Commencement Celebration June 13, 2022
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Message from the Dean Dear Class of 2022, On behalf of our faculty and staff, I offer my enthusiastic congratulations on this momentous achievement. You are about to embark on a host of exciting new opportunities after completing a business degree during one of the most challenging times in history. Together you thrived in the face of many obstacles, and for that you have my admiration and respect. This year the UCI Paul Merage School of Business is graduating over 2,000 current and future business leaders, including those from our undergraduate business majors, our three MBA programs (Full-Time MBA, Fully Employed MBA and Executive MBA), our four Specialty Master’s programs (Professional Accountancy, Finance, Business Analytics and Innovation & Entrepreneurship) and our Doctoral Program. From this distinguished group of scholars, approximately 52% are the first in their family to attend college. Together you represent the future of business on the global stage—and we are proud of playing a role in the development of leaders that are prepared to lead through disruption, drive innovation and promote inclusivity and respect for others. It is our goal to continue to combine the academic strengths, diversity and best traditions of the University of California with the cutting-edge, entrepreneurial spirit of Orange County in the heart of Southern California’s Tech Coast. We thank you for your contributions to the School during your time here. Remember that on commencement day you do not simply receive a diploma and a degree—you gain access to the thriving Merage School alumni network. We hope this is not goodbye and that you will continue to represent the School beyond your time with us and consider returning one day to share your new insights and experiences. Best Regards,
Ian Williamson, PhD Dean, UCI Paul Merage School of Business
Awards for Excellence FULL-TIME MBA Joseph W. McGuire Award Highest Grade Point Average Sathyanarayana Ganta George W. Brown Award Overall Academic Excellence and Exceptional Service to The Paul Merage School of Business Constance Toulemonde Paul and Lilly Merage Visionary Award Kelsey Van Hook Dean’s Scholar and Beta Gamma Sigma Award Andrew Burt Ryan Yee-Man Ripperdan Sathyanarayana Ganta Kelsey Van Hook Dan Li Beta Gamma Sigma Award Caitlin Freeman Hennessy Constance Toulemonde Beeta Shahnazari
FULLY EMPLOYED MBA Highest Grade Point Average Greg Kyle Gamarra Jannett Amir Firouzkouhi Dean’s Scholar and Beta Gamma Sigma Award Michelle Briggs Nathan Law Bryce Burnett Lowell Dominic Mansilla Jennifer Caravello An Nguyen Breana Chew John Pak Katherine Cung Amanda Pham Razan Duella Thomas Sebring Golnessa Fathi Lindsey Charlotte Spiegelman Kelly Feldman Lauren Tabios Jannett Amir Firouzkouhi Rachel Po Yan Tsui Gregory Kyle Gamarra Devin Walpert Samuel Hosseini Cindy Wang Beta Gamma Sigma Award Heidi Busslinger Daysi De Los Angeles Garcia-Ortega Cody Huedepohl Vidhi Jain Michael Li Qiaoli Meng
Diep Ly Nguyen Ngoc Pham Bradford Smith Shea Michael Struiksma Heidi Suitor Kevin Wang
EXECUTIVE MBA Highest Grade Point Average Jaspal Singh Sabharwal Dean’s Scholar and Beta Gamma Sigma Award Robynne Lee Curry Ash Kulkarni Derek Dashti Rachel Miller Amy Han Nevielle Jamshed Panthaky Ryan Hargrove Christian Peralta Justin Kim Jaspal Singh Sabharwal Beta Gamma Sigma Award Russell Ahlberg Louie-Marc Gomez Contreras, MD Emily Bibak Eileen Wollam
MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANCY Highest Grade Point Average Jesus Asafh Arriola Resendiz Andrea Rubin Michael Bridgman Yige Shao Bryce Peter Chan Min Suk Suk Melissa DeVore Bor-Yea Jennifer Sun Jared Gelb Xinyi Sun Andy Hu Peijin Wang Dean’s Scholar and Beta Gamma Sigma Award Jesus Asafh Arriola Resendiz Andrea Rubin Michael Bridgman Yige Shao Bryce Peter Chan Min Suk Suk Jackson Chiao Bor-Yea Jennifer Sun Melissa DeVore Xinyi Sun Jared Gelb Jingjing Wang Andy Hu Peijin Wang Katie Lam Beta Gamma Sigma Award Yan Chu Lingjian Fan Zhengdong Hou Kayla Watson
