelly Geralyn BakerMary Rose BayerMichelle Marie BeanJuliana Kristina BiggsRebecca Marie BryantJoshua Andrew BurkeEmily Noelle BurlesonAlexandra Kaitlin Butler
Charlotte M. CampbellNatalie Joanne CamposTatiana Yamileth Campos*Madelyn CarmichaelMayra Yasmin CastroStephanie Beatriz CornejoLori Zarcone D’AlessandroNatalia M. Dominguez
BuelotLauren Doroski
*Maxine EberEmma C. GonzalezSacha Judith GrahamShannon Elizabeth GrivasSarah Luana HaskellMadison R. HoytJuthi JahangirAmbika JammulaAlexandra JonesSimran KhadkaChristine Simaitis KhawajaAmanda A. KobaLouise C. LeverLauren Theresa LucasSarita M. MadridBrittany N. MaleyRoberto Ray MarshallPatricia Janet MartinezJennifer Nicole McCueDaniella MenaSonia-Lucia MendozaMelannieann MichaudCaprecia Ania MillerMackenzie Elizabeth MillerPietro D. Moore
Mina Bahgat Amin MorkosLuciana C. OliveiraKelsey Marie PainterLindsay Sarah PaulRachel Courtney PiconRachael B. PriceAlexis Shawn QuanceSaman QuraeshiKaitlyn Elizabeth ReedStephanie Azucena ReyesMyra M. RichardsonLoretta SakyiamahDana L. SandlerMatthew David ScherbelMorgan Brittany ScottMargaret A. SenecaHyojin Kim ShinBrionna Lynnette SimmonsLily K. SpinelliSamantha SteinerMaria Antonella TabarezNicholas ThayerSamuel Augustus ThorndikeVictoria Tillman*McKenna Chase TolerAlyssa Maire VaccarelloJennifer N. VasquezAlejandra Velasco JustinianoEmily A. WilsonChristopher Luke WintersKerry Nicole Woolford
2021 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM 43
Volgenau School of Engineering
Candidates for Bachelor’s Degrees
Major in Applied Computer Science
Bachelor of ScienceMorgan Rafael AbreuMegan Katie ChongDavid CooperJoseph S. GrieserNicholas LeontievJorge Luis Martinez-PadronSydney Noel ParkerAaron Kurt Borres Salenga*Antonio A. StockelElizabeth Kapfer TracyBridget Kathleen TrenchardMatthew Thomas Trossman
Major in Applied Information Technology
Bachelor of Science*Saif Mohsin AliRobert Randall CookShem Kwabena FlewellynEdward Pagal IgnacioZeeshan M. IhsanLoveona Jenee JonesMajid KhanRex LeMatthew Joseph MiceliJennifer NguyenAhmed Hussein OmerNaweeya RochanavibhataSahal SaladJesse A. TeBrake
Major in Applied Science
Bachelor of Applied ScienceRabindra Nath Adhikari
*Abhiroop Kumar AwasthiMatthew Christopher CascioJose G. Chang RodriguezJoshua DangAnthony Ismael Hernandez
Khanh Trong Hoang Sr.Suhail Ali Khan*Julio C. Martinez Ortez Jr.Elsabet B. MelkaFrancisco Agustin
Montenegro Jr.Ryan William O’RourkeJennifer RorerMazen Salem
*Sakeef Delwar Salman*Eliel SegarraCameron C. SharpeAlansmith SimanivanhAshleigh M. StoreyHarshdeep Singh ThaparCody Christopher UtterChadwick Paul WilkinsonRobin Lamar Williams IIIKyle Martin Wong
Major in Bioengineering
Bachelor of SciencePhuong Hau Cai Sr.Izat CharkatliKenneth Phillip Christman IIIDe’andre DarbyAllison Quinn Dockum*Salem ElmisuratiPayton Theresa GardlerPierre Botros GergesJordan R. GivensAlexander David HughesAntarjot KaurZehra H. KhanErica L. KingMegan T. LawsonAshley Adanna LewisAanchal MathurFabian Montenegro-AndradeCaren Nesseem*Rachel Eileen O’ConnellDonicia J. Quentin-CharlesNada Mohamad RabbatMelany Y. SimmsJacob Daniel TerrieJoshua Andrew TerrieAnna Ta TranJames WassellCourtney Alisha WhiteJaleel Williams
Major in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
Bachelor of ScienceMassyl AchourMohammed Ghanim M A
AlHamadiAria AndersonMatthew V. AtienzaClaudia M. Ayala EduardoRomelia BeltetonJuan C. BermudezSamah A. BeshirWalter Milton BurkeJames Henry Carsner IIEdson D. Cotrina
*Timothy L. Davis IIISamuel A. DemekeLuka Dejan DragacevacAndrea J. EtheringtonChristopher David FerraraNicholas GilbertCody GoullaKyle J. GreeneSyed F. HaqqaniBrittany Delanie HarperVictoria M. HoltzmanAhmed IbrahimAnagil Afife Lobo LeonSamuel F. MaryeGhalib Mehmood*Joel Agustin MeridaKenneth NguyenJonathan Clinton ParkerKarla Pineda EscalanteNelson Bastos RochaAndrea Rodriguez FigueroaHarrison D. ShotwellJack StankeRyan J. StaudenmaierAndrea Sveinsson*Romany E. TowfekEliseo ValenzuelaBrendan WilkinsBrian Moll Wilson
*Alamzeb Zazai
Major in Computer Engineering
Bachelor of ScienceMoneeb AhmadShuruq Saad AlharthiYoussef AmlalJoseph Anthony
Benedetto IVDavid Aaron ButlerAdrian Crespo SanjinesPriyam DasRobert Landon DeCoitoSamuel P. DunnZayne Anthony FrabuttJonathan GormanJoseph E. GoudaCase A. HassakPhilip Joseph Hoffmann VIDong Young HuhEthan J. LiMichael C. MicaleJacob Vernon MitchellAbdullah MohammadMichael Vincent PaladinoWalid SelmiAngel Miguel Soto-PellotHarmon Thaddeus TurnerTianhui Xu
Major in Computer Science
Bachelor of ScienceManish AdhikariRajaram AdhikariUtkarsh AgarwalAmmar Ahmad*Zakariyah B. AhmedNadine R. AkkadNouf Saad A AlmubarakCarlos Alvarez AyonChristopher David AlvesAhmad Yama AminWilliam AuJoseph Francis Aversa Jr.Connor L. BakerEvan Matthew BakerAbdul BasitThomas BenoitSamuel C. Blouir
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Anne Elizabeth BockJordan Christopher BrownDavid BurdjanadzePalung Aumori ChandraVincent ChenPeter CherniavskySai Vivek ChodeMd. Rahbar H. ChowdhuryJacob Allen CorbinJake R. CrawfordSamapriya DandibhotlaRyan Chialiang DangTrung V. DoSaba ElnourErnesto Escalante CostillaJeremy R. FabellaYumna FatimaTheorin J. FederDavid V. FiumanoJames Joseph Flattery IIAllen K. FlemingAshmita Raj GadwalkarAngela Evelynn GentileMustafa H. Ghulam HussainCharles N. GilbertsonChristopher J. GillKelly E. GlebusJoshua D. GoubeauxBenjamin Patrick GrimesShruti GuptaCarlos HaddockJoshua R. HarringtonNathaniel Waters HarveyMichael B. HarwardSamuel B. HarwardAyanle Mohamed HashiIan HaynesBrett D. HenryKarina Patricia Hernandez
PonceLong P. HoangLuan Thanh HoangVy HoangPhilip E. HoppesSaman A. HosseiniSydney Nicole HowardRobert D. HumePhuong HuynhNiha ImamAyham N. IshtaiwiYe Won JangAnita Kumari JhaJoshua David JimenezMouna KairouaniSarvajna KalvaPatrick Ivers KeenanJonathan David KesselAzim Blake KhanFrezer KidaneSung Gyeum KimJustin Thomas KnightSonal KumarSrivasthav KundalaMatthew Duc-Huy LeThanhtam Thi Le
Young-Hun LeeLucas C. LeitzKey T. LeutchitCamden R. LevinsonPeter LimNannan LiuConner K. Lue Chee LipHector LunaAllen A. LundyGabrielle T. MacariNestor Hugo Maldonado
ChinoMaxwell W. MartinKosei MatsudaJohn Kennedy McDowellAlyssa Nicole McHuenJoel T. McKayLeli MideksaOrlando J. MiguelMarisa Barreiro MillsJames P. MolesScott T. MorganDennis O. NayandinLy NgoMegan M. Ngo
*Anh Duc NguyenBenjamin Vinh NguyenKevin Anh-Tai NguyenSteven P. NguyenTram Thi Quynh Nguyen*Tuan Minh NguyenMason NousainGerald OlivaArthur Allen OlsenRichard PangEugene Park
*Jai S. ParkHarshil R. PatelJeminkumar PatelMatthew D. PhamMichael Thien Chan PhamSurya PolinaDylan Blake Poole
*Jeffrey M. Pride Jr.Yongsheng QianJohn J. RadeckiLiam G. RaineyNelson RaleyPooja RameshDaniel K. RevisKshitiz RimalEvan Q. RitcheyStephan SalibaJake SanchezPatrick M. SchemeringSamuel R. SchmidgallRyan SearsMani Raj ShahPooja SharmaMoeez Ahmad SheikhBryan Antonio SiguenzaAshish SinghBhupinder SinghAllistar Jensen SmithIan Glenn St. John
Laura E. StreetGeorge TangGrace ThomsenFiraol TolessaRex TranChris Hristov TrenkovBerkley A. UmbaughKhunsa UmerArman VafaRiya VashishtEdwin VasquezCarlos A. Verastegui*Jason-Bernard Ko
VillanuevaCaleb A. WagnerCataldo E. WalacavageMatthew WaltersMaxwell WeandRobert Connor WilliamsDejone’ T. WilliamsonSchuyler WiremanCorey WongZachary J. WoodShierell S. YalongJason YinKaichen ZhouFaiz Naveed ZiaChristine Zurbach
Major in Cyber Security Engineering
Bachelor of ScienceMaya G. AcharyaSeham AhmedSaud Abdulla Ali Saeed
AlmazroueiNawaf Fahad T Aloraier
*Khameis Mohamed Khameis Obaid Alsereidi
Saleh Ahmad S AlzahraniSanjeet Kumar BaggaMirza Juned BaigMilcah BarrettoEduardo BustamanteAlexander Paul CarmichaelCharbel ChahineHarsh CheemaWyatt Orion ChildDiana ChongColin W. Chung*Chad M. ConstantineVictor CorjaJonathan Lee CornellMarissa Adison CostaEric DalyMichelle Thaomy DaoMira EldabaaSara EldabaaBenjamin A. Falcones
*Thomas G. Feeley Jr.
Ryan Matthew FiglerSean M. GoodGunhee HanMizab HassanGarrett Robert HeckmanDarby S. HopkinsTiffany HuynhRichard J. JangLogan M. JansenAli David LatifCameron Robert KeAloha
LawrenceTony V. LeJohn M. LeachJonathan W.
