2017-Tufts-Commencement-Program.pdf

Commencement

2017

Tufts University

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Medford/Somerville

Massachusetts

161

ST Commencement

School of Arts and Sciences

School of Engineering

School of Medicine and Sackler School of

Graduate Biomedical Sciences

School of Dental Medicine

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman

School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life

Commencement

2017

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COMMENCEMENT 2017 3

Table of Contents

Welcome from the President 5

Overview of the Day 7

Graduation Ceremony Times and Locations 8

University Commencement 11

Dear Alma Mater 14

Tuftonia’s Day

Academic Mace

Academic Regalia

Recipients of Honorary Degrees 15

School of Arts and Sciences 21

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

School of Engineering

School of Medicine and Sackler School 65

of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

Public Health and Professional 78

Degree Programs

School of Dental Medicine 89

The Fletcher School of Law 101

and Diplomacy

Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine 115

The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman 123

School of Nutrition Science and Policy

COMMENCEMENT 2017 5

Welcome from the President

This year marks the 161st Commencement exercises held at Tufts University. This is always the

high point of the academic year, and we welcome all of you from around the world to campus for

this joyous occasion—the culmination of our students’ intellectual and personal journeys.

Today’s more than 2,500 graduates arrived at Tufts with diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

They have followed rigorous courses of study on our four Massachusetts campuses while enriching

the life of our academic community. As Tufts students, many of them have studied or conducted

research across this country and internationally. Many have also provided expert clinical care as part

of their education. And they have brought our commitment to active citizenship to life through generous

service to community, neighborhood, and governmental organizations. As graduates, they will join more

than 100,000 members of our global alumni community in representing Tufts around the world. We hope

they will stay connected with Tufts and know that their careers and accomplishments throughout their

lifetime will give us cause for pride.

Award-winning television writer, creator, director, showrunner, executive producer, and feature

ﬁlm screenwriter Kenya Barris will deliver the Commencement address to the Class of 2017. The

Emmy-nominated Barris is best known as the creator, executive producer, and co-showrunner of the

hit ABC television series Black-ish, which is critically acclaimed for its ability to tackle challenging and

provocative topics in thoughtful, funny, and entertaining ways. We are delighted to welcome him to the

Hill to address our graduates, their families, and the Tufts community.

The Board of Trustees has voted to award honorary doctorates to Kenya Barris and six other distinguished

honorees in recognition of their achievements and contributions in their chosen ﬁelds. All of them offer our

graduates examples of accomplishment and service. A total of 20 members of the faculty and administration

have been named to emeritus status, and we will recognize their contributions to the life of the university

over a truly remarkable total of more than 675 cumulative years of service to Tufts.

At Tufts’ ﬁrst Commencement—on July 8, 1857—three students received their degrees at a ceremony

featuring addresses in Latin. While much has changed since then, Tufts remains committed to education

and opportunity. Faculty, staff, families, and friends have all played a central role in our students’ education.

Thank you for joining us in congratulating our graduates and wishing them all the best for the future.

Sincerely,

Anthony P. Monaco

President

COMMENCEMENT 2017 7

Tufts University Commencement

Overview of the Day

#Tufts2017

8:45–9:00 a.m.

8:45 a.m.

*9:00 a.m.

*9:30 a.m.

*11:00 a.m.

*11:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

*Times are approximate

MUSICAL PRELUDE

ALIGNMENT

Degree candidates assemble in areas as designated by marching order card or school.

SCHOOL AREA

Liberal Arts, Jackson College, In front of Braker Hall, Fletcher tennis courts,

Engineering, SMFA Tisch Library roof, in front of Miller Hall

(as designated by marching cards)

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Fletcher tennis courts

Engineering Graduate Programs

Medical/Sackler In front of Eaton Hall

Dental Carmichael Dining Hall

Fletcher Blakeley Hall Courtyard

Cummings/Veterinary In front of Eaton Hall

Friedman/Nutrition In front of Eaton Hall

Chapel bells begin ringing (last warning for alignment)

PHASE I

Academic procession begins when the bells stop ringing.

ALL-UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY BEGINS

RECESSIONALEND OF ALLUNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT

PHASE II

Ceremonies for individual schools, colleges, and departments follow the main

Commencement ceremony at the locations listed below:

School of Arts and Sciences: Various locations and times (see page 8). School of the Museum of

Fine Arts at Tus Phase II will take place at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston at 6:00 p.m.

School of Engineering: e Green, 11:30 a.m.

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Students should attend the Arts and Sciences departmental

ceremony for their specic discipline.

School of Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences:

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE DEGREE AND SACKLER GRADUATE DEGREE CEREMONY:

Gantcher Family Sports and Convocation Center, 11:30 a.m.

PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PROGRAMS CEREMONY (M.P.H., M.S.-

Health Comm., M.S.-Medical Science, M.S.-PREP, M.B.S.): Reception in Alumnae Lounge, 11:30 a.m.,

followed by diploma ceremony in Cohen Auditorium, 1:30 p.m.

School of Dental Medicine: Carmichael Quad, 11:30 a.m.

e Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy: Fletcher Field, 11:30 a.m.

Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine: Graon campus, 3:00 p.m.

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy: Cohen Auditorium, 11:30 a.m.

Viewing the Ceremony from Indoors

Guests are invited to view the all-university ceremony from several sites around campus.

These rooms will be open at 8:00 a.m. All are handicapped-accessible.

The following sites will be screening the ceremony:

arnum Hall, Room 008

Cabot Intercultural Center, ASEAN Auditorium

ohen Auditorium

Cousens Athletic Complex

Rain Plan

Regardless of weather, Phase I and indoor or tented ceremonies in Phase II will take place.

Note for Guests: Please refrain from taking photos in the stage area

uring the ceremonies.

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Graduation Ceremonies: School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering

Phase II

Lunch will be served on the lawn adjacent to Tisch Library.

Africana Studies:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony in

the tent at Ellis Oval, preceded

by lunch.

American Studies:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony in

the tent at Ellis Oval, preceded

by lunch.

Anthropology:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony in

the tent at Bromeld-Pearson,

preceded by lunch.

Arabic:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in Cousens Athletic Complex,

followed by lunch.

Archaeology:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent at Ellis Oval,

followed by lunch.

Art History/Architecture:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent at Ellis Oval,

followed by lunch.

Asian Studies:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony on

The Green (between Ballou Hall

and Bendetson Hall), preceded

by lunch.

Biology:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent on Alumni Field,

followed by lunch.

Chemistry:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent on Ellis Oval,

followed by lunch.

Child Study and Human

Development:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony in

Cousens Athletic Complex,

preceded by lunch.

Chinese:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in Cousens Athletic Complex,

followed by lunch.

Classics:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent at Ellis Oval,

followed by lunch.

Cognitive and Brain Sciences:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony in the

tent on Alumni Field, preceded

by lunch.

Community Health:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent on Alumni Field,

followed by lunch.

Computer Science:

(Arts and Sciences) 1:30–3:00

p.m., ceremony in the tent on

J Field, preceded by lunch.

(See also Engineering School)

Drama and Dance:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in Distler Hall, Granoff Music

Center, followed by lunch.

Earth and Ocean Studies:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent on Alumni Field,

followed by lunch.

Economics:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent on J Field, followed

by lunch.

Education:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent at Bromeld-Pearson,

followed by lunch.

