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Master’s Convocation
Graduate School of Arts & Science
2019
Graduate School of Arts & Science
Master’s Convocation Ceremony
Monday, May 20, 2019
3:00 p.m.
Beacon Theatre
Notice to audience: By entering this venue and live proceedings,
you agree to be video and/or audio recorded by the producers of this event.
2 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
MUSICAL PRELUDE
FACULTY PROCESSIONAL
Please stand for the processional.
WELCOME
Phillip Brian Harper
Dean
Andrew Hamilton
President
Rudy Richa
Master’s Graduate
Psychology
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
Allan Corns
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Master’s Awards for Academic
Achievement
The Threesis Academic Challenge
DISTINGUISHED FACULTY SPEAKER
Una Chaudhuri
Director, XE: Experimental Humanities
and Social Engagement; Collegiate
Professor and Professor, English, Drama,
and Environmental Studies
MUSICAL INTERLUDE
PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES
AND HOODING
Danielle Hartounian
Senior Assistant Director
of the Master’s College
Class Representative
Alice Riddell
XE: Experimental Humanities and
Social Engagement
Banner Bearer
Sai Anirudh Kondaveeti
Computer Science
Commencement Banner Bearer
Joanna De Chen
International Relations
Faculty Hooders
Patricia Crain
Professor, English
Ernest Davis
Professor, Computer Science
John Fousek
Clinical Associate Professor,
International Relations
David Gresham
Associate Professor, Biology
GSAS Master’s ConvocationOrder of Exercises
3MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
CLOSING REMARKS
Phillip Brian Harper
Dean
RECESSIONAL
Please stand for the recessional.
MUSIC
Symphonic Brass Alliance
Robert Susman, Director
Ann J. Kirschner, mezzo-soprano
New York University Pipes and Drums
Brian C. Meagher, Jr., Pipe Major
PHOTOGRAPHY
Island Photography
LIVESTREAM
MB Productions
Graduates and their guests are requested
to remain in the hall for the duration of
the ceremony.
4 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Degree Recipients September 2018, January 2019, and May 2019
ADVANCED CERTIFICATE
Adams, Kimberly Anne
Chadha, Anisha
Lits, Justin
May, Margaret Louise
Potts, Rowena Hildreth
Rogers, Emily L.
Thomas, Devin Marco
MASTER OF ARTS
Abbott, Brianna M.
Abdelmoteleb, Sara
Abdelrazek Mostafa
Abelman, Hallie L.
Abushahla, Rawan
Acosta, Sonia Vanessa
Addis, Katharine Magdalen
Aderemi-Ibitola, Bolatito A.
Agnew, Michael Stephen
Aguilar, Gabriela Zarina
Aikenhead, Lydia Gallup
Aitken, Sara
Al Tabbaa, Marianna
Al-Yafaey, Afnan
Aladdin, Janna
Albano, Alessandra
Albert, Victoria
Albright, Grace
Aldrich, Laura
Alesbury, Helen Schulthiess
Ali, Maria
Alkan, Damla Melody
Alotaibi, Rana Ahmed T.
Althenayyan, Abdullah
Alves, Diogo Koch
Ambrose, Jennipher Alexis
Aminian Tabrizi, Ârash
Zarthosht Denis
Amiri, Farnoush
Anderson, Emily Sue
Angiolini, Viola
Antreasian, Carmen C.
Aoba, Justin
Araya, Diego A.
Armoza, Jonathan Ilan
Asante, Serwah Akosua
Auchter, Leah
Avesani, Tatiana Ioanna
Babai, Golshad
Bai, Yufei
Baker, Ashton Mackenzie
Ballard, Jesica Marcela
Baltiansky, Dean Aharon
Barker-Mill, Murdo Miles
Barnett, Roberta
Baron, Michael
Barr, Arielle Leah
Barrette, Catherine
Basaguren, Maite
Batchelder-Schwab, Andre P.
Baugher, Mary Clymene
Bean, Melissa
Beckler, Hannah Rose
Begue, Andres Ricardo
Bein, Oded
Berchi, Giacomo
Berenblatt, Jeremy
Berg, Jeffrey Jordan
Bertherat, Alice Boadicea
Betts, Rebecca L.
Beyers, James Crisstopher
Bi, Catherine Jialin
Bi, Ruoxi
Biaggi, Hector Alejandro
Biberaj, Bianca
Biegel, Stephen Edward
Bigman, Fran Caren
Billingsley, Andrew James
Bin Meshar, Maryam Abdulla
Saif
Blandon, Rebecca
Block, Katherine Regina
Blum, Marina
Boddy, Jessica Ann
Boggs, Jennifer Lynne
Bokhari, Sabina Y.
Bolanos, Alfredo Dominguez
Bonilla, Felipe
Bosu, Saronik
Bottazzi, Courtney Lynn
Bottomley, Devon
Bove, Bryan Thomas
Boyan, George Taylor
Branch, Anthony
Brandl, Flora L.
These names are up to date as of of April 2, 2019.
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.
5MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Brandstein, Benjamin Ethan
Brannick, Sydney Marie
Brecker, Hannah
Brennan, Daniel James
Brice, Hermione
Brigstock, Matthew Aaron
Brockmann, Jaella
Brodsky, Julia
Brower, Jessica Lynn
Brown, Camille Ashley
Bui, Kevin Quang-Khoi
Burdick, Tyler N.
Burgin, Blair Davis
Burich, Anna L.
Buscema, Joshua Joseph
Bushell, Christine Marie
Butler, Gabriella S.
Cai, Yong
Cakir, Nicole Alexis
Cameron, Donna
Cameron, Emily Kathleen
Campo, Ian
Canty, Lauren Elizabeth
Cao, Renzhi
Cao, Yuan
Cara, Andrea Cristina
Cardamenis, Forrest
Carr, Daphne GraceAnne
Cash, Alice K.
Cashmere, Daniel James
Catalano, Julia Claire
Cecil, Dyllan Nicole
Ceja, Ligia Elena
Chai, Shuyang
Chang, Xin
Chapman, Tristan Howard
Chee, Youngbae
Chemey, Tenzin
Chen, Heying
Chen, Hope Rachel
Chen, Joanna D.
