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L E TTER FROM T HE DEAN Dear Graduate: On behalf of the faculty, students, and staff of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development, I congratulate you on this special event, your 2020 GSEHD graduation. This milestone in your academic career represents many hours of work and dedication, and I commend you for your efforts. As you leave us, I encourage you to pursue your ambitions and dreams with passion. To improve the quality of life in our nation, we must stay focused on high quality education, the nurturing of human talent, and the unflagging commitment to increased opportunity for all our people. We have been a beacon to many other countries committed to high standards of access and performance, and we have much to learn from their efforts and successes, especially as the world becomes more complex and interdependent. I hope you will use your talents, knowledge, and passions to strive for these goals.
Michael J. Feuer Dean, Graduate School of Education and Human Development
We hope you will remain connected; please stay in touch! We want to hear about your accomplishments, we would love for you to visit with us, and we will always turn to you for advice on how to improve our programs. Welcome to the distinguished ranks of alumni of the George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development! Sincerely,
Michael J. Feuer
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ST UDE NT S P EA K ER Erika McMullen
Master’s, Organizational Leadership and Learning Erika McMullen leads Moxie Consulting Group. Her passion is helping people create high performing teams and diverse and inclusive workplaces. She uses her experience in healthcare and human resources to provide innovative solutions and make an impact. Erika is an organizational consultant, workshop facilitator, and speaker. Recently she has worked with Maryland Hospital Association, The Nature Conservancy, and Vanderbilt University.
Erika McMullen Master’s, Organizational Leadership and Learning
Erika is a Society for Human Resource Management Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP). She is completing her master’s degree at the George Washington University in Organizational Leadership and Learning. In addition to graduating cum laude from Florida International University with a bachelor’s degree in Health Services Administration and minor in Marketing, Erika received a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Clinical Research from the University of Cincinnati. You will find Erika and her husband near Richmond, Virginia driving their three kids to dance class and basketball practice.
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COMM EN CEMENT AWA R D S DEAN'S OUTSTANDING ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Dean's Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award is an annual honor bestowed upon a worthy alumnus or alumna who has made considerable contributions to their chosen field as well as their community. Recipient: Gaetano Lotrecchiano DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Chi Sigma Iota Outstanding Master’s Counseling Student Award is presented to a Chi Sigma Iota graduate student who has displayed excellence in academics, the field of counseling, and has shown leadership in both the classroom and experiential settings. Recipient: Samara Gelb Chris Erickson Mental Health Service Advocacy Award was named in honor of Dr. Chris Erickson, a late faculty member who was deeply committed to the provision of quality care to all people with severe mental illness. This recognition is awarded to a graduate of the counseling program who shares her passion for working with these special clients. Recipient: Katherine Bascuas Clemmont E. Vontress Cross-Cultural Award recognizes a graduating counseling student who is best known for dedication to the promotion of cross-cultural understanding, social justice, and racial harmony. Recipient: Ashlee Demastus Donald C. Linkowski Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Rehabilitation Counseling is presented to a rehabilitation counseling graduate who demonstrates a commitment to advancing the field through leadership, consumer advocacy, and promoting consumer welfare