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SE A L O F T HE CO LU M BI AN COL L EG E In 1819, the Reverend Luther Rice, Obadiah B. Brown, Spencer H. Cone, and Enoch Reynolds (all Baptist ministers) set in motion the reality of a college in the District.

These men raised the needed funds to purchase land in the nation’s capital, petitioned the Congress for a charter, and began organizing a college.

On February 9, 1821, President James Monroe signed the Act of Congress which created the College. By design of the Congress, a special provision was included which required that “persons of every religious denomination shall be capable of being elected Trustees; nor shall any person, either as President, Professor, Tutor or pupil, be refused admittance, or denied any of the privileges, immunities, or advantages thereof, for or on account of his sentiments in matters of religion.”

The original seal was designed by James Peale in 1821, at the time of the founding of the Columbian College. This is the seal that the graduates are wearing today as medals.

The seal features a Biblical lion lying down with a lamb and Greek text in an open book. The Greek translates to “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God.” In 1873, the name Columbian College was changed to Columbian University and the seal was changed slightly to reflect this. The Latin text around the outside was changed from “Columbiani Collegii” to “Universitatis Columbianae Sigillim.” In addition, some text was added to fill up the rest of the open book, since the Greek phrase only took up part of one page. In 1905, after the name changed to the George Washington University, the old seal was replaced by a completely new one.

The original Columbian College seal is currently on display in the Memorabilia Room of Gelman Library.

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L E TTER FROM T HE DEAN Congratulations, Graduates!

This day marks the beginning of a new and exciting journey. As a graduate of the Columbian College of the Arts and Sciences, you now carry with you the skills that our university’s namesake considered essential for responsible citizenship, skills that will help you be informed and effective global citizens. I encourage you to use your studies as a foundation for contributing to your communities and making a difference in whatever field you pursue.

As students of the liberal arts, you were driven by your desire to explore new ideas, to think broadly, be creative, ask questions and tackle new challenges. You took chances, combined your academic rigor and achievement with a spirit of exploration and adventure, and enhanced your intellectual and personal growth through GW’s unique

Paul J. Wahlbeck Interim Dean

connections across the nation’s capital and around the world.

As a member of our academic community, you worked side-by-side with worldrenowned scholars in classrooms, labs and field sites; you benefited from research grants that positioned you to explore exciting innovations; and you took full advantage of our partnerships with the world’s top research and cultural institutions—from the Library of Congress to the National Institutes of Health to the Smithsonian. Because of our location, you’ve also had a front-row seat to history and have experienced some truly special “only at GW” moments. I hope you appreciated your time here as much as we enjoyed working with you.

The relationships you established here will provide a strong network to keep you connected with this institution and the world beyond our campus. Wherever you go, be proud to call yourself a George Washington University graduate. It is a privileged group, one that will reward you both personally and professionally.

Please know that the GW community will always be open to you, wherever and however you choose to keep in touch. I encourage you stay connected through Facebook or Twitter and, whenever the opportunity arises, come back to Foggy Bottom to attend an alumni event, participate in a campus forum or visit a faculty member.

All my best to you as you embark on a future of promise and unlimited possibility!

Paul J. Wahlbeck Interim Dean Columbian College of Arts and Sciences

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2020 CELEBRAT IO N S P E AK E R S Daniel H. Weiss, The Met’s president and chief executive officer, is responsible for the overall leadership of the museum, including establishing its key institutional, capital, and infrastructure priorities. He was appointed to the position in June 2017, after serving two years as the museum’s president.

A scholar of art history and a seasoned leader of complex institutions, Weiss was previously president and professor of art history of Haverford College, and from 2005 to 2013 of Lafayette College. He holds a PhD from Johns Hopkins University in western medieval and Byzantine art and an MBA from Yale. Weiss earned his BA at the George Washington University and an MA in art history from Johns Hopkins, where he joined the art history faculty and in six years rose to full professor and then chair of the department. Three years later, he was made dean of John Hopkins’s Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Daniel H. Weiss, B.A. ’79

The author and editor of five books and numerous articles, Weiss has published and

President and Chief Executive Officer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Crusades, higher education, and American culture. Earlier in his career, Weiss spent

lectured widely on a variety of topics, including medieval and Byzantine art, the four years as a management consultant at Booz, Allen & Hamilton in New York.

A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Weiss is vice chair of the board of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, a member of the Advisory Board of the Yale School of Management, and a trustee of the Library of America, The Posse Foundation, and the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University.

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2020 C EL EBRAT IO N S P E AK E R S Imani M. Cheers is an associate professor of digital storytelling in the School of Media and Public Affairs at the George Washington University. She received a B.F.A from Washington University in St. Louis and an M.A. in African studies and Ph.D. in mass communication and media studies from Howard University.

Dr. Cheers is an award-winning digital storyteller, director, producer and filmmaker.

As a professor of practice, she uses a variety of mediums including video, photography, television and film to document and discuss issues impacting and involving people of the African Diaspora. Her scholarly focus is on the intersection of women/girls, technology, health, conflict, agriculture and the effects of climate change in subSaharan Africa.

Dr. Cheers is also an expert on diversity in Hollywood, specifically the representation

Dr. Imani Cheers Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs

of Black women in television and film. She is the author of The Evolution of Black Women in Television: Mammies, Matriarchs and Mistresses (Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2017). Her work has been supported by the Ford Foundation and the International Reporting Project.

Dr. Cheers is also a regular contributor for international outlets including BBC, CGTN America and CTN Canada, offering insight into American race relations and popular culture. In 2017, she was awarded GW’s Graduate Mentoring Award and in 2019 the Staub Excellence in Teaching Award.

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2020 CELEBRAT IO N S P E AK E R S Zach Hollander, a San Francisco native, transferred to GW as a sophomore. In his year between transferring, he worked as a barista at Philz Coffee and at the St. Anthony’s Foundation, a nonprofit in San Francisco that provides services to people experiencing homelessness and poverty in the city. His passion to address the injustice of homelessness across the United States inspired him to volunteer and subsequently serve as a student leader for EngageDC at Miriam’s Kitchen. In working with California State Senator Scott Wiener and Congressman Ro Khanna, he continued his service and advocacy while also helping craft structural policy solutions.

Since coming to GW, he has consistently combined his academic studies with his dedication to service-based work within communities. As a Presidential Fellow for the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, he examined the historical features of federal low-income housing assistance and how it has fed the country’s

Zachary Hollander, B.A. ’20 2020 Distinguished Scholar

homelessness and eviction crises. His philosophy thesis, rooted in his direct service experiences, explored the dehumanization of people experiencing homelessness and the need for political action to overcome a solvable injustice. Through classes and professors in both the Political Science Department and the Philosophy Department, he has been able to attain higher levels of insight into the complex factors underlying inequality and poverty in the United States and around the world. And lastly, he still loves to laugh, appreciate art, and find joy and goodness in the world: since coming to GW, he has been a member of an improv comedy group on campus.

This fall, Mr. Hollander will continue his examination of housing policy, poverty, and inequality at the University of Oxford where he will study for an MSc in Comparative Social Policy.

He would not be where he is without community. Words cannot adequately capture how grateful he is for all the friends, family, colleagues, professors, and advisors who have challenged, supported, listened to, and encouraged him.

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2020 C EL EBRAT IO N S P E AK E R S Margaret Steiner graduated summa cum laude from Columbian College with a BS in mathematics, concentrating in applied mathematics with minors in biology and bioinformatics.

Throughout her time at GW, Ms. Steiner was an undergraduate research assistant at the GW Computational Biology Institute in the lab of Dr. Keith Crandall, where she studied the genomics and epidemiology of retroviruses using bioinformatics approaches. She has presented her work at several regional and national conferences and has co-authored multiple scientific papers. In 2019, Ms. Steiner was named a Goldwater Scholar in recognition of her research accomplishments.

