Graduate Commencement Program May 2025

May 2025 Graduate Degree Candidates

 

Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award Recipient

Jennifer Jacobs, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education

Jennifer Jacobs is the Lane Zimmerman Endowed associate professor in the sport and exercise psychology program within the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education in the College of Education. Her research examines sport as a tool for social change with vulnerable populations.

Jacobs has developed and studied sport programs in diverse settings such as after-school clubs, summer camps, professional sports organizations and juvenile detention centers. Some outreach she is most proud of includes a decade-long summer camp in the Chicagoland neighborhood she grew up in; a middle school girls’ body empowerment boxing club; and a multiyear international exchange program with national sport organizations in Belize.

Jacobs has more than 50 research publications and 80 national or international conference presentations showcasing her work. She has received over $3.5 million dollars in grant funding. Her work has been recognized nationally through receiving the 2021 Early Scholar Award from the Journal of Sport for Development, the 2020 Young Alumni Award from the University of Illinois College of Applied Health Sciences and the 2023 Illinois Juvenile Justice Volunteer of the Year Award.

May 2025 Graduate Degree Candidates

The list of graduate degree candidates was compiled from information received from the Graduate School as of February 2024, and should not be regarded as conclusive evidence of graduation.

Doctor of Philosophy

Nader Omar Alghoul, "Meaningful Legislative Conflict: The Role of Party Competition." Department of Political Science. Major Professor: Scot Schraufnagel, Ph.D.

Gobind Basnet, "X-Ray Standing-Wave Fluorescence Study of the Interaction of an Anti-Microbial Peptide with a Supported Phospholipid Bilayer." Department of Physics. Major Professor: Laurence Lurio, Ph.D.

Adam John Bauer, "Above and Belowground Biomass of a Multidecadal Restored Tallgrass Prairie Chronosequence and Its Influence on Soil Carbon Dynamics." Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment. Major Professor: Wei Luo, Ph.D.

Mark Lee Broderius, "Green's Functions and Fixed Points of Quadratic Quasiregular Maps." Department of Mathematical Sciences. Major Professor: Alastair Fletcher, Ph.D.

Brooke Ann Butcher, "Exploring School Psychologists' SLD Decisions for Emergent Bilingual Students." Department of Psychology. Major Professor: Kara Styck, Ph.D.

Sultaan Edward Byrd, "Cut It Out and Cut Us In: The Radicalization of Chicago's Black Activists and the Evolution of the City's African-American Youth Activism." Department of History. Major Professor: Stanley Arnold, Ph.D.

Jill Caradec, "Romantic Relationship Quality, Coparenting, and Parenting:  An Actor Partner Interdependence Mediation Model." Department of Psychology. Major Professor: Laura Pittman, Ph.D.

Pei Yuan Cheng, "Supporting Effective Instruction: A Multifaceted Approach to Teacher Development and Curriculum Design Across Contexts." Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment. Major Professor: Wei-Chen Hung, Ph.D.

Alex Hinnov Craver, "The Roots of Empire and Industry: The Transnational History of the Soviet Rubber Industry." Department of History. Major Professor: Andy Bruno, Ph.D.

Cody Gibson, "Hurts So Good: An Exploration of Benign Masochism and Other Motivations Towards Discomfort." Department of Psychology. Major Professor: Brad Sagarin, Ph.D.

Darita Rose Grays, "Race into the Future: Counselor Educators' Experiences Training with an Antiracist Pedagogy." Department of Counseling and Higher Education. Major Professor: Dana Isawi, Ph.D.

M. Panchalie Bhagya Gunathunga, "Gustatory Behaviors of House Flies: Body Parts Used and Response to Bitter." Department of Biological Sciences. Major Professor: Bethia King, Ph.D.

Sarah Hill, "Investigating the Impact of a Brief Self-Compassion Intervention on Shame and Psychopathology for Women with Histories of Childhood Emotional Abuse." Department of Psychology. Major Professor: Holly Orcutt, Ph.D.

Kristen Karen Jacobson, "International Students' Information-Seeking Experiences with a Library Discovery Tool." Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment. Major Professor: Pi-Sui Hsu, Ph.D.

Audra Paige Jensen, "The Role of Metaperceptions in Mindset Formation from Perfomance Feedback." Department of Psychology. Major Professor: Amanda Durik, Ph.D.