Chen, Kehe
Chen, Tianyuan
Chen, Wentong
Chen, Xingjian
Chen, Zheyu
Cheng, Daniel
Cheng, Zhiyi
Cherepakhov, Caitlyn Diana
Cheung, Siu Man
Chiu, Chaochi
Chiu, Ting Yun
Cho, Yoonyoung
Choe, Sharon
Chou, Ryan Yi-Deh
Chou, Yu-Ting
Chubb, Hannah Katherine
Ciervo, Francesca
Clark, Katharine Elizabeth
Clark, Melvin Lewis
Clark, William R.
Coffman, Rebekah Ann
Marzahn
Cohen, Jacob Victor
Cohen, Sarah Frances
Cohen, Steven David
Colvin, Nicole Kaelyn
Commisso, Erica Anne
Conde, Fanta
Conlon, Riley
Conwell, Hannah Taylor
Cook, Robert Benjamin
Cooper, Samantha Madison
Coreno, Genée A.
Corona, Emily Jo
Corrie, Hannah Emily
Costello, Haley M.
Cousens, Xavier Terrance
Cox, Jeannette Elizabeth
Cranmer, Lucy Elizabeth
Crews, Alexis Camille
Cruz, Rafael G.
Cui, Can
Cummins, Alexa
Currie, Samantha Rose
d’Alessandro, Nicola
Dadabhoy, Nina Zavareh
Dahl, Audrey Taylor
Dai, Hongyuan
Dai, Miao
Daldrup, Till Christopher
Davila, Mariana
Davis, Alexander L.
Davis, Emily Ann
Davis, Timothy James
Dawe, Michaela Suzanne
Dawson, Allison Lorraine
De Jesus, Joseph S.
De la Flor, Armando Marcelo
DeBerry, Courtney M.
DeCamp, Christopher Arturo
Declusin, Danya
del Peon, Gonzalo
Deng, Fangjie
Deng, Yijie
Dhanesha, Neel Ashutosh
Dhayagude, Aashna Atul
Diaz, Joseph A.
6 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Degree Recipients
Dimock, Ariana X.
DiMuccio, Sarah Helweg
Ding, Renjie
Ding, Shiau-Jing
Dinic, Leonardo
DiPaula, Shona
DiValentino, Ariana L.
Divi, Srujini
Diviacchi, Valeriano
Dorton, Ruth Lynn
Drayer, Christine L.
Dunin, Deidre Anne
Duran, Elizabeth Lauren - Rose
Durfee, Eleanor Joy Olsen
Dwyer, Isis
Earles, Elizabeth Reneau
Echelman, Alexander Erez
Ederheimer, Justin Andrew
Edwards, Arman Williams
Edwards, Emily L.
Elliott, Paul Capers Theo
Ellis, Sarah Abbott
Eltell, Christian C.
Engle, Rachel A.
Enriquez Angulo, Maria Ximena
Enriquez, Sandy
Ernst, Michael Joseph
Esmen, Yasemin Sim
Espinosa, Ivan D.
Evans, Kristina Anne
Falbo, Fernando Agustin
Fang, Siyun
Fatahi, Negar
Feinman, Amanda L.
Feinstein, Adam Z.
Feinstein, Clarrie Faye
Feliz, Lotus M.
Feng, Han
Fennelly, Matthew P.
Ferguson, Megan Jarman
Fernez, Liana
Finch, Emily K.
Finlayson, Kai Eoin S.
Fishbach, Michael Lewis
Fleming, Alexis N.
Fosnight, Elizabeth
Frage, Joseph Scott
Franco, Cierra K.
Franco, Morris David
Frank, Chelsea Erin
Freeman, Lynnae D.
Freund, Jacob
Frix, Noelie
Frost, Kimberly Ann
Gabay, Andrea Cerezo
Garcia, Isabel Marie
Garcia Soria, Ana
Garfinkle, Alexandra R.
Garry, Lauren
Gartman, Brady Dean
Gastelum, Miranda
Gause, Catherine G.
Ge, Nan
Georgieva, Severina Dimitrova
Gervacio, Danielle
Ghodse-Elahi, Yasaman
Gilbert, Madeline
Ginsburg, Larry Adam
Gitan, Ionut
Gjoni, Alexandra L.
Goddard, Alexander Donald
Godfrey, Amelie M.
Gollapudi, Arti
Gomer, Alexandra Meeran
Gomez, Anthony
Gomez, Shayla
Gondal, Haleema
Gong, Chen
Gong, Xinyi
Gong, YangPiaoPiao
Gonzalez, Noel
Gorin, Andrew Michael
Grant, Caitlin Marie
Gras Guisado, Teresa
Graves, Courtney
Graves, Kristen Leigh
Graves, Vanessa Anne
Gray, Richard Paul
Green, Spencer
Gregory, Olivia Catherine
Grissom, Ashley Nicole
Grover, Sarah Jackness
Groves, Stephen Russell
Gu, Jing
Guerra Guevara, Alfredo
Alejandro
Guha, Shukrit
Gui, Gaoyang
Guo, Qiuning
Gutowski, Helen M.
Gwilliams, Laura Elizabeth
Haborak, Fiona Katie
Haden, Sarah
Hafezi, Ahmed
Haguette, Erika
Hall, Sylvia Katarina
Hamilton, Summer Elizabeth
Eldemire
7MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Han, Hongzheng
Han, Jin
Han, Xintong
Hansen, Sarah M.
Hao, Sihong
Harris, Sarah Catherine
Harris-Gavin, Juniper Ruby
Rose
Hart, Colleen Jacquline
Hasan, Maham
He, Wenjie
He, Zheng
Hejka, Lydia Grace
Henderson, Emma Jane
Henkow, Frida
Henninger, David L.
Hensley, Eric Charles
Herland, Phoebe Stewart
Hernandez, Steven
Heskin, Suzanne FizGerald
Hicks, Justin Michael
Hicks, Lucile Winfield
Hicks, Molly LeeAnn
Higgins, Wesley Courter
Hill, Anne Preston
Hilton, Elizabeth Flannery
Hitchcock, Callie Anya
Ho, Emily Victoria
Hodges, Elizabeth Lee
Hoffman, Anna C.