Zhefeng Wu Meng Wu Shaojun Wu Lei Xu
MASTER OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Highest Grade Point Average Snigdha Ganesh Sang Lok Lee Rajwinder Mahal Dean’s Scholar and Beta Gamma Sigma Award Ubong Eton Rajwinder Mahal Snigdha Ganesh Metkridy Prum Sang Lok Lee Shayan Toor Beta Gamma Sigma Award Fiona De Rego Sami Mamarbashi Agustine Pimentel Melanie Wertzberger
BACHELOR OF ARTS Andrew J. Policano Award Presented to the graduate who best represents the ideals of the Merage School as demonstrated by both academic performance and contributions to the Merage School community. Lucian Liu Exceptional Service Award Presented to the graduate who demonstrated an extraordinary amount of service to the Merage School and/or on behalf of the Merage School community. Dongjin (John) Kim Summa Cum Laude and Beta Gamma Sigma Award* Mohammad S. Bobarshad Alexis Trujillo Christian Angelo Gragera Ryan Valle Zhengyao Liu Ying Xia Hong Phuc Nguyen Magna Cum Laude and Beta Gamma Sigma Award* Kayla Coscino Hayley Alexandra Ng David Gharibian John Nguyen Fuqing He Ian J. Savelson Matthew Ryan Lui Francine Trinette Sy Aleena Malik Carina Tan Kiyan Mohebbizadeh Ziyi Yang Anfisa Nava Cum Laude and Beta Gamma Sigma Award* Joshua Ethan Berns Jie Shen Yanmin Chen Hsiao-Yun Tsui Faith Ng Eusebio Joseph Michael Verburg Jiaxin Guo Brandon Tam Khang Vo Michael Nguyen Victoria Lapwai Yu Onik Alexander Russinov Chang Zhang Chollada Sasiwong Evelyn Annabella Zhao Cum Laude Award* Aristotelis Costoulas Mohammad Omar Daher Jiaqi Fu Maya Howes Kaitlyn Lp
Lucian Liu Felicia Lu Jessica Tsukiji Rocky Yuexiang Xi Jindong Zhang
* Eligible for Honors at Graduation; will be awarded based on cumulative record at the end of the final quarter
Candidates for Doctor of Philosophy Huwail J. Alantari Chair: Imran Currim
An Empirical Comparison of Machine Learning Methods for Text-based Sentiment Analysis of Online Consumer Reviews
Minh Cao Chair: Gerardo Okhuysen
The Work of College Admissions Consultants: Resolving Tensions, Educating Aspirations, and Managing Struggles
Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Chair: John Turner
Accelerating Benders Decomposition: Theory and Applications
Florencio Portocarrero Chair: Jone L. Pearce
Corporate Volunteering: A Three-Paper Dissertation Maximization
Alex Robinson Chair: John Turner
Estimating Hotel Demand with Expectation
Joshua Thornton Chair: David Hirshleifer
Individual Investor Decision-Making
Lily (Yuxuan) Zhu Chairs: Chris Bauman and Maia Young
Linking Anxiety to Passion: Emotion Regulation and Entrepreneurs’ Pitch Performance
Candidates for Master of Business Administration Full-Time MBA Monique C. Bartley Vincent Biondo Jack Birkenbeuel Andrew Burt Alexandra Cadena Kaavya Cherukuri Kate Cohen Jessica Colin Escobar Laura Rubi Cuevas Samantha Shwe Daniel John (JC) Eastwood Sophia Fischer Leeza Ray Fouad Sathyanarayana Ganta Yi Ning Guo Amanda Quynh-Thi Hammel William Hartung Caitlin Freeman Hennessy Taylor Lansdale Woohyun Lee Kay Lee
Dan Li Alexa Nicole Carlsted Lucas Jess Alexander Marlow Yesenia Areli Martinez Paige Mayer Victorino Daniel Mercado Sushmitha Moolamalla Akishi Nakai Ryoichi Nakajima Justin Phung Ryan Yee-Man Ripperdan Ava Sawyer Runge Beeta Shahnazari Kyle Spence Alejandra Tostado Constance Toulemonde Kelsey Van Hook Alex Jinwen Wang Seulgee Youn Danielle Christine Zezoff Andrew Zhang
Candidates for Master of Business Administration Fully Employed MBA Jonathan Abad Jannett Amir Firouzkouhi Abigail Apolonio Reme Ataya Hemchheng Ban Salman Bari Mathias Bedolfe Deepak Bhalla Mohammad Reza Bouzari Julian Bridy Michelle Briggs Bryce Burnett Heidi Busslinger Kaitlyn Caira Jennifer Caravello Phil Chang Carmen Chen Breana Chew Henry Choi Paulina Costantini Katherine Cung Mai Dao Charlene Donlon Bryan Donnelly Katherine Doody Razan Duella Yasamin Ehteshami Samer Fakhro Golnessa Fathi Kelly Feldman Fernando Figueroa Yutaka Fujimoto Gregory Kyle Gamarra Chuyun Gao Xiaoyang Gao Steven Garcia Daysi De Los Angeles Garcia-Ortega Daniela Gutierrez Julia Hass Elyssa Healy Holly Heitmann Samuel Hosseini Hanna Huayek Cody Huedepohl An H. Huynh
