GRADUATE CONVOCATION CEREMONY
The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Spring 2024
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THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES GRADUATE CONVOCATION CEREMONY
May 13, 2024 Centennial Hall
In the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, we study people and their connections with each other and the world. Together, we advance interdisciplinary solutions to societal problems. Our faculty and students are working to understand and find answers to the major issues of our times, including political conflict, poverty, and climate change. Our vision: A Just World, Together.
Students in the College of SBS cultivate skills in critical thinking, problem solving, communication, intercultural competency, and technology – skills to last a lifetime.
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 & PROCESSIONAL
Amy C. Kimme Hea
Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs & Student Success
Anna Ochoa O’Leary
Head, Department of Mexican American Studies
REMARKS
Lori Poloni-Staudinger
Dean, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
GUEST SPEAKER
Daniel E. Martínez
Associate Professor, School of Sociology
Co-director, Binational Migration Institute
COLLEGE AWARDS
Lori Poloni-Staudinger
Dean, College of Social & 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 & Behavioral Sciences
ACADEMIC UNITS
Department of American Indian Studies
Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert
School of Anthropology
Eric Plemons
Department of Communication
Jake Harwood
Department of English
Cristina Ramírez
Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
Stephanie Troutman Robbins
School of Geography, Development and Environment
Stefano Bloch
School of Government and Public Policy
Alex Braithwaite
Department of History
Katherine Morrissey
Human Rights Practice Program
William Paul Simmons
School of Journalism
Monica Chadha
Arizona Center for Judaic Studies
David Graizbord
Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies
Beth Plummer
Center for Latin American Studies
Marcela Vásquez-León
Department of Linguistics
Heidi Harley
Department of Mexican American Studies
Anna Ochoa O’Leary
School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Scott Lucas
Department of Philosophy
Thomas Christiano
Department of Political Economy and Moral Science
Thomas Christiano
School of Sociology
Louise Roth
MASTER’S DEGREES
Spring 2024
ANTHROPOLOGY
Emily Barbara Jonsson
Christopher La Roche
Stephen Uzzle
COMMUNICATION
Emma Flood
Alessandro Gonzalez
Levi Ross
ENGLISH
Sarah Fenter
GEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATIONS
SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
Ethan Chang
Todd Eastman
Nancy E. Gamba Gomez
Ellie Hammond
Tamara Holt
Autumn Horvat
Lena Kemp
Haley Mustafa
Caleb Ortega
Dana Rowland
Rebecca Soto
GEOGRAPHY
Isabel González Mendez
Wendy Luna Garcia
HUMAN LANGUAGE
TECHNOLOGY
Jennifer Medina
Kelynn Nowakowski
Leighanna Pipatanangkura
HUMAN RIGHTS
PRACTICE
Cynthia Chapman
Lisa Chavez
Mitch Conroy
Ashtin Crawford
Cara Creelman Singer
Samantha Darling
Kirsten Goodrow LopezAvila
Theresa Madrid-Rodriguez
Bria Milbery
Donald Rombach
N’Dea Walker
INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY STUDIES
Joshua Calles
Adilene Cordova
Isaiah McKenna
Gabriella Vadney JOURNALISM
Sammy Cibulka
Diana Sanchez
LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
Sara Araújo Paim
Jaycee Ramanousky
LINGUISTICS
Dee Hunter
NATIVE AMERICAN LINGUISICS AND LANGUAGES
Monte Lopez
Andrew McNair
A’An Parra
Zion Smith
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Zayed Alkaabi
Christian Hernandez
Nicole Hopkinson
Priya Jandu
Anita Lum Amaanwi Wanki
Marco Antonio Moreno
Victoria O’Brien
SOCIOLOGY
Ezra Langlois
Anna Marlatt
Sarah Steiner
STUDIES OF GLOBAL MEDIA
Bridgette Jensen
Cassandra Sillik
TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Bernard Cassie
Ernesto Davila Ojeda
Gnakabi Samuel Gnaore
Jesse Scrivner
Desire Tossoukpe
Lucia Velazquez
DOCTORAL DEGREES
Spring 2024
AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES
Sydney Beckmann
Reva Mariah ShieldChief
Rachel Starks
ANTHROPOLOGY
Felix Ampadu
Kelsey Hanson
Luke Kaiser
Kayla Worthey
COMMUNICATION
Taylor Foerster
Hyeonchang Gim
ENGLISH
Jennifer Kennedy
Alyx Nelson-Turner
Mattius Rischard
GENDER & WOMEN’S
STUDIES
Giramata
Sav Schlauderaff
Susana Sepulveda
GEOGRAPHY
Talia Anderson
Julie Edwards
Lauren Fritzsche
Philana Jeremiah
Elisa Sperandio
GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY
Seoungin Choi
Daniel Detzi
Rongbo Jin
HISTORY
Liliana Toledo-Guzmán
LINGUISTICS
Maria Alexeeva Zupon
Mohammed Alshakhori
Ibrahim Asiri
Mosiah Bluecloud
Gabriela De la CruzSánchez
Luis Irizarry
Cheonkam Jeong
Tyree Martin
John Powell
Andrew Zupon
MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
Erika Sylvia Nacim
MIDDLE EASTERN & NORTH AFRICAN STUDIES
Mohamed A. Moustafa
Omar Basendwah
Rose Hattab
RHETORIC, COMPOSITION, AND THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH
Kristen Hoggatt-Abader
Sallie Koenig
Kelli Lycke Donate
Charles McMartin
Grace O’Connor
Jesse Paul Padilla
Joanna Sanchez-Avila
SOCIOLOGY
Amalia Ashley
Jina Lee
Zhuofan Li
Samantha Scovill
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