As a first-year student at GW, Ms. Steiner founded the GW Undergraduate Review, GW’s first and only university-wide, peer-reviewed undergraduate research

Margaret Steiner, B.S. ’19 2020 Distinguished Scholar

publication. She served as editor-in-chief of the publication’s first two volumes and worked with the Office of the Vice President for Research to promote support for undergraduate research on campus. Ms. Steiner additionally held leadership positions in the GW chapters of the Association of Women in Mathematics and Pi Mu Epsilon, the national mathematics honors society. She is an alumna of the Elizabeth J. Somers Women’s Leadership Program and the University Honors Program.

This fall, Ms. Steiner will continue her studies as a doctoral student in Human Genetics at the University of Chicago. She is originally from The Woodlands, Texas.

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DEPA RT MENTA L AWAR D S American Studies Elsie M. Carper Prize for Outstanding Senior Research Essay ...................................... Michael Burton Knapp, Maya Adelstein Anthropology Jane B. Hart Awards for Academic Excellence ................... Madison Wicks (Anthropology), Jennifer Quillen (Archaeology), Noelle Purcell (Biological Anthropology) Chemistry ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award ................................................................................................ Selene M. Ramer ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Award................................................................................ George Logan Bartholomew ACS Division of Physical Chemistry Award......................................................................................................... Leah Garman American Chemical Society Prize – Division of Analytical Chemistry ......................................... George Logan Bartholomew Alpha Chi Sigma Prize – Highest Academic Record in Chemistry Courses.................................... George Logan Bartholomew American Institute of Chemists Prize – Graduating Undergraduate Student ................................ George Logan Bartholomew Byrne Thurtell Burns Memorial Prize ................................................................................................. Miren López-Lascurain Charles and Elma Naesar Scholar................................................................................................................................ Tina Tran Chemical Rubber Company Freshman Chemistry Achievement Prize ........................................................... Samantha Vaccaro Chemical Society of Washington Prize ................................................................................................................... Selene Ramer Madeleine Reines Jacobs Scholar .......................................................... Keira Culley, Justin Hachey, Miren López-Lascurain, Haley Meyers, Selene Ramer, Anna Steiner, Samantha Vaccaro William E. Fitch Prize........................................................................................................................................... Anna Steiner Classical and Semitic Languages & Literatures Yael Moses Prize for Excellence in Hebrew ......................................................................................................... Kyla A. Percival Outstanding Accomplishment in Classical Studies, Classical Association of the Middle West and South ............................ Hunter R. Bruce, Sohia M. Carroll, Daniel Israelsson John Francis Latimer Prize in Classics ................................................................................................................. Ronni S. Farid Staughton Prize .................................................................................................................. Natalie Wright, Marguerite Smith Elton Prize in Greek ................................................................................................................................. Leah Zoe Robertson English and Creative Writing E.K. Cutter Prize .............................................................................................................................................. Ryan C. Carroll Goddard Prize ...................................................................................................................................................Sophie Rickless Vivian Nellis Memorial Prize................................................................................................................................Natalie Prieb Astere E. Claeyssens Prize ....................................................................................................................................Jeremy Pinson Fine Art and Art History Outstanding Senior in Art History.................................................................................................................. Daniel Israelsson Outstanding BA in Fine Art: Ann Elson Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence ...............................................Eoin E. Guidas Outstanding Dual BA in Art History and Fine Arts: Ann Elson Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence ................................................................................. Katherine Anne Rice 8 | GRADUATION CELEBRATION 2020

D E PA RTM ENTA L AWA R D S Outstanding BFA in Fine Art Photography: Steven Szabo Memorial Fund ............................................................................................................................Chloe S. Brover Outstanding BFA in Fine Arts: Ethel Lorraine Bernstein Memorial Fund ........................................Barbara Constance Boylan Outstanding BFA in Fine Art Photography: Ethel Lorraine Bernstein Memorial Fund ......................... Catherine Jane Leonard Outstanding BFA in Photojournalism: Ethel Lorraine Bernstein Memorial Fund .................................................. Isaac E. Jonas Geography Muriel H. Parry Award .................................................................................................................... Zackary Posnik, Jean Joo Robert D. Campbell Prize ...............................................................................................................................Gavin D. Derleth Thomas Foggin Award in Environmental Studies .......................................Phoebe Washburn Bride, Arianne A. Noorestani Geological Sciences George C. Stephens Award.......................................................................................................................... Charlotte Lorthioir History Charles Clinton Swisher Historical Club Prize ...................................................................................................Abigail Merker Gardiner G. Hubbard Memorial Prize............................................................... Elizabeth A. Sheppard, Jack Owen Nassetta Jesse Fant Evans Prize .............................................................................................................................Aubrianna L. Mierow Interior Architecture Undergraduate Studio Award ..............................................................................................................Zoe Isabelle Moskowitz Judaic Studies The Yael Moses Award for Excellence in Hebrew ....................................................................................................Kyla Percival Mathematics Marvin Green Prize ...............................................................................................................................................Elias Alstead Music Barry Manilow Endowed Prize in Music ................................................Sheila Albertson,Eric Boulter, Andrew Hesbacher, Harmon Choral Award .........................................................................................................................Julia Scott, Shi Xinglan Organizational Sciences and Communication Henigan-Stevens Communication Award ..............................................................................................................Kayley Nagle Joseph Zeidner Prize for Undergraduate Excellence in Organizational Sciences.................................................... Arzoie Sharma Philosophy Gauss Prize for Excellence in Philosophy .............. Zachary Martin Hollander, Qiuyang Wang, Ethan Thomas Weatherdon Excellence in Service to the Department of Philosophy ............................................................................................ Jared T. Bulla Physics Francisco Prats Memorial Prize for Outstanding Student in Theoretical Physics .......................................................Elias Alstead Gus W. Weiss Prize for Outstanding Student in Physics ........................................................................................ Jason T. Starita The Berman Prize for Excellence in Experimental Physics .................................................................................. Miya N. Bernal

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DEPA RT MENTA L AWAR D S Political Science Howard C. Sacks Prize....................................................................................................................................... Qiuyang Wang John Andrew Morgan, Jr. Prize....................................................................... John S. Broderick, Zachary Martin Hollander,

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Joshua Evans III Prize........................................................................................ Kathryn Louise Belkin, Shelly N. Friedland Psychology Psi Chi Prize in Psychology .............................................................................................................................. Jacqueline Fezza Religion Harry Yeide Prize for Excellence in the Field of Religious Studies...........................................................................Clara J. Mucci Romance, German & Slavic Languages & Literatures Buka Family Prize for Most Outstanding Student in German................................................................. Christianna M. House Goodard Prize ..................................................................................................................................................Kyra Armstrong Schoenfeld Prize for Excellence in German Studies.........................................Analisa Bittner, Mahalia Smith, Cristol Wagner School of Media & Public Affairs Eaton Foundation Scholarship...............................................................................................Caroline Zonts, Caitlin Hartman Eaton Service Awards .............................................................................................................Almaz Abedje , Johnny Kandell Essary Prize (Writing)....................... Celine Castronuovo (1st), Meredith Roaten (Honorable), Sarah Roach (Honorable) Freedman Family Scholarship ............................................................................................................................Sydney Teabout Graham Scholarship............................................................................................................ Catherine Oriel, Hannah Thacker Gridiron Scholarship ................................................... Catherine Burgan, Jessica Makler, Rebekah Redwine, Molly Kaiser Hoberman Prize......................................................................Taylor Galgano, Matilda Kreider, Allison Lapps, Leah Potter Kwittken Internship Fund Award............................................................................................... Valerie Pena, Ana Little-Sana Larry King Scholarships ............................................................................ Ilena Peng, Elizabeth Stricklin, Mychael Schnell, Sarah Roach, Jared Gans, Jonas Poggi, Lauren Peller Manhiem-Sterling Research Prize ..........................................................................................Monica Iskander, Melody Magly Philip L. Graham Fund Scholarship for Diversity.................................................................Catherine Oriel, Hannah Thacke Dorothy and Will Roberts Prize ...................................... Simone Hunter-Hobson, Celine Castronuovo, Colleen Grablick, Samantha Cookinham, Guinevere Thomas (Honorable), Mark McKibbin (Honorable), Almaz Abedje (Honorable) Schneider-Taylor Scholarship ........................................................................................................................................ Abi Cole Sherman Page-Allen Scholarships...................................................................Danni Wu, Valerie PeĂąa, Brittney Ho, Era Atre Alec Rich, Jessica Nix, Catherine Waters