Jefferson Hwang Heena Jain Vidhi Jain Sai Sumant Kalidindi Andrew Kelinsky Lizbeth Khan Alex King Lisa King Kana Kushima Daniel Robert Laidley Wilson Lam Nathan Law Dalena Hoang Lee Michelle Lee Ashley Leeds Michael Li Haipeng Liu Parth Luhar Esmeralda Macedo Dharmesh Mahay Kasim Manekia Gagan Mangat Lowell Dominic Mansilla Christopher Manzara Filippo Martellotti Rafael Martinez Xavier Mateo Patrick McDonald Romik Mejlumyan Qiaoli Meng Aaron Moller Marvin S. Moran Lester B. Murillo Argelia Nava-Massey Sarah Navarro Chris Newman Nicole Ngo An Nguyen Diep Ly Nguyen Jade Nguyen Jonathan Nih Doni Nikooei Chandramouli Nimmakayala Huynh Nong Jimmy Oh
Michael Ouji Carly Jo Owens John Pak Ajay Panwar Dharti Patel Ishita Sanjay Patel Amanda Pham Amanda Pham Ngoc Pham Tyler Poulsen Saranna Lauree Quach Erica Quintana Noreen Ikram Qureshi Andrea Reigel Michael Romano Carlos Romero David Rosenfield Thomas Sidney Rousseve III Katie Runion Annie Saekow Jessica J. Sanders
Sean Sommer Lindsey Charlotte Spiegelman Shea Michael Struiksma Heidi Suitor Lauren Tabios Simon To Samuel Tokko Katryna Tuong Lan Ton Bikramjit Toor Thanh Tran Aleksandra Trzoska Rachel Po Yan Tsui Olivia Vuong Devin Walpert Raymond Wan Cindy Wang Kevin Wang Kristen Wernick Kyle Wieland Phoebe Wu Cooper Wulff
Sridev Satpathy Thomas Sebring Daniel Sepasi Bradford Smith Trevor Harding Smith Zachary Socoloske
Fiona Xuan Adam Nathaniel Yarter Joseph Yi Justin Young Jing Yuan Mark Zelayaran
Candidates for Master of Business Administration Executive MBA Russ Ahlberg Tursun Hun Alkam Alan Philip Apolinar Belle Belarmino Emily Bibak Johnny Booth Nareshkumar Brahmbhatt Larry S. Butler Efrain A. Cerrato Anthony Christian Chavez Alba Lucia Chavez Juliet Chen Phillip Y. Cho Louie-Marc G. Contreras, MD Juan Enrique Corral Robynne Curry Derek Cyrus Dashti Teresa Yvette Davis Anthony Doan Phillip M. Downey David Duckworth Brice C. Farina Cassondra Gallegos Amy Han Ryan Hargrove Jacob Evan Horne Victor Joe, MD
Justin S. Kim Mari Kimura Ashutosh Kulkarni Monica E. Lee Jay Shih Lin Lauren Luke Roderick Maclan Guillermo Arturo Matta Alejandro Macrino Melo Rachel Ellen Miller Peman Montazemi Saadia Yasmin Morales Daniela Oatu, MD Nevielle Panthaky Christian Peralta Tyler Piper Cameron John Raidy Sohel I. Saiyed Jason B. Samarasena, MD Martin Schubert Jovert Siaden Jaspal Singh Sabharwal Thomas King Stevenson Marlowe Stone Sandhi Ton Erin Turner Eileen Wollam
Candidates for Master of Professional Accountancy Andrea Apuy Noor Abdul-Hafiz Fernando Almanza IV Jessica Anuvattanachai Anet Arizmendi Dorantes Jesus Asafh Arriola Resendiz Michael Bridgman Alexis Bright Perry Bullard Bryce Peter Chan Yuling Chang Siming Chen Tianqiong Chen Yen-Ti Chen Ying-Han Chen Yingyi Chen Jackson Chiao Bryan Chou Yan Chu Seungho Chung Melissa DeVore Wendong Ding Linh Duong Lingjian Fan Yi Feng Daniel Fernandez Jose Fernandez Fernando Flores Danny Gang Jasmin Garcia Valencia Jared Gelb Chelsea Gray Baoyi Guan Zainab Haleem Salvana Hanna Zhongyuan Hao
Zhengdong Hou Andy Hu Jiayu Huang Chi-Han Huang Lixin Jiang Eun Kang Lingyu Kong Lily Koucherian Katie Lam Van Le Qiuhan Li Mijee Lim Chia-Hsien Lin Sherry Lin Ziao Liu Ting Liu Yi Liu Yuxing Liu Xiaonan Ma Krisna MacDonald Minerva Madera Danica Maulion Chaitanya Mody Micaela Maide Navarro Anhdung Nguyen Alondra Olea Laura Olivas Gustavo Ortega Connie Pan Xiner Pan Alison Pang Amanda Ramos Chenwei Ren Abdul Rafay Riar Andrea Rubin Yige Shao Sun Young Shin
Zimo Shiruan Zicong Situ Chan Mi Song Hang Song Lilliana Steele Min Suk Suk Bor-Yea Jennifer Sun Xinyi Sun Felicia Thiodores Cindy Tong Phuong Truong Sophy Tun Lilianne Van Jingjing Wang Lu Wang Peijin Wang Siyi Wang Tzu Jung Wang Yubo Wang Zhaojing Wang Kayla Watson Coby Welty Zhefeng Wu Shaojun Wu Meng Wu Xiaoen Xu Lei Xu Jiru Yin Baoshi Yue Anqi Zhang Haoyan Zhang Ruiting Zhang Ruitong Zhang Xiaoxuan Zhang Shujun Zheng Luisa Zhou