Priyanka Jha, "Path Analysis of Person, Socio-Cognitive, and Environmental Factors of International Counseling Students’ Research Development." Department of Counseling and Higher Education. Major Professor: Peitao Zhu, Ph.D.

Jennifer Lynn Justice, "Gaming the System: A Study of the Effect of Simulation Gaming on the Performance of First-Year Writing College Students." Department of English. Major Professor: Bradley Peters, Ph.D.

Kassandra Mae Kavanaugh, "Beyond Borders: Exploring Counselors' Perceptions of Multicultural Counseling Competencies Following Cultural Immersion." Department of Counseling and Higher Education. Major Professor: Suzanne Degges-White, Ph.D.

Lindsey Renee Kojich, "Uncertainty Tolerance in DPT Education: A Comparative Analysis Across Levels of Learners." College of Health and Human Sciences. Major Professor: Bevery Henry, Ph.D.

Riley Laffoon, "Mindful Parenting and Child Outcomes: Examining Potential Mediators." Department of Psychology. Major Professor: Julia Ogg, Ph.D.

Nikki L. LaGrone, “The Relationships Between Learner Socio-Demographic Factors, Self-Efficacy, Culture, and Student Engagement in the Online Learning Environment.” Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment. Major Professor: Rebecca Hunt, Ph.D.

Alexander Joseph Lundberg, "Moral Bonds, Modern Subjects: Peculio, Property Rights, and the Abolition of Slavery in Rio de Janeiro, 1822-1888." Department of History. Major Professor: Anne Hanley, Ph.D.

Xingyi Lyu, "Understanding the Solvation Structure of Electrolytes Using Advanced Synchrotron Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering." Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Major Professors: Elizabeth Gaillard, Ph.D., and Tao Li, Ph.D.

Joshua Collin Mathews, "Geology, Paleoecology, and Vertebrate Biostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation, Carter County, Montana, USA." Department of Biological Sciences. Major Professors: Virginia Naples, Ph.D., and Mark Goodwin, PhD.

Bradley Joseph McKinney, "Creating Counternarratives to Heteronormativity in Art Education: Portraits of the Lives of Five Gay Art Teachers." School of Art and Design. Major Professors: Kryssi Staikidis, Ed.D., and Richard Siegesmund, Ph.D.

Brendan Jakob Miller, "Theoretical and Applied Considerations in Dynamical Sampling." Department of Mathematical Sciences. Major Professor: Ilya Krishtal, Ph.D.

Tan Phu Pham, "Assessment of the Psychometric Performance and Implementation of a Newly Developed Patient Activation Measure Using a U.S. Nationally Represented Sample." College of Health and Human Sciences. Major Professor: Melani Duffrin, Ph.D.

Yoonsun Pyun, "Examining the Association Between Parental Academic Socialization, Social Support, Academic Enablers, and Academic Outcomes in Early Adolescence." Department of Psychology. Major Professor: Christine Malecki, Ph.D.

Robyn Lynne Redline, "Mental Health and Belongingness in Doctor of Physical Therapy Students: A Mixed Methods Study Centering Black Student Voices." College of Health and Human Sciences. Major Professor: Lynn Herrmann, Ph.D.

Margaret Susan Scanlan, "Hidden Wounds and Secret Scars: The Post-World War II Western As a Cinema of Trauma." Department of English. Major Professor: Scott Balcerzak, Ph.D.

Faye Monique Scott, "The Impact of Teaching Students Stress and Trauma Alleviation Techniques for Coping with Distressing Materials in First-Year Composition." Department of English. Major Professor: Elizabeth Kahn, Ph.D.

Dheeban Kumar Srinivasan Sampathi, "Order Acceptance and Detailed Scheduling in a Make-to-Order Job Shop with Discrete and Batch-Processing Machines." Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Major Professor: Purushothaman Damodaran, Ph.D.

Ian Sugrue, "Facial Reduction of Semidefinite Relaxations of Binary Quadratic Problems." Department of Mathematical Sciences. Major Professor: Nathan Krislock, Ph.D.

