Convocation

2015
Graduate School of Arts & Science
Graduate School of Arts & Science

Convocation 2015

Master’s and Certificate Doctoral

Convocation Ceremony Convocation Ceremony

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Friday, May 22, 2015

8:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m.
The Theater at Madison Square Garden Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
New York City New York City

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Graduate School of Arts & Science

Master’s and Certificate

Convocation Ceremony
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
8:00 p.m.
The Theater at Madison Square Garden
New York City
GSAS Master’s Convocation
Order of Exercises

PRELUDE WELCOME

Symphonic Brass Alliance Mai Huynh

GSAS Master’s College Award for
Excellence in Leadership
PLATFORM PARTY PROCESSIONAL Department of Psychology

Symphonic Brass Alliance C. Cybele Raver

Vice Provost for Research and
“Rondeau”
Faculty Affairs
from Suite de Symphonies no. 1
by Jean-Joseph Mouret Lauren A. Benton
Dean
“The Prince of Denmark’s March”
from A Choice Collection of Ayres
by Jeremiah Clarke
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
(arranged by Sir Henry Wood)
Kathleen T. Talvacchia
“America the Beautiful”
Associate Dean for Academic and
by Samuel Augustus Ward
Student Affairs
Ann J. Kirschner, mezzo-soprano
Axinn Foundation Writer-in-Residence
Guests are requested to stand for the singing
of “America the Beautiful.” Award

Rose and Herbert H. Hirschhorn

Thesis Award
PRESIDING
The Graduate School of Arts and Science
Suzanne Collado
Threesis Academic Challenge Award
Assistant Director, The Master’s College

DISTINGUISHED ARTS & SCIENCE

ALUMNI SPEAKER

Maria Bartiromo
Anchor and Global Markets Editor
FOX Business Network—FOX News
Channel

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MUSICAL INTERLUDE CLOSING REMARKS

Symphonic Brass Alliance Lauren A. Benton

Dean
“La Rejouissance: Allegro”
from Music for the Royal Fireworks
by George Frideric Handel RECESSIONAL
Graduates and their families and friends are
requested to remain in the hall for the duration
New York University Pipes and Drums
of the ceremony.
Symphonic Brass Alliance

“Procession of the Nobles” from Mlada

PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
AND HOODING
Guests are requested to stand for the recessional.
Roberta S. Popik
Associate Dean for Graduate Enrollment
Services and Graduate School of Arts MUSIC
and Science Administration
Symphonic Brass Alliance
Class Representative and Banner Bearer Robert Susman, Director

Sabrina Breher New York University Pipes and Drums

Program in International Relations Brian C. Meagher, Jr., Pipe Major

Faculty Hooders

Susan Antón PHOTOGRAPHY

Professor, Department of Anthropology
Island Photography
Michael Ralph
Associate Professor, Department of
Social and Cultural Analysis

Christine Rushlow
Professor, Department of Biology
Director of Graduate Studies,
Master’s Program

MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY 5

Class of 2015

CERTIFICATE Joshua Alexander Krisch Alexei Vladimirovich

Aitouganov
Robert C. Bartlett Sarah Orkin Lewin
Janell Nequeva Ajani
Rachel Ilana Bilgrei Jillian Rose Lim
Eda Deniz Aksoy
Caitlin L. Breare Cynthia Lin
Tania Al Taji Al Farouki
Martin Devine Yun Lu
Karima Ahmad Al-Absy
Elizabeth Eisenberg Claire Ann Maldarelli
Dakota Alcantara-Camacho
Joshua D. Nelson Elizabeth Harris Newbern
Yamiche Leone Alcindor
Desirae Dixon Peters Hannah Rose Newman
Kaylee P. Alexander
Megan Elizabeth Randall Amy Lynn Nordrum
Marie-Charlotte Allam
Kari S. Rayner Carl Alexander O’Donnell
Elizabeth Anne Alleva
Jami Lynn Rothenberg Alexandra Wahl Ossola
Yasmine Al-Sayyad
Shuk Chaen Melissa Tan Neel Vijay Patel
Arianny Sofia Amador Padilla
Abigail Bracha Teller Ruchira Roy Chowdhury
Ximena Amescua Cuenca
Jeffrey N. Uslip Claudia Kinley Russell
Dipti Anand
Jessica Walthew Krystnell Alexis Storr
Collin Jonathan Anderson
Sophie A. Tuttleman-Kriegler
Maria Victoria Andrade
Manasi Somnath Vaidya
ADVANCED CERTIFICATE Guimaraes
Meenal Satish Vamburkar
Narges Bajoghli Erica J. Anker
Cong Xie
Dwaipayan Banerjee Maria Arettines
Ning Zhou
Desiree L. Barron Aviel Asher-Schapiro

Narges Bayani Evdoxia Katherine Athanasi

MASTER OF ARTS Kesi Amandla Augustine
Purva Vivek Chitnis

Amalia Isabel Cordova Salma Abdel Salam Talia M. Avakian

Rebecca Jean Cudmore Robert Cameron Abel Robert James Babin, Jr.

Lina Marlette De Jesus Sara Dima Abi Saab Antonio Santino Baiz
Golderos Marija Juliette Abney Erica Marie Banks
Kathryn Watkins Fitch Free Naomi Adland Issa Barakat
Chelsea E. Harvey Grace Eve Afsari-Mamagani Max K. Baril
Jennifer Leigh Henderson Ekaterina Agarkova Caroline Robbins Barnett
Srividya Kalyanaraman Zahra N. Ahmed

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.