Candidates for Master of Finance Ishraq Al Ghassani Renad Alsobaihi Mingyu Bai Elaheh Bayat Vishwaja Bichu Trisha Amrit Boricha Yujie Cai Congyan Cao Ailian Cao Jacob Castro Aland Jr Celestin Florence Chau Darley Chen Wen-Yuan Chen Yingxi Chen Wei Chen Wenjie Cheng Pei-Shan Chou Christopher Dean Chua Emmanuel Coste Shubhangi Dalvi Jennifer Daly Kening Deng Wenze Ding Meihe Duan Luke Fahmy Jiaming Gao Gianni Gaskins
Mingyu Geng Yuanjun Guo Chaohui Guo Caleb Ha Anthony Herring-Wenzel Jun Hong Hui-Chieh Hsu Die Hu Huai Hsuan Huang Yating Huang Sumayyah Ismail Jiaye Jiang Dareen Octaviani Jiemy Viktoria Kuladzhyan Sike Lam Brandon Lang Kenneth Lau Yinting Lei Hongyi Li Wenyang Li Jiaqi Li Mars Li Brooke Liang Haibin Lin Huipeng Lin Haohan Liu Hanlu Liu Jiahao Liu
Zhenhao Liu Wei Hsun Lu Ziwen Lu Xiulin Lyu Zitang Ma Airel Ma Brandon Marian Isabella Marthalena Samuel Mazo Saul Mendoza Adam Mohamad Gautham Mohandas Bisma Motiwala Trung Nguyen Yuhan Niu Anthony Olmos Socheata Pal Steven Khoi Pham Mindy Pham-Bui Dingcan Qian Anjlee Rawlani Devin Reimers Jianxu Ren Jovanni Rivera Yuan Ru Shahryar Salehi Ibrahima Sene Vamakshi Ketanbhai Shah Kanisha Shah YongLiang Shao Andrew Simansjah Himanshu Singh Yanjin Song Xiusong Song Wei Tian Xuan Tran
Benny Tsai Rishit Tyagi Faraaz Uddin Judy Ung Ali Valoujerdi Yannick van Bodegom Christopher Vassilian Leonardo Vecchi Lukas Wallner Wei Chieh Wang Andrew Wang Haoran Wang Mariyam Waseem Rewa Wattar Qiyi Wu Andrew Wu Tian Xia Xiangyu Xie Daniel Yahyakhan Xiaoyu Yan Yunjie Yang Michelle Ye Jing Yin Hanle Ying Daniel Yosafat Yahan Zhang Junfeng Zhao Quanyao Zheng Xinye Zheng Yushi Zhou Lawrence Zhou Huixin Zhou Jianing Zhu Yuanyuan Zhu Xuran Zou
Candidates for Master of Science in Business Analytics Kshitij Addepally Jai Agrawal Neha Agrawal Praveen Aravindar Ali Arefazad Tanisha Arora Venkata RameshChandra Bhargava Avancha Sneha Banerjee Rohit Cherian Bijoy John Chaffey Arjun Chanda Ateeksha Chaudhary Qiyue Chen Zhiyi Chen Weijie Chen Chih-Han Chi Ann Chittilappilly Chung-En Chueh Nidhi Coundal Alexandra Currier Akash Das Alexander Devereaux Tiffany Dinh Ryan Donaghy Daniel Downs Chia-Tsun Fan Akshay Ganesh Jesse Gonzalez
Ysabel Gonzalez Rico Shyam Goyal Jiaqi Guan Garvit Gupta Yeji Han Akshay Harish Junguo He Binglei Hong Derek Hu Caizhen Huang Yi Huang Shiheng Huang Zexi Huang Ming Yuan Huang Shreya Jain Brian Jenkins Mengke Jiang Henry Kahrs Hyunmin Kim Jiwon Ko Pei Hsuan Ko Divya Konduri Brian Kosiadi Mehul Kotadia Pratheek Kumar Sabrina Lee Taeho Lee Ningning Li
Zhaoxuan Li Yuexi Li Weifeng Li Yifan Li Qiuhan Li Ziqing Liang Harrison Lin Zicheng Lin Yi Lin Jacob Linao Grant Lowrie Weichen Lu Di Lu Siyao Lu Chirag Madhukar My Han Mai Sakshi Mehta Claire Minorsky Sahithi Muddana Bhramarambika Mudigonda Michelle Ng Duong Nguyen Xinfa Pan Parth Parsana Harshi Pogadadanda Anupama Pogaku Mengchen Qu
Amulya Raghunath Ayma Rahman Priya Ramakrishnan Youngjoo Ryu Sarah Saleem Aisha Saleem Samira Shafiei Stavan Shah Prashasti Sharma Sravani Somepalli Qiaoshu Song Xindi Song Harinishri Srikanth Swetha Srinivasan Kathleen Stephen Yaxuan Su Jasmit Tamber Xiaohui Tan Piyu Tiwari Samson Truong Paula Urteaga Chu Yueh Wang Sih-Chi Wang Flavio Wang Xiaoxi Wang Ziqiao Wei Shih-Ting Weng
Yue Weng Jiahao Wu Chuqiao Wu Pei-Ling Wu Yaohui Wu Andrewlu Xiao Yun Xiao Runan Yang Lei Ye Aidana Yermakhanova Patrick Yip Wenke Yu Ekaterina Zagrebneva Ni Zhan Jiahe Zhang Lingyu Zhang Yiheng Zhang Fan Zhang Haixin Zhao Lihong Zhao Tieshan Zheng Xiaofan Zhu Phillip Zhu Noor Zia Wenting Zou
Candidates for Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Evans Akanno Yasmeen Awad Pongthanit Bisalputra Gordon Botterill Maria Teresa Carmier Fiona De Rego Austin Easler Ubong Eton Shikuang Fan Zachary Fox Snigdha Ganesh Masah Habibeh Yi-Ching Huang Kangni Huang Weilin Huang Janet Huh
Naomi Hunt Luhong Jiang Yangguang Jin Dohyung Kim Ting-Ling Kuo Sang Lok Lee Arad Lev Ari Hsiao-Tung Liao Min Liu Rajwinder Mahal Sami Mamarbashi Emma McCarthy Agustine Pimentel Metkridy Prum Shandhra Ramana Tanya Ratanavadi