Marie Swartz, "Knörr Lattices for Elementary Abelian Groups Over Unramified Extensions of Z_p." Department of Mathematical Sciences. Major Professor: Michael Geline, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Eileen Taylor, "Alternative Mechanisms for the Control of House Flies." Department of Biological Sciences. Major Professor: Bethia King, Ph.D.

Duangkamon Winitkun, "Thai Pre-Service and Early Career Teachers’ Professional Identity Formation." Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations. Major Professors: Daryl Dugas, Ph.D., and Kanjana Thepboriruk, Ph.D.

Zhexuan Yang, "Applications of Bayesian Functional Data Analysis." Department of Mathematical Sciences. Major Professor: Duchwan Ryu, Ph.D.

Lu Zhang, "Contributions to Machine Learning Methods for High-Frequency Financial Data Modeling." Department of Mathematical Sciences. Major Professor: Lei Hua, Ph.D.

George Agbenyega Zumanu, "Essays in Applied Econometrics." Department of Economics. Major Professors: Meg Cheng, Ph.D., and Jeremy Groves, Ph.D.


Doctor of Education

Monique Rochelle Bernoudy, "The Winning Combination: A Study of the Experience of Black Women Head Women Basketball Coaches on the Division I Level." Department of Counseling and Higher Education. Major Professor: LaVerne Gyant, Ed.D.

Nikolas Craig Butenhoff, "Illinois Career and Technical Education Programs: A Review of Secondary Enrollment Trends and the Relationship on Postsecondary Enrollments." Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations. Major Professor: Patrick Roberts, Ph.D.

Stacy Jean Cameron, "Advanced English As a Second Language Writing Students in an Accelerated Cohort: Influence of Peer Support on Motivation." Department of Counseling and Higher Education. Major Professor: Quortne Hutchings, Ph.D.

Janice Lynn Klansky Edwards, "Taking the Leap: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Entanglement of the Vertical Transfer Process and Engineering Identity Development Among Community College Students." Department of Counseling and Higher Education. Major Professor: Carrie Kortegast, Ph.D.

Marc D. Falkoff, "Building Diversity Pathways from Community College to Law School: A Descriptive Case Study." Department of Counseling and Higher Education. Major Professor: Carrie Kortegast, Ph.D.

Laura Renee Garland, "Reimagining Traditional Education Through Humanizing Models of Personalized Learning: Examining Implementation in the Midwest." Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Major Professor: Michael Manderino, Ph.D.

Dana Renee Nichols, "Superintendents’ Perspectives on Effective School Board Governance: An Analysis of Key Characteristics in South Cook County, Illinois." Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations. Major Professor: Patrick Roberts, Ph.D.

Michelle R. Pickett, "Students' Perception of Academic Advising and Its Impact on Their College Persistence." Department of Counseling and Higher Education. Major Professor: LaVerne Gyant, Ed.D.

Rebecca Susan Powers, "A Qualitative Examination of Bilingual Latino Students' Perspectives of Their Educational Journeys in Preparation for Careers in STEM." Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Major Professor: James Cohen, Ph.D.

Lori Rafaj, "Graduate Students in Medical School: Navigating Their Roles As Students and Parents." Department of Counseling and Higher Education. Major Professor: Jacqueline Mac, Ph.D.

Christopher Gray Smith, "I Always Thought That I Could Be Both Gay and Religious, but I Am Not So Sure Anymore": A Conversation of the Lived Experiences of Gay Men at Religious Institutions." Department of Counseling and Higher Education. Major Professor: Carrie Kortegast, Ph.D.

Arezou Kashani Soto, "Another Kind of First Year Experience: A Narrative Inquiry of the Experiences of International Students' Transition in Their First Year." Department of Counseling and Higher Education. Major Professor: Gudrun Nyunt, Ph.D.

Lauren Ashley Teso, "Identity-Conscious Supervision and the Experiences of Black Residence Hall Directors." Department of Counseling and Higher Education. Major Professor: Carrie Kortegast, Ph.D.

Tandalaya White, "Quality Control: How School Districts Define, Recruit, and Retain High Quality Teachers, a Qualitative Case Study." Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations. Major Professor: Kelly Summers, Ph.D.