Engineering School:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

on The Green (between Ballou

Hall and Bendetson Hall),

followed by lunch. (Includes

Biomedical Engineering,

Chemical and Biological

Engineering, Civil and

Environmental Engineering,

Computer Science, Electrical

and Computer Engineering, the

Gordon Institute of Engineering

Management, and Mechanical

Engineering)

English:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony in

the tent at Ellis Oval, preceded

by lunch.

Environmental Studies:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent on Alumni Field,

followed by lunch.

Film & Media Studies:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent on Ellis Oval,

followed by lunch.

French:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in Cousens Athletic Complex,

followed by lunch.

German:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in Cousens Athletic Complex,

followed by lunch.

Greek:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent at Ellis Oval,

followed by lunch.

History:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent at Ellis Oval,

followed by lunch.

International Literary and

Visual Studies:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in Cousens Athletic Complex,

followed by lunch.

International Relations:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony on

The Green (between Ballou Hall

and Bendetson Hall), preceded

by lunch.

Italian Studies:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in Cousens Athletic Complex,

followed by lunch.

Japanese:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in Cousens Athletic Complex,

followed by lunch.

Judaic Studies:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in Cousens Athletic Complex,

followed by lunch.

Languages (International

Literary and Cultural Studies,

and Romance Languages):

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in Cousens Athletic Complex,

followed by lunch.

Latin:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent on Ellis Oval,

followed by lunch.

Latin American Studies:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony on

The Green (between Ballou Hall

and Bendetson Hall), preceded

by lunch.

Mathematics:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony in

the tent at J Field, preceded by

lunch.

Middle Eastern Studies:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in Cousens Athletic Complex,

followed by lunch.

Music:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in Distler Hall, Granoff Music

Center, followed by lunch.

Occupational erapy:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony in

Distler Hall, Granoff Music

Center, preceded by lunch.

Peace and Justice Studies:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony in

the tent at Bromeld-Pearson,

preceded by lunch.

Philosophy:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent at Ellis Oval,

followed by lunch.

Physics:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent on Alumni Field,

followed by lunch.

Political Science:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony on

The Green (between Ballou Hall

and Bendetson Hall), preceded

by lunch.

Psychology:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony at the

tent on Alumni Field, preceded

by lunch.

Religion:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony in

the tent at Bromeld-Pearson,

preceded by lunch.

Russian:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in Cousens Athletic Complex,

followed by lunch.

School of the Museum of Fine

Arts at Tus:

6:00 p.m., ceremony at the

Museum of Fine Arts, Shapiro

Courtyard, Boston.

Sociology:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony in

the tent at Bromeld-Pearson,

followed by lunch.

Spanish:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in Cousens Athletic Complex,

followed by lunch.

Urban and Environmental

Policy and Planning:

1:30–3:00 p.m., ceremony in

Balch Arena Theater, Aidekman

Arts Center, preceded by lunch.

Women’s, Gender, and

Sexuality Studies:

11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., ceremony

in the tent at Bromeld-Pearson,

followed by lunch.

COMMENCEMENT 2017 9

Shuttle Stops

Campus Loop and

Davis Square

Information Booths

Packard Avenue in front of West

Hall, near Eaton Hall, in front of

Tisch Library, Cousens Athletic

Complex, Mayer Campus

Center, Granoff Music Center

Handicapped Drop-off

Packard Avenue, next to

The Green

Web Viewing Areas

Barnum Hall, Cabot Center,

Cohen Auditorium,

Cousens Athletic Complex

First Aid

Patrons needing medical

attention should notify any

uniformed ofﬁcial

Graduation Ceremony Locations

[Cummings School Phase II held

on Grafton campus; SMFA Phase

II held in Boston at the Museum of

Fine Arts]

Restrooms

Behind West Hall, in front of the tennis courts

on Packard Avenue, near Alumni Field, Blakeley

Hall Parking, and at the Mayer Campus Center

Restrooms for the Disabled

Cabot Center, Barnum Hall, Olin Center,

Mayer Campus Center, Aidekman

Arts Center

Food Service

Mayer Campus Center, Cousens

Athletic Complex

Medford/Somerville Campus Map

WINTHROP STREET

PROFESSORS ROW

BOSTON AVENUE

PACKARD AVENUE

CURTIS STREET

LATIN WAY

Carmichael

Hall

Carmichael Quad

Miller Hall

Cabot Center

Olin Center

West Hall

Bendetson Hall

Packard Hall

East Hall

Braker Hall

Lincoln

Filene

Hall

Paige Hall

Miner Hall

Tisch Library

Ballou

Hall

Goddard

Chapel

Mayer Campus Center

Granoff Family Hillel Center

Hillside

Dormitory

Hallowell Hall

Eaton Hall

Fletcher Field

Parking

COLLEGE AVENUE

Post Office

TALBOT AVENUE

COLLEGE AVENUE

BOSTON AVENUE

COLLEGE AVENUE

PROFESSORS ROW

SAWYER AVENUE

Hodgdon Hall

Dewick-

MacPhie

Alumnae Lounge

To Davis Sq.

Shuttle

Service

Pearson Hall

Cohen

Auditorium

Aidekman

Arts Center

Alumni

Field

BOSTON AVENUE

Blakeley Hall

Balch

Arena

Theater

Distler Hall,

Granoff

Music

Center

CAPEN STREET EXTENSION

POWDERHOUSE BOULEVARD

PACKARD AVENUE

Ellis

Oval

Baronian

Fieldhouse

J Field

South Hall

Latin Way

Dorm

Haskell Hall

Lewis Hall

Tilton Hall

FAIRMOUNT STREET

Barnum

Hall

Lower Campus

Garage

Richardson

House

Lane

Hall

The Green

Tisch Lawn

ASEAN Auditorium

51 Winthrop Street

Anderson

Hall

574 Boston Ave.

Bromfield-

Pearson

Robinson

Hall

COLLEGE AVENUE

Gantcher

Family Sports

and Convocation

Center

Cousens

Athletic

Complex

Eliot-

Pearson

Steve Tisch

Sports and

Fitness

Center

GEORGE STREET

George

St.

Dowling Hall

Central

Energy Plant

Science and

Engineering

Complex

574 Boston Ave.

To Davis Square

Class Year Abbreviations

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A College of Liberal Arts

D Dental School

DG Dental Certificate Master’s Degree

E Engineering School

F Fletcher School

G Graduate School

H Honorary Degree

J Jackson College

M Medical School

SK Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

SMFA School of the Museum of Fine Arts

N Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

P Parent of Student

V Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

161ST COMMENCEMENT

University Commencement

Commencement

2017

12 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

University Commencement

Order of Events

Musical Prelude Tufts University Wind Ensemble

John McCann, Director

Commencement Marshal Paul J. Tringale, Secretary of the Corporation

Processional

Presenter Boris Hasselblatt, Professor of Mathematics

Alumni Marshal Christopher Goguen, Representing the 25th Reunion Class

National Anthem Lauren Jacobs A17

Paul Matthews A17

James Mullahoo A17

Aurora Phillips A17

Invocation The Reverend Gregory McGonigle, University Chaplain

Welcome Anthony P. Monaco, President of the University

Conferring of Honorary Degrees Anthony P. Monaco, President

Recipients of Honorary Degrees Kenya Barris, Doctor of Humane Letters

Bruce J. Baum, Doctor of Science

Sean B. Carroll, Doctor of Science

Maria Contreras-Sweet, Doctor of Public Service

Joyce Cummings, Doctor of Public Service

Jean McGuire, Doctor of Public Service

Joseph W. Polisi, Doctor of Fine Arts

The Commencement Address Kenya Barris

Recipient of Dean Emerita Certificate Naomi Rosenberg, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