6 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY

Antonia Veruska Giuseppina Gabriela Bortolamedi Marjorie Budiman
Bartoli
Daniel Ryan Bou Diab Christopher Peter Buonincontri
Melanie Bavaria
Dominique A. Bouavichith Alana Burfield
Thalia Kiriaki Beaty
Marie-Eve Bouchard Clement Andrea Burge
Kate Lauren Beaudoin
Léa Bouchoucha Jana Teresa Bürkert
Taylor McGowin Beck
Sarah Ann Bourassa Taylor Burton
William Christopher Beck
Laura Elizabeth Bow Alicia Robyn Byrnes
Bethany Becktell
Rose Bowen Wendy Byrnes
Alix M. Becq
Clodagh Bowyer Carson Forbes Cameron
Samuel Dean Behrens
Tess MacKenzie Boyer John Scott Campbell
Julia Andrea Behrman
Lily Brafman Gillian Canavan
Aliza Beilin
Alexandria Elise Brahler Anna Perfecto Canlas
Maria Beliaeva
Laura Michelle Brauth Jennifer Lynn Canose
Emma Hannah Elizabeth
Jarred N. Braxton Mengyi Cao
Ben-Avi
Laura Katherine Bray Margaret Farrell Cardosi
Charmaine Benham
Caitlin L. Breare Megan G. Carmody
Anna T. Bennet
Sabrina Breher Angela Carothers
Elizabeth Bennett
Makini Jean Brice James R. Carter
Elizabeth Catherine Benninger
Joseph S. Briggs Monica Lisette Caudillo
David Berdugo
Contreras
Scott Kenneth Briggs
Allison Beres
Jessica Cavanagh
Faith Leah Brigham
Siri Bejer Bertelsen
Jessica Ann Chace
Alaina M. Brodar
Alexandria Rose Mary Besharat
Stephen James Chalifoux
Christian Markus Brodbeck
Marc Mahoney Beuttler
Paige Meredith Chandler
Christina Brown
Tong Bian
Wei Chien Chang
Erin C. Brown
Isabella Margaret Biedenharn
Adam Sidney Chapman
Jennifer A. Brown
Jordan Scott Birnbaum
David William Chapman
Russell Patrick Brown
Jacqueline A. Bishop
Benjamin M. Chasse
Thomas Franklin Brown
Juliana Frances Black
Victoria Chavez
Stephanie Ann Browne
Ian Foster Blair
Charlotte Marine Juliette
Halston Bruce
Francisco Blancarte Jaber Chebassier
Didier Bruneel
Chelsea Kirsten Blance Jiageng Chen
Alicia M. Brunker
Michael P. Bobrowski Junhao Chen
Michael Peter Bruno
Shira Jill Bogin Junyi Chen
Alexander J. Bruski
Thomas A. Bond Sijia Chen
Ian James Brydon
Scott Kingsland Borchert Tianqi Chen

MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY 7

Class of 2015

Yeh-chen Chen Noemi Cselenyi Lindsay Faye Doughty

Yuanqing Chen Rebecca Jean Cudmore Matthew James Dowd

Yupei Chen Jeremy Chase Culver Julia Rina Dranov

Belle Devlin Cheves Jack Robert Cunningham Julie Morgan Dreyfuss

Maurice Lamont Childs Ryan Saul Cunningham Bodi Du

Tatiana Alekseevna Chistikova Madeleine Christine Dalkie Freddie Daniel Dubon

Purva Vivek Chitnis Ziad Dallal Elizabeth Jane Dulcich

Jai Young Choi Colleen E. Daly Fredrick Tuongquang Duong

Sujeong Choi Peter D’Amato Kristina Dushaj

Jirawat Chotipatoomwan Brittany Alyssa Darrow Jeffrey Warren Eamon

Saba Akhtar Chowdhry Alexander S. Davis Sally Lynn Edmonds

Courtney Marie Christenson Elizabeth Weil Davis Rina Nechama Eisenberg

Eddie Chu Philippe de Juniac Derin Emre

Kevin H. Chu Sara Elizabeth DeLozier Kaylee Marie Engle

Candice Lee Leng Chua Kanjun Kathy Deng Noah Max Ennis

Neena Cinquino Sean Denmark Justin T. Epstein

William Clark, Jr. Jenny Amanda DePierre Recep Erkmen

Rönnblom
Veronica Clark Wendy Jacqueline Escobar
Marissa DeSimone
Crystal Clarke David Esmati
Alyssa Jo DesRochers
Joseph F. Clarke Elizabeth Arcenas Espinar
Kala Marie DeStefano
Kieryn Noah Clements Nadjeda R. M. Estriplet
Rajeev K. Dhir
Lauren Lee Clifford Bree Auld Evans
Helene Mariann Di Iorio
Carrisa V. Cocuzza Jennifer Eyre
Vincenza Iva Di Maggio
Daniel Aldana Cohen Xiuying Fan
Courtney Kirsten Dickinson
Hannah M. Cohen Naim Fanek
Jason Richard Didier
Laura Isabel Uppercu Collier Rui Fang
Nicole Desiree Dillner
David Michael Comalli Wanghaoming Fang
Yijia Ding
Yan Cong Eleanor Clemence Farber
Ryan Anthony DiPetta
Molly Fagan Congdon Adam Cleven Farley
Anna Elzbieta Dluzniewska-
Ashley Nicole Connelly Charles Begue Fawell
Hyman
Eden Consenstein Amelia Fedo
Margaret Jean Donaldson
Antonio Corrado Stephanie R. Feit
Aliza Chava Donath
Brianna Nicole Cox Sara Lee Feldkamp
Margaret Elizabeth Bell
Jonathan D. Cox Donohue Ning Feng

