UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
COMMENCEMENT 2024
DECEMBER 12 • 10 a.m.
Undergraduate Degree Ceremony
UNIVERSITY
OF MIAMI
COMMENCEMENT 2024
DECEMBER 12 • 10 a.m.
Undergraduate Degree Ceremony
School of Architecture
College of Arts and Sciences
Patti and Allan Herbert Business School
School of Communication
School of Education and Human Development
College of Engineering
Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
School of Nursing and Health Studies
Grand Marshal
Alumni Banner Marshal
Shouraseni Sen Roy, Ph.D. College of Arts and Sciences
Todd C. Rogers, B.B.A. ’89
Faculty Senate Marshal Ana François, M.B.A. School of Communication
Academic Banner Marshals
School of Architecture
College of Arts and Sciences
Patti and Allan Herbert Business School
School of Communication
School of Education and Human Development
College of Engineering
Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
School of Nursing and Health Studies
Faculty Marshals
School of Architecture
College of Arts and Sciences
Patti and Allan Herbert Business School
Jaime Correa, M.Arch., M.C.P.
Rod C. Gillis, Ph.D.
Mark Shapiro, J.D.
Wesley P. Miller IV, M.A.
Erin McNary, Ph.D.
Fabrice Manns, Ph.D. ’96
Larry Peterson, Ph.D.
Nicole V. Bartholomew, M.M.
Regine Reaves, Ph.D.
Cristina Canton, M.Arch. Steven Fett, M.Arch., M.U.D.
Imelda Moise, Ph.D. Mitsunori Ogihara, Ph.D.
Zoey Chen, Ph.D. Esteban Petruzzello, Ph.D.
School of Communication Ali Habashi, M.S. Patrick Waldinger, M.A.
School of Education and Human Development
College of Engineering
Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
School of Nursing and Health Studies
Jennifer Krawec, Ph.D.
EllenMarie McPhillip, M.A.
Vincent Omachonu, Ph.D. Derin Ural, Ph.D.
Blaire Umhau, Ph.D.
Ian Christian Holljes, B.A. Corin Overland, Ph.D.
Ashley Falcon, Ph.D. ’14
Christopher Weidlich, B.S.N. ’94, Ph.D. ’13
Alumni Marshals
Robert Agrusa, B.S.C.E. ’84
Juan Carlos Campuzano, B.B.A. ’82
Ivette O. Chinigo, B.S.N. ’88
Robert J. Chiste, B.B.A. ’14, M.Acc. ’14
Giselle M. Hugues, B.B.A. ’03, L.L.M.E. ’15
Candice L. Johnson Pollowitz, B.S.P.H. ’16
Chauntelle R. Long, B.S.N. ’04
Geeta Nayyar, B.S. ’00, M.D. ’03
Bruce E. Toll, B.B.A. ’65
Commencement Program
Academic Procession*
University of Miami Fanfare
David Lambert, D.M.A. ’05
Pomp and Circumstance
University of Miami Commencement Band
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
Robert M. Carnochan, D.M.A. (1963-2024)
Former Director of Wind Ensemble Activities
Tina DiMeglio, D.M.A. ’20
Edward Elgar Conductor
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
President’s Procession*
President’s Processional Fanfare Toward Our New Century
Brian Balmages, M.M. ’00
Pomp and Circumstance
Edward Elgar
Convocation Opening
Kathi Kern, Ph.D. Senior Vice Provost for Education
The National Anthem* Holden M. Seward
The Star-Spangled Banner Student, Vocal Performance
Francis Scott Key
Invocation*
Welcome
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
Rabbi Jason Cook Jewish Chaplain, University of Miami
Imam Abdul Hamid Samra, Ph.D. Muslim Chaplain, University of Miami
Adjunct Professor, College of Engineering
Father Richard Vigoa Catholic Chaplain, University of Miami
Guillermo Prado, M.S. ’00, Ph.D. ’05
Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
Introduction of Speaker Al Dotson Jr. Member, Board of Trustees
Advice to Graduates Michael Irvin, B.B.A. ’88
Three-Time Super Bowl Champion, Pro Football Hall of Famer, and FS1 Contributor
Conferral of Academic Degrees
School of Architecture
College of Arts and Sciences
Patti and Allan Herbert Business School
School of Communication
School of Education and Human Development
College of Engineering
Rodolphe el-Khoury, Ph.D., Dean
Leonidas G. Bachas, Ph.D., Dean
Paul A. Pavlou, Ph.D., Dean
Karin Gwinn Wilkins, Ph.D., Dean
Laura Kohn-Wood, Ph.D., Dean
Nina DeCario Miville, B.S. ’86, M.B.A. ’91, D.B.A. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies
Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science Roni Avissar, Ph.D., Dean
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
School of Nursing and Health Studies
Alumni Association Welcome
Alma Mater*
Shelton G. Berg, M.M., Dean
Hudson Santos, Ph.D., Dean
David Mullings, B.S. ’00, M.B.A. ’03
Vice President, University of Miami Alumni Association
Holden M. Seward
Lyrics by William S. Lampe Student, Vocal Performance
Music by Christine Asdurian
Arranged by Henry Fillmore
Recessional*
Man of the Hour
Miami March
The Crosley March
The Noble Men March
Composed by Henry Fillmore
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
University of Miami Commencement Band
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
Note: Degrees with years denote University of Miami alumni.
* If possible, please stand for these portions of the program. At the conclusion of the program, the audience will remain standing until the platform party has left the Watsco Center. The band was recorded during the Fall 2020 Commencement exercises. The commencement set was designed by Kristian A. Rodriguez, B.S.C. ’04, M.F.A. ’18, art director in University Communications.
Commencement Speaker
MICHAEL IRVIN
Three-Time Super Bowl Champion
Pro Football Hall of Famer
FS1 Contributor
Game clocks rarely, if ever, tell the whole story during a football game. Like the clock at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida, on Oct. 3, 1987. With just two minutes and 32 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the scoreboard read: Miami 19, Florida State 19. For the Miami Hurricanes, the clock said a lot more—that an undefeated season and, perhaps, a chance to play for the national championship were both in jeopardy.
But Michael Irvin, the Hurricanes junior wide receiver, would not hear of it. On what was to become the most memorable play in Hurricanes football history, Irvin scored on a 73-yard touchdown pass for a victory over archrival Florida State. The scoring strike was indicative of Irvin’s reputation on the field, where he often made the biggest plays in the biggest games, earning him the nickname “The Playmaker.”
During that storied 1987 season, Irvin caught 44 passes for 715 yards and six touchdowns, helping the University of Miami win its second football national championship. He earned a degree in business management from the University in 1988 and finished his collegiate career with All-America honors and set records for 143 receptions, 2,423 receiving yards, and 26 touchdowns.
But Irvin’s impact extended far beyond the stats. “He was born a leader,” his late mother, Stella Irvin, told WTVJ in a 1987 interview. It was a quality that would define his professional career.
After a stellar career at Miami, Irvin was selected by the Dallas Cowboys with the 11th pick in the first round of the 1988 NFL Draft, where he was reunited with legendary Hurricanes coach Jimmy Johnson. He quickly made an impact, becoming the first rookie wide receiver to start a season opener for that franchise in more than two decades. Over the course of his 12-year NFL career, Irvin would become one of the most acclaimed wide receivers in league history. From 1991 through 1998, he recorded 1,000-yard seasons in all but a single year. During that span, he helped lead the team to three Super Bowl championships and four consecutive National Football Conference championship game appearances.
A combination of skill and leadership, as well as a strong work ethic, which Irvin credits for giving him “an edge,” made him a standout player. He finished his career with 750 receptions for 11,904
yards and 65 touchdowns, and 100 or more yards receiving in a single game 47 times during his 159-game career. His impact on the field earned him a place on the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 1990s, and in 2007 he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. At his induction ceremony, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones praised Irvin for his athletic abilities as well as his leadership, which “not only transcended the cliques in the locker room, but his leadership style on our team and our organization went from the locker room and the equipment room all the way to the boardroom.” Jones added, “In the locker room, he was a teammate first, a competitor second, and a superstar third.”
A gifted athlete from an early age, Irvin—the 15th of 17 children— had to overcome many personal hardships, including the death of his father when he was just 17. He found direction and inspiration at St. Thomas Aquinas High School, where he starred as a wide receiver in his senior year, setting him on his path to the Hall of Fame.
Irvin’s success on the field was matched by his success off it. Following his retirement from the Dallas Cowboys, he enjoyed a distinguished career as a sports broadcaster and analyst with ESPN, the NFL Network, and currently, FOX. In addition, he appeared both in film and television, including the remake of “The Longest Yard” and numerous television guest appearances.
A lifelong Cane, Irvin’s love for the game and the Miami Hurricanes remains as strong as it was during his playing days at the U. He is a permanent fixture at the games, cheering from the sidelines, and is involved in mentoring recruits at the team’s Legends Camp, which offers prospects the opportunity to interact with and learn from some of the best Miami Hurricanes football players of all time.
For his exceptional career as one of the greats of collegiate and professional football and for his steadfast support of the Miami Hurricanes’ storied football program, the University of Miami is proud to welcome Michael Irvin as commencement speaker.
Candidates for Degrees
The awarding of degrees and honors to the candidates named in this program is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of the appropriate requirements by each candidate. The listing of a student’s name in no way implies or ensures graduation, nor the award of honors. The information listed on the following pages was current as of October 11, 2024.