COMMENCEMENT 2017 13

University Commencement

Order of Events

Recipients of Emeritus/a Certificates Benjamin E. Bierbaum, School of Medicine

Lennig W. Chang, School of Medicine

David A. Damassa, School of Medicine

Margery W. Davies, School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering

Joseph F. DeBold, School of Arts and Sciences

Susan Gwenn Ernst, School of Arts and Sciences

Sol Gittleman, School of Arts and Sciences

David M. Guss, School of Arts and Sciences

Jean Herbert, School of Arts and Sciences

Phillip J. Holcomb, School of Arts and Sciences

Ray Jackendoff, School of Arts and Sciences

Stephen H. Levine, School of Engineering

Laura Liscum, School of Medicine

Karina F. Meiri, School of Medicine

Edward A. Nalebuff, School of Medicine

Heber Carl Neilsen, School of Medicine

Christiane Zehl Romero, School of Arts and Sciences

Naomi Rosenberg, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

Brian S. Schaffhausen, School of Medicine

Barbara W. Stechenberg, School of Medicine

Conferring of Degrees in Course Anthony P. Monaco, President

Peter R. Dolan, Chairman, Board of Trustees

David R. Harris, Provost and Senior Vice President

Remarks Peter R. Dolan, Chairman, Board of Trustees

Closing Anthony P. Monaco, President

Benediction Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, Jewish Chaplain

After the benediction and recessional of the platform party and the faculty, graduates’

guests are invited to attend the second portion of the Commencement exercises at the

various sites.

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University Commencement

Dear Alma Mater

Leo R. Lewis A1887

We con beside thy knee,

Dear Alma Mater,

Earth’s book of mystery,

Dear Alma Mater,

We track the storied past,

Dear Alma Mater,

Over plains of learning vast,

Dear Alma Mater,

Speed on thy sunlit way,

Dear Alma Mater,

We vow new faith today,

Dear Alma Mater!

May glory light thy name,

Dear Alma Mater,

All thy children sing thy fame,

Dear Alma Mater, for aye!

Tuftonia’s Day

Elliot Wright Hayes A1916

Steady and true, rush along, Brown and Blue.

Raise a mighty score today.

Fearless tear down the ﬁeld and never yield!

Brown and Blue, Brown and Blue for aye!

Hammer them hard, boys, and break through their guard.

That is old Tuftonia’s way.

And our glorious banner once again will wave o’er

Tuftonia’s Day.

T-u-f-t-s, T-u-f-t-s, Hurrah! Hurrah! for dear old Brown

and Blue!

Refrain:

Up on the Hill tonight all will be gay.

Victorious in the ﬁght, we’ll raise the standard of dear old

Tufts to glory!

Pile up a mighty score.

It’s bound to soar.

Now one goal more!

Nothing can stop us; it’s Tuftonia’s Day.

Academic Mace

Ceremonial maces were originally carried as a symbol of royal

authority, dating back to the Middle Ages. The academic mace

is a symbol of the authority invested in the president by the

university’s governing body. Tufts’ mace is adorned with a

medallion engraved with the ofﬁcial seal of the university and is

carried before the president in academic processions in formal

ceremonies such as commencement and inaugurations.

The mahogany stand displaying the mace was designed and built

by students from Medford Vocational Technical High School and

was presented to President Monaco in April 2015.

Academic Regalia

Traditional academic regalia has been worn by the Tufts faculty

since the Commencement of 1906. The gown for the Bachelor’s

degree has pointed sleeves and is designed to be worn closed.

The Master’s gown has elbow-length, pointed sleeves; the Doctor’s

gown has bell-shaped sleeves; both may be worn open or closed.

The Doctor’s gown is faced, and the sleeves are trimmed with

velvet. By its color and arrangement, the hood worn with the gown

indicates the wearer’s highest advanced degree, the ﬁeld in which

it was awarded, and the school from which it came. The lining of

the hood carries the school’s colors, brown and blue in the case of

Tufts. The velvet edging on the hood, wider for the Doctor’s degree

than for the Master’s degree, signiﬁes by its color the ﬁeld in which

the degree was designated. Master of Science and Doctor of Science

hoods are trimmed in yellow; Engineering in orange; Medicine in

green; Dental Medicine in lilac; Doctor of Philosophy in blue; and

Veterinary Medicine in grey. The mortarboard or Oxford-type cap

is the one usually worn, but of late, the soft cap, which resembles

an oversized beret, has come into favor because of its comfort.

Tassels, other than the universally accepted black, may indicate

by the various colors the ﬁeld of learning in which the degree is

earned, while the gold tassel generally signiﬁes a doctoral degree.

Many foreign universities show great diversity, following traditions

that extend back for centuries.

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Recipients of Honorary Degrees

Asked to review a formal program bio, KENYA BARRIS’

instinct is to send up the pious conventions of the genre.

“What can be said about a man who has a neck tattoo on

his tongue?” he suggests it begin. “From arthritis research to

subsistence farming, Kenya Barris has done it all. The proud

recipient of a prestigious 1998 Federal Tax Lien…” But

Barris’ accomplishments are in fact very real—as a writer,

director, showrunner, and producer whose work blends

comedy and social commentary in the tradition of Norman

Lear and Spike Lee.

His Emmy-nominated, Golden Globe-winning show

Black-ish just finished its third season, and Barris has earned

it. He sold 19 pilots before he finally got Black-ish on the air.

The series centers on Andre “Dre” Johnson, who, like Barris,

is the father of a large family, the husband of a doctor, and

a highly successful Black professional with inner-city roots

who’s often bewildered by the world of privilege in which his

children grow up.

Barris was raised by his divorced mother in a low-

income neighborhood of Los Angeles. Midway through

his childhood, the family relocated to the more affluent

neighborhood of Hancock Park, a move up the socio-

economic ladder that was life-changing for Barris. “We sort

of went up a rung, and I was just at that age where I was old

enough to see both sides, so that really influenced who I

am,” he recalled during an interview with NPR’s Fresh Air

in 2016.

He attended Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse

College in Atlanta, where he got involved in the Atlanta

comedy scene doing stand-up that he describes as “meh.”

Back in Los Angeles, he began writing for television,

including the sitcom Sister/Sister, the late-night The

Keenan Ivory Wayans Show, the Showtime drama series

Soul Food, and the comedies Listen Up, Like Family,

The Game, Girlfriends, and I Hate My Teenage Daughter.

Together with his childhood friend, model Tyra Banks,

he co-created the reality TV blockbuster America’s Next Top

Model, which has run on VH1 for twenty-three seasons. He

also wrote and created BET’s The Start Up and Hulu’s first

half-hour comedy series, We Got Next. His first feature film,

Barbershop: The Next Cut, was released in 2016.

Black-ish premiered on ABC in 2014 and has received

critical and audience acclaim. Barris has penned the

particularly topical episodes: one about police violence

titled “Hope,” and one that closely followed the 2016

presidential election, “Lemons.”

“We want to start a conversation,” Barris told the

New York Times after the broadcast. “We try to do it in a

way that’s entertaining and doesn’t feel saccharine or like

we’re on a pulpit.”

This past year, Kenya has co-created the hour-long pilot

Unit Zero starring Toni Collette and the half-hour pilot

Libby & Malcolm starring Courtney B. Vance and Felicity

Huffman. He’s also developing several projects with 20th

Century Fox Film, including White Men Can’t Jump,

Cheaper by the Dozen, and Stir Crazy.