Margaret Ruth Croft Angela Donovan Julian Granka Ferguson

8 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY

Christina Elizabeth Fernandez Sarah E. Getto Sadaf Hakimian

Rodrigo Ferreira Flores Maxime Gibert Iynna Halilou

Jessica Filson Alexandra Kifumi Giffen Mollie D. Hamilton

Merav Pamela Fine Anila A. Gill Mengyu Han

Brooke C. Fisher Kerrin M. Giordano Elizabeth A. Harnett

Elizabeth Kathryn Flock Katherine Mary Giovinazzo Brianna Harney

Verónica Gilda Flom Veronica Maria Glab Emily D. Harris

Roberta Flores Leah Elizabeth Glass Victoria Elizabeth Harty

Andrea Maren Forrest Madeleine Reed Glennon Chelsea E. Harvey

Jillian Joanne Foster Mary Katherine Gliedt Danielle Haviv

Adele Fournet Nawsheen Golam Hossen Elizabeth Beekman Hazard

Amanda Claire Foy Emily Kim Goldsmith Tianyuan He

Finora Josee Ellen Franck Jael Debra Goldstein Yael Juliette Heled

Kathryn Watkins Fitch Free Tashay Gonzalez-Ortiz Jennifer Leigh Henderson

Angelica Frey Amanda Melone Gooden Lindsay Sierra Henry

Hadas Chana Fruchter Adina Hadas Goodman Mary Grace Absolon Herber

Qiao Fu Jonathan Samuel Gordon Daniel A. Herman

Ramiro Sebastian Fúnez Egor Konstantinovich Lesley A. Hernandez

Gornostay
Erin Elizabeth Furlong Ian M. Herrin
Enrique Francisco Gosselin Ruiz
Raffaella Fusco Rebecca Sarah Hersch
Maza
Giovanni Gabriele Julie Herzig Desnick
Shahrzad Goudarzi
Angie S. Gad Reema Hibrawi
Shannon Grady
William Guy Gallagher Shira A. Hichenberg
Linda Mai Green
Dillon Louis Galvis Marissa Hicks-Alcaraz
Matthew Joseph Greene
Niccolo Gandini Kyle S. Hiedacavage
Daniel Steven Greenspan
Bo Gao Jessie Himmelstern
Hannah Molly Griffin
Caitlyn Garcia Samantha June Hines
Samuel Wilcox Grigsby
Rudy Silva Garcia Dennis John Hinzmann
Grace Ming Gu
Joshua Adam Garden Rachael Mackenzie Hirt
Rongfei Guo
Kurt William Garrison Mei Yee Ho
Anna Gurton-Wachter
Sara Garzon Vargas Pang-Chieh Ho
Jose Raul Guzman
Whitney Gaspard Caroline Rene Hoffmann
Christine L. Gwillim
Contessa Lucritia Gayles Yunhang Hou
Erin Murray Haggerty
Bingqing Ge Shima Houshyar
Marc John Hajjar
Chenhao Ge Hannah Fisher Howe
Gina Refaat Hakim

MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY 9

Class of 2015

Sherry Y. Hsieh Kevin Lawrence Jones Katherine Nadine Kitson

Yi-Ju Hsu Rachel V. Jones Phillipe C. Kleefield

Helen Huang Reuben Isiah Jones David J. Kleinstein

Hsiang-en Huang Sarah Constance Jones Karen Martha Klockner

Yao Pin Hung Trent Nigel Jones Zuzanna Klyszejko

Mai Huynh Jennifer Brooke Joyce Brittany Ann Knotts

Stefan Vien Huynh Helen Faye Juergens David Michael Koch

SeungHyun Hwang Matthew W. Kaczor Patrick Diran Kochyan

Ciprian Ianculovici Lena Kahn Elizavetta Koemets

Ingrid Inema Jessica Rose Kalbfeld Jeffrey Michael Konen

Louise Francesca Iremedio Srividya Kalyanaraman Michael Spyridon Konidaris

Jessamine Grace Irwin Robert Hyungjun Kang Seth Hunter Koproski

Arielle Aliza Ismail Aviel P. Kanter Allison Rae Korinek

Harrison L. Jackson Eric Kaplan Natasha Toralba Kostek

Christian Jacobs Irena Kaplan Andrew Corbin Kotick

Renee Alexandra Jacques Lindsay Jill Kaplan Kevin Kowalski

Maham Javaid Rebecca Kasmin Emily Christine Kramer

Kristian Gerhard Stromsland Sofya Kasyanenko Amy Elizabeth Kraus

Jebsen
Amanda Lavorgna Katz Peter William Krause
Peiyao Jia
Brigitte Lea Katz Meryl Jean Kremer
Jing Jiang, Sr.
Ambika Kaushik Jennifer Rose Kriegel
Rong Jiang
Mark William Kavanaugh Samuel Isaac Meyerson Krinsky
Yihua Jiang
Ellen O. Kelly Joshua Alexander Krisch
Zhewen Jiang
Christian Norwood Kerr Sophia Elizabeth Kroft
Maria Luisa Macapanpan
Farah Khan Stephanie Ruth Krom
Jimenez
Kulsoom Fatima Khan Allison Jones Kruse
Matthew Thomas Jimenez
Samar Khurshid Kuang Keng Kuek Ser
Lisa Johns
Ingrid Marie Kiehl Janos Robert Kun
Amy Jo Johnson
Jeannie Kim Kyungtaek Kwon
Derreck Michael Johnson, Jr.
Jin Wook Kim Christopher Welch Labrot
Dylan Robert Johnson
Jiwon Kim Camille R. Lafleur
Katelyn Johnson
Ruth Lillian Kinane Paulina Laguera
Robert W. Johnson
Emily B. King Zoe R. Lake
Donald Emory Jolly
Rebecca Eloise King Aja Marie Lans
Callum James Jones
Roshnara A. Kissoon Rachel Lynne Lapidos
Joella Adia Jones