Linares-MartinezLin LiuRyan T. MahachMitchell Antonio Martinez
*Devon H. MillerAndrew Quinn MillikenStephen James MorrisonNathan Eric MulderAli NadhaifShihab NouhAndrew Holden OliveauVictor Isaac Oppenheimer
RodriguezDaniel T. PhamAlexander L. Pierson*Omar RahimRahil R. RamzyAthena Renata RichardVincent P. Riordan IVChristeena Saji*Nabeel Saleem*Sharjeel SaleemRida SarefNatalie Jean SebastianKuleni Taye ShewakenaAakif Ahmed SiddiquiKyle W. Simmons
*Attar SinghCarl M. SipesShneha SivanathanAndrew J. SmithAjith SumeshSantiago Eduardo Taboada
PatinoMackenzie Ryan TottleStephen UnderwoodYvannia Skylynn VaronaElitania K. VenturellaJoseph R. WalterCaleb I. YuYun ZhaoGregory Daniel Ziegler
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Major in Electrical Engineering
Bachelor of ScienceSaad Ahmad AbdullahAlbin Samuel Alex*Aayush AryalOwen W. BatesTaylor J. BlakeGetachew Alemu Chala Sr.Chen ChenJames C. Day Jr.Kevin EckertRobert Payne EdingtonAndrew J. GambinoRyan GunawanMatthew A. HaasAlexander William HaschartAndrew David HicksEric Paul HolsworthBrendan B. JenkinsPrashanth Kallat Jr.Kunal KochharHuy Vinh LeJungwoo LeeMichael R. Matthews IIJoshua David MerrimanMarko MisicWilliam NallsPrashanth Arun PanickerAlex PintoMuhammed J. RahmanYumna Zehra RizviJazzmin RobinsonDaniel A. Rodriguez CastilloMerjaan RohaniIsmaaeel Abdullah
SiddiqueeDaniel L. SlovichDaniel Stephan SovineBeverly Thienha TranBinh Duc TranRyan T. TuckerRicardo VegaPadmini YerramasuMuhammad Bilal Zafar
Major in Information Technology
Bachelor of ScienceNajeeb Mohamed AbdiMohammed O. Abu AliNahom AfewerkiDanish Zane AfzalOsama AfzalNabeel AhmedNushrate J. AhmedUmar Ali AkhtarSanzida Akter
Biniam H. AlemayehuJunaid AliKashaf AliNaira M. AliJason Wayne AmbroseFatima AmirJenna Marie AndrewPranya ApparajuYeshua ArocheAiman AsadEva AsadMahnoor AsadNazat AshrafUsama AsifWilliam I. AyassApril BaldiCameron James BaldwinJacques A. BarbeauEric R. BarnaSumit BaruaAaron BeardGigssa Bekele BengessaTyler Javon BensonMedha BhatiMohammad BhattiChristopher BinnieJulian BishopJoshua BlairJustin T. BlairAlexander Christian BourqueAllison Paige BrierMaceo BrighamAaron L. BryantConnor BuckleyJett BurdetteBrendan Patrick BurkeBryce C. BurkeTuvshinbayar BuyandelgerNgoc CaoBryan N. Castillo MartelCollin T. ChapmanGhazi ChatilaMaya B. ChatterjeeBryan ChauSalman ChaudhryKevin Eng ChinDwijay Krishna ChintakuntaNathan D. ChongArman Mohammed
Chowdhury*Ryan Thomas ClossDevin ColeAshley Nicole CollinsDarianne CollinsGeorge Arnold Contreras IIIEric Wayne CoxDrue CralleAustin Ryan CrowShaden DabiriWilliam Andrew DavisMeron H. DemissieMiral DevaniPrabjot Singh Dhanjal
*Allen George Dickens IIISteven T. Do
Matthews G. EframeTariek EishaerAsif ElahiMatthew John FaltynskiAlessandra Rosa FantasiaBarcot T. FanuilRakeb FanuilElias Alexander FrancoDavid Preston FullerAdelyn M. GaeglerSonia Gajbhe*Lakshmi GanesanEduardo Garcia EspitiaJoseph Michael GarrettTyler D. GassanSafeeullah Ghafoori*Farheen GhaniDavid Brandischok GobarSimon GomesAnthony GrandeSanjeev GyawaliMegan Claire HagartyTewodros N. Haile DestaJasmine Y. HamidJinwoo HanKyla Harris
*Kaden Hisato HartsellHuy HoangSeheli Hoque*Edgar HuertaNabil IbrahimNoah P. IlicBabar ImtiazAudrika InduJasmine Chantel JamesKhizram JavedTrent Warren JaworowskiEui Seong JeongPratyush JoshiRamzi M. JouharDavid Kyle JudyPatrick B. KaimRamy KandilEmin KaricAnuruddha KarunaratneGurleen KaurJasmeen KaurShubhpreet KaurAlan C. Keagy*Namita KekreElliot KessehMd. Amin KhanMuhammad A. KhanMuhammad Hamza KhanSamira KhasanovaCyrus O. KhounesavathHeather Hyun KoJohnette MaMa KoiwoodMarios-Yiannis Vasilios
KountourisMatthew T. KrishnanShreyas Amar KumbharChristopher M. KyriacouKevin LamBrian Michael Lao
Matthew LauerSeung Yeon LeeAngel Xiaotong LiBrandon R. LiJacques LiautaudJiahao LinKevin Matthew LoganAntonio Tomas Lopez*Kylie May LoudermilkAaron J. LugoBrendon Isaiah LugoAnthony LuuPeter G. MacDonaldAdam N. MaggardSajana MaharjanThien V. MaiZaur MammadovSean MapesCraig McCartyNichole McClure
*Tray U. McGhaneyJordan B. McPeakAmaryllis E. Medero-VargasFernando MedinaJose A. Mejia-ArevaloYohanes MesafintAli MohamadiNargis MomenJoel L. MondalNicholas NagySameem NaimiFreddy Elias NatourLizeth G. NaviaNahom Ocubay NegusseElton Jon NgoDaniel NguyenJeannie Ngoc NguyenJulie NguyenKris NguyenPhoebe Pham NguyenThedo N. NguyenThong Hoang NguyenTony NguyenAlexander B. NicholasJaekyung NohMohammad
Noor-Ul-MustafaSung Hyuk OhPatrick J. OmanKimberly OmandamAndrew Huy OngMiles Timothy C. PadillaAlexander Joon-Ki PakBishnu Prasad PandeyYousef Panjshiri*Franco D. Pari-SejasJunghoon ParkJung-mu ParkAlex Marcelo ParradoShiv Jagdish Patel*Rodrigo C. PeraltaGuido G. Perez MirandaKushal PokharelJennifer Ponce-CorralArielle M. Potter
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Mariya Sami QureshiUsman Ali QureshiAustin James RaderAlex RahiZunash RajaAlexander M. ReddingAruba RehmanDaniel E. RevayJennifer Reynoso RamirezEric F. Rodriguez LlamasNoel Rosales
*Rahim RustamovWolf Mackenzie RyanMahdi SamadiChrisaliz Marianne Tolentino
SarmientoJimmy SejasAsees Singh SekhonSam SepassiWajaat Ali ShahSalina ShresthaAnna SiddiqiJose Gabriel Siles-GonzalesNicholas A. SilvaAmritpal Singh*Jhilmil R. SinghSonia SinghTravis Aubrey SniderMijael SotoShelby SternbergBernardo SungaJamie Lynn SuttonMartell TaRicky Nelson TacarayaAlan Tang*Muhammad TariqAnthony R. TaylorHana Asghedom TewoldeJeannette Stover
ThoopsamootKarn TorvekarAnthony Binh TranJuan Daniel TreminioLinh Yen TruongMichael A. TsengRojesh UpretiBenjamin Abraham ViauKai VogelWilliam B. WardDavid D. WeirBrooke McKenna WilsonRyan S. Woo
Xichen XueEdan YeshigetaShawn YuWalid ZabiRohba ZahidSyed Muhammad Usama
ZaidiRoman ZelenchukAbdullah Al Zubair
Major in Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of ScienceDanial AlborziErwin AlicicKhaled AlsamiriChristopher Michael
AndrewsKeller H. BakerVanessa M. BarthAndrew W. BaskinDhawal G. BhanderiNauman BhanguCheryl BlanchardSidney Kofi BoakyeBrian Michael BovaStephen James BuchananJoshua Roland CampbellMarco S. Carrillo SoriaRyan M. CharlesMason Oliver Lam CheePaul A. CipparoneRaizel Monique ClementeMorgan L. CollinsNicolas Alexander CorleyJoshua DanEdgar A. De La Rosa
CuevasKyle S. DeGuzmanJorge Del Carpio ArispeJoseph Andrew Dell’OmoIsaiah E. DizonAnthony William DolphRichard Librado DominguezDaniyal FarooqJaime Brayan Ferrufino
Veizaga
*Nicholas T. Givens*John GrasmederKyle HallRyan Edward HardyElliott HartmanRenzzo Paolo HuaytallaTanner HughlettNoah Samuel IlachinskiTaha ImtiazKarl Steven JacobsChristopher T. JeffersonVasilios Christos KazakosAbigail E. KennedyGarrett J. KennedyKamil Rizwan KhanMuhammad Aimal Khan
*Tony Atef Fayez KhellaKhemrin KhenNicholas W. LanuzoPaulo Roberto LeiteJonathan D. LicataOliver J. LopezMichael LungChudi David MbonuLiam N. McDevittBrittany Nicole McFarlandKalie C. Dakota McMichaelAlexander Mieses*Clark Alexander MinnerDaniel Scott MitchellNatalya D. MoodyLogan Jacob MorinKentaro Nojima-SchmunkAaron M. O’ConnellJoshua Kenneth OgdenKevin K. ParkerLisa PhamTimothy J. QuannKrishna M. RaiMatthew Evan ReichleyChristian Rene RodriguezHenry RubioMathew Robert SchleiferAlma Dongfeng SchusterSoheil ShadianSydney A. SlaytonTeresa SteenmanQamar Zaman SyedMohamed TahaHannah C. ThompsonErin W. Van DellTyler Whetzel
Major in Statistics
Bachelor of ScienceAhmad Yama AminKwanghyun ChoiShannon Rayne ConnorRaymond Arslan KoserEmily Ayliffe LitzenbergJason McAllisterRobert David McClintockMatthew Ty Miller
*Natnaiel MulugetaCraig A. NeuhartBrody A. ReceveurKanjanee SaichonMadison M. Turner
Major in Systems Engineering
Bachelor of ScienceFurat AllawiEvan A. Anderson
*Anderson BarrealParul S. ChhabraKhiem Q. DuongMohamed N. ElgendyBryan Kurt Bolante FabelaAaron W. GearhartZerak B. HaiderNour Alabbas HameedaldenRamy HassanTarek JarroujeDemosthenes KaloudelisBetelhem Assefa KebedeDongwan LimRebecca QuinteroToavina Joel RatolojanaharyAndrew Travis RichardsonNadine Ali ShihadehMichael A. StrainZaid Mohammad YasinAsadullah Yousuf
2021 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM 47
Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Program in Applied Information Technology
Master of ScienceSamuel Joseph AbbateAmjad Musaad S AlkhaldiMunira Mohammed M
AlqahtaniJoseph ArevaloPatrick Francis CallahanAnkit ChatlySohaib ChaudhryShaheen GhoriBlake Anthony GloverVictoria GoldenNavdeep S. HundalAbdul JabbarAsad KhokharNikhil Babu KuppalaFaysal Al MowdudZachary Clement MurphyAndy Hoang NguyenNana Kwesi Nketsia-TabiriJaskaran S. PannuPruthvi Raj Reddy PasnoorRakesh Chandra PavuluriManjit RaiHsuan ShihGregory Patrick Sullivan*Asad Zaheer
Program in Bioengineering
Master of ScienceZara AsifJulia A. Leonard
Program in Biostatistics
Master of ScienceZhiruo Zhang
Program in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
Master of ScienceMohamed Khaled Al
GhoraiyrMuaaz AnusMurilo BizonAndres Javier CruzJenny J. EidYuhan GeBeza GebregziabherSebastian Graciano VargasSyed Arafath HussainChristopher Derek MataAlan J. QuirogaMichael M. QuirogaAbhijith Tata
Program in Computer Engineering
Master of ScienceShenghui DengDagem W. DestaAtharv Nitin DixitSwathi GovindasamyRichard Emerson HaeusslerLineesh KizhakkeveetilAkhila PagadalaAkhila PasunooriAmrita Varshini Senthil
KumarVishal SreepadaBhavya Yalavarthi