Barris will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane

Letters degree.

BRUCE BAUM, D71, believes that research provides the

intellectual underpinnings of dentistry. During his long

tenure at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Baum

has applied the tools of inquiry and scientific discovery to

transform theory into treatments that improve patients’

quality of life. His expertise is in the field of gene transfer,

the process of inserting new genetic material into cells.

He has led promising research on using gene transfer to

treat patients with damaged salivary glands—primarily

those who have undergone radiation for head or neck

cancers, or who have certain autoimmune diseases—

and the chronic, debilitating dry mouth that can ensue.

Baum is a scientist emeritus at the National Institute

of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of

the NIH, in Bethesda, Maryland. He began his career at

the NIH five years after graduating from Tufts University

School of Dental Medicine. But it was during dental school,

under the guidance and mentorship of several of his

professors, that Baum’s interest turned toward research

as a way to benefit patients.

“As health-care professionals, we are obligated to

improve the standard of care available. I was taught that

lesson on my first day at Tufts” by then-Dean Louis Calisti,

Baum said in 2009, during a keynote address at Bates-

Andrews Day, the dental school’s annual student research

fair. His first NIH position was at the National Heart,

Lung, and Blood Institute. He eventually moved to the

NIDCR, where his group focused on salivary glands, and

he eventually became chief of the NIDCR’s Gene Therapy

and Therapeutics Branch. By the early 1990s, he hit upon

the idea that emerging gene transfer technology might be a

way to restore damaged salivary glands and provide relief

to patients who not only battled the parching discomfort

of dry mouth, but who faced a higher risk for other health

conditions as a result.

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Recipients of Honorary Degrees

The idea bore fruit. Baum and his colleagues conducted

the first-ever clinical study of gene transfer in a human

salivary gland. In research published in 2012 in the

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they

demonstrated that a gene that expresses a protein that

forms new water channels could be safely transferred

into a person and improve salivary secretion. “You cannot

imagine how fulfilling it is to jot down an idea on a napkin

in 1991 and then see it enter a clinical trial and help people,”

Baum said of the discovery.

Baum has maintained an interest in health sciences

education and is the former director of the NIH Medical

Research Scholars Program, in which medical, dental, and

veterinary students spend a year at the NIH in Bethesda

studying and conducting research. He is an advocate for

including more biological sciences in dental education

and for helping students develop critical-thinking skills.

Baum, who holds a doctorate in biochemistry from

Boston University, has served on multiple journal editorial

boards and on dental school review panels. Among many

honors, Baum was elected to the National Academy of

Medicine in 2007. He is a former member of the board of

advisors to Tufts School of Dental Medicine and received the

Tufts Alumni Association’s highest honor, the Distinguished

Service Award, in 2002.

Tufts will award him an honorary Doctor of Science degree.

When

SEAN B. CARROLL, SK83, was growing up in

Toledo, Ohio, he kept all types of snakes, fascinated by

the beautiful and intricate patterns on some of their skins.

Searching in nature for other kinds of patterns—the rules

that govern life—has become his life’s work. The Allan

Wilson Professor of Molecular Biology, Genetics, and

Medical Genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

and vice president for science education at the Howard

Hughes Medical Institute, the largest private supporter of

science education activities in the United States, Carroll is

an internationally recognized evolutionary biologist and

science communicator.

Carroll graduated from Washington University in

St. Louis in two years and came to Tufts, earning a Ph.D.

in immunology from the Sackler School of Graduate

Biomedical Sciences. He became consumed with the

question of how animals develop, and is now recognized

as a pioneer in the field of evolutionary developmental

biology. Early on, he studied how fruit fly wings are

patterned from their earliest stages and demonstrated

how genes known to have key roles in the development of

one insect work differently in other bugs, pointing to early

evolutionary origins.

“What really distinguishes Sean is his ability to bring

together molecular biology and genetics with classical

questions of evolutionary biology. He has an outstanding

sense of how to approach old questions in new ways,” said

Matthew Scott, a professor of developmental biology at

Stanford University and a former fellow Howard Hughes

Medical Institute investigator. The two collaborated

studying the embryonic development of fruit flies.

Carroll is a recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Medal

in Life Science from The Franklin Institute and has been

elected to the National Academy of Sciences and named

a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

and the American Association for the Advancement of

Science. Last year he received the Lewis Thomas Prize for

Writing about Science, recognizing his body of work. His

books include Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2005), which

the Guardian called “one of the essential books of our

time, explaining for a general audience how the shapes of

organisms are produced by genes,” as well as The Making of

the Fittest (2006) and Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures

in the Search for the Origins of Species, which was a finalist

for the 2009 National Book Award for nonfiction. His most

recent book is The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Understand

How Life Works and Why It Matters (2016). In a review of

his latest work, the Financial Times called Carroll “one of

the top storytellers in contemporary science.” Carroll is

also the architect of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s

science filmmaking initiative, and has served as an executive

producer and on-screen presenter for a number of feature

and short films for outlets including PBS, the Smithsonian

Channel, and IMAX.

For his work in education, he has received the Stephen

Jay Gould Prize for the Improvement of the Understanding

of Evolution from the Society for the Study of Evolution, the

Distinguished Service Award of the National Association of

Biology Teachers, and the Viktor Hamburger Outstanding

Educator Award from the Society for Developmental

Biology, as well as numerous honorary lectureships.

Carroll was named one of America’s most promising

leaders under 40 by Time magazine in 1994.

Tufts will award the Sackler School alumnus an

honorary Doctor of Science degree.

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After moving to the United States from her native Mexico

when she was five, MARIA CONTRERAS-SWEET watched

her single mother struggle to find a job to support her

six children. She imagined a brighter future for her kids.

Contreras-Sweet recalls soon after that boasting to her

grandmother that she had just become the third-grade

milk monitor. Her grandmother Emilia said then, “It’s not

the titles you have, it’s what you do with the titles you have

that really matters.” This notion seeded her early dedication

to public service.

Contreras-Sweet’s trailblazing career has spanned the

private sector and government service, from corporate

officer to U.S. Cabinet member, serving in President

Barack Obama’s administration as the head of the U.S.

Small Business Administration (SBA). At the SBA, she

oversaw the world’s largest business counseling network,

the federal small-business contracting program, and a $120

billion loan program. During her nomination, President

Obama said that when Contreras-Sweet founded her bank,

“she helped small businesses get their good ideas off the

ground, to expand, to hire, to sell their products and ideas,

not only in our domestic markets, but also overseas.”

When she immigrated to California, Contreras-Sweet

spoke no English, but as she learned her new language,

she excelled. “Once you learn any language—whether it’s

English or the language of business, medicine, or law, you

can get in the game and succeed,” Contreras-Sweet said.

Earlier in her career, she served as vice president of public

affairs for the 7-Up/RC Bottling Company, where she was a

leading corporate negotiator for the creation of the Beverage

Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, which led to

the largest expansion of California’s recycling system.

As California’s Cabinet Secretary of the Business,

Transportation, and Housing Agency from 1999 to 2003,

Contreras-Sweet managed 44,000 employees, a $14 billion

budget, and fourteen departments. She led the creation

of the state’s Department of Managed Health Care and its

Office of the Patient Advocate. During California’s energy

crisis in the early 2000s, she chaired the finance committee

of the state’s electric power grid, helping to stabilize the

energy market.

In 2006, Contreras-Sweet took on a new challenge,

founding ProAmérica Bank, which finances small- and

mid-sized businesses, especially those run by Latino

entrepreneurs. She left the bank to serve on President

Obama’s Cabinet.