Graduate School
Established 1941
Presented by Nicole Leeper Piquero, Ph.D., Interim Dean
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Peter Oluwatomisin Aina
Major: Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering
Dissertation: Design and Development of 3D-Printed Catalytic Filter for the Detoxification of Chemical Warfare Agent Simulant
Sulaiman Awadh A Alanazi
Major: Physical Therapy
Dissertation: Balance Ability and Postural Adjustments in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
Salman Alawadi
Major: Research, Measurement, and Evaluation
Dissertation: Psychometric Analysis and Computerized Adaptive Testing in Human Growth and Development for Counselor Education
Christian David Alcalde Pretel
Major: Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Dissertation: The Role of Replicative Exonucleases in Mitochondrial DNA Replication and Degradation
Shatha Abdulaziz I Aldraiwiesh
Major: Physical Therapy
Dissertation: Cognitive-Motor Interference During Dual-Task Walking With Different Memory Demands in Younger, Middle-Aged, and Older Adults
Victoria Louise Andre
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Dissertation: Multifunctional Magnetoelectric Nanoparticles for Cancer Theranostics and Neurological Applications
Maureen Ascona
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: A Deep Learning-Based Approach for Unbiased Kinematic Analysis in CNS Injury
Brianna Bernard
Major: Chemistry
Dissertation: Engineering Functional Nanomaterials: Microwire Platforms and Carbon Dots for Multifunctional Biomedical Applications
Chelsea Leigh Black
Major: Marine Ecosystems and Society
Dissertation: Monitoring Hotspots and Migration Corridors of Highly Mobile Shark Species Under Global Change
Meaghan Kristina Chaplin
Major: Teaching and Learning
Dissertation: Teachers Perceptions of Their Preparedness to Work With Students With Challenging Behaviors
Monika Chojnacka
Major: Cancer Biology
Dissertation: Whole Genome Sequencing Uncovers Genomic Drivers Underlying Disease Biology and Treatment Response to Novel Cellular Therapies in Lymphomas and Myeloma
Hannah Mae Cranford
Major: Epidemiology
Dissertation: Unmasking Disparities in Highly Fatal Cancers: An Analysis on Inequities in Incidence, Survival, and Prevention
Brianna Cyr
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: The Role of the Inflammasome in Inflammaging
Caroline Elizabeth Dennison
Major: Marine Biology and Ecology
Dissertation: Role of Symbiodiniaceae Diversity in the Susceptibility of Corals to Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD): Implications for Disease Spread, Restoration, and Interventions
James Jarad Dollar
Major: Cancer Biology
Dissertation: Elucidating Clinical and Molecular Features of High-Risk Uveal Melanoma and Therapy Response in Treatment of Metastatic Disease
Emma Drabbe
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Dissertation: Fluidic Platforms for Optimizing Retinal Organoids and Eye Transplants
Tiffany Lace Fajardo
Major: English
Dissertation: A Modernism of One’s Own: Speculative Sexuality in Radclyffe Hall, Djuna Barnes, and Virginia Woolf
Melissa Eve Franklin
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Dissertation: Innate Immune Responses and Iron Dysregulation in Intracortical Neural Implants
Saeed Ghoddousi
Major: Civil Engineering
Dissertation: Improving the Energy Efficiency of the HVAC Central Plant by Optimizing the Operation of the Parallel Pumps and Cooling Towers
Wendy Sharon Gunther
Major: Music Education
Dissertation: “Let Their Voices Be Heard”: A Case Study of a Holistic Curriculum Integrating Music, Literature, Creativity, and Social-Emotional Learning
Gina Carole Hendrick
Major: Marine Biology and Ecology
Dissertation: Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Caribbean Reef Fishes: Causes and Consequences of Ectoparasite Infection
Shanelle Hodge
Major: Nursing Science
Dissertation: Barriers and Facilitators to Disclosure and Treatment of Sexual Violence Among Black Women
Stephanie Elissa Hudiburgh
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: Exploring the Relationship Between Initial Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms Among University Students
Sam G. Johnson
Major: Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic
Dissertation: Amazonian Transmedia: Seeking Ecological and Epistemic Justice in the Anthropocene
Mascha Louisa Korsch
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation: Investigation of Alternative Treatment Options for Pancreatic Cancer
Caroline M. Kraan
Major: Environmental Science and Policy
Dissertation: Making Way for Water: Adapting to Climate Change in the United States and the Netherlands
Inam Iqbal Lalani
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Dissertation: Micromechanics of Plastic Deformation in Materials for Extreme Environments
Rebecca Singhal Lazarus
Major: Counseling Psychology
Dissertation: Relationships Between Family Functioning Outcomes, Youth Internalizing Outcomes, and Caregiver Acculturation in a Culturally Informed Family-Based Treatment
Zhiyao Ma
Major: Philosophy
Dissertation: Yin-Yang in Epistemology
Robert Andrew Mesa
Major: Epidemiology
Dissertation: Social Determinants of Health, Race/Ethnicity, and Biological Aging Among Diverse U.S. Adults
Ruthra Dharshini Murugavel
Major: Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering
Dissertation: Mobile and Stationary Hydrogen Storage: A Nano-Sorbent Development, Capacity Assessment, and Structure-Property Relationship Investigation
Tate Anson Pollock
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Profiling Changes in the Dopaminergic Transcriptome During Cocaine Intravenous Self-Administration and Craving
Marcus Bennett Reamer
Major: Environmental Science and Policy
Dissertation: Environmental Media and the Conservation and Management of the Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale
Sherwin Notorio Reyes
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation: Bioluminescence in Diagnostic Medicine: Applications in Clinical and Pointof-Care Testing
Yasamin Rezaei
Major: Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic
Dissertation: Poetics of Platforms: Performing Popular Poetry on Social Media in Iran
Elizabeth Schabot
Major: Marine Biology and Ecology
Dissertation: Alterations in Gene Expression and Mitochondrial Mutation Levels Associated With Carcinogenesis in Damselfish Neurofibromatosis
Daniel Charles Scherwatzky
Major: English
Dissertation: The Disabled Body Politic and the Rise of Empire From Rochester to Defoe
Gabi Schwartz
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Dissertation: Transport and Biomechanics of Porcine Meniscus Fibrocartilage
Max Gilbert Lawrence Shotbolt
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Dissertation: Investigating the Fundamental Properties of Magnetoelectric Nanoparticles and Their Interactions With Cancer Biology
Stacy Jeanine Simon
Major: Executive Biochemistry
Dissertation: Use of Inline Raman Spectroscopy and Predictive Analytics to Monitor and Optimize Small-Scale Pharmaceutical Bioprocessing
Leyna Rose Stemle
Major: Biology
Dissertation: Identifying Imperiled Reptile and Amphibian Preferred Habitat Characteristics, Habitat Use, and Movement
Peisen Tan
Major: Ocean Sciences
Dissertation: Air-Sea Momentum Transport Across a Wide Range of Wind and Wave Conditions
Mary Loren Tapia
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: AAV-Retro-Mediated Gene Modulation and Real-Time Retinal Imaging to Examine RGC Survival
Daniel Verdear
Major: Computer Science
Dissertation: Graph Theoretic Approaches to Belief Modeling in Online Social Networks
Amanda Marie Virgets
Major: Exercise Physiology
Dissertation: A Comparison of High-Speed Multidirectional, Multi-Component, Cued Yoga vs Slow Paced Hatha Yoga on Cognition, Physiological, and Neuromuscular Markers in Adults With Parkinson’s Disease
Dazhi Wang
Major: Cancer Biology
Dissertation: Investigating the Molecular Mechanism and Clinical Potential of Chemerin Signaling in CcRCC
Lukun Wang
Major: Chemistry
Dissertation: Mechanistic Studies of Metalloenzymes and Metal Complexes Through Multiscale Computational Approaches
Dongqing Xu
Major: Communication
Dissertation: Social Media Influencer Endorsements in Corporate Crisis
Communication: Exploring Strategies, Effectiveness, and Underlying Mechanisms
Geng Yuan
Major: Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering
Dissertation: Computationally-Driven Design of High-Entropy Alloy Electrocatalysts for Water Oxidation
Wei Zhang
Major: Chemistry
Dissertation: Carbon Dots for Drug Delivery and Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Khulud Khalid M Almutairi
Major: Nursing Science
Dissertation: Religiosity Moderates the Relationship Between Religious Discrimination and Quality of Life
Hannah Claire Artman
Major: Communication
Dissertation: Desinformación, Discourse, and Internet Celebrity: Understanding the Practices of Latino/A/X Influencers on YouTube
Umer Farooq Bakali
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation: Mass Spectrometric Analyses of Volatile and Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds for Health Risk Assessment and Diagnostics Facilitated by Low-Burden Sampling Methodologies
Jeffrey Edward Blackwatters
Major: Environmental Science and Policy
Dissertation: Reckoning With the Contradictions of Conservation Philanthropy: Governance, Justice, and a Radical Future for Environmental Giving
Anthony Mario Bonacolta
Major: Marine Biology and Ecology
Dissertation: Diversity and Role of Protistan Symbionts of Marine Holobionts Under Climate Change
Andrea Botero Londono
Major: Community Well-Being
Dissertation: Unfreezing Human Service Organizations: Key Tensions Hindering Their Mission and Values
Jacob David Brannum
Major: History
Dissertation: A Commune in Conflict: Microstrategies of Power in Venetian Society, 1348-1381
Evan T. Burdette
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: The Impact of School Transition Stress on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Hispanic Immigrant and U.S.-Born Youth: Repetitive Negative Thinking and Sleep Disturbance as Mediators
Ivenis Capistrano Pita
Major: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography
Dissertation: Estimate the Meridional Overturning Circulation and Associated Heat and Freshwater Transports Across the South Atlantic Basin From Sustained In-Situ Observations
Alize Ariel Carrere
Major: Environmental Science and Policy
Dissertation: Climatopia: An Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Radical Designs for the Climate Crisis
Sana Iqbal Chaudhry
Major: Cancer Biology
Dissertation: Altered RNA Export by SFB1 Mutants Confers Sensitivity to Nuclear Export Inhibition
Leah Nicole Chomiak
Major: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography
Dissertation: The Advection of Subpolar Climate Signals From a Subtropical Atlantic Viewpoint
Julian Dieter Dallmeier
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Evaluating Mechanisms Underlying Resistance in Alzheimer’s Disease
Carla Alessandra Anna Dario
Major: Environmental Science and Policy
Dissertation: Valuing Coastal NatureBased Solutions: Investigating Preferences, Perceptions, and Policies for Coastal Adaptation in Florida
Gabrielle Marie Del Rey
Major: Counseling Psychology
Dissertation: Deconstructing Familismo for Latina Adolescents in the Context of SelfHarm: A Qualitative Study
Allyson Nicole DeMerlis
Major: Marine Biology and Ecology
Dissertation: Molecular Mechanisms of Enhancing Coral Resilience to Thermal Stress
Livia Helena De Moraes
Major: Music Education
Dissertation: A Multiple Case Study of Divisive Concepts Laws: Music Teachers’ Perspectives
Jessica Dennison
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Investigating Female-Specific Risk Factors of Alzheimer’s Disease
Rim El Belkacemi
Major: Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic
Dissertation: The Marginalization of Women in Master Narratives on the Algerian War of Independence: Epistemic Violence, Narrative Construction, and Agency in Literature, Film, and the Archive
Elena Fernandez
Major: Teaching and Learning
Dissertation: Impact of Assistive Technology Use on Toddler Communication, Behavior, and Engagement in an Early Childhood Center
Carolina Fernandez Pujol
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Dissertation: Neural Mechanisms of Auditory Perception-Related Human Brain Activity
Mollie Sasha Goldfinger
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: Sleep Duration and Variability, Nondiabetic Insulin Resistance, and Sequential 14-Hour Assessments of Pre- and Post-Prandial Ghrelin Over Two Days
Ashley Marie Goncalves
Major: Biology
Dissertation: Multiscale Approaches to Understanding Impacts of Stony Coral Disease on Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems
Alex Gonzalez
Major: Executive Biochemistry
Dissertation: The Role of Light Spectrum, Retinal Macular Pigment, and Filtering in Moderating Visual Photosensitivity
Zachary T. Goodman
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: Leveraging Bayesian Machine Learning to Elucidate Brain-Based Biomarkers of Cognitive Aging
Hajar Hazime
Major: Microbiology and Immunology
Dissertation: DUOX2 Mediated HostMicrobiome Interactions in Health and Disease
Lillian Henderson
Major: Ocean Sciences
Dissertation: Vertical Variations in Organic Composition of Particulate Matter in a Stratified Euphotic Zone and Implications for Carbon Export
Zahid Hussain
Major: Civil Engineering
Dissertation: Building Code Provisions for the Design of GFRP-RC Members: Implications and Improvements
Gillian Erica Jacobsen
Major: Microbiology and Immunology
Dissertation: Forgotten Players in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Microbiome, Stroma, and Innate Immunity
Chong Jia
Major: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography
Dissertation: Characteristics of the Sea-Surface Temperatures in the Arctic Derived From Measurements From Saildrones and Satellites
Karlon H. Johnson
Major: Epidemiology
Dissertation: The Effect of Patient-Reported Discharge Education and Communication on Post-Stroke Behaviors and Outcomes
Marilia Kamil
Major: Music Education
Dissertation: Instituto Baccarelli, Where Music Transforms: A Case Study of Music for Social Change
Hengyi Ke
Major: Biostatistics
Dissertation: Tree-Based Methods for Causal Matching and Distorted Variable Analysis
Dipendra Khadka
Major: Chemistry
Dissertation: Chemistry in Confined Spaces: Photochemistry of Ketones, Thioketones, and Nitrites Within an Organic Capsule
Chitvan Viplav Killawala
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Dissertation: Real-Time Occupational and Environmental Health Monitoring Using Solid-State Sensor Arrays: A Focus on Drowsiness Detection and Firefighter Safety
Kayla Larkin
Major: Teaching and Learning