Riccardo Roberto Shiyun Rong Parvati Ryan Hamoon Shishechian Tanaporn Suwatnodom Shayan Toor Kendyll Trenary Robert Wearn Melanie Wertzberger Yu Wu Tianyi Xu Zhiqian Xu Hailun Zeng Junming Zhang Yihan Zhang Yulin Zhu
Candidates for Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration Mariam Ahmad Hamoudi Abbas Hari Ajith Grant An Jose Luis Andrade Ismael Arreola Emily Aslanian Alyssa Batas Asprer Tyler Au Hein Htet Aung Gregory Austin Eric Baez Colin Bailey Andrea Balderas Marisol Barrera Emely Becerra Melenie Becerra Jacob Benz Joshua Ethan Berns Celina Bhandari Karan Bhangu Mohammad S. Bobarshad Elise Holiday Bryant Eric Burton Ethan Patrick Canavan Ying Cao Nataly Ccachainca Solano Elizabeth Celada Padilla Kalai Chan Megan Karmen Chan Vinson Chandra Kelvin Moon Chau Jacky Chen Justin Chen Melanie Chen Yanmin Chen Zipeng Chen Sarah K. Cheng Julia Cho Sean Sieun Choi Seerat Chopra Wing Shan Chu Annie Veann Chun Natalie S Chung Valeria Lucille Cormier Hillary Ivonne Corniel
Brandon Tam Khang Coscino Kayla Coscino Aristotelis Costoulas sabella May Curtis Mohammad Omar Daher Isabella Darling Nick Davis Lisa Deng Sierra Marie Reynon Dimapilis Darlene Do Samantha Dominguez Megha Dontha Jeffrey Doo Jorge Gabriel Duenas Andy Duong Harry Duong Khoi Anh Duong Jude Elaref Layla Rose Escobedo Faith Ng Eusebio Nikolaos Theodore Exarchoulakos Alexander N. Ezeani Fionna Febiola Ana Karina Fernandez Diana Fernandez Drew Finstuen Manuel Flores Lenin Flores Rodriguez Joshua Mon-Dai Fong Michelle Marie Fredericks Jiaqi Fu Kimberly A Garcia Luis David Garcia Mia Geckeler Kamyar Ghamghamy David Gharibian Deeba Ghasemi Payom Pierce Ghodsi Shaylan A. Gokel Christian Angelo Gragera Darian Justin Gunawan Jiaxin Guo Ryan J. Hahn Marsha Putri Halim Ian Han
Olivia Hargear Yoshimi Hayashi Benjamin He Fuqing He Aileen Hernandez Amy Ho Fayleen Amber Ho Joshua Ho Angel Kim Hoang Victoria Hoang Yen Phuong Hoang Maya Howes Grace Hsiang Ya Jung Hsieh Pao-Hsin Hsueh Vivian Hoang Hua Anthony Yen-Sen Huang Vivian Huang Vydney Huang Brandon Hoang-Long Huynh Lam Kha Huynh Winston Frederick Huynh Arianna Hwang Hailey Hwang Edward Laurentius Ichwan Kaitlyn Wai-Man Ip Nathan Irwin Luis Angel Islas
Brandon Masashi Iwamoto Jacqueline Shant A. Jekelian Eugene Jeon Max Jiang Nan Jiang Daniela Alejandra Jimenez Jennifer Yuritzi Jimenez Stephanie Jimenez Hanna Nicole Johnson Omar Ayman Kamal El Din Shweta Karkee Brandon Keller Benjamin S. Kim Chaerin Kim Dongjin (John) Kim Matthew Kim Mineui Kim Seunghyun Sally Kim Lauren Kishek Vanessa Cinyee Kwan Jingteng Lai John Lam Choegyal Lama Alma Belen Lanche Nicholas Lau Allya Lazuardi Hiep D. H. Le
Kevin Le Chung-Hsuan Lee Isaac Dongjun Lee Margaretha Victoria Lee Michael Lee Michelle Jikyo Lee Samantha Lee Ya-Shan Lee Gavin Lei Briana Leslie Bon Li Jialing Li Po Yi Li Andrew Liang Howard Liang Jiabao Liang Cara Lin Qixuan Lin Jui-Chun Liu Lucian Liu Yuqing Liu Zhengyao Liu Valorie (Wan Ru) Low Beiqi Lu Felicia Lu Matthew Ryan Lui Man Tieu Luu Wendy Luu Sienna Lyford Te Rung Ma Aleena Malik Manuel Marin Paola Martinez Yoana Martinez Galvan Natalie Cristina Medina Nikhil Medukonduri Mark Joseph Conora Membrebe Stefaney Mendoza-Flores Pedro De Mello Barreto Menezes Vanessa Miranda Nicholas Christopher Mockus Kiyan Mohebbizadeh Sammuel Morales Ajmal Mundu Upasana Mustafi Arshia M. Naghavi Alyssa Naigan Anfisa Nava Anusha Nayani Hayley Alexandra Ng
Shun Yeung Ng Tina Diem-Trinh Ngo Hong Phuc Nguyen John Nguyen John H. Nguyen Michael Nguyen Michael L. Nguyen Sandy Nguyen Serina Hoang-Sa Nguyen Zhaolong Ni Kailey Ogawa-Monroe Misa Okamoto Riley Tin-Lung Kohei Okumura Kamron Canlas Ortiz RaLene Teuquet Page Andres Emmanuel Perez Pavel Petrosyan Lam Pham Thi Hong Nhung Phan Ruben Preciado Tejedas Lauryn Payge Proctor Bangyang Qiu Yingci Qiu Yuhan Qiu Dominic L Ramirez Christopher Ramos Ray Ren Daniel Borisovich Rokhberg Antonio Romero Trevor Glen Romero Sunny Mei Rong Onik Russinov Soroush Sabzali Jamaat Pablo Saenz Ritika Saini Chollada Sasiwong Ian J Savelson Coby Saykouman Jung-Won Seo Mohit Shah Jie Shen Jun Young Shin Marco Sintong Sirait Kendle Smith William Smith Cade Snider Joshua Christian Soemanto Ayushi Srivastava Kyle Strelecki Emily Su
