Spring 2024 Graduate Convocation Ceremony Program

GRADUATE

CONVOCATION CEREMONY The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Spring 2024

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

GRADUATE CONVOCATION CEREMONY May 13, 2024 Centennial Hall Livestream: sbs.arizona.edu/live

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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

Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies Beth Plummer

School of Anthropology Eric Plemons

Center for Latin American Studies Marcela Vásquez-León

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

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

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 2024! Best wishes for your continued adventures and efforts to make the world a more prosperous, equitable, and kinder place to live. sbs.arizona.edu/convocation STAY IN TOUCH! sbs.arizona.edu/alumni

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