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Graduate School of Arts & Science

2015Convocation

Master’s and Certificate

Convocation Ceremony

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

8:00 p.m.

The Theater at Madison Square Garden

New York City

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Doctoral

Convocation Ceremony

Friday, May 22, 2015

11:00 a.m.

Skirball Center for the Performing Arts

New York City

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Convocation 2015


Master’s and Certificate Convocation Ceremony

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

8:00 p.m.

The Theater at Madison Square Garden

New York City

4 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY

PRELUDE

Symphonic Brass Alliance

PLATFORM PARTY PROCESSIONAL


“Rondeau”

from Suite de Symphonies no. 1

by Jean-Joseph Mouret

“The Prince of Denmark’s March”

from A Choice Collection of Ayres

by Jeremiah Clarke

(arranged by Sir Henry Wood)

“America the Beautiful”

by Samuel Augustus Ward

Ann J. Kirschner, mezzo-soprano

Guests are requested to stand for the singing

of “America the Beautiful.”

PRESIDING

Suzanne Collado

Assistant Director, The Master’s College

WELCOME

Mai Huynh

GSAS Master’s College Award for

Excellence in Leadership

Department of Psychology

C. Cybele Raver

Vice Provost for Research and

Faculty Affairs

Lauren A. Benton

Dean

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS

Kathleen T. Talvacchia

Associate Dean for Academic and

Student Affairs

Axinn Foundation Writer-in-Residence

Award

Rose and Herbert H. Hirschhorn

Thesis Award

The Graduate School of Arts and Science

Threesis Academic Challenge Award

DISTINGUISHED ARTS & SCIENCE

ALUMNI SPEAKER

Maria Bartiromo

Anchor and Global Markets Editor

FOX Business Network—FOX News

Channel

GSAS Master’s ConvocationOrder of Exercises

5MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY

MUSICAL INTERLUDE


“La Rejouissance: Allegro”

from Music for the Royal Fireworks

by George Frideric Handel

Graduates and their families and friends are

requested to remain in the hall for the duration

of the ceremony.

PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES

AND HOODING

Roberta S. Popik

Associate Dean for Graduate Enrollment

Services and Graduate School of Arts

and Science Administration

Class Representative and Banner Bearer

Sabrina Breher

Program in International Relations

Faculty Hooders

Susan Antón

Professor, Department of Anthropology

Michael Ralph

Associate Professor, Department of

Social and Cultural Analysis

Christine Rushlow

Professor, Department of Biology

Director of Graduate Studies,

Master’s Program

CLOSING REMARKS

Lauren A. Benton

Dean

RECESSIONAL

New York University Pipes and Drums


“Procession of the Nobles” from Mlada

by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Guests are requested to stand for the recessional.

MUSIC


Robert Susman, Director


Brian C. Meagher, Jr., Pipe Major

PHOTOGRAPHY

Island Photography


Class of 2015

CERTIFICATE

Robert C. Bartlett

Rachel Ilana Bilgrei

Caitlin L. Breare

Martin Devine

Elizabeth Eisenberg

Joshua D. Nelson

Desirae Dixon Peters

Megan Elizabeth Randall

Kari S. Rayner

Jami Lynn Rothenberg

Shuk Chaen Melissa Tan

Abigail Bracha Teller

Jeffrey N. Uslip

Jessica Walthew

ADVANCED CERTIFICATE

Narges Bajoghli

Dwaipayan Banerjee

Desiree L. Barron

Narges Bayani

Purva Vivek Chitnis

Amalia Isabel Cordova

Rebecca Jean Cudmore

Lina Marlette De Jesus

Golderos

Kathryn Watkins Fitch Free

Chelsea E. Harvey

Jennifer Leigh Henderson

Srividya Kalyanaraman

Joshua Alexander Krisch

Sarah Orkin Lewin

Jillian Rose Lim

Cynthia Lin

Yun Lu

Claire Ann Maldarelli

Elizabeth Harris Newbern

Hannah Rose Newman

Amy Lynn Nordrum

Carl Alexander O’Donnell

Alexandra Wahl Ossola

Neel Vijay Patel

Ruchira Roy Chowdhury

Claudia Kinley Russell

Krystnell Alexis Storr

Sophie A. Tuttleman-Kriegler

Manasi Somnath Vaidya

Meenal Satish Vamburkar

Cong Xie

Ning Zhou

MASTER OF ARTS

Salma Abdel Salam

Robert Cameron Abel

Sara Dima Abi Saab

Marija Juliette Abney

Naomi Adland

Grace Eve Afsari-Mamagani

Ekaterina Agarkova

Zahra N. Ahmed

Alexei Vladimirovich

Aitouganov

Janell Nequeva Ajani

Eda Deniz Aksoy

Tania Al Taji Al Farouki

Karima Ahmad Al-Absy

Dakota Alcantara-Camacho

Yamiche Leone Alcindor

Kaylee P. Alexander

Marie-Charlotte Allam

Elizabeth Anne Alleva

Yasmine Al-Sayyad

Arianny Sofia Amador Padilla

Ximena Amescua Cuenca

Dipti Anand

Collin Jonathan Anderson

Maria Victoria Andrade

Guimaraes

Erica J. Anker

Maria Arettines

Aviel Asher-Schapiro

Evdoxia Katherine Athanasi

Kesi Amandla Augustine

Talia M. Avakian

Robert James Babin, Jr.

Antonio Santino Baiz

Erica Marie Banks

Issa Barakat

Max K. Baril

Caroline Robbins Barnett

These names are up to date as of March 30, 2015.

Names and related details of all graduates appearing herein are subject to changes, deletions, and additions

as may be necessary for conformity with final, official records of the University.