Her generous volunteerism includes co-founding

The California Endowment, a $3 billion health-related

philanthropy; serving as a U.S. Senate appointee to the

Federal Glass Ceiling Commission, advocating for the

advancement of women and minorities in the public and

private sector; and founding Hispanas Organized for

Political Equality, which seeks political and economic

parity for Hispanic women.

In recognition of her international leadership, the

Global Entrepreneurship Congress established the

Maria Contreras-Sweet Award for Global Impact.

Maria’s grandmother would encourage her to work

hard so that someday she could work in an office and be

a secretary. “Little did she know that I would hold office

and become California’s Cabinet Secretary of Business,

Transportation, and Housing.”

Tufts will award Contreras-Sweet an honorary Doctor

of Public Service degree.

JOYCE CUMMINGS, J97P, M97P, has blazed a trail in both

local and international philanthropy, alongside her husband,

William (Bill) Cummings, A58, H06, J97P, M97P.

In May 2011, after quietly contributing to the local

community for many years, Joyce and Bill were the first

Massachusetts family to join the Giving Pledge. Through

this charitable-giving pact created by Bill and Melinda

Gates and Warren Buffett, some of the world’s wealthiest

individuals have pledged to donate at least half of their assets

for philanthropic purposes. Joyce explained in a speech to

the Boston Foundation that their public commitment had

two purposes. “The first was to encourage others to get

involved with philanthropy and to give what they could,”

she said. The second was to make their new grant-making

foundation more widely known—so it could do more good.

Joyce serves as a trustee for Cummings Foundation,

which was founded in 1986 and is now one of the largest

private foundations in New England. It has awarded more

than $160 million to nonprofits serving a broad range of

causes in the greater Boston area, including human services,

education, health care, and social justice.

Joyce and Bill have been extraordinary supporters

of Tufts University. In 2005, Cummings Foundation

committed $50 million to what is now known as Cummings

School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts, the only veterinary

school in New England, in recognition of its critical

role in combating global pandemics and advancing the

Massachusetts biotechnology industry. Bill is a trustee

emeritus of the university.

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Through the foundation’s Institute for World Justice, the

couple supports education to help prevent future genocides

and, in Rwanda, collaborative efforts with Partners In

Health and others to aid in the post-genocide recovery

and rebuilding of that East African nation. Joyce and Bill

were inspired to confront societal conditions that might

lead to genocide after a 2009 trip to Israel, during which

they heard Holocaust survivor Eliezer Ayalon speak in

Jerusalem. Joyce told the Boston Globe that on the flight

home, “We looked at each other and said, ‘We have to do

something. We can’t just go back home to our happy-go-

lucky life.’ ”

The couple already has given away most of their fortune.

“They’ve almost behaved as if the money really wasn’t

theirs from the very beginning,” Tufts University President

Emeritus Lawrence Bacow told the Boston Globe in 2011.

“They’ve been stewards for it.”

During an address at Endicott College’s commencement

ceremony last year, Joyce noted that at many points in their

life together, she and Bill had dreams about public service

that exceeded their financial capacity to give. However, she

told the students that “as you begin to give, you find there

are infinite ways to ‘do’ philanthropy. Time and talent are as

helpful as money.”

Joyce Cummings is a past president of En Ka Society

of Winchester, Massachusetts, a women’s service

organization, and a former trustee of Massachusetts Eye

and Ear, where she worked as a hospital dietitian. She was

a longtime member of the boards of trustees of Winchester

Community Music School and VNA Hospice Care of

Woburn, Massachusetts. A graduate of the University of

Alabama at Birmingham, she holds honorary degrees from

Endicott College and Salem State University.

Tufts will award her an honorary Doctor of Public

Service degree.

When

JEAN Mc GUIRE, G63, was interviewed in the late

1980s about her work on the award-winning television

documentary Eyes on the Prize, about the civil rights

movement, she observed, “We all have the ability to do

something good. We just need the proper resources to

help make our goals and abilities possible.”

McGuire made sure tens of thousands of urban

schoolchildren had those resources as executive director

of METCO, the Metropolitan Council for Educational

Opportunity, which is the nation’s longest continuously

running voluntary school desegregation program.

For more than four decades, she championed METCO’s

vision to provide students in underfunded Boston schools

the enriching education afforded by wealthier suburban

school districts. She was also the first black woman to win a

seat on the Boston School Committee, in 1981.

McGuire grew up in the Boston area, and then went

to Washington, D.C., to attend high school. She attended

Howard University for three years before getting married,

and later earned a B.S. in education from Boston State

College (it merged with University of Massachusetts Boston

in 1982). She earned a master’s degree in education from

Tufts in 1963.

As a young teacher in the Boston public school system,

she found herself in the midst of turmoil. The Massachusetts

Racial Imbalance Act of 1965 catalyzed the desegregation

of the city’s public schools, a mandate that ignited strong

opposition. At the same time, pressure from black parents,

frustrated with the Boston public schools and the Boston

School Committee, gave rise to METCO, a grassroots

program launched in 1966 with funding from the

Carnegie Foundation.

METCO offered a different approach to school

desegregation: the voluntary transfer of students to other

school districts. METCO aimed to expand opportunities

for students in underfunded school districts, increase

diversity in suburban schools, and give all students an

enriching, integrated learning experience. In its first year,

seven Massachusetts school districts (Braintree, Lincoln,

Arlington, Brookline, Lexington, Newton, and Wellesley)

began accepting Boston public school students.

McGuire was on board. She had witnessed how

predominantly African-American schools often lacked

even basic supplies. She became METCO’s fourth executive

director in 1973 and oversaw the voluntary placement of

tens of thousands of students of color from Boston in 190

suburban schools.

She has served on the boards of organizations such as the

Boston Children’s Museum, Community Change Inc., and

the Black Educators’ Alliance of Massachusetts.

“She stood up for what was right, regardless of the

ramifications,” Barbara Fields, of the Black Educators’

Alliance of Massachusetts, told the Boston Globe. “She eats,

sleeps, dreams, and works by what is best for children…She

really is an icon and a legend and paved the way for those of

us who came after her.”

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After leading METCO for forty-three years, McGuire

stepped down in 2016. For her dedication to closing the

educational equity gap, she was named humanitarian

of the year in 2004 by the Boston Ethical Community;

in 2012, Community Change awarded her a lifetime

achievement award.

Tufts will award McGuire an honorary Doctor of

Public Service degree.

JOSEPH WILLIAM POLISI, F70, has been president of

The Juilliard School since 1984. In addition to serving

as an academic leader for more than forty years, he is an

accomplished bassoonist who is known for his influential

writing on public policy and the arts. Polisi is a champion of

the importance of a liberal arts education, even for the most

gifted performers. Many students have heeded his call to

balance hours sequestered in the practice room with active

engagement in the world around them. In his book of essays,

The Artist as Citizen, he wrote, “There should be no dividing

line between artistic excellence and social consciousness.”

Polisi first studied music with his father, William Polisi,

principal bassoonist with the New York Philharmonic and

a Juilliard faculty member. He continued playing as an

undergraduate at the University of Connecticut, although he

majored in political science. It was the Vietnam era, and he

was active on campus, serving on the student union’s board

of governors and organizing a popular speak-out forum

series. He went on to earn a master’s degree in international

relations at The Fletcher School.