Doctor of Audiology

Leslie Castillo

Elizabeth Carol Hill

Emily Kopperud

Julia Rose Miesner

Faaria Fatin Quraishi

Clara Ann Raab


Doctor of Nursing Practice

Kasaundra Marie Beverly-Marshall

Erin Grace Calamari


Doctor of Physical Therapy

Taeveion Adams

Kassidy Ashmann

Meghan E Bencko

Aidan Lyght Brown

Alex John Brzostowski

Jasmine Ashley Caro

Abbygayle Elizabeth Dunlap

Caitlin Rose Ekberg

Andrew Clark Fink

Christopher Francisco

Kennedi Glover

Hannah Lynn Goerke

Erik Arturo Gomez

William David Gonigam

Jordan Marie King

Jacqueline Limon Villarruel

Christian Lopez

Lemonia Markella Matarangas

Kierra Renee Metz

Lucas D Milan

Erica Nsoedo

Leea Mae Perry

Patryk Ryczek

Morgan Rae Schaefer

Anna Rose Spampanato

Shelby Lynn Vander Linden

Dominique Allyssa Velazquez

Kylie Shay Vickers

Jacqueline Woods


Master of Arts

Ourja 

Brianna Abba

Masuma Akter

Pale Zuhair Almissouri

Lindsey Marie Anderson

Megan Grace Andrzejewski

Saheli Anil

Michael David Edward Armen

Eric Asiedu

Khaja Azizuddin

Danielle Renae Bally

Adamariz Galilea Bello

Samuel Enrique Bello Ulcue

Liam Patrick Bendezu

Chyna Jordyn Bennett

Brittany Rebecca Blomquist

Paula Andrea Botero

Brenna Rose Bretzinger

Angelika Anne Cabang

Yesenia Camacho

Fu-Shun Chieh

Nathaniel Jay Dalan

Bosompemaa Apea Dankwa

Joy Dertinger

Jozi Eve Dever

Lisa M Dienst-Thomas

Haven Dubeck

Gabriel Adams Edwards

Sarah Danielle Escobar

Emily Kathryn Freeman

Elinor Delphine Gerbracht

Eli Goossens

Allison Graham

Laurie Harris

Lindsey Nichole Hearn

Alexander Francis Hirsch

Md Imamul Hossain

Sean Daniel Hronek

Maxwell J Katsikas

Karamveer Kaur

Bryan Allen Ketter

Marina Linares Klauke

Kimberly Lynn Krueger

Hannah Noel LaMarca

Kaitlyn Larkin

Paige Ann Leathers

Jui-Ying Lin

Damien Alexander Malak

Clinton Stephen Mawusi

Spencer David Mosner

Natalie Nidal Murad

Stephanie Megan Muscott

Azin Naderi Fasarani

Muntasim Afroze Neeha

Lindsay Nelson

Ibtida Nishat

Aubrey Lynne Oates

Jack Henry Olson

Maire O'Malley

Tania Ortega

Alex L. Owens

Sarai Perez

Edwin Perez-Hernandez

Narjes Rajabalipour

Ayleen Ramos

Connors William Ray

Katelynn Ann Rihel

Juliana Grace Roza

Megan Elizabeth Schaefer

Rithik Arvind Shetty

Nicholas Collin Shumaker

Benjamin Daniel Sipiora

Andrew Edward William Slany

Brooke Nicole Smeltzly

Hanna Kaye Sosin

Charles Richard Stapleton

Maria Griselda Stapleton

Diana Loraine Stockwell

Erinn Alexis Stuart

Okusitino Tae

Peter Charles Tappenden

Juliet Makafui Tawiah

Brandon De'Andre Taylor

Jonathan Teller

Hannah Lynne Temes

Vincent Tonato

Siri Ullery

Carla Valerio

Dara M Vancea

McKenna Leigh Vertiz

Danielle Mae Walker

Lee Williams

Bowen Zheng

Emily Kathleen Zukauskas


Master of Science

Fouzan Abdullah

Mohammed H Abidi

Drita Ademi

Nicole Teresa Aguilar

Farid Ahmadpour Esmaeilabadi

Khaja Saffee Ahmed

Sufiyan Ahmed

Yasser Ahmed

Venkata Sivani Allamsetti

Prasanna Lakshmi Allu

Zaya Alqaisi

Miguel Angel Alvarez Jr

Madhu Goutham Reddy Ambati

Nathalia Rebecca Anderson

George Anim-Addo

Antony Alen Iwin Antony John