Benjamin Suh Vincent Sung Francine Trinette Sy Anthony Ta Dan Zi Ta Carina Tan Jason Tang Tan Austine Tanaka Ryan Fong Tang Xin Tao Elena Thai Bryan Theonardo Amanda Ursula Thompson Candy Thong Devin Xiang Tian Selina Kim Tieu Joshua Tong Justin Teguh Tong Katherine Selene Torralba Franklin Hung Tran Katie Tran Kevin H. Tran Khoa Tran My Hieu Tran Thuan Xuan Tran Jonathan G. Trejo Vera Nikhil Trivedi
Alexis Trujillo Angelina Truong Huy Hoang Dang Truong Nhi Phan Thuc Truong Andrew Fu-Lin Tsai Chia-Tzu Tsai Hsiao-Yun Tsui Jessica Tsukiji Edna Uraje Monica Aira Baysa Usi Sahana Vairavaraj Ryan Valle Marcos Valle-Loya Katherine Valushkin Kayla Hue Van Gabriel Joshua Van Otten Sarah Van Overen Fernando A Vazquez Joseph Michael Verburg Victoria Vi Jake Vierra Alecsandria Viray Boi Loc Vo Gia Bao Vo Helen Vu Jeffrey Hung Vu Chun Yin Harris Wan
Elina Jin Wang Lezhenying Wen Hyunjae Won Chloee Alisia Wong Tiffany Wong Seung Jo Woo Grace Wu Rocky Yuexiang Xi Ying Xia Athena Ji Ya Xu Limin Xu Wesley Xu Yan Xu Chupei Yan Sabrina Yan Jiayi Yang Nikeilie Chong-Ming Tomas Yang Ziyi Yang Shelly Ye Ashley Yeh Alex Yem Qunwei Yin Hao Ying Se Hee Yoon Thomas Ryan Young Ching Yi Yu Haochen Yu
Jiawei Yu Joseph Arthur Yu Qingxuan Yu Victoria Lapwai Yu Yuanyuan Zang Anthony Zarate Chang Zhang Jindong Zhang Ruining Zhang Sydney Zhang Yifan Zhang Yiran Zhang izhi Zhang Evelyn Annabella Zhao
2021-2022 Merage School Faculty ACCOUNTING Elizabeth Chuk Joanna Ho Chuchu Liang Ben Lourie Radhika Lunawat Mort Pincus Devin Shanthikumar Terry Shevlin Patricia Wellmeyer Chenqi Zhu ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC POLICY Edward Coulson FINANCE Chong Huang Philippe Jorion Christopher Schwarz Jinfei Sheng Zheng Sun Yuhai Xuan Lu Zheng INFORMATION SYSTEMS Vibhanshu Abhishek Behnaz Bojd Vidyanand (VC) Choudhary Sanjeev Dewan Vijay Gurbaxani Francis MacCrory Tingting Nian Mingdi Xin
MARKETING Kevin Bradford Tonya Bradford Imran Currim Mary Gilly Loraine Lau-Gesk Connie Pechmann Eric Spangenberg Rajeev Tyagi OPERATIONS AND DECISION TECHNOLOGIES Luyi Gui Robin Keller Kenneth Murphy Rick So John Turner Shuya Yin ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT Christopher Bauman Patrick Bergemann Maritza Salazar Campo Martha Feldman Sharon Koppman Ming Leung Melissa Mazmanian Gerardo Okhuysen Jone Pearce Ian Williamson Maia Young STRATEGY Philip Bromiley Travis Howell John Joseph Luke Rhee Libby Weber Margarethe Wiersema
Richard Afable Jake Aguas Shawn Andrews Feroz Ansari Matt Bailey Christopher Barry Romilla Batra James Bassett Kimberly Bauer Gerard Beenen Max Chao Kim Chatani Ming Chen Daniel Chow Stephen Cooke
AFFILIATED FACULTY Xuan Huang Edward Hughes Eric Jaegers Yanbo Jin Soheila Jorjani Michael Juergens Shawn Kato Fisher Ke Stephen Kepler Malika Khamrayeva Sean Klein Maria Kniazeva Mark Krueger Daniel Kubov Leonard Lane
Kirsten Daniel Adam Deermount Zvi Drezner Thomas Eppel Marc Fawaz Shu Farmer Adam Fingersh Julie Flaiz-Windham Nate Franke Robert Galle Tim Geiman Yujie He William Hernandez John Herold Jennifer Hite Vagelis Hristidis Lingwen Huang
Brandon Law Debbie Letourneau Ping Lin Laura Liu Dylan MacDonald Ryan Mason Stephen Milner Kari Moore Sanjoy Moulik Richard Needham John O’Brien David Ochi Sue Padernacht Fredrick Park Kimberly Perttula Mark Peterson Michael Pettiette
Shaun Pichler Graham Pierce Emile Pilafidis Hannah Pittard Steven Postrel Hamid Pourmohammadi Nils Randrup Todd Richey Stephen Samaha Arvind Sathi Neena Sathi Vicki Scherwin Glen Schrank Richard Selby Christobel Selecky Edward Sheng Thomas Sherlock Arjan Singh Charu Sinha Steven Sommer Sherry Su Alireza Yazdani Tabaei Christopher Vanover Roy Virgen Thomas Wagner Aaron Werth Lawrence Wilk Ty Woolworth Brian Yacker David Yang