Class of 2015

Antonia Veruska Giuseppina

Bartoli

Melanie Bavaria

Thalia Kiriaki Beaty

Kate Lauren Beaudoin

Taylor McGowin Beck

William Christopher Beck

Bethany Becktell

Alix M. Becq

Samuel Dean Behrens

Julia Andrea Behrman

Aliza Beilin

Maria Beliaeva

Emma Hannah Elizabeth

Ben-Avi

Charmaine Benham

Anna T. Bennet

Elizabeth Bennett

Elizabeth Catherine Benninger

David Berdugo

Allison Beres

Siri Bejer Bertelsen

Alexandria Rose Mary Besharat

Marc Mahoney Beuttler

Tong Bian

Isabella Margaret Biedenharn

Jordan Scott Birnbaum

Jacqueline A. Bishop

Juliana Frances Black

Ian Foster Blair

Francisco Blancarte Jaber

Chelsea Kirsten Blance

Michael P. Bobrowski

Shira Jill Bogin

Thomas A. Bond

Scott Kingsland Borchert

Gabriela Bortolamedi

Daniel Ryan Bou Diab

Dominique A. Bouavichith

Marie-Eve Bouchard

Léa Bouchoucha

Sarah Ann Bourassa

Laura Elizabeth Bow

Rose Bowen

Clodagh Bowyer

Tess MacKenzie Boyer

Lily Brafman

Alexandria Elise Brahler

Laura Michelle Brauth

Jarred N. Braxton

Laura Katherine Bray

Caitlin L. Breare

Sabrina Breher

Makini Jean Brice

Joseph S. Briggs

Scott Kenneth Briggs

Faith Leah Brigham

Alaina M. Brodar

Christian Markus Brodbeck

Christina Brown

Erin C. Brown

Jennifer A. Brown

Russell Patrick Brown

Thomas Franklin Brown

Stephanie Ann Browne

Halston Bruce

Didier Bruneel

Alicia M. Brunker

Michael Peter Bruno

Alexander J. Bruski

Ian James Brydon

Marjorie Budiman

Christopher Peter Buonincontri

Alana Burfield

Clement Andrea Burge

Jana Teresa Bürkert

Taylor Burton

Alicia Robyn Byrnes

Wendy Byrnes

Carson Forbes Cameron

John Scott Campbell

Gillian Canavan

Anna Perfecto Canlas

Jennifer Lynn Canose

Mengyi Cao

Margaret Farrell Cardosi

Megan G. Carmody

Angela Carothers

James R. Carter

Monica Lisette Caudillo

Contreras

Jessica Cavanagh

Jessica Ann Chace

Stephen James Chalifoux

Paige Meredith Chandler

Wei Chien Chang

Adam Sidney Chapman

David William Chapman

Benjamin M. Chasse

Victoria Chavez

Charlotte Marine Juliette

Chebassier

Jiageng Chen

Junhao Chen

Junyi Chen

Sijia Chen

Tianqi Chen


Class of 2015

Yeh-chen Chen

Yuanqing Chen

Yupei Chen

Belle Devlin Cheves

Maurice Lamont Childs

Tatiana Alekseevna Chistikova

Purva Vivek Chitnis

Jai Young Choi

Sujeong Choi

Jirawat Chotipatoomwan

Saba Akhtar Chowdhry

Courtney Marie Christenson

Eddie Chu

Kevin H. Chu

Candice Lee Leng Chua

Neena Cinquino

William Clark, Jr.

Veronica Clark

Crystal Clarke

Joseph F. Clarke

Kieryn Noah Clements

Lauren Lee Clifford

Carrisa V. Cocuzza

Daniel Aldana Cohen

Hannah M. Cohen

Laura Isabel Uppercu Collier

David Michael Comalli

Yan Cong

Molly Fagan Congdon

Ashley Nicole Connelly

Eden Consenstein

Antonio Corrado

Brianna Nicole Cox

Jonathan D. Cox

Margaret Ruth Croft

Noemi Cselenyi

Rebecca Jean Cudmore

Jeremy Chase Culver

Jack Robert Cunningham

Ryan Saul Cunningham

Madeleine Christine Dalkie

Ziad Dallal

Colleen E. Daly

Peter D’Amato

Brittany Alyssa Darrow

Alexander S. Davis

Elizabeth Weil Davis

Philippe de Juniac

Sara Elizabeth DeLozier

Kanjun Kathy Deng

Sean Denmark

Jenny Amanda DePierre

Rönnblom

Marissa DeSimone

Alyssa Jo DesRochers

Kala Marie DeStefano

Rajeev K. Dhir

Helene Mariann Di Iorio

Vincenza Iva Di Maggio

Courtney Kirsten Dickinson

Jason Richard Didier

Nicole Desiree Dillner

Yijia Ding

Ryan Anthony DiPetta

Anna Elzbieta Dluzniewska-

Hyman

Margaret Jean Donaldson

Aliza Chava Donath

Margaret Elizabeth Bell

Donohue

Angela Donovan

Lindsay Faye Doughty

Matthew James Dowd

Julia Rina Dranov

Julie Morgan Dreyfuss

Bodi Du

Freddie Daniel Dubon

Elizabeth Jane Dulcich

Fredrick Tuongquang Duong

Kristina Dushaj

Jeffrey Warren Eamon

Sally Lynn Edmonds

Rina Nechama Eisenberg

Derin Emre

Kaylee Marie Engle

Noah Max Ennis

Justin T. Epstein

Recep Erkmen

Wendy Jacqueline Escobar

David Esmati

Elizabeth Arcenas Espinar

Nadjeda R. M. Estriplet

Bree Auld Evans

Jennifer Eyre

Xiuying Fan

Naim Fanek

Rui Fang

Wanghaoming Fang

Eleanor Clemence Farber

Adam Cleven Farley

Charles Begue Fawell

Amelia Fedo

Stephanie R. Feit

Sara Lee Feldkamp

Ning Feng

Julian Granka Ferguson


Class of 2015

Christina Elizabeth Fernandez

Rodrigo Ferreira Flores

Jessica Filson

Merav Pamela Fine

Brooke C. Fisher

Elizabeth Kathryn Flock

Verónica Gilda Flom

Roberta Flores

Andrea Maren Forrest

Jillian Joanne Foster

Adele Fournet

Amanda Claire Foy

Finora Josee Ellen Franck

Kathryn Watkins Fitch Free

Angelica Frey

Hadas Chana Fruchter

Qiao Fu

Ramiro Sebastian Fúnez

Erin Elizabeth Furlong

Raffaella Fusco

Giovanni Gabriele

Angie S. Gad

William Guy Gallagher

Dillon Louis Galvis

Niccolo Gandini

Bo Gao

Caitlyn Garcia

Rudy Silva Garcia

Joshua Adam Garden

Kurt William Garrison

Sara Garzon Vargas

Whitney Gaspard

Contessa Lucritia Gayles

Bingqing Ge

Chenhao Ge

Sarah E. Getto

Maxime Gibert

Alexandra Kifumi Giffen

Anila A. Gill

Kerrin M. Giordano

Katherine Mary Giovinazzo

Veronica Maria Glab

Leah Elizabeth Glass

Madeleine Reed Glennon

Mary Katherine Gliedt

Nawsheen Golam Hossen

Emily Kim Goldsmith

Jael Debra Goldstein

Tashay Gonzalez-Ortiz

Amanda Melone Gooden

Adina Hadas Goodman

Jonathan Samuel Gordon

Egor Konstantinovich

Gornostay

Enrique Francisco Gosselin Ruiz

Maza

Shahrzad Goudarzi

Shannon Grady

Linda Mai Green

Matthew Joseph Greene

Daniel Steven Greenspan

Hannah Molly Griffin

Samuel Wilcox Grigsby

Grace Ming Gu

Rongfei Guo

Anna Gurton-Wachter

Jose Raul Guzman

Christine L. Gwillim

Erin Murray Haggerty

Marc John Hajjar

Gina Refaat Hakim

Sadaf Hakimian

Iynna Halilou

Mollie D. Hamilton

Mengyu Han

Elizabeth A. Harnett

Brianna Harney

Emily D. Harris

Victoria Elizabeth Harty

Chelsea E. Harvey

Danielle Haviv

Elizabeth Beekman Hazard

Tianyuan He

Yael Juliette Heled

Jennifer Leigh Henderson

Lindsay Sierra Henry

Mary Grace Absolon Herber

Daniel A. Herman

Lesley A. Hernandez

Ian M. Herrin

Rebecca Sarah Hersch

Julie Herzig Desnick

Reema Hibrawi

Shira A. Hichenberg

Marissa Hicks-Alcaraz

Kyle S. Hiedacavage

Jessie Himmelstern

Samantha June Hines

Dennis John Hinzmann

Rachael Mackenzie Hirt

Mei Yee Ho

Pang-Chieh Ho

Caroline Rene Hoffmann

Yunhang Hou

Shima Houshyar

Hannah Fisher Howe


Class of 2015

Sherry Y. Hsieh

Yi-Ju Hsu

Helen Huang

Hsiang-en Huang

Yao Pin Hung

Mai Huynh

Stefan Vien Huynh

SeungHyun Hwang

Ciprian Ianculovici

Ingrid Inema

Louise Francesca Iremedio

Jessamine Grace Irwin

Arielle Aliza Ismail

Harrison L. Jackson

Christian Jacobs

Renee Alexandra Jacques

Maham Javaid

Kristian Gerhard Stromsland

Jebsen

Peiyao Jia

Jing Jiang, Sr.

Rong Jiang

Yihua Jiang

Zhewen Jiang

Maria Luisa Macapanpan

Jimenez

Matthew Thomas Jimenez

Lisa Johns

Amy Jo Johnson

Derreck Michael Johnson, Jr.