Hong, Yang
Hong, Yeon Ju
Hossain, Nadia
Houdrouge, Jennifer Nadia
Hsu, Diana
Hu, Xueyan
Hu, Yantong
Huang, Jingsi (Joyce)
Huang, Jingyu
Huang, Leslie
Huang, Philip
Huang, Yu
Hudson, Matthew James
Huffman, Megan
Hui, Esther
Humbert, Merick W.K.
Humphrey, Zachary
Huttenbach, Laura Lee
Ikizler, Ayse I.
Ileka, Steven Pierre
Ingram, Andreana G.
Iqbal, Sayaf Naseem
Ivanoff Kahn, Andrew Philip
Iverson, Sarah E.
Jackson, Adlan Kashka
Jaeger, Juliana Rose
Jahan, Nusrat M.
James, Brianna L.
Jang, Seokhwan
Jeremie, Ramsey
Jiang, Linjing
Jiang, Luqi
Jiang, Siyu
Jimenez, Angela
Jin, Jiangxin
Johnson, Jasmin
Johnson, Sade J.
Jones, Tyler C.
Jordan, Dashiell J.
Joyce, Monica
Juang, Mike
Juodzevich, Brendan Thomas
Jusidman, Lola A.
Kagiwada, Michiru
Kahlon, Manvir
Kan, George
Kang, Hannah Marie
Karavodin, Katerina
Kasl, Colin Philip
Kataev, Chloe Marie
Katsof, Alhena
Katzman, Perri Lane
Keyser, Anna Kristina
Khademian, Gordiya
Khairunnisa, Anindya Firda
Khan, Ellia
Kim, Hyunjin
Kim, Yoonji
Kimball, Sarah
Kinnison, Elizabeth
Kleiman-Tapley, Zoe Grace
Klimavicius, Ashley Nan
Knowles, Kathleen LaRue
Kocamiş, Burak
Köcher, Ginelle Kathryn
Kochiss, Ashley Elizabeth
Kovarik, Jacquelyn Marie
Kowalchyk, Mary Louise
Kramer, Lia Marie
Kresock, Elizabeth Grace
Krueger, Andrew E.
Krupp, Alexa
Krute, Clinton D.
Ku, Kolleen Alexandra
Kulakovskyi, Dmytro
Kumar, Devashish
Kunfalvi, Lili
Kupers, Eline Roxanne
8 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Degree Recipients
Kvaratskhelia, Bakur
Kwon, Mina Y.
Advanced Certificate
Kwon, Susana M.
La Riviere, Lukas Joseph
Lambert, Daily Lacey
Langdale, Tiffany Ruth
Lavere, Rick
Lawrence, Meredith L.
Leary, Emma
Lee, Amanda Hananeel
Lee, Hojong
Lee, Jinah
Lee, Nolan Jarreau
Lee, Terryn
Leffingwell, Hannah R.
Lei, Jiadai
Leitch, Daniela Renee
Lemberg, Kate L.
Lennon, Mary Elizabeth
Leong, Man Yiu
Lerma, Vanesa Carolina
Levantesi, Stella
Levit, Elizabeth Michelle
Lewandowska, Magdalena Kaia
Lewis, Colton
Lewis, Suzanne N.
Li, Bowen
Li, Mingzhen
Li, Ruiqi
Li, Sicheng
Li, Yizhuo
Liang, Shuang
Lieberman, Rachel Shoshana
Ligon, Alexis H.
Lim, Younggyu
Lin, Chia Hsing
Lin, Rebecca
Lin, Songwei
Liss, Caitlin Anna
Liu, Tracy
Liu, Xin
Liu, Yanghe
Lobell, Jason Evans
Lodaria, Komal J.
Logush, Alexa Rae
Loo, Zihan
Lopez, Denisse Maricela
Lopez, Yollotl Azure
Louden, Sarah Rebecca
Lu, Shanshan
Luan, Chunxiao
Luebke, Madysen
Luostarinen, Katja Maria
Lynn, Anthony
Lyu, Le
Ma, Ruichan
Ma, Tianyu
Ma, Yikai
Machtei Samov, Itay Chay
Maina, John Munuhe
Malek, Julian Daniel
Man, Tingjun
Manachova, Egina
Mann, Aleesa
Mansour, Ninveh
Marinho Mesquita Martins,
Luisa
Marroquin, Tatiana Marcela
Marshall-Lockyer, James
Martin, Alice Jean
Martin, Camera Avondra
Martin, Chante C.
Martin, Dominique Amber
Martin, Samantha Pauline
Martin, Sandrine
Martinez, Jose Luis
Martinez Novillo, Manuel
Marzano, Joshua Stephen
Masek, Vaclav
Matika, Alexander Lee
Mattingly, Peter J.
Mayo, Keira Alexandra
McClaran, Mac Steven
McCrum, Kathryn C.
McDonough, Anne Marguerite
McEnaney, Lillia Grace
McKinley, Joy Renee
Mead, Michael R.
Medina, Kathryn Bach
Melvin, Lili Chantal
Meneghin, Emily
Meng, Ruowen
Meshkova, Polina
Mesihovic, Mersiha
Metcalf-Burton, Justin R.
Meyer, Cameron A.
Miller, Alyson
Miller, Margaret Ann
Mills, Sarah Jean
Mine, Alexis
Mir, Maidah Rashid
Mirabile, Nicholas John
Mirbagheri, Saghar
Mishra, Rashi
Miuccio, Chiara
Miyares, Samantha
Mock, Jillian Parr
9MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Modero, Gina Christine
Mok, Benjamin
Moldoff, Nathaniel
Monnier, Jennifer Ellen
Mora, Markony J.
Moreland, Megan Marie
Morgan, Chase Alexander
Mosca, Charissa Michelle
Moses, Ezra Melekh
Mourad, Beatriz Elena
Muradoglu, Melis D.
Mutter, Elizabeth Rose
Myers, Sarah
Nagano, Yukiko
Nagpal, Natalie
Naveed, Fahad
Nawabi, Maheen Jahangir
Nayyar, Jasleen Kaur
Ness, Julienne Brooks
Nguyen, Christine Quynh-Chi
Ngoc
Nisperos, Veronica Lynn
Nista, Danielle Marie
Noble, Cree T.
Nordin, Alexandra
Norman, Charlotte K.