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D E PA RTM ENTA L AWA R D S SMPA-CAN (Career Access Network) Internship Fund Awards Shanhan Internship Prize......................................................................................................Caitlin Hartman, Devon Link

Sociology Hilda Haves Manchester Award ................................................................................................................Joanne Lisa Jackson Honey W. Nashman Outstanding Senior in Human Services & Social Justice Award.......................................... Nili M. Ezekiel Outstanding Senior in Sociology Award................................................................................................Laura Patricia Gonzalez William J. Chambliss Outstanding Senior in Criminal Justice Award............................................... Catherine Claire Williams Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences J.W. Hillis Undergraduate Student Leadership Award .......................................................... Jeanne Franchesca C. de la Cruz, Briana Nicole Pinto, Mikaela Stine The Craig Linebaugh Service Award........................................................................................ Imani Cleamons, Riley Ritchie Theatre & Dance Bradley William Sabelli Design Award............................................................................................................. Kennedy Green Kevin Peter Hall Memorial Theatre and Dance Award....................................................................................... Cole Larravide Maida Withers Impact Award ............................................................................................................................ Claire Siwulec Nancy Diers Johnson Theatre and Dance Award ...........................................................................Berkley Lane, Nisani Lopez The Al Kincaid Theatre and Dance Award ................................................................................................... Marney O’Conner The Elizabeth Burtner Theatre and Dance Award.................................................................................................Sakiya Walker The Herbert M. Price Memorial Theatre and Dance Award ................................................................................Jeremy Pinson The Maida Withers Dance Construction Company Innovation Award......................................................... Monique Martinez The Paul Parady Memorial Theatre and Dance Award....................................................................................... Hannah Sessler Jordann Smith-Kingston

The Todd Andrew Musser Theatre and Dance Award................................................................................................Erin Powell Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Outstanding Contribution by an Undergraduate Major Award......................................................Stephanie Kellys Braddock, Emmah Theresa Evangelista Undergraduate Feminist Scholarship Award .................................................. Emma Anderson, Emmah Theresa Evangelista The “Making a Difference” Undergraduate Award ...................................................................... Emmah Theresa Evangelista, Beatrice M. Mount

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AWARDS A ND P R I Z E S ROBERT W. KENNY PRIZE FOR INNOVATION IN TEACHING OF INTRODUCTORY COURSES The Robert W. Kenny Prize for Innovation in Teaching of Introductory Courses is awarded annually to a faculty member in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences who has shown innovation, creativity, and originality in teaching an introductory course in the Arts and Sciences. The recipient, who is among the most talented of our teachers, teaches an introductory or basic course during the academic year in a novel and innovative way. Professors receiving this award have encouraged their students to think differently, allowing them to take advantage of their academic experience at the George Washington University. The Kenny Prize honors former Dean Robert Kenny and his special dedication to stimulating experiences for GW students and his emphasis on the importance of introductory courses as students undertake their studies in the liberal arts and sciences.

DAVID COSTANZA a is an Associate Professor of Organizational Sciences and of Psychology at the George Washington University and has served as Department Chair and Program Director. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and his masters and doctoral degrees from George Mason University. He is also a Senior Consortium Fellow for the U.S. Army Research Institute. His research, teaching, and consulting are in the areas of organizational processes, generational differences, leadership, and culture as well as statistics and research methods.

His work has been published in journals including the Journal of Business and Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and Work, Aging and Retirement. He has written for Slate on generational differences and has been interviewed by the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, TIME Magazine, VOX, and Yahoo! Finance. In 2009, he was given the Distinguished Alumni Award in I/O Psychology by George Mason University.

ROBIN ALVA MARCUS is a Teaching Instructor in Writing in the University Writing Program at the George Washington

University. She received a M.F.A in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland, College Park, a B.A. in English from Trinity University and is a proud member of the Howard University Alumni Association. Her courses focus on race in America using a number of intersections to activate student interest and research. An active member of the GW community, she has served as panelist, judge, moderator and/or advisor to a number of campus organizations including the Honey Nashmen Center’s Public Service Grant Commission, and The ACE Magazine and has received or was nominated for several awards at GW including the Bender Teaching Award, the Faculty Engagement Award, Professor of the Year by the Black Student Association and the Faculty Excellence Award. A writer first and academic second, her work has appeared in Grace and Gravity, It’s All Love, Black Writers on Love,Family and Relationships, and she has received numerous grants and fellowships among them the Katherine Anne Porter Fiction Contest, two literary fellowships from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the Mary Boyle McCrory Award for Excellence in Writing. .

THE COLUMBIAN PRIZE FOR TEACHING AND MENTORING ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS The Columbian Prize for Teaching and Mentoring Advanced Undergraduate Students is awarded to a regular, fulltime faculty member in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences who demonstrates excellence in the teaching and mentoring of advanced undergraduate students. With this prize, we recognize exceptional achievement in one or more of the following areas of work: teaching an advanced undergraduate course, advising students, directing undergraduate research, designing a capstone experience, or mentoring students who achieve departmental honors and other distinctions.

ELIZABETH VAQUERA received a doctorate in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007. She recently joined the George Washington University as Associate Professor and Director of the Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute. She holds appointments in Sociology and the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. Before joining GW, she spent almost a decade at the University of South Florida, where she was Associate Professor of Sociology. Her research focuses on the physical, emotional, and social wellbeing of vulnerable and diverse groups, particularly Latinos/as, immigrants, and children. Her work has been published in leading peerreviewed academic journals including Social Science Research, Social Science and Medicine, and Child Development. She is also co-author of several books, the most recent of which, Education and Immigration, examines the educational experiences of immigrants and their children living in the U.S. Dr. Vaquera is the recipient of several federal grants by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.

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AWA RDS A ND P RIZ ES THE LUTHER RICE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS Established by the Dean of the Columbian College in 2003, the Luther Rice Undergraduate Research Fellowships are designed to encourage and support research projects initiated by undergraduate students and performed under the mentorship of faculty sponsors. Luther Rice, one of four founders of the original Columbian College, which grew to become the George Washington University, was known for his tenacity of spirit and integrity of intellect. In this spirit, the Luther Rice Undergraduate Research Fellowships are intended to support critical inquiry and intellectual honesty through practical support of student research.

The recipients are: Melissa Baker Sarah M. Beethe Gavin Derleth

Claire J. Houchen Berkley B. Lane Mark McKibbin

Noelle K. Purcell Christopher W. Reid Sarthak Shah

Rowan M. Sherwood Mikaela Stine Lily I. Werilinich

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AND THE OFFICE OF THE PROVOST— GW UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD The Undergraduate Research Award, sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) and the Office of the Provost, seeks to promote discovery and inquiry-based education during the undergraduate experience at GW. The Undergraduate Research Award offers support for undergraduate student-initiated research carried out in collaboration with, and under the guidance of, at least one faculty member. Students who are awarded this research award have undertaken a signiďŹ cant, focused examination of an idea or an area of inquiry, which has resulted in work that could merit presentation or publication in a scholarly venue.

The recipients are: Cyrus Behzadi

Christianna House

Ivana Mowry-Mora

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES AWARD The CCAS Office of Undergraduate Studies has launched its inaugural annual prize to an outstanding graduating undergraduate student. This award recognizes innovation and leadership in community service and/or activism and academic performance.