Program in Computer Forensics
Master of ScienceAdeel A. AbdullahMalak Khalid A AlmutairiWill DetertDesiree Rose KellyRobert Michael LudwigVarun Hemant Malavia*Michael Lamar MedlockRishitha Reddy MunugalaMichael T. Richardson
Tariq Karimie ShafiFaisal Khalid ShaikhNidhie Pramod Shetty
Program in Computer Science
Master of ScienceAlka AjitMohanad AlmiskiJacob T. AmtmannWilliam Robert Austin IIISrivalli AvadhanulaVenkat Sai Charan BandiHari Narayana BattaSakshat BhattaraiHasmitha BhuthamAllison M. BrightChristopher CamenaresEge CarkogluBenjamin Richard CarverMiracle Onyedikachi
Chike-UdeaghaSamuel B. CraterRoshan DhakalPrakash DhimalXiaohan DingAjay Gupta DogiparthiRushil Nandan DubeyBenjamin Arthur FlintManav GarkelBenjamin J. GeyerMithilaesh JayakumarPhani Krishna KarraHaramrit Singh Harinderpal
Singh KhuranaVenkata Pratyush KodavantiDeep KumarDavid S. LambYuanjie LuAaron E. MasseyCharles MayerVenkata Sasank MudigondaAkhil NalamalaNeel Prasad NarvankarRishabh Ravindra OstawalSai Venkata Sucheta
PallempatiAmish PapnejaVishwajeet Vijay ParadkarPhillip R. PascalRishikesh Reddy PashamKapil Vasant PatilNaveen PorlaSreekanth Putta
Ashwath Ravichandran Rashi
Christopher Michael RobertsIndrika RoyMatthew Jon-David
RunstromAditya Raghunath SawantXiaoli SunSaifuddin Huzefa TeliaSai Ruchieatha Maanvi
ThibirisettiSreemanth Krishna TirumalaGirish Krishna TokachichuGrant T. Turner IIIRashi VarshneySrihasa VejendlaAditya Varma VetukuriDevika Chandrakant
WalavalkarSneha Ramakant
WattamwarBinhui XuZijun XuAjit Deepchand YadavNicholas P. ZempolichCheng Zhong
Program in Data Analytics Engineering
Master of ScienceNizar Bin AjharCourtney Shanae AkersPreethi Simha AkulaReem Saleh S AlhammadRayan F. Al-HothaliDilpreet Singh Jagjit Singh
BediTimur Beybitovich
BerdibekovWisuwat BhundhoombhoadLandon Marcus BlackfordBelle Dean BredehoftCharlene Janette BurrageVineel Vishwanth BusiClara M. BussNichole CheesemanErika ChenHsin-Yi ChenShaozun ChenChao Hsuan ChengVinaya Mahesh ChintiAnusha ChirukuriPrateek ChitpurJames Colchao
48 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Lydia J. CooleyAlexandra CummingsOlivia DavisMark Anthony DeRosaSai Vikas DevisettyRachael Cecilia DsouzaMayank DubeySrikaran ElakurthyFethi ErimcagShravya GaddamMichael James GasvodaJared Daniel GaunttVenkata Sesha Lakshmi
Madhuri GhadiyaramShivani Surendra GhatgeVenkata Sri Athulya
GopishettySrujan Kumar GoregeyKeertana GudapatiLakshmi Prasanna
GundaboluMeghana GunugantiAmber Marlene Lee Haag*Emma R. HaagWenpeng HaoBrooke A. Harley
*Jesse Ethan HemingerThaw Zin HtweDevikartik IllendulaKamil IsmailovElham JafarghomiKayla JanosMahima Santoshi JavangulaAmrita JoseSai Meghana KalidindiRaghuveer Reddy KalvakoleTharun KanamneniSumanth Bhargav KanchiChaithanya Pramodh KasulaShiva Ram Teja Keerthi*Mandana KhorramiSushma Sree KodruSuhasini Konimeti Naresh
KumarVeera Premsai KoppakaNaga Soumya KotamrajuJoseph Gerard KrekeNeha LadDohyung LeeMark D. LeeYitong LiChun Jou LinAnanya MaragoniHanieh Maroofi
*Scott C. MayerElizabeth Ellen McLaughlinLukas C. McMichaelMichael Richard McRaeRahul Narayana MekalaGayathri MovvaAnitha MutyalaPadma Mala NarayananChandana Narla
Jonathan R. NelsonEmilie My NguyenTrang NguyenVishnu Vardhan NimmalapalliStephanie Marie OlsonDhruveeth PabbaShiva Ram Kaushil PabbaBenxi PangNina Sohyun ParkLeela Sai Sankar Reddy
ParvathamUna Suman Kumar PatroSampada Satish PethkarHemalekha PillarishettyHarika PolakiThanaphat Pornchaiwirat*Srividya PrathaArsadur RahmanAmit RajSridivya Reddy RamidiRamani Kallam ReddyMohammad RidwanSai Chaitanya SadasivuniVishnu Deepak
Sadayampatti UdaykumarNaga Charitha SadineniHassaan SalehCharles R. ScottRutuja Mohan ShindeAngel SierraAnamika SinghAsmita SinghRamya Sri SonarSurya Keshav SrirangarajanShruti SudamSaisudha SuryanarayananJacob D. SutorHaniehsadat Taghavi
*Haoming TangAnkita TapadiaVigna Shree TelukuntaNikhith ThedduKathleen ThompsonHaritha TummanapallyAnirudh TunuguntlaAnup UpadhyayaVaralakshmi VakkalagaddaAishwarya VaralaHarshad VatsaKrishna Chaitanya Ashish
VattemKrupanka VijaySai Shashank VinnakotaTing Wang*Yu Ting WangAlbert L. WeiWei Hao WuLu XuAvinash YavvariLong ZhangJing Zhu
Program in Digital Forensics
Master of ScienceAkshith R. BandamBaljinder S. KandolaJustin LuuMalay N. PatelHarsimran Kaur Ruprai
Program in Electrical Engineering
Master of ScienceDavid Patrick DwyierDavid Paul HatchNeil W. JacobWilliam KirkendallAndres LeytonLi Heng LiAkash MalhotraSittipong RuangsangDavid J. WhiteHao Xu
Program in Information Security and Assurance
Master of ScienceShahad AlmutairiSarah Shabbir HussainHoa K. LuuAnthony Patrick PancerellaNabeel Mahdi Abid Mehdi
SayedAndriani TanuwijayaSergio Yerbes Martinez
Program in Information Systems
Master of ScienceSashank ChalasaniRohan KomirishettySivaram Prasad MuthePranathi Krishna SanganiAmbily Sureshbabu Rema
Program in Operations Research
Master of ScienceMaura Julia KaminowEvan LynchGiridhar Kaushik
RamachandranMary Elizabeth TaylorDavid Todd
Program in Software Engineering
Master of ScienceJarrod Reuben AlfordSara BorgheiJeremiah Matthew BowersRyan N. HoangYuqin LiSai Risshie MakineniHarshita MekaYuxi MiaoSruthi MoothatFarbod SedghiDaniel C. StreicherHuy Thieu VuongCourtenay Alexa Davis Wakil
Program in Statistical Science
Master of ScienceJoshua Jericho BornHarout BoujakjianScott Michael HoylandShahla JahangardHaoran LiDinesh Kumar PabbareddyEkaterina RudenkoNathan Blue SiglerTaehoon SongRaymond P. TigheDavid Arnold WeaverSolomon H. YeonYi Zelibor
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Program in Systems Engineering
Master of ScienceMark Sebastian FossRuggieri GuillaumeAlexis M. LevedahlAkash MalhotraBenjamin Daniel Munoz
Elizabeth Ann OlceseJames Paul RichardsonWilliam Raczka SmithMegan Danielle TaylorMichael TzimourakasAlexander ZepkaRhett Alexander Zimmer
Program in Telecom-munications
Master of ScienceKhalid N. Al-HassanBharani Reddy MallugariKevin ParksJennie Le TranJonathon Willey
50 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Candidates for Bachelor’s Degrees
Major in Art and Visual Technology
Bachelor of ArtsHusam AbushullaihAlejandro Aguilar TorresAnnabelle C. AndersonBrandon N. ArjonaLuis David BayaNargis BehgomanAnthony M. BlackstoneVirginia ClineEmma Christine DardisFrancis FilartStefanie GazzelliBenjamin S. GibsonMilana HendricksJacob S. HunterShaii Aras JaffMayyadah Jamal KhaleelTiffany Sunghee KimJaimee Elizabeth KingMichelle Justine Leguia Cruz
*Jason Gee LyLauren McDonaldKatia PembayunGina PhamAnna Katherine Pittman*Kurtis A. SchwoererKellyann Torres-GonzalezKosal Nattan TouchTriss YapNelson X. Zelaya
Bachelor of Fine ArtsDustin BurnsAndrew Cayde CamachoRachel Ann CarrollTamira Jonel ColbertTristan Stuart CrumLauren B. Day
*Gustavo Garcia-IbarraRebecca M. Jackson
*Asia M. JordanKasey James KittoFlorencia MangieriAlison K. MassieLindsey K. NuttIsabella Hope PerrettiYassmin Raiszadeh
Kattleya Reategui Ochoa*Victoria Leslie RockAdrian Nicolas ScalzoMichelle A. SmithHannah J. StokesTheresa SweetingJoseph Francis ThompsonMack D. Werner
Major in Computer Game Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts*Merlin AhrenadelNicolo Michel Aportadera
AlladoLaith Khalid Al-SaifTrent Lee BorchevskyJacob D. Boris*Noah Brennan*Anna Marie BurgayNicholas R. ButlerMichaela Louise Caparas
OlacireguiWarren ChenJoseph Eunseong ChungAnthony B. ClavelJake T. ClawsonTori L. CollinsConnor M. CookJoseph Alexander CostaAndrew Jefferson Doyon*Cole G. Eldridge*Stephen P. FalcoHenry C. FlippenHunter HillKaelan Lee HillNicholas C. HunterDevan M. HutzellTruong Q. HuynhCharles McConnell JenningsJustin Stephen LarkinLeila Maria LeGrace LeeChristopher S. Luu Jr.Zachary Thomas MangenRhoderic Rook MarshallHannah Martinez
Matthew Kyle MatyiCooper Matthiesen Morse*Linh D. NguyenEkwochi NjezeThomas Clark Olson*Amber N. PerkinsKaitlyn R. PerkinsMadison E. PippertJohn Forster RiedlinMark F. Rittman Jr.Sean A. Romiti-SchulzeAlvie Rayhan SarkerTiffany L. SiffertSamuel J. SkowronekDaniel Antonio
Soberanis-ChaconSpencer SteevesQuinn Alex SzymanskiAn Xuan TranAndre P. TranCameron C. TreonLauren Elizabeth TringaleAndy TruongYing WangJacob C. WestFaith A. WilkisonGreg C. Wilson*Tianyi Zhao
Major in Dance
Bachelor of Fine ArtsErin M. CervelliThomas M. DowneySarah E. GowdyHolly HarkinsAna Maria IcazaNatalie Ann-Marie KatzOlivia Wynter McCallJulia NormanCaroline M. NymbergRebekah N. RoutzahnHope Ann Le SpearsAmelia S. StorkIsis Aleia ThomasAnna Rose Ticknor*Dalton G. Wemple
Major in Film and Video Studies
Bachelor of ArtsAshley M. AdamsAneeq AkramMichael AmodeoNkenge BaNikongo
*Jesaline Lisseth BenitezDominique S. BernardinoLucy BerryDavid BiggsCamille Julia BrayshawHolden Charles ConnerVictor Elias Danos Jr.Matthew J. DempseyJohn Christian DruittDebra Ann FulkStephen Gennaro GentryThomas Glynn*Alexander M. Hammett*Kira A. JacksonAli JalilFaith A. McKaneJoshua McLeanJohn T. MullenAli OrokzaiBrandon S. PayneLane PeytonChloe T. PignanoAbigail SmithAlexis A. TaylorBryanna S. TaylorBraden A. TrawSayf Abdulhamid M
TurkomaniDavid A. WaldenAaliyah-Janay Chevalia
Williams*Sara C. Wolfley
Major in Music
Bachelor of ArtsKent BakerJoseph BenitezKevin FilettoDominic S. Francisco
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Lauren A. JerotheKaleb T. KiracofeBrooke NeviusA’roya Justina ReeseSamuel Ward Thomas
