Brown School Recognition Ceremony Program 2023

Brown School Recognition Ceremony MAY 13, 2023 Field House, Athletic Complex Washington University Danforth Campus

Events Brown School Recognition Ceremony Field House, Athletic Complex Saturday, May 13 | 5:00 p.m.

Washington University Commencement Francis Olympic Field Monday, May 15 | 9:00 a.m.

All-School Commencement Festival Mudd Field, Tisch Field Monday, May 15 Immediately following the university Commencement

After you grab food, drinks, and snacks from the All-School Commencement Festival, please join faculty, staff, and students in the Clark-Fox Forum to mingle and cool off from the heat.

Order of Procession Processional Faculty Marshal Melissa Jonson-Reid Professor

Interim Co-Deans, Brown School Tonya Edmond | Rodrigo S. Reis

Recognition Ceremony Speaker Jia Lian Yang Director of Storytelling & Communications, Forward Through Ferguson

Student Speaker Kasey Springsteen, MSW ’23

Members of Faculty PhD Candidates MSW Marshal Connie Flachs

MSW Candidates MPH Marshal Tremayne Watterson

MPH Candidates Dual-Degree Marshal Mara McKown

Dual-Degree Candidates MSP Marshal Jin Lyu

MSP Candidates Joint Degrees Candidates 3

Order of Ceremony Academic Procession Announcements Cynthia Williams

Welcome and Message to Students Rodrigo S. Reis

Student Speaker Address Kasey Springsteen

Recognition Ceremony Address Jia Lian Yang

Announcement and Recognition of PhD Candidates Leopoldo J. Cabassa | Patrick J. Fowler

Announcement of Masters Candidates Tammy Orahood

Recognition of MSW Candidates Jennifer Harpring | Ragini Maddipati

Recognition of MPH Candidates Angela Hobson | Ragini Maddipati

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Recognition of MSW/MPH Dual Candidates Jennifer Harpring | Angela Hobson

Recognition of MSW/MSP Dual Candidates Jennifer Harpring | Anna Shabsin

Recognition of MPH/MSP Dual Candidates Angela Hobson | Anna Shabsin

Recognition of MSP Candidates Anna Shabsin | Jennifer Harpring

Recognition of Joint Degrees Candidates Jennifer Harpring | Angela Hobson

Recognition of Student Marshals & Student Speaker Anna Shabsin | Jennifer Harpring | Angela Hobson

Deans' Remarks Tonya Edmond

Recession Cynthia Williams

Recessional Pomp & Circumstance

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PhD Graduates Enoch Azasu DISSERTATION TITLE

“Prevalence, Sociocultural Risks and Protective Factors of Suicidal Behaviors: A Cross Sectional Study of Middle School Students in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.”

Recognized by Dissertation Chair Sean Joe

Flora Cohen DISSERTATION TITLE

"Parent and Child Wellbeing in a Humanitarian Context" Recognized by Dissertation Chair Trish Kohl

Joonmo Kang DISSERTATION TITLE

"The Vulnerability of a Poor Urban Neighborhood to Extreme Weather Disasters and the Role of Ecosocial Work: The Case of Tongja-dong Jjokbang-chon in Seoul, South Korea" Recognized by Dissertation Chair Carolyn Lesorogol

Yuekang Li DISSERTATION TITLE

"Social Capital and Mental Health among Chinese Older Adults" Recognized by Chair Nancy Morrow-Howell

Aytakin Huseynli DISSERTATION TITLE

"Effect of Resource Curse on Child Well-being in Resource-rich Countries, Specifically in Post-Soviet States" Recognized by Dissertation Chair Michael Sherraden

Kyle Pitzer DISSERTATION TITLE

"Effectiveness of Community Development Organizations in the St. Louis, Metropolitan Area" Recognized by Dissertation Chair Michael Sherraden

Yingying Zeng DISSERTATION TITLE

"Examining Immigrant Experiences in Asset Building: Implications for AssetBased Policies" Recognized by Dissertation Chair Michael Sherraden 6