Varun Manjunath Archakam

Jessica Lysette Arciniega

Elizabeth Nalule Arihoona

Ibrahim Al Azher

Kylie Nicole Babin Howard

Praveen Bagili

Sai Vardhan Bairi

Olumide Olawale Balogun

Bharath Kumar Bandi

Caitlin Elizabeth Barenbaum

Leela Sai Kiran Baru

Aasiyah Barr

Srilakshmi Bathula

Kelly Ann Beck

Megha Bhat

Matthew James Bikun

Sushmitha Birudala

Ravi Teja Boddapati

Zachary Alexander Bohn

Keerthi Kalyan Botu

Alexander John Bowers

Anthony Joseph Brown

Joe Michael Brynteson

Sharen Buddha Harikrishna

Krasimir Venelinov Bulakiev

Cristian Jose Caraballo

Ivan Alejandro Carreon Hernandez

Chakrafani Chadalavada

Manideep Chalasani

Christina Rose Champagne

Bhaveshkumar Chandrasekaran

Jeremy Charles

Ujjaval Dahyabhai Chaudhary

Maya Chavez

Vishnu Vardhan Chiluvuri

Derrick Lance Clanton

Natalie Junell Cortez

Elise Celine Craven

Sai Krishna Damacharla

Sumasree Danda

Sanjay Dangi

Chantyle Davis

Sri Sindhura Devineni

Delilah Diaz

James George DiGilio Jr

Hannah Disilverio

Mert Dogan

Hector Julian Dondiego

Manohar Reddy Donthireddy

Zachary R Dresch

Karissa June Duff

Taylor Marie Dunaway

Caitlyn Louise Elwart

Devin Michael Ephgrave

Nathanael Adrian Erpelo

Christian Paolo Ventura Eslava

Chowdhury Sharif Uddin Fahim

Akshay Ramkishan Faritkhane

Kynli Jo Finley

Amanda Fiore

Kristen Marie Flubacker

Brian Andrew Gabrielsen

Lakshmi Sahitya Gadiparthi

Sireesha Gadipudi

Penney Jo Gainer

Sree Harshitha Reddy Gangasani

Daniel Gay

Alyssa Nicole Gesiorski

Taylor Gladson

Nicole Marie Gomez

Srividya Gone

Nicolas Sebastian Gonzalez

Rohith Reddy Gopu

Margaret Mary Grossmayer

Ram Dheeraj Reddy Gudapu

Srikar Reddy Gundubavi

Triveni Gurram

Manikanta Guthula

Jordan Hansen

David Allen Haynes

Lauren Gail Heidenreich

Kelly Marie Heiman

Kelly Marie Heiman

Citlalli Irais Herrera

Matthew James Herring

Meghan Floreine Hilderbrand

Errin Jessica Lois Hodges

Md Eyasin Hossain

Matthew Jens Howard

Rohith Irvichetty

Elzbieta Emanuela Iwaniuk

Sravya Jada

Anisha Jain

Mouad Jebrouni

Naimisha Kalmanje

Varshitha Kammadanam

Jai Sai Srinivas Kanchanapalli

Sai Kumar Reddy Kandi

Mani Sai Lakshmi Karasani

Neda Kardani Yazd

Samyuktha Kaza

John Patrick Kelly

Soumya Sree Keshireddy

Malinda Victoria Keyes

Mohammed Baqtiyar Ahmed Khan

Kyle M Khoury

Robert Sawyer King

Abhinay Reddy Koluguri

Manisha Konda

Tejaswini Kota

Kalki Charan Kottapalli

Meghana Kotte

Catherine Anne Kowalski

Sravya Koyi

Arthur Kraus

Naga Venkata Raviteja Kunapareddy

Kiran Kumar Kuntamukkala

Brahma Reddy Lakku

Alexis Langellier

Sathwik Krishna Lanke

Rohith Reddy Likki

Janeta Likov

Nithisha Limbagiri

Humaira Zaheer Lnu

Ramakrishna Reddy Loka

Jessica Lopez

Feng Luan

Matthew David Luckey

Timothy Lyons

Venkata Sai Sree Rama Krishna Madabattula

Rahul R Magnadia

Kasi Venkata Krishna Kumar Majji

Vijay Simha Reddy Malladi

Janardhan Rao Mamidi

Laasya Manukonda

Shreni Manyam

Chandrasekhar Reddy Maram

Marianne Lea Marrero

Erick Martinez

Hunter Martinez-Buehrer

Vinay Kumar Mavurapu

Samantha Audrey McEnery