Polisi worked briefly as a journalist, but soon realized

that his true passion was music. He enrolled at the Yale

University School of Music, earning a Master of Music

in 1973, a Master of Musical Arts in 1975, and a Doctor

of Musical Arts in 1980. He went on to become executive

officer of the Yale School of Music (1976–80), dean of

faculty at the Manhattan School of Music (1980–83), and

dean of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory

of Music (1983–84) before becoming the sixth president

of Juilliard.

At Juilliard, he led a $300 million capital campaign and

oversaw the construction of the school’s first on-campus

housing and a $199 million renovation of the main Juilliard

building, completed in 2009. His engagement with the

international community that was nurtured at Fletcher saw

new expression in 2010 when he founded Juilliard Global,

a program to bring Juilliard expertise to selected sites

around the world, and in 2014 he introduced Juilliard Global

Ventures, a major initiative to reach students in new locations

through site-based and digital education. A major component

of this initiative is the Tianjin Juilliard School, a branch

campus scheduled to open in China in September 2019.

He has championed the inclusion of liberal arts and

humanities courses in the Juilliard curriculum, believing

that performing artists need broad skills to advocate for

their art. “These artists must be not only communicative

through their art, but also knowledgeable about the

intricacies of their society—politically, economically,

socially—so that they can effectively work toward showing

the power of the arts to nations and their people,” he wrote.

In the same vein, he asks students to share their gifts at local

hospitals, nursing homes, and schools.

Polisi has performed as a soloist and chamber musician

throughout the United States. He has produced several

recordings, primarily focusing on contemporary American

music, and recorded a solo album of twentieth-century

bassoon music. He wrote a 2008 biography of composer and

arts administrator William Schuman, entitled American

Muse: The Life and Times of William Schuman.

Polisi will receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree.

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Commencement

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161ST COMMENCEMENT

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147TH COMMENCEMENT

School of Engineering

Commencement

2017

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School of Arts and Sciences

Order of Events

Undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Arts and Sciences participate in department ceremonies. The School of

Engineering holds one ceremony for all graduating students. Each celebration has a unique order of events that reﬂects the character

of the departments involved.

We invite you to enjoy the ceremonies (see page 8). The recognition of our students is well deserved. We congratulate all of our graduates

for their academic achievement and wish them well in the future.

Ceremony Hosts Joseph Auner, Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of Arts and Sciences

Nancy Bauer, Dean of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts and

Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of Arts and Sciences

Bárbara Brizuela, Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of Arts and Sciences

Robert G. Cook, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and

Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of Arts and Sciences

Kevin Dunn, Vice Provost

James M. Glaser, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences

Carmen Lowe, Dean of Academic Advising and Undergraduate Studies

Mary Pat McMahon, Dean of Student Affairs

Sinaia Nathanson, Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

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School of Engineering

Order of Events

The Green at 11:30 a.m.

Student and Faculty Processional

Master of Ceremonies Darryl Williams, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education

Presided by Ankur A. Sahu E91, University Trustee

Greetings Jianmin Qu, Ph.D., Dean

Remarks Ellen J. Kullman E78, A12P, Chair of the Board & CEO (Retired), Dupont Co.,

Wilmington, DE and University Trustee Emerita

Presentation of Graduate Degrees Jianmin Qu, Ph.D., Dean

Karen Panetta, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Education

Mark Ranalli, M.B.A., Executive Director and Associate Dean,

Tufts Gordon Institute

Presentation of Undergraduate Degrees Jianmin Qu, Ph.D., Dean

Darryl Williams, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education

Department Chairs

Closing Remarks Jianmin Qu, Ph.D., Dean

Recessional

24 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering

Undergraduate Awards/Departmental Prizes and Scholarships

The Alpha Omicron Pi

Prize Scholarship

Olivia Olabamidele

Familusi A17

The Alpha Xi Delta Prize

Scholarship

Dylan Guydish A18

The Association of Tufts

Alumnae Seventy-Fifth

Anniversary Award

Sylvia M. Lustig E17

The Bennett Memorial

Scholarship

Charles E. McQuinn E17

The Benjamin G. Brown

Scholarship

Ryan P. Gill E17

Kanika Kamal A17

Zachary R. Pagel E17

Albert Park A17

Yisu Wang A17

The Gemma Cifarelli

Memorial Scholarship

Fatima Ajose A18

Allison C. Dorneo A18

Sopuruchukwu A. Ezenwa E18

The Prize Scholarship

of the Class of 1882

Emma R. Brown A17

Jorge Anton Garcia E17

Sydney M. Giacalone A17

Erica S. Schwartz A17

The Class of 1898 Prizes

Daniel A. Jacobini A17

Christopher Keyes E18

Maria Mo A18

The Class of 1911

Prize Scholarships

Koﬁ Asante A17

Shayne A. Brady A17

Paxton R. Crystal A17

Kirsten M. Jorgensen E17

Jed H. McKinney A17

The Class of 1942

Prize Scholarship

Ethan T. Bein A17

Phuong N. Dinh A17

Jason Fan A17

Alexander B. Trubowitz A17

Peter R. Zuckerman A17

The Community

Service Award

Lucy H. Zwigard A18

The Donald A. Cowdery

Memorial Scholarship

Anna M. Ellis A18

Lucy C. Kania A17

Ryan N. Kohl A17

Brian M. McGough A17

Charles L. Meyer A17

The De Florez Prize in

Human Engineering

Jacob R. Caccamo A17

Alexander P. Curtiss E17

The Alex Elias Memorial

Prize Scholarship

Stefanie R. Brunswick A17

Amanda C. Gottschalk A17

Keren A. Hendel A17

Speros G. Varinos A17

The Frederick Melvin

Ellis Prize

Alison Kuah A17

Nathan A. Majumder A17

Henry Seidel A18

Danielle R. Skufca E18

The Ivan Galantic

Special Achievement

in Humanities Prize

Aishvarya Arora A17

Miranda J. Willson A17

The Audrey Butvay Gruss

Science Award

Tal M. August A17

Tyler Chen A17

Jasper L. Du A17

Stacey A. Fair A17

Frederick V. Saia A17

The Audrey L. Hale Prize

Raquel Perez A17

MD Rasimul A. Rasim A17

The Ethel M. Hayes

Scholarship

Dominik M. Doemer A17

Soﬁa Mankin A18

The Karno Dean’s Award

for Academic Excellence

and Leadership

Ashley C. Alphonse A19

Trang T. Ngo E19

Christopher Wingard A19

The Lewis F. Manly

Memorial Prize

Mason F. Pulde A17

The Lt. Commander

Robert James Manning

Memorial Prize Fund

Andrew M. Bourhis E17

Maretta J. Morovitz E17

The Multicultural

Service Award

Nazifa N. Sarawat E17

The Ellen C. Myers

Memorial Prize

Iris V. Levine A20

John C. Merfeld A17

Samuel J. Nave E17

The Air Force ROTC

Prize Award

Ryan W. Friedman E19

The Army ROTC

Prize Award

Matthew A. Weinberg A17

The Navy V-12/NROTC

Memorial Prize

Saki Kitadai A17

Andrew J. Seiter A18

The Class of 1947

Victor Prather Prize

Peter R. Bernstein E17

Xizhao Chen A17

Jessica S. Dabrowski A17

The Pride on the Hill Award

Jonathan J. Moore A17

Christin A. Mujica A17

The Charles F. Seymour Jr.