Nwangwa, Ngozi Shelin
O’Connor, Daniel Martin
O’Donnell, Timothy Sean
O’Sullivan, Kathleen Joy
Oguh, Chukwubuike Henry
Ogunjimi, Henry Olabisi
Ohmer, Gregory Thomas
Oliveira, Nelson Gilliane
Olson, Brandon Todd
Ong, Rie ShihWei
Oseas, Isaac
Oseran, Anna
Otten, Shane Dietrich
Pacheco, Molly
Padidar, Nika
Padmanabhan, Deepika
Palmer, Lowry Janet
Palmeri, Maria Jacqueline
Palmieri, Helena
Pan, Jialiang
Pandy, Jordan Alexander
Panjwani, Raja
Pannu, Kudrat
Papes, Karin Aleah
Paredes Lascano, Maria Piedad
Paris Matias, Gabriela
Park, Jinsung
Partridge, Sara Film
Pathak, Ritika
Paul, Samantha D.
Pavao, Margaret Grace
Paynter, Breanna Marie
Pazos Sugrañes, Anna
Pecego, Larisa Johanna
Perkowski, Elizabeth Mary
Perlman, Rachel Ann
Perrone, Nicholas Richard
Perry, Jonathan
Pfeiffer, John
Phelan, Matthew
Philipson, Kathryn
Photiou, Eleftheria Eirini
Pickels, Kaidia L.
Pittman, Katharine Leigh
Pivar, Larimore Hampton
Ploof, Maija Beth
Plungis, Brian J.
Pockrass, Allyson June
Poh, Soon Kai
Pohl, Stephan
Preiss, Robin E.
Premnath, Pranitha Y.
Preus, Nathaniel Paul
Prychyna, Anastasiia
Prykhodko, Maryna
Pryor, Tiffany Alexandra
Puleo, William V.
Qi, Xingyi
Qin, Yinan
Quigley, Gabriel Emmett
Quiroga Angel, Daniel
Raab, Hillary Allison
Ragsdale, Katelyn Eria Francis
Rainford, Katherine Parke
Rakotovao, Gwennaelle
Ramakrishnan, Sandhya
Ramirez Bolívar, Juan Gabriel
Rangel Osorio, Jose Abel
Ratchford, Justin M.
Rauf, Shanze Fatima
Rayachoti, Anjana
Reel, Scott Michael
Rendon, Katherine Elizabeth
Reyes, Stephanie Michelle
Reynolds, Kelly Anne
Riazi, Marjan
Riccio, Matthew T.
Riccio, Vittoria
Richa, Rudy
Riddell, Alice Sophie
Riess, Heather
Rincon, Alessandra Elisa
10 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Degree Recipients
Rinehart, Lorissa Eve
Rios, Kenneth
Rivera, Amanda
Rivera, Sofia
Rivers, James Zachary
Ro, Ha Leem
Roach, Michael T.
Roark, Mallory Jane
Robinson, Charlene Monay
Rodríguez Mega, José Emiliano
Ignacio
Rogers, Lisa John
Rohan, Jessica M.
Rojas, Emily Grace
Roscher, Franziska
Rose, Christopher G.
Rose, Hope Elizabeth
Rose, Judson T.
Rose, Michael Joshua
Rose, Nina Leah Josie
Roth, Samantha R.
Russo, Amelia Frances
Russo, Sage E.
Sabbagh, Michelle Rivka
Sachdeva, Aman
Sahin, Timucin
Saikumar, Rajgopal
Sakamoto, Takako
Salch, Ryan M.
Saldana, Isabelle Hui
Saldana, Jessica A.
Salmanova, Tahmina
Salter, Laura Kathleen Ruth
Sandberg, William
Sarafin, Wyatt E.
Sazhin, Daniel
Schuler, Danielle Nicole
Schuler, Elise Rose
Scott, Savannah Dorothy
Segarra, Natasha Nerisa
Seidman, Jeanann D.
Seifert, Celeste Elora
Seminara, Ann Lauren
Semple, Christine A.
Serna, Sierra Justice
Shadwell, Samantha F.
Shaer, Brian A.
Shahryar, Ayyanah Shamsa
Shamoun, Saphe
Shapiro, Ariel Rebecca
Sharifi, Lauren S.
Shea, Sarah Marie
Sheng, Ruixian
Shi, Meng
Shi, Sophia
Shi, Yuai
Shi, Yuqing
Shin, Dong Joo
Shindler, Megan E.
Shinjo, Sakura Alicia
Shoyer, Emily Rose
Shu, Richard L.
Shukeyeva, Nurgul
Shyam, Tarun
Siddiqui, Zuha Asif
Silber, Isaac Nathaniel
Silver, Mathew Eli
Sims, Karen Irene
Singla, Kapish
Sinnott, Jessa Scott
Slabiak, Pawel A.
Slater, Liliane Teresa
Small, Rachel S.
Smith, Emerson Monteray
Smith, Jessica Joanne
Smith, Katherine Elizabeth
Smithies, Cassandra
Solís Monroy, Francisco
Eduardo
Sommer, Lily Pepper
Song, Shupeng
Sosa, Rodrigo Antonio
Spangenberg, Catherine
Rachel
Spreckelsen, Mirabelle
Stephaich, Andrea Daher
Stern, Yoav
Sternisko, Anni
Stilley, Diana May
Stone, Amanda Marie
Story, Kevin F.
Strange, Trey Joseph
Straughn, Gabrielle Alyssa
Sonita
Sud, Ankita
Sullivan, Alexandra
Sultan, Niv Meny
Summers, Rachel Carly
Sun, Jiajing
Sun, Ruiyao
Sun, Xiaoqi
Sun, Yarong
Sun, Yuanqing
Sussman, Corey Alexander
Sussman, Emily Margot
Swaminathan, Aarthi Sathya
Swiatek, Timothy
Taghipourteroujeni, Aliasghar
Tamary, Shay
11MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Tantillo, Anna Elaine
Tariq, Afeefa
Termotto, Emily M.
Theobalds, Jaelynn Nicole
Thompson, Mary J.
Tighe, Claire
Tillotson, Campbell Elizabeth
Tincopa, Melissa D.
To, Chak Wai Henry
Torres, Daniel
Trigo, Carolina Patricia
Trowe, Nolan Ryan
Trung, Nguyễn Minh
Tutu, Keziah O.