through vocational rehabilitation services. Recipient: David Leon Harry Grubb Detwiler Memorial Award recognizes the student who is best known for outstanding achievement, professionalism, and dedication in the field of counseling. Recipient: Cara Hissey DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY Corey Hansen Award recognizes students in secondary education who, consistent with Dr. Hansen’s experience, overcame adversity and changed careers in order to teach. The recipients are recognized as collaborative, student-centered, and creative, with a love of the content to be taught, the act of teaching, and the students to be taught. Recipient: Schuyler Hunt Elementary Education Model Program Award recognizes outstanding development as a graduate student in the field of elementary education. Recipients: Jessica Hurtt, Isabel Scrabis Sylven Seid Beck Elementary Education Prize recognizes an outstanding student who comes from an underrepresented population and is a leader in the field of elementary education. Recipient: Mehtaab Moazzam DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP Doris and Sam Buchalter Museum Education Prize recognizes graduating students who exemplify a love of learning and teaching. Recipient: Emily D. Crowe Dorothy A. Moore Award in International Education recognizes outstanding leadership in the field of international education. Recipient: Nicole Carney
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COM ME NCEMENT AWAR D S Henry Willett Scholarship Award recognizes academic achievement and leadership abilities. To receive this award, students must demonstrate a positive attitude in their leadership goals and maintain a record of academic excellence throughout their program. Recipient: Tamilah White Richardson Jere Trout Award in Educational Technology Leadership recognizes outstanding work in the field of educational technology leadership. Recipient: Hailey Lee Marcella Brenner Museum Education Award recognizes merit in encompassing leadership service to graduating students in the museum education program. Recipients: Mary Elizabeth Mueller, Chantal C. Ochoa Nakyuin Shin International Education Award recognizes outstanding academic and professional contributions to the field of international education. Recipients: Ilham Chelabi, Roric McCorristin Rossetta A. and Sadie B. Feldman Fellow in Museum Education recognizes academic performance and cultural advocacy, in appreciation of Sadie Feldman’s esteem for education and museums. Recipients: Ariel K. Waldman DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING Leonard Nadler Leadership Award recognizes students in the organizational leadership and learning master’s program who have demonstrated academic excellence and leadership, and have also contributed to the collaborative learning process both within and outside the classroom. Recipients: Cody Dunn, Yvonne Faisal, Christopher Frasse, Evelyn Nash DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND DISABILITY STUDIES Bertice Cornish Award in Early Childhood Special Education recognizes outstanding performance in the early childhood special education master’s degree program. Recipient: Louisa Murphy Bilingual Special Education Award recognizes an outstanding student in the field of bilingual special education. Recipient: Anna Krughoff Perry Botwin Award in Special Education recognizes outstanding development as a graduate student in the field of special education. Recipient: Jessica Dawn Shaffer Rita Ives Award recognizes outstanding performance as a professional in the field of emotional and behavioral disabilities. Recipient: Susan Jaffe
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G RA DUAT ES DOCTOR OF EDUCATION CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION Shauna D.A. Knox
Donna C. McConnell
Sarah G. Sayko
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY STUDIES Mark Anthony Blanchard Tanisha Lorenda Bynum Elizabeth C. Dean
Angela R. Florio Matthew O. Frizzell Laura M. Groth
Michael A. Hamlin John Charles Krambuhl Sebrina Anita Lindsay-Law
Matthew Robert Malone Matthew S. Sieloff
Martha J. Kwon
Lauren B. Philips
David A. Jarrett Darnell A. Lee Julie A. Mendosa Rita Danielle Meyerson
Folashade Atinuke Oyofo Tiina K.O. Rodrigue Everett T. Shupe II Timothy G. Stover