Dylan Robert Johnson

Katelyn Johnson

Robert W. Johnson

Donald Emory Jolly

Callum James Jones

Joella Adia Jones

Kevin Lawrence Jones

Rachel V. Jones

Reuben Isiah Jones

Sarah Constance Jones

Trent Nigel Jones

Jennifer Brooke Joyce

Helen Faye Juergens

Matthew W. Kaczor

Lena Kahn

Jessica Rose Kalbfeld

Srividya Kalyanaraman

Robert Hyungjun Kang

Aviel P. Kanter

Eric Kaplan

Irena Kaplan

Lindsay Jill Kaplan

Rebecca Kasmin

Sofya Kasyanenko

Amanda Lavorgna Katz

Brigitte Lea Katz

Ambika Kaushik

Mark William Kavanaugh

Ellen O. Kelly

Christian Norwood Kerr

Farah Khan

Kulsoom Fatima Khan

Samar Khurshid

Ingrid Marie Kiehl

Jeannie Kim

Jin Wook Kim

Jiwon Kim

Ruth Lillian Kinane

Emily B. King

Rebecca Eloise King

Roshnara A. Kissoon

Katherine Nadine Kitson

Phillipe C. Kleefield

David J. Kleinstein

Karen Martha Klockner

Zuzanna Klyszejko

Brittany Ann Knotts

David Michael Koch

Patrick Diran Kochyan

Elizavetta Koemets

Jeffrey Michael Konen

Michael Spyridon Konidaris

Seth Hunter Koproski

Allison Rae Korinek

Natasha Toralba Kostek

Andrew Corbin Kotick

Kevin Kowalski

Emily Christine Kramer

Amy Elizabeth Kraus

Peter William Krause

Meryl Jean Kremer

Jennifer Rose Kriegel

Samuel Isaac Meyerson Krinsky

Joshua Alexander Krisch

Sophia Elizabeth Kroft

Stephanie Ruth Krom

Allison Jones Kruse

Kuang Keng Kuek Ser

Janos Robert Kun

Kyungtaek Kwon

Christopher Welch Labrot

Camille R. Lafleur

Paulina Laguera

Zoe R. Lake

Aja Marie Lans

Rachel Lynne Lapidos


Class of 2015

Jamiles Nii Awule Lartey

Kamsen Lau

Jasper Donald Lauderdale

Adrien Laurent

Ellen Sofie Lunde Lauritzen

Hannah Frances Lawrence

Genevra Marie Le Voci

Guan Hui Lee

Janghan Lee

Jennifer Lee

James Benjamin Peter Lees

Gregory A. Lefkin

Paraskevas Legakis

Allison R. Lehrer

Jacquelyn D. Lekhraj

Barbara Y. Leung

Kim-Hung Leung

Aileen Madeline Level

Sarah Orkin Lewin

Elyssa Lewis

Bo Li

Chuhan Li

Kaiyu Li

Wenjie Li

Xiao Li

Xiaoling Li

Xiaomin Li

Yu Li

Zhen Li

Usman Liaquat

Roberta Ellen Liggett

Jillian Rose Lim

Alexandra Lim-Chua Wee

Cynthia Lin

Jie Lin

Kuo-Chiao Lin

LiFan Andrew Lin

Yiyun Lin

Hannah Michelle Lindsey

Joseph C. Lindsey

Di Liu

Jinghui Liu

Meichen Liu

Shiqi Liu

Sirui Liu

Songyuan Liu

Tiffany W. Liu

Xin Liu

Joseph Frank James Livesey

Chen-Wen Lo

Evan Loker

Jessica Susana Lopez-Espino

Vania Valeria Loredo

Rachel Elin Love

Marcella Lovo K. Lovo

Xuan Kai Kevin Low

Nathaniel Young Lu

Qiyu Lu

Yun Lu

Yuyan Lu

Audrey Luciani

Jessica Wei-Yin Lui

Sihang Luo

Matthew Warren Lustberg

Courtney Anne Lynch

Jarrod D. Lynn

Anna P. Lyon

Alistair Mackay

Danielle Marie Mackey

Brianna J. MacLellan

Florence Z. Madenga

Aaron E. Madison

Cecilie M. Madsen

Marc L. Maged

Alyxandra E. Maglio

Nazli Merve Mahmutoglu

Nikhita Niranjan Mahtani

Claire Ann Maldarelli

Anjali Kaur Malhotra

Shan-e-mohammad Malik

Mari Noelle Aldana Malvar

Roger A. Mancusi

Caitlin MacKenzie Mannion

Yingchu Mao

Sarah Elizabeth Marino

Schuyler Therese Marquez

Gabriel Marrero

Robert Sterling Martin

Jacqueline L. Masseo

Michael Dennis Masucci

Ernesto Farabundo Matal Sol

Margaret Louise May

Claire Lillian Mayo

Babak Mazloumi

Zane Mcbean

Taylor D. McCausland

Melissa Paola McClure

Katelin Anne McCormick

Daniel Peter McCown

Zachary Thomas McDermott

Shannon Faith McDonald

Sean David McFarland

Alyssa McGillivray

Bridget Ann McGowan

Jeffrey Allen McGuigan


Class of 2015

Ashley McNelis

Darragh Patrick Mcnicholas

Md Khalil Md Kashfi

Elizabeth Mead

Yael Tzippora Mendelson

Ana Laura Méndez Araya

Tsega Ghezai Menelik

Aaina Menon

Devon Andrew Meritz-Saccente

Vincent J. Merrone

Easmanie Michel

Alexandria Dachel Miklich

Jessica Renee Militare

Joan A. Miller

Sarah Elizabeth Mirabile

Leticia Diana Miranda

Molly Miranker

Katerina Miras

Emma Katarina Mishel

Kaitlyn N. Mitchell

Christine Marie Mladic

Sarah Alyse Moga

Carlos Andres Molina

Thomas Patrick Monahan

Simon Mongey

Diana Marie Montano

Maria Elvira Montenegro

Jessica Lynn Mooney

Rubi A. Mora

Solomon Sorba Moriba

Hope Elizabeth Morrill

Lauren Ashley Morris

Shannon Marie Morrow

Ashley Morton

Yalda Mostajeran

David Z. Moster

Christina Maureen Mount

Adnan A. Moussa

Alexis Marie Moutafakis

Catherine Elizabeth Mros

Kaitlyn K. Muchnok

Heather Mulliner

Genesis Ethel Mullis

Andrew Mundy

Mehr Munir

Maria Veronica Munoz-Najar

Luque

Melissa Lee Muntz

Paul D. Mutter

Tanushree Naimpally

Sheryl Natasha

Jenessia B. Navarro

Hegine Nazarian

Nicole V. Nemergut

