UA College of Social & Behavioral Sciences | Spring 2023 Graduate Convocation Program

GRADUATE

CONVOCATION RECOGNITION CEREMONY The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Spring 2023

The University of Arizona

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES Graduate Convocation Recognition Ceremony May 15, 2023 Centennial Hall Livestream: sbs.arizona.edu/live In the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, we study people and their interactions with each other and the world.

Our faculty and students are working to understand and find answers to the major issues of our times, including political conflict, privacy, and climate change.

Students in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences receive a broad-based liberal arts education and engage in handson learning. They cultivate skills in critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and technology – skills that help them stay future-proof and shape the world. More than ever, society needs interdisciplinary and global thinkers who can address the world’s challenges. As SBS students make their way beyond university life, they take with them a base of knowledge that we trust will lead to fulfillment, prosperity, and service.

PROGRAM WELCOME AND PROCESSIONAL Amy C. Kimme Hea

Associate Dean, Academic Affairs & Student Success

Anna Ochoa O’Leary

Head, Department of Mexican American Studies

REMARKS Lori Poloni-Staudinger Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

GUEST SPEAKER Alison Futrell

Associate Professor, Department of History

COLLEGE AWARDS Lori Poloni-Staudinger Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

PRESENTATION OF HOODING OF GRADUATES WITH MASTER’S DEGREES Anna Ochoa O’Leary

Head, Department of Mexican American Studies

PRESENTATION OF HOODING OF GRADUATES WITH PH.D. DEGREES Jane Zavisca

Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies

CLOSING REMARKS Lori Poloni-Staudinger Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

SBS ACADEMIC UNITS Ron Trosper Department of American Indian Studies

Beth Alpert Nakhai Arizona Center for Judaic Studies

Diane Austin School of Anthropology

Ute Lotz-Heumann Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies

Chris Segrin Department of Communication Cristina Ramírez Department of English Eithne Luibhéid Department of Gender and Women’s Studies Carl Bauer School of Geography, Development and Environment

Elizabeth Oglesby Center for Latin American Studies Natasha Warner Department of Linguistics Anna Ochoa O’Leary Department of Mexican American Studies Benjamin Fortna School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Maritza Cardenas Global Studies

Thomas Christiano Department of Philosophy

Laura Bakkensen School of Government and Public Policy

Peter Vanderschraaf Department of Political Economy and Moral Science

Katherine Morrissey Department of History

Ron Breiger School of Sociology

William Paul Simmons Human Rights Practice Program Catherine Brooks School of Information Monica Chadha School of Journalism

TEACHING AWARDS SBS GRADUATE TEACHING AWARD Amy Fatzinger Department of American Indian Studies

SBS OUTSTANDING GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE AWARD Andrew V. Charles Department of Linguistics

STUDENT AWARD KATHRYN ANNE GOVERNAL PERSEVERANCE AWARD Paul Ruffner Department of History

MASTER’S DEGREES Spring 2023

Anthropology

Xanti Ceballos Pesina Katherine King

Bilingual Journalism

Vanessa Lucero Ashley Morales Mar Erisnelida Ruiz Barraza Paula Soet

Communication Kawther Albader Mamoru Sakura

Data Science

Sophie Fournier Tingting Thompson

Development Practice Sarah Clark Chris Destiche Elena Ioli Jessica Nwafor Craig Zarnosky

Geographic Information Systems Technology

Matthew Boden Kaitlyn Etienne Cassandra Hall Pamela Keane Lucia Lopez Akila Mathis-Adams Poonam Reddy Ramesh Babu David Shafer Matthew Skyberg Gregory Stanley Ruixue Wang Brandon Whitney

Geography

Jacob O’Rourke Kynzie Watahomigie

Government & Public Policy

Latin American Studies

Tenzin Yangkey

Catherine Correia

History

Zoe Harrison

Human Language Technology Gabriela Benavides Channing Donaldson Rachel Hansen Jackson Mostoller

Human Rights Practice

Mayra Aguilar McKenna Braaton Melanie Cornejo Marisol Flores-Aguirre Ana Laura Mendoza Teresa Montenegro Yolanda Yazzie Sahaletou Yelebo

Information

Nora Baccam Grace Chmielinski Kristine Evangelista Nicholas Tang

Information Science Nora K. Baccam Nicholas James Tang

International Security Studies

Kimberly Guinac Duarte

Journalism

Emma Brocato Shawn Burrage Andrea Morabito

Olivia Conklin Jake Dean Aimee Slagle Jacob Suitts Luis Velasco

Library & Information Science Monica Anchondo Thomas Barker Suzanne Collett Destiny Derevage Kayla Hughes Alisha Maurer-Budy Malonie Nicols Kimberly Oldaker Kristine Rodgers Jordan Romero Kaitlyn Ruelas Karen Salas Harrison Schonbrun Sydney Stoll

Middle Eastern & North African Studies Honey Kang Margaret McGary

Native American Linguistics and Languages Rosalia Badhorse

Philosophy

Daniel Burchett

MASTER’S DEGREES Spring 2023

Public Administration

Abdulmohsen AlShammari Ana Maria Corella Laureana Jones Michael Wei Ming Leong Helen I. Pacheco Alisa Petersen Maxwell Ratsch

Public Policy

Erika Burkhart Sarah Dorsey Michael O’Connell

Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English Sean Chadwick

Studies of Global Media Diana Rae Ivy

Teaching English as a Second Language Dilara Avci Bayu Dharmala Bekti Febriarti Alona Kladieva Iran Maria Razcon Andrey Shamshurin

DOCTORAL DEGREES Spring 2023

American Indian Studies Jacelle Erin RamonSauberan

Anthropology

Gitanjali Gnanadesikan Cait McPherson Jose Raul Ortiz Sydney Pullen Rachel Rosenbaum Ismael Sanchez-Morales Paula Ugalde

Communication Jules Barbati R. Amanda Cooper Alice Fanari Jeannette Maré

English

Nicole Crevar Marc Farrior Yuni Kim Mary Rosenberry

Geography

Julia Davies Annita Lucchesi Andrew Zimmer

Government and Public Policy Xiran Chen

History

Paul Ruffner

Information Jack Clark Zeyu Zhang

Linguistics Megan Harvey Amber Lubera

Mexican American Studies Jacqueline Christine Larriva Dianna Amanda Taylor Barbara Ann Teso

Philosophy Sean Whitton

Rhetoric, Composition & the Teaching of English Thir Budhathoki Tamara Carter Julie Christen Analeigh Horton Kathleen Kryger

Sociology

Eunsung Yoon

The faculty, staff, and Dean’s Office of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences extend our sincere congratulations to graduates in the Class of 2023! Best wishes for your continued adventures and efforts to make the world a more prosperous, equitable, and kinder place to live.

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