Douglas Alan Swanson Luis R. Visot Cynthia J. Way
Brian William Ernest
Adelaide Rose Kelly-Massoud
Allison Neaves Lushao
Heather Lynn Walter
Carrie Lauren Masur Gillispie
Emily T. Lehman
Tracee Kim McSwain
Tara A. Wilson
HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION Nadine Alamy
Richmond L. Hill
HUMAN AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING Corey D. Adams Sylvia K. Boltic Courtney L. Bronson Jing Burgi-Tian
Jennifer L. Wong
SPECIAL EDUCATION
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY COUNSELING Sarah Durant
Ariel P. Lewis
Maria C. Hadjiyane
Hannah Hofheimer Moss
Quinn K. Smelser
EDUCATION SPECIALIST EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION Safeer Bhatti Anne Christina Bianchi William James Carwin, Jr. Jessica Corniffe Meagan Marie Kerr Cutler* Chanel Lynette Diggs*
Zachary Joseph Ferry Eric Joseph Gaspard Stevie Larnell Green Ebonie Latrese Griffin-Burke Kisha April Hale Jessica Danielle Halpern
Candace Marie Johnson Stephanie Jeter Kaminsky Jennifer N. Mack Patricia Marie Moore John Kinyanjui Mungai* Brian Edward Reilly
Julia Silvestri Lacey Courtney Smith Leah Marie Terry Annmarie Thomas Michelle C. Weech Nakisha Yates
HUMAN AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING Lois Cummins Crooks
Ava Kai Epps
*Degrees will be conferred in August 2020 upon those students who complete all degree requirements in the 2020 Summer Sessions. 8 | GRADUATION CELEBRATION 2020
G RA DUAT ES COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT — MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING Leila Adele Barzegar Katherine Marie Bascuas Elizabeth Duggan Bralley Xochitl Castro Jessica Doreen Dekker
Robert Lewis Emery Natalia Pilar Gomez Emma Gotter Elizabeth Anne Haytmanek Katherine Blaine Hurley
Rachel Hannah Klebanov Abigail Lofberg Natanya Levia Marcus Malcolm Charles Nimick Chloe Michelle Pieters
Essam Said Qassem Vanesa Quispe-Arnez Nicholas James Turpening Nancy Y. Zhang
Lisa Christine Handke Amanda Mey Hughes Emily Anne Lanford David Robert Leon Feiyu Lu
Omar Mazhar Shawna L. McCullah Sierra Cassidy Moran Pyeong Kang Seo Alex Perry Spangler*
Maureen Jackson Spaulding Stewart Lewis Stephenson, Jr. Natalia Volkonsky Kaiqi Zhou
Adam M. Fulton Oliver R. Goodridge Sloane Carlin Guber Cara M. Hissey Stephanie Scarlett Lemus-Ortiz Shannon A. Lopynski
Margaret Maxwell Ashleigh Nicole McPherson Paige Elizabeth Morrow Fara Rose Moskowitz Kristin L. Neil Corinne Partelow
Mengyan Ren Lacey Miranda Rollins Juliann Miles Rossi Emily Blake Wasserman
INDIVIDUALIZED MASTER’S Mae Cheung
REHABILITATION COUNSELING Zayda Jobair J. Alhothli Denise Clare Bozek Keri Marie Brown Dan Geng Jane Erin Griffin-Hagle
SCHOOL COUNSELING Carly Anna Authement Louise Prescott Chapman Jennifer Marie Chmiel Aryn K. Davis Ashlee Demastus Jennifer Fernandez
CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY DEPARTMENT — MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION Beth Ann Barth Amanda Lee D‘Angelo* Lauren A. DelGaudio
Chanel Jackson Yaxuan Meng Abigail Hoffman Orshefsky
Jessica Maria Papalia Victoria I. Schmidt Luke David Selover
Yinan Sun Ying Tang Esther Gyanewaa Wiredu
INDIVIDUALIZED MASTER’S Brendan Sullivan
CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY DEPARTMENT — MASTER OF EDUCATION ELEMENTARY EDUCATION Kintora Chapman Elizabeth Ann Cosby Jessica Elizabeth Hurtt
Kristen Emily Korb Katherine Rae Miller Mehtaab Moazzam
Valeria Emmanuelle Ramirez Isabel Terese Scrabis Jiayu Shi
Carrie Willimann Macey Bos Zilberman
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GRA DUATES SECONDARY EDUCATION Hala M. Abdou
Schuyler Hunt*
Natalie Anne Plotkin
Mia Wallace*
Isabella Adrianna Briones*
Christian McMillian*
Lauren Ashley Seibert*
Jiani Wu
Mackenzie Mary Fusco
Martin Kofi Oko Obeng*
Dijia Sun*
Mingming Hao*
Karl Lee Pederson*
Kara Trammell*
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP DEPARTMENT — MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION Ismahaan Yusuf Aden* Katie Johnson Adenrele Stacy Natasha Indra' Blake Davis Jasmine Denise Brown Nicole Catherine Cannavo Gage Stocker Dobbins Jaquial Durham Gayahtu Fahnbulleh
Liana Beth Gerstein Lana Grace Hardy Brett Kawika Imamura Danielle Marie Imhoff Asmaa Mohamed Rabie Nasser Khalifa Roxana Maria Lopez Alexander Matos