Prize

James A. Williamson A18

Emma N. Wold A20

The Philip E. A. Sheridan,

M.D. Prize

Benjamin W. Kaplan A17

The Tufts University

Alumni Association Award

Becca L. Leibowitz A17

2017 Recipients of the

Presidential Award

for Civic Life

Arts & Sciences

Carissa Fleury A18

Benya Kraus A18

Christin Mujica A17

Michael Wang A17

Anissa Waterhouse A17

School of Engineering

Alexander Kim E17

Andre Newland E17

Cummings School of

Veterinary Medicine

Sarah Crain V18

The Fletcher School of

Law and Diplomacy

Ammar Karimjee F17

Angga Dwi Martha F17

Graduate School of

Arts and Sciences

Elise Harris AG17

School of Dental Medicine

Alexis Irby D17

Lauren Vargas D17

School of Medicine

Rebecca Lee M17

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School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering

Undergraduate Awards/Departmental Prizes and Scholarships

2017 Honos Civicus

Awardees

The Jonathan M. Tisch

College of Civic Life sponsors

the Honos Civicus Society to

honor and publicly recognize

graduating students who have

excelled in civic engagement.

The 2017 Honos Civicus

undergraduate inductees are:

Allison Aaronson A17

Rebekah Fehintola Abioye A17

Jordan Abosch A17

Jane Acker A17

Nitya Agrawal A17

Elizabeth Ahrens A17

Alison Aimers A17

Stephane Alexandre A17

Meaghan Annett A17

Lior Appel-Kraut A17

Koﬁ Asante A17

Sarah Bahn A17

Maya Ball-Burack A17

Shreya Bhatia A17

Natasha Blazer A17

Douglas Burt A17

Jewel Castle A17

Manal Cheema A17

Tenzin Chokki A17

Hayley B. Cohen E17

Hayley M. Cohen A17

Justin Corben A17

Leah Cubanski A17

Hnin Darle Lin A17

Saba Dave A17

Olivia Dehm A17

Joanna Dimas A17

Katia Domingues A17

Rita Donohoe A17

Christopher Dowd A17

Kelly Fahey A17

Alison Feinswog A17

Lucy Fell A17

Matthew Felsenfeld A17

Zachary Flicker A17

Betty Fong A17

Grant Fox A17

Jose Garcia A17

Antonia George A17

Diane Victoria Gibson A17

Joshua Golding A17

Georgia Goodman A17

Amanda Gottschalk A17

Adam Greenspan A17

Sarah Grimmett A17

Keren Hendel A17

Judy Hess A17

Emma Inhorn E17

Zaroug Jaleel A17

Alexander Jeremiah A17

Stephanie Jinno A17

Benjamin Kaplan A17

Serena Kassam A17

Menbereselassie Kebede A17

Kevin Kelly A17

Saki Kitadai A17

Sarah Koosis A17

Nayanika Kotagiri A17

Alison Kuah A17

Shaneece Lane A17

Zoe Lazarus A17

Madeleine Lebovic A17

Eun Youb Lee A17

Delta-Marie Lewis A17

Hannah Loss A17

Sarah Lubiner A17

Sophie Maki A17

Kristina McComb A17

John Tyler McCullough A17

Lushna Mehra A17

Nalisha Men A17

William Merchant A17

Isabel Merrin A17

Jonathan Moore A17

Eura Myrta A17

Nimarta Narang A17

Asha Nidumolu A17

Siobhan O’Neil A17

Raquel Perez A17

Courtnie Phillip A17

MD Rasimul Rasim A17

Jason Rathman A17

Alyssa Rivas A17

Katherine Saviano A17

Grace Segers A17

Gauri Seth A17

Jenna Sherman A17

Nikita Shukla A17

Shai Slotky A17

Michelle Sodipo A17

Avneet Soin A17

Emily Spak A17

Alexander Spring A17

Hannah Steinberg A17

Nathaniel Tran A17

Alexandria Trombley E17

Michael Wang A17

Anissa Waterhouse A17

Kayla Wies A17

Marian Woznica A17

Stephanie Yin A17

Anthropology

The Department of

Anthropology Prize

Sydney M. Giacalone A17

Archaeology

The Marianne J. H.