The 2020 recipients are: Zaniya Lewis

Emmah Evangelista

Honorable Mentions: Stephanie Braddock

Samantha Cookinham

Christianna House

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2020 G RA DUAT ES

AMERICAN STUDIES Maya Adelstein Evelyn Arredondo Ramirez Steven J. Barmakian Olivia Dunn Grace Genevieve Gowanlock* Lena Haime Lauren G. Hutchison

Natalie E. Ioele* Hye Bin Ji Michael Burton Knapp Lily K. Kondrich* Arion N. Laws* Arthur Paster Lowenstein Sydnee Martin

Savannah Teddi O’Sickey* Samuel J. Parven Elizabeth Pigott* Elizabeth Chandler Rickert* Breanna I. Riddick Badia Carson Rose Shehab Ally Acheson Sidley

Elias W. Ross Trupin Austen Harry James Steinberg

Majula Swareh Jacqueline Torrez*

Noelle Kendall Purcell* Jennifer Michelle Quillen

Alana Felicia Stolnitz

Megan Culler Caroline Emily Friedman Cecelia L. Halle Daniel Israelsson* Christian Monty Joynes, Jr.* Elise McKenna Keim*

Cameron D. Lakin Caroline Barrett Lea Shuyu Li Dylan T. Minowa Laurana M. Nyman* Delfin Ogutogullari

Helen Solomon Ethan B. Springer Shania Stephen* Carmen Leah Turner Mira Warmflash* Kyra C. Wilmes* Jeslyn M. Zakes*

ANTHROPOLOGY Samuel B. Dorow Sierra Lynn Humes

ARABIC STUDIES Megan Rose Larson*

ARCHAEOLOGY Sophia M. Carroll* Henry Earl Meredith*

ART HISTORY Willa S. Alexander-Jaffe Helen Margaret Grace Anderson* Laura Bishai Ashley P. Brown Laia Casadesus Sarah Marie Coleman

Sadie Ouzts Elizabeth Pigott* Sarah Katharine Sigety Louise VanDenburgh Zi Ye

ART HISTORY AND FINE ARTS Heesang Robin Cho

Katherine Anne Rice

Katharine S. Sory

ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS Eric Boulter*

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Patrick William Skawski

Jason T. Starita

Alexandra Louise Weikert

2020 GRADUAT ES * DOUBLE MAJOR

† DOUBLE DEGREE

BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Austin K. Behel Giuliana M. Centofanti* Druonna Shelice Collier Natalie Lena D’Souza Caroline Fabricus Ahlgreen* Izabel Farynick

Isabella Charlotte Fix Caroline M. Francescutti* Giannina M. Garcia Alexandria Dehaven Henderson Katya M. Kuzemka Paulette M. Ma*

Terrance Joseph New Maanas A. Nukala Sadana R. Padmanabhan Joshua J. Porter Noelle Kendall Purcell* Alaina H. Schiffman

Rowan Maraetha Sherwood Madison T. Soule Demetra Kate Vernet Christine E. Weber

Ashutosh Goyal Jordan A. Helbing Elissa Jayne Hipolito-magsalin Claire Julianne Houchen Zeeshan D. Irani Maryrose Tony Issa Anand R. Iyer Neha Jog Xaria Alexis Jordan Allison Leigh Kays* Raymond Hasan Kheirbek Sarah Kolberg-Shuler Daphne V. Koubourli Trevor Anthony Lasalvia Owen D. Ligas Derek J. Long Michael Magierski Christina M. Marrano Danielle M. Martin Samantha Jillian Martinez Agnes C. McDonough Juliet Monserate MendozaCastillo Samantha A. Metzger

Rachel Milia Farhana Momtaz Natalia C. Monsalve Paula D. Moszczynski Saleh Bin Naeem Trent W. Nayve Sara Joy-Goltz Ngo Wyatt W. Nice Stephanie Obi Victor I. Okonmah Jaydev A. Patel Elisabeth Grace Pearson Shelby Olivia Pernell Abigail A. Philbrick Mia Angela Prado Oliver Martin Probst Philip Shane Pruitt Raubie Lee Raiford John P. Reall Julia N. Reczek Erica Clare Nordholm Robertson Nicole M. Rogalski Anthony W. Saad

Hadeel H. Saad Leslie Sanchez Jordan B. Schneider Madison Schoonmaker Eric T. Schwender Sarthak Shah Elena S. Shelepak Jarid Hailey Shields Julia Crosby Singer Morgan Danielle Southern Karol Suchowiecki Mary Svonovec* Faiza Tahir Brinda Temburni Theodore O. Umeh, Jr. Hannah Roisin Uray Isabel A. Van Weegen Annie Colleen Wallace Samantha P. Wong Abigail Giovanna Yohannes Angela Yu Yongbao Zhuang Madison Zufall

Haley Alana Meyers Matthew Robert Nutt Erik M. Prakken Elliott Raimo Selene M. Ramer Nicholas Paul Randolph Christopher William Reid

Anna K. Steiner Tina Hong Tran Samantha Beth Vaccaro Ethan Thomas Weatherdon*

BIOLOGY Azhar Abuellhawa* Benjamin Bryce Barger Cyrus A. Behzadi Taylor L. Brewer* Elizabeth V. Cancelliere Gillian K. Chowske William J. Conlon* Olaf Baumeister Warren Holmes Corning Shreeya Dalla Kiersta S. Davis Lydia M. Deaton Olivia Kai Wong Di Cristofaro Daliza Diaz Kathryn Carlyle Donohue Bridget Edwards Phoebe K. Elizaga Adrian Farid Elzarki Biola A. Eniola Tanin Ferdosian Elias Figueroa Mego Caroline M. Francescutti* Evan T. Garry Mark S. Golberg

BIOPHYSICS Morgan G. Joyce

Cameron C. Swanson

CHEMISTRY Kara Brittany Alberg George L. Bartholomew Ujwal Boddeti Hunter R. Bruce* Francisco Alexander Cid Keira E. Culley Christine M. Czintos

Mia N. Dortenzio Alexandra Kathleen Evans Margaret C Furey Ege Ipek Joy Akili Jack Miren Lopez Lascurain Qene Mahlet

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202 0 G RA DUAT E S CHINESE LANGUAGE & LITERATURE Isabella Maria Delpino*

Quentin M. Evans, Jr.

Georgia Frances Gray

CLASSICAL & ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES Sophia M. Carroll*

CLASSICAL STUDIES Hunter R. Bruce* Ronni S. Farid*

Caroline Graves Daniel Israelsson*

Sarah J. Matthews Henry Earl Meredith*

Leah Zoe Robertson

Maxwell T. Davidson* Natasha E. Fern

Miranda R. Milner Ahmed M. Shamma

Laura Desley Zbehlik*

Maya Ettleson Elizabeth Anna Gabriel Rachel A. Gallivan* Ellery Gladstone-Groth Enming Gong Sydney E. Gray Mikayla Mac Grossman Gabrielle Renee Gulian Hanna Rachael Hecht

Marianne P Khattar Helen Kimball* Diana Kussainova Spencer Levee Kayley Rose Nagle Jennifer C. Nwokolo Elizabeth Chandler Rickert* Samuel A. Schaefer Olivia Sieff

Nina Amundsen Singer Erin Sudek Sumner C. Sykes Zeina Ramzi Toubassy Feifan Wang Kira Witt Alexa M. Yates

Alexes LaNae Harris Christianna M. House* Isabelle Amelia Kulick

Anna Marks Natalie Prieb Danielle Solomon*

Kyanna Rose Spaulding Sydney A. Walker

Elianny Altagracia Cabrera Sanchez* Caroline Elizabeth Carlton Linda C. Catalan* Samuel Alexander Chuan Gabriella D. Cooper Casey Alexandra Dennison Alexandra G. Deriso

Olivia Dugan* Sabrina Brier Sykes Facey Michaela Fendrick* Breajahe D. Floyd* Victoria L. Garner* Jedah Greenidge John T. Harvat* Sean Lindsay Hutton

Dasha Kanevsky Javeria Khan Allison Jisu Kim Debbie Kirksey Katherine H. Lese Hannah Lily Losardo Ellen Anne Lynch Sophia Madhavan

COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Azhar Abuelhawa* Melissa A. Baker*

COMMUNICATION Caroline Acello Seeyoon An Sydney Paige Banker Alexis Eleanor Blickman* Karina Castilla Jennifer Cone Chelsea Crane Madison E. Dietrich Nzinga Dixon

CREATIVE WRITING AND ENGLISH Alexi Katrina Fee* Joseph Zachary Garber Kennedy Abbie Green