Tzanetos, Georgia
Ulie, Marissa
Ulloa, Blanca A.
Van Der Heijden, Anna Sophia
Elise
Vancuren, Isaac Wayne
Vasavan, Aditya
Velez, Elizabeth Laura
Velovic, Adisa
Viswanathan, Samyuktha
Vlachos, Scott Horatio
Volk, Graham Philip
Vuiya, Anika N.
Waheed, Muhammad Usama
Wahi, Jasmine
Wallach, Leila
Wang, Chen
Wang, Jiefan
Wang, Jin
Wang, Kaibo
Wang, Luxuan
Wang, Xiaoyu
Wang, Ximing
Wang, Yan
Wang, Yiwen
Wang, Yuying
Wangdak, Tenzing
Weiner, Jacob Alex
Weng, Connie
Wessel, Melissa
White, Amelia Lee
Whitesides, Michael
Wiles, Philip A.
Wilks, Zachary J.
Williams, Chloe Catherine
Williams, Connor
Wilson, Abigail
Wilson, Matthew A.
Wilson, Matthew D.
Winckowski, Marisa
Winkelman, Natalia Vasilich
Wodinsky, Shoshana
Wong, Pearlie Yiansie
Wong, Troy Thomas
Wood, Charles Robin
Woodcock, Leah Claire
Woodfolk, Kendra S.
Woods, Shannon Elizabeth
Worrall, James Ian
Wu, Alice Yu-Ting
Wu, Haobin
Wu, Jingyi
Wu, Peiyue
Wu, Qihan
Wu, Yingwei
Wu, Yiyang
Wu, You
Xi, Weiyan
Xie, Fupeng
Xu, Chaichai
Xu, Guang
Xu, Kai
Xu, Siyuan
Xu, Yang
Xu, Zhongyuan
Xuan, Peiyan
Yan, Ruicheng
Yan, Ting Ting
Yan, Yicheng
Yang, Szu-Shiuan
Yang, Yibing
Yang, Yiran
Yang, Yixin
Yang, Zaixiang
Yangdol, Tsering
Yao, Xiaolin
Yiannopoulos, Philip Roderic
Yilitizi, Yuermaitijiang
Yip, Vivian Li Min
Yong, Sunmi
You, Zhicheng
Younani, Braden Alexander
Yu, Szu-Min
Yuan, Jiajun
Yurtsever, Selin
Zackler, Vanessa L.
Zahn, Amy
Zainfeld, Amy Robyn
Zargaran, Farshin
Zavadski, Katie
Zawacki, Samuel James
Zeballos, Joseph
Zemanick, Alaina
Zhang, Chengxiang
12 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Degree Recipients
Zhang, Jennifer
Zhang, Mengchen
Zhang, Rui
Zhang, Suqi
Zhang, Xiaoyu
Zhang, Xinyi
Zhang, Yi
Zhang, Yizhi
Zhang, Yujia
Zhang, Zichen
Zhao, Mengjia
Zhao, Tianyi
Zhao, Zhuolan
Zheng, Haowen
Zheng, Lingyun
Zheng, Shijin
Zhong, Zhaoqi
Zhou, Haomin
Zhou, Xinqian
Zhou, Zijue
Zhu, Keyu
Zhu, Qian
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
Addington, Maxwell Martin
Adesina, Gbenga Emmanuel
Alberdi, Diego
Alexander, Azzure Isabelle
Antoszyk, Daniel
Arenas Gill, Felice
Atri, Clairette
Baptiste, Raven
Barasch, Caitlin
Barcaza, Santiago Enrique
Bedirian, Razmig Moushegh
Bjelic, Sonja Hristina
Blanco, Jerome
Blog, Chloe Marisa
Botha, Helena Carolina
Braithwaite, Joseph Hunter
Bricker, Mindy Kay
Browne, Nadine
Calderón, Isabel
Carcamo, Franco Orlando
Catalan Munoz, Esteban Daniel
Chang, Rita
Chávez, Natalia
Chou, Elaine Hsieh
Contreras-Elvira, Carlos
Cusano, Charlotte R.
Davis, James
DeLashmutt, Abigail Canning
Ding, Yitong
Diofebi, Dario
diPierro, Alyssa Grace
Dubois, Mary Elizabeth
Facciolo, Samantha
Fleming, Margaret Pearcy
Fletcher, Irby Ray
Gaffney, Spencer
Garcia, Jorge Maximiliano
Getchell, Sarah Elise
Gilham, Hannah
González, Alberto Andrés
Gonzalez, India Lena
Good (Reiman), Cynthia
Green, Kristen Leigh
Gumbiner, Tali Ruth
Hetzman, Courtney
Higgins, Andrew Patrick
Imbach, Kate
J. Sanchís Ferrer, Marta Silvia
James, Omotara
Kaplan, Isabel
Ko, Yuet Yi
Koester, Cody Tyson
Lewis, Ann Powell
Lin, Yuxi
Lioutaia, Maria
Loewi, Ethan G.
Lopez Medin, Silvina Ines
Lopez Wood, Paula E.
Mabrouk, Nadra
Mahmoud, Adham Osama
Mannheimer, Rachel E.
Martin, Kristen Ann
Martin, Quinn
Martin, Zachary David
Martínez, Fernanda Paz
Mazzaro, Maria Deborah
McCants, Marissa June
Milstein, Joanna M.
Mori, Madeleine Claire
Muci, Jose Carlos
Murphy, Brian Timothy
Murphy, Daniel Franklyn
Ogrodnik, Marcia Lynn
Ouimet, Ryan James
Pandavar, Anjuli
Park, Silvia Jeesun
Persico-Shammas, Alia
Prey, Austin William Ernst
Price, Karisma
Ramos, Lisandra Maria
Rathbun, Margaret Rose
Rejsek, Kaitlyn Marie
Romani, Sahar
13MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Ruiz, Angel Antonio
Russo, Jude David
Sanchez, Juan de Dios
Schwartz, Mainon
Shutts, Brittany
Siredey Escobar, Francisco
Javier
Stallings (Little), Heather
Carmine
Stockton, Jamie
Ton, Mimi
Weizer, Lauren Beth
Werkiser, Claire
West, Phillip Antonio
Williams, Mark Alan
Wills Pedraza, Santiago
Wolf, Heather M.