MSW Candidates December 2022 Alyssa Knight

Jennifer Adams

Bixuan Hu

Jessica Frazier

Elecia Worley

Katrina Hungary

May 2023 Sarah Aguilar

Sage Coram

Blakelee Alford

Connor Crawford

Abdul Almutairi

Margaret Crocker

Lauren Atherton

Ellen Currin

Kaileigh Backes

Molly Currington

Eugenie Bang

Claire Dempsey

Fares Bashool

Rachel Devine

Hannah Batista

Claire Difani

Anna Bay

Grace Doherty

Russell Beckham

Rita Donohoe

Carsen Beckwith

Jillian dos Santos

Braylan Benoist

Gabriele Eissner

Franca Bibow

Connie Flachs

Jasmine Brooks

Mira Fradkin

Risa Brown

Josh Goff

Alexandra Bryan

Mohammed Gorgoush

Alyssa Burris

Angeline Grable

Lenna Catrett

Janeka Haden

Lauren Chacon

Regina Han

Diana Chahrour

Grace Harris

Hannah Chudy

Alistair Heitmann

Maria Cognata

Sofia Herrera

Bethany Copeland

Taylor Hurst 7

Lauren Jeevanjee

Eliza Rosenbloom

Indigo Johnson

Delaney Rybarczyk

Brittany Kiefer

Niki Samtani

Shir Klainman

Jorge Sanchez

Casey Kohlstruk

Abby Schilly

Melody Konadu Frempong

Grace Schmidt

Vibol Kong

Marissa Scofield

Hillary Kovacs

Abigail Serafin

Emma Lavetter-Keidan

Tessa Sottile

Ashley Yuan Liu

Oviya Sougoumarane

Livi Logan-Wood

Kasey Springsteen

Ally Longaker

Laura Stephens

Alex Lubbe

Jennifer Stephenson

Phil Lyall

Katelyn Swichtenberg

Ali Margherio

Lew Tait Jr

L Mattson

Melanie Theriault

Sophie Mauk

Marisha Thomas

Alicen Meysing

Em Thorp

Josh Miller

Iulia Tothezan

Sarah Minkoff

Morgan Van Nest

Areli Munoz-Reyes

Kristina Wasserman

Caroline Murphy

Maya Wasserstrom

Lillian Murphy

Molly Webster

Alyssa Nelson

Paige Wegener

Hope Raternik

Katie Wiedeman

Jessica Rodriguez

Felicity Zhang

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Anticipated MSW Candidates August 2023 Solomon Achulo

Emery Lambert

Mehriban Ahmadova

Haleigh Left Hand

Fadya Al Hammam

Kit Lentini

Amal Alzhrani

Qiuye Lu

Caroling Ball

Lillian Maina

Elianna Bernstein

Ako Matsumura

Georgia (Kennidee) Boyer

Gabrielle Napoli

Natalie Burford

Courtney Poulos

Amira Chambers Ottley

Goldie Raznick

Stanford Cooper

Rachel Simons

Jiteng Dai

Mary Stenger

Yizhou Fang

El Suleymanov

Alexandria Fenton

Quentin Thomas

Ziya Gao

Jared Varley

Michelle Giannoulakis

Laura Vasquez

Zoe Goff

Madison Williamson

Kristi Hagen

Kat Seal

Da-yup Kim

J Peter Siriprakornr

MSW/JD Candidates May 2023 Mackenna Bowles

Claire Comey

MSW/MSP Candidates May 2023 Anni Dineen 9

Anticipated MSW/MSP Candidates August 2023 Kathryn Allen

Anni Dineen

MSW/MPH Candidates May 2023 Daiszha Cooley

Julia Parnes

Kaleigh Edwards

Jacob Pearson

Beth Gentsch

Madeline Powers

Mara McKown

Katie Ragsdale

Sam McNelly

Naomi Raznick

Zoe Miller

Ashley Redd

Leah Nason

Anticipated MSW/MPH Candidates August 2023 Daleesa Alfred-Wade

Ray Phillips

Ellie Borgstrom

Courtney Poulos

Becca Nolder

Karter Ransire

Michael Paster

December 2023 Duo Ren

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MPH Candidates May 2023 Ola Adebayo

