SIPA’s Class of 2021

Lee C. Bollinger

President of the University

Ira Katznelson

Interim Provost of the University Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History

Merit E. Janow

Dean, Columbia SIPA Professor of Professional Practice in International Economic Law and International Affairs

Scott Barrett

Vice Dean for Academic Affairs Lenfest Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics

Colleen Toomey Senior Associate Dean

Patrick Bohan

Associate Dean for General and Financial Administration

Beth L. Mauro

Associate Dean for Development

Hazel May

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Rachel Szala

Associate Dean for Communications and External Relations

Cory Way

Associate Dean for Student Affairs

SIPA Faculty

Hishaam Aidi Douglas Almond Elazar Barkan Scott Barrett Norman Bartczak Richard Betts Jagdish Bhagwati Stephen Biddle Sandra Black Jason Bordoff Andrea Bubula Charles Calomiris Guillermo Calvo Thomas Christensen Richard Clarida John H. Coatsworth Steven A. Cohen Doru Cojoc Daniel Corstange Glenn Denning Michael Doyle William B. Eimicke Yasmine Ergas Ester Fuchs Emanuele Gerratana Thomas Groll Geoffrey Heal Alexander Hertel-Fernandez Sarah Holloway Takatoshi Ito Merit E. Janow Robert Jervis Wojciech Kopczuk Paul Lagunes Bentley MacLeod Eugenia McGill Ignacia Mercadal Timothy Mitchell Tamar Mitts Victoria Murillo John C. Mutter Suresh Naidu Michael Nutter José Antonio Ocampo Sharyn O’Halloran Benjamin Orlove Arvind Panagariya Cristian Pop-Eleches Kenneth Prewitt Lucius Riccio Richard Robb Ailsa Röell Jeffrey Sachs Anya Schiffrin Wolfram Schlenker Rumela Sen Stephen Sestanovich Robert Shapiro Yumiko Shimabukuro Jeffrey Shrader Rodrigo Soares Joseph Stiglitz Harold Stolper Jan Svejnar Michael Ting Sara Tjossem Miguel Urquiola Paola Valenti Diane Vaughan Eric Verhoogen Shang-Jin Wei Alan Yang Keren Yarhi-Milo

Senior Research Scholars/Research Scholars

Erin Blanton Matt Bowen Vishakha Desai Erica Downs Jonathan Elkind Julio Friedmann Jason Healey Noah Kaufman Sarah Kovner Melissa Lott Patricia Mosser Richard Nephew Christof Rühl David Sandalow

PhD Graduates

Sandra Aguilar-Gomez Raimundo Atal Sandra Baquié Joséphine Gantois Justin Ho Xueting Wang

MPA Graduates

Joshua Adrian Hengyu Ai Fatema Alhashemi* Aziza Nabila Amani David Anton Nikola Apostolov Aparna Arora Crystal Avila Ali Azhar Reno Bagaskara Wilson Baldwin Livia Arianna Bankler-Jukes Xuechun Bao Maria Fernanda Baqueiro Selena Batchily Sanya Batra Roni Belenki Roee Ben-Zur Michael Beneventano Angelo Bertagnini Cristobal Bisso Daniel Boey** Drashti Brahmbhatt Yuval Bresler Kirill Buskirk* Diane Cagni Eugenia Camacho San Martin Michelle Cao Mirtha Castillo Vera Chen Chang Souvik Chatterjee Bojun Chen Yubing Chen Xiaomeng Cheng Alexandra Chin Juliana Chiva Polvillo Hanna Elizabeth Cody Alvaro Contente Harry Crimi Brittany Cronin Ryan Dahm Chandni Das Sam de Haas Aldo Defilippi Jie Deng Alejandro Diaz Herrera Lu Ding Yaojia Ding Zepeng Ding Claire Douglas Ornella Drory Junbin Duan Harris Engelmann Tomas Esper Jiajie Fang Junyang Fang

Nusrat Farooq Luis Enrique Florez Parodi Jerrica Fox Jorge Frias Vazquez Joseph Fuentes Francisco Galtieri Nuowei Gan Yiting Gao Heather Garcia** Joseph Garcia Vakhtang Gogsadze Joseph Gorman Lauren Gould Christopher Gray Emily Green Zehua Guan Xiaochen Guo Vimuolea Hang Faiza Haq Muhammad Khaidi Harahap Anthony Hascheff Rosarin Hataiseree Xinwei He Jessica Hernandez Hannah Hetzer Nicole Himel Larson Holt Min Hu Renjin Huang Juan Ibanez Hiroaki Ishihara Ji Young Jang Louis Jarvers** Congyi Jiang Lan Jiang Ching Gwan Jim Chennan Jin Xin Jin Rule Johnstone Benjamin Jurney Yerkebulan Kadirov Chisato Kario Yuri Kawase Sarah Kay Shruti Kedia Bijon Keswani Rubina Khan* Shahira Khan Sameeksha Khare Michael Kinzer Kristin Klein Minseok Ko* Samir Kumar Ryo Kuwana Kristy Kwon Victoria Lacasa Lavanya Lal Natan Last Maria Lavin Steven Lazickas Angeline Lee Jennifer Lee Junghoon Lee Seongmin Lee Woo Jin Lee Zawadia Lefang

