UNDERGRADUATE CONVOCATION CEREMONY
THE COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
WINTER 2024
The University of Arizona
Undergraduate Convocation Ceremony
December 19, 2024 | Centennial Hall
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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
Luis Coronado Guel
Director, SBS Mexico Initiatives
REMARKS
L ori Poloni-Staudinger
Dean, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
SENIOR EXCELLENCE RECOGNITION
Amy C. Kimme Hea
Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs & Student Success
SBS OUTSTANDING SENIOR
Zoe Montaño Journalism
PRESENTATION OF FACULTY READERS
L ori Poloni-Staudinger
Dean, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
DISTINGUISHED READERS
Brian Mayer
Acting Director, School of Sociology
Rachael Ronald
Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs & Student Success
CLOSING REMARKS
L ori Poloni-Staudinger
Dean, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
ACADEMIC UNITS
Amy Fatzinger Department of American Indian Studies
B.A. American Indian Studies
Emma Blake School of Anthropology
B.A./B.S. Anthropology
Chris Segrin Department of Communication
B.A. Communication
Paul Hurh Department of English
B.A. Creative Writing
B.A. English
B.A. Professional and Technical Writing
Lise Nelson School of Geography, Development & Environment
B.A. Environmental Studies
B.A. Food Studies
B.A./B.S. Geography
B.S. Geographic Information Systems Technology
B.S. Urban and Regional Development
Hsain Ilahiane School of Global Studies
B.A. Arabic
B.A. Gender & Women’s Studies
B.A. Global Studies
B.A. Human Rights Practice
B.A. Judaic Studies
B.A. Latin American Studies
B.A. Middle East and North African Studies
Paul Schuler
School of Government and Public Policy
B.S Criminal Justice Studies
B.A. Law
B.A. Political Science
B.S. Public Affairs
Alison Futrell Department of History
B.A. History
Kendal Blust School of Journalism
B.A. Journalism
B.A. Studies of Global Media
Natasha Warner Department of Linguistics
B.A. Linguistics
Anna Ochoa O’Leary Department of Mexican American Studies
B.A. Mexican American Studies
Thomas Christiano Department of Philosophy
B.A. Philosophy
Thomas Christiano Department of Political Economy and Moral Science
B.A. Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law
Brian Mayer School of Sociology
B.S. Care, Health and Society
B.A. Sociology
Shelley Rodrigo Writing Program
SBS GUEST
Jack Zilberman Fleischman
Dean of the School of Business Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
COLLEGE AWARDS
SBS OUTSTANDING SENIOR
Zoe Montaño
School of Journalism
SBS OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
Daniel Cervantes
Department of History
SBS STUDENT SUCCESS
Richard Bandin School of Geography, Development & Environment
SBS TENACITY
Ana Teresa Espinoza School of Journalism
SBS EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Dillon Scott Britten
School of Anthropology
BACHELOR’S DEGREES
Winter 2024 (includes students who RSVPd by Dec. 6)
American Indian Studies
Cooper Scott
Margaret Zavala
Anthropology
Maryam Alzaabi
Dillon Britten
Madeline Carlsen
Saafia Cooley
Jasmine Eyssallenne-Cook
Sophie Grzyb
Ashley Kayson
Hallie McCreight
Owen McLean
Joseph Millikan
Keenan Montoya
Michael OMahony
Helen Sanchez Gamez
Barbara Williams
Care, Health & Society
Victoria Bonet
Amy Christiansen
McKenzye Daniels