Wright, Eleanor Moselle
MASTER OF SCIENCE
A, Suru
Abudukadeer, Ayijiuli
Adragna, John Peter
Afshar, Mohammad
Agarwal, Nehal
Agarwal, Nitish
Agarwal, Rajat
Aggarwal, Sumit
Ahmad, Mariam Sameena
Ahmed, Afreen
Aikenhead, Lydia Gallup
Ajmera, Jash Dinesh
Al-Hakeem, Haider
Alansari, Sarah Jasem M.
Alemu, Robel Gebre Michael
Alex, Rajath George
Alias, Mohamed Fazdly
Almabrok, Amel I.
Amaranto, Daniel
An, Ulzee
Andrus, Colin Robert
Ang, Michael Kun Joo
Angulo, Valerie A.
Ayoub, Rabab
Ayuque Arenas, Kevin Jose
Marino
Ayvas, Alexandra I.
Bae, Youngjin
Bai, Hetian
Bai, Xiaofan
Bai, Yanjia
Banakis, Stephanie
Bandhakavi, Raj Sekhar
Bao, Xuan
Baskaran, Divya
Bathija, Amit Radhakishan
Bay, Olivia Kathryn
Beutler, Rebecca Midgely
Bhargava, Nikita
Bhattad, Madhur
Bhide, Esha Manoj
Bi, Tianyi
Bian, Yu
Bikorimana, Simeon
Bitton, Joanna T.
Boran, Tudor-Matei
Bordia, Shikha
Bracken, Bernadette
Butt, Hannan A.
Cai, Runcheng
Cao, Menglu
Carner Marsal, Josep
Carrera, Stephanie
Carrow, Stephen Whiting
Cefola, Vincent A.
Cengiz, Asena Derin
Chan, Justin B.
Chan, Tien Tung Celeste
Chang, Jason
Chen, Hao
Chen, HungWei
Chen, Jinze
Chen, Ju
Chen, Lizi
Chen, Michael
Chen, Penghao
Chen, Xin
Chen, Yichang
Chen, Yiyan
Chen, Ze
Chen, Zhan
Cheng, Ming
Cheng, Yining
Cheng, Zhengyue
Cheng, Zitong
Chirala, Anirudh
Cho, Hyung Jin
Choma, Nicholas
Chou, Yulin
Clarke, Giselle
Cocomello, Giorgio
Contractor, Munir Manan
Cortes, Vanessa Lynn
Countryman, Katharine Ames
Cruz, Isabelle D.
Cui, Yahui
Dai, Chaodi
Dai, Ruxin
14 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Degree Recipients
Davila, Andres
de Murat, Victor
DeJesus, Bryanna R.
Dejoie, Etienne Jean-Claude
Deng, Bingqian
Deng, Jiale
Deng, Shuyang
Deregt, Eric M.
Desai, Deshana Kaushal
Desai, Yashvee Kishor
Deshmukh, Richa Sameer
Deshpande, Amala Sandeep
Dihle, Preston
Ding, Chen
Ding, Yuexi
Dinhofer, Henry Louis
Dong, Chen
Dong, Guanqun
Dong, Jin
Dong, Siyuan
Dou, Sijun
Du, Dayou
Du, Yuxuan
Duan, Hui
Dugar, Aashish
Engles, Sean
Farkas, Pinchas
Feng, James Edward
Fetcie, Katherine
Févry, Thibault
Forte, Steven Gerard
Frost, Kimberly Ann
Fu, Dinglun
Fu, Yi-Hsuan
Gadde, Ravi Teja
Gandhi, Preet
Gangopadhyay, Kedar
Gao, Chao
Gao, Gelin
Gao, Jiayi
Gao, Zihao
Gary, Ryan
Gelman, Rony
Genovese, Thomas Salvatore
Gera, Kartik
Gill, Amaanat Kaur
Goel, Yash
Gold, Michael Lawrence
Gong, Liheng
Goyal, Saumya
Greatti, Yves
Greenquist, Nicholas Thomas
Grivainis, Mark
Guan, Xiao
Guan, Xin
Guigo, Louis
Guo, Fangrui
Guo, Xingjian
Guo, Yingjie
Guo, Yingshan
Guo, Zhiming
Gupta, Anant
Gupta, Manish
Haberman, Isaac Julius
Han, Jin
Han, Jungwoo
Haq, Maaz ul
Haroon, Shaheer Mohammed
He, Jingang
Herwana, Cipta
Hiranandani, Pooja
Ho, Chen-Yuan
Hobbs, John Wesley
Hu, Bofeng
Hu, Jiayuan
Hu, Shiting
Hu, Xinyi
Huang, Hao
Huang, Junjie
Huang, Shih-Ting
Huang, Te-Yu
Huang, Yin-Hsun
Huang, Zhe
Huo, Da
Husain, Amir
Hyun, Jae Won
Iyer, Shreyas Ganesan
Jain, Siddharth
Jain, Tushar
Jaiswal, Divisha
Jaiswal, Richik Mahendra
Jalan, Yash
Jiang, Kun
Jiang, Shaowen
Jin, Chenzi
Jin, Xin
Juan, Chien-Yu
Kadiri, Yassine
Kaki, Abdulmajeed Mustafa
Kaku, Aakash Rajesh
Kang, Jing
Kansal, Arnav
Kao, Yi-Hsiang
Kapoor, Sanyam
Kapur, Salil
Karasu, Elif Tugce
Kartsonis, William John Dunne
Katz, Omer
15MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Kennedy, Stephen M.
Kernaf, Almabrouk E.
Kesavan, Abinaya
Khandelwal, Dhruv
Khanna, Divyansh
Khatri, Deepika Sanjay
Khattar, Aviral
Khera, Aniruddh
Kilitcioglu, Doruk
Kim, Jason
Kim, Young Sung
Knotts, Bryanna Kristen
Kondaveeti, Sai Anirudh
Kong, Do-yeon
Kou, Ziyue
Kramer, Lia Marie
Krupakar, Hans
Kumar, Vinay
Lahlou, Mohamed Saad
Lai, Minh P.