Dissertation: Meeting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students With and Without Dis/Abilities’ Secondary English Language Arts Curriculum and Instructional Needs
Quinton Anthony Lawton
Major: Atmospheric Sciences
Dissertation: Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves and Their Interactions With African Easterly Waves
Boshuo Li
Major: Business
Dissertation: Strategic Talent Hiring and Its Implications
Songyi Liang
Major: Communication
Dissertation: Cultivation and Social Media: Examining Media’s Role in Shaping GenderRelated Perceptions and Acceptance of Rape Myths
Hsin Chieh Liao
Major: Mathematics
Jiaqi Liu
Major: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Dissertation: Targeting Compartment-Specific NAD+ Metabolism in Glioma
Brendan McBreen
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Dissertation: Co-Flow Jet Active Flow Control With Extreme Adverse Pressure Gradients
Melanie McKenna
Major: Sociology
Dissertation: Examining the Intergenerational Effects of Violence on Health
Merranda Marie McLaughlin
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: A Systematic Review and MetaAnalysis of Factors Related to Muslim Mental Health, Help-Seeking, and the Feasibility of Islamically-Integated Interventions
Jessica Medina
Major: Human Genetics and Genomics
Dissertation: Molecular Phenotypic Analysis Following Antisense Oligonucleotide Treatment in a Pre-Clinical Charcot-MarieTooth Disease Model
Noelle Amanda Mendez
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: The Impact of Recent Incarceration and Structural Barriers on the HIV Treatment Cascade
Marisol Meyer
Major: Counseling Psychology
Dissertation: Fireside Mental Health Chats: A Novel Approach to Increase Accessibility of Mental Health Support for Foster Youth
Jacquelyn Michele Moffitt
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: Objective Measurement of Toddler Vocalizations as a Predictor of Later Autism Symptoms
Natalie Ortiz Vega
Major: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Dissertation: Regulation of Proteostasis by Sleep in Drosophila Models of Alzheimer’s Disease
Sanchary Pal
Major: Communication
Dissertation: Ephemeral Brand Content on Instagram Stories to Influence Attitudes and Behaviors
Diego Palacios
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dissertation: Extending Optical Techniques in Resolution and Range for Single Aperture 3D Imaging and Fundus Scanning
Renae L. Patterson
Major: Nursing Science
Dissertation: Seventy-Eight Would Be Great: An Exploration of the Use of Patient Portals as a Supporting Intervention to Improve HIV Care Engagement Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With HIV
Meredith Pinkerton
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Slowing Proteotoxic Neurodegeneration by Boosting Mitochondrial Bioenergetics and Recruiting a Novel Class of Chaperones
Nikolaos Theodore Polizos
Major: Biology
Dissertation: Thermal Associative Learning in Drosophila Larvae
Sofia Poma
Major: Counseling Psychology
Dissertation: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Family-Based Intervention in El Salvador: A Mixed Methods Study
Farhan Qureshi
Major: Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Dissertation: Immunotherapy With Low Dose IL-2/CD25 Prevents Beta Cell Dysfunction and Dysglycemia in Prediabetic NOD Mice
Molly Ream
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: The Long-Term Impact of Brief Stress Management on Positive Psychological Adaptation, Medication Adherence, and Breast Cancer Outcomes
Natalie Rose Ricciardi
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation: The Role of Exercise in Healthy and Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Aging
Leana Rohman
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Dissertation: Quantification of In Vivo Human Lens Mechanical Properties Using Combined Brillouin Microscopy and Optical Coherence Elastography
Miguel Gabriel Rojas
Major: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Dissertation: Dissecting the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in Venous Remodeling and Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation
Gazelle Rouhani
Major: Epidemiology
Dissertation: Assessing Dermatologic Toxicities and Their Impact on Clinical Outcomes Among Colorectal Cancer Patients
Matthew Jesse Schneider
Major: Environmental Science and Policy
Dissertation: Historical Ecology Case Studies in South Florida
Ryan Christopher Schooley
Major: Counseling Psychology
Dissertation: White Racial Socialization and Allyship Development in College Students: A Phenomenological Analysis
Spencer Owen Seely
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dissertation: Point-of-Care Molecular Diagnostics in a Post-Pandemic Era
Ratanpriya Sharma
Major: Psychology
Dissertation: Assessing the Neural and CardioAutonomic Reactivity to Social Ostracism in Persons Living With HIV
Sisam Shrestha
Major: Atmospheric Sciences
Dissertation: Analysis of Changes in LargeScale Atmospheric Circulation and Their Implication on Climate Sensitivity
Dieyun Song
Major: History
Dissertation: The Power of Philanthropy: Development, Empire, and Non-State Actors in Cold War Colombia, 1961-1973
Bridget Truitt
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: The Contributions of the Gut Microbiome in Somatic Morphine Withdrawal
Lynee Laurencia Turek-Hankins
Major: Environmental Science and Policy
Dissertation: Multisector Impacts and Responses to Extreme Heat and Energy Affordability in a Changing Climate
Gabrielle Monterano Mesquita Van Meter
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Dissertation: Optical Coherence Tomography of the Ciliary Muscle Dynamics During Accommodation
Katherine Villa
Major: Philosophy
Dissertation: Affective Injustice and Moral Responsibility
Brittni R. Walker
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: CNS Gene Therapy in Mouse Models of Complex I and Complex IV Encephalopathies
Bradley Allen Weiler
Major: Marine Biology and Ecology
Dissertation: Applying Comparative Multiomics to Study the Holobiont of the Reef-Forming Coral Pseudodiploria Strigosa Through Health and Disease
Alexandra Diana Elizabeth Wen
Major: Marine Biology and Ecology
Dissertation: Algal Symbiont Shuffling in Caribbean Corals: Quantifying Differences in Thermal Tolerance, Photoinhibition, and Longevity
Jeffrey Wayne White
Major: Biology
Dissertation: Characterizing Patterns of Foraging Ecology and Population Structure in Fiordland, Erect-Crested, and Eastern Rockhopper Penguins
Paul Kozol Wojtal
Major: Ocean Sciences
Dissertation: Geochemical Tools to Understand Trophic, Microbial, and Anthropogenic Drivers in Marine Particles
Christopher Yanick
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Exploration of Cellular Phenotypes in IPSC-Derived Motor Neurons Containing Mutations Linked to a Recessive Neuropathy
Yang Yi
Major: Communication
Dissertation: Communicative Efforts in Workplace Microaggressions
Muyuan Zhang
Major: Mathematics
Dissertation: The Complement of Skeleta in Berkovich Spaces
Shiyi Zhang
Major: Business
Dissertation: Essays in Diversity and Behavioral Finance
Wei Zhang
Major: Biostatistics
Dissertation: Integrative Multi-Omics Analysis Using Multivariate Random Forest
Hao Zhu
Major: Computer Science
Dissertation: Computational Approaches for Predicting DNA Methylation and Constructing Whole-Genome Structures Based on Hi-C Data
Yunkai Zhu
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Dissertation: Contextual Influences on Speech Processing in Humans and Artificial Neural Networks Using Sine-Wave Speech
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Jamie Melissa Anderson
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Visualizing STEM: Leveraging Infographics to Generate Interest in Science Among High School Students
Chauncey Lamar Brown
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: An Analysis of an Andragogical Professional Development Series on Restorative Classroom Practices
Beth Ann Darius
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Using Situated Learning Theory to Create a Professional Development Course on Disease Investigation
Marisabel Davalos
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: MyPLE: Developing a Personal Learning Environment for Health Behavior Change in Moms Enrolled in a Community Health Program
Eric Peter Dominijanni
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Design of the Sumter County Fire and EMS Public Engagement Training Program
Rodney Luther Edmond
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: MyPLE: Developing a Personal Learning Environment for Health Behavior Change in Moms Enrolled in a Community Health Program
Max Gebhardt
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Visualizing STEM: Leveraging Infographics to Generate Interest in Science Among High School Students
Robert James Hanson
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Design of the Sumter County Fire and EMS Public Engagement Training Program
Megan Elizabeth Johnson
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Design of the Sumter County Fire and EMS Public Engagement Training Program
Lynnette Marie Lopez
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Enhancing Mathematical Skills of Homeschool Students Through FamilyCentered Activities
Rose Michelle Martin
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Building Bridges: Developing a Trauma-Informed Collaborative Framework for Educators to Foster Resilience in Educational Settings
Michelle George Maynard
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Using Situated Learning Theory to Create a Professional Development Course on Disease Investigation
Gabriela McLeod
Major: Higher Education Leadership
Dissertation: Lived Experiences and Collaborative Learning Among Undocumented Immigrant College Students
Fransheska Portalatin-Cruz
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Building Bridges: Developing a Trauma-Informed Collaborative Framework for Educators to Foster Resilience in Educational Settings
Courtney R. Ragin
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Enhancing Mathematical Skills of Homeschool Students Through FamilyCentered Activities
Michelande Ridore
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: MyPLE: Developing a Personal Learning Environment for Health Behavior Change in Moms Enrolled in a Community Health Program
Lillianne Grace Rose
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: An Analysis of an Andragogical Professional Development Series on Restorative Classroom Practices
Peter J. Schilke
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Empowering Your Learning Journey With Anthology Ally: A Student Support Program Designed to Enhance Student Learning
Taylie Marie Shaw
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: An Analysis of an Andragogical Professional Development Series on Restorative Classroom Practices
Svetlana Sivolapova
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Exploring the Impact of Coding and Robotics on Student Self-Efficacy in Programming
Ruth L. Smith
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Exploring the Impact of Coding and Robotics on Student Self-Efficacy in Programming
Julie J. Thalman
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Empowering Your Learning Journey With Anthology Ally: A Student Support Program Designed to Enhance Student Learning
Linette Terrell Victor
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Exploring the Impact of Coding and Robotics on Student Self-Efficacy in Programming
Pablo Villa
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Using Situated Learning Theory to Create a Professional Development Course on Disease Investigation
Tara George Wright
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Empowering Your Learning Journey With Anthology Ally: A Student Support Program Designed to Enhance Student Learning
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Tamika Aysia Adams
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Mitigating Learning Barriers for Adults: How the Use of Linktree Influenced Classroom Learning
Elga Agbaw
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Constructivist Approach to Investigate Motivation, Skill Development and Proficiency in Youth Volleyball Using Designs for Learning
Alicia Jacqueline Browne
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Constructivist Approach to Investigate Motivation, Skill Development and Proficiency in Youth Volleyball Using Designs for Learning
Kevin Demetrius Crum
Major: Higher Education Leadership
Dissertation: How Can (Nil) Name, Image, and Likeness Assist Marginalized NCAA Division I Student-Athletes to Succeed Beyond Completing a Degree?
Frandley DeFilie
Major: Higher Education Leadership
Dissertation: The Effect of Institution Crisis Management on Undergraduate Students’ Continuation
Crystal Doyle
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Utilizing Action Mapping to Support Educators in Reducing Behavior Referrals Within School Settings
Patricia Mae Bangate Early
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Mitigating Learning Barriers for Adults: How the Use of Linktree Influenced Classroom Learning
Brian Matthew Garcia
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Promoting Critical Thinking Skills Through the Creation of Board Games
Candace Yi-Chern Gomez
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Utilizing Action Mapping to Support Educators in Reducing Behavior Referrals Within School Settings
Kentrell Sharod King
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Training for Academic and Residential Advisors to Improve Persistence and Completion for First-Time Undergraduates in Minority Serving Institution (MSI)
Amy Lynne Koehler
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Maintaining Self-Determination Theory for Students in Blended Learning Educational Programs
Janice Vanourney Leister
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Addressing Learning and Information Needs for Neurodivergent Students in Elementary School Media Centers
Veronica Lugo
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Training for Academic and Residential Advisors to Improve Persistence and Completion for First-Time Undergraduates in Minority Serving Institution (MSI)
April Dawn Mann
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Navigating the Jagged Frontier: University Faculty Engage With AI-Based Writing Tools in a Community of Practice
Tara M. McKenna
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: The Impact of Mentoring in Fostering Strategic Business Planning Skills Among Pre-Service Professionals
Artonya Dean McNeally
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Missionary Parents Working Abroad: Are Pedagogies Self-Determination and Universal Design a Strong Continuum of Support for Preschoolers To Be Successful in School?