Bachelor of MusicDarwing Joel Ajin De La
CruzDennis AndersonArthur Riley BaischEljhaie E. Brathwaite
*Cristina M. CattertonRyan A. FuhrmanChiara Elizabeth HeadJerrin Howard JohnsonDomenic LewisErie Liang
Nicholas Conner McKeeBridgett NesfieldNoah R. NippEmma C. PivettaLauren Nicole ReamyRyan K. SalakJason Louis SeilerRyan Joseph S. UrgelKanysha Tamar Williams
Major in Theater
Bachelor of ArtsNkenge BaNikongoPelin Esen BelendirAmber Dominique CoxEmily B. GermanAlexandria HardinFelicia L. HeckerAnna PohlmannBlake James TaftChristopher Lord Tait
Bachelor of Fine ArtsKatharine Angela AmatoJessica L. BarracloughCristina Josefine Casais
Erin Marie ClearyAikaterina K. DemopoulosClaire Riley GardnerTylor Sheehan GoshornSharon Brianne HayesJacob Zachary HorowitzChristian A. JostRebecca E. KinardIsabella Miranda LerchAmelia Angelica Lee
McGinnisLenny J. MendezErin M. PughMargaret Alison RiegelKayleigh Esther SchallJacquelyn N. SmithShanell Shane StukesJacob Tyler Thompson
Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Program in Art Education
Master of Arts in TeachingMadeline P. Deveney
Program in Arts Management
Master of ArtsAnna Elizabeth BurklinEmily Catherine DugalJoshua J. EllisOlivia Marie FerrerHannah Suzanne GudemanMariam Hussein AghaSihan LiuSerena SelaYukun ShiSamantha Lynn Sinagra
Program in Computer Game Design
Master of Arts*Stephanie Kane
Program in Graphic Design
Master of ArtsYigan Liu
Program in Music
Master of MusicDavid Masato Anderson
*Avery Nicole BouffardMark J. DavisYumeng JiangKristin McCommons JonesDongkeon KimJulianna E. LeeTzu Yu LeeMarcia Janelle McCantsBrennan McQuillenThomas John MulherinChristina Marie OrtizLuke Alexander RatcliffeGiovanna SabiaGeoffrey S. SawyerMegan SlayCamRyn StillmanYu Xiang
Program in Visual and Performing Arts
Master of Fine ArtsJorge E. BanalesAndrea BengeRobert KleinendorstJayne F. Matricardi
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Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Candidates for Bachelor’s Degrees
Major in Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Bachelor of ArtsKathryn E. AdamsJohn Michael CaseyMadison E. CollinsRebecca Anne Hartgraves
Faith Margaret Chen HatterGabriella Iacono HensingerNicole Xingwei HermanHey JiAmelia Joy Johnston*Hyunseon Kim*Jiwoo KimClaudio Alessandro MannoRebeca Alejandrina Matus
Arteaga
Min Jeong ShinAshley Renee StewartKathryn Grace Strezishar
Bachelor of ScienceAlexandra BootheAlexandra E. BruceJames A. Byng*Hannah Noelle CliffordJafar Khan Sr.
Anika MaanZachary James MascorroHaley D. NelsonKayla N. PopikPaul Gregory ShawRami Samir TabilJena TimberlakeMackoy Curtis TurpenGillian van Brenk
Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Program in Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Master of ScienceAhmed Abdulla Rubayea
Abdulla AlaryaniSarah Ahmed AtifAna E. BerwaAlbert Joseph BodineJessica Elizabeth Chapman
John A. ChestnutAshlee M. Cox*Ashley Christine CrouchMarissa Helena EhrhardtChinyere Ezienyi EronduJessica Christine GironKristin GleichaufDenise A. HallsOakley Thomas HillAnn J. KatzJehangir Ali KhanRebekah Hildebrandt Korver
Linda Jean Kryvoruka*Aleksander KusikJasmine Nicole LewisTaylor McCreightAnjali MishraPietro D. MooreGuillaume Bokanga MpokoJulianne MuellerShai Sebastian NaidesMichael Lincoln NathanGerard Marie PeanMolly Powrie
Lauren Elizabeth RileyCameron Grace RonayneAndrew Jan ScheinesonChristopher Mark Venegas*Chad Joseph WalkerCourtney Dana White*Perry Alan YarboroughElicia A. YoffeeWazhma Yousafi
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Schar School of Policy and Government
Candidates for Bachelor’s Degrees
Major in Government and International Politics
Bachelor of Arts*Aamer A. AamerKunwal AbbasRawan AbdellatifHadiyyah Aida Abdul-JalaalIbrahim Hilmi AburishAnna Louise AdamsMaria AhmedItiola E. AkingbolaGraeme Hargrove
Greenwood AldermanKhaleifah Ahmed Saeed
Ahmed Alhefeiti Sr.Domenic A. AllegraDema Majed F Alsubaie
*Ons AmeurKayla Rae AndersonMalik S. Anwar
*Irma ArriagaMikaela B. ArringtonIlayda AydinDhuha N. BaigSajad BasharSarah BassilChristopher V. BenderCora N. Blom*Marc-Antoine BossmanNarden BotrosJoseph BrewsterAlysha D. BrownMichael Lee CanavanMatthew CarlsonDiego Eugene Joseph
Conroy*Katherine A. CunninghamJulie Thi DaoSophia I. Diana
Zachariah O. DietzNikki DilmaghaniKatherine Ann Doll
*Connor Matthew DuszynskiCourtney FaunceRyan FlakeBryan Michael ForesNathaniel J. FreyFrancisca E.
Fuentes-VasquezKatrina GagnonSaul A. GarciaThomas James GerotAbdillahi Dahir GeyreDavid M. GlassRaafia Gul SharifRyan Hammad
*Conor S. Hartnett*James Heffernan*Samuel A. HellerPaul HeuerLeah M. HoffmanRina HollingerAisha IbrahimRewan Shirzad IbrahimSehar JamalElizabeth JenkinsYasmeen A. KaddouraSean A. KeckleyHaley E. KennedyChristopher Aidan
Kernan-SchmidtNimra Shahbaz Khan
*Reagan LarimerBrenda Bejarano Lee
*Emmanuel LengorRobert Seth MahowaldFilipa Alexandra Marques
VitorioKaren Janet MarquezJose MartinezKenya Lashawn MatthewsAlina A. McDuffieYamilet Membreno
Nicholas James MigliElham Mohammed MohabaSamantha A. MooreElizabeth Ann MordicaThomas James MurabitoSahar NadeemMackenzie Elizabeth NelsonKenny NguyenMaryam NizamaniDavid O’Connell
*Phillip OrquizJenna Gao Pan*Edward Saechang ParkJaehyun Park*Robert R. ParksShana N. Pedersen*Rene Armando
Perdomo-BernedoJames Mackenzie PetersonCarter Lewis PlemmonsIleana E. QuinteroMerrill D. RabinovskyConnor Jeffrey ReidHunter James RenyGina RiadAlyssa M. RomanNancy Frida Rosas UriaJacob F. SanedaJaime Amalia ScottTalha ShanJoseph Anthony ShankSasha Matilda Silva*Priya SinghShanti SinghGlenham D. SmithShane D. SnowAshley Renee StewartMatthew Russell SullivanReagan M. SullivanJasper D. SwanAmana TashfeenAnna J. TelloKevin D. Tortolini II
*Thuy Jennifer Tran
Katherine E. TruittBrendan Scott VersluisLucas James ViewegJessica VilcheCarlos A. Vivaldi-LanauzeBenjamin Glenn WarsockiSarah Paige WellsDylan Ashby WheelerCassidy P. WhitehurstKiana WoodsIman YousfiMichael J. ZmudaChristine Zurbach
Major in Public Administration
Bachelor of ScienceHenry ClayAidan M. DavisKyra Marie EngleBiruk EsubalewArleme Carolina Gudiel
Reneau*Farhad HossainJoanna KaromfilyNimra Shahbaz KhanAnika MaanMaha MaghraouiDominique C.
McNairy-DixonCaroline M. Morrow*Syedh Mariam NaveedZachary Thomas PetrizzoSinjin Shek*Lesley Nicole SohanNicholas SteinmetzJacob Conner ThompsonJacqueline VoHunter J. Young
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Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Program in Biodefense
Master of ScienceNavin De SilvaAllure HaggertyMegan HodgesThomas JeffersZeqine KorreshiMinh Chieu LyDarek G. OlsenLinda Janet RiversMadeline Cari Jean RotyTravis C. SwaggardMarisa Tuszl
Program in International Commerce and Policy
Master of ArtsMohammad S. AlsatiRyan J. CarpenterStephen Helias CasaresRishan ChaudhryJoseph Michael DeTellis*Michele Khardiata DiattaBadamkhand ErdeneMatthew P. Guse
*Deva Helmand*Geoffrey Charles JohnsonJames B. KleinRobert Thomas NewmanFelipe OrthousYi Wen Tseng
Program in International Security
Master of Arts*Ayah Sarah Abdul-SamadCarolyn Grace Alfieri*Kenneth E. BalleriniKathleen D. BaranClare Eleanor BeahnHanz BiltzJustinian Michael CaponeRebecca Katharine CooperCaleb Christopher DemasAlexander M. DubayIan M. DuffDavid M. FishmanIan D. Fitzgerald
*Emily Nicole GaluszkaTaylor Brooke HusonSamuel IsaacsArastoo Jahan AfroozElina Jioeva
*Christopher Brandt KellerAllen Thomas LarsonSamantha LeungRichard LipmanMarisol G. MaddoxAlan MauboucheJennee MaxwellMallika McNevinJustin Robert MillerClay MoffattEmilio NavarreteBrian E. NolteTanguy Ibrahim H OsmanAlexander Pelletier*Eric Raymond PetermanKristin PollockJessica L. RandallJoseph Alexander Scott IVMatthew Daniel SladeFernando M. SotoNathan T. StevensonJeremy Richard StoyTaylor Mangold StruzikJake Douglas Thomas*Daniel Antonio Tiznado Jr.Sebastian Robert Viscuso*Kelsey Wallace*Kira Anne WallsMichael William Behrens
WareAndrew Onsi YassaHanjong YooSaffanah Zaini
Program in Organization Development and Knowledge Management
Master of ScienceSayed Ahmad AbubakerMehran AnsariDaniel R. BarrettAmber Faith BergeronAmber HannushTara JalaliMadhavi JodhpurkarDavid KadingHemam Girma NewaySebastian Nunez PenaAugustine Baffour
Oteng-KusiEduardo Jesus PoncianoRichard Joseph RaksnisTracie TaylorJohn Bradford Unroe
Program in Political Science
Master of ArtsMariam Sidra AnsariKhadijah Tuba HamidMorgan Emily HoranSeth Gordon Read
Program in Public Administration
Master of Public AdministrationJillian AllenAndrew J. Bredow*Amanda Marie BursteinModesta ChilesheRussell ClarkeElizabeth Marie Dos SantosJordan Marc Ellison*Grace FlaspoehlerLaura Rebecca ForondaJasmine Celine GouldEbony B. GrantGevar Vanquez Green Sr.Jessica Ann Grisler
Nicole HallidayAllison M. HemlerThomas E. JacksonJustin KatwalStevie Anne Steiner KellyQuyen LeRosemary Danielle LigsayLea MannAudrey A. MaydewJulia Frances Moss*Malua NetoJaved NooriwalCollin Joseph OkoniewskiAndrew ParksSean-Patrick T. RoseTaylor Elizabeth ScottZachary Smith*Ashley M. SmurthwaiteLauren SnellJennifer Adriana
Sosa-ChaconBrett Allen Spencer
*Nathaniel StrathearnNicole Sthefania Vasquez
Witt
Program in Public Policy
Master of Public PolicyAsma AlneelHanan Yahya N. M. AlsadiMary Elizabeth Altizer
*Michael BackhusTed BaptisteKatelynn Joann BattenMichael A. Bell Jr.
