UMD College of Education 2023 Graduate Commencement Program

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION COMMENCEMENT

GREETINGS FROM THE DEAN

Dear Graduates:

INSIDE FRONT COVER

On behalf of the College of Education, our faculty, staff and the entire EdTerps community, I congratulate you on reaching this significant milestone!

Today is the culmination of all of your hard work and dedication, and I could not be more proud of all you have accomplished. You’ve been on an academic journey filled with joyous moments, unexpected challenges and tremendous growth. You have gained the knowledge, skills and experience to fearlessly begin the next chapter of your life. No matter where the path ahead may lead, your time at Maryland has prepared you to have a real impact on the world.

As you join the College of Education alumni community, my hope is that you will remain actively engaged with this network and keep us part of your professional lives. Please keep in touch and visit us often.

Again, congratulations. I wish you a future full of promise and endless possibilities.

Go EdTerps!

KIMBERLY GRIFFIN

PRESIDING

Dr. Kimberly Griffin DEAN

PROCESSIONAL

“Pomp and Circumstance”

by Sir Edward Elgar

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Dr. Ebony Terrell Shockley

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EDUCATOR PREPARATION

WELCOME REMARKS

Dr. Kimberly Griffin DEAN

ALUMNI RECOGNITION

Barbara Friedlander ’85, M.A. ’90

CHAIR, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ALUMNI NETWORK BOARD

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

Dr. Ellen Gaske ’75

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMICS, SPECIALIZED EDUCATION SERVICES, INC.

STUDENT ADDRESS

Taylor Wigglesworth

MASTER OF EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES

Dr. Megan Madigan Peercy

ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDIES

CLOSING REMARKS

Dr. Kimberly Griffin DEAN

RECESSIONAL “Pomp and Circumstance”

by Sir Edward Elgar

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2022 & 2023 GRADUATES

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

Dr. Ellen Gaske ’75 is senior vice president, academics, for Specialized Education Services, Inc. (SESI), a Catapult Learning Company, where she is responsible for coordinating and implementing academic programming in all SESI schools. In this role, Dr. Gaske coordinates the efforts of the Assessment, Curriculum, and Instruction team to oversee each academic region.

GRADUATE DEGREE CANDIDATES

SUMMER 2022

DOCTOR OF EDUCATION GRADUATE

Robert Korsan

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY GRADUATES

Ha Rim Ahn

Leyla Babaturk

Nana Afua Brantuo

Briella Chen

Mary Kathryn Crawford

Andres Garcia

Dr. Gaske began her teaching career working for Howard County Public Schools, where she worked as a special education teacher, as a resource teacher for the Office of Special Education and later as a supervisor of special education (K-12). Over the course of 40 years, Dr. Gaske has conducted extensive training in reading for general and special education teachers and has taught courses for Johns Hopkins University in the areas of reading and written language disorders. Dr. Gaske earned her Ed.D. in special education and learning disabilities from Johns Hopkins University, a Master of Science in communicative disorders from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science in education and special education from the University of Maryland. She served a four-year term on the Maryland Association of Special Education Facilities Board and currently serves as a member of the University of Maryland Board of Visitors for the College of Education.

STUDENT SPEAKER

special

Taylor Wigglesworth is graduating from the Master’s Certification Program (MCERT) with a Master of Education degree in elementary education. During her time at the University of Maryland, she continuously made the Dean’s list, and she served as the student representative on the Teacher Leader Research and Education Committee. This year, the Maryland State Department of Education presented her with the Maryland Teacher of Promise award for her commitment to teach in Maryland, her high academic record and preservice teaching abilities. After graduation, Wigglesworth will teach at a Title I elementary school in Howard County.