Diane Moss
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Constructivist Approach to Investigate Motivation, Skill Development and Proficiency in Youth Volleyball Using Designs for Learning
JimiBeth Myers
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: The Impact of Mentoring in Fostering Strategic Business Planning Skills Among Pre-Service Professionals
Lauren Nicole Robinson
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Utilizing Action Mapping to Support Educators in Reducing Behavior Referrals Within School Settings
Adina Sanchez-Garcia
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Navigating the Jagged Frontier: University Faculty Engage With AI-Based Writing Tools in a Community of Practice
David O. Wilson
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Enhancing Instructor Implicit Bias Awareness With Online Micro-Learning Modules
Kara Elizabeth Young
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: Enhancing Emotion Regulation Skills in Students With Emotional Dysregulation via Communication, Organization, and Regulation of Emotions through (CORE) Percussion Intervention
Anastasia Theresa Zavodny
Major: Applied Learning Sciences
Final Project: The Impact of Mentoring in Fostering Strategic Business Planning Skills Among Pre-Service Professionals
DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Kevin Alexander Day
Major: Composition
Final Project: Lalovavi: An Afrofuturist Grand Opera (Examining the Composition Process by Comparing Two Versions of Act 1)
Yunfei Feng
Major: Keyboard Performance
Final Project: The Enduring Impact of Piano Variations: Works of Handel, Clementi, Glinka, Dvorak, Berg, and Mompou
DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Sunitha Abraham
Moya M. Allen
Stephanie Baigorri
Brittany Marie Berre
Derrek M. Bletsh
Nicole Latasha Cesaire
Christopher Coloma
Jessica Angulo Delgado
Kristina del Rey Jimenez
Kelsey Danielle Diaz
Faria Duja
Kersaint Edme
Kailyn R. Elliott
Alyson Lauren Franqui
Natalie Fray
Liyiam I. Garcia Paz
Paul-Raymond O. Gonzales
Gabrielle Merz Hooper
Kattiamine Jean
Joselynn Kristen P. Lavilla
Alia Kristina Lescaille
Georgiy Lyzhin
Alex Manzano
Emily Barbara McConnell
Ossiany Mons-Fiallo
Jessica Nicole Morales
Celine Murton
Sharon Musekiwa
Lauren Alexa Norona
Kelly Z. Patino
Miguel Pedraja
Ivan Peralta
Catherine Pohlman
Jennifer Lynn Robbins
Kapildip Singh
Tracee Carinne Smith
Taylor James Stephan
Jose R. Teopengco III
Danae Leatrice Thomas
Amber Thomassen
Charles Thuo
Kirsten Alina Toft-Nielsen
Nicole Urban
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Heather Emily Cazes
Lily Newbern
Karen Spiritto
DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
Degree conferred August 2, 2024
Logan James Waller
MASTER OF ARTS
Degree conferred August 2, 2024
Elizabeth Ann Deese
MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Bianca Elizabeth Sproul
School of Law
Established 1926
Presented by Patricia S. Abril, J.D., Interim Dean
MASTER OF LAWS IN ENTERTAINMENT, ARTS, AND SPORTS LAW
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Jacob Aaron Dreyer
B.A., 2021, Tufts University
J.D., 2024, University of Miami
Serena R. Futch
B.A., 2019, Santa Clara University
Lauren Madonia
B.A., 2021, University of Miami
J.D., 2024, University of Miami
Jessica Abigail Matz
B.A., 2020, University of Michigan
J.D., 2023, University of Miami
Anisley Negrin Ruiz (C)
Licenciada en Derecho, 2004, Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas, Cuba
Kenneth Alberto Torres Marrero
B.A., 2019, University of Puerto Rico in Ponce
J.D., 2022, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
MASTER OF LAWS IN ESTATE PLANNING
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Matheus H. Marquez-Sterling
B.A., 2021, Florida International University
MASTER OF LAWS IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Mara Alin Brinker
First State Exam, 2016, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany
LL.M., 2020, Universität HeidelbergGermany and Universidad de Chile
Daura Dutour
Maîtrise, 2009, Université Paris 1PanthéonSorbonne, France
Maîtrise, 2011, Université Paris 1PanthéonSorbonne, France
Diplôme d’Université, 2022, Université Paris 1Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
Paula Fields
Abogada, 2017, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
Dimitra Kapnoutzi
Ptychio Nomikis, 2015, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
LL.M., 2018, Georgetown University
Maria Emilia Naranjo Palacios
Lawyer, 2021, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
LL.M., 2023, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
MASTER OF LAWS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Vivian Lima Ajuz
Bacharel em Direito, 2004, Universidade Gama Filho, Brazil
Certificado de Pós-Graduação, 2005, EmatraEscola de Magistratura do Trabalho, Brazil
Alfeu Fernando Boscardin
Bacharel em Direito, 2003, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil
Certificado de Aprovação, 2005, Fundação Escola Superior do Ministério Público, Brazil
Silvia R. Hoffmann De Castilho
Bacharel em Administração de Empresas, 1988, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil
Bacharel em Direito, 1992, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil
Leonardo Andres Delgado Casas
LL.B., 1998, Université d’État d’Haïti
Lenette Deller
LL.B., 1998, Université d’État d’Haïti
Tamires Fidencio Frasson
Bacharel em Direito, 2014, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
Lato Sensu, 2017, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil
LL.M., 2019, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Tamara Galeote Dyer (C)
B.S., 2021, ESCP Business School, France
Graduate Diploma in Law, 2021, The University of Law, United Kingdom
Shawnna Kay Latoya Johnson
LL.B., 2016, University of London, United Kingdom
Yuliya Kwong
LL.B., 2013, Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
LL.M., 2014, University of Kyiv, Ukraine
Maria Angela La Cruz Rondon
Abogada, 2003, Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela
LL.M., 2008, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Venezuela
Fernanda Legaspe Barbosa Arana Sleiman (C)
Bacharel em Direito, 2015, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil
Pós-Graduação, Latu Sensu, 2018, Faculdade Damásio, Brazil
Marina L. Marti
Abogada, 2005, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
LL.M., 2008, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Colorado
Maria Celeste Martino
Abogada, 2015, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires, Argentina
Especialista, 2018, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires, Argentina
Especialista, 2021, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
Yaime Paez
Licenciado en Derecho, 2011, Universidad de La Habana, Cuba
Annie Pompa Morejon (C)
Licenciada en Derecho, 2013, Universidad del Valle de México, México
Alexis Rivero
LL.B., 2021, Universidad Panamericana School of Law, México
Ekaterina Sakovich
Yurist, 2007, Kuban State University of Agriculture, Russia
Claudia Squame
Laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza, 2019, Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Italy
Vladimir Troitskiy
Yurist, 2002, St. Petersburg State University, Law School, Russia
S.J.D., 2005, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
M.B.A., 2014, Columbia University
Arisleidys Trujillo
Licenciada en Derecho, 2014, Universidad de Pinar del Río, Cuba
MASTER OF LAWS IN REAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Olivia Cypher
B.A, 2017, University of Pittsburgh
J.D., 2020, Drexel University
Gabriella A. Fernandez
B.A., 2021, Florida International University
J.D., 2024, University of Miami
Nicolas Alfonso Vila
B.B.A., 2021, University of Miami
J.D., 2024, University of Miami
MASTER OF LAWS IN TAXATION
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Aliet Sanchez Castro
Licenciado en Derecho, 2006, Universidad de Oriente, Cuba
Cesar Eduardo Guerrero
B.A., 2016, Florida Atlantic University
J.D., 2022, Nova Southeastern University
Alexus M. Holton
B.S., 2018, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
J.D., 2021, Mercer University School of Law
Angelica B. Knight
B.A., 2018, Florida Atlantic University
M.P.A., 2020, Florida Atlantic University
J.D., 2023, St. Thomas University College of Law
JURIS DOCTOR
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Gabriella H. Berman
B.S., 2018, University of Montana
M.S., 2022, University of California at San Diego
Natalie Isabel Chaiken
B.S., 2019, Fashion Institute of Technology
Silvia R. Hoffmann De Castilho
Bacharel em Administração de Empresas, 1988, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil
Bacharel em Direito, 1992, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil
Andres Rogelio Diaz
B.B.A., 2021, University of Miami
M.B.A., 2024, University of Miami
Gabriela Alexis Diaz
B.A., 2018, University of Miami
M.B.A., 2024, University of Miam
Tamires Fidencio Frasson
Bacharel em Direito, 2014, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
Lato Sensu, 2017, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil
LL.M., 2019, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Serena R. Futch
B.A., 2019, Santa Clara University
Tamara Galeote Dyer (C)
B.S., 2021, ESCP Business School, France
Graduate Diploma in Law, 2021, The University of Law, United Kingdom
Sina Ghobadi
B.A., 2017, Michigan State University
Luis Mario Guijarro Mayoral (C)
B.B.A., 2019, Florida International University
Shawnna Kay Latoya Johnson
LL.B., 2016, University of London, United Kingdom
Dimitra Kapnoutzi
Ptychio Nomikis, 2015, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
LL.M., 2018, Georgetown University
Fernanda Legaspe Barbosa Arana Sleiman (C)
Bacharel em Direito, 2015, Pontifícia
Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil
Pós-Graduação, Latu Sensu, 2018, Faculdade Damásio, Brazil
Ahava Shira Celestial Livingstone
B.S., 2016, Charter Oak State College
Matheus H. Marquez-Sterling
B.A., 2021, Florida International University
Marina L. Marti
Abogada, 2005, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
LL.M., 2008, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Colorado
William Harvey May IV
B.A., 2019, University of Kentucky
Daniel Meinster
B.S., 2021, University of South Carolina
Anisley Negrin Ruiz (C)
Licenciada en Derecho, 2004, Central University “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas, Cuba
Kevin A. Pascual
B.S., 2018, University of Florida
M.A., 2018, University of Florida
Miles I. Polley (M)
B.A., 2022, University of Florida
B.S., 2022, University of Florida
Annie Pompa Morejon (C)
Licenciada en Derecho, 2013, Universidad del Valle de México
Alexis Rivero
LL.B., 2021, Universidad Panamericana School of Law, México
Diana Alonso Roth
B.A., 2021, University of Miami
Ekaterina Sakovich
Yurist, 2007, Kuban State University of Agriculture, Russia
Aliet Sanchez Castro
Licenciado en Derecho, 2006, Universidad de Oriente, Cuba
Emma Rose Shapiro
B.S., 2021, Florida State University
Arisleidys Trujillo
Licenciada en Derecho, 2014, Universidad de Pinar del Río, Cuba
Marc Valancy
B.S., 2021, Indiana University
M.B.A., 2024, University of Miami
Briana M. Vergara
B.A., 2020, Florida International University
Robert Yazbek
B.S., 1994, Florida Atlantic University
M.D., 1999, Spartan Health Sciences University, West Indies
LL.B., 2021, University of York, United Kingdom
School of Architecture
Established 1983
Presented by Rodolphe el-Khoury, Ph.D., Dean
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Yusef Audeh
Felix Banuelos Sainz
MASTER OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Doménica Anais Bravo Bravo
Daniel E. Cutimanco
Guang Liang
Guna Nagavalli Lakshmi Abhijna Medavarapu
MASTER OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND URBANISM
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Jorge Aguilar Iturbe
Maria Victoria Ferrario
Lorena L. Gonzalez
Perri Kessler
Christian T. Meyer
Eric Ryan Monte
Jesus David Valdelamar
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Sebastian Andres Aviles Rodriguez
Stephanie Esther Banon
Michael Brenner
Christopher Chase Candela
David Joseph Flaxer
Stuart W. Fort
Rodrigo Gutierrez
Juan Pablo Gutierrez Gonzalez
Erika Jakobson
Tyler Brigden Michael James
Clarence Johnson
Fredrika Jorge
Ali Kavehzadeh
Harilaos Constantine Stav Ladas
John Warren McMillan
Nicolas Montana
Eric Olvera
Kaya Ozturk
Nayantara Shilpin Patel
Alexander Pegues
Christopher M. Perdios
Miguel A. Perez
Adriana Miriam Rovirosa
John C. Seiden
Colton Teitelbaum
Justin Raymond Telleria
Veronica Testori
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Mohammad A A A Alramadan
Natalie Castillo
Leah Keira Coleby
Milagro J. Valerio
MASTER OF URBAN DESIGN
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Johanela Michelle Hinz
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Vignesh Burada
Jackeline Ivonne Del Arca Argueta
Shriya Dhir
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Ann Michelle Ceballo
Luiza De Almeida Rego
Diego Orlando Horta
Ahmad A A M A Jamal
Sara Khalid Tufail
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Karla Alarcon (S)
Roee Nissim Aviv
Khalil Justice Bland
Lara Anne Connolly
Justin Alec Heitner
Blaise Lowen
Bennett Kyle Resnick
Yanitza Gisselle Velez
Angela Lee Wilk
College of Arts and Sciences
Established 1926
Presented by Leonidas G. Bachas, Ph.D., Dean
MASTER OF ARTS
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Paola Nicole Aleman
Michele Chen
Alexandra Ippoliti
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Santiago Enrique Casamayor
Johnny Castro
Alyssa Michelle Catlin
Audrey Grace Greer
Sara Howard
Cecilia Calderon Salzburg
Mariama Sanoe
MASTER OF ARTS IN LIBERAL STUDIES
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Luis Cristobal
Brodie James Scapens
Adriana Vasilcin
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Milton Patrick Ingraham II
Feiyu Lu
Russell Vanis Robinson
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Sankara A. Olama-Yai
MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Tiara Bennett
Isabella Sunflower Manarang
Richard Moran
Kayla Miani Reynolds
Luke Francis Updegraff
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Justin D. Griffiths
Meadgine Ilmet
Tyra Marrs
Carlos K. Mathis
Rebecca Helena Morales
Marquetta Raines
Thomas Alfred Spencer
Chantell Welch
MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Haozheng Zu
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Amir Rodrigo Dukmak Garcia
Michela Tjan Sakti Effendie
Olga Escoto Balas
Guray Gur
Faris Hilaire
Sydney Madeline Mazat
George Andersen Murray
Roxana Raquel Rodriguez Sequeira
Maria Romero
Rishav Sapahia
Justine Shea Willie
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
David Adekoluejo
Rhea Bhatnagar
Scarleth Blanco
Teagan Lynn Campbell
Yumei Chen
Amanda Garcia
Julia Giovanella Grando
Paola Guareschi
Shayna Elyssa Guttman
Lara Hermione Hopkins
Jessica Carlie Jacobs
Olivia Jane Joyce
Norik Kirakosian
Michelle Luana Manfrini
Annika Marie Murray
Kyla Pagliai
Valeria Alai Palacios
Luis Alberto Rodriguez
Emma Kassandra Romaker
Genesis Melissa Saenz
Amanda Danika Same
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Tannah Ackermann
Sebastian Aden Acuna (M)
Kemi Nicole Dreyfus Adesanya
Daleidys Aguilera
Jannai Elinam Ahadzi
Gabrielle Venia Amato
Sonia Amin
Joaquin Javier Avendano
Eliza Jane Ball
Maximilian Carl Baumann (C)
Daniela Bethencourt
Andres Enrique Borregales
Jaydon Brattensborg
Noah Camcam
Juan Jose Camilion
Camila Andrea Canales
Carlota Cardenal Kuhl (C)
Alannah Casado
Patrick William Caskin
Cameron Simone Cathey Sr.