Lai, Yuyang
Lan, Ling
Le, Junjiang
Le, Thong
Lee, Edison
Lee, Kuo Yu Melody
Lei, Amy
Lei, Shiyao
Li, Aodong
Li, Herbert
Li, Manwen
Li, Mengze
Li, Shuaiji
Li, Shuo
Li, Sisi
Li, Tinghao
Li, Weiqiang
Li, Yan
Li, Yuqiong
Liang, Daniel Z.
Liang, Jiateng
Liao, Jialing
Lim, Sakada
Lin, Biqi
Lin, Dongxu
Lin, Yu-Ping
Lin, Ziyan
Ling, Yuan
Lipscomb, Thomas H.
Liu, Cong
Liu, Guangyu
Liu, Jingshu
Liu, Qintai
Liu, Sijia
Liu, Sulin
Liu, Xialiang
Liu, Yonghao
Liu, Yulin
Liu, Zifang
Long, Mingsi
Long, Shukun
Lotlikar, Tejal
Lu, Ruinan
Luhana, Gautam Kirshan
Luo, Christina Chao
Luo, Wangbo
Luther, Raven Dawn
Ma, Huichen
Ma, Huri
Ma, Xiaoxue
Ma, Yue
Magnani, Ildebrando
Mahajan, Ashutosh Bhanudas
Malavet, Ann
Mallick, Pramit
Marks, Chelsea Rose
Martin, Alexander A.
Mastrogiacomo, Brooke Helena
Matta, Amit K.
Mattoo, Radhika
Maylath, Anthony Edward
Meenakumari Nair, Remya
Mehta, Kumar Jitesh
Menon, Rahul Ramesh
Mesquita, Diogo Antonio
Lopes Bras
Metzger, Isabel
Michalowicz, Stephanie A.
Miller, Jeffrey Steven
Mishra, Ankita
Mohananey, Anhad
Mohapatra, Jyotirmoy
Moirano, Christopher Hugo
Moreno-Vasquez, Ryan
Morse, Matthew James
Muralidharan, Varsha
Mushtaq, Fatima
Myadaboyina, Srinidhi Goud
Myers, Kevin
Nagel, Mary Ruth Bair
Nahar, Kamrun
Natesh, Vikas
Needham, Brei
Nestor, Stephen James
Ng, Yik Wai
Nguyen, Katie Uyen
Ni, Yanchao
Nymark, Hollis Louise
16 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Degree Recipients
Ochani, Hitesh Kishinchand
Okan, Atakan
Ou, Pei
Paliwal, Diwakar
Pan, Wei-Kai
Pan, Yusong
Pandey, Yajash
Panghal, Amit
Panicker, Shivendra
Panse, Shubhankar S.
Parekh, Meet Bakulesh
Parghi, Neelang
Park, Jungkyu
Parker, Taurean
Patel, Vanita Vasheeta
Peirce, Peter
Pesari, Meghana Reddy
Phang, Zhansheng
Piyawitwanich, Sakawkarn
Popkin, Gideon Joseph
Pu, Yicheng
Purushothaman, Sudarshan
Qin, Yun
Qiu, Xinyang
Qu, Rui
Ragipani, Bhavana
Raja, Amna
Rajendran, Yasmin
Ramesh Anchan, Tushar
Rana, Mihir Ujjwal
Rao, Yongyan
Ravi, Harivadhana
Reynolds, John
Rivera Ruiz, Daniel
Roach, Hannah R.
Robotis, Antonios-Alexandros
Rogero, Dylan Algustin
Rogers, Christopher David
Rogers, Nicholas S.
Romero, Giovanna Norbery
Roper, Caroline Elizabeth
Rosario, Ezekiel
Ross, Ryan Michael
Roush, Timothy Edward
Ryu, Heejung
Sanchez, Samantha
Saxe, Ryan C.
Schanzer, Ariana
Schiff, Yair Zvi
Schmitterer, Eric M.
Segu Rajappachetty, Ramya
Sehgal, Pranshu
Seminara, Jason Vincent
Shah, Anish Bharat
Shah, Urmish Dilip
Shahparast, Tannaz Tiffany
Shan, Daoyang
Shang, Fu
Sharan, Saurabh
Sharma, Neha
Sharma, Suneesha
Shastri, Sachin Dinesh
Shen, Weizhe
Shen, Yulin
Shetty, Ranjita Rajeeva
Shi, Xiaohan
Shi, Yuting
Shirke, Samidha Pradeep
Simonoff, Alexandra M.
Singh, Kabir
Sloan, Joseph Thomas
Song, Jessica Yoona
Song, Peiying
Song, Yue
Soules, David Jeffrey
Spencer, Kenneth Clark
Sreeram, Sheetal
Srinivasan, Gautam
Srivastava, Vartika
Staccone, Matteo
Stern, Ruben Nessim
Straus, Alexander
Su, Nan
Su, Siyue
Subramanian, Ashwin Bala
Sun, Chengzhang
Sun, Shigeng
Sun, Siyu
Sun, Yu
Sun, Yueqiu
Takata, Alex Charles
Tan, Shu
Tanenbaum, Zachary
Alexander
Tang, Cheng
Tang, Chenyang
Tanna, Kenil Yogeshkumar
Thakur, Anupam
Thimmasandra-Maregowda,
Aketh
Tian, Shuhan
Timothy, Emily Lynn
Tolia, Arpit Bharat
Tomar, Anshu
Tong, Xin
Tosik, Melanie
Treaba, Victor George
Trivedi, Akshay
17MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Tsotsos, John W.
Vaidya, Priyanka Prakash
Vang, Dao
Vashistha, Aditya
Vaughn, Gerron Alexander
Verma, Sankalp
Verma, Shivam
Verzino, Samuel J.
Vishwanatha Hegde, Chaitra
Vritov, Denis
Vulfson, Alec
Vulpescu, Nicholas Andrew
Vunikili, Ramya Dhatri
Wallace, John Clark
Wang, Andrea Wen-Yi
Wang, Jieyu
Wang, Le
Wang, Lige
Wang, Ruofan
Wang, Tianli
Wang, Tianqi
Wang, Tianyu
Wang, Weimin
Wang, Wenchao
Wang, Xiaodan
Wang, Xueying
Wang, Yanfang
Wang, Yichen
Wang, Yiyang
Wang, Yu
Wang, Yucheng
Wang, Yueyang
Wang, Yuhan
Wang, Zifeng
Wang, Ziwei
Wang, Ziwei
Wankmuller, Robert T.