10 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY

Jamiles Nii Awule Lartey Kuo-Chiao Lin Florence Z. Madenga

Kamsen Lau LiFan Andrew Lin Aaron E. Madison

Jasper Donald Lauderdale Yiyun Lin Cecilie M. Madsen

Adrien Laurent Hannah Michelle Lindsey Marc L. Maged

Ellen Sofie Lunde Lauritzen Joseph C. Lindsey Alyxandra E. Maglio

Hannah Frances Lawrence Di Liu Nazli Merve Mahmutoglu

Genevra Marie Le Voci Jinghui Liu Nikhita Niranjan Mahtani

Guan Hui Lee Meichen Liu Claire Ann Maldarelli

Janghan Lee Shiqi Liu Anjali Kaur Malhotra

Jennifer Lee Sirui Liu Shan-e-mohammad Malik

James Benjamin Peter Lees Songyuan Liu Mari Noelle Aldana Malvar

Gregory A. Lefkin Tiffany W. Liu Roger A. Mancusi

Paraskevas Legakis Xin Liu Caitlin MacKenzie Mannion

Allison R. Lehrer Joseph Frank James Livesey Yingchu Mao

Jacquelyn D. Lekhraj Chen-Wen Lo Sarah Elizabeth Marino

Barbara Y. Leung Evan Loker Schuyler Therese Marquez

Kim-Hung Leung Jessica Susana Lopez-Espino Gabriel Marrero

Aileen Madeline Level Vania Valeria Loredo Robert Sterling Martin

Sarah Orkin Lewin Rachel Elin Love Jacqueline L. Masseo

Elyssa Lewis Marcella Lovo K. Lovo Michael Dennis Masucci

Bo Li Xuan Kai Kevin Low Ernesto Farabundo Matal Sol

Chuhan Li Nathaniel Young Lu Margaret Louise May

Kaiyu Li Qiyu Lu Claire Lillian Mayo

Wenjie Li Yun Lu Babak Mazloumi

Xiao Li Yuyan Lu Zane Mcbean

Xiaoling Li Audrey Luciani Taylor D. McCausland

Xiaomin Li Jessica Wei-Yin Lui Melissa Paola McClure

Yu Li Sihang Luo Katelin Anne McCormick

Zhen Li Matthew Warren Lustberg Daniel Peter McCown

Usman Liaquat Courtney Anne Lynch Zachary Thomas McDermott

Roberta Ellen Liggett Jarrod D. Lynn Shannon Faith McDonald

Jillian Rose Lim Anna P. Lyon Sean David McFarland

Alexandra Lim-Chua Wee Alistair Mackay Alyssa McGillivray

Cynthia Lin Danielle Marie Mackey Bridget Ann McGowan

Jie Lin Brianna J. MacLellan Jeffrey Allen McGuigan

MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY 11

Class of 2015

Ashley McNelis David Z. Moster Kaitlyn Ann O’Callaghan

Darragh Patrick Mcnicholas Christina Maureen Mount Sean Michael O’Connor

Md Khalil Md Kashfi Adnan A. Moussa Leon Epem Odzanzo

Elizabeth Mead Alexis Marie Moutafakis Carl Alexander O’Donnell

Yael Tzippora Mendelson Catherine Elizabeth Mros Margareta Elin Ohberg

Ana Laura Méndez Araya Kaitlyn K. Muchnok Ásdís Ólafsdóttir

Tsega Ghezai Menelik Heather Mulliner Gabriela A. Olavarrieta

Aaina Menon Genesis Ethel Mullis Mark Harold Onsager

Devon Andrew Meritz-Saccente Andrew Mundy Constanza Smita Ontaneda

Rehman-Khedker
Vincent J. Merrone Mehr Munir
Cynthia Elise Orgel
Easmanie Michel Maria Veronica Munoz-Najar
Luque Alexandra Wahl Ossola
Alexandria Dachel Miklich
Melissa Lee Muntz Edward John Ovadek, II
Jessica Renee Militare
Paul D. Mutter Stefano Revelle Paci
Joan A. Miller
Tanushree Naimpally Mathieu Teodosio Pafundi
Sarah Elizabeth Mirabile
Sheryl Natasha Alexandra Elizabeth Palmer
Leticia Diana Miranda
Jenessia B. Navarro Kelly E. Palmer
Molly Miranker
Hegine Nazarian Kateryna Panova
Katerina Miras
Nicole V. Nemergut Darvinya Paramesvaran
Emma Katarina Mishel
Marielle Catherine Ness Roma Parhad
Kaitlyn N. Mitchell
Elizabeth Harris Newbern Cayleigh Parrish
Christine Marie Mladic
Hannah Rose Newman Neel Vijay Patel
Sarah Alyse Moga
Christopher Patton Nickell Sydney-Paige C. Patterson
Carlos Andres Molina
Elia Francesco Nigris Elizabeth Adele Pelker
Thomas Patrick Monahan
Chelsea Nigro Gabriela Pena
Simon Mongey
Baoshun Niu Jim Peng
Diana Marie Montano
Joelle R. Nivens Lucas Matías Perelló
Maria Elvira Montenegro
Logan Powel Noonan Taylor Anne Perrone
Jessica Lynn Mooney
Sarah Noonan Amanda Perry
Rubi A. Mora
Chiara Norbitz Chanika Renee Perry
Solomon Sorba Moriba
Amy Lynn Nordrum Jennifer Morgan Perry
Hope Elizabeth Morrill
Cesar Noriega Desirae Dixon Peters
Lauren Ashley Morris
Elyse Helaine Norton Andrew Jerel Peterson
Shannon Marie Morrow
Kristin M. Oakley Mallory J. Peterson
Ashley Morton
Deirdre Mary O’Boy Victoria Rae Peterson
Yalda Mostajeran
Michelle Esther O’Brien Trong Thao Phan

12 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY

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 Gabrielle LaVon Royal
Kari S. Rayner Giselle Ruballos
Yasha Razizadeh Alexander Eric Russel
Alexandra Reali Claudia Kinley Russell
Elvira Redondas Liceaga Andrzej P. Rutkowski
Nathan Rennicke Christopher Rybak
Anna Simone Ostergaard Nicholas Sagheb
Reumert
Christopher John Saleh
Jose A. Reyes
Nicolette L. Sanfilippo
Liana Eustacia Reyes
Charles Pastor Sangueza
Jacob Eric Reynolds
Zachary Roman SantaMaria
Kristen Marie Ricca
Richa Sanwal
Meghan Elizabeth Rice
John Parkman Sargent
Taylor A. Rich
Rachel Ann Schaedler
Lance Nathan Richardson
Erika Schaefer
Sarah A. Richter
Robin Jeffrey Scher
Alexandra S. Rieck
Chelsea Rose Schlecht
Larissa Riepl
Charles Daniel Schmitt, III
Robert Daniel Riggs, Jr.
Anne Marie Clay Schneider
Diana E. Ritter
Faith Schombs
Erica Robenalt
Erin Blake Schuppert
Jehan Roberson
Michelle Hope Schuval
Lindsay Mavis Robinson
Daniel R. Schwam
Denise Diana Rogers
Ariel Scotti
Valenzuela
David Aleksandrovich Segalchik
Kristin Romano
Maya Kate Feather Seidler
Theresa Anne Roney
Nathan Philip Seltzer
Ivan De Jesus Rosales
Won Min Seo
Andrew Rose
Yareli Servin
Julia Michelle Rose
Caroline Rose Shakour
Cory Horst Rosenberg
Jonathan C. Shan
Susan Rosengarten
Yixue Shao
Randall James Rowe, II
Nouria Sharifi
Ruchira Roy Chowdhury
Leah Shaw
Kelli Ann Roy
Victoria Leigh Sheehan
Sandeep Roy
MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY 13
Class of 2015