Hailey Du Pont
Ana Figueroa
Araceli Fuentes
Megan Kelley
Bailey King
Yolanda Knight
Nicole Mather
Kaylin Moreno
Angelika Namieta
Solymar Navarro
Zahra Nouramin
Mollie O’Brien
Alyssa Oss
Bernadette Perez
Sara Righter
Stephanie Soto
Margaret Spooner
Kaci Strickland
Faith Young
Hannah Zinevich
Communication
Noah Aguirre
Greta Albertie
Zoe Alexander
Daniela Alfaro Aranda
Sadie Arancibia
Abigail Baroody
Roberto Berrellez
Sara Blanchard
Daniella Bonine
Fernanda Campos Mateo
Valeska Castillo Jara
Grace Costa
Isabella Crea
Ribal Darwish
Nicholas Didier
Maya Dutt
Eric Fleischer
Sarah Fong
Guillermo Gastanudi Cortez
Kate Gaw
Gabriel Gonzalez
Ammy Alessandra del
Rosario Gutierrez
Mestanza
William Hackerson
Michael Higgins
Harrison Hobson
Chaeyoon Jeong
Alison Keeney
Razeen Khaldun
Yuna Kim
Lindsay Lobel
Anna MacPherson
Jameson Mahlum
Lorenzo McKenzie
Armando Miranda
Chloe Miyakawa Zumaran
Ricardo Mondragon
Janelle Mueller-Calderon
Quentin Murphy
Almendra Napanga Cardenas
Kassondra Naylor
Valerie Nunez
Maria Jose Parker Garrido
Skyler Polzkill
Allison Ramsey
Ashley Ray
Carissa Rivera
Sean Rodmel
Eymee Salazar
Eleonora Sanchez
Julia Schueler
Alejandro Silva
Presley Simmons
Andrew Stevens
Amelie Strahm
Zeta Weiss
Matthew Winner
Nicolas Yong Tapia
Creative Writing
Gabriel Baez
Sage Davis
Mia Huerta
Isabel Keefe
Adam Pardee
Sarah Turner
Gail Vanhart
Criminal Justice
Studies
Emma Alabanza
Josh Baker
Elizabeth Belleau
Jasmine Briones
Nicholas Bupp
Colton Carry
Francia Chacon
Caylyn Chipman
Devany De La Cruz
Brendan Dunevant
Inna Dunham
BACHELOR’S DEGREES
Winter 2024
Criminal Justice Studies, Cont.
Isabella Faillace
Colton Gledhill
Riley Hamm
John Hand
Hugh Hart
Jaelyn Hodge
Brianna Imperial
Tess Karras
Anais Lauper Corrales
Davis LeCours
Samuel Lehman
Kylie McManis
Celina Moreno
Timothy Nichols
Rhyan Peak
Marcelino Perez
Amerigo Pierotti
Angelique Pogue
Jordan Raimann
Alexa Rodriguez Contreras
Maximiano Rodriguez Valdez
Sebastian Salcido
Marissa Sands
Caitlyn Schepps
Savannah Silva
Amiyah Smith
Jeri Straus
Harleen Uppal
Maria Urquidez
Martin Valle
Victoria Vasquez
Carlos Vera
Wyatt Volgende
John Westphal
Jordan Willard
Mason Zantout
Robert Zepeda
English
Anas Almalek
Elissa Fimbres
Katharine Gibson
Lauren King
Quinn Mark
Hayden Muller-Powers
Daisy Vo
Christina Woodson
Environmental Studies
Cecelia Chavez
Nicole Collins
Hallie McCreight
Dylan Powell
Food Studies
Therese Dang
Geographic Information Systems Technology
Christopher Dyer
Christopher Grant
Larry Heppner
David Knutson
Geography
Richard Bandin
Lila Carruthers
Aristeo Gonzales
Hallie McCreight
Sarah McKinney
Keeley Stoughton
Global Studies
Demetrio Ifantopulos
Salome Jacques Ibo
History
Jacob Avalos
Samuel Bennett
Zackary Bridge
Daniel Cervantes
James Christensen
Tianhe Deng
Mikhaela Farrell
Isaias Garcia
Charles Graff
Zachary Jardee
Nicholas Jeworowski
Ryan Klotnia
Matthew Lee
Catherine Miller
Karly Thompson
James Udall
Isabella Warfield
Human Rights
Practice
Andia Haxhi
Amanda Mendel
Yolanda Stanback
Beatriz Winters
Journalism
Aidan Alperstein
Abigail Andrus
Mary Armistead
Elliana Deibert
Grace DeJong
Ana Espinoza
Isabelle Freguia
Saraya Hammond
Grant Hoover
Grace Kayko
Olivia Lopez
Angelina Maynes
Zoe Montano
Harrison Radis
Elizabeth Sinnett
Nathanial Stenchever
Emily Tibbetts
Judaic Studies
Hayden Roberts
Law
Maron Abboud
Gisela Aguilar
Marilyn Ayala
BACHELOR’S DEGREES
Winter 2024
Law, Cont.