Gaelle Orlane Charlet
Anjali Maya Choudhury
Angela Christakos (C)
Adam M. Cigri
Rachel Michelle Collins
Melia Zoe Colt
Catelyn McCoy Cook
Dennis Bowen Coppin III
Lucas Costello
Valentina Sophia Dahlawi
Ashtyn Marie Decoster
Danielle Nicole Denittis (M)
Rishi Meetesh Desai
Alessandra Riedel Diamond
Yamelie Daliza Disla
Nia Doyley
Christian Antonio Eiroa Jr.
Joseph Thomas Enguidanos
Mai KH A M Esmaeel
Haniel Fernandez
William Fleck
Hailey Fletcher
Isabella Franchey
Noah Frasier Frankel (M)
Paris Friefeld
Sophia Valentina Galindo
Gabriela Angela Giraldo Attong
Talia Liby Gold
Brian Robert Goldberg (M)
Michael Macario Gomez
Natalie Marie Gonzalez (M)
Trishika Gupta
Dinawati Adillah Hermawan
Marila Carina Hernandez
Elyse Rachel Hoffman
Samantha Horvath
Runqi Hou
Jordan Howell (C)
Joshua Nicholas Hroncich
Zhengtao Huang
Joseph James Iadevaia
Kavya Jain
Anaya Nirav Jhaveri (M)
Loren Jimenez
Lyric Marie Johnson (M)
Amanda Rose Klayman (S)
Nikita Sophie Kleyner
Reon Koizumi
Victoria Ewa Kosciukiewicz
Nicole Krey
Christian Lamantia
Eliza Mary Lee
Gabriela Levy
Minze Li
Yuqian Li (C)
Chiara Josephine Lucas (M)
Hannah F. Mains (M)
Isabella Martinez
Jayzeth Martinez
Francisco Mauigoa
Giovana Mauri Matiello
Kasey Paige McPherson
Onelia D. Mendive
Annamarie Rose Mimick
Alejandro Moscoso
Grace Julia Mozitis
Ysabella Muniz
Meenakshi Nambiar
Sonika Nandwani Mayani
Kseniia Novichkova
Jaci O'Brien
Michelle Patino
Gabriel Martin Paula
Xuanrui Peng
Isabella Perkinson (C)
Ariki Pesqueira
Sophia Plancich (M)
Elizaveta Pletneva
Reese Poffenbarger
Pratyussh Pol
Jonathan Taylor Prio-Touzet
Jonathan Austin Raffa
Stephan Loys Rasco
Orlando Rivero III
Ryan R. Rodriguez
Andre Louis Rodz
Katherine Ron
Yaidaliz Rosado Otero
Alejandro Roye
Gretel Sophia Saade
Leonie Schuknecht
Stella Tewabech Scott
Sophie Shinkle
Charles Sleeman
Caroline Lucinda Smith (S)
Chase Smith
Divya Srinivasan (M)
Alison Lauren Topkis
Gabriela Olivia Torrens-Sperry
Arianne Tortosa Hoyos
Yelyzaveta Tsukerman
Gregory M. Turovsky
Alexander E. Velar Jr.
Susan Marie Venegas
Olivea Walker (C)
Lin Wang
Jessica Leigh Ward
Shuai Wei
Xavier Emmanuel Weiss
Paula-Marie Joanna Willette
Jasmine Alexzandria Young
Shui Yu
Vianna Isabella Zamudio
Zehuan Zhan
Bangshuo Zhao
Aoran Zhong
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Mona Amjad Abuzahra
Elijah Tor'Mon Arroyo
Brian Balom
Caden Barton
Abbigail M. Baumstark
Krystalann Amanda Bechard
Samantha Brooke Bickel
Audrey Sidney Boch-Collins
Kennedy Deshawn Brace
Lucianna Monica Brambilla
Dylan Braun
Kelly Brennan (C)
Andrea Sofia Caballero
Joaquin Ignacio Cabrera
Quincy Chijioke Chukwu
Emanuel Jose Clemente
Grace Ann Cohen
Makayla Ashley Counsel
Domenick John Cupelo
Syriah Channelle Delgado-O'Neil
Jonathan Denis
Sandy Theresia Denis
Zach Djamal
Tai Michael Dottin-Meggs
Cole Dupee
Oliver Noah Echevarria (M)
Craig Casey Forbes
Siani Monae Gadden
Sofia Bella Galis-Menendez
Isaiah Elijah Gaudin
Macey Geller
Farah Star Gonik
Nicolas Angelo Gonzalez
Thomas Anthony Gore
Tara Hecht
Jared Scott Kennedy
Avery Cross Kern
Marlo Liebenthal
Xiaohan Liu
Malachi Lofton
Emily Caridad Mendoza
Akheem Nels Mesidor
Liliana Moham
Gabriel Darien Montero
Ashley Chanel Moore
Henry Fischer Nathan
Oghenefega Chantel Omene
Ajdin Pelinkovic
Maria Dolores Pendande Mendes
Payton Elizabeth Pettine
Daryl Mauricio Porter Jr.
Fian Usman Sama
Zuzzie Savitz
Anjolie Clare Scott
Madeline Mae Sims (C)
Andres E. Sordo-Martinez
Maxwell Lawrence Sorger
Grace Layne Spector
Deisiane Teixeira
Gabrielle Louise Whitehorn
Chantz Makai Williams
Isaiah Robert-Johan Wong
Lianchen Xu
Samantha Elizabeth Yannucci
Drew Elias Yuskevich
Joy Zamzelig
Amir Alex Zidan
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Eva Esther Ibert Roca (S)
BACHELOR OF GENERAL STUDIES
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Anna Christine Curbelo
Evdoxia Fotopoulou
Tatiana Garcia
Angelica Lastra
Monica Acosta Martinez
Jonathan Alexander Masters
Elena L. Rivero-Mallo
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Faisuly Camacho
Amanda Fernandez Rodriguez
Randy Michael Johnson Jr.
Alicia Marie Nash
Sarah Elizabeth Noethen
Bryan Otero
Belinda Penton
Tyrique Stevenson
Yanay Tabraue
Willie Connie Townsend
BACHELOR OF LIBERAL
ARTS
Degree conferred August 2, 2024
Alexandra Marie Campisi
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Toni Gabriella Afolabi
Daniel Alarcon (S)
Kaisar Alibekov (C)
Tonia Alumba
Julian Alvarez
Victoria Alexandra Alvarez
Gabriela Antonio-Gonzalez
Oscar Arana
Tanveer Ashraf
Ashley E. Bae
Ethan George Baker
Mariana Barrios Malabet
Talia Kip Berler (C)
Jailyn Blanco
Alexander Tsvetelinov Bogdanov
Lilyan Rose Bonitz
Naylah Brock
Joseph Vincenzo Brunetti (C)
Jessica Bucello
Zachary Michael Butler
Julian Nicholas Cantillo
Alberto Andres Carvajal Jurado
Anna Michele Ceccarelli (C)
Elyse Dash
Milan Diaz Djevoich
Liwei Ding (C)
Sydney Elizabeth Divozzo
Diana Carolina Durand
Shreya Dutta
Favour Orevaoghene Ebiala (C)
Natasha Inger Grace Epps (M)
Daniel Espinal
Oghenetega Ewubare
Alfredo Fernandez
Leannette Felicity Garcia
Nicole Rae Gordon (M)
Brendan David Hendricks (M)
Alejandra Hernandez (C)
Yomarys Daniella Hernandez
Alexia Eleni Housakos
Richard Howell
Isabella Mackenzie Kimbel (M)
Jai Kukreja (S)
Caleb Avery Lambert
Daniella Liana Levitis (M)
Mariana Lopez del Castillo (M)
Xuran Lyu
Karla Diane Magallanes
Kassidy Maki
Olivia Martinez Hernandez
Grant S. Marzio
Brian Joseph McGaughran Jr.
Victoria Anna Angela McKenzie
Zoe Hanah Meadors (C)
Joshua Bradley Mendez
Eduardo Jose Pantoja Jr.
Eyza Y. Pareja
Devi Priya Patcha
Nataly Rabelo
Nicey Raiyani (M)
Lauren Rodriguez (M)
Natalie Mercedes Ruiz-Ocana (M)
Brianna Antonia Ryan
Syed Muhammad Hamza Shah
Vama Deepak Shah (S)
Akanksha Shukla (S)
Julia Si (C)
Bria Simone Slater
Benjamin Zachary Steckel
Gwendolyn Grace Sutton (C)
Meghana Talluri (C)
Katheryne Vilches
Isabella Sofia Villaverde (M)
Amanda Renee Virtue (C)
Joshua Benjamin Telles Walton
Stefanie Ann Yaegel (S)
Yasith Sapumal Yapa
Salina Yathiraj
Rayan Zein
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Elius Bessard Jr.
Ananda Simone Chaplin (S)
Allulah Beth Collins
George Christopher Gatterer X
Emily Guo
Diego Augusto Oropeza Rodrigues
Francesca S. Pinto
Kushal Ravishankar
Donatella Asened Riddick
Julia Mara Vaz
Ashley Mia Yankulin
Patti and Allan Herbert Business School
Established 1929
Presented by Paul A. Pavlou, Ph.D., Dean
MASTER
OF BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
James Aiton
Daniela Alipazaga
Frank Robert Anastasio
Joel Arango Jr.
Sebastian Gabriel Baltodano Ramirez
Zachary Adam Berman
Sean Berning
Carlo Alfredo Bidone Jr.
Harrison Casagrande
Giovanna Castagna
Natalie Isabel Chaiken
Charles Churchill
Jamaul Covington
James Danso
Thomas Edward D'Antonio
Xyla Davis
Darnell Dodard
Carly Paige Dvorkin
Ana Fernandez
Natalee Elise Fernandez
Bernadina Turtoga Folz
Melanie Francisco-Morel
Jack Thomas Gallagher
Samantha Brooke Gangemi
Alec Daniel Gettinger Kowalski
James Derrick Guntharp
Eliany Hernandez
Yiomara Marina Hernandez Perry
Ivannia Herrera
Tenesha Riceta Hill
Michael James Hoy
Lyonel Jean-Felix
Ethan Knowles
Rishikesh Ravi Korivi
Jaysen Panayotis Lagusis
Alessandra Delrose Lawhorn
Peter Robert Leone Jr.
Lenard Melad
Saverio Minervini
Kyle Rossa Nathan
James Andrew Newlands
Keyvien Oliver
Sophia Pace
Whitney Padote
Jacob Palecki
Grant Parker
Navtej Ryan Singh Rahil
Eric Jose Rivas
Phillip Anthony Russomanno
Javier Salinas Jr.
Ronald Jay Schwartz
Joseph Randal Slezak
Kendra Smith
Vera Socolsky
Matthew Marc Sousa
Dakota Sponsler
Rose Carline St-Paul Aleandre
Brandon Lauren Tatis
Jordan Chase Temares
Diego Alirio Torrealba
Jacqueline Nicole Townsend
William Vasden
Melina Zappulla
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Nicholas James Alonso
Carlos Balbuena
Matthew Benter
Kristin Boulette
Alexa Carballo
Chelsea Allyson Cartee
Constantinos Chafos
Sandro Chiappe
Janery De Leon
Cameron Duggins
Devon John Ellis
Alexander Erro
Camila Paola Espinoza
Gary Farnham
Jason Bates Fleming
Danielle Nicole Hidalgo
Tiffany Lynn Holley
Valentina Hoyos
William Edward Humphreys
Edgar Lee Malcom Jr.
Carlha Zoe Masiello
Michael Andrew Mejias
Megan Miller
Natalie Miller
Giovanni Murillo
Brianna Chapman Oats
William Joseph Quigley Jr.