Program Offices DOCTORATE PROGRAM Terry Shevlin, Associate Dean Noel Negrete MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS Yuhai Xuan, Associate Dean Jon Kaplan, Assistant Dean Taylor Martini, Senior Director Jon Masciana, Senior Director Melanie Coburn Stephanie Leonard Aima Choudry Asani Myers Kristin Dalton Julia Nemeth Sofia Dang Jimmy Nguyen Muriel Francis-Hoyle Nhung Nguyen Lindsay Haberman Jennifer Risner Rebecca Hillman Amber Tadokoro Ela Kozlowski Renee Walton SPECIALTY MASTERS PROGRAMS Yuhai Xuan, Associate Dean Lawrence Wilk, Interim Academic Director, MIE Patricia Wellmeyer, Academic Director, MPAc Zheng Sun, Academic Director, MFin Sanjeev Dewan, Academic Director, MSBA Jon Kaplan, Assistant Dean Burt Alvaro Slusher, Senior Director Lina Tran, Senior Director Kristen Ahn Judy Lotfy Rick Callender Ashley Ramirez Jana Cheng Nadine Abu-Seraj Saira Fazli Lisa Shulman Oscar Guzman Natalia Sanchez Quincy Lim Michelle Steinman BACHELOR OF ARTS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Kevin Bradford, Associate Dean Courtney Elmes, Senior Director Jamee Barrios Justin De Toro Joel Bonilla Justin Javier EXTERNAL RELATIONS Rodrigo Mahs, Assistant Dean Nick Shaffer, Director ADVANCEMENT Christina Johnson, Executive Director Kevin Crabb Suzi Weaver
ALUMNI EXPERIENCE CENTER Sandy Lee Leah Walton EXECUTIVE EDUCATION Mollee Elniski, Director Klara Farkas Kristen Nielsen Joanne Kim Amanda Pham CAREER CENTER Cynthia Rude, Executive Director Vickie Chicaul Barbra Marangell Darcy Cramer Vanessa Marcin Ann Cross Leaat Modiano Brittany Deneau Lisa Patel Blair Fraser Deanna Rule Qilin He Kelly Swanholm Joina Hsiao Sarah Yoo Chris Kovitz Tonie Zhu FINANCIAL AID Alda Ruggiero, Director Kristin Roteliuk BEALL CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Imran Currim, Academic Director Jenn Huynh CENTER FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION Vijay Gurbaxani, Academic Director Leslie Fell CENTER FOR GLOBAL LEADERSHIP Eric Spangenberg, Academic Director CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT AND POLICY Diane Ford CENTER FOR INVESTMENT AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT Christopher Schwarz, Academic Director Alejandra Diaz Adriana Lucas CENTER FOR REAL ESTATE Edward Coulson, Academic Director Sharon Nakamura-Brown
History of Commencement The colorful traditions surrounding academic regalia – gowns, caps, hoods, tassels, and cords – date back to the first European universities. What began in the Middle Ages as clothing worn by clerics to provide warmth in damp, unheated buildings progressed, by the time of Henry VIII of England, to detailed codes of dress prescribed by Oxford University and Cambridge University. In the late 1900s, universities in the U.S. began to assign specific colors to signify the different academic disciplines, and those colors now appear in the trim of graduates’ gowns, the edging of hoods, and sometimes on the tassels of caps. The color white for example, which at Oxford and Cambridge is the white fur trim of baccalaureate hoods, in America was assigned to arts, letters and humanities graduates. GOWNS Baccalaureate gowns, usually black, have wide pointed sleeves and are worn closed. Master’s gowns have oblong slit sleeves that open at the wrist and are worn open or closed. Doctoral gowns have bell-shaped sleeves and are worn closed. Holders of the Doctoral degree may wear a velvet facing on the front of the gown and three velvet bars across the sleeve. The velvet may be black or it may be the color appropriate to the subject in which the wearer holds the degree. HOODS AND TASSELS Hoods are ornamental folds draped down the back of the shoulders of academic gowns worn by Master’s or Doctoral degree graduates. Master’s degree candidates wear hoods lined with colors that reflect their course of study, such as Business Administration. Doctoral degree hoods have a silk lining with the colors of the institution from which the wearer has graduated. Graduates from the University of California system wear hoods lined with blue and gold, the university’s official colors, as well as colored velvet bands. The color of the velvet