Marielle Catherine Ness

Elizabeth Harris Newbern

Hannah Rose Newman

Christopher Patton Nickell

Elia Francesco Nigris

Chelsea Nigro

Baoshun Niu

Joelle R. Nivens

Logan Powel Noonan

Sarah Noonan

Chiara Norbitz

Amy Lynn Nordrum

Cesar Noriega

Elyse Helaine Norton

Kristin M. Oakley

Deirdre Mary O’Boy

Michelle Esther O’Brien

Kaitlyn Ann O’Callaghan

Sean Michael O’Connor

Leon Epem Odzanzo

Carl Alexander O’Donnell

Margareta Elin Ohberg

Ásdís Ólafsdóttir

Gabriela A. Olavarrieta

Mark Harold Onsager

Constanza Smita Ontaneda

Rehman-Khedker

Cynthia Elise Orgel

Alexandra Wahl Ossola

Edward John Ovadek, II

Stefano Revelle Paci

Mathieu Teodosio Pafundi

Alexandra Elizabeth Palmer

Kelly E. Palmer

Kateryna Panova

Darvinya Paramesvaran

Roma Parhad

Cayleigh Parrish

Neel Vijay Patel

Sydney-Paige C. Patterson

Elizabeth Adele Pelker

Gabriela Pena

Jim Peng

Lucas Matías Perelló

Taylor Anne Perrone

Amanda Perry

Chanika Renee Perry

Jennifer Morgan Perry

Desirae Dixon Peters

Andrew Jerel Peterson

Mallory J. Peterson

Victoria Rae Peterson

Trong Thao Phan


Class of 2015

Kayla Lee Ann Phillips

Dashel Tarne Pierson Plesa

Anais France Gisele Pineda

Carbajal

Lauren Michelle Pings

Alisa Pinkhasik

Richard Earl Pittman, II

Ethan Poe

Yelena Pogorelsky

Clementine Pomies

Amy Wing-Yee Poon

Daniel Porsa

Tola Porter

Ryan S. Porush

Sona Porvaznikova

Nidhi Prakash

Thomas Cody Prang

Cathal Patrick Pratt

David Preciado

Samantha Marie Presnal

Julia K. Price

Edward M. Prigge

Parjest Justine Prophyl

Hannah Michelle Puckett

Rachael Juliana Quah

Camilla Querin

Ruben Rais

Kiran Rajagopalan

Marisela Ramirez, II

Carmen Ramirez

Franchesca Ramirez

Leah Margaret Ramsey

Megan Elizabeth Randall

Lilah Alexandra Raptopoulos

Noushaba T. Rashid

Brett Powell Ray

Charles Houston Ray

Kari S. Rayner

Yasha Razizadeh

Alexandra Reali

Elvira Redondas Liceaga

Nathan Rennicke

Anna Simone Ostergaard

Reumert

Jose A. Reyes

Liana Eustacia Reyes

Jacob Eric Reynolds

Kristen Marie Ricca

Meghan Elizabeth Rice

Taylor A. Rich

Lance Nathan Richardson

Sarah A. Richter

Alexandra S. Rieck

Larissa Riepl

Robert Daniel Riggs, Jr.

Diana E. Ritter

Erica Robenalt

Jehan Roberson

Lindsay Mavis Robinson

Denise Diana Rogers

Valenzuela

Kristin Romano

Theresa Anne Roney

Ivan De Jesus Rosales

Andrew Rose

Julia Michelle Rose

Cory Horst Rosenberg

Susan Rosengarten

Randall James Rowe, II

Ruchira Roy Chowdhury

Kelli Ann Roy

Sandeep Roy

Gabrielle LaVon Royal

Giselle Ruballos

Alexander Eric Russel

Claudia Kinley Russell

Andrzej P. Rutkowski

Christopher Rybak

Nicholas Sagheb

Christopher John Saleh

Nicolette L. Sanfilippo

Charles Pastor Sangueza

Zachary Roman SantaMaria

Richa Sanwal

John Parkman Sargent

Rachel Ann Schaedler

Erika Schaefer

Robin Jeffrey Scher

Chelsea Rose Schlecht

Charles Daniel Schmitt, III

Anne Marie Clay Schneider

Faith Schombs

Erin Blake Schuppert

Michelle Hope Schuval

Daniel R. Schwam

Ariel Scotti

David Aleksandrovich Segalchik

Maya Kate Feather Seidler

Nathan Philip Seltzer

Won Min Seo

Yareli Servin

Caroline Rose Shakour

Jonathan C. Shan

Yixue Shao

Nouria Sharifi

Leah Shaw

Victoria Leigh Sheehan


Class of 2015

Cheng Shen

Xi Shen

Cheng-Chien Shih

Jin Sol Shim

Yuji Shimohira Calvo

Morgan Wyeth Shnier

Colleen Shrewsbury

Julia Pei-min Shu

Lingwei Shu

Hiba Masood Siddiqi

Avi Siegel

Scott Silsbe

Sarah A. Silverstein

Bryan Sim Yong Sheng

Olivia Ann Simone

Zaira Shianne Simone

Maria-Fernan Guerrero

Simpson

Michael John Simpson

Kyli Mohini Singh

Jennie E. Sirignano

Anna Katharina Mosha

Skarpelis

Emma Anna Margaretha

Skoglund

Jordan D. Smith

Laura Smith

Megan Anne Smith

Ksenia Michajlovna Soboleva

Cesar Baclig Solla, Jr.

Jin Ho Son

Ignacio Soto Zamorano

Victoria Vanzandt Southwell

Ashley C. Soutor

Maya Cathleen Sparks

Plama Zheleva Spetsova

Samantha M. Spurlock

Christina M. Squitieri

Michael Joseph Stahl

Shifra Ayelet Staiman

Emily L. Stainkamp

Theresa Anne Stanley

Brittaney Chanel Staton

Jonathan Lee Steinberg

Brian Devery Stickles

Kara S. Stiles

Joseph Anthony Stollenwerk

Krystnell Alexis Storr

Ji Yun Sul

Anyi Sun

Kavitha Angeli Surana

Jacqueline E. Sutton

Jennifer Kae Suzukawa-Tseng

Travis Richard Sweatte

Ellen Amanda Tagtmeier

Annie Tak

Yoko Takahashi

Shuk Chaen Melissa Tan

Zachary B. Taylor

Irina D. Tchania

James Seng Khien Tee

Abigail Bracha Teller

Zachary Bruce Terrell

Steven Anargyros Thomas, Jr.

Hannah Grace Thomas

Eleanor Jean Thompson

Lee Thorpe, Jr.