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Yasmine A. Ashwal* Rebecca M. Baker Alexa Mary Bitterman Jacqueline A. Borrelli Dominique La’shay BrodieWilson Diamond Kharis Burnett

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (continued) Emily Elizabeth Mariano* Brigid A. McClusky Sonali M. Narang*

Sally Pak Samantha N. Runyon* Hailey Stewart*

Baileigh Emmelie Tolar* Charles Tsintolas Catherine Claire Williams

Sydney Zambrotta

Monique T. Martinez* Mary Svonovec*

Sakiya Agnes Walker

Amy Djukanovich Alexandra Dobre Carly C. Domicolo* James M. Douglass* Mackenzie C. Duffner* Sara Sehrish Durrani Mohammed Ashraf Fazeel Jason Feng* Dillon S. Firestein Charlotte Louise Fletcher Giulia Genovese* Xinyi Guo Ryan David Hayes Kevin M. Hitchings* Jeremy P. Hollings* Andrew M. Husson Harsha Jha Wooyoung Jung Alexis Labadie Kaldany Tishya Kakar* Nikita Khurana Sungjun Kim Tae Woo Kim Victoria Marie Kronschnabel Jordan Kuklin* Juan Sebastian Laguna Rodriguez* William Grant Lawley*

Jaimeson T. Lee Robert J. Lee* Alexis Amy Lewandowski Bennett Reuben Levy Xiangwei Liu* Xiaoyin Lou Claire Inge Elisabeth Maki Avennia Heather Maragh Joseph Patrick McHugh Daniel Mensah Eduardo Munoz-Alonso Merigo* Andrea Merino Brianna N. Mirabile* Zeina Mohamed Magdi Mohamed Omar* Shuailin Ou Monica A. Oves Shivangi Pant Clare S. Park Sang Hyun Park Deval D. Patel Mantong Pei* Ken Jonathan Rio Reichmann* Yasmin Gabriela Rivera Merino Charles Andrew Roth* Sean Ruddy* Raeheth Sahni Shooka Saket

Navodhya Samarakoon* Calvin Maurice Stalzer Alexia M. Stefanovich Omar Gregor Stinner Safiye Sule Taspinar Genna Tatu Anha Reddy Telluri Danielle M. Tse Abigail E. Turner Anna C. Tyger* Vaibhav Vijay* Longzhe Wang* Sifan Wang Xujia Wang* Zhaowei Wang Jacob Watts Maura Ann Welt Matthew West† Kimberly A. White* Noah A. Wills Osaze Wilson* Qingyi Wu Chenchen Xu Yadi Xu* Wenjun Yan Martin F. Yerovi* Xiaoshan Zeng Tianyu Zhao*

Spencer L. Becerra William J. Bell George H. Bowles, Jr. Madeleine M Brown* Madeline Burbridge Ryan C. Carroll

Victor Henry Chong Talia L. Clement* Emily Ann Corrado James M. Douglass* Macy J. Evans Marni Hannah Folkman

Colin Fritz Kendall P. Geisel Colleen A. Grablick* Hailey Groover Emily Jeanne Herman

DANCE Berkley Battes Lane* Nisani Lopez*

ECONOMICS Khairi Bin Abdul Khalil Mayan C. Abraham Nava Ahmadi* Jeffrey Robert Armstrong David Kwarteng Asabere Gemma Theresa Atherley* Julia E. Baila Jong Hwan Bang* Mitchell J. Barrow* William D. Barry* Jonathan Alexander Batista Evan A. Bennett Catalina Toa Bennhold-samaan Kareem Luke Braxton Jared T. Bulla Can Buyukbayrak Gwanbae Byun Jae Weon Chang Wei Chen Talia L. Clement* Brendan P. Cody* Isaac G. Cohen Julia Qiu Crooks Jianyu Cui † Yesha Dalal Amanda Mae De Guzman Atakan Destici Taylor J. Dixon

ENGLISH Desirree Jadesola Adegunle Zachary Kenneth Aivazov* John S. Andrade* Maya Arshad Angela Lauren Baker* Brennan Beavers

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202 0 G RA DUAT E S ENGLISH (continued) Ernestine Abigail Amanda Hillware Kelsey Hylton Rachel Irissa Katz Hiba G. Khan Emma Vanneman Kiesling Angela Lentini* Rachel Conrad Love

Isabel S. Lowe Katherine M. Lyons Ragavendra Maripudi* Monique T. Martinez* Rachael Catherine McKee Phebe TenBroeck Miner Zeina Mohammed Margaret Mae Murtha

Anik V. Nalbandian Anh Duc Nguyen Jackson Patrick Norris Jina Park Brianna C. Pereira Dominick M. Reynoso Sophie Rickless Alyson Rae Roper

Alexander N. Sachar Alexandra K. Sengupta Julia Asami Smith Carolyn Olga Spellacy Tabinda Syed* Gwendolyn A. Umbach* Sirui Wang

Patrick Lim Christina Marie Maldonado Lucy Meyer* Arianne A. Noorestani Sarah Pratt Noyes Olivia Norien Ortlieb

Gabriela R. Rossner Nicolette Pham Santos* Amy J. Shearer Lauren P. Uhlig Chuying Xia Xiaoquan Yang

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Caroline Fabricus Ahlgreen* Uma A. Atre Sarah B. Bacharach Taylor L. Brewer* Phoebe Washburn Bride Errianna Brown

Clare Helene Casper Amber Gregory Lucy H. Hummer Jhovae Olivia Ashley Irving* Kendall Julian Berkley Battes Lane*

FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY (CORCORAN) Chloe S. Brover

Catherine Jane Leonard

Ashley Marie Llanes

FINE ART (CORCORAN) Barbara Constance Boylan

Sam Ross Gardner

Erin Rae Graham

Clare M. Hasbrouck

Minjung Kim Phong L. Nguyen Laurana M. Nyman*

Lindsey P. Siff* Nevada Tyler Sanjaya Rose Wilson

Yunqiu Zhang

FINE ARTS Carla Arguello Zachary Nathaniel Frisch Eoin E. Guidas

FRENCH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND CULTURE Kyra Elizabeth Armstrong*

Paulette M. Ma*

Amelia Rzepka

Tabinda Syed*

Otis L. Emslie Andrew Richard Green Matthew Harrison Holtzman* Jhovae Olivia Ashley Irving* Jonathan David Kvilhaug

James C. Letterie Lucy Meyer* Ivana Astrid Mowry-Mora Margaret Perron Jose A. Roman II*

Lindsey Schneider Roman A. Velazquez

GEOGRAPHY Michael E. Beans Lauren Bell Hannah R. Brenner Gavin D. Derleth* Hannah Q. Ellingson

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GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Sarah Marie Beethe

Emma Annemarie Belanger

Katherine I. Boyle

Charlotte T. Lorthioir

GERMAN LANGUAGE & LITERATURE Matthew Harrison Holtzman*

Christianna M. House*

Tianyu Xu*

GRAPHIC DESIGN (CORCORAN) Samantha Taylor Carpenter Maxwell Daniel Finke Mitsuki Rachel Gamble

Madeline R. Goldstein Emiliana Isabel Hedderich Cardenas

Winifred Catherine Palay Emily Nicole Recko Carolyn Louise Shipe

Callan Shea Devery Anna Katherine Dobler Alexander Louis Evers Isabelle M. Fagan* Ronni S. Farid* Julia Anderson Febos Josephine A. Freund Ruth Alan Hartnett Natalie G. Hernandez* Daniel Patrick Herrington* Kevin M. Hitchings* Hannah J. Humphrey Ian Seamus Kavanaugh* Elise McKenna Keim* Lily K. Kondrich* Gina H. Le

Cecilia Lopez Aubrianna L Mierow John P. Miller* Jonathan A Montano Dante A. Moreno* Jack Owen Nassetta* Saara Safa Navab* Richard F. Nelson Kaitlyn A. Nigro Camille Margaret Noel Miles Moreira Palma Daniel J. Paulin* Lily Perkel Benjamin Pavel Pistora* Sean P. Quinn* Douglas A. Ramsey