Chris H. Miller, II Emily Gilbert Myhre Titus T Peterson Christian Clayton Polizzi Simone Royal Anthony Rene Schipper Ashley Walker Stone Ashley Ann Thode
April Thomas* Tiana Richelle Thomas Jaycee Wesley Turnquist Monique Charisse Wright-Williams Jie Yuan
Kristin Watkins
EDUCATION POLICY STUDIES Morgan Brill
Kafilat Olaide Oladiran
Holli E. Selman *
Eliza Christie Cody Carl Logan Casey McDermott
Megan A. Ortmeyer
Jessica Lauren Snydman
Trevor John Pickitt
Catherine Morgan Van Ness
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP Kalif Mustafa Aljami*
Zachary Elton Heebner
Thomas Bernard Perry, III
David Allan Aponte*
Catherine Anne Johnson
Dorota Katarzyna Preysnar
Noah Bickford*
Mona Youssef Kassem
DinBomani Akinyemi Quomijah*
Andrew Robert Crosby*
Hae Ree Lee*
Randall Kyle Rogers
Drew Thomas Santorello* Amy Catherine Severson* Adrian Silva
Beth Angela Douglas
Lauren Ruth Marold
Julia Paige Drewniak
Jessica Lynn McConnell*
Natalie Gray
Maria Galindo Parra
Sara Thermer Devin Marcel Thomas Lucas Gaetano Torre* Kathryn Joslin Walling Robert Alexander Wilson Shibrie Wilson* Corinne Renae Witschey*
EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION AND JEWISH CULTURAL ARTS Robert E. Bettmann
Jessica S. Herrmann
Allison Nicole Gerstley
Joshua Max Neirman
Rebecca Bella Powell
EXPERIENTIAL JEWISH EDUCATION Nicole Rebecca Baron
Moshe Lencer
Eliana Marks Coplan*
Abigail Emily Kates Beatty*
Christina Lynne Malka
Peta-Ann Silansky*
Dror Stein
HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION Thomas Andre Alves de Lima Meghan Elizabeth Balot Richa Jay Bhatt Tagee O‘Neal Blackman Stella Brooks Buckner* Charles David Drummond*
Jennifer Toluwase Ekoma Johanna Galt* Anna Hertlein Rachel James Kisha M. Manning-Bilal* Kevin Leonard Michael Marbun
Naiyill Morales Nunez Jackson Kenneth Pickard* Maddy S. Quidzinski* Alexandra Marie Santiago Tyaira Catherine Smith Patrick O‘Shea Sullivan
Hannah Marie Wasco Veronica Whittemore Erin Bryant Wilkins Ronit Elana Zemel
*Degrees will be conferred in August 2020 upon those students who complete all degree requirements in the 2020 Summer Sessions. 10 | GRADUATION CELEBRATION 2020
G RA DUAT ES INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION Mushgan Akbar Janna Lila Babad Lyssa Carolyn Bevan Jennifer Sasha Devi Bhiro Lindsay Elizabeth Breunig Carly Budzinski Nicole Kristine Carney Ilham Chelabi David Childress Alexandra Marie Croteau Myra Jeanne Engle
Quanchao Fan Ana Karla Gonzalez Emily Elizabeth Hall Kyle Daniel Hall Cayla Elisabet Hantzsch Nichole Katherine Hutchins Weijie Jiang Lyndsi Brooke Jones Jiayun Lu Avani Mack Nurzhan Malgeldinov*
Kelsey Marie McClure Roric Jason McCorristin Madelyn Elizabeth McLay Kavita Krishna Meegama Alinah Moselantja Mphofe* Margaret Carrington Nelsen Egbert Ospina Renny Monyvette Osuna Elizabeth Randolph
Emily Richards Kimberly Rush* Heather Ellen Schloss Kaitlin Schluter Dagmawit Abayneh Tessema Siyu Wan Ainur Yerezhepekova, II Qin Zhang
Juliette Janice Resendez
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP DEPARTMENT — MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING MUSEUM EDUCATION Shelby A. Amspacher*
Hannah Faith Hirschhorn
Shelby Lynn Nelsen*
Emily Dolores Crowe*
Shantelle Jonee Jones-Williams*
Chantal Christian Ochoa*
Laura M. Dickson*
Anne C. Matlock*
Faith Marie Ordonio*
Eleanor Randrup Hein
Mary Elizabeth Mueller*
Madison P. Scott*
Ariel K. Waldman*
HUMAN AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING DEPARTMENT — MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDIVIDUALIZED MASTER’S Chavon M. Onumah
Ashley Louise Siems
Xian Zhao
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING Kristy Leigh Bell Virginia A. Bennis Alexia Leih Kime Bishop* Laura Boulay* Megan Willey Brown* Elsbeth Carolyn Buckland Yeraldine Cantor Aguirre Tai G. Cochran Christina Marie De Araujo* Michael Cody Dunn Jargalmaa Erdenebat Yvonne M. Faisal Jeffrey Michael Fittipaldi* Sarah Foust Christopher John Frasse Lorenzo Frausto Brooks Gabel Roxanna Marie Garcia Marcus Stefanie Marie Giannini*
Samantha Grom Anees Tyaba Hasnain John Isaac Heuisler Taozhen Huang Timothy Jackson Dale Quentin Johnson Hillary Jones* Kelly Marie Kamp Zoe King Tyler Marie Kinslow Katherine Marie Leavy* Haley Marie Leiter Anna Marie Lewek Christian Earl List Felicia Ann Long Katherine Elizabeth Maldonado Jalana Lashea McCasland Sean Lawrence McEwen Brandon Mcgee