Richard A. Tiganila

Donasia Nicole Tillery

Neil James Tolentino

Lauren Elizabeth Tompkins

Jonathan Tory Toole

Antonio Manuel Tlaloc Torres

Katerina Juanita Torres

Monica Margarita Torres

Jennifer Trattler

Scott Becker Trausch

Joseph Kyle Treman

Elizabeth Nicole Treptow

Jennifer Lila Trowbridge

Ki Ha Tse

Agata Tumilowicz

Madeline Murphy Turner

Hannah Colleen Turpin

Sophie A. Tuttleman-Kriegler

William Fuhrman Twersky

Kazumichi Uchida

Megan Underwood

Kaliane Helene Ung

Daniela Rosario Urbina

Ante Ursic

Charlie S. Uruchima

Faridah Omowunmi Usman

Manasi Somnath Vaidya

Meenal Satish Vamburkar

Anneke Kathleen van Lith

Melissa Ariana Vega-Valdez

Jana Velinova

Luis Damian Veron

Martin Anders Strand Vestre

Marcela Andrea Villacob

Amanda Jane Vredenburgh

Jamara M. Wakefield

Amanda Lillian Waldroupe

Rahshida A. Walker

Anthony Sebastien Walsh


Class of 2015

Jessica Walthew

He Wang

Jiawei Wang

Kehan Wang

Qiushi Wang

Shuyu Wang

Xue Wang

Yuhe Wang

Zhongxiu Wang

Shannon Mary Ward

Jude Warne

Shana Warren

William Colin Warren-Hicks

Mohan Warusha Hennadige

Andrae J. Washington

Lesley Erin Wasserman

Hayato Watanabe

Mary Elizabeth Waterfield

Kathleen Clare Weaver

Lauren Elizabeth Weaver

Maxwell L. Weinstein

Grace Theresa Weiss

Leah D. Wersebe

Meghan Elizabeth White

Stephen Charles Whittaker

Alana Tollini Wieczorek

Ashley Lynne Wiederhold

Joshua C. Wilbur

Keenan L. Wilder

James Thomas Wilentz

Laura Holcombe Williams

Wanqin Williamson

Anna S. Wilson

Katherine Scott Wilson

Caitlin Ella Wind

Maureen Theresa Winter

Sandra Winters

Alison Jane Withers

Hannah Krystal Wong

Ashley Caroline Woodworth

Elisa Wouk Almino de Souza

Airui Wu

Fan Wu

Liang-I Wu

Zijin Wu

Huiwen Xia

Cong Xie

Xiao Xie

Baoyue Xing

Bo Xu

Boya Xu

Qi Xu

Siyi Xu

Xiaohan Xu

Linyue Xue

Sophia Claire Yackshaw

Sihem Naz Yalbir

Alexis Yumi Kono Yamsuan

Fei Yang

Jun Yang

Keyao Yang

Lily Annabelle Yang

Xi Yang

Zhen Yang

Julio Yarce

Bangqi Ye

Mengchu Ye

Gregory J. Yigitkurt

Yun Chung Yim

Jessie Aloyse Yorko

Milin Yu

Xue Yu

Shen Yuan

Yiqian Yuan

Sean Elliott Yuill

Jung Seok (Jake) Yun

Bonnie Newton Zaleski

Stephanie Marie Zanowic

Lara Shayne Zarum

Wenjun Zeng

Jie Zhan

Boya Zhang

Liuliu Zhang

Peipei Zhang

Qinglian Zhang

Xinwei Zhang

Yuwei Zhang

Hao Zhao

Wencheng Zhao

Ning Zhou

Xin Zhou

Yili Zhou

Yizhu Zhou

Zongmin Zhou

Minyue Zhu

Xinrui Zhu

Yaqi Zhu

Zheyi Zhu

Tyler Zoanni

Mary-Kathryn Zoni

Rialda Zukic

Matthew Phillip Zundel


Class of 2015

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Mary Hannah Aizenman

Melissa Lynn Amstutz

Christopher William Arp

Albert Hosia Jerriod Avant

Amelia Bande Echeverria

William Sewall Barnes

Kate A. Brody

Jacob Holton Brower

Allison S. Bulger

Sylvia Bustamante Gubbins

Amy Kristen Cassell

Santiago Humberto Cepeda

Rebollo

Cesar Alejandro Chacon

Chantal Clarke

David P. Cotrone

Theresa Claire Crain

Rachel L. Crittenden

Elizabeth Davis

Maurice Emerson Decaul

Elisa Diaz

Sebastian Nimmo Doherty

Moira Mairead Donegan

Rachel Fegert Dorman

Stephen Michael Ellis

Peter Karl Eriksson

Rosalyn Feldberg

Alaina J. Ferris

Uriah Dominic Ferruccio

Michael Scott Fetterman

Christopher Foo

Hadley Regina Franklin

Kathleen French

Sarah Fuchs

Kathleen Marie Furin

Ellen Brown Furman

Diana Marcela Garzón Joya

Paul Samuel Habeeb

Jonathan Hamrick

Alysia N. Harris

Eliana Paola Hernández

Hieu Ngoc Huynh

Enkay Iguh

Dana Aiko Isokawa

Karen Khodzhayev

Victoria Alexandra Kornick

Juan Luis Landaeta, Jr.

Matthew S. Lansburgh

Richard Larson

Milton Benjamin Laufer

Toby Frederick Lloyd

Francisco J. Marquez

Jose Antonio Monsalve Gomez

David Noel Moscovich

Richard Morse Peters, Jr.

Kurt Becket Pitzer

Lauren J. Roberts

Adalber Salas

Monica Sok

Christopher Soto

Kanishk Tharoor

Morgan Ashley Turano

Edgar Javier Ulloa

Sara Webster

Caroline Hampton Williams

Ezequiel Yanco, Sr.

Emily Jungmin Yoon

MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY

Brinton Robert Ahlin

Elizabeth Claire Bradtke

Lily Defriend

Lee Elizabeth Douglas

Joseph Robertson Johnson

Kiron Shirlyn Johnson

Aubrey Lynn Korneta

Ian William Merkel

Smiti Sam Nathan

Joshua Simon Schwartz

Chun-Hsien Wu

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Sarah K. Abdat

Sarkis Agaian

Avin Agrawal

Vedant Agrawal

Ke Ai

Jaleesa Awo-Sahene Akuoko

Anamaria Alexandrescu

Shatha S. Alfayez

Tareq Ahmed Alghamdi

Patricia J. Allen

Molly Elizabeth Alter

Carlos Enrique Améndola

Cerón

Thomas Edward Anderson

Sarah E. Attreed

Therese Michelle Avitabile

Meehye Baik

Alessandro Bailetti

Savreet Kaur Bains

Bryan Brantley Ball

Igor Balla


Class of 2015

Devyani Bansal

Giovanni Bella

Dana Berry

Alexander Sean Besser

Ran Bi

Wenting Bian

Neha P. Billimoria

Justin P. Bisceglio

David Bohr

Shiva Bolourchi

Maryam Bonakdar

Justine A. Borzumato

Shambhavi Prafulla Brahme

Bernard Antonio Brown, III

Kanika Brown

Andrew David Bryant

Michael S. Burel

Erwin Cabrera

Qi Cai

Jean-Claude Cantave

Kareem Ciswi Carr

Joseph Henry Castellanos

Matthew Andrew Chan

Danqi Chen

Jie Chen

Keyi Chen

Qi Chen

Wenchao Chen

Yuan Chen

Yushu Chen

Howard Cheng

Zhujun Cheng

Ching-Han Chiang

Elizabeth L. Cho

Kejun Chu

Dileep Ciddi

Meaghan Michelle Colletti

Alejandro Redy Companioni

Kevin James Corbett

Hannah Rose Crimmins

Peter Csatorday

Xiaosheng Cui

Yang Cui

Giana Columbia-Rose D’Aleo

Zharko Daniloski

Bhavisha Mukesh Dawada

Caitlyn Leigh DellaTorre

Siqi Deng

Ziwei Deng

Thomas Liborio Des Marais

Julie M. Diamond

Genelle Lauren Diaz-Silveira

Andrei Petrut Dinu-Ionita

Patrick Edward Dolezal

Dasha F. Donado

Charles Stephen Drews

Xin Du

Yassine El Farricha

Taylor W. Epley

Katherine Ann Erickson

Naeem Ehson Etemadi

Liang Fang

Yi-Ya Fang

Melania Helena Fanok

Farah Farhat

Tao Feng

Chuan Zhi Foo

Yi Fu

Peter Tramyeon Fwu

Lior Galanti

Ana Galesic

Shashank Gandhi

Haipeng Gao

Peng Gao

Yingxu Gao

Xiaolu Ge

Jie Geng

Phillip Geter

Dareun Geum

Vinay Gokaldas

Paula Elizabeth Goldberg

Ofer Goldstein

Whitney Elle Goldstein

Jieming Gong

Philip Ramin Greengard

Michael D. Gregory

Miria Leigh Grunick

Zhenwei Gu

Fei Guan

Ian Guerin

Kunal Lalit Gugale

Wen Guo

Ankit Gupta

Changnian Han

Kentaro Hanaki

Sushindhran Harikrishnan

Lamia C. Harper

Yiping He

Zeyu He

Darshan Hegde

Ruikun Hong

Wentao Hong

Philip T. Hood

Zehra Hosain

Shangxuan Hou


Class of 2015

Dustin Kirtley Howell

Xinyuan Hu

Jorianna Hunt

David Jikang Im

Aditya Chandrakant Inamdar

Ramiz Iqbal

Akshay Jain

Vipin Jain

Olawale Jaiyeola

Mohd Azrin bin Jamalruddin

Jinho Jang

Rasika Sanjay Jangle

Abhishek Ajit Jathan

Chen Ji

Ye Ji

Yunzhe Jia

Hongda Jiang

Ju Jiang

Haosen Jin

Yunfan Jin

Kiwon Joh

Geon Kang

Huan Kang

Sukriye Kara

Doycho Petrov Karagyozov

Dylan I. Karten

Kirtan Kaur

Ryan James Keavney

Christian Keitel

Christopher Thomas Kempski

Michael Paul Khairallah

Samir Khakimov

Ajay Khanna

Seungjin Kim

Marcos E. Kohler

Mark Paul Kondrla, Jr.