Erin Leyson Anyi Li Boya Li Wenyue Li** Yuelin Li* Yunjia Li Zeng Li Pamela Lian Qinying Liang Friederike Liebach Sijia Lin Chengqian Liu Linling Liu Ruoyi Liu Ying Liu Zhongling Liu Yushan Lou Anna Low-Beer Vicente Loyola Yuwei Lu Senqi Ma Shikhar Madan Kevin Maguire Niyati Malhotra Deepti Mani Diana McCaffrey Alisa McCall Michael McGill Allynn McInerney James McLaughlin Mariel McLeod Matthew Miller Agustina Mir Julio Cezar Monteiro de Barros Kaoru Nagasawa David Alejandro Navarro Gomez Benson Neethipudi Alejandro Neira Zavala Tianhao Niu Sarah Jane Noujeim Megan O’Neill Shani Ogilvie Hitoshi Ogino Victor Ortega Piero Ortiz Chavez Elise Pak Amanda Papir Hoonhee Park Vidhu Pasricha Silvia Perez Ivan Portocarrero Shreepriya Poudel Daniel Propp Claudio Protano Gaurav Pundir Pranav Ramkumar Diego Recinos Escobar Elizabeth Reichart Ke Ren Eleanor Riesenberg Adam Roberts Edi Saputra Max Scherzer Daniele Schiavello Priyanka Sethy John Severini

Christina Sewell Syeda Zahra Shah Beiwen Shen Qinkai Shen Yiran Shi Hyunah Shim Daria Shitrit Mehulika Sitepu Sam Sloman Jacob Stern Lotte Straathof Kumgyu Sun Wenhao Sun Masataka Suzuki Noboru Takemoto Yusuke Tanaka Yusuke Tanaka Arqam Tariq Roger Tejada Sergio Tellez Noguez** Serena Tohme Miho Tokuhara Alexandra Treat Luis Trevino Monica Trigos Padilla Emma Troxler Kylie Lan Tumiatti Aastha Uprety Kolja Verhage Julia Vieira de Andrade Dias Nayantara Vohra Harry Wang Mengyao Wang Szu-Jui Wang Yunzhen Wang Ziyu Wang Hutama Wardhana Fariha Wasti Ahmad Wattoo Samuel Weaver Michael Williams Fiona Wissell Jonathan Wolf Hon Xing Wong Weiran Wu Yiyao Wu Youyou Wu Yuchen Wu Yunxi Wu Zhenrong Wu Evan Wynn Jinjin Xia Qixin Xiang Shiyu Xie Yajie Xie Yifeng Xiong Jiayu Xu** Mengjia Yang Zi’an Yao Ayu Yokogoshi Yingzi Yu Yizhu Yuan Lifeng Zhang Shiqi Zhang Sijia Zhang Xin Zhang

Yuxuan Zhang Bingjing Zhao Yixi Zhao Yuexin Zhao Zichen Zhao Shengyin Zheng Xinyu Zheng Yunxiao Zheng Zeyuan Zheng Rui Zhu

EMPA Graduates

Rebecca A. Diefenbach Uttara Agarwal Emmanuel Akinbobola Britt Alene Hefelfinger Stephanie Bakkum Shanel Balloo Han Bao Lucylla Baynes Asmeret Bekele Bianca Bellino Michael Bergen William Brian Gowen Colleen Burke Ang Chen Jueni Chen Ashley Ciccarelli Jon Cinman Yulia Davletova Yuhan Ding Zhishu Ding Katherine Elizabeth Maloney Frances Escano Nunez Mohammed Essam Khashaan Eric Felman Schwartz Sergey Gogin Ekaterina Gradovich Jingwen Guan Elliot Hai-Long Lam Keng Han Armando Hechavarria Qiao Huang Sarah Hussain Nasir Iqbal Brian Jablonski Raymond Jimenez Ashika Kalra Laura Kavanagh Haeyoon Kim David Koranyi Bing Bing Lam Greta Larson Yilin Li Paul Lindberg Juntao Liu Yuqing Liu Zimo Liu Maria Losada Jiayi Lu Travis Lubin Jessica Lynn Fields Luis Martinez Patrick Martinez Bilal Mazhar Laura McCreedy