John G. McGonagle Erika Janet McMullen Keith Miccio Amanda Nicole Miller Katherine A. Mistry Briana Rose Murray Evelyn Nash John T. Summerville Peifer Petalgay Cherie Pennycooke Lyle Plueddeman Carter S. Powell Jessica M. Powell Krystal Robinson Anjane Rodgers Rachel Saathoff Alison Jean Schmierer Jason Parker Smith Nicole Donielle Smith Lindsey Ann Sorensen
Christopher Stoner Kimberly Suttle Mark Torres Meghan Reid Turney Carolyn Daks White Rebecca Elise Woolson Nicole Cassisi Yucht Rula Zaru
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GRA DUATES SPECIAL EDUCATION AND DISABILITY STUDIES DEPARTMENT — MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION Sarah Abdullah M. Alahmari
Apoorva Janardhana
Mia Svendson
Jenna Fleischmann
Louisa O‘Brien Murphy
Shuting Zhao
INTERDISCIPLINARY SECONDARY TRANSITION SERVICES Kelly Williams Brown
Veronica Curley
Michelle Alicia Kilkenny
Jessica Dawn Shaffer
SECONDARY SPECIAL EDUCATION Richard Chandler Borden
Angela Hart
Sharon Tzioni*
Lee Patrick Dukes II
Pablo Torres
Adriana Lynnette Willis
SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISABILITIES Emma Bailey
Guadalupe Hernandez
Tiombe Achante Johnson
Erin Rutledge
Eboni Banks
Maura K. Ingraham
Larry Kpadehyea
Ioannis Sarantopoulos
SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE LEARNERS Maria Eugenia Acevedo-Rivera
Carlos Luis Marroquin
Meghan Eleanor Akins
Nicole Christina Miller
Hepah H. Asmar
Emmanuel Morales
Jeremy Biebel
Margaret Kathryn Peale
Jerry Colo
Ayleen Rose Santiago*
Dominique Amorette Copes
Adrianne Marie Sethi
Deanna Gonzalez
Kristin Smoot
Sydni Good
Caitlin Torres
Candace Jade Lai-fang Glory Francis Cera Lopez
*Degrees will be conferred in August 2020 upon those students who complete all degree requirements in the 2020 Summer Sessions. Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this program, it is not an official record of an individual's degree status. The Office of the Registrar of the university maintains the official list of all graduates.
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Congratulations Graduate! Dear Graduate, On behalf of the GW Alumni Association (GWAA) – Congratulations! Today you join a distinct group of more than 26,000 alumni of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD) and over 300,000 George Washington University alumni from around the world. In recognition of your accomplishment, we are honored to welcome you to the GWAA, an invested community that inspires lifelong loyalty through alumni engagement. As a graduate of GW, your membership to the GWAA is automatic. As you know, you are graduating during an unprecedented time in our country and throughout the world that has challenged and disrupted the very means by which we connect with one another. As you begin a new chapter and pursue your post-academic life and career in such times, please know that the Alumni Association exists, perhaps now more than ever, to foster connectivity among the GSHED and GW alumni community. As alumni, you have access to our lifelong learning opportunities (such as our career webinars, course audit program and library resources) and our many in-person and virtual events to meet faculty and connect with classmates. And, as the most important stakeholders of the school and the university, we hope you will continue our mission to connect by sharing your insights, knowledge, and expertise with our current and future GSEHD students though Career Connect and panel discussions. Stay in touch with the Alumni Association through our website at alumni.gwu.edu and through our social media channels. Connect back not only with your faculty and cohort, but with the larger GSEHD and GW network around the globe. Thank you for the work you have done and the work that you will do as leaders in education and human development! All of us at GW are proud of your accomplishment and we look forward to hearing the stories of your continued success. Welcome to the George Washington Alumni Association! Patty Carocci AVP, Alumni Relations & Annual Giving The George Washington University
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