Joshua Reid
Sergio Roa
Isari Mari Rodriguez
Nelson Eduardo Rubio
Alexander Arlen Russo
Neal Sharma
Ricardo Sotomayor
Izabella Victores
Brianna L. Yzkanin
Wisly Zephir
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE PROGRAMS
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Reza V. Aguilar
Bradley McKee Michelson Bewkes
Eugene Garrett Bewkes IV
Jason Alexander Borrego
Esteban Cabanas
Maria Jose Capmartin Martinez
Lindsay Casinelli
Rachel Medina Collins
Brooke Crawford
Patrick Creegan
Leslie Deane
Nicole Gange
John Francis Hoffman
Zuzel Jimenez
Daniel Lee Johnson
Gonzalo Francisco Leon
Georgii Logvynskyi
Alex Jeffrey Mechaber
Ori Meir Ohayon
Lawrence Onyeugbo
Jose Pastran Arauz
Jennifer Mooney Piedra
Julia Sanchez
Ricky B. Smith
Amar'e C. Stoudemire
Ryan Michael Thomas
Aliyah Williams
Devina Yadav Baker
Raif Zakhem
Shyam Zaveri
MASTER OF HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Alexandra Amaya
Luke Ryan Archer
Omar Asaad
Mohammed Khaled M Bajeri
Yiyu Chen
Alessandro Daniel Colantuono Esaa
Hallie Dusharm
Lucinda C. Espinosa
Liz Nazareth Gallardo
Noor Khader Gheith
Carlos Luciano-Benito Maas
Christopher Alfonso Martinez
Marina Soledad Messina
Sabrina Madison Pino
Vera Maria Rivera Lopez
Drew Rosenberg
Randy K. Suarez
Sagina Soly Vadakal
Bianca Margaret Villamar
Shelby Loretta Warman
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Roberto Oscar Fernandez
Naynika Juvvadi
Jonathan Reichenberger
MASTER
OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Amel Hermida
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Stephanie Cavazos
Marianna Sofia Minervini-Reyes
Taylor Moore
MASTER
OF SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Maria F. Briz
Jose Fernando Gonzalez
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTANCY
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Devon Alexander Anderson
Cameron Quinn Ezell
Luis Mario Guijarro Mayoral
Degree conferred August 2, 2024
Jose Francisco Boada
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Shant Khatchik Bardakjian
Devoux Deysel
Isabella Cristina Gurdian
William Datnow Jaffee
Hassan Marji
Tahirah Lamour McFarlane
Amanda Orlich Solorzano
Sergio Arturo Ignacio Perrotta
Darian Perry
Mintra Putlek
Josh Rochlin
Jonathan Kristian Scott
Hua Sun
Degree conferred August 2, 2024
Natalie Aguilar
MASTER
OF SCIENCE IN FINANCE
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Saoud Y M Y Aladsani
Meshari S M M Aldaihani
Khaled W Y J M Alharaibi
Waleed N M J E Almutairi
Dhidan KH F DH Alshammari
Abdullah W A S Alsnaan
Karla Suyapa Antunez Sierra
Travis Baird
Arnaldo Andres Bonnice
Cristian Cariola
Esaias Raysean Chappell
Alessandro Cisneros Peralta
Juan A. Colon
Tysen Comizio
Joshua Danson
Shelliza Ragnauth Darang
Katherine Dharbal
Jeffery Jesus Escobar
Carolina Florez
Jalaina Dawn Fuller
Parker Charles Gabriel
Malick Jabbie
Zakaria Khalique
Thomas Melbourne Koufie
Marcio Antonio Lama De Lacerda
Jesus Manuel Lucas
Charles Gerard Maurice Mahier
Alessandro Maniscalco
Steven Jacob Martinez
Krystal McPherson
Dwayne Morrison
Stephen Allen Ozemhoya II
Giansy Paul
Ziyang Peng
Shannon Devon Rubin
Ryan Anthony Sargenti
Macen R. Sims
Khaleel A. Smith
Kristian Anthony Swasey
Tursynay Ukibayeva
Tushar Verma
Lusha Yang
Kuo Zhang
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Brian Arias
Jose L. Cabrera
Nilsa Gonzalez
Donell Evann Henderson
Kassidy Aubrey Lee
Drameko Francisco Moore
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN TAXATION
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Thomas Golaszewski
Taylor Pfister
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Nikolas Aixala
Amira Alcala
Abdullah Mohammed M Alkhelaiwi
Spencer Bradley Allen
Matthew Guido Antezana
Simran Arora (S)
Samuel Michael Bailey
Oskars Bambals
Kyle Joseph Barry Akbar Bektemis
Amira Bennani
Sky Alexander Ernst Dieter Berninghaus
Luca Vittorio Bezada Schenone
Isabella Lourdes Boyer
Conor Bernard Brady (S)
John Thomas Brady
Richard Burton (M)
Alexander Louis Caiola (C)
Diego Antonio Calderon Lapadula
Matteo S. Capezzuto (M)
Joshua Krishna Cecol
Logan Allen Coach
Zaire Malcolm Cox
Giulio De Castro Bozano
Andres Adolfo Delgado Barrios (M)
Xuanqi Deng (C)
Kylee Marie Edwards (M)
Nicholas Emilio
Robert Dean Enriquez
Conrad James Fallon
Theodros Kefyalew Fekade (C)
Aidan Zachry Fern
Ayden Glas
Luis Felipe Gouvea Vieira
Nicholas Louis Graham (C)
Jacob Hager
Kareem Wasim Hamwi
Anna Hanonick
Adel Hashimova
Annika Catherine Holmquist (S)
Maxwell Eliot Holton
Paula Holzheim
Dhruv Jain
Jonathan Henry Jay
Adam J. Jiwani
Brittany Knowles
Gabriella Rose Kreimer
Andrew James Kumble
Sijan Karyme Kuzmar Turbay (C)
Alek Tyler Lape
Michelle J. Lapidot
Owen Davidson Lawton
Valerie Jean Lehner
Harrison Dean Lewan-Packer
Carly Litt
Keli Liu
Nicholas Llanes
Gabriella Maria Logiudice
Jack Ryan Lowman (M)
Matthew Frank McCartin (C)
Michael Scott McLaughlin Jr.
Christopher Lee Myers
James Anthony Frank Nappo Jr.
Lana Nesheiwat
Carlos Enrique Ojeda Caminer
Brian Park
Isabella Victoria Piccirillo (C)
Sofia Isabella Puopolo (C)
Stephanie Ashlyn Raad
Robbie Ramen
Joao Pedro Rebiere Tortolo
Alexander Marc Riegler
Gabriela Andrea Rink
Elias Noah Rivera
Sofia Rivero
Edely Rodriguez
Eileen Michelle Rodriguez (C)
Sharma Ross
Erik K. Ruch
Edward Alexander Ruiz
Saul Freddie Saffrin Betesh
Syon Singh Sandhu
Ricardo Andres Sauerbrey Miguel
Luca Vittorio Bezada Schenone
Zaina Shanan (M)
Aliyah Shipman
Rahimeem Shirazee
Emily Suarez
Cassandra Ella Szaro (S)
Anthony F. Tanzola
Addison Olivia Taylor
Ana Maria Tejedor Lopez (M)
Jake Scott Tirone
Samuel Isaac Toussie
Dylan K. Tran
Luis Emilio Valdivieso
Alexandra Vaygensberg
Martin Victoria (M)
Lincoln Dwaine Warstler
Angelique Williams
Guanhui Xiao
Jonathan Zhou
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Amanda Dorothy Ayres
Analaura Blanco Gigato
Joseph Stephen Cardito
Nicholas Carnemolla
Sophie Raphaelle Kern
Rhys Michael McCollum
Robert Patrick Morrissey
Michael A. Murphy
Nathan Michael Parini
Eshaan Salim Premji
Owen Michael Richardson
Michael Daniel Rizzi
Juan Sagi-Vela
Mckayla Leigh Sattler
Diana Sgarbossa
Juan Diego Villacis Lafebre
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Naila Akbar Charania (M)
Jack Benson Simon
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Christina Johanna Bettink
Longzhang Cai
Melanie Sofia Cafatti Mac-Niven
Mark Edward Carbone Jr.
Mitchell Lee Carew (M)
Pierson Wyatt Chan
Shichao Chen
Alias Daurbayev
Larissa Christine De Souza De Lima (M)
Franklin Jesus Dominguez (S)
Donivan Goldie Drzyzga (M)
Jared Anthony Faivre (S)
Dominic James Gagliardi
Ashley Shea Hamill (S)
Nathan Michael Horvath (M)
Anaya Nirav Jhaveri (M)
Colin Thomas Liotta (S)
Mia Elizabeth Madrigal (C)
Nikhil Patel
William Joseph Paterno Jr. (M)
Frank Ramirez
Samara Rose Schipper
Brianna Ashley Singer
Jonathan Carter Spalti
Aaron Peter George Thwaites
Jesse Tustin (M)
Junnan Yu
Chiara Zacarias Carpinelli
School of Communication
Established 1985
Presented by Karin Gwinn Wilkins, Ph.D., Dean
MASTER OF ARTS
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Sabrina Catalan
Caitlin Michelle Coote
Belen A. Duran
Amanda Gasset
Mariaregina Mendoza
Charmaine Tatenda Mukurazhizha
Noelia Michelle Osorio Aguiar
Amanda Marie Torano
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Guiselle Arciniega Gomez
Wyatt Mannino Kopelman
Isabella Rose Popadiuk
Julie Rice
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Julie Marthe Janine Peley
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Maya Davidov
Cheyenne Alexa Dula
Amanda Faith Ferrer
Rodrigo Irineu Marinho Steiman
Marisa Maria Marcos Estrada
Aino Eveliina Inkeri Otava
Jaida Monique Patrick
Angela Maria Reed Papadopulos
Anna Rose
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNICATION
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Nathalie Christine Alvarez Pelaez
Pierre A. Ambroise
Mariana Apostolatos
Ryan Michael Braun
Billie Samantha Brightman (M)
Sofia Isabella Cancio
Mauricio Francisco Candela
Nicole Carpenter
Sitong Chen
Ryan Abreu Da Silva
Laura Di Vitantonio
Michael Donovan (S)
Nyah Espinola
Nina Figueira Batista
Isabelle Marie Fitzpatrick (C)
Marcella Zaffari Flammia
Briana Nicole Fraga
Isabella Gil
Angie Marie Gonzalez
Daniel Joseph Hajjar
Kenisha Hendricks
John F. Howard
Olivia Lou Howell (C)
Jocelyn Lorena Jimenez
Imani Monique Koontz
Emma Kotzen (C)
Kaya Marli Langley
Zachary David Macer
Ethan Joseph Mannello (C)
Megan Michelle Marley (S)
Maria Fe Montoya (M)
Fatima Navarro
Angelo Vincent Palmieri
Noelle Ann Piatas
Sean Edward Reynolds (M)
Regina Daniela Salem
Jordan L. Schooley (S)
Carlos Alberto Solares
Betty Maggie Srour (S)
Andrew Alexander Torres-Blanco
Elliott Wyndorf
Zoey Sara Zelman
Yuze Zheng
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Isaiah Malachi Alzume
Daria Anna Babazadeh
Michele Berdichevsky
Giovanna Brucker
Jack Ertel
Ashley Fincheltub
Maxwell Lester Flory
Alanna Anais Garcia
Regan Forrester Hakes
Charly Dyann-Love Hill
Isabella Maria Lozano (S)
Mia Jessica Martini
Guillermo Miguel De Jesus Moreno
Brian Francis Mullen
Zoe Elizabeth Newbolt (C)
Moriah N. Oliveira
Eduardo Paradiso
Tara Elizabeth Phalin
Erika Gail Rems
Sincere Nicholas Rhea
Gabrielle Paige Romano
Emma Lee Shapiro (C)
Solomon Charles Strader
Alexa Paige Tiflinsky
Elizabeth Adkins Westphal
Justin Williams
Ava Lilly Wrubel
Weili Xu
School of Education and Human Development
Established 1929
Presented by Laura Kohn-Wood, Ph.D., Dean
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ATHLETIC TRAINING
Degree conferred August 2, 2024
Rayanna Lewis Huggins
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Mimmi Isabella Balaam
Talia Belle Bates
Jose Blanco
Ana Raquel Raquel Calzada Bichili
Camilo Cano
Sydney Anne Cooper
Samuel Evan Drucker
Jesse Fields
Emma Furst
Samoya Takevia Gordon
Tiffany Marie Haloute
Brandon Lloyd Harlin
Ashley Christine Labrada
Yunbai Liu
Brian Mars
Mason Napper
Moise Pierre
Bradley Pincus
Jalen Rivers
Troy Roth
Kyle Sadler
Amara Simmons
Jermaine Thompson Jr.
Ambar Vazquez-Suros
Songqi Wen
Xiaohu Xiong
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Maria Jose Acedo Trueba
Joshua Acosta
Matthew Anderson
Adam Thomas Basinger
Jessica Blanchard
Kara Chandler Borden
Julie Virginia Carrion Bido
Genesis Alejandra Conway
Andreus Denmark
Lucia Fernandez
Sasha Renee Gill
Laura Denise Gonzalez
Thomas Cole Heitzman
Ruby Hellstrom
John Hunt
Charles Joseph Isamoyer
Ryan Keller
Diana Khodan
Leola Ivey King
Francisco Andres Lopez
Emily Marie Loughlin
Maria Lowenthal Kaehler
Karina Luis
Briana Machado
Peter Matthews
Emma Margaux Maurel
Julia Mary Minchillo
Farhan Mohammadi
Michael Mok
Sydney Victoria Raeanne Moreno
Aniela Georgia Olbrys
Alexandra Brett Orseck
Freya Poertl
Zoe Polacheck
Talia Renner
Edward Jerome Richardson
Karen Shehata
Camila Sluman
Andrea Velasquez Payares
Presley Rei Wilson
Jiahao Yang
Chaohao Zhang
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Logan Bright
Erin Eileen Burnett
Harold Rieth Collard III
Sean Edward Duffy (M)
Jordan Felton
Samuel Victor Fischer
Natalie Eva Freeman
Anna Emma Greta Goerebrant Gullstrand
Isabella Kuropatski
Marco Leso
Clara Susanna Montenegro Duberke (M)
John Lawrence Murray (C)
Ana Maria Penalver (C)
Thomas Todaro Jr.