Ryan McGhee Oliver McLean Kevin Michael Gully Alexis Moore Anna Ng Makoto Noda Meredith Palermo Jackeline Paulino Laura Peluso Katarina Piasevoli Tanya Pope Season Qiana Brown-Merritt Clotilde Rossi di Schio Marcela Ruano Lizbeth Santana Hrishikesh Sastry Bryan Scott Bodner Sufian Shahid Qi Shen Tatiana Shpiniova Ni Tang Alice Viollet Brandon Walk Ferri Xin Wang Madeleine Want Bo Yuan Liu Wentao Yue Mark Zambito Du Zhao Yun Zheng Yiqi Zhou

MPA-DP Graduates

Talisa Anderson Binta Anjasni Claudia Baethgen Pablo Busto Caviedes Chin-Lu Chang Guidotti Joseph Conway Bruna Credidio Camara Pankti Dalal Tara Das Naveen Dasari Madeleine Dejean Rachael Eplee Soha Eshraghi Gabriela Eslava Bejarano Jorge Garcia Coyne Sawami Hayashi Katia Joo Yerassyl Kalikhan Aizhan Kamidola Brian Kennedy Sarah Khalbuss Minji Ko Ryan Lasnick Carolina Leiva Ureta Jorge Marquez Gaspar Julio Martinez Katherin Martinez Gomez Shannon McKenna Lucia Mercado Cordova Javier Monterroso Montenegro Juliana Nino Pardo Francisco Pardinas Favela

Sungwoo Park Nami Patel Julien Pigot Laura Pulecio Duarte Sevita Rama Juan Carlos Rojas Sotres Hasmik Sahakyan Hannah Stoddard Avantika Thakur Marjorie Tolsdorf Maria Ventocilla Guerra Khanh Vu Jason West Qingyi Xie

MPA-EPM Graduates

Ivan Baumann Fonay Dulmaa Enkhtuya Eldiiar Kamchybekov Jose Miguel Mestanza Hirakata Cristhian Osorio Grace Pan Sara Ramirez Sooyoung Roh Shashi Saklani Juan Carlos Salinas Morris Daniel Weick

MPA-ESP Graduates

Mahak Agrawal Michael Bannon Emily Becker Anna Beeman Jennifer Bock Sarah Braverman Leanne Burns Rashika Choudhary Karen Correa Danna Creager Allison Day Abigail Edwards Owen Flood Rachel Goodgal Hayley Herzog Yanyun Hu Jessica Kenny Russell Kuhner Ariela Levy Jiayi Lin Gwen Macchione Cecilia Magos Caitlin McGinnis Louiza Molohides Maya Navabi Colleen Neely Anna Nikolova Olatunde Olatunji Rachael Patten Andrew Poling Rebecca Purba Alyssa Ramirez Carson Ross Charles Saad Griffin Smith Andrew Solfest Sophia Tolomiczenko

Zhiyao Wang Elizabeth Wilson Timothy Woodruff Alina Yurova Celeste Zumwalt

MIA Graduates

Amanda Abrom** Stephen Allen* Sarah Alshawish** Elisa Alvarez** Elizabeth Anderson Shiloh Ary Angela Attrey Nélida L, Ayacaxli* Ezra Baker Sara Bakhtiar Erika Banuelos Benjamin Bartu Celia Becherel** Shavon Bell** Ebba Karin Hans Berggrund Aidan Berkey Alexandra Berryhill Rebecca Bonner Christopher Boretti* Nicholas Boyce** Clara Brackbill Katherine Brehm* Kevin Buckley* Gabriela Jimena Calles Monsivais** Gerardo Canto Andrew Carmona Teresa Cebrian Aranda* Lingying Chang Lin Chen Qiheng Chen Alexis Cheney** Hansol Chung Leslie Conner-Warren* Marisa Coulton Emmanuelle Cousin** Mackenzie Crow Luke Cunniff Nour Dabboussi** Yvette Deane Diego Deleersnyder Kareem Elsaid Kaede Eto** Dahlia Ezekwonna** Xuanyu Feng Israel Fierro Brian Fitzgerald* Kara Fitzgerald James Flanigan Natasha Gabbay* Krishna Gall Muhammad Ghanem Melanie Gouthro Lydia Grek Raghuram Guda Yiwen Guo Yina Ha Johannes Hallermeier Kinza Haq* Abul Hashem