Seth Glabman

Hang Minh Le

Kelsey McCurdy

Rajni Sharma

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Lijuan Shi

Kathryn Sullivan

Rebecca Vieyra

Stephanie Yee

Chengbin Yin

MASTER OF EDUCATION GRADUATES

Precious Azike

Devon Brake

Tatiana Caicedo

Astrid Delgado

Joana Granados

Laura Pearl Hernandez

Emmalee Kenny

Fareeha Manzoor

Samantha Mason

Rebecca McGugan

Jessica Mstowski

Nicole Nappi

Yi-Hsuan Rei

Megan Smith

Stephanie Taruc

Holly Williams

FALL 2022

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY GRADUATES

Tarik Buli

Brendan Decoster

Nardos Ghebreab

Sean Gruber

Laura Jimenez Parra

Francisco Lagos Marin

Jose Ortiz

Annie Rappeport

Erin Sorensen

MASTER OF ARTS GRADUATES

Raekwon Davis

Kaitlyn Doehler

Sara Gliese

Phoebe Harris

Ashley Mena

Kaitlin Walker

Ambre Yoo

MASTER OF EDUCATION GRADUATES

Megan Amaya

Lora Andrus

Andrea Banks

Jacob Clark

Elissa Sue Ehrenstein

Rachel Goldy

Molly Gondelman

Eleni Hallas

Sara Hayden

Michael Johnson

Samrawit Mihtsun

Gaby Rivas

Rebecka Webb

SPRING 2023

Ashley Hixson

Kelly Ivy

Tara Johnston

Karen Levush

Kristyn Lue

Moya Malcolm

Antoinette Newsome

Amanda Ross Benedick

Riley Sims

Anisha Singh

Samantha Sommer

Marian Strazzeri

Belal Noori

Amber Pasha

Alex Pugnali

Grace Riley

Ariel Rivers

Ariel Rubin

Kelley Schreiber

Madison Thurston

Christopher Villabobos

Thomas Walker

Hayley Weinberg

Abigail Williams-Yee

Nick Forlenza

Miriam Fraga

Afua Frimpong

Iris Gamez

Elizabeth Grossman

Katherine Guardado

Olivia Guerrieri

Daniela Hagan

Caroline Hanrahan

Taylor Harris

Sarah Healy

Elliot Hefty

Angelina Peterson

Gabrielle Pham

Gregory Reiland

Annika Ricci

Virginia Ritinski

Sean Rotter

Sydney Rourke

Marianne Rude

Maria Ruiz

Mary Ryan

Alexander Saltzman

Rey Sasaki

DOCTOR OF EDUCATION GRADUATE

Brandon Lauer

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY GRADUATES

Erika Aparakakankanange

Rachel Barkin

Kayla Bill

Heidi Bloom

Stephanie Breen

Kanoe Bunney

Kristina Cassiday

Eun Ae Chung

Kenyatta Crenshaw

Genevieve D’Cruz

Debra Delavan

Karen Feagin

Amanda Fiore

Jacquelyn Glidden

Jeremy Gombin-Sperling

Patrice Greene

Jennifer Himmel

Chen Tian

Alexandria Travis

Blake Turner

Daniel Vivas

William Viviani

Margaret Walton

Weimeng Wang

Gregory Weaver

Semi Yeom

Alexis Young

Jia Zheng

Jiaxuan Zong

Jinwang Zou

MASTER OF ARTS GRADUATES

Jasmine Akinsipe

Christine Alexander

Melanie Ashton

Sopiko Beriashvili

Eliana Burshtyn

Stephanie Cerrato

Yana Chapailo

Zhuo Chen

Alana Ebert-Zavos

Adriana Feijoo

Lawrence Haavik

Kimberly Hall

Makkie Haller

Aaron Hooker

Tung Yan Hui

Joyce Jang

Adam Klager

Ami Kumar Patel

Shihong Lin

Tierra Merritt

Catalina Moraga Prieto

Giang Nguyen

Darren Wilson

Brittney Woodard

Shanyun Zheng

MASTER OF EDUCATION GRADUATES

Jacob Adams

Lucy Allan

Jada Anderson

Jessica Anderson

Francis Arbaiza

Bettina Arrunategui

Dakota Baldozier

Madlynn Bard

Ashley Barrientos

Alyssa Berrios

Nicolas Bigot

Alyssa Bower

Yan Brendal

Everett Brown

McCauley Brown

Sydney Buell

Kimberly Burgess

Kendi Bynoe

Maryanne Calderon

Freidricka Camille

Grace Carlin

Emily Cheng

Lauren Clarke

Rosemary Cunningham

Jacqueline de Gramont

Gabriela Duncan

Kristina Elliott

Hope Fagundes

Ian Faigley

Joshua Faye

Tyrese Fenty

Gianna Fogelbach

Carina Hernandez

Jennifer Herrera

Kirsten Highsmith

David Hodgkinson

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Bryony Hollingsworth

Payton Hull

Jonathan Irias-Puerto

Christine Jackson

Youna Jung

Bella Juzenas

Marygrace Kaseta

Eve Kavalov

Grace Kim

Patience Kwaning

Sarah Lauritsen

Diane Lee

Christina Levine

Inna Llanos

Iulia Luca

Laura Lund

Toni Madrid

Jasmine Maher

Danielle Mangum

Junyi Mao

Melissa Martinez

Anna Mayer

Julianne McAdams

Maria McGee

Riley McLean

Lisa Meares

Nelson Medrano

Garrett Mogge

Carolyn Moses

Stanley Motley

Lynne Niner

Carolyn Norris

Laura Penn

Aaron Segal

Josiah Simpson

Jason Skill

Weiyi Song

Josephine Stommel

Ayala Stone

Daniel Stott

Justine Suegay

Rebecca Sukert

Sonia Swami

Ayse Talen

Mayra Torres

Chunlian Valchar

Lauren Vormack

Hailey Walters

Taylor Wigglesworth

Breanna Wilson

Jordana Wilson

Lindsay Wollam

Jennifer Wright

Anna Yan

Xiaolin Yao

MASTER OF SCIENCE GRADUATE

Ellen Leifer

Students who submitted a graduation application after May 10, may not appear in this program.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