Hailey Balekian
McKinsey Baril
Rochelle Bastiampillai
Brenan Blackwell
Vireakwortey Bo
Sokreaksa Boran
Ezekiel Breil
Rayna Burke
Andrew Cirillo
Dawson Dattilo
Igor Demidoff
Amanda Dempsey
Spencer Downing
Rosie Ezgur
Mia Fiano
Samantha Franklin
Ayah Ghannam
Cora Gutierrez
Alexa Guy
Adrianne Head
Emilio Heredia
Ana Hetherington
Jason Huaraque
Grotius Hugo
Leangheng Huy
Lenghourt Kaing
Kanchhana Kann
Mohammed Katbah
Tepnimith Kem
Melissa Lance
Zachary Langus
Saul Macias
Jake Mack
Taylor Major
Sylvia McKinney
Lynette Moreno
Mary Grace Mulligan
Sabrina Myers
Azul Navarrete-Valera
Kristin Nazifi
Joshua Nelson
Virakboth Norm
Abigail Palko
Madison Peterson
Ella Petrine
Amerigo Pierotti
Sunfebrida Piseth
Sidnee Prince
Elysia Ridenour-Silva
Carter Rodriguez
Jadeyn Schillinger
Lawrence Shields
Natalia Soto
Reece Stine
Sokhim Suy
Alexis Tappe
Alyssa Theobald
Hunter Thomas
Visal Thorn
James VandeWyngearde
Nathania Villalobos
Kaori Watanabe
Meiyi Wu
Emily Zbick
Linguistics
Katherine Davis
Cyradis Gonzalez
Julian Hurtado
Christina Kelly
Jacob Mains
Philosophy
Troy Cornell
Nicholas Cutrer
Dawson Dattilo
John Hartman
Ahlysha Hicks
Charles Moll
Annika Rasmussen
Philosophy, Politics, Economics & Law
Piero Alessandro Angulo Perez
Anghelo Basauri Escudero
Rigoberto Lopez Duran
Valeria Luna Aviles
Valeria Minchan Ore
Vanesa Obregon Gonzales
Maria de Fatima Salazar Segura
Francisco Sanchez
Luciana Torres Jeri
Jorge Vasquez Urrelo
Giacomo Zubiaur Pacchioni
Political Science
Abduljalil Albahri
Naser Alhasawi
Alexandra Basurto
Jaden Brown
Aidan Cefaloni
Grecia Chavira
Ribal Darwish
Jason Doran
Spencer Downing
Yasin Elsonbaty
James Feldermann
Jordan Fesser
Fiona Fischer
Luz Flores
Kyra Foster
Brianna Garcia
Ayah Ghannam
Alexa Hoyvald
Arisia Huff
Mohammed Katbah
Hayden Lawler
Jake Mack
Diego Olea
Kristin Nazifi
Brianna Pitkin
Morgan Rogers
BACHELOR’S DEGREES
Winter 2024
Political Science,
Cont.
Canyon Willis-Green
Andrew Yaroshenko
Geraldine Canchola
Citlali Lupita Chimal
Grace Rene Cooper
Jill Christine Dailey
Nicole Darlene Dallin
Mia R. Dimson
Mariah Gabrielle Dunn
Caroline Chi Granger
Sarah Brickley Handfelt
Joshua Hernandez
Mercedes Grace Johnson
Caroline Sarah Kelly
Blake Richard Kuhn
Dylan Bryan Leininger
Carolina Lopez-Villegas
Celeste Lugo
Omima S. Mahadi
Bethany Mae Maldonado
Heva Kristine Mangasarian
Autumn Kathleen McMichael
Hailey J. Mingus
Mason W. Morris
Beni I. Ndisabiye
Mariah Mikela Parham
Jameson Graves
McNamara Parker
Jordan Michael Rodriguez
Sagar A. Sampat
Dean Robert Selegue
Brianna Monet Shelton
Rhett Buske Styles
Jackson Christopher Williams
Jackson John Wiseman
Public Management & Policy
Fatimah Alqahtani
Edrick Louidor
Natalie McCrystal
Sociology
Camille Aguirre
Devany De La Cruz
Rossie Freund
Riley Haas
Alison Lynar
Serena Trujillo
Alexzandria Velazquez
Haley Walls
Shuairong Xiong
Studies of Global Media
Benjamin Aulick
Urban & Regional Development
Eric Anchartechahar
Alexandra Antoyan
James Birmingham
Chad Callahan
Daniel Davidson
Patricia Dennis
Gabriella Di Lena
Khresmar Dumayas
Aristeo Gonzales
Tyler LaGanke
Leif Magnuson