Cheng Shen Samantha M. Spurlock Jonathan Tory Toole

Xi Shen Christina M. Squitieri Antonio Manuel Tlaloc Torres

Cheng-Chien Shih Michael Joseph Stahl Katerina Juanita Torres

Jin Sol Shim Shifra Ayelet Staiman Monica Margarita Torres

Yuji Shimohira Calvo Emily L. Stainkamp Jennifer Trattler

Morgan Wyeth Shnier Theresa Anne Stanley Scott Becker Trausch

Colleen Shrewsbury Brittaney Chanel Staton Joseph Kyle Treman

Julia Pei-min Shu Jonathan Lee Steinberg Elizabeth Nicole Treptow

Lingwei Shu Brian Devery Stickles Jennifer Lila Trowbridge

Hiba Masood Siddiqi Kara S. Stiles Ki Ha Tse

Avi Siegel Joseph Anthony Stollenwerk Agata Tumilowicz

Scott Silsbe Krystnell Alexis Storr Madeline Murphy Turner

Sarah A. Silverstein Ji Yun Sul Hannah Colleen Turpin

Bryan Sim Yong Sheng Anyi Sun Sophie A. Tuttleman-Kriegler

Olivia Ann Simone Kavitha Angeli Surana William Fuhrman Twersky

Zaira Shianne Simone Jacqueline E. Sutton Kazumichi Uchida

Maria-Fernan Guerrero Jennifer Kae Suzukawa-Tseng Megan Underwood

Simpson
Travis Richard Sweatte Kaliane Helene Ung
Michael John Simpson
Ellen Amanda Tagtmeier Daniela Rosario Urbina
Kyli Mohini Singh
Annie Tak Ante Ursic
Jennie E. Sirignano
Yoko Takahashi Charlie S. Uruchima
Anna Katharina Mosha
Shuk Chaen Melissa Tan Faridah Omowunmi Usman
Skarpelis
Zachary B. Taylor Manasi Somnath Vaidya
Emma Anna Margaretha
Skoglund Irina D. Tchania Meenal Satish Vamburkar

Jordan D. Smith James Seng Khien Tee Anneke Kathleen van Lith

Laura Smith Abigail Bracha Teller Melissa Ariana Vega-Valdez

Megan Anne Smith Zachary Bruce Terrell Jana Velinova

Ksenia Michajlovna Soboleva Steven Anargyros Thomas, Jr. Luis Damian Veron

Cesar Baclig Solla, Jr. Hannah Grace Thomas Martin Anders Strand Vestre

Jin Ho Son Eleanor Jean Thompson Marcela Andrea Villacob

Ignacio Soto Zamorano Lee Thorpe, Jr. Amanda Jane Vredenburgh

Victoria Vanzandt Southwell Richard A. Tiganila Jamara M. Wakefield

Ashley C. Soutor Donasia Nicole Tillery Amanda Lillian Waldroupe

Maya Cathleen Sparks Neil James Tolentino Rahshida A. Walker

Plama Zheleva Spetsova Lauren Elizabeth Tompkins Anthony Sebastien Walsh

14 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY

Jessica Walthew Maureen Theresa Winter Milin Yu

He Wang Sandra Winters Xue Yu

Jiawei Wang Alison Jane Withers Shen Yuan

Kehan Wang Hannah Krystal Wong Yiqian Yuan

Qiushi Wang Ashley Caroline Woodworth Sean Elliott Yuill

Shuyu Wang Elisa Wouk Almino de Souza Jung Seok (Jake) Yun

Xue Wang Airui Wu Bonnie Newton Zaleski

Yuhe Wang Fan Wu Stephanie Marie Zanowic

Zhongxiu Wang Liang-I Wu Lara Shayne Zarum

Shannon Mary Ward Zijin Wu Wenjun Zeng

Jude Warne Huiwen Xia Jie Zhan

Shana Warren Cong Xie Boya Zhang

William Colin Warren-Hicks Xiao Xie Liuliu Zhang

Mohan Warusha Hennadige Baoyue Xing Peipei Zhang

Andrae J. Washington Bo Xu Qinglian Zhang

Lesley Erin Wasserman Boya Xu Xinwei Zhang

Hayato Watanabe Qi Xu Yuwei Zhang

Mary Elizabeth Waterfield Siyi Xu Hao Zhao

Kathleen Clare Weaver Xiaohan Xu Wencheng Zhao

Lauren Elizabeth Weaver Linyue Xue Ning Zhou

Maxwell L. Weinstein Sophia Claire Yackshaw Xin Zhou

Grace Theresa Weiss Sihem Naz Yalbir Yili Zhou

Leah D. Wersebe Alexis Yumi Kono Yamsuan Yizhu Zhou

Meghan Elizabeth White Fei Yang Zongmin Zhou

Stephen Charles Whittaker Jun Yang Minyue Zhu

Alana Tollini Wieczorek Keyao Yang Xinrui Zhu

Ashley Lynne Wiederhold Lily Annabelle Yang Yaqi Zhu

Joshua C. Wilbur Xi Yang Zheyi Zhu

Keenan L. Wilder Zhen Yang Tyler Zoanni

James Thomas Wilentz Julio Yarce Mary-Kathryn Zoni

Laura Holcombe Williams Bangqi Ye Rialda Zukic

Wanqin Williamson Mengchu Ye Matthew Phillip Zundel

Anna S. Wilson Gregory J. Yigitkurt

Katherine Scott Wilson Yun Chung Yim

Caitlin Ella Wind Jessie Aloyse Yorko

MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY 15

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
16 MASTER’S CONVOCATION CEREMONY
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
Devyani Bansal Dileep Ciddi Ana Galesic