Amanda Christine McMurray

Ashritha Meegada

Caroline Melsa

Naga Sai Praveen Merugumala

Akash Mesa

Aminah Mitchell

Arifuddin - Mohammed

Adnan Mohammed Abdul

Reinaldo Abdias Moraga

Swarna Bindu Muddigari

Srivarsha Mulakala

Deepika Munagacherla

Bhanu Prakash Muppalla

Mallesh Mupparthy

Connor James Murphy

Mohammed Mustafa

Rohith Nadakuditi

Rohit Nagabathula

Pavani Nagineni

Avinash Narlapati

Marco Andres Navarro

Lavanya Neela

Venkata Surya Vineel Nekkanti

Rutvik Nelluri

Rithika Nethi

Jamie Netzley

Uday Kumar Nidadala

William W O'Malley

Akhila Annie Oommen

Cody James Ordlock

Matthew James Outzen

Ibrahim Eniola Oyeyinka

Sagar Sajan Pachilammakkil

Venkata Sai Arun Pagoti

Antonio Enrique Palacios

Gowthami Palagudi

Zhenghao Pan

Pravalika Parimi

Tharun Sai Parimi

Gayathri Parupalli

Tulasi Parvataneni

Darshaben Shirishchandra Patel

Divyaben Mineshkumar Patel

Mark Pearson

Kayla Pendleton

Matthew Christopher Peterson

Hemasri Polavarapu

Vidya Polu

Vinay Pulakanam

Abdul Kalam Pulicharla

Hector Jesus Rabadan

Anna Karen Ramos

Teresa Ann Ridolfi

Christopher Matthew Roeder

Benjamin Christian Roehrig

Paul Rozovics

Lamisa Tanzim Ruhin

Tushar Vishwas Sable

Midhuen Saminathan

Sreelatha Sanam

Alexandra Nicole Sandager

Bhavya Rajnikant Sangoi

Naga Manideep Sankabathula

Lavanya Kumar Satyamsetti

Uriel Amaury Saucedo

Kris Ann Schrader

Ryan Matthew Scott

Natalie Rose Shaffer

Javed Shaik

Mohammed Ali Shajee

Mya Elizabeth Shannon

Samarth Shiramshetty

Anjani Devi Siddi

Akhil Sika

Keerthi Simhadri

Jaahnavi Singu

Sai Ganesh Varma Siruvuri

Andrew Smart

Stephanie Kathrine Smelser

Brianna Chantel Smyles

Abdul Hakeem Oladunni Soberu

Joshua Bruce Soderstrom

Brian Maurice Spears Jr

Patrick Jeffry Struttman

Urska Suligoj

Soka Ladu Suliman

Can Sun

Vasantha Kavya Sundur Panthangi

Varshith Sai Krishna Sunkavalli

Varun Suresh

Humzah Syed

Natalie G Tanamal

Shayne Edgar Taylor

Brayden Teele

Sloan Teeuwen

Breanna Jean Terry

Tejesh Reddy Thippakkagari

Mani Kumar Thottempudi

Maneesh Reddy Thudi

Ho Kim Vi Tran

Alison Noel Tworek

Chloe Lee Udell

Enkhtselmeg Ulziibat

Sai Pavan Kumar Upputuri

Venkata Devipriya Vaka

Devivaraprasad Valgonda

Abhishek Vallabhaneni

Chandra Mouli Gandhi Reddy Vanga

Umesh Vangapally

Sandeep Veerabathini

Naveen Velaga

Murali Krishna Vempalli

Bala Teja Vempati

Surendra Nath Reddy Vennapoosa

Hoa Vo

Emma Jean Vorpagel

Muni Sai Pavani Vungarala

Joseph Wasiqi

Alanna Janice Weems

Tyler Weikert

Modupeoluwa Esther Williams

Alexander Scott Wills

Omobolanle Gloria Wunuken

Harshavardhan Yaddalapuri

Satya Karthik Yanamandra

Vishnuvardhan Reddy Yettapu

Paola Zaggi

Lu Zhang


Master of Accountancy

Darragh Quinn Dolan

Alyssa Marie McHugh

Diana Papuciu


Master of Accounting Science

Adeeba Banu

Ryan James Dorff

Arian Fekolli

Padam Kumar Ghorsai

Dejan Ivan Gigovski

Alexandra Sarahi Gomez

Taryn Anne Grasser

Aliyan Rizwan Hussain

Samantha Madison Kalinka

Jacob Thomas Konieczka

Collin Joseph Kroeger

Kassie Judith Long

Keira Marie McFarland

William Xu Xia Yi Monroe