Watkins-Granville, Naomi Marie
Weber, Ryan
Wei, Chen
Wei, Hui
Wei, Jingrou
Wei, Lingbei
Wen, Boran
Werner, Aric Alain
Wu, Ke
Wu, Shiyu
Wu, Tong
Wu, Xiaoman
Wu, Yiwei
Wu, Yuanxu
Wu, Yuzheng
Xia, Jing
Xiang, Haoling
Xiang, Tingyan
Xiang, Yue
Xiao, Tian
Xiao, Yao
Xiong, Yu
Xu, Jianing
Xu, Richard
Xu, Ruitu
Xu, Wanying
Xue, Xiaoyu
Yadav, Chhavi
Yang (Kevin), Chun-Hao
Yang, Ningzhu
Yang, Peiyue
Yang, Rui
Yang, Xinyan
Yang, Xue
Yang, Yiting
Yang, Zhaohua
Yao, Shuidie
Ye, Maiqi
Yin, Lu
Younes, Charbel Samih
Yu, Shuyi
Zamudio, Juan Jose
Zarei, Mehdi
Zeng, Yizhou
Zerihoun, Adam Taye
Zhang, Ben
Zhang, Dongzhuo
Zhang, Hanlu
Zhang, Jingzhi
Zhang, Kaiwei
Zhang, Lini
Zhang, Wei
Zhang, Xinyue
Zhang, Yi
Zhao, Lei
Zhao, Rong
Zhao, Zirui
Zheng, Xiaojie
Zhou, Shenghui
Zhou, Yi
Zhou, Yicong
Zhou, Yihong
Zhou, Yue
Zhu, Diqing
Zhu, Mengyao
Zhu, Tianci
Zhuang, Lishuo
Zorigtbaatar, Manal
Zou, Jiaqi
Zuhusky, Joseph Ryan
Zuo, Siyao
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DEPARTMENT AWARDS
Axinn Foundation/E.L. Doctorow Fellowship
Axinn Foundation/E.L. Doctorow Prize
Biology Department Graduate Travel Grant
Biology Department Master’s Poster
Session Award
Biology Department Master’s Research Grant
Capital One Fellowship
DeepMind Fellowship
DeVries Fellowship
English Department Travel Grant Fellowship
Falak Sufi Essay Prize
Falak Sufi Fellowship
French Studies Master’s Essay Competition
Fromer Family Fellowship
Gavin Stamp Award for Excellence
Goldwater Hospital Writing Workshop Fellowship
Herbert H. and Rose Hirschhorn Thesis Award
J. Ndukaku Amankulor Memorial Award for
Academic Excellence
Jan Gabriel Scholarship
Jill A. Davis Fellowship
Jim Brodey Graduate Fellowship in Poetry
Leigh George Odom Memorial Award for
Distinguished Master’s Student
Lillian Vernon Prize
Math Department Master’s Thesis Prize
Math Finance Director’s List Award
Math Finance Student Scholarship
Michele Beaujour Fellowship
Millicent Bell Award
NYU Veterans Writing Workshop Fellowship
Performance Studies Department Award
Performance Studies Department
Emerging Scholar Award
Politics Department Master’s Student
Research Grant
Psychology Department Student
Leadership Award
Rona Jaffe Graduate Fellowship in
Creative Writing
Starworks Fellowship
Stein Scholar
Stephen Cohen Fellowship
Wickham Moore Scholarship
Wiley Birkhofer Fellowship in Poetry
Writers in the Public Schools Fellowship
XE Department Travel and Research Grant
GSAS & NYU AWARDS
Alpine Fellowship
Dean’s Travel Grant
Dean’s Fellowship for Distinguished
Master’s Students
Flyer Travel Grant
Global Research Initiative Fellowship
GSAS Diversity Scholarship
John Brademas Center Summer Congressional
Internship Program Grant
Master’s Award for Academic Achievement
Ohlsen Travel Grant
Pathways Program
Polonsky Foundation-NYU Digital Humanities
Internship Program
Provost’s Global Research Institute at
NYU Shanghai
Provost’s Graduate Research Initiative
Fellowship Program
Robert Holmes Fellowship
Threesis Academic Challenge
Wasserman Center Internship Grant
Awards & Fellowships Received by Master’s Students in 2017–18 and 2018–19
Award and fellowship information reported directly from participating Departments.
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EXTERNAL AWARDS
AAPA COD IDEAS Scholars Program
Arundel Group Trust for Medical and/or Medical
Assistance for Persons of Indian Origin
Association for Private Enterprise Education
Young Scholars Program Grant
Forensic Sciences Foundation Student Award
Frederic Bastiat Fellowship with the
Mercatus Center
Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship
Fulbright Study/Research Award
Hayek Scholarship
National Science Foundation Graduate
Research Fellowship
Society of Toxicology Student Travel Award
UFM Fellowship for Mont Pelerin Society
General Meeting
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Graduate School of Arts & Science
ADMINISTRATION
Phillip Brian Harper
Dean
Lynne Kiorpes
Vice Dean
Roberta S. Popik
Associate Dean for Graduate Enrollment Services
and Chief of Staff to the GSAS Dean
Allan Corns
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
David P. Giovanella
Assistant Dean for Graduate Enrollment Services
and Director of the Master’s College
Aida Gureghian
Assistant Dean for Students
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DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS
Ancient World, Study of the
Animal Studies
Anthropology
Atmosphere Ocean Science
Basic Medical Sciences
Biology
Biomedical Informatics
Chemistry
Cinema Studies
Classics
Comparative Literature
Computational Biology
Computer Science
Creative Writing
Data Science
East Asian Studies
Economics
English
Environmental Health Sciences
Environmental Studies
Ergonomics and Biomechanics
European and Mediterranean Studies
Fine Arts
French
French Studies
German
Hebrew and Judaic Studies
Historical and Sustainable Architecture
History
International Relations
Irish and Irish-American Studies
Italian Studies
Journalism
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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
XE: Experimental Humanities and
Social Engagement
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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 PhD 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 2,472 master’s and 1,955 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 130 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.”
Graduate School of Arts & Science
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MASTER’S COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
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free ten-year membership in the Graduate School of Arts and Science’s
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