Giovanni Bella Meaghan Michelle Colletti Shashank Gandhi

Dana Berry Alejandro Redy Companioni Haipeng Gao

Alexander Sean Besser Kevin James Corbett Peng Gao

Ran Bi Hannah Rose Crimmins Yingxu Gao

Wenting Bian Peter Csatorday Xiaolu Ge

Neha P. Billimoria Xiaosheng Cui Jie Geng

Justin P. Bisceglio Yang Cui Phillip Geter

David Bohr Giana Columbia-Rose D’Aleo Dareun Geum

Shiva Bolourchi Zharko Daniloski Vinay Gokaldas

Maryam Bonakdar Bhavisha Mukesh Dawada Paula Elizabeth Goldberg

Justine A. Borzumato Caitlyn Leigh DellaTorre Ofer Goldstein

Shambhavi Prafulla Brahme Siqi Deng Whitney Elle Goldstein

Bernard Antonio Brown, III Ziwei Deng Jieming Gong

Kanika Brown Thomas Liborio Des Marais Philip Ramin Greengard

Andrew David Bryant Julie M. Diamond Michael D. Gregory

Michael S. Burel Genelle Lauren Diaz-Silveira Miria Leigh Grunick

Erwin Cabrera Andrei Petrut Dinu-Ionita Zhenwei Gu

Qi Cai Patrick Edward Dolezal Fei Guan

Jean-Claude Cantave Dasha F. Donado Ian Guerin

Kareem Ciswi Carr Charles Stephen Drews Kunal Lalit Gugale

Joseph Henry Castellanos Xin Du Wen Guo

Matthew Andrew Chan Yassine El Farricha Ankit Gupta

Danqi Chen Taylor W. Epley Changnian Han

Jie Chen Katherine Ann Erickson Kentaro Hanaki

Keyi Chen Naeem Ehson Etemadi Sushindhran Harikrishnan

Qi Chen Liang Fang Lamia C. Harper

Wenchao Chen Yi-Ya Fang Yiping He

Yuan Chen Melania Helena Fanok Zeyu He

Yushu Chen Farah Farhat Darshan Hegde

Howard Cheng Tao Feng Ruikun Hong

Zhujun Cheng Chuan Zhi Foo Wentao Hong

Ching-Han Chiang Yi Fu Philip T. Hood

Elizabeth L. Cho Peter Tramyeon Fwu Zehra Hosain

Kejun Chu Lior Galanti Shangxuan Hou

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Class of 2015

Dustin Kirtley Howell Mark Paul Kondrla, Jr. Jingwen Liu

Xinyuan Hu John Kounsalieh Mark Liu

Jorianna Hunt Jayashree Kumar Menghan Liu

David Jikang Im Nikathan S. Kumar Si Liu

Aditya Chandrakant Inamdar Hyuk Min Kwon Xu Liu

Ramiz Iqbal Avrohom Shmuel Lapp Yen-Tin Liu

Akshay Jain Nu Huyen Trang Le Yukuan Liu

Vipin Jain Dong Hyun Lee Zhen Liu

Olawale Jaiyeola Jennifer Lee Grant Miller Long

Mohd Azrin bin Jamalruddin Yunjoo Lee Heng Lu

Jinho Jang Abba E. Leffler Lingkun Lu

Rasika Sanjay Jangle Lei Lei Pin Lu

Abhishek Ajit Jathan Wuping Lei Lisa Luo

Chen Ji Andrew Wayne Lew Kailin Ma

Ye Ji Aoshi Li Weicheng Ma

Yunzhe Jia Chen Li Xiang Ma

Hongda Jiang Gang Li Xiaoyi Ma

Ju Jiang Hanchu Li Sonali Malik

Haosen Jin Jiexi Li Matthew J. Mancuso

Yunfan Jin Mao Li Jugal Manjeshwar

Kiwon Joh Qiuling Li Yiran Mao

Geon Kang Ruixue Li Wilnelly Martinez Ortiz

Huan Kang Sai Li Ashher Masood

Sukriye Kara Shuo Li Melissa Pei-Lih Mau

Doycho Petrov Karagyozov Xiang Li Mark Mazer

Dylan I. Karten Yiwei Li Laura Marie McGarry

Kirtan Kaur Youlong Li Milan Benjamin Ariel

Mecklenburg
Ryan James Keavney Zhibin LI
Orhan Mehmetoglu
Christian Keitel Chong Lian
Karen Naree Gremel Merrill
Christopher Thomas Kempski Yisheng Liao
Sofija Miljovska
Michael Paul Khairallah Jianfeng Lin
Krishnan Mody
Samir Khakimov Xiangyu Lin
Keita Moriyama
Ajay Khanna Paul Sopher Lintilhac
Caitlin Mullins
Seungjin Kim Chaoxie Liu
Julia Mychak
Marcos E. Kohler Jing Liu
Danielle Marie Nalband

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Yanyue Ning Tianrui Shen Ryan Joseph Tracy

Kamran Nobahar Susan L. Sheng Thanakorn Trakarnvanich

Alexander Oskotsky Lin Shi Aashutosh Ujjwal Trivedi

Dong Ouyang Vangie Dawn Shue Digant Jagdish Trivedi

Christopher Piotr Pac Riley W. Simmons-Edler Benjamin David Turtel

Tyler S. Palsulich Jessica A. Singer Mehmet Ugurbil

Grace Pan Gourav Jyot Singh Khurana George C. Ulloa

Ronak Ashok Parpani Sidak Kaur Singh Jonah Umbro

Maria Pershina Brian Smith Uthman Saad Uthman

Kumar Bharath Prabhu Ronald David Snyder Ashwin Venkataraman

Chen Price Huachen Song Prakhar Verma

Christian Puhrsch Nianhui Song Ankur Ashok Vij

Venu Putcha Wenjun Song Giovanni Angbetic Villegas

Ying Qu Kamolthip Songtrakul Laurel John Vorhies

Julien Nathan Rabinow Krystal M. Sotolongo Hanan Wahib

Sahinur Rahman Jonathan L. Stair Di Wang

Akilesh Madhava Rao Dmitry Storcheus Haochuan Wang

Aneesha Reddy Ramy Sukarieh Li Wang

Brittany M. Rhodes Huang Sun Nannan Wang

Maria Graciela Riera Dominguez Jie Sun Peijiang Wang

Christopher Andrew Rohlfs Shaopeng Sun Siyang Wang

Olga Romanova Zhaoyu Sun Weilun Wang

Navneet Singh Saini Jonathan David Sutton Xiaocong Wang

Abhishek Nishit Sanghvi Suraj Swaminathan Xin Wang

Arnab Sarkar Andrew Joseph Szymczak Yao Wang

Jagannathan Arjun Mohammad Taghizadeh Ye Wang

Sathyamoorthy Manzari
Yuanda Wang
Tom D. Sercu Sean Talia
Zhengyang Wang
Xiaochuan Sha Joshua Zejun Tan
Billie Grace Ward
Yiqun Shao Yi Tan
Brian Weeks
Pramada Sharma Zongjie Tan
Lai Wei
Akshay Shekhar Ruchi Tandon
Brandon M. Williams
Jiangfeng Shen, Sr. Ziqing Tang
Emily Caitlin Williams
Junying Shen Guangbo Tao
Kailun Wu
Kaiwen Shen Prashant Singh Tewatia
Kun Wu
Rui Shen Subodh Narayanrao Tiwaskar