John Kounsalieh

Jayashree Kumar

Nikathan S. Kumar

Hyuk Min Kwon

Avrohom Shmuel Lapp

Nu Huyen Trang Le

Dong Hyun Lee

Jennifer Lee

Yunjoo Lee

Abba E. Leffler

Lei Lei

Wuping Lei

Andrew Wayne Lew

Aoshi Li

Chen Li

Gang Li

Hanchu Li

Jiexi Li

Mao Li

Qiuling Li

Ruixue Li

Sai Li

Shuo Li

Xiang Li

Yiwei Li

Youlong Li

Zhibin LI

Chong Lian

Yisheng Liao

Jianfeng Lin

Xiangyu Lin

Paul Sopher Lintilhac

Chaoxie Liu

Jing Liu

Jingwen Liu

Mark Liu

Menghan Liu

Si Liu

Xu Liu

Yen-Tin Liu

Yukuan Liu

Zhen Liu

Grant Miller Long

Heng Lu

Lingkun Lu

Pin Lu

Lisa Luo

Kailin Ma

Weicheng Ma

Xiang Ma

Xiaoyi Ma

Sonali Malik

Matthew J. Mancuso

Jugal Manjeshwar

Yiran Mao

Wilnelly Martinez Ortiz

Ashher Masood

Melissa Pei-Lih Mau

Mark Mazer

Laura Marie McGarry

Milan Benjamin Ariel

Mecklenburg

Orhan Mehmetoglu

Karen Naree Gremel Merrill

Sofija Miljovska

Krishnan Mody

Keita Moriyama

Caitlin Mullins

Julia Mychak

Danielle Marie Nalband


Class of 2015

Yanyue Ning

Kamran Nobahar

Alexander Oskotsky

Dong Ouyang

Christopher Piotr Pac

Tyler S. Palsulich

Grace Pan

Ronak Ashok Parpani

Maria Pershina

Kumar Bharath Prabhu

Chen Price

Christian Puhrsch

Venu Putcha

Ying Qu

Julien Nathan Rabinow

Sahinur Rahman

Akilesh Madhava Rao

Aneesha Reddy

Brittany M. Rhodes

Maria Graciela Riera Dominguez

Christopher Andrew Rohlfs

Olga Romanova

Navneet Singh Saini

Abhishek Nishit Sanghvi

Arnab Sarkar

Jagannathan Arjun

Sathyamoorthy

Tom D. Sercu

Xiaochuan Sha

Yiqun Shao

Pramada Sharma

Akshay Shekhar

Jiangfeng Shen, Sr.

Junying Shen

Kaiwen Shen

Rui Shen

Tianrui Shen

Susan L. Sheng

Lin Shi

Vangie Dawn Shue

Riley W. Simmons-Edler

Jessica A. Singer

Gourav Jyot Singh Khurana

Sidak Kaur Singh

Brian Smith

Ronald David Snyder

Huachen Song

Nianhui Song

Wenjun Song

Kamolthip Songtrakul

Krystal M. Sotolongo

Jonathan L. Stair

Dmitry Storcheus

Ramy Sukarieh

Huang Sun

Jie Sun

Shaopeng Sun

Zhaoyu Sun

Jonathan David Sutton

Suraj Swaminathan

Andrew Joseph Szymczak

Mohammad Taghizadeh

Manzari

Sean Talia

Joshua Zejun Tan

Yi Tan

Zongjie Tan

Ruchi Tandon

Ziqing Tang

Guangbo Tao

Prashant Singh Tewatia

Subodh Narayanrao Tiwaskar

Ryan Joseph Tracy

Thanakorn Trakarnvanich

Aashutosh Ujjwal Trivedi

Digant Jagdish Trivedi

Benjamin David Turtel

Mehmet Ugurbil

George C. Ulloa

Jonah Umbro

Uthman Saad Uthman

Ashwin Venkataraman

Prakhar Verma

Ankur Ashok Vij

Giovanni Angbetic Villegas

Laurel John Vorhies

Hanan Wahib

Di Wang

Haochuan Wang

Li Wang

Nannan Wang

Peijiang Wang

Siyang Wang

Weilun Wang

Xiaocong Wang

Xin Wang

Yao Wang

Ye Wang

Yuanda Wang

Zhengyang Wang

Billie Grace Ward

Brian Weeks

Lai Wei

Brandon M. Williams

Emily Caitlin Williams

Kailun Wu

Kun Wu


Class of 2015

Lingyu Wu

Ron Chris Wu

Xiaojun Wu

Yuxi Wu

Jing Xia

Liang Xiang

Yuanji Xie

Zhuang Xiong

Hao Xu

Huaisi Xu

Ruiqi Xu

Shaoxin Xu

Xingchen Xu

Zhiyuan Xu

Suili Yan

Zonghan Yan

Hui Yang

Kemin Yang

Zhuolun Yang

Siyuan Yao

Xiaotong Yao

Yoon Sing Yap

Haoran Ye

Zehua Ye

Wei Yi

Cafer Tayyar Yildirim

Xuedi You

Yu-Chih Yu

Yue Yu

Lin Yuan

Xingdi Yuan

Kara Elizabeth Zang

Estefania Zapata-Rodriguez

Gary Zelmanovics

Bowei Zhang

Dan Zhang

Daran Zhang

Haibin Zhang

Lin Zhang

Shu Zhang

Shuaiyi Zhang

Yangchen Zhang

Yi Zhang

Yulong Zhang

Yuting Zhang

Chenzhi Zhao

Hui Zhao

Long Zhao

Pinji Zhao

Sujian Zhi

Chen Zhu

Houqiudi Zhu

Jingxin Zhu

Junye Zhu

Lixuan Zhu

Wenbo Zhu

Yusha Zhu

Renfei Zou

James Hall Zvokel


Doctoral Convocation Ceremony

Friday, May 22, 2015

11:00 a.m.

NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts

New York City

24 DOCTORAL CONVOCATION CEREMONY

PRELUDE


PLATFORM PARTY PROCESSIONAL


“Rondeau”

from Suite de Symphonies no. 1

by Jean-Joseph Mouret

“The Prince of Denmark’s March”

from A Choice Collection of Ayres

by Jeremiah Clarke

(arranged by Sir Henry Wood)

“America the Beautiful”

by Samuel Augustus Ward

Ann J. Kirschner, mezzo-soprano

Guests are requested to stand for the singing

of “America the Beautiful.”

WELCOME

Lauren A. Benton

Dean

Karen Elaine Auman

Doctoral Graduate

Department of History

David W. McLaughlin

Provost

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS


Associate Dean for Academic and

Student Affairs

Coons-Leibowitz Graduate Student

Teaching Award

Douglas and Katharine Fryer

Thesis Fellowship Award

Dean’s Outstanding Dissertation Award

Dean’s Outstanding Teaching Award

FACULTY SPEAKER

Larry Wolff

Silver Professor, Department of History

Director, Center for European and

Mediterranean Studies

MUSICAL INTERLUDE


“La Rejouissance: Allegro”

from Music for the Royal Fireworks

by George Frideric Handel

Graduates and their families and friends are

requested to remain in the hall for the duration

of the ceremony.