Bethany Lumsdaine

Grace Anderson

Megan Manhart

Carolina Andrade

Josh McCullough

Clifford Atuiri

Maysara Mitchell

Michelle Bagwell

David Mok

Desirae Bartos

Cecilia Nartey

Quinlan Batcheller

Kimberly Neal

Pamela Chan

Caitlin O'Connell

Grace Cobble

Stephanie Munachiso Ohagi

Grace Cross

Sydney Otis

Ibura DeHaan

Nway Nway Paing

Maddison Geller

Sourav Pal

Maya Godambe

Thomas Penney

Karin Han

Taylor Powell

Ria Hegde

Zhiqing Pu

Andrea Heredia

David Rosene

Angie Hoffman

Rashmi Sahasrabudhe

Aung Myo Htut

Chandler Scott-Smith

Yuying Hu

Courtney Shaw

Tasneem Issa

Nidhi Shinde

Luna Johnstone

Rachel Skaldman

Taylor Kaser

Vicent Ssentumbwe

Gauri Ketkar

Yuan Sui

Eliza Kleban

Isabel Temosihue

Alexandra Knitter

Nissi Undurthi

Camille Kroll

Sydney Vie

Mia LaBrier

Nayana Vuppala

Meiqi Liu

Jingjian Wang

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May 2023 MPH Candidates (continued) Tremayne Watterson

Amen Bekele Zelleke

Katie Wojcik

Wenqing Zha

Yoseph Worku

Tianyi Zhang

Yuyi Yang

Qianzi Zhou

Milkise Yassin

Anticipated MPH Candidates August 2023 Manyi Ayuk

Amy Lin

Baffour Boaten

Chenyan Shi

Krutika Chauhan

Annalee Wilson

Lara Counts

Lillian Tsai

Beesan Daoud

Jawaun Valentine

Ali Lateef

MPH/MBA Candidates May 2023 William Heimberger

Karen Trautman

MPH/MD Candidates May 2023 Sarah Cohen

Alex Shimony

Hannah Lucas

Amal Taylor

Victoria Offei-Dua

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MPH/MSP Candidate May 2023 Cecilia Munoz-Rivera

MSP Candidate May 2023 Jennifer Adams

Anticipated MSP Candidates August 2023 Li Lumeng

Yisu Wang

Yue Fang

Jin Lyu

Yuyao Qi

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Featured Speakers Kasey Springsteen, MSW ’23, Student Speaker

For Kasey Springsteen (she/they), growing up in Iowa – the first state to caucus every four years – made for a unique upbringing. Springsteen grew up talking politics and running into presidential hopefuls at the local coffee shop. Naturally, this experience led Springsteen to be interested in how people are affected by the systems they inhabit and empowering people to change them.

While earning a bachelor’s degree in Strategic Political Communication and English from Drake University in Des Moines, Springsteen worked for The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement. Springsteen volunteered on political campaigns, and was a sexual assault and domestic violence peer advocate for Drake University through Polk County.

Since arriving at the Brown School, Springsteen has worked with undergraduate students as a graduate fellow in the Annika Rodriguez Scholars Program. In that role, Springsteen has found a love for working with young people – empowering them to succeed in their academic and professional careers and challenging them to be well, kind, and compassionate people.

Springsteen completed three practicums – one with the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, one with the Office of Scholar Programs at WashU, and the other with A Red Circle , a Black-owned nonprofit urban farming organization. Outside of their academic pursuits, Springsteen is in leadership at Trader Joe’s and has enjoyed learning more about St. Louis outside of the context of her education. Springsteen appreciates leading people from all backgrounds and learning new things about food and community every day.

Springsteen is an avid music, book, and food lover. Their personal mission centers on empowering people to reflect and share their own stories to build a community that celebrates individuality. They are committed to joy as a practice and rebuilding our capacity to play.

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Jia Lian Yang Director of Storytelling & Communications, Forward Through Ferguson

In a world where stories are essential to shaping our perspectives, Jia Lian Yang (she/they) is amplifying voices working towards Racial Equity and the stories of people most impacted by racism. Yang currently serves as the Director of Storytelling & Communications at Forward Through Ferguson , an anti-racist systems change organization that is charting a path toward racial equity across the St. Louis region.

At Forward Through Ferguson, Yang’s work includes managing data storytelling initiatives such as #Transforming911, which aims to reimagine public safety services, and crafting narratives around grassroots efforts to advance Justice For All. Born and raised in San Jose, California, Yang received a Master of Social Work from the Brown School in 2016. Additionally, they hold a Master of Divinity from Eden Theological Seminary.

Before joining Forward Through Ferguson, Yang served as co-host and lead producer of St. Louis Public Radio’s We Live Here podcast, which explores issues of race and class in the St. Louis region. She also cofounded and co-hosted Who Raised You? Podcast, a show that focused on issues of culture, family, and intersecting identities.

Yang is committed to building real and trusting relationships, which they believe are the first step toward building power for systemic change.

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