Matthew Joseph Waldman
Luke Michael Ward
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Lauren Marla Lusardi (M)
Nijel C. Pack
Norchad Bascom Omier Rojas
Elizabeth Ann Vizcaino
Kameron Whiteman
Junfei Wu
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Isabelle Margaret Dolan (M)
Jalen Maurice Mathis
Rithwik Advai Narayandas (S)
Andrew A. Shulzhenko
Konstandina Sideris (C)
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Vincent Joseph DeLorenzi
Morgan Lee Johnson
Daniel Sean Pohlman
College of Engineering
Established 1947
Presented by Pratim Biswas, Ph.D., Dean
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Marcus Vinicius Batista Oliveira
Cesar I. Castello
Alejandro Gonzalez Aguilar
Michael Alexander Gravier
Ethan Michael Khan
Monica Angela Michel
Craig Andrew Nixon
Quintin Sean Petty
Makenzy Jayde Pierre-Webster
Paul Xavier Sarzosa Luna
Matthew Sena
Ainsley Corrine Western
Zijie Xiao
Degree conferred August 2, 2024
Abdullah Mohammed Rahmatullah
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Mohammad T H E Alkhayat
Hashem A H A H Ashkanani
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Cindy Carolina Rivera
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Terreonn Henry
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Meshari M M A J Alsajari
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MATERIALS ENGINEERING
Degree conferred August 2, 2024
Nikolay Miloserdov
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NEURAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Austin Teva Bentley
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Degree conferred August 2, 2024
John Warner O'Neil Baringer
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Daniela Sofia Sanguily
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Tyler William Benjamin
Hannah Tova Reiner
Silvia Silva
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Rodrigo Alejandro Curiel-Tucker
Mark F. Rodriguez
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Luca Francesco Martinis
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Davie Castro
Alex Aaron Snow
Haibo Zhu
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Degrees candidates December 12, 2024
Hasan A E KH Alduraia
Salman M H M Alotaibi
Eduardo Jose Chavez
Leonardo A. Ramos
Theo Francis Staykoff
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Rivka Liz Reiner
Degree conferred August 2, 2024
Abdulwahab H E A Aljazzaf
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Alexander John Carrieri
Kyle Andrew Greene
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Ali A A A AlKandari
Abdulaziz Waheeb A Damanhori
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
John Balseiro
Avery Rhys Blasdale
Omer Lorenzo Del Genio
Jessica Sylvia Dickson
Chengrui Han
Luke Gregory Hornyak
Maxwell Judson Kilbourne
Lauren Amber Ristaino
Rafael Eligio Ruiz III
Rishabh Rahul Shroff
Malia Lyn Vickaryous
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Degree conferred August 2, 2024
Ximena Renteria Castro
Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Established 1969
Presented by Roni Avissar, Ph.D., Dean
MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Muneerah Teresa Ayotte
Francine Becker Zanini
Lily A. Bingham
Samantha Budroe
Carson Christensen
Sierra Cook
Tyler Corsello
Alec Danko
Stephanie De Jesus Tosado
Sophia Lynne Delano
Skylar Dentlinger
Lucille Anne Ehrenclou
Antoinette Joann Falkenstein
Kiera Margret Fielding
Ina Luise Franke
Lucia Gil
Christopher Francis Glanzmann
Emma Hahn
Robert Straube Harper
Elisabeth Melina Heikkinen
Heather Theresa Hollingsworth
Maeve Hunt
Jeremy M. Irsik
Caroline Sparks Irving
Sydney Rose Kaufman
Jordyn Kate Kimmel
David Gibson Kinniburgh
Adam Jacob Lache
Devon Lynn Ledbetter
William James Legge IV
Tianze Ling
Cristina Lingvay
Kathryn Michelle Linn
Olivia Cosette Marita
Aliciagrace Marie Gulick Marley
Lauren Martin
Claire Aida Matta
Jamie Lynn Mazurski
Jessie Meyer
Emily Miller
Kennedy Lauren Moore
Pamela Sue Moore
Ruby Celeste Morillo
Amanda Ozman
Eliza Carol Perez
Alyssa Rose Porazzo
Christopher Ramm
Marlie Briana Rivera
Fabiana Sofia Rodriguez-Fiol
Jonathan Fulton Rogers
Lily Danielle Schare
Ryan Nielsen Sedagat
Katherine Marie Seiler
Justin Ryan Simonton
Jacqueline Grace Squires-Sperling
Tabitha Starita
Zoe Taylor Thomas
Emma Jaelin Tucker
Shichen Wang
Rachel Brittany Willard
Daniel Woods
Xavier Woofruff-Madeira
Joshua Yang
Reese Yount
Lily Ilana Zimmerman
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Haley Norma Anne Chasin
Jorge Alberto Flores
Chloe Mae Jacobson
Celeste Pamela Jaworski
Sohyoung Kim
Allison Rose Kreyer
Allison C. Mooney
Alexandra Peleg
Jun Peng
Skylar Rae Rodriguez
Hannah Shirin Shahmoradi
Emma Katherine Shuppert
Lauren Smith
Brin Kathryn Strouse
Kayleigh Svensson
Hannah McKenzie Zapata
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
John Youssef Rashed Abdallah
Sterling Butler
Veronica Lopez
Kylie Anne Powers
Sydney Marie Schultz
Noah Sonnenberg
Bautista Tobias
David Weeks
Erin R. Weisman
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Dale Eno Kline
Nathan Buen-Hon Lam
Kelly Sophia Soluri
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Degree conferred August 2, 2024
Juliette Isabella Brophy
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MARINE AFFAIRS
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Leah Madlen Henseler (S)
Heather Grayson West (M)
Katherine Morgan Wilson
Degree conferred August 2, 2024
Julia Paige Taylor
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Sophia Elise Gigante
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Matthew Daupher Alsalehi
Steven Andrew Andreu
Allison Grace Blatter (S)
Owen Kyle Boyer
Inge Hylkje Brijker (S)
Rebecca Grace Buwalda (S)
Kenzie McKenna Cooke (M)
Jolena Mae Cordasco
Joseph Michael Curcio (M)
Diego Andres Ferreira
Valentina Gomez
MacKenzie Ilese Hoffman
Isaac Liu
Gareth John Edward Robbins (S)
Jayda Koral Rodriguez
Haley Nicole Saba
Sydney Hannah Wray (M)
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Emilia Rose Spada
Caleigh Lynn Weis
Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Established 1952
Presented by Latha Chandran, M.D., Executive Dean
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Chloe Ann DiCamillo
Ansh Grover
Qingning Liu
Marcella Ortega
Jana Raphael
Nicole Saldarriaga Vargas
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Mohammed Mari M Alamri
Veronica Borowy
Mirna Janeth Dickinson
Fiona Maura Hanly
Meadgine Ilmet
Marie Joseph
Zuhair Khan
Carolina Luque
Gianna Irene Macones
Tyra Marrs
Mariama Sanoe
Tizeta Mary Wolde
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Ahmed Abdelsalam Abdelkader
Hilma Renata Gallegos
Angela Maria Gomez Bedoya
Daniel Alejandro Martinez
Wilmar Belizaire Mondestin
Aaron Evan Ruby
Janaki Sharma
Jayro Toledo
Ylber Ivan Whitaker
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Keyanna Tyree Abrams
Sarah Adolphe
Valeria Aguilar
Ricky Almada
Daniela Sofia Alsina
Taylor Terree Krystal Ashley
Kiyanna Bailey
Miguel Antonio Bandes Vairo
John Kenneth Beck
Daniel Joseph Best
Barijana Caldas
David Collins
Lisbeth Delcid
Gabriela Diaz
Daniellys Fernandez
Christopher S. Fitzmaurice
Brian Flood
Sara Garroni Gonzalez
Andrew Miller Gelsomini
Katherine Rose Gomez Martinez
Kristy Laine Hom
Renteng Hou
Dagoberto Jameson
Andrea Nicohl Laboy Nieves
Karla Leon Escalona
Evelise Monteagudo
Sadie Kay Mrsny
Amanda S. Murias
Jiaxin Niu
Lucy Osafo
Kelly Ann Alecia Peart
Jonathan Pineda
Paula Natalia Plaza
Alyssa-Simone Robinson
Lisandra Marie Schaening Gonzalez
Hossein Shayestehyekta
Brenda Tsegereda Solomon
Kesiena April Toweh
Erika Paola Viana Cardenas
Robert Lee Walker
Ghaith Zaatari
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Magela Pons
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
Established 1926
Presented by Shelton G. Berg, M.M., Dean
MASTER OF ARTS
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Mary Yoshiko Duet
Rajesh Vikram Fotedar
Niyah Ashanti Nelson
John Stefano Riservato
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Taylor Asbell
Linteno Savedge
MASTER OF MUSIC
Degree candidate December 12, 2024
Yuhang Shao
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Subeen Lee
Alana Stricker
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Degree conferred August 2, 2024
Chloe Anne McCandless
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MUSIC
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Joseph Michael Balem
Ezinne Mary Nweke
BACHELOR OF MUSIC
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Molly Frances Bergman
Liv Lauren Hanna
Jonah Edward Hwang
Jake Jerome Rosen
Madison Yan (S)
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Zoe Arora
Julia Elizabeth Berg
Marcelo Diaz-Camacho
Burton Henry Hall
Darien Amber Mozingo
Brandon Myrvil
Adrian Redl
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Amanda Jane Pasler
Eli Jackson Yaroch
School of Nursing and Health Studies
Established 1968
Presented by Hudson Santos, Ph.D., Dean
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Sarah Jelle Acado
Eva Geovanna Acevedo
Deniz Aguero
Deven Alexa Aksoy
Carlos L. Alfonzo
Jean Alfred
Jilliann Sabrina Alvarez
Nathalia Helen Araujo Cunha
Tatiana Maria Arce
Kaylee Ann Bachmann
Gia Gabrielle Baillie
Lynda Marie Barket
Brooke Barsky
Giovanna Benito
Veronica Biederman
Jocelyne Ellieth Blanco
Mayda Marilyn Bonilla-Oats
Emmanuelle Bouilliart De St. Symphorien
Joshua Alan Boyd
Lindsay Marie Burks
Diana Victoria Caballero
Sarah Michelle Cabral
Anabel Mariela Caceres Perez
Gabriela Maria Capdevila
Yoslayma Cardentey
Jacob Cashdollar
Arisay Castelar Flores
Amanda Nicole Castro
Arlette Elizabeth Chow
Tiffany Chu
Andrea Chueca
Maria I. Cintron Alvarado
Carly Jean Comito
Rayan Demikhovskiy
Lauren Patricia Dickson
Cynthia Diez-Wong
Cassidy Donnarumma
Jessica Echaniz
Natalee-Ann Charmaine Edwards
Patricia Alexandra Espinosa
Nicholas Estelle
Liliette Estevez
Ruslan Fedkiv
Arisay Castelar Flores
Katherine Suharmy Garay
Danielle Miranda Garcia
Laura Garcia
Julian Mauricio Giraldo
Ashley Grasso
Raquel Grossman
Claudia Gutierrez
Egle D. Haven
Arianny Brigget Herrera
Feng Go Ho Wu
Danielle Erin Hoffstadt
Winnie Huang
Ivan Infante Mendieta
Sandra Santana Joseph
Lauren Ivonn Kearns
Yelizaveta Khilko
Judith Laborde
Nina Meilan Lam
Merlyn D. Larrondo
Melissa Lau
Jamie Le
Ariana Lee
Ashley Thelia Leonard
Cara Lindsey Lively
Dania Leticia Llana
Bryanna Locascio
Ruth Marie Lopez
Madai Martinez
Rafael Martinez
Yaileen Martinez
Danielle McAvoy
Nicole Mena
Katherine Ann Moggio
Stephanie Monjarrez
Jaslyn Montefu
Milena C. Montero
Maricela Morejon
Anna Mudrytska
Laura Victoria Murias
Alexander Navarro
Kelly Anne O'Connor
Yael Ouaknine
Jessica Cecilia Padron
Ryan Michelle Parmoon
Emily Nichole Perez
Maribel Jacqueline Perez
Patricia Perez Guerra
Danny Pino
Marjorie Nicole Pinzon
Dailyn Pirez
Nadja Prent
Anisleidy Quintero
Rodney Quintero
Evelyn Ramos
Lorena Yasmin Rebaza
Erlinda Ricardo Vazquez
Mikaela Nicole Rivera
Denise Marie Rodriguez
MacKenzie Smyth Rodriguez
Ally R. Rosenberg
Isabel Sabsook
Peri Sachs
Fatma Saleh
Nathalie Marie Salinas
Ana D. Sanchez
Lismay Santana
Ross Anthony Schmitt
Claudia Francesca Simone
Adam Snider
Catalina Echeverry Taborda
Kiara Thompson
Theodora Turrin
Nina Marie Villanueva
Francesca Vizoso
Rowan Jamal Washah
Carina Marie Yates
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH SCIENCE
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Gia Alessandra Barsimantov (S)
Jordan Samuel Biller (M)
Reginald T. Bovastro Jr.