band on the Master’s and Doctoral hood indicates the title of the degree; the band on Master of Business Administration hoods is acetone gold/royal blue. A doctorate recipient, regardless of the field of study, wears dark blue because the title of the degree is Doctor of Philosophy. At the University of California, Irvine, all graduates wear a duo-color tassel made up of the University’s colors, blue and gold. The year is stamped on the reverse side of the University of California, Irvine, official seal. Undergraduates receiving a degree have their tassel start on the right side and then it is moved to the left. Graduate level degree recipients start the tassel on the left side and it is not moved. HONORS AND CORDS UC Irvine baccalaureate graduates, who have received campus-wide Latin honors (summa cum laude, magna cum laude, cum laude), wear gold cords. The Chancellor’s Award of Distinction recipients wear the blue and gold shoulder cord. Those who have received academic unit awards and prizes, or who have been elected to honor societies, wear blue cords. Graduate candidates receiving the Dean’s Scholar award wear two gold cords and those receiving the Beta Gamma Sigma award wear a blue and gold cord. Silver cords are for shareholders of the Dean’s Leadership Circle. MACE From its origins in the Middle Ages, the club shaped staff known as a mace has gradually taken on ceremonial character as a symbol of authority. In an American tradition begun in 1789 by the first Speaker of the House, the U.S. House of Representatives’ mace is one of the oldest symbols of our nation’s government, and is used both to open all sessions of the House and in the inaugural ceremonies for all Presidents of the United States. The UCI Alumni Association, with the assistance of Associate Vice Chancellor Student Affairs Emeritus Chuck Pieper and Scenic Shop Supervisor Keith Bangs of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, presented the UC Irvine Mace to the campus on May 12, 2000. While the silver orb at the top of the staff might be the first thing to catch the eye, the staff itself is memorable and unique. Carved from California oak, it is fashioned to resemble the nose of an anteater, the school mascot. The UC Irvine Mace was first carried at the 2000 Commencement ceremonies by the president of the UCI Alumni Association, Deborah Daniel. The Mace is always carried by a distinguished UC Irvine alumnus or alumna and leads the Commencement processional.
About the School The Paul Merage School of Business develops and equips leaders with critical business and leadership skills needed to succeed through programs that are continually adapted to address the ever-changing social, technological and economic opportunities and challenges in our digitally driven world. We offer three dynamic MBA programs (including a hybrid online cohort), two dual degrees (JD/MBA and MD/MBA), a Master of Professional Accountancy, Master of Finance, Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, MS in Business Analytics, MS in Biotechnology Management, PhD and undergraduate business degrees that focus on creative and critical thinking skills, strategic decision-making, leadership, innovation, and collaboration through in-class and on-site experiences with real-world business problems. While the Merage School is relatively young, it has quickly grown to consistently rank among the top 5% of all AACSB-accredited programs through exceptional student recruitment, world-class faculty, a strong alumni network and close relationships with both individual business executives and global corporations. We combine the academic strengths and best traditions of the University of California with the cutting-edge, entrepreneurial spirit of Orange County in the heart of Southern California’s Tech Coast. Together with our alumni and business community, we are proud to launch the next generation of professionals poised to have a positive impact in business and society as a whole.
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