Mariah M. Rossi Benjamin T. Saxl* Callie Schiffman Henry D. Scriba III* Joshua Sessa Elizabeth A. Sheppard Max Lev Skidelsky Miles J. Stepleton* Samantha L. Stroud* Nathaniel C. Sumimoto* Margaret D. Swenson Danielle R. Tarazi Sicheng Wang Matthew West† Nick A. Yackenchick

Galen Hirsch McDonald* Khadija Mubasher Whitney Maralyn Olsen Savannah Teddi O’Sickey*

Dawn-Marie E. Sullivan

Jamie Brandon Oakley Anna Madelena Savino Sandra Yasser Shanoudi, Jr. Lucia Steele Bridget Elizabeth Turner

Meredith Grace Yarp Abigail Charlie Zola Samira Uddin

HISTORY Helen Margaret Grace Anderson* Robin Arteaga James Bacon Angela Lauren Baker* Timothy Baxter Alison Beachman John S. Broderick* Julia N. Brown Alexandria Jordan Cannon Brett Cameron Cassidy* Clara Chilian* Carley N. Christerson Brendan P. Cody* Alexander C. Cole Giancarlo A. Conte* David A. Deignan

HUMAN SERVICES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Nalany Arana Ryan K. Donovan Nili M. Ezekiel Sara E. Fogarty*

Ryan Matthew Klein Katherine Loos Caroline R. Malone Emma Claire Martens

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE (CORCORAN) Tina Jawdat Khalil Al Alami Maha Hani A. Alamri Lorena Arbulu Aidan Willow Camera Natalia Castilla

Aria Monet Coleman Megan Candice Kaplan Emma Katherine Kraus Camellia Adina Minervini Zoe Isabelle Moskowitz

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JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Spencer Richard Rauner*

Yanfei Wang*

Yang Yang†

JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION Almaz A. Abedje Julia Albert Ariel Anza Rachel B. Armany Lissette Becherano Selam Berhea Elizabeth O. Bolaji Shruti Bramadesam Caroline E. Carpenter Celine E. Castronuovo Paige J. Childs Samantha Jean Cookinham Christina Rose DeBartolomeo

Kelly Nicole Del Percio Andrew V. Demeter Morgan Lynn Denhart Kaitlin Mary Drapkin Matthew O. Enman Jacob Kimberlin Folvag Taylor M. Galgano Lena Rose Geller Guy Ginsberg Colleen A. Grablick* Danielle R. Grace Shayna A. Greene Rida A. Haq

Alexandra R. Hardle Rafael Javier Hernandez Sanchez* Meredith Ann Hessel Kelly M. Hooper Simone Aureon Hunter-Hobson Emily Insana Tian Lu Katherine T. McCarthy Simone B. McKenny Monica Jewel Mercuri Victoria Middleton Bridie Rose O’Connell Mary Anne G. Porto

Leah S. Potter Meredith K Roaten Jacob M. Rosen Aaron Franklin Schwartz Hannah Brielle Kestin Sessler* Marisa L. Sinatra Louis C. Staub Samantha Treiman Lindsay Elizabeth Wigo Erika Zepeda

Andre B. Frank Caroline Elizabeth Hammer Alexander Cooper Hupp* William Grant Lawley* Taylor Nainoa Nathanson Jane Louise Peabody*

Andreja Radevic Matthew Joseph Russo Margaret C. Steiner Longzhe Wang* Yanfei Wang* Yueqi Wang

Ruojin Xu Yadi Xu*

Eric Boulter*

Vasudevan R. Kushalnagar*

Angela Lentini*

Sean W. Connor Charlotte Gaynor Samuel Ian Gritz Gabrielle R. Iarocci Emily Nicole Jesko Ambika Khurana

Yasemin Losee Noah Jeremy Lubin Daniel S. Newman Angelina Marie Ouwerkerk Efim P. Oykhman, Jr. Alexandra K. Parpounas

Mohammad H. Rahman Faisha Salami* James Stockton Trippett Izabella K. Valdez Emma Vollmer

JUDAIC STUDIES Kyla A. Percival

MATHEMATICS Elias Alstead* Gemma Theresa Atherley* Cooper M. Atkins* Brendan M. Breen Dylan E. Clark-boucher* Jianyu Cui†

MUSIC Sheila Albertson

NEUROSCIENCE Abhilasha Vadhiraj Achar Ahmed F. Al-fardan Bibhas Amatya Fatima U. Anwar Dylan Cory Back Catherine Bogolawski

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2020 GRADUAT ES * DOUBLE MAJOR

† DOUBLE DEGREE

ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCES Kathryn R. Adamcik Alisa Alperovich Kristen Janett Bagatelas-Poll* Isobel Cain Brinkworth Aidan Elisabeth Cage Lindsay M. Cayton Olga Chala Caitlin M. Concannon

Simone Y. Cowan Cydney E. Crasa Jacob Edward Frisch Matthew B. Gilson Brandon Griffin Sara Grubac* Emmett James Harkins III Eleni Kedros

Noa Leiter* Arianna Luby Natasha S. Moini Isobel Anne Paoletta Armel Potter Kaeleen A. Price Swetha Ramesh Domenic Josephson Salvo

Juliana Irene Ferre Rivera Rachel A. Gallivan*

Sylvie Studier* Hannah F Sussman*

Andrew Davis Charles Jordan Graham Zachary Martin Hollander*

Kaitlin Isabelle Santiago Claudia W. Teti* Qiuyang Wang*

Felipe Sanz De Acedo Arzoie Sharma Ethan M. Stoler Sarah Beth Taub* Miles Wendel Tipton Fiker Theodros Wondirad Jinho Yoo Junyi Zhang

PEACE STUDIES Maryam N. Alhassani Elizabeth Jane Burkemper

PHILOSOPHY John M. Butcher* Junwei Cao Thomas A. Crean*

Ethan Thomas Weatherdon* Kaiyuan Yin

PHILOSOPHY: PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOCUS Kaitlyn Buffaloe William J. Conlon*

Ragavendra Maripudi* Ethan James Somers

Emily Grace Spencer Anna C. Tyger*

PHOTOJOURNALISM (CORCORAN) Deysy A. Alvarado-Bonilla

Jack Borowiak

Isaac E. Jonas

Zachary Marin

Stephanie Kellys Braddock† Bryce Fallon Halter

Kyucheol Lee Jose Nazario

Jane Louise Peabody*

PHYSICS Elias Alstead* Miya N. Bernal

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2020 G RA DUAT E S POLITICAL COMMUNICATION Samira E. Baird Joseph T. Brecht Colleen A. Calhoun Casey Leigh Danoff Francesco Vincent DeSantis* Robert Mihai Dickson Olivia G. Dupree Gabrielle Gallone Andre M. Gonzales Dylan C. Hoff Jacob Howie

Jade Jasmine Hurley* Monica Sami Iskander* Avery Glynn Jaffe Jonathan D. Kandell Taylor Kane Matilda Katherine Kreider Rebecca Y Kwon Allison Marie Lapps Julia Katherine Lemp Yuval Lev Xun Li

Melody F. Magly Mark McKibbin Alexandra N. Mitchell Jack Owen Nassetta* Max Nelson Andrew Tyler Parco Benjamin Pavel Pistora* Brielle Nicole Powers Brenna Marie Reach Vincent M. Roselli Jacob Ryan Samuels

Mia I. Saponara Elizabeth F. Schiller Sarah Marie Sem Jocelynne Simbana Andrew Wood Smith Lily I. Werlinich Erika K. Winter Caroline Mallory Zonts

John M. Butcher* Carlie Alisa Byrne Morgan J. Caldwell* Justin Thomas Caruso Zachary Paul Centrella Ashley S. Cha Jack Bennett Chaben Clara Chilian* Sung Woo Cho Gavin Ray Coble Camrin Sheil Cohen Eli Cohen Lawson* Davis B. Conger Dennis E. Constanza Giancarlo A. Conte* Marianna Cortes Del Rio Hannah M. Coulter Isabella C. Cova Derrick Covington Thomas A. Crean* Caroline Anna Czarkowska* Isaac L. Davenport Sabrina Davis Isabella Maria Delpino* Marie-Helene De-Messou Ketaki S. Deo Joseph Frederick DePumpo III Bogena Dergalo Gavin D. Derleth* Francesco Vincent DeSantis* Mark Paul Detlor Katelyn Ann Dickensheets Olivia Dugan* Ryan Hennessy Dunn* Gordon Jack Ehrlich