GSAS Doctoral ConvocationOrder of Exercises

25DOCTORAL CONVOCATION CEREMONY

PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES

AND HOODING

Roberta S. Popik

Associate Dean for Graduate Enrollment

Services and Graduate School of Arts

and Science Administration

Class Representative and Banner Bearer

Charlotte M. Wincott

Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical

Sciences

Faculty Hooder

Bruce Grant

Professor, Department of Anthropology

Vice Dean

CLOSING REMARKS

Lauren A. Benton

Dean

RECESSIONAL



“Procession of the Nobles” from Mlada

by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Guests are requested to stand for the recessional.

MUSIC


Robert Susman, Director


Brian C. Meagher, Jr., Pipe Major

PHOTOGRAPHY

Island Photography

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DOCTORAL CONVOCATION CEREMONY

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Nora Burnett Abrams

Rachel Phillips Abrams

Joseph Salvatore Ackley

Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi

Janet Naju Ahn

Meera Saeed Al Kaabi

Samu Alanko

Ariana Elizabeth Alexander

Ghazi Faisal Al-Mulaifi

Allan Mark Amanik

Barbara Anne Andersen

Luis Alberto Apolo Velez

Kevin P. Arlyck

Stefano Attanasio

Birgitta Augustin

Karen Elaine Auman

Mustafa Avci

Graciela Maria Baez

Franco Baldasso

Ashley Deanne Bales

Isaac Baley

Dwaipayan Banerjee

Pablo Barberá-Aranguena

Antoine Barbot

Annamaria Barczak

George Baroud

Carina Bauman

Jonathan Marc Bearak

Andrea Elizabeth Bell

Biba Bell

Peter Jonathan Bell

Eli Bendet-Taicher

Angela Rae Bennett Segler

Christina M. Bergey

Keria Maria Bermudez-

Hernandez

Anmol Pravin Bhandari

Julio Andres Blanco

Dorothee E. Borchmann

Clemence C. Boulouque

Christopher John Bowman

William D. Boyer

William Worth Bracken

Elizabeth Claire Bradtke

Claire Rita Brandon

Julia P. Brandt

Bryan James Brazeau

Jason Anthony Brocato

Anna K. Brodbeck

David Sterling Brown

Jeremy Phillip Brown

Julia M. V. Browning

Andrew Michael Burgard

Mitchell C. Bushuk

Juan G. Calvo

James G. Cantres, Jr.

Maria C. Carrasco Nevdatchine

Paolo Cavallino

Vanessa Ceia

Michael Steven Chagnon

Arun Richard Chandrasekaran

Vincent Chanethom

Melissa McKenzie Chang

Robert Yu-Chung Chang

Dasha A. Chapman

Simon Edmund Charlow

Aurelie Chatton

Junjie Chen

Stephanie Y. Chen

Zhenqing Chen

Xin Cheng

Yun Kuen Cheung

Gene Y. Cho

Tara Gunkali Chowdhury

Joseph Cichon

Iulia Madalina Cioroianu

Shana Lee Cole

Monika Anna Connolly

Amalia Isabel Cordova

Eduardo Corona

Edgar J. Costa

Seth Cottrell

Alexander Fraser Coutts

Xiaoyan Cui

Clare Phyllis Davies

Muriam Haleh Davis

Thulani Davis

Yael Dekel

Steven D. Delong

Andrew Joseph Demers

Ahmad Diab

Tingting Ding

Christine Dominianni

Ross C. Doppelt

These names are up to date as of March 30, 2015.

Names and related details of all graduates appearing herein are subject to changes, deletions, and additions

as may be necessary for conformity with final, official records of the University.

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Elizabeth Dospel Williams

Dominik Duell

Sinziana Maria Eckner

Hasini N. Ediriweera

Jennifer Lynn Egloff

David J. Eigen

Mohamed Kamal Elshahed

David George Evans

Thomas George Fai

Li Feng

Pablo Alberto Fernandez-

Vazquez

Russell Frank Ferri

Vivian Figer

Elisabeth Sara Fink

Josue Floreskim

Todd William Foley

David Santos Fonseca

Sun Melody Foo

Daniel T. Foreman-Mackey

Monique N. Foster

Samuel Paul Fraiberger

Rebeccah Miller Friedman

Joseph Howard Fruchter

Lisa Gesumaria

Roberto Gobbetti

Leigh A. Goedeke

Ivan Patrick Goff

Julie Beth Goldstein

Andrea M. Gomez

Wenjing Gong

Frank Gooden

Victor Gorbenko

Andrew W. Gorman

Patricia Grace

Adam Stuart Green

Hillel Yonatan Gruenberg

Jenny Guardado Rodriguez

Yuan Guo

Vinay N. Gupta

Joshua Guzman

Liana Sorina Hadarean

Galia Halpern

Allison Janae Hamilton

Nicol Claire Hammond

Olivia D. Hanley

Nina Elizabeth Harkrader

Irfana Hashmi

Claire Elise Heckel

Joanna Christine Hecker

Grace Elizabeth Helton

Laura Elizabeth Helton

Eduardo Hernandez Cano

Bernard Herskovic

Nicole Thea Hildebrandt

Leon Hilton

Jungeui Hong

Loek Hooft Van Huysduynen

Jennifer Rose Horonjeff

Daniel Charles Hoyer

George H. Hsu

Chengcheng Huang

Jingyin Huang

Emily L. Hue

Laura Elspeth Neeley Hughes

Julie Hugonny

Titia E. Hulst

Maryem Hussein

Jeiran Jahani

Aaron George Jakes

Jonathan Reed James

Daniel Chadwick Jenkins

Collin Randall Jennings

Jieying Jiang

Bianca J. Jones

Courtney L. Jones

Joshua David Jordan

Heekyung Jung

Ibrahim Halil Kalkan

Keri H. Kalmbach

Marta J. Kaluza

Woo Chang Kang

Rachel Kantrowitz

Lindsay Fara Kaplan

Rachel Sarane Kaplan

Krishnaiyengar Ramapras

Karthik

Michelle R. Kelley

Friedrich Heinrich Kern

Deepak Khurana

Rachael Scarborough King

Timothy Alan King

Zenia Yaroslava Kish

Eugenia Carol Kisin

Marko Klasnja

Anna Koch

Naoko Koda

Issa Kohler-Hausmann

David Kohn

Ashley Marie Kopec

Yitzhak Kornbluth

Kari Sonia Kretch

Neeltje Irene Kuin

Parashar Vilas Kulkarni

Alexander M. Kupfer

Sara Doris Labaton

Craig Stephen Lage

Ellen Claire Lamont

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Class of 2015


Amy Elizabeth Lasater-Wille

Clara Hunter Latham

Sebastian E. Lavezzolo Perez

Dong Hyun Lee

Eugine Lee

Jennifer Dorothy Lee

Sangim Lee

Soonyi Lee

Timothy James Leffel

Jed Lewinsohn

Chen Li

Yaxuan Liang

Jiqiang Lin

Wei-Hsiang Lin

Hongliang Liu

Jia Liu

Alexandra Livanos

David Chester Low

Rebecca Skafsgaard Lowery

Roy E. Lowrance

Daniel J. Luciano

Philippe Antoine Lusson

Tamas Janos Madarasz

Paulo Rogerio R. Maduro, Jr.