*Tanya Nazimuddin BorachiBrian Daniel ColemanMarkus Crewe
*Heather DempseySteven Ronald Elmer*Timothy EvansAshley D. EvaroGary Shaune Gilbert*Gabrielle GonzalezCharles T. GoodwinStephanie D. GreeneZachary HarrisAdam Doyle HarrisonLourdes Hilbers
*Juliann Dena HittLucas R. HuisengaWonwoo Jung
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Dylan Taylor Klossner*Durga Bahadur Kunwar*Avery John LaBelle*Zubair Nabil MasoodDwayne Moore
*Mariam Rahmani*Muhammad Abdur RasheedWannicha RojanapradithJose Christopher Romero*Aarshika Shrestha*Bartosz SkibaJezza Syed
Qurra Tulann*Cassie Michelle WaltherYizhe Wang*Brandon Hamilton WoodsAdam C. Young
Program in Transportation Policy, Operations, and Logistics
Master of ArtsNatig BakhishovDarien Bailey FlowersFarida IbrahimAlexander Scott Merker
56 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Antonin Scalia Law School
Master of Laws
Cyber, Intelligence, and National Security LawAndom GherezghiherLuiza Parolin
Global Antitrust Law and EconomicsAdam ErnetteApril HibblerAnthony HolmRichard LicariVaidehi PatelDaniel Rosenblum
Intellectual PropertyJohn GalottoYumiko Oda
Law and EconomicsNicholas ProvenzoHaim Yeger
U.S. LawBakhtiyar AliShannon AllenEnrique AscanioLynda Rosaline Grace BassongAngel Roman CamposSandra Castaneda PinzonCinthya CostakisGrant DuffyWai Kit FuIsabelle GuenaShuzhi GuoWei GuoLaurent HerreraYuko HinoLuqian HuJung Won ImBabita IyerImran KhanLei LuIsabela MacaveiAna Martin-ChildersZachia MurrayRuchi PatelOlga PrygodaAdil SailauCaroline SmithQuan TranElsy Umanzor MartinezIvy Uwajeh
Francisco VillaJudith WagnerMing Lap WooMaice WuZixiu WuLiting Zhang
Juris MasterAshraf Al ShihabiGuinevere BrunerVirginia BurkMegan CossackTyler DeverRosanna DombrowskiLauren GoodacreAshley Higgins Darby McQueenMichael MillerChristopher PiedmonteMary RobertsonAdriane Webb Tamara Williams
Juris Doctor Jacob AdamsLinh AdamsMatthew AinsleyAbigail AllenJustin AngottiHarry ArnoldJonathan AtkinsonAmanda BannourahErica BarkerWilliam BartleMichelle BechtoldKevin BellJames Griffin BoyleMichael BrackmanJoseph BrambilRachel BurkeFrancis J. CanavanDavid CapperKevin CaseSarah ChristensenCoralie ChuBrady ClappAshley CloseThomas Coleman-HouffStephanie ComstockKeith CorleyJoshua CornwellAnne Cotter
Kelly CousoulisCliff CrawfordGage DabinCharles De AzagraAlexander DeiseMolly DelaneyGelane DiamondAndrew DoersamMichael DowningEvan DraimArianna DrerupAnna Dunin-UnderwoodAllison EdgeRachel ElliottJohan EnglenLily EsfandiaryLauren FarrarDara FinleyBrian FisherAaron FosterEric FowlerPatrick O. FrancesconChristopher GearhardtArmon GhayoumiMitch GibsonConstantinos GiovanniKyle GlicksonCory GordonSamantha GreensteinJoshua GrossmanLaura-Noelle GrumbineEmily GunbergTrenton HafleyAbigail HallJeremy HallGifford HampshireHannah HarperLiam HarrellRebecka HaynesAllison HemmerElizabeth HernandezHaley HestonKristopher HiserEthan HoffmanMary HornBernard HorowitzMiranda IsaacsShane IveyMollie JackowskiBenjamin JanacekRaphael JohnsonSydney JolliffeJohn JungAlanna KahnCharles KalinaNichole Keddington
2021 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM 57
Ghazal KhammashJustin KingMarymargaret KoesterYatzek KrzepickiHarrisson KummerAlex KuoMariah LatimerSamantha LewisMolly LovernKirsten LowellAkeela MakshoodMousa MartinJohn MastakasMadison MathisErin McCulloughSlade MendenhallWilliam MillerCody MilnerTrace E. MitchellJonathan C. MoellerNicolas MoralesAlexandra MorganKaitlin MorganMahlon MowrerSophia MunroeAlana NielsonGabriella Paez
Jack PantzirisThomas PenningtonTuong-anh PhamAnne PhilpotJacob QuasiusAndrew QuillenTeresita RegelbruggeMichael ReksulakRyan ReynoldsCamila RingelingBryden RosenburghLaura RuppaltTaylor SandersEric SchellLea SchildKara SchmidtStefanie Ann SchwartzNatalie SealesHeejae ShinAllison M. SiegelAlexandria SmithBenjamin SmithMichael SmithCatherine StackChristina StangeAndrew StoraskaTimothy Swartz
Lawrence TaylorPatricia TennantAllison ThibaultCourtney TolericoAmy TownsAndrew TuohyHeather UzerMark VanderVeenZachary VillemezDavid WallachTierney WallsAnna WalshKevin WangKarolyn WatsonKrystalyn WeaverKayla WeckesserSamuel WhitingWilliam WilkinsonSarah WillcocksonCameron WilliamsJohn WilsonMaxwell WolfsonRyanne WrightTerence YenYing Zhou
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Doctoral Programs
Doctor of Musical Arts
Kanako Chikami Utilizing Japanese Concepts of 間 (Ma) in Japanese Percussion Repertoire
Advisor: Emily Green, PhD, Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music
Nayoon ChoiIntegration of Korean Traditional Musical Elements and Daegeum Techniques into Western Flute Composition: Sori, Nong, and UN-VI
Advisor: Gregory Robinson, PhD, Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music
Michelle FegeasFeminism in Songs from “(In) Habitation: Musical Settings of Margaret Atwood Poetry by American Women Composers”
Advisor: Emily Green, PhD, Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music
Juan Francisco MegnaSelected Atabaques Rum-Drum Solos in Candomblé Ketu Music: Adaptations for Jazz Percussion Vocabulary
Advisor: Darden Purcell, DMA, Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music
Brendan Michael SchnabelUsing Solo Transcription to Develop a Personal Jazz Improvisational Style
Advisor: Darden Purcell, DMA, Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music
Christopher TroianoFrom Antiquity to Academia: A History of Early American Brass Bands and a Way Forward for Their Adaptation within Institutions of Higher Learning
Advisor: Michael W. Nickens, DMA, Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music
Minne ZhangAn Integration of Chinese Compositional Techniques with Western Musical Elements: A Stylistic Analysis of Huang An-Lun’s Selected Works
Advisor: Tom C. Owens, PhD, Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Koosha AdhamReducing Non-Emergent Emergency Room Visits by Using an Evidence-Based Toolkit for Emergency Room Nurses
Advisor: Angelina R. Harman, DNP, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Kristen AhearnImplementation of a Second-Stage Management Protocol in George Washington University Hospital Labor and Delivery
Advisor: Cheryl Oetjen, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Kate Asiedu Mental Health in the African Immigrant Community: Collaborating with Faith Leaders to Reduce Stigma and Improve Access to Mental Health Care
Advisor: Kossi P. Eklou, DNP, PMHNP-BC, School of Nursing
Cynthia Awadzi Early Pregnancy Detection in Women of Child-bearing Age with Substance Use Order
Advisor: Angelina R. Harman, DNP, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Sarah Bhatt Decreasing Out-of-Pocket Costs to Encourage Influenza Vaccine Uptake in a Free Clinic
Advisor: Tanya Haas, DNP, MSN, RN, School of Nursing
Jennifer Breseman Enhancing Provider Knowledge through the
“Perspectives in Transgender Care” Webinar and Provider Toolkit
Advisor: Cheryl Oetjen, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Kristin Clemens Behavioral Health Transitional Care: Bridging the Gap between Acute Care to Outpatient Treatment
Advisor: Tanya Haas, DNP, MSN, RN, School of Nursing
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Erica Edge A Practice Guide: Overcoming a Pitfall of Defeat in Entrepreneurs
Advisor: Ana Stoehr, PhD, RN, School of Nursing
Alexander Elebo Mental Health in the African Immigrant Community: Collaborating with Faith Leaders to Reduce Stigma and Improve Access to Mental Health Care
Advisor: Kossi P. Eklou, DNP, PMHNP-BC, School of Nursing
Nora ElnahasCreating a Sustainable System of Support for Families Affected by Opioid Disorder
Advisor: Caroline Sutter, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Soledad Soto FerrufinoImproving Diabetes Knowledge and Care in the Hispanic Latino Population via a Culturally Tailored Educational Intervention
Advisor: Cheryl Oetjen, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Alexa GallagherUtilizing Community Health Worker Learning Modules to Increase Preventive Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Advisor: Rebecca Sutter, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Anu George Anaphylaxis Management: A Targeted Approach to Improve the Epinephrine Autoinjector (EAI) Access and Use among Primary Care Providers
Advisor: Shanti Chang, DNP, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Kerniba Ghoneim Improving Postpartum Depression Screening and Treatment Referral by Pediatric Providers
Advisor: Kossi P. Eklou, DNP, PMHNP-BC, School of Nursing
Lorin Hoover Because of You: Reshaping Providers’ Attitude and Responses to Intimate Partner Violence Survivors
Advisor: Kossi P. Eklou, DNP, PMHNP-BC, School of Nursing
Elizabeth Horst Navigating the Integration of Office-Based Opioid Treatment into Primary Care
Advisor: Melanie Yousefi, DNP, PMHNP, School of Nursing
Kenya Jenkins MEWS—Any News? A Program Evaluation to Address the Gap from Knowledge Acquisition to Application in Practice
Advisor: Cheryl Oetjen, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Janice Kim Improving Awareness of Palliative and Hospice Care among Korean Americans with Dementia
Advisor: Cheryl Oetjen, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Ellen Kodua-Agbo Bridging the Gap: Effective Counseling of Mental Health Patients to Enable Tobacco Cessation
Advisor: Kossi P. Eklou, DNP, PMHNP-BC, School of Nursing
Catherine LancasterWho Provides Support When the Nurses Are on Their Own?: Implementing a Virtual Community of Practice for Virginia School Nurses
Advisor: Caroline Sutter, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Tesfa Mekonnen Telehealth: A Means to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health (Title X) Services
Advisor: Cheryl Oetjen, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Lindsay Najjoum Expanding Provider Knowledge to Prevent Mortality in Patients with Eating Disorders
Advisor: Shanti Chang, DNP, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Ashley Nguyen PrEP Your Patient to Prevent HIV: PrEP Provider Education to Increase Uptake of PrEP among High- Risk Populations
Advisor: Shanti Chang, DNP, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
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Josephine Omari-Yeboah Improving Cultural Competency among Behavioral Health Professionals
Advisor: Melanie Yousefi, DNP, PMHNP, School of Nursing
Lorraine OndrasikEvaluation of a Catholic-Based Recovery Program
Advisor: Rebecca Sutter, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Felicia Tanner Pinn Implementation of Nursing Education Module: Intervention to Decrease Pharmacologic Treatment and Improve Patient Outcomes for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Using the Eat, Sleep, and Console Approach
Advisor: Ana Stoehr, PhD, RN, School of Nursing
Kayla PotterRoutine Screening of NICU Parents Using the PSS:NICU
Advisor: Caroline Sutter, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Carla Reynoso Addressing Cardiac Risk Factors among the Hispanic Community by Promoting Health Literacy
Advisor: Shanti Chang, DNP, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Sunisha SoodThe Art of Mentorship: Educating Emerging Leaders in Nursing
Advisor: Rebecca Sutter, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Melissa Swensen Improving Underserved Patients’ Access to Mental Health Care through Academic-Community Partnerships Advisor: Shanti Chang, DNP, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Jennie TranThe Evaluation of Telehealth Shelter-Based Care during COVID-19
Advisor: Rebecca Sutter, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Priscilla TrewarthaClinical Technician Onboarding at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
Advisor: Tanya Haas, DNP, MSN, RN, School of Nursing
Karen Webb Nurse Leaders Perspectives of ED Pediatric Readiness: A Priorities Implementation Roadmap
Advisor: Cheryl Oetjen, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Michelle Whittaker Prior Authorization in Addiction Medicine
Advisor: Nancy Kelly, DNP, RN, PHCNS-BC, CNE, School of Nursing
Katrina White Evaluation of Readiness in Primary Care Practice: Fighting the Opioid Epidemic
Advisor: Rebecca Sutter, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, School of Nursing
Doctor of Philosophy in Biodefense
Yong-Bee LimFor Liberty and Accessible Science for All: Building a Better Understanding of U.S. Community Laboratories and the Do-It-Yourself Biology Movement
Advisor: Gregory Koblentz, PhD, Schar School of Policy and Government