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Class of 2015

Lingyu Wu Dan Zhang

Ron Chris Wu Daran Zhang

Xiaojun Wu Haibin Zhang

Yuxi Wu Lin Zhang

Jing Xia Shu Zhang

Liang Xiang Shuaiyi Zhang

Yuanji Xie Yangchen Zhang

Zhuang Xiong Yi Zhang

Hao Xu Yulong Zhang

Huaisi Xu Yuting Zhang

Ruiqi Xu Chenzhi Zhao

Shaoxin Xu Hui Zhao

Xingchen Xu Long Zhao

Zhiyuan Xu Pinji Zhao

Suili Yan Sujian Zhi

Zonghan Yan Chen Zhu

Hui Yang Houqiudi Zhu

Kemin Yang Jingxin Zhu

Zhuolun Yang Junye Zhu

Siyuan Yao Lixuan Zhu

Xiaotong Yao Wenbo Zhu

Yoon Sing Yap Yusha Zhu

Haoran Ye Renfei Zou

Zehua Ye James Hall Zvokel

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

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Graduate School of Arts & Science

Doctoral
Convocation Ceremony
Friday, May 22, 2015
11:00 a.m.
NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
New York City
GSAS Doctoral Convocation
Order of Exercises

PRELUDE PRESENTATION OF AWARDS

Symphonic Brass Alliance Kathleen T. Talvacchia

Associate Dean for Academic and
Student Affairs
PLATFORM PARTY PROCESSIONAL
Coons-Leibowitz Graduate Student
Symphonic Brass Alliance Teaching Award

“Rondeau” Douglas and Katharine Fryer

from Suite de Symphonies no. 1 Thesis Fellowship Award
by Jean-Joseph Mouret
Dean’s Outstanding Dissertation Award
“The Prince of Denmark’s March”
from A Choice Collection of Ayres Dean’s Outstanding Teaching Award
by Jeremiah Clarke
(arranged by Sir Henry Wood)
FACULTY SPEAKER
“America the Beautiful”
Larry Wolff
by Samuel Augustus Ward
Silver Professor, Department of History
Ann J. Kirschner, mezzo-soprano
Director, Center for European and
Guests are requested to stand for the singing Mediterranean Studies
of “America the Beautiful.”

MUSICAL INTERLUDE
WELCOME
Symphonic Brass Alliance
Lauren A. Benton
Dean “La Rejouissance: Allegro”
from Music for the Royal Fireworks
Karen Elaine Auman
by George Frideric Handel
Doctoral Graduate
Department of History Graduates and their families and friends are
requested to remain in the hall for the duration
David W. McLaughlin of the ceremony.

Provost

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PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES MUSIC
AND HOODING
Symphonic Brass Alliance
Roberta S. Popik Robert Susman, Director
Associate Dean for Graduate Enrollment
Services and Graduate School of Arts New York University Pipes and Drums
and Science Administration Brian C. Meagher, Jr., Pipe Major

Class Representative and Banner Bearer

Charlotte M. Wincott PHOTOGRAPHY
Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical
Island Photography
Sciences

Faculty Hooder
Bruce Grant
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Vice Dean

CLOSING REMARKS

Lauren A. Benton
Dean

RECESSIONAL

New York University Pipes and Drums

Symphonic Brass Alliance

“Procession of the Nobles” from Mlada

by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Guests are requested to stand for the recessional.

DOCTORAL CONVOCATION CEREMONY 25

Class of 2015

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Peter Jonathan Bell Melissa McKenzie Chang

Nora Burnett Abrams Eli Bendet-Taicher Robert Yu-Chung Chang

Rachel Phillips Abrams Angela Rae Bennett Segler Dasha A. Chapman

Joseph Salvatore Ackley Christina M. Bergey Simon Edmund Charlow

Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi Keria Maria Bermudez- Aurelie Chatton

Hernandez
Janet Naju Ahn Junjie Chen
Anmol Pravin Bhandari
Meera Saeed Al Kaabi Stephanie Y. Chen
Julio Andres Blanco
Samu Alanko Zhenqing Chen
Dorothee E. Borchmann
Ariana Elizabeth Alexander Xin Cheng
Clemence C. Boulouque
Ghazi Faisal Al-Mulaifi Yun Kuen Cheung
Christopher John Bowman
Allan Mark Amanik Gene Y. Cho
William D. Boyer
Barbara Anne Andersen Tara Gunkali Chowdhury
William Worth Bracken
Luis Alberto Apolo Velez Joseph Cichon
Elizabeth Claire Bradtke
Kevin P. Arlyck Iulia Madalina Cioroianu
Claire Rita Brandon
Stefano Attanasio Shana Lee Cole
Julia P. Brandt
Birgitta Augustin Monika Anna Connolly
Bryan James Brazeau
Karen Elaine Auman Amalia Isabel Cordova
Jason Anthony Brocato
Mustafa Avci Eduardo Corona
Anna K. Brodbeck
Graciela Maria Baez Edgar J. Costa
David Sterling Brown
Franco Baldasso Seth Cottrell
Jeremy Phillip Brown
Ashley Deanne Bales Alexander Fraser Coutts
Julia M. V. Browning
Isaac Baley Xiaoyan Cui
Andrew Michael Burgard
Dwaipayan Banerjee Clare Phyllis Davies
Mitchell C. Bushuk
Pablo Barberá-Aranguena Muriam Haleh Davis
Juan G. Calvo
Antoine Barbot Thulani Davis
James G. Cantres, Jr.
Annamaria Barczak Yael Dekel
Maria C. Carrasco Nevdatchine
George Baroud Steven D. Delong
Paolo Cavallino
Carina Bauman Andrew Joseph Demers
Vanessa Ceia
Jonathan Marc Bearak Ahmad Diab
Michael Steven Chagnon
Andrea Elizabeth Bell Tingting Ding
Arun Richard Chandrasekaran
Biba Bell Christine Dominianni
Vincent Chanethom
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 Hillel Yonatan Gruenberg Collin Randall Jennings