GRAND MARSHAL Mr. David Toledo DIRECTOR, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY

NARRATOR Dr. Ebony Terrell Shockley EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EDUCATOR PREPARATION

ANNOUNCER Ms. Alyssa Orlando PEER ADVISOR

This ceremony would not be possible without the dedication and hard work of many members of our community. We would like to thank the Dean’s Office, Office of Student Services, Office of Advancement and Alumni Relations and Office of Marketing and Communications, as well as our many volunteers for making this ceremony memorable for our graduates, their families, friends and guests.

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COLLEGE LEADERSHIP

Kimberly Griffin, Ph.D. DEAN

William Ming Liu, Ph.D. CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND SPECIAL EDUCATION

Nihat Polat, Ph.D. CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING, POLICY AND LEADERSHIP

Laura Stapleton, Ph.D. CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY

Patricia A. Alexander, Ph.D. INTERIM ASSOCIATE DEAN, FACULTY AFFAIRS

Megan Madigan Peercy, Ph.D. ASSOCIATE DEAN, UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDIES

Ana Taboada Barber, Ph.D. ASSOCIATE DEAN, RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND PARTNERSHIPS

D. Hakim Scott, MBA, PMP ASSISTANT DEAN, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Kurt S. Sudbrink, MPA ASSISTANT DEAN, DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI RELATIONS

Natifia Mullings, M.A. DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING

Lena Morreale Scott, M.Ed. DIRECTOR, CIVIC EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE

Ebony Terrell Shockley, Ph.D. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EDUCATOR PREPARATION

Bridget Turner Kelly, Ph.D. DIVERSITY OFFICER

Andrea D. Norris, M.A. CHIEF OF STAFF

WELCOME FROM THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ALUMNI NETWORK BOARD

Dear Graduates,

On behalf of the College of Education Alumni Network, we welcome you to our EdTerp alumni community. As you set out on your next adventure, take note that you are not alone because you are now a part of a growing alumni network. This network is run by alumni for alumni and aims to host engagement opportunities that provide space for professional development, community building and fun. We look forward to connecting with you at our upcoming events and encourage you to stay engaged!

Best,

INSIDE BACK COVER

Barbara Friedlander ’85, M.A. ’90 CHAIR, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ALUMNI NETWORK BOARD

WE INVITE YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ALUMNI NETWORK BOARD.

GIVE THE GIFT OF AN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP!

PHOTOGRAPHS AND PROGRAMS

Professional photographers will take a picture of each student as they walk across the stage. Graduates will receive information by email on how to order copies of the photograph.

University Commencement programs may be requested by emailing events@ur.umd.edu

Commencement is a formal ceremony, and we respectfully ask guests to remain seated as each student is awarded their diploma.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

The University of Maryland College of Education provides researchand practice-oriented programs through its three departments: Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership; Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education; and Human Development and Quantitative Methodology.

Our educational programs are accredited and approved by the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation, the Maryland State Department of Education, and the American Psychological Association. The College is ranked among the top schools of education in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. It is a premier center for interdisciplinary research and innovation engaged with vital education issues. Its graduates enter the classroom and the community ready to transform lives through inspired learning, teaching, leadership, and research.

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Every community owes its existence and strength to the generations before them, around the world, who contributed their hopes, dreams and energy into making the history that led to this moment.

Truth and acknowledgement are critical in building mutual respect and connections across all barriers of heritage and difference.

So, we acknowledge the truth that is often buried: We are on the ancestral lands of the Piscataway People, who are the ancestral stewards of this sacred land. It is their historical responsibility to advocate for the four-legged, the winged, those that crawl and those that swim. They remind us that clean air and pristine waterways are essential to all life.

This Land Acknowledgement is a reminder for each of us as two-leggeds to ensure our physical environment is in better condition than what we inherited, for the health and prosperity of future generations.

The University of Maryland (UMD) is the state’s flagship university and a leading public research institution, propelled by a $1.3 billion joint research enterprise. Located four miles from Washington, D.C., the university is dedicated to addressing the grand challenges of our time and is the nation’s first Do Good campus. It is driven by a diverse and proudly inclusive community of more than 50,000 fearless Terrapins. UMD is a top producer of Fulbright scholars and offers an unparalleled student experience with more than 300 academic programs, 25 living-learning programs and 400 study abroad programs. Spurred by a culture of innovation and creativity, UMD faculty are global leaders in their field and include Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners and members of the national academies. education.umd.edu