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Paul AiyetanA Quantitative Systems Biology and Mechanistic Model Approach to Synthetic Lethality—Defining Reaction and Regulatory Pathways of Targeted Cellular Death in Cancer Cells
Advisor: Iosif Vaisman, PhD, School of Systems Biology
Bader AlharbiComputational Analysis of the Phenotypic Significance of Individual DNA Methylation Sites
Advisor: M. Saleet Jafri, PhD, Neuroscience Program and School of Systems Biology
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Jasmine AmirzadeganGut Microbiome Dynamics of Diet-Induced Liver Disease, A Computational Approach
Advisor: Patrick Gillevet, PhD, Department of Biology
Kalpana DommarajuComputational Identification of Viral/Bacterial Epitopes for Type and Strain Characterization, Leading to the Development of Vaccines against Human Adenovirus, HIV, and Staphylococcus aureus
Advisor: Donald Seto, PhD, School of Systems Biology
June KangComputational Analysis of the Phylogenomic Relationships of Human and Simian Adenoviruses and the Cross-Species Transmissions
Advisor: Donald Seto, PhD, School of Systems Biology
Kamil Can KuralUtilizing Machine Learning and Graph Networks to Solve Complex Biological Problems
Advisor: Ancha Baranova, PhD, School of Systems Biology
Thomas C. McCartyRespiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Design Using Structure-Based Machine Learning Models
Advisor: Iosif Vaisman, PhD, School of Systems Biology
Eric MungerIdentification of Clinically Significant Biomarkers for Inflammatory Diseases with Artificial Neural Networks
Advisor: M. Saleet Jafri, PhD, Neuroscience Program and School of Systems Biology
Daniel A. NegronMolecular Clock Analysis of Human Adenovirus
Advisor: Donald Seto, PhD, School of Systems Biology
Leena SaitMachine Learning Identification of Biomarkers Related to Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Genomic Information
Advisor: Iosif Vaisman, PhD, School of Systems Biology
Christopher Mark SiwyMolecular Dynamics Study into the Passive Transport of Amyloid-ß Inhibitors Permeating the Blood-Brain Barrier
Advisor: Dmitri Klimov, PhD, School of Systems Biology
Doctor of Philosophy in Biosciences
Allison BakovicNsP3 Phosphorylation as a Mediator of Alphaviral Virulence through Protein:Protein Interactions
Advisor: Aarthi Narayanan, PhD, School of Systems Biology
Brian HetrickDevelopment of Virus-Based Therapeutics and Diagnostics
Advisor: Yuntao Wu, PhD, School of Systems Biology
Lillian ParkerNovel Approaches in Conservation and Evolutionary Genomics for Studying Rare and Elusive Mammals across Different Ecological and Geographical Scales
Advisor: Larry Rockwood, PhD, Department of Biology
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry and Biochemistry
Greg PetruncioSynthesis of Leukotriene A4 Hydrolase (Lta4h) Aminopeptidase (Ap) Modulators Using Cross-Coupling Reactions and Synthesis of Oxetanyl Peptidomimetics
Advisor: Mikell Paige, PhD, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
Hossein FotouhiCrowdsourcing in Emerging Transportation Services: Models and Algorithms
Advisor: Elise Miller-Hooks, PhD, Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering
Sara MohamadiDigital Twin Analytics; Life-Cycle Modeling of Structures for Present and Future Condition Assessment
Advisor: David Lattanzi, PhD, Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering
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Doctor of Philosophy in Communication
Deanne C. CaniesoExploring Expectancy Violations and Emotions in Computer-Mediated Communication: A Mixed Method, Hybrid Approach to Content Analysis of Online Mental Health Messages
Advisor: Kevin B. Wright, PhD, Department of Communication
Farah LatifA Mixed Method Approach to Conceptualizing and Scale Development of Personal Reputations: A Multidimensional Approach Using Legitimacy, Social Evaluation, Parasocial Relationships, and Agency
Advisor: Gary L. Kreps, PhD, Department of Communication
Karin NordinGrowing a Growth Mindset in the Introductory Course: Design, Pilot Testing, and Implementation of a Communication Mindset Intervention
Advisor: Melissa A. Broeckelman-Post, PhD, Department of Communication
Kristin M. F. Timm Sources and Frames in a Contested Framing Space: An Analysis of the U.S. Media Coverage of the Fourth National Climate Assessment
Advisor: Edward Wile Maibach, PhD, Department of Communication
Doctor of Philosophy in Computational Sciences and Informatics
James P. AndrewsModeling and Simulation of Polymeric Macromolecules
Advisor: Estela Blaisten, PhD, Department of Computational and Data Sciences
Redouane BetrouniEfficient Data Splitting Methods for Machine Learning Model Fitting
Advisor: Edward J. Wegman, PhD, Department of Computational and Data Sciences
Gideon GogoviPolymers and Biomolecules in Solvents: A Molecular Dynamics Study
Advisor: Jason Kinser, DSc, Department of Computational and Data Sciences
William F. LambertiAlgorithms to Improve Shape Analysis and Classification for Small Data
Advisor: Jason Kinser, DSc, Department of Computational and Data Sciences
John Kalung LeungEmotion-Aware Recommender Systems
Advisor: Igor Griva, PhD, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy in Computational Social Science
Farzaneh DavariAgent-Based Model for Resilience-Building Procedure in a Social-Ecological System
Advisor: Robert Axtell, PhD, Department of
Computational and Data Sciences
Clarence W. DillonA Multi-level Model of World Order: A Simulation Environment for World Order Processes and the World Order Knowledge Graph
Advisor: Anamaria Berea, PhD, Department of Computational and Data Sciences
Carmen Arleth IasielloAn Agent-Based Modeling Approach for Human Resource Management
Advisor: Andrew Crooks, PhD, Department of Computational and Data Sciences
Brandon A. ShapiroKinetic Action and Radicalization: Theory, Data, and Model
Advisor: Andrew Crooks, PhD, Department of Computational and Data Sciences
Harold John WalbertAgents, Networks and Empirical Data: A Computational Data Analysis of Inter-country and Intra-country Dynamics
Advisor: Robert Axtell, PhD, Department of Computational and Data Sciences
Yang ZhouExploring Human Activities in Large Cities Using Social Media Data
Advisor: Andrew Crooks, PhD, Department of Computational and Data Sciences
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Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science
Yifeng GaoMining Variable-Length Motifs in Large-Scale Time Series Data
Advisor: Jessica Lin, PhD, Department of Computer
Science
Jitin KrishnanUnsupervised Cross-Domain and Cross-Lingual Methods for Text Classification, Slot-Filling, and Question-Answering
Advisor: Huzefa Rangwala, PhD, Department of Computer Science
Phi Hung LeApplications of Secure Computation to Set Intersection
Advisor: Dov Gordon, PhD, Department of Computer Science
Wanwan LiPersonalizing VR Training Experiences through Optimization
Advisor: Lap-Fai Yu, PhD, Department of Computer Science
Matthew Bain RevelleCommunity Detection and Event Prediction in Social Networks
Advisor: Carlotta Domeniconi, PhD, Department of Computer Science
Abhishek RoyImproving Energy Efficiency and Quality-of-Control Metrics in Reliable Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems
Advisor: Hakan Aydin, PhD, Department of Computer Science
Doctor of Philosophy in Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Jerome ArmstrongEmbodied Peacemaking
Advisor: Marc Gopin, PhD, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Edi JurkovicCivil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) in NATO: Together We Are Strong, Divided We Fall
Advisor: Solon Simmons, PhD, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Angelica MartinezMilitary Veteran Narratives of Service in Complex Conflicts
Advisor: Sara Cobb, PhD, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Cynthia NassifThe Syrian Refugee Crisis from the Perspective of Lebanese Political Groups
Advisor: Daniel Rothbart, PhD, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Sandra Kazi Yougusuk Tombe
Transnational Diaspora Networks of Opposition: The Mobilization of Cameroonians, Ambazonians, and South Sudanese by Opposition Groups in Times of Conflict
Advisor: Terrence Lyons, PhD, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Doctor of Philosophy in Criminology, Law and Society
Amy DezemberExamining Alford Pleas and the Presumption of Strong Evidence
Advisor: Allison D. Redlich, PhD, Department of Criminology, Law and Society
Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies
Aimee AnthonyBehind the Scenes: African American Women Filmmakers in Early Cinema, 1890s to 1940s
Advisor: Jessica Scarlata, PhD, Department of English
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Doctor of Philosophy in Earth Systems and Geoinformation Sciences
Troy D. CurryExploring Forced Migration through Open Source and Social Media Data
Advisor: Arie Croitoru, PhD, Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science
Alisa A. PettittImmersive Deep Maps for Archaeological Sites: Preserving Presence and Place across Time and Space via Virtual Reality
Advisor: Matthew Rice, PhD, Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science
Steven QuanImproving Optical Bathymetry Estimation with Constrained Geographically Weighted Regression Using Object-Based Image Analysis
Advisor: Paul Houser, PhD, Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science
Doctor of Philosophy in Economics
Kendra AsherThe Esoteric Writing of David Hume
Advisor: Daniel B. Klein, PhD, Department of Economics
David C. CokerFrom Economics to Social Philosophy: The Foundations of John Rawls’s Contribution
Advisor: David M. Levy, PhD, Department of Economics
Nathan P. GoodmanInstitutional Diversity and the Economics of Security
Advisor: Christopher Coyne, PhD, Department of Economics
Andrew G. Humphries Three Essays on Developing Moral Judgment in Adam Smith and Alexis de Tocqueville
Advisor: Daniel B. Klein, PhD, Department of Economics
Clara E. JaceEssays in the Economics of Religion and Family
Advisor: Peter J. Boettke, PhD, Department of Economics
M. Scott KingPolitical Economy and the Predatory State
Advisor: Peter T. Leeson, PhD, Department of Economics
John KroenckeThree Essays in the History of Economics
Advisor: Peter J. Boettke, PhD, Department of Economics
Edward Austin MiddletonThe Problem of Sympathy-Seeking Projectors: Adam Smith’s Support of Usury Laws as Prudential Credit Rationing
Advisor: David M. Levy, PhD, Department of Economics
Stuart PaulConsistency and Stability of Composite-Reliant Bank Failure Models Over Time
Advisor: Carlos D. Ramirez, PhD, Department of Economics
Doctor of Philosophy in Education
Jeremy J. AldrichCharacteristics and Career Decisions of Secondary Dual Language Teachers in the United States
Advisor: Rebecca Fox, PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Ahmed A. AtefLeading Work-Based Learning Programs: How Administrators and Teachers Support Learning for Exceptional Female Immigrant High School Students—A Case Study
Advisor: Supriya Baily, PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Melissa B. Hauber“We Must Stop Now”: Advocacy Ethnography with Syrian Refugees in Turkish Higher Education
Advisors: Rebecca Fox, PhD, and Meagan Call-Cummings, PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Bryndan Wise LindseyGait Modification to Reduce Peak Knee Abduction Moment
Advisor: Nelson Cortes, PhD, College of Education and Human Development
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Kelly G. LiuVocabulary Instruction for Middle School Students with Learning Disabilities and English Learners with Learning Disabilities: An Observation Study
Advisor: Sheri Berkeley, PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Megan M. Sims-FujitaFactors Influencing College Decision-Making among Students with Disabilities: A Mixed-Methods Study
Advisors: Grace Francis, PhD, and Jodi Duke, EdD, College of Education and Human Development
Shea WaltersThe Influence of Epistemological Beliefs, Pedagogical Approaches, and Course Delivery Modes on Faculty Use of Learning Management Systems in Higher Education
Advisor: Nada Dabbagh, PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Monique Apollon WilliamsQuantifying Relevance: The Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Secondary Students’ Perceptions of the Relevance of Mathematics Content
Advisor: Toya Frank, PhD, College of Education and Human Development
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ashkan VakilGolden-Chip Free Side Channel Delay Analysis Test for Hardware Trojan and Recycled IC Detection