Colten James Brown (S)
Morgan Elizabeth Burger
Nicole Maria Calderon (M)
Arianna King Carden
Lillian Marie Dasal
Amr Erikat
Camila Elena Escobar (S)
Sofia de la Caridad Falcon Palermo
Angelisa Fernandez (M)
Alexandra Fonseca
Estefania Gil Garcia
Celine Ybarra Grant
Carolina Hernandez
Eja Joseph
Faith Alina Joseph
Isabella Mackenzie Kimbel (M)
Francesca Marie Lama
Jami Lynn Lashinsky (S)
Morgan Taylor Lashinsky (S)
Tirzah Marable
Trinity Cimone McCall
Mia Mercedes Meulener
Alexis Neunteufel
Nicole M. Palacios
Sofia de la Caridad Falcon Palermo
Parth Nilesh Patel (S)
Isabella Maria Penaloza-Angell
Madelyn Michele Reagan
Valerie Remar
Ashley Rodriguez (S)
Mariajose Rojas (C)
Jonathan Matthew Snow
Jared Soriano (M)
Andrea Angelina Soto (M)
Olivia Renee Sperber
Teri Lynne Stebbins
Ayannah Leigh Stein-Jones
Abby Orban Stenn (M)
Brady Helena Wallace (S)
Ashtyn Mary Belknap Watts
Lauren Anne Whitener
Degrees conferred August 2, 2024
Caroline Banuelos
Caleb Joshua Chevis
Sara Asfaw Elias
Ava Caroline Goldammer
Shelsea Fransheska Gutierrez
Nia Hazel Perry
Gabrielle Neelam Ramsamy
Justin Savas Synodi
Gaelle Pierette Tervil
Sherrod Williams II
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Jessica Victoria Achong Diaz
Olivia Albertelli
Alexandra Ancheta
Samantha J. Anderson
Brianna Kaylyn Arluk
Tamia Michelle Baker
Nicole Rumenov Banov
Alexandra Glorie Benitez
Emily Marie Benitez
Taylor Lynn Bither (S)
Daniel Christian Braun
Nicole Brosteneant
Julia Rae Brown (S)
Haley Bujeda
Lauren Marie Cardentey
Emily Castillo
Mariella Cedano
Austin Chadwick
Spencer H. Chriss
Helena Colvee Martin
Elodie Cassandra Conley (C)
Sonibel Cruz
Jonathan Blandon Davila (C)
Naissa Jane Delva
Claudia Destefani
Melany Diaz
Stephanie Diaz
Lenuta Cristina Dragos
Ashley Michelle Duran Mota
Alexandra Marie Fernandez
Natalie Marie Figueroa
Kyle Stanley Franklin
Paola Andrea Freire Moreno
Meagan Gallagher
Leeling Patricia Gannon
Nathalie Garcia
Marcela Mabel Gonzalez Fajardo (M)
Naomie Gutekunst
Alexis Jade Hall
Brooke Kelly Hayashi
Sukie Hernandez
Shannon Hickey
Shammai Melissa Ilis (C)
Anna Israel
Thalia Valerie Teves Jahrling
Alejandra Annie Denise Jones
Madison Jones
Taylor Ketchum
George Kong
Marisa Lee
Francisca Leyton
Valentina Linoci
Chloe Megan Littleton (C)
Yvette Mandap Lopez
Valeria Luna
Rocio Maidique Orizondo
Aricel Malagon
Sara A. Marsh
Amanda Teresa Martinez (C)
Neetha Kuzhiparambil Mathew
Victoria Akemi Schmidt Meguro
Oriana Carolina Mendez (M)
Talia Mirjani
Marissa N. Montilva
Kimberly Negron-Morales
Lilyanna Jay Nieva
Elise Nisonoff
Gabriela Michele Oleaga-Andujar
Eliane M. Pado
Bruna Eduarda Parentes
Sarah Elizabeth Elizabeth Pereira Citron
Chabely Pereira Ruiz
Kylie Elizabeth Piringer
Karen Regalado Guerra
Abigale Grace Reynolds
Skylar Roach (S)
Melany Marie Robaina
Julia Nicole Roberson
Amalia de la Caridad Rodriguez
Mary Amanda Rodriguez Finales
Alixandra Cailin Roy
Kayla Emily Wolfson Saka
Jose Salmeron
Alyssa Santana
Evan Santos
Alec Ghan Sieben
Paige Lauren Smith
Sophia L. Spear
Carly Steinlauf (M)
Arnelle Hillary Stinfil
Kaitlyn Karlyle Straub
Laura Suarez (M)
Melanie Rizzi Subieta
Camille Angelie Sibayan Suguitan
Yan Toren
Baira Ulyumdzhieva
Kiaraliz Valentin Rentas
Shayenne Romy Vedrine
Rebecca Jane Vicenti
Sofia Villamizar
Natalie Wagner
Adriana Rose Zakel
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Degree candidates December 12, 2024
Katherine Aguero
Julia Marie Campos (M)
Sydney D. Corrodus (S)
Leyla Asha Eslaquit
Morgan Elise McLaurin
The Great Seal of the University of Miami
The Great Seal of the University of Miami symbolizes exceptional scholarship, a limitless quest for knowledge, and an abiding commitment to service shared by University faculty, staff, and students. The Great Seal includes a stylized sun and palm tree, as well as a shield with the traditional symbols of education—a key, a book, and a torch. The key signifies the unlocking, discovery, or reevaluation
of learning and knowledge. The book holds the Latin words for discovery, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge. And, the torch symbolizes the spread and dissemination of learning. Below the shield is the University’s Latin motto, from the Book of Esdras, Magna Est Veritas: Great Is Truth.
The Mace
The academic mace, an enduring symbol of institutional authority and prestige, is a vestige from prehistoric times. First used as a battle weapon, the mace evolved into a ceremonial staff carried in processions of royalty, magistrates, and church or university officials.
The University of Miami’s current mace, which dates back to 1986, was sculpted by former art professor William Ward. He chose a contemporary design, one that reflects the University’s timelessness and perpetual growth from a young institution to one of national prominence. The clean lines and polished silver surface are elegant; dignified; and reflective of colors, textures, and forms in the everchanging environment. Ward indicated that timelessness is further represented by the mace’s geometric design. Rather than employing symbols like books, candles, or globes, he noted that these geometric shapes are not tied to fad or style but are an integral part of our world.
“There are obvious relationships to mathematics and the sciences, and as the mace is rotated, some of the planes at the top resemble letters. Its complexity is like the unfolding plot of a good story,” Ward said.
The University of Miami’s mace serves as a symbolic weapon to protect the ideals of truth, justice, and learning. During the commencement ceremony, it is carried at the head of the academic procession by the grand marshal, whose symbolic duty is the protection of the University, its people, and its processes.
In 2019, staff and faculty members in the Department of Theatre Arts performed preservation and restoration work on the mace, crafting a new base and reviving the original sheen so that, after decades of use, the mace continues to play its role in the University’s commencement ceremonies.
The University of Miami Presidential Chair
The University of Miami Presidential Chair, or cathedra, took its place in 2016 on the commencement stage as a symbol of the Office of the President. Traditionally representing the seat of learning, the cathedra was designed and crafted by master furniture maker Austin Matheson, an adjunct professor in the School of Architecture, whose family history in South Florida predates the University’s 1925 founding.
Matheson carved and joined what appear to be the seamless pieces of the chair from a single slab of highly prized and once-abundant Cuban mahogany. It was salvaged from a tree felled by a hurricane in nearby Coconut Grove. The fluidity of his design represents the idea that “We Are One U,” while his use of a contemporary style and a few traditional
flourishes represent the University’s rich past and promising future. “The chair is unique. It has no precedent. It stands alone,” Matheson said.
Etched by laser, the Great Seal of the University of Miami is prominently displayed on the splat, or back, of the chair. More subtly, twin silhouettes of an ibis head, with its graceful beak, adorn each side of the crest rail. Known for its invincible spirit when hurricanes approach, the marsh bird has been the school mascot since the University opened its doors, just a month after the hurricane of 1926 devastated Miami. Like the chair, the ibis continues to be a symbol of our resilience and renewal as we approach our new century.
Academic Honors and Regalia
The ceremonies of commencement immerse us in the rich tradition of academic honors and dress that reaches back to the early days of the world’s oldest universities.
The University of Miami awards degrees in three basic divisions— the doctorate, master’s, and baccalaureate—which can be traced to medieval times. The student receiving a “first degree in arts” was crowned with a wreath of laurel berries, hence “baccalaureate” and “bachelor.” The master’s degree was a license to teach (Licentia docendi), so the “master” was an appropriate title. The doctor was even better qualified to teach, for this degree required advanced study, independent research, and defense of a dissertation. These standards still apply to the doctorate, except for those conferred honoris causa (as honorary degrees) for meritorious service in public or private endeavor.
Some degrees are awarded with special recognition. For those who have achieved appropriate standards in their work, the words cum laude (with praise), magna cum laude (with high praise), and summa cum laude (with highest praise) are used. Students who have met formal scholarly demands, including both specified courses and high overall grade averages, may graduate with “General Honors.” These achievements are recorded on diplomas and in official transcripts.
From medieval practice, academic dress has three items: cap, gown, and hood. In reviving the use of these items for the United States, an intercollegiate commission in 1895 drafted a code that most
universities, including the University of Miami, follow.
For all degrees, the mortarboard is the traditional cap. The tassel may be gold for a doctor or may indicate the field of study.
The bachelor’s gown is black with long, pointed, open sleeves. The master’s gown is black with a long, closed sleeve hanging below the elbow. The doctor’s gown is black and is distinguished by three bars of velvet on a full sleeve.
The academic hood is the identifying symbol of the degree. Its length indicates which degree it represents: three feet for the baccalaureate, three-and-a-half for the master’s, and four for the doctorate. The lining indicates the college or university that awarded the degree. University of Miami hoods are lined in orange, green, and white. The color of the velvet band represents the academic discipline. The most frequently seen colors are white for arts, yellow for science, pink for music, sapphire blue for philosophy, purple for law, scarlet for divinity, green for medicine, light blue for education, drab for business, orange for engineering, violet for architecture, gray for general studies, and apricot for nursing.
The University of Miami president wears a black robe with four black velvet bars. The fourth chevron indicates this is the presidential regalia. The gown features orange and green piping as well as a doctoral hood lined in orange, green, and white—reflecting the official University of Miami school colors.
The Music of the Ceremony
University of Miami Fanfare
Great universities throughout the country begin their halftime performances with a special fanfare consisting of small portions of their school fight songs and alma mater. The fanfare signals the start of halftime festivities, exciting the crowd and encouraging loyal fans to remain in their seats during the band’s performance.
Following the Miami Hurricane’s National Championship season in 2001-2002, David Lambert, D.M.A. ’05, wrote a similar fanfare for
the University of Miami. “University of Miami Fanfare” was premiered by the University of Miami Band of the Hour during the 2004 Miami Hurricane home football opener versus Florida State University. It has since been performed as a prelude to all Band of the Hour performances and has become a part of the University of Miami’s commencement to announce the opening of the ceremony.
President’s Processional Fanfare
Commencement ceremonies are rich in history, tradition, and ritual. Over the years, the University of Miami has had a number of talented musicians and composers contribute to that history and tradition.
The “President’s Processional Fanfare—Toward Our New Century” was commissioned by the Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music and written by Brian Balmages, M.M. ’00, in 2016.
Alma Mater
William S. Lampe and Christine Asdurian Arranged by Henry Fillmore
Southern suns and sky blue water
Smile upon you Alma Mater
Mistress of this fruitful land
With all knowledge at your hand
Always just, to honor true
All our love we pledge to you
Alma Mater
Stand forever
On Biscayne’s wondrous shore.
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Parking and Reception Information
The fall commencement ceremonies will be held in the Watsco Center on the Coral Gables Campus on December 12, 2024. Free parking is conveniently located near the Watsco Center at Levante and Pavia garages. Parking passes are not required for commencement guests. The Special Needs Parking is located in front of the Watsco Center at the Serpentine lot (425S) on Walsh Avenue. State-issued disabled parking permits are required to access this lot. Parking at Ponce de Leon Garage is strictly reserved for patients of The Lennar Foundation Medical Center.
Golf carts and shuttles will be running continuously for guests who cannot walk long distances to and from the Watsco Center from surrounding parking lots. No reservations are needed.
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