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
Diane Austin
School of Anthropology
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
Maritza Cardenas Global Studies
Laura Bakkensen
School of Government and Public Policy
Katherine Morrissey
Department of History
William Paul Simmons Human Rights Practice Program
Catherine Brooks
School of Information
Monica Chadha
School of Journalism
Beth Alpert Nakhai
Arizona Center for Judaic Studies
Ute Lotz-Heumann
Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies
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
Thomas Christiano
Department of Philosophy
Peter Vanderschraaf
Department of Political Economy and Moral Science
Ron Breiger
School of Sociology
SBS GRADUATE TEACHING AWARD
Amy Fatzinger
Department of American Indian Studies
SBS OUTSTANDING GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE AWARD
Andrew V. Charles
Department of Linguistics
TEACHING AWARDS 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
Tenzin Yangkey
Government & Public Policy
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
Jacob O’Rourke
Kynzie Watahomigie
Latin American Studies
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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