Dominik Duell Jenny Guardado Rodriguez Jieying Jiang

Sinziana Maria Eckner Yuan Guo Bianca J. Jones

Hasini N. Ediriweera Vinay N. Gupta Courtney L. Jones

Jennifer Lynn Egloff Joshua Guzman Joshua David Jordan

David J. Eigen Liana Sorina Hadarean Heekyung Jung

Mohamed Kamal Elshahed Galia Halpern Ibrahim Halil Kalkan

David George Evans Allison Janae Hamilton Keri H. Kalmbach

Thomas George Fai Nicol Claire Hammond Marta J. Kaluza

Li Feng Olivia D. Hanley Woo Chang Kang

Pablo Alberto Fernandez- Nina Elizabeth Harkrader Rachel Kantrowitz

Vazquez
Irfana Hashmi Lindsay Fara Kaplan
Russell Frank Ferri
Claire Elise Heckel Rachel Sarane Kaplan
Vivian Figer
Joanna Christine Hecker Krishnaiyengar Ramapras
Elisabeth Sara Fink Karthik
Grace Elizabeth Helton
Josue Floreskim Michelle R. Kelley
Laura Elizabeth Helton
Todd William Foley Friedrich Heinrich Kern
Eduardo Hernandez Cano
David Santos Fonseca Deepak Khurana
Bernard Herskovic
Sun Melody Foo Rachael Scarborough King
Nicole Thea Hildebrandt
Daniel T. Foreman-Mackey Timothy Alan King
Leon Hilton
Monique N. Foster Zenia Yaroslava Kish
Jungeui Hong
Samuel Paul Fraiberger Eugenia Carol Kisin
Loek Hooft Van Huysduynen
Rebeccah Miller Friedman Marko Klasnja
Jennifer Rose Horonjeff
Joseph Howard Fruchter Anna Koch
Daniel Charles Hoyer
Lisa Gesumaria Naoko Koda
George H. Hsu
Roberto Gobbetti Issa Kohler-Hausmann
Chengcheng Huang
Leigh A. Goedeke David Kohn
Jingyin Huang
Ivan Patrick Goff Ashley Marie Kopec
Emily L. Hue
Julie Beth Goldstein Yitzhak Kornbluth
Laura Elspeth Neeley Hughes
Andrea M. Gomez Kari Sonia Kretch
Julie Hugonny
Wenjing Gong Neeltje Irene Kuin
Titia E. Hulst
Frank Gooden Parashar Vilas Kulkarni
Maryem Hussein
Victor Gorbenko Alexander M. Kupfer
Jeiran Jahani
Andrew W. Gorman Sara Doris Labaton
Aaron George Jakes
Patricia Grace Craig Stephen Lage
Jonathan Reed James
Adam Stuart Green Ellen Claire Lamont
Daniel Chadwick Jenkins

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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
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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
Poulami Roychowdhury Pei Che Soon Linlin Wang

Alexander Rubinsteyn David Souto Alcalde Yu Wang

David Bryan Ruffner Matthew Dov Spigelman Alexander Owen Waterman

Jeffrey Alan Ryan Jennifer Lyn Sternad Michael John Waters

Erik Sakowski Marcos Davi Silva Steuernagel Shannon Lyn Wearing

Patrick Charles Salland Elizabeth A. Stinson Chen Wei

Eric Lee Saunders Alexandros Strikoudis Robert Donald Weide

Marissa J. Schafer Laine Strutton Amy Weiss

Marjorie L. Schillo Melanie L. Subacus Shayna Michelle Weiss

Stuart Laurence Schrader Giselle Alexandra Suero Abreu Masha Westerlund

Ileana Lucia Selejan Yujia Sun Karen Elizabeth Williams

Martin E. Seman Anna Marie Swinbourne Liza Keanuenueokalani Williams

Florian Semani Sarit Felicia Anais Szpiro Daniel Scott Williamson

Randall Adam Sessler Kamila U. Szulc Sophia Wilson

Tiffany Seto Marco E. Silva De Melo Tavora Charlotte M. Wincott

Rabia Shahzad Aristeidis Tentes Brett Lawrence Wisniewski

Ahmad Shokr William Brian Thomson Wing Mei Wong

Cara Lynn Shousterman Christy Thornton Christopher James Woolnough

Maximillian Brad Shrem Krysti L. Todd Chen-Hung Wu

Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi Jonathan James Richard Wenchang Xiao

Tompson
Raphaël Fabien Arieh Sigal Xia Xiao
Thomas Trimarchi
Nathan C. Silberman Jianhuan Xu
Shannon Morse Tubridy
Gilvan Vasconcelos Silva Jin Yang
Sebnem N. Tuncdemir
Pedro Silva Yan Yang
Alexander Todorov Tzanov
Sonja Simonyi Miao Ye
Peter Christopher Valenti
Maria Soledad Sklate Lital Yinon
Julia Leonor Thetford Valiela
Ada Smailbegovic Noah James Cohen Youngs
Joshua Michael Vaughan
Jan Smrek Bing Yu
Kevin Vennemann
Stanley Eckman Snelson Sevgi Yuksel
Stella Amelie Vincenot
Beth Marie Snyder Sarah Ellen Zarrow
Rashmi Meenakshi Viswanathan
Jeffrey J. Snyder Ari Zatlin
Jason Andrew Vrooman
Emilia Soldani Danielle Zheng
Gauri Satish Wable
Maria Carmen Soliz Urrutia Mo Zhou
David Wachsmuth
Delia Laura Solomons Lizheng Zhu
Tamika Nadine Walker
Olla Solomyak Ruth Lauren Zisman
Li Wan
Jinsook Son Naomi Ziv

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Graduate School of Arts & 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

Kathleen T. Talvacchia
Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs

David P. Giovanella
Assistant Dean for Graduate Enrollment Services
Director, The Master’s College

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DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS

Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Studies Humanities and Social Thought
(Draper Program)
Ancient World, Study of the
International Relations
Anthropology
Irish and Irish-American Studies
Applied Quantitative Research
Italian Studies
Atmosphere Ocean Science
Journalism
Basic Medical Sciences (Sackler Institute)
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Bioethics
Law and Society
Biology
Linguistics
Chemistry
Mathematics
Cinema Studies
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Classics
Museum Studies
Comparative Literature
Music
Computational Biology
Near Eastern Studies
Computer Science
Neural Science
Creative Writing
Performance Studies
Data Science
Philosophy
East Asian Studies
Physics
Economics
Politics
English
Psychology
Environmental Health Sciences
Religious Studies
Ergonomics and Biomechanics
Russian and Slavic Studies
European and Mediterranean Studies
Social and Cultural Analysis
Fine Arts
Sociology
French
Spanish and Portuguese
French Studies
Languages and Literatures
German
Trauma and Violence
Hebrew and Judaic Studies Transdisciplinary Studies
Historical and Sustainable Architecture
History

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Graduate School of Arts & 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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