Vanessa A Olandese

Ivenn D'Angelo Paramo

Gianna Grace Phipps

Jackson Nicholas Piazza

Ellis Adrian Redmond

Jenna Eileen Robinson

Aalap Chetan Shah

Crystal Yan Wong

Kasi Viswanadh Yeachuri


Master of Arts in Teaching

Karl Anliker

Ashley Wynne Brown

Katie Rose Lester

Brionna Leche McKee


Master of Business Administration

Sally Al Najar

Sara Sultan Alasfour

Cassie Rae Alcala

Bella Alfaro

Edgar Altamirano Jr

David Alan Anderson

Judith Bennett

Tomasz Bojarski

Jillisa Allyse Bondurant

Jose Javier Borras

Benjamin Jon Briscoe

Drake Daniel Buss

Evan Buss

Dan Joseph Calabrese Jr

Heidi Leanne Carlson

Aurelia Carulli

Rea Sharon Castro

John Robert Champe

YuHsuan Chen

Matisse June Connors

Amarah Janai Covington

Jon Christian Dickinson

Eric Francis Erato

Kiara Renee Fuller

Maxim Gasumyants

Joseph Jacob Hill

Anastasia Isaeva

Ryan Thomas Jacobs

Patrick Ryan Kilroy

Abby Klein

Jennifer Nicole Manning

Sidney Ann McCrea

Kelly Symone McMath

Kristina McNichol

Tamara Mendoza

Anabel Mendoza-Espino

Ryan David Miller

Quinton Marcel Murphy

Lauren Kristen Nagys

Latisha Marie Newman

Scott Michael Nguyen

Amanda Nowikowski

Valerio Massimo Panicali

Chantelle Naomi Parker

Dishant B Patel

Harshal Bhal Patel

Ethan Michael Piske

Federico Pulozzi Pochini

Aryana Purifoy

Anastasia Rakita

Elizabeth Ramirez

Matthew Randazzo

Octave Rouege

Aedan Javier Rowe

Benyamin Salehi Najafabadi

Matthew Jacob Schooley

Caitlyn Sinclair

Brooke Stonebraker

Jessica Lee Stumpe

James William Tomson

Cole Tucker

Richard Villalobos

Alexander Yashkevich

Jaqueline Zarate Zarate

Harvey Juwei Zhang


Master of Fine Arts

Gina Cioffi

Bernadette Kathryn Curl-Woodruff

Danielle Marie Eychaner

Audrey Mary Geysbeek

Cornelia Mae Hayes

Joshua Cody Hunt

Paul James Lang

Hardy Louihis

Alicia Margerum

Shahrzad Motallebi

Tyler Andrew Page

Julia Isabella Prieto Escobedo

Emma Jo Vitallo


Master of Music

Leif Jahren Albertson

Nicholas Chase Andersen

Joshua Jabari Bedeau

Joseph Paul Beribak

K-Lee Kurlelma Blackwell

Richard Baxter Brown

Andrew David Clark

Marcus Antoine Evans

Jacob Patrick Parra

Robert Ashly Simmons

Robert Ashly Simmons

Miles Franklin Smith


Master of Public Administration

Ayisha Abubakar Attah

Zahra A Antar

Emily Ann Brier

Taylor Lindsey Curry

Bolouboye Micah Eradiri

Lauren Ford

Rolando Ithier

Gabriel Lopez

Dylan Jacob Moffitt

James C. Moran III

Deyanira Nevarez

Haley Elizabeth Petragallo

Dan Pierre

Freddy Segura

Jessica Sexton

Theresa Anne Stack

James Michael Weerda

Kenneth Wolfrum


Master of Public Health

Lucky David Mayaki


Master of Science in Education

Blair L Atherton

De Kol Austin Holland

Jenny Lula Becker

Romeo Valentino Bell

Zacery Devonte Bills

Brigitte Bingham

David Edward Binkley

Ryan James Blackburn

Evadne Nicole Bowlin

Jamie L Bray

Grace Ann Cannell

Ashley Nicole Carlson

Joanne Michelle Carrington

Karla Yoalli Castellanos

Jasmine Nicole Cates

Rubi Chavez

Yulissa Chavez Tena

Sandrine A Chomereau-Lamotte

Patrick Carl Christl

Bari Ellyne Cohn

Courtney Jean Davis