Jenna Ann Eidenier Samuel Louis Englander Udochi Kasarachi Esomonu Roberto Jose Estrada Emmah Theresa Evangelista* Andrew Ulysses Evans Noah Evans Benjamin M Falacci Nicole R. Finkel Adam Emanuel Fleischman Breajahe D. Floyd* Shelley N. Friedland Zachary B. Friend Marni Frishwasser Jonas C. Frumkin Camden Scott Fuller Victoria L. Garner* Emily Estelle Garrett* Matthew C. Girardi Matthew Goldstein Joshua A. Gomez* Billy Don Grant, Jr. Caden A. Grant* Jacob Daniel Greenblatt Kinley H. Guerino Tucker J. Guinn Christine Guinessey Hibah Gul Isabel C. Gustems Lauren N. Hajus Sara Haley Malaika S. Hall Christopher Daniel Harlig Londyn Harry John T. Harvat*

Natalie G. Hernandez* Rafael Javier Hernandez Sanchez* Daniel Patrick Herrington* Cooper D. Hess Caraline Marie Higgins Robert A. Hilly Jason Miles Hoffman Zachary Martin Hollander* Jeremy P. Hollings* Kevin G. Holzendorf II Jenna Lynn Horner Simon F. Horowitz Alexander Cooper Hupp* Yebin Hwang Jacob Saunders Ide Natalie E. Ioele* Monica Sami Iskander* Kimberly M. Jerger Anique Jones Quinn Richard Jones John Rainey Kacher Richa B. Kanani Sara E. Kaplan Benjamin Seth Karlin Ian Seamus Kavanaugh* Allison Leigh Kays* Lauren Rebecca Keats* Minjun Kim Helen Kimball* Grayson Bernard Kinsella Joshua James Koen Ryan Stephen Kosches Thomas A. Kubitschek Jordan Kuklin* Minji Allison Kwon

POLITICAL SCIENCE Sierra Summer Aboulhassani Roy Al Khechen Paula Alcantara Sarah Samir J Aljishi Njeri K. Allen Clarissa Alvarez Jayson T. Alvarez Camila Alvarez Bisbe Jerrod Patrick Ames Itohan Amu John S. Andrade* Lauren I. Arrigo Hugh D. Atkinson John Michael Badman Kristen Janett Bagatelas-Poll* Mitchell J. Barrow* Ian Jennings Baucke Brandon P. Becker Kathryn Louise Belkin Caitlin Hannah Berg Jeremiah Nicolas Bertin Ryan P. Bethke Paul Belinga Michael Emmanuel Biya Maanasa Boini Harrison Boubon Otto Francisco Boudet* Veronia Boulos Noam Silberman Brenner* Tara Maureen Brigham John S. Broderick* Madeleine M. Brown* Zachary Tyler Brumback Kristen Hallie Buckholt Andrew James Burwell

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POLITICAL SCIENCE (continued) Natalie Amanda Lalama Evan M. Laverdure* Arion N. Laws* Virginia Krystin Marie Lazariciu Robert J. Lee* Shawn R. Lemarie, Jr. Eden R. Lenner Rowel Leung* Zaniya Kanai Lewis Haoqi Li Colm F Linskey Brandon Tyler Lloyd Jiana Lombardi Maya B. Loney Camilla M. Macera Lindsey D. MacGregor Robert Madosky Aaron M. Madrid Aksoz Leisha Mahajan Camila Manduley Leon Marisa M. Mantovani Angela Marie Marino Emily Pond Martin Brianna Rose Massey Griffin Fletcher Matsuo Ian B. Maurer* Robert Lucas Maynard Amanda Maze John J. McCann Claire A. McGuinness Katherine A. McVetty* Sayf Eddine Merzouk Elena M. Mieszczanski John P. Miller*

Brianna N. Mirabile* Sidney B. Mirvis Zoe Alexis Montgomery Jason Michael Morganti Beatrice M Mount* Victoria Cristina Murciano Emma J. Myers Saara Safa Navab* Justyn Paige Needel Nicolas Nevins Khin Ngon Jacob C. Noble Quinton D. O’Connor Michaela Ogedegbe Ella Oluwadamilola Ogundare Daniel Chidiebere Ohiri Roman Y. Onyshkevych* Nathaniel James Owens Collin Edward Parker Daniel J. Paulin* Aidan J. Peterson-Cerro Benjamin Philip Baldwin Pitman Chloe Josephine Plefka William Fletcher Prickett Sara Prifti Mabel Prine Sean P. Quinn* Benjamin Brooks Raffel Max Eden Ratner Jarryd Michael Rauch Spencer Richard Rauner* Diego Rebollar Toby Peter Riffle Sidra F. Rizvi

Logan A.Roes Jose A. Roman II* Erica M. Romeo Charles Andrew Roth* Julianne Rudkin Annie Lue Salyers* Ian Sanchez Michael Ellis Sands Nicolette Pham Santos* Shea A. Savage Benjamin T. Saxl* Caroline Sayers Lara Francesca Marie Schembri Sant Julia Scott Henry D. Scriba III* Lucas Michael Selenow Emmanuel Sessegnon Aayush Sharma Aahil Shermohammed Emma Kathryn Shindell Ashley Lauren Silberman Kelly A. Skinner Aaron R. Snyder Danielle Solomon* Lila T. Someshwar Irma Soriano-Diaz Sabrina Souza Steven A. Stanton Graham W. Steinberg Shania Stephen Miles J. Stepleton* Ana S. Stieglitz Andrew P. Stram Samantha L. Stroud*

Sylvie Studier* Nathaniel C. Sumimoto* Sruthi Surendran Hannah F. Sussman* Michael J. Sweeney Sarah Beth Taub* Blain Abebe Tesfaye Claudia W. Teti* Xiaoyu Tian Cameron J. Todd Claire P. Todd Jacqueline Torrez* George Trapaidze Steven J. Tufaro* Victoria Miranda Vazquez Sebastian Vazquez Amaro Qiuyang Wang* Sara Washienko Haoran Wen Julia Alexandra Wetzel Kimberly A. White* Matthew Tyler Wiggins Jelani Williams Kyra C. Wilmes* Osaze Wilson* Madeline Claire Winstel* Cora Wei Wolfinger Thomas J. Worthington Hannah Wright Tianyu Xu* Martin F. Yerovi* Dong Yoon Yoo Jeesu Yune Matthew Zimmer

POLITICAL SCIENCE: PUBLIC POLICY FOCUS Melvin Ray Ellis II Jason Feng* Jordan Lynn Frengut Aleena Salma Khan

Hallie Lauren Koch Zachary P. Laba Andrea Elizabeth Nevins Ken Jonathan Rio Reichmann*

Sean Ruddy* Ethan Robert Shuchart Sauren Phillip Stone Samantha L. Trentham

Vaibhav Vijay* Victoria Jia Yee Wen

Noor Alathari Greg W. Anderberg James Milnor Anderson Charlotte Walker Andren

Yasmine A. Ashwal* Melissa A. Baker* Catherine A. Bartlett David Carroll Berman

Alexis Eleanor Blickman* Bailey Anthony Brand Melanie A. Braun Noam Silberman Brenner*