Advisor: Avesta Sasan, PhD, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Science and Public Policy
Sujata PoudelPhenology and Water Quality Impacts of an Invasive Water Chestnut (Trapa bispinsoa Roxb. var iinumai Nakano) in Northern Virginia, USA, and Evaluation of Early Detection/Rapid Response (EDRR) Practices in Its Control
Advisor: R. Christian Jones, PhD, Department of Environmental Science and Policy
Deborah ShafferPopulation Genetic Structure of the Red-Spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) in Virginia
Advisor: Patrick Gillevet, PhD, Department of Biology
Vera SolovyevaClimate Change in Oymyakon: Perceptions, Responses, and How Local Knowledge May Inform Policy
Advisor: Susan Crate, PhD, Department of Environmental Science and Policy
Doctor of Philosophy in History
Daniel CurryDe-evolution: Individual Property Rights, Communal Property Rights, and Mexican Land Grants in California and New Mexico, 1821–1925
Advisor: C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa, PhD, Department of History and Art History
John R. Garnett“Wheat Man’s Burden”: Wheat Rust, Trickle-Down Agricultural Economics, and the Origins of the Green Revolution in Mexico (1842–1970)
Advisor: Matthew B. Karush, PhD, Department of History and Art History
Richard HardestyMagic in “a Tragic City”: The Orioles and the Redevelopment of Baltimore, 1954–1992
Advisor: Zachary Schrag, PhD, Department of History and Art History
Jannelle Legg“With Eloquent Fingers He Preached” The Protestant Episcopal Mission to the Deaf
Advisor: Lincoln A. Mullen, PhD, Department of History and Art History
Doctor of Philosophy in Information Technology
Xiaojie GuoDeep Graph Transformation and Interpretation
Advisors: Feitian Zhang, PhD, and Liang Zhao, PhD, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Hengyi HuOntologies as Prior Knowledge to Improve Learned Causal Networks of Observational Patient Data
Advisor: Larry Kerschberg, PhD, Department of
Computer Science
Fatemah Ali HusainArabic Offensive Language Detection in Social Media
Advisor: Ozlem Uzuner, PhD, Department of Information
Sciences and Technology
Kahyun LeeText De-identification of Electronic Health Records Using Neural Networks
Advisor: Ozlem Uzuner, PhD, Department of Information Sciences and Technology
Mohamad Omar NachawatiGrey-Box Optimization Algorithms for Decision Guidance Analytics Management Systems
Advisor: Alexander Brodsky, PhD, Department of
Computer Science
Zahra RajabiMachine Learning over User-Generated Content: From Unsupervised User Behavioral Models to Emotion Recognition via Deep Learning
Advisors: Amarda Shehu, PhD, Department of Computer Science, and Ozlem Uzuner, PhD, Department of Information Sciences and Technology
Hui ZhengAssisting Young Adults with Neurodiversity to Engage in Learning Activities: Smartwatch Applications in Inclusive Education
Advisor: Vivian Motti, PhD, Department of Information Sciences and Technology
Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics
Chiu-ching Tseng An Investigation of Voice Onset Time and the Factors That Affect It in L1 and L2 Mandarin
Advisor: stvn h. weinberger
Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience
Sarojini Manjusha AttiliQuantification of Neuron Types in the Rodent Hippocampal Formation by Data Mining and Numerical Optimization
Advisor: Giorgio Ascoli, PhD, Department of Bioengineering
Daniel DormanSynaptic Integration, Calcium Dynamics, and Plasticity in Striatal Spiny Projection Neurons
Advisor: Kim Avrama Blackwell, PhD, Department of Bioengineering
Keivan MoradiData-Driven Modeling of Hippocampal Synaptic Electrophysiology
Advisor: Giorgio Ascoli, PhD, Department of Bioengineering
Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing
Nesibe Sumeyye KutahyaliogluImplementation and Practice Barriers of Family-Centered Care Encountered by Neonatal Nurses
Advisor: Katherine Scafide, PhD, RN, School of Nursing
Abdullah Salim Musabah Al Mahrouqi Patient-Centered Care and Self-Management of Type-2 Diabetes in Oman: A Mixed-Methods Study
Advisor: R. Kevin Mallinson, PhD, RN, FAAN, School of Nursing
Mary NarayanCulture-Sensitive/Patient-Centered Assessment and Care-Planning in Home Health Nursing
Advisor: R. Kevin Mallinson, PhD, RN, FAAN, School of Nursing
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics
Jenna CannLocal Relics: The Hunt for Intermediate Mass Black Holes
Advisor: Shobita Satyapal, PhD, Department of Physics and Astronomy
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Stefano DolciThe Influence of Strain Rate, Temperature Effects, and Instabilities in Failure Modeling for Metal Alloys
Advisor: Cing-Dao (Steve) Kan, PhD, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science
Timothy R. HeathPolitical Requirements for Economic Upgrade in Single-Party Authoritarian Regimes: A Comparative Analysis
Advisor: Ming Wan, PhD, Schar School of Policy and Government
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology
Paul J. Beatty“Oops, I Did It Again?” Behavioral and Electrophysiological Indices of Error Processing Predict Adaptive Post-Error Compensations
Advisor: Craig McDonald, PhD, Department of Psychology
Samantha DubrowLeadership Transitions in Teams
Advisor: Stephen Zaccaro, PhD, Department of Psychology
Jordan E. GreenburgInvestigating the “Gift of Time”: Predictors and Outcomes Associated with Delayed School Entry and Kindergarten Retention
Advisor: Adam Winsler, PhD, Department of Psychology
Courtney RicciardiTrajectories of Advanced Math Taking for Low-Income Students of Color in Middle and High School
Advisor: Adam Winsler, PhD, Department of Psychology
Ze ZhuClarifying the Construct of Supervisor Support for Recovery and Its Impacts on Employee Recovery Experiences
Advisor: Lauren E. Kuykendall, PhD, Department of Psychology
Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy
James D. CahillWar Plans and Effective Military Organizations
Advisor: Edward Rhodes, PhD, Schar School of Policy and Government
Gia C. CromerTransitioning Education in Emergencies in Africa
Advisor: Jack A. Goldstone, PhD, Schar School of Policy and Government
Eugene M. FishelThird-Party Considerations in U.S. Bilateral Relations: Four Case Studies Examining the Presence of the Moscow Factor in U.S. Policy Toward Sovereign Ukraine
Advisor: Edward Rhodes, PhD, Schar School of Policy and Government
Hyun Ju KimEssays on Household Decision-Making and Mobile Access in Ethiopia
Advisor: Naoru Koizumi, PhD, Schar School of Policy and Government
Peter K. PatacsilThe Design and Evolution of the United States Cyber Command
Advisor: Edward Rhodes, PhD, Schar School of Policy and Government
Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Science
Andrew PechsteinFatigability and Cardiorespiratory Fitness during Sustained Walking Following Overground Locomotor Training in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
Advisor: Andrew Guccione, PT, PhD, DPT, FAPTA, Department of Rehabilitation Science
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Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology
Katie MatthewDuty and Responsibility: Understanding Work-Family Conflict for Multigenerational Households
Advisor: Shannon N. Davis, PhD, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Doctor of Philosophy in Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Ira Lee Crofford Jr.An Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach to Determine the Optimal Draft Strategy for a Single Team During the National Football League Draft
Advisor: Rajesh Ganesan, PhD, Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Doctor of Philosophy in Writing and Rhetoric
Sarah JohnsonMortuus et Vivus: Uncovering Writing Instructors’ Negotiations of the Standard English Dilemma and Paradox in Their Writing Assessment Practices
Advisor: Michelle LaFrance, PhD, Department of English
Robyn RussoToward an Expansive Equity: Reimagining How Writing in Two-Year Colleges Can Facilitate a New Vision of Equity as a Practice
Advisor: Michelle LaFrance, PhD, Department of English
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Honorary Degree Recipients1980sDr. James M. Buchanan, Honorary Doctor of Laws, ’87
Mr. Clifton R. Wharton Jr., Honorary Doctor of Laws, ’88
1990sThe Honorable Charles S. Robb, Honorary Doctor of Laws, ’90
The Honorable Vernon E. Jordan Jr., Esquire, Honorary Doctor of Laws, ’90
Ms. Judy Woodruff, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’92
The Honorable William H. Rehnquist, Honorary Doctor of Laws, ’93
The Honorable Gerald L. Baliles, Honorary Doctor of Laws, ’94
Mr. J. Hamilton Lambert, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’97
The Honorable James Gilmore III, Honorary Doctor of Laws, ’98
The Honorable Giles Sutherland Rich, Honorary Doctor of Laws, ’98
The Honorable William J. Bennett, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’99
2000sDr. Vinton G. Cerf, Honorary Doctor of Science, ’00
Dr. Robert E. Kahn, Honorary Doctor of Science, ’00
Dean Emeritus Henry G. Manne, Honorary Doctor of Laws, ’00
The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor, Honorary Doctor of Laws, ’00
Mr. James V. Kimsey, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’01
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Campbell, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’01
Mr. Brian P. Lamb, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’01
The Honorable Kay Coles James, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’02
Mr. Charles G. Koch, Honorary Doctor of Science, ’02
Mr. Michael G. Anzilotti*, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’03
The Honorable Mark R. Warner, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’03
Dr. Vernon L. Smith, Honorary Doctor of Science, ’04
Mr. Roger W. Wilkins, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’04
Mr. Mark Morris, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’05
The Honorable John W. Warner, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’05
Dr. Scott S. Cowen, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’06
Dr. Enrico Garaci, Honorary Doctor of Science, ’06
The Honorable Timothy M. Kaine, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’07
Mr. Norman Augustine, Honorary Doctor of Science, ’08
Mr. Steve Case, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’09
Mr. Paul A. Strassmann, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’09
2010sMr. Daisaku Ikeda, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’10
The Honorable Jim Webb, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’10
Admiral Thad Allen, U.S. Coast Guard (ret.), Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’11
Ms. Anousheh Ansari*, Honorary Doctor of Science, ’12
Ms. Shari Arison, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’13
Mr. Ali Vural Ak, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’14
The Honorable Jim Moran, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’14
Mr. David M. Rubenstein, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’14
The Honorable Frank Wolf, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’14
Ms. Jean Case, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’15
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Ms. Hala Gorani*, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’15
The Honorable Denise Turner Roth*, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’15
Ms. Sheila C. Johnson, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’16
The Honorable Terence R. McAuliffe, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’16
Mr. O. M. (Tony) Nicely, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’16
Mr. Martin Baron, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’17
The Honorable Bethany Hall-Long*, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’17
The Honorable Petula C. Metzler*, Honorary Doctor of Laws, ’17
Mr. Paul Polman, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’18
Dr. M. Brian Blake*, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’18
Ms. Kelly McNamara Corley*, Honorary Doctor of Laws, ’18
Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’19
Ms. Zainab Salbi*, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, ’19
*Indicates George Mason University Alumni
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The George Mason MedalThe George Mason Medal is designated by the George Mason University Board of Visitors to be the universi-ty’s highest honorary award.