Henry Benjamin Dawson-Amoah

Laurie Marie Dean

Bethany June Denton

Ahmed Issa Elqattawi

Ben Howard Epperson

Bryce Tyrone Evans

Laura Lynanne Fazio

Carlos Climente Fonseca

Jason William Foster

Jazmyne Marie Garcia

Janiece Gehrke

Caio H. Gomes

Gabriel Alfonso Gonzalez

Kianna Nichae' Graves

Carmen Gutierrez

Jesus Guzman

Holly Theresa Marie Hansen

Kayla Marie Heine

Veronica Ana Hemphill

Rachel Anna Honeyman

Teisha Hoppe

Alexus Eyonna Hughes

Gretchen Elizabeth Ivers

Karla Ide Jacobo

Faith Jebet

Natalie Anne Koczwara

Alexander James Kosmopolis

Nicholas Edward Lambert

Michael Ryan Langer

Taylor Marie Larson

Kathleen Anne Mackenzie

Megan Maher

Madelyn Grace Malay

Molly Jane Marks

Madison Suzanne Mathews

Maurice Lavelle McCullum Jr

Edith Mendoza

Christina Min

Joshua Seth Motley

Jessica Murad

Rabi Muslim

Daniela Del Carmen Negrete-Jimenez

Ifechukwu Kindness Nnam

Lauren Parker

Neil Eric Posmer

Carrie Lynn Potts

Stevie Provis

Rocco V Quarto

Emily Christine Raetzke

Nicholas Michael Ragano

Amy R Rash

Melissa Antoinnette Ricci

Matthew Jacob Schumacher

Amy Renee Schweitzer

Elisabeth Hannan Sebburn

Taylor Setterlund

Natalia Angelica Silva

Ginny Marie Simons

Linda Marilena Sloan

Trevon L Smith

Gretchen Elizabeth Sprinkle

Lauryn Rose Stoffregen

Jason Myles Thomas

Michael Patrick Thoms

Margaret Pauline Tierney

Monica Carmen Tomarchio

Grace Marie Townsend

Hannah Tyler

Marisol Andrea Velazquez

Nouy Vilaisy

Tani Ann Vincent

Jane Michelle Weiss

Dakota James Williams

Yixin Xu

Yining Zhang

Jared Anthony Zilic

Jamie Zimmerman

Rose Eileen Zubeck


Performer’s Certificate

Jalen Tyrese Charles

Ethan Cowburn

Rashunda Christine Dorset- Headley

Christopher E Mendez

Gina Marie Stonikas

Chang Xu

Shuai Zhang


Specialist in School Psychology

Kalista Marie Arendt

Allison Anne Benda

Juliana Nadia Nazaire


Commencement Program

This commencement program lists the names of individuals who have applied for graduation on the presumption that all the requirements have been, or will have been, met by the end of the semester. To be listed in this program, individuals were required to apply for graduation by the respective posted dates at the Graduate School or at the Office of Registration and Records. The fact that a candidate’s name is listed in this program does not indicate that they will in fact qualify for graduation.

Photographs

A professional photograph of each graduate will be taken during the ceremony by Grad Images. To ensure that all graduates and their families and friends can view and enjoy the ceremony, we ask that guests be considerate of one another when taking photographs.

Nondisclosure of Directory Information

In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, students who have chosen not to release directory information to public disclosure (which includes, but is not limited to, degrees conferred) will not appear in this program.

Contact Us

Convocation Center
1525 West Lincoln Highway
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-752-6800
commencement@niu.edu