PSYCHOLOGY Melda Adjei Jillian H. Adler Michelle Afflu Nada Ahmed

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202 0 G RA D UAT ES PSYCHOLOGY (continued) Jackson D. Brockton Tanyon Adonis Brown Elianny Altagracia Cabrera Sanchez* Alexandra Maria Carroll Daniel Timothy Castallian Erica Ariel Castellano Linda C. Catalan* Giuliana M. Centofanti* Xiaocun Chen* Ashley Cheng Abagail D. Chepenik Alexander Dominick Cinicolo Eli Cohen Lawson* Matteo Terrence Connolly Elizabeth Margaret Crosby Sydney Louise Daniello Maxwell T. Davidson* Skyla June Davis Kathryn Rose Della Barba Joseph Dematteo Jared I. Diamond Olivia M. Dias Yixuan Dong Skyler Rose duBell Trevor Mackay Duranti Michaela Fendrick* Jacqueline Ida Fezza Nicole Frost Quinn Akeby Gagos Armando J. Garcia*

Raquel Noa Gerard Matthew Franklin Grossman Golden Ava J. Gondeck Hunter Fillmore Graham Caden A. Grant* Sara Grubac* Ruby Guevara Taylor Siani Hampton Inbar Hazan Nadia J. Itani Yujin Jeong Nicole Joseph Christian Monty Joynes, Jr.* Tishya Kakar* Aarushi Kapoor Ana M. Kato Alexandra Kats Rabila Khan Christopher J. Kim Yoon Jun Kim Dong Seok Kim Grace Elizabeth Krikie Risako Kusu Sujin Kwon Mckinnzey Jonet Larkins Cecilia Ledee Noa Leiter* Jessica M. Linquist Huihan Liu Jennifer Liu

Xiangwei Liu* Nisani Lopez* Zoe Elizabeth Manos Emily Elizabeth Mariano* Alejandro Rafael Martinez Rodriguez Tyler McManus Tiara Pacifica Mead Stephen J. Meyer Marina Meyer Engy Mohamed Moustafa Semida Mohamed Elmandouh Anindita B. Mohanty Samuel Mohebban Marilyn Sophia Morris Fizza Mudaser Hana Avery Murdock Sonali M. Narang* Mariel V. Nelson Zeina Mohamed Magdi Mohamed Omar* Sarah Overcash Hannah J. Park Kathleen A. Parnow† Anna Ruth Peacher-Ryan Anne Elizabeth Pierce Emily Ulin Polansky Jaisree Purkayastha Gabriela Alexandra Quintanilla Isobel L. Riant Arabella Frances Riley

Jasmine Michal Roizman Nicole Marie Rojo Mina Roukbi Samantha N. Runyon* Faisha Salami* Lucas Clark Sasser Stevie J. Schapiro Seraina M. Schottland Sydney R. Schulman Lindsey P. Siff* Rachel Frances Simon Michelle A. Singh Emma Marie Steffen Sabrina Steinberg Hailey Stewart* Xiaoyun Sun Baileigh Emmelie Tolar* Nazeef Vasaya Joyce E. Wang* Xinyue Wang Yue Wang* Mira Warmflash* Shannelle J. Watson Leora R. Weitzman* Audrey F. White Hannah N. Wilson Jin Yang Muhammed L. Yoruk James A. Zack Laura Desley Zbehlik*

Clara J. Mucci

Kaitlin Victoria Potter

Annie Lue Salyers*

RELIGION Lauren Rebecca Keats*

RUSSIAN LANGUAGE & LITERATURE Christian G. Witman

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2 0 2 0 G RADUAT ES * DOUBLE MAJOR

† DOUBLE DEGREE

SOCIOLOGY Alia Hamad Ajlan Mesfer Alamimi Nikki Mohan Bedi Otto Francisco Boudet* Adriana I. Deonarine Sandy Dessources Einav Glazer Joshua A. Gomez* Laura Patricia Gonzalez

Michelle Gung Sydney Alexis Harvey Joanne Lisa Jackson Halle John Claire Kendall Kimberly B. Krane Alexandra M. La Pinta Cheney Sale Lonberg Hayley Rose Margolis

Galen Hirsch McDonald* Zahra Rae Meertins-George Julia Forsell Nabhan Stefanie Antoinette Peart Camilla Preciado Frederic Saadiq Ryle Daphne Honor Sellin Maya Slavkin

Karla Terrazas Taylor Nicole Williams Dennis Williams Madeline Claire Winstel* Kira Wise Jiamiao Yu Shaojia Zhu

SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND CULTURES Caroline Anna Czarkowska* Isabelle M. Fagan*

Sara E. Fogarty* Taylor Lovullo

Alec Nathan Rubman Sarah Alexandria Stupp

Gwendolyn A. Umbach* Huaijin Wang*

SPECIAL INTERDISCIPLINARY MAJOR Jenna M. Campolieto Jason A. Katz

Yuval Levin Zachary Nunziato Lowy

Andrew George Magie Ryan Brannon Steed

SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES Sameerah Abdulaziz M. Bahaiderah Jeanne Franchesca C. de la Cruz Erndie Erase

Kelly Marie Leger Meixian Li Angelique G. Parker Briana Nicole Pinto

Riley Ritchie Soleil A. Slawson Khulda Soomro Mikaela Stine

Layal Fuad Suruji Joyce E. Wang*

Carly C. Domicolo* Robert J. Edwards* Guoji Feng† Armando J. Garcia* Yiwei Gong Patrick Anthony Junghenn Mark Alan Kensinger

Seung Hyun Kim Roman Y. Onyshkevych* Henry M. Royce Eli Simon Andi Song Joshua Marc Sweren Xujia Wang*

Hui Wen Feier Wu* Sicong Xu Yang Yang† Xinchen Yu Jinwen Zhang*

STATISTICS Cooper M. Atkins* Jong Hwan Bang* William D. Barry* Rebecca A. Blacker Zhihan Cai Xiaocun Chen* Dylan E. Clark-Boucher*

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2 0 2 0 G RADUAT ES * DOUBLE MAJOR

† DOUBLE DEGREE

THEATRE Zachary Kenneth Aivazov* Kyra Elizabeth Armstrong*

Brett Cameron Cassidy* Charlotte M. Davidson

Nicholas Javier Larravide Rieschel Annaliesse Nieboer

Hannah Brielle Kestin Sessler* Isabel Simoes deCarvalho

WOMEN’S, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES Stephanie Kellys Braddock† Morgan J. Caldwell* Puja Chakraborty

Emmah Theresa Evangelista* Alexi Katrina Fee* Emily Estelle Garrett*

Natalie Geisel Jade Jasmine Hurley* Rowel Leung*

Beatrice M. Mount* Leora R. Weitzman*

Amani Moses Anna Pelletiere Washington Ross Annia Ward

Savannah Waymer

ASSOCIATE IN ARTS, GENERAL STUDIES Rediet Alemu Rami Chiaviello Lauren Chineme Najla Guinyard

Steven Guo Raina Johnson Maria Leon-Acosta Chinyere Chanecia McLean

The celebration program is meant to be a guide to the ceremony. Although every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy, the program 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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NATIONAL COUNCIL LETTER Dear Graduate: On behalf of the Columbian College National Council for the Arts and Sciences, I offer my congratulations on your significant achievement and welcome you to the George Washington University alumni community.

As an alumnus of this great institution, I can fully appreciate the excitement of this very special moment in your lives. You are now a member of a select group of accomplished individuals, bonded by a college for which you will forever be proudly associated. I encourage you to remain involved in the life of the university and become engaged in activities of interest to you. The opportunities to make a difference are endless—from becoming an active member in the Alumni Association and organizing regional and local alumni events, to mentoring a student, offering services as a career

Benjamin Klubes, Esq., B.A. ’87

advisor or guest lecturer, and providing philanthropic support.

My work as a volunteer in the National Council—which is comprised of alumni, parents, and friends who advise the Dean of the Columbian College—has been an incredibly rewarding experience for me. I hope you find similar avenues of engagement and have a role in advancing GW’s promise and potential.

Finally, we recognize your time here has required a high level of personal dedication and financial commitment. We are grateful for your investment and hopeful that your degree will lay the groundwork for future success in whatever career you choose to pursue.

Again, congratulations! It is both an honor and a pleasure to welcome you as a graduate of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences.

Sincerely,

Benjamin Klubes, Esq., B.A. ‘87 Chair, Columbian College National Council for the Arts and Sciences Partner, Buckley Sandler LLP

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