Douglas Mahana

Amnon Maltz

Emiliano Octavio Marambio

Catan

Sean Christopher Martin

Haydeliz Martinez-Ruiz

Salvador Mascarenhas

Timothy K. Mathes

Nicholas H. Matlin

Alexandria K. Maurer

Stephen J. Mayclin

Allyson Elizabeth McDavid

Shannon McHugh

Myron Benedict McShane

Desirea Grace Gimena Mecenas

Fredrik Wilhelm Ake Meiton

Tara Scarlett Mendola

Alejandra Mendoza

Rajiv K. Menon

Julia A. Meyer

Stephen Edward Miller

Krista K. Miranda

Tim Mitchell

Yasmin Moll

Manijeh Moradian

Hong Mu

Anoosua Anita Mukherjee

Debashree Mukherjee

Jeppe Mülich

Jonathan Keith Mullins

Kate Luce Mulry

Andres Munoz

Nicole Robyn Myers

Hyejin Nah

You Nakai

Venkatesan Natarajan

Gaston Mariano Navarro

Kurt Charles Nelson

Ricardo Manuel Ramos Dos

Santos Neves

Luiza Newlin-Lukowicz

Benjamin Samuel Neymotin

Paul Aaron Florent Ngomo

Seth R. Nickerson

Dong Niu

Yigal Shalom Nizri

Laura E. Noren

Gilberto Martins Noronha

Leslie Mairin Odle

Benjamin M. Olin

Sarah Catherine Ostendorf

Hyungbin Park

Ju Yeon Park

Sueyoung Park-Primiano

Benjamin Pasquale

Leonardo Pejsachowicz

Steven Michael Pennings

Lars David Perlmutt

Afroditi Petsakou

Glen Pine

Daniele Pinna

Mary Ann Popovech

Alan F. Potter

Berit Potter

Anna Powers

Long Qian

Zhijian Qian

Hsueh M. Qu

Einav Rabinovitch-Fox

David Jacob Rabinowitz

Manas Nitin Rachh

Basma M. Radwan

Candace Marie Raio

Willy D. Ramos

Lindsay Elizabeth Rankin

Tamara Reyes-Robles

Millie Rincón Cortés

Jodi Roberts

James Macewan Robertson

Carlos Eduardo Rojas Clavijo

Johanna Ilene Romer

Louis Philippe Michel Römer

Alina Ann Romo

Danielle Marion Roper

29

Class of 2015


Poulami Roychowdhury

Alexander Rubinsteyn

David Bryan Ruffner

Jeffrey Alan Ryan

Erik Sakowski

Patrick Charles Salland

Eric Lee Saunders

Marissa J. Schafer

Marjorie L. Schillo

Stuart Laurence Schrader

Ileana Lucia Selejan

Martin E. Seman

Florian Semani

Randall Adam Sessler

Tiffany Seto

Rabia Shahzad

Ahmad Shokr

Cara Lynn Shousterman

Maximillian Brad Shrem

Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi

Raphaël Fabien Arieh Sigal

Nathan C. Silberman

Gilvan Vasconcelos Silva

Pedro Silva

Sonja Simonyi

Maria Soledad Sklate

Ada Smailbegovic

Jan Smrek

Stanley Eckman Snelson

Beth Marie Snyder

Jeffrey J. Snyder

Emilia Soldani

Maria Carmen Soliz Urrutia

Delia Laura Solomons

Olla Solomyak

Jinsook Son

Pei Che Soon

David Souto Alcalde

Matthew Dov Spigelman

Jennifer Lyn Sternad

Marcos Davi Silva Steuernagel

Elizabeth A. Stinson

Alexandros Strikoudis

Laine Strutton

Melanie L. Subacus

Giselle Alexandra Suero Abreu

Yujia Sun

Anna Marie Swinbourne

Sarit Felicia Anais Szpiro

Kamila U. Szulc

Marco E. Silva De Melo Tavora

Aristeidis Tentes

William Brian Thomson

Christy Thornton

Krysti L. Todd

Jonathan James Richard

Tompson

Thomas Trimarchi

Shannon Morse Tubridy

Sebnem N. Tuncdemir

Alexander Todorov Tzanov

Peter Christopher Valenti

Julia Leonor Thetford Valiela

Joshua Michael Vaughan

Kevin Vennemann

Stella Amelie Vincenot

Rashmi Meenakshi Viswanathan

Jason Andrew Vrooman

Gauri Satish Wable

David Wachsmuth

Tamika Nadine Walker

Li Wan

Linlin Wang

Yu Wang

Alexander Owen Waterman

Michael John Waters

Shannon Lyn Wearing

Chen Wei

Robert Donald Weide

Amy Weiss

Shayna Michelle Weiss

Masha Westerlund

Karen Elizabeth Williams

Liza Keanuenueokalani Williams

Daniel Scott Williamson

Sophia Wilson

Charlotte M. Wincott

Brett Lawrence Wisniewski

Wing Mei Wong

Christopher James Woolnough

Chen-Hung Wu

Wenchang Xiao

Xia Xiao

Jianhuan Xu

Jin Yang

Yan Yang

Miao Ye

Lital Yinon

Noah James Cohen Youngs

Bing Yu

Sevgi Yuksel

Sarah Ellen Zarrow

Ari Zatlin

Danielle Zheng

Mo Zhou

Lizheng Zhu

Ruth Lauren Zisman

Naomi Ziv

30 GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE


ADMINISTRATION

Thomas J. Carew

Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science

Lauren A. Benton

Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science

Bruce Grant

Vice Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science

Roberta S. Popik

Associate Dean for Graduate Enrollment Services

and Graduate School of Arts and Science Administration


Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs

David P. Giovanella

Assistant Dean for Graduate Enrollment Services

Director, The Master’s College

31GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE

DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS

Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Studies

Ancient World, Study of the

Anthropology

Applied Quantitative Research

Atmosphere Ocean Science

Basic Medical Sciences (Sackler Institute)

Bioethics

Biology

Chemistry

Cinema Studies

Classics

Comparative Literature

Computational Biology

Computer Science

Creative Writing

Data Science

East Asian Studies

Economics

English

Environmental Health Sciences

Ergonomics and Biomechanics

European and Mediterranean Studies

Fine Arts

French

French Studies

German

Hebrew and Judaic Studies

Historical and Sustainable Architecture

History

Humanities and Social Thought

(Draper Program)

International Relations

Irish and Irish-American Studies

Italian Studies

Journalism

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Law and Society

Linguistics

Mathematics

Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

Museum Studies

Music

Near Eastern Studies

Neural Science

Performance Studies

Philosophy

Physics

Politics

Psychology

Religious Studies

Russian and Slavic Studies

Social and Cultural Analysis

Sociology

Spanish and Portuguese

Languages and Literatures

Trauma and Violence

Transdisciplinary Studies

32 GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE


HISTORY

The Graduate School of Arts and Science was founded in 1886 by

Henry Mitchell MacCracken, a professor of philosophy and logic

and vice chancellor at New York University. MacCracken believed

that universities should respond to the needs of modernity

by giving unprecedented priority to advanced research and

professional training. Guided by his vision, New York University

became the second university in the United States to award a

Ph.D. on the basis of academic performance and examination.

MacCracken’s new vision of graduate training attracted ever-

growing numbers of young women and men to doctoral and

master’s programs. The first female students entered the

University in 1888. Today, women constitute over half of the

2,115 master’s and 1,993 doctoral students enrolled in over 50

degree-administering units.

Mirroring the cultural diversity of New York City, the Graduate

School of Arts and Science is an urban, diverse, and cosmopolitan

major research center, with students from more than 100

countries. The Graduate School still honors the ideal expressed

by Albert Gallatin, the University’s first president, who articulated

the institution’s primary goal: “A private university

in the public service.”

PHOTO CREDITS: cover, Jon Roemer; page 2, Bob Handelman; page 22, Nick Johnson

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