This medal is designed to honor George Mason, the man. Those receiving the award should have a record of service to their community, state, or nation consistent with the level and quality of George Mason’s public service in his own time. George Mason, a native of Northern Virginia, was never elected to public office, but he was a public leader in the cause of freedom during the Revolutionary War and the formative years of the United States of America.
The George Mason Medal is awarded from time to time at the university’s annual commencement exercises with a special and distinct place reserved on the program for the presentation of the medal.
Recipients
1980sMr. John T. Hazel Jr.
The Honorable John C. Wood
The Honorable Omer L. Hirst
1990sThe Honorable Dorothy McDiarmid
The Honorable Carrington Williams
Dr. Helen Hill Miller
The Honorable Edwin W. Lynch
The Honorable Edgar A. Prichard
Mrs. Joanne Johnson
Mr. Sidney O. Dewberry
Dr. Richard J. Ernst
2000sDr. James M. Buchanan
Mr. Dwight C. Schar
Dr. George W. Johnson
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Mrs. Sally Merten
Mr. Earle C. Williams
Mr. John M. Toups
Ms. Hortensia B. Cadenas*
Mr. William A. Hazel
Mrs. Carolyn Peterson
Mr. Milton Peterson
Mr. Don de Laski
Mrs. Nancy de Laski
2010sThe Honorable A. Linwood Holton Jr.
Ms. Lovey L. Hammel*
Dr. Alan G. Merten
Dr. Ernst Volgenau
Mr. C. Daniel Clemente
Mr. Gerald T. Halpin
Dr. Frank A. Pettrone
Dr. Peter N. Stearns
Dr. Robert G. Templin
The Honorable Charles J. Colgan
Mr. Jim Larrañaga
Dr. Long V. Nguyen
Mr. James W. Hazel*
Mr. Joseph A. Heastie*
*Indicates George Mason University Alumni
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The Presidential Medals for Faculty ExcellenceSponsored by the Office of the President, the Presidential Medals for Faculty Excellence were created to rec-ognize, promote, and honor outstanding members of our community for excellence in teaching, research and scholarship, social impact, and diversity and inclusion.
Recipients
The John Toups Presidential Medal for Faculty Excellence in Teaching
2017Jill Karen Nelson
2018Patricia Miller
Linda Apple Monson
2019Kathleen E. Wage
2020Jeff Offutt
The Beck Family Presidential Medal for Faculty Excellence in Research and Scholarship
2017Lance A. Liotta
2018Thomas E. Lovejoy
2019Tyler Cowen
2020Edward Maibach
The Karen and Hector Alcalde Presidential Medal for Faculty Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion
2017Kevin A. Clark
Wendi Manuel-Scott
The United Bank Presidential Medal for Faculty Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion
2018Angela Hattery
2019Frederic Paul Bemak
Rita Chi-Ying Chung
2020Cynthia Fuchs
The Earle C. Williams Presidential Medal for Faculty Excellence in Social Impact
2017Cynthia Lum
Michael W. Nickens
2018Stephen S. Fuller
2019Christianne Esposito-Smythers
2020Jenice View
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Academic ProcessionChair of the Faculty Senate
Candidates for Doctoral Degrees
The Teaching Faculty
The Administrative Faculty and Staff
The Emeritus Faculty
George Mason Medal Recipients
The University Marshal
Vice Presidents, Deans, and Directors
President of the Alumni Association
Board of Visitors
Honorary Degree Recipients
The Rector
The President
About the University MaceGeorge Mason University formal ceremonies begin with the entrance of the university mace, which features Mason’s seal highlighting freedom and learning and is carried in the procession by the lead uni-versity marshal. The tradition of the mace derives from medieval times when a bodyguard held a mace during ceremonial functions with the intention of protecting the royal or dignitary. The mace symbolizes the university’s governing authority and is present only when the president and the Board of Visitors are in attendance.
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Alma Mater
Patriot Pride
George Mason, George MasonWe honor you todayOur alma mater is the source of Patriot PrideFrom far and near ’round the world we comeTo learn side by side.
Our namesake, George MasonSaw truths that few could seeDeclaring all of humankind is equally freeHis truths live today in the heart and soul of our university.
We love our George MasonWe’re proud of the green and goldThose colors stay with us,Those colors grow with us,Those colors keep us PatriotsTrue and bold.
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Board of VisitorsMr. James W. Hazel*, Rector
Mr. Horace L. Blackman*, Vice Rector
Ms. Simmi K. Bhuller*, Secretary
Mr. Anjan Chimaladinne*
The Honorable Tom Davis
Mr. Juan Carlos Iturregui
Mr. Mehmood S. Kazmi
Ms. Wendy Marquez
The Honorable Ignacia S. Moreno
The Honorable Carolyn J. Moss
Mr. Jon M. Peterson
Ms. Nancy Gibson Prowitt
Mr. Paul J. Reagan*
Mr. Edward H. Rice
The Honorable Denise Turner Roth*
Mr. Bob Witeck
Shannon Davis, Faculty Representative
Shelby Adams, Student Representative
Lilianna Deveneau, Student Representative
Lauren Reuscher, Staff Liaison
* Indicates George Mason University Alumni
Officers of George Mason UniversityGregory Washington, PhD, President
Paul Allvin, BS, Vice President, Strategic Communications and Marketing
Lester L. Arnold Sr., MBA, Vice President, Human Resources and Payroll
Kevin Borek, MBA, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
Trishana Bowden, BS, Vice President for Advancement and Alumni Relations
David Burge, MS, Vice President for Enrollment Management
Aurali Dade, PhD, Interim Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Economic Impact
Deb Dickinson, MBA, Vice President for Finance
Brad Edwards, MBA, Assistant Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
Mark Ginsberg, PhD, Provost and Executive Vice President
Carol Dillon Kissal, MBA, Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance
Paul Liberty, BA, Vice President, Government and Community Relations
Rene Stewart O’Neal, MPP, Associate Vice President for Strategic Planning and Budgeting
Rose Pascarell, MA, Vice President, University Life
Dietra Trent, PhD, Interim Vice President, Compliance, Diversity, and Ethics and Special Advisor to the President
Kenneth D. Walsh, PhD, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, and Chief of Staff
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University MarshalsStar Muir, Associate Professor of Communication and Lead University Marshal
Alok Berry, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sharon Caraballo, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs, Volgenau School of Engineering
Peter Farrell, Faculty and Capstone Coordinator, Volgenau School of Engineering
Brian Gillette, Student Academic Affairs Coordinator, College of Health and Human Services
Lisa Kahn, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Andrew Loerch, Associate Professor, Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Ann Ludwick, Assistant Dean, Schar School of Policy and Government
Janette Muir, Associate Provost, Academic Initiatives and Services
James Pfiffner, University Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government
Jennifer Robinson, Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations
Ellen Drogin Rodgers, Associate Dean, College of Education and Human Development
Caitlin Shear, Director, Integrated Enrollment Marketing Communications
Gerald Weatherspoon, Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science
Thomas Wood, Associate Professor, School of Integrative Studies
Academic DeansAnn Ardis, PhD, Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Robert E. Baker, EdD, Interim Dean, College of Education and Human Development
Kenneth Ball, PhD, Dean, Volgenau School of Engineering
Zofia Burr, PhD, Dean, Honors College
Richard S. Davis, DFA, Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Germaine M. Buck Louis, PhD, Dean, College of Health and Human Services
Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm, PhD, Dean, College of Science
Alpaslan Özerdem, PhD, Dean, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Maury Peiperl, PhD, Dean, School of Business
Kenneth Randall, JD, Dean, Antonin Scalia Law School
Mark Rozell, PhD, Dean, Schar School of Policy and Government
Chair of the Faculty SenateShannon Davis, PhD, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Sociology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
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Welcome to the Alumni AssociationDear Patriots,
Congratulations on becoming a Mason alum! The George Mason University Alumni Association
is excited to welcome this new class to our thriving community of more than 200,000 members.
Earning your degree is an incredible achievement, and while your time as a student is over, your
relationship with Mason is only just beginning.
As an alum, you now have access to so many great benefits, resources, and opportunities for
staying engaged with the university. Our website, alumni.gmu.edu, can provide you with
more information.
As you embark on your post-grad journey, remember to keep in touch and let us know about
the great things that are happening in your life after Mason. The George Mason University Alumni
Association is your lifelong connection to the university and we look forward to connecting
with you.
Congratulations again for earning your degree, and remember, Once a Patriot, Always
a Patriot!
With Patriot Pride,
The George Mason University Alumni Association
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