Dongxian He Julia Henriques Souza Raymond Herras Amanda Hosek** Fei Huang Hanchu Huang Monica Hunter-Hart* Haakon Husoy Jermaine Jackson Ellen Jacobs Jorge Jimenez Fuentes Seyoon Jung Siraprapa Kaendee Esther Kang Benjamin Kaplan* Alexia Karpen Shaindl Keshen* Saki Kikuchi** Johannes Leon Kirnberger** Jazgul Kochkorova Dokyoung Koo Marvin Krause** James Leandro Stephen LeFevre Jordan Lesser-Roy Can Li Chen Li* Yunwen Li** Yen Fan Liao Jiwon Ma Sanskruti Majmudar Alexandra Mangum* Margaret Mannix Cristina Martinez Kaitlyn Menegio-Stahl Kyunghyun Min Avani Mooljee Madeleine Moreau Gloria Moronta Martin Samuel Moser Annika Mukherjee* Stefan Munk Danielle Murad Waiss Morgan Nevins* Andrew Nguyen Anastasia Nicolazo de Barmon** Jenny Ning Nopasi Niyamabha Aigerim Nurmakhanova Elizabeth Olson Jennifer Ostrowski James Paisley Akshika Patel Wineeta Paul* Giovanni Pavesi Katherine Pearson Stephen Piotrkowski* Sai Padma Priya Ponnapula Irina Preotescu Nathan Ren Julian Richardson* Erik Rubinyi** Peter Ruvalcaba Sarah Sakha Saiful Salihudin Pattaraporn Salirathavibhaga

Mascha Samkova** Edoardo Saravalle Joseph Sass* Paul Schaffner** Ariana Schrier Alexander Schulz Salimata Seck** Etizaz Shah Askar Shalkarbayev Christopher Shimamoto Gabriel Shores Clelia Simpson** Lucia Solorzano William Sommer Joshua Son Jiayu Song Daniel Sorek Adam Sperry Preethi Srikanthan Kyle Staron Bastian Stroemsheim Vincent Stueber Shan Su Jane Sullivan Xiaohan Sun Eri Tayama* Tenzin Thargay Xin Tong Melissa Trimble Jack Truitt* Lance Truong Yuichi Tsuji Gergana Tsvetanova Emily Udal Tatsiana Udavichenka Gabriel Umbert Monica Vega Herrera Tiffany Venmahavong Jade Jolene Verheije Vinay Viswanathan Trang Vu Amanda Waldron Ksenia Weisz Paige Williams Miriam Wishnick* Keyue Wu** Tianmeng Xu Hiroyuki Yamagata Zishen Ye Lucia Zerner* Yiqiang Zhao* Bingmei Zhou Danlan Zhu Erpu Zhu** Lei Zhu Qingyi Zhu Qingyue Zhuang

SIPA Award for Outstanding Teaching

This award is presented annually to instructors identified by students at SIPA as having demonstrated excellence in teaching in the previous year. The dedication of these instructors to the art of teaching and to their students’ education directly contributes to fulfilling the School’s mission to empower people to serve the global public interest.

Recipient: Norman Bartczak, Andrea Bubula

CAA Campbell Award

The Campbell Award was established by the University Trustees and the Board of the Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) for a graduating student at each school who shows exceptional leadership and Columbia spirit as exemplified by Bill Campbell ’62CC, ’64TC, Chair Emeritus, University Trustees, and CAA cofounder.

Recipient: Benson A. Neethipudi

Dr� Susan Aurelia Gitelson Award for Human Values in International Affairs

The Dr. Susan Aurelia Gitelson Award for Human Values in International Affairs is an annual award since 1978, endowed in 2016, in memory of Dr. Moses Leo Gitelson, given to a student or students for a project related to human values in international affairs.

Recipients: Arianna Bankler-Jukes, Drashti Brahmbhatt, Brittany Cronin, Diana McCaffrey, Etizaz Shah, Aastha Uprety, and Bingmei Zhou For their Capstone project: “Healthcare is a Human Right: Examining Barriers to Medicaid Access” Client: Center for Popular Diplomacy Faculty Supervisor: Kristina Eberbach

Harvey Picker Prize for Public Service

The Harvey Picker Prize for Public Service was established at SIPA in 1988 as a demonstration of the School’s deep commitment to promoting public service and is awarded to a graduating MPA student(s) who exemplifies this commitment. The award honors Harvey Picker, dean emeritus of the School of International and Public Affairs.

Recipient: Jacob Stern

Isaac Anderson Rauch Award for Excellence in A Capstone Project

The Isaac Anderson Rauch Award for Excellence in a Capstone Project is made possible by a generous donation from Dr. Lisa Anderson, a former dean of SIPA, and Marc Rauch in honor of their son, Isaac Rauch, a 2017 SIPA MPA graduate. The winning team and project are selected on the basis of analytical rigor, quality of final deliverables, and potential impact.

Recipients: Laura Pulecio Duarte, Diego Bernardo Recinos Escobar, Francisco Galtieri, Qinying Liang, Bastian Stroemsheim, and Hiroyuki Yamagata For their Capstone project: “How Can Carbon Sinks Be Used to Offset Emissions from Equinor’s Production and Products?” Client: Equinor Faculty Supervisor: Jason Bordoff