Witherby Prize in

Archaeology

Samantha J. Goldsmith A17

Art & Art History

The Architectural

Studies Prize

An R. Wang A17

The Art & Art History Prize

Chloe M. Hyman A17

Athletics

The Adrian M. Misic

Prize Fund

Amanda C. Gottschalk A17

Biology

The Thomas Harrison

Carmichael and Emily

Leonard Carmichael Prize

Scholarship

Annika L. Greenleaf A18

Albert Park A17

David R. Rose A17

Jason Levi Shaffer A17

Morgan M. Taylor A18

Jonah E. Zarrow A17

The Anna Quincy Churchill

Prize in General Biology

Grace M. Materne A20

Logan Y. Zhang A20

The Lily Glidden Award

Luca Guadagno A17

Anna D. Mason A19

The Paula Frazier Poskitt

Scholarship

Sidney J. Beecy A18

Chemistry

The R. M. Karapetoff Cobb

Chemistry Fund

Xinruo Guo A18

Laura B. Quinto A18

The Durkee Scholarships

Xizhao Chen A17

Jessica S. Dabrowski A17

Emily R. Lai A17

Kira Leigh Tomlinson A17

The Margaret Durkee

Angell and Henrietta Brown

Durkee Scholarship Fund

Ritah Chumdermpadetsuk A17

The Max Tishler Prize

Scholarship

Xinruo Guo A18

Laura B. Quinto A18

Henry Seidel A18

Child Development

The Eliot-Pearson

Department of Child

Development Prize

Yesenia R. Villanueva A17

Classics

The Boston Greek Prize

Matthew H. Chervin A18

The William Frank

Wyatt Prize

Alexander B. Trubowitz A17

The John W. and Katherine

L. Zarker Award for

Excellence in

Classical Studies

James A. Latimer A17

Community Health

The Janice Spencer Calkin

Community Health Award

Allison V. Kannam A18

Wilna Paulemon A18

Computer Science

The James Schmolze

Prize for Excellence in

Computer Science

Alice R. Lee E17

Drama/Dance

The Moses True Brown Prize

Peter V. Secrest A17

26 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering

Undergraduate Awards/Departmental Prizes and Scholarships

The Goddard

Rhetorical Prizes

Yuval Y. Ben-Hayun A17

Paxton R. Crystal A17

Blair J. Nodelman A17

The Greenwood Prize

Scholarship

Mitchell M. Katz A17

The Jane Anne Herman Prize

Mitchell M. Katz A17

Peter V. Secrest A17

The Stephen Sapuppo Prize

Jungwoo An A18

Peter V. Secrest A17

The Alice E. Trexler Dance

Studies Award

Jane D. Acker A17

Eleanor J. Agosta A17

Earth & Ocean Sciences

The James D. Hume Field

Geology Scholarship Prize

Mattison H. Barickman A18

The Robert L. Nichols

Scholarship Prize

Darby E. Young A17

The Charles E. Stearns

Scholarship Prize

Jacob A. Marsh A18

Economics

The Charles G. Bluhdorn

Prize in Economics

Ethan T. Bein A17

Jian Xiong Lim A17

Peter R. Zuckerman A17

The Marion Ricker

Houston Prize Scholarship

Michaela A. Beck A17

Amanda C. Gottschalk A17

Jordan D. Rosenthal-Kay A17

The Daniel Ounjian Prize

in Economics

Mia Ellis A18

Rachel Feller A18

English

The Mary Grant Charles

Prize Scholarship Fund

Marie E. Ee Si Qian A17

Samuel B. Gordon A17

The Morton N. Cohen

Creative Writing Award

Aishvarya Arora A17

The Mabel Daniels Prize in

Music and Literature

Benjamin M. Averill A17

Timothy S. Balton A17

The Department of

English Prize

Abigail E. McFee A17

Daniel A. Weaver A17

Environmental Studies

The Nancy W. Anderson

Award for Environmental

Sustainability

Shana A. Gallagher A17

History

The Daughters of

the Revolution Prize

Scholarship

Kerry E. Crowley A18

The Albert H. Imlah

European History Prize

Joshua P. Davis A18

Mallory K. Grider A19

The Albert H. Imlah

Excellence in History Prize

Elizabeth B. Boston A17

Samuel R. Pearl Schwartz A17

The Russell E. Miller

History Prize

Adriana Guardans-Godo A17

Andrew L. Wofford A17

International Literary

and Cultural Studies

The Arabic Language,

Culture and Literature Prize

Umar A. Shareef A17

Paul D. Stock A17

The Robert Asch Prize

Liam T. Flaherty A18

The Asian Studies Prize

Georgia A. Kay A17

The Chinese Language

and Literature Prize

Garon J. Lizana A17

The Chinese Program

Alumni Prize

Michael I. Rubinstein A17

Amanda J. Walencewicz A17

The International Literary

and Visual Studies Prize

Amanda J. Walencewicz A17

The Japanese Language

and Literature Prize

Chelsea M. Hayashi A17

The William Howell Reed

Prize in German

Elias J. Jarzombek A17

Anna S. Weissman A17

The Russian Prize

Caitlin E. Thompson A17

The Joseph and

Sara Stone Prize

Mollie Dixie Beek A17

Rayva Khanna A17

Anna Linton A17

Mathematics

The Martin

Guterman Award

Phong C. Hoang A20

The Ralph S. Kaye

Memorial Prize

Ryan N. Kohl A17

Charles L. Meyer A17

Music

The Professor William J.

King Applied Music Award

Graham Goudeau E17

The Outstanding

Achievement Award in the

Department of Music

Nia C. Hamilton A17

Lauren Y. Jacobs A17

The Etta and Harry

Winokur Award for

Outstanding Achievement

in Artistic or Scholarly Work

Eli W. Boninger E17

Megan C. McCormick A17

The Etta and Harry

Winokur Award for

Outstanding Contribution

to Performance

Charles H. Ewing A20

Philosophy

The Helen Morris

Cartwright Memorial Prize

Phuong N. Dinh A17

Zachary S. Flicker A17

Sarah L. Tilton A17

Physics

The Amos Emerson

Dolbear Scholarship

Anastasia Korolov A17

The N. Hobbs Knight Prize

Scholarship in Physics

Sarah Elghor A17

Andrew M. Mascioli A17

The Howard Sample Prize

Scholarship in Physics

Mathias H. Barth E19

Matthew Chang E19

Xizhao Chen A17

Xinzhi Guo E18

Elias J. Marcopoulos E19

Ely A. Novakoski E19

Rayleigh W. Parker A19

Yonatan Segev A17

Hermes Suen E19

Political Science

The James Vance Elliott

Political Science Prize

Reba Z. Orloff A17

Alexander B. Trubowitz A17

Psychology

The Class of 1921 Leonard

Carmichael Prize

Scholarship Fund

Rachel Feller A18

Ilana P. Goldberg A18

Amelia Moser A18

Lena R. Walton A18

The Thomas Harrison

Carmichael and Emily

Leonard Carmichael Prize

Scholarship

Annika L. Greenleaf A18

Albert Park A17

David R. Rose A17

Jason Levi Shaffer A17

Morgan M. Taylor A18

Jonah E. Zarrow A17

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School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering

Undergraduate Awards/Departmental Prizes and Scholarships

The Priscilla N. Dunne Prize

Tal M. August A17

Libby A. DesRuisseaux A18

Claudia F. Robles-Gil A18

The Sal Soraci Prize

Katherine R. Harwood A17

The Joanne Mary

Sullivan Prize

Thomas M. Morin A17

Ari D. Panzer A17

Religion

The Department of

Religion Prize

Frances E. Brumley A17

Miranda L. Siler A17

Resumed Education for

Adult Learners

The Theresa McDermott

Carzo Award

Jessica A. Graham A17

Biniam A. Legesse A17

The Resumed Education

for Adult Learners Prize

Scholarship

Stuart G. Martinez A17

Romance Languages

The Constantine

Ghikas Prize in

Romance Languages

Riley K. Aronson A17

Brian T. Bertini E17

Edward R. Connolly A17

Kathleen A. Frost A17

Jose A. Garcia A17

Christopher Kuhner A17

Miriam S. Priven A17

Rachel G. Rubinstein A17

Beryl C. Seiler A17

Tai C. Williams A17

Andrew L. Wofford A17

The Laminan Prize in

Romance Languages

Emily A. Prestley A17

Matthew C. Rohrer A17

Kira Leigh Tomlinson A17

The Frederic J. Shepler

Memorial Prize in French

Ian Bollag-Miller A17

Taylor S. Hodhod A17

Emily R. Lai A17

Zachary E. Shufro A17

Gregory M. Spiropoulos A17

Yan Zhao A17

SMFA

The Melissa Beth Meyers

Award

Janella Mele Beaudoin A17

Sociology

The Sociology Prize

Dominik M. Doemer A17

David A. Weber A17

School of Engineering

Chemical & Biological

Engineering

The Department of

Chemical and Biological

Engineering Prize

Jacob D. Isaacson E17

Electrical and Computer

Engineering

The Harry Poole Burden

Prize in Electrical or

Computer Engineering

Andrew M. Bourhis E17

Aaron J. Bowen E17

Ceclia L. Lewis E18

Ryan I. Maponga E17

Brian H. Rappaport E18

Sadie V. Woolf E17

The Amos Emerson

Dolbear Scholarships

Oghenefego Ahia E18

Adam J. Chapman E17

Brian P. O’Keefe E17

Richard H. Preston E18

The Morris and Sid

Heyman Prize Scholarships

Aubrey E. Anderson E19

Justin E. Jo E18

Danielle R. Skufca E18

Jonathan W. Traester E19

Mechanical Engineering

The George H. and Marion

E. Gowdy Prize

Ipek Emekli E18

The Human Factors

Engineering Prize

Alexander L. Golin E17

The Vincent Manno

Leadership Award

Camille C. Saidnawey E17

The Mechanical

Engineering Prize

Elizabeth D. Buechler E17

Andrew P. Narahara E17

The O’Leary Design Award

Erick E. Garcia E17

Noah A. Kagan E17

Nicholas Nopprapun E17

The Jason H. and Eleanor

H. Samuels Mechanical

Engineering Prize

Peter W. Clark E18

The Mead Jonathan

Taylor Prize

Shane Rozen-Levy E18

The Lloyd MacGregor

Trefethen Fellowship

William L. Chupp E17

The Lloyd MacGregor

Trefethen Research Award

Elizabeth D. Buechler E17

School of Arts and

Sciences Competitive

Prizes and Scholarships

The Anne E. Borghesani

Memorial Prize

Chloe K. Boehm A18

Kelly C. Burk A18

Evan M. Fantozzi A18

Palak Khanna A18

Alexa N. Reilly A19

The Marshall

Hochhauser Prize

David R. Ferrandiz A17

Cecilia E. Petit A17

Anissa M. Waterhouse A17

Andrew L. Wofford A17

The Nadia Medina

Memorial Prize

Quin A. Bottom-Johnson A17

Sydney M. Giacalone A17

The Paul Montle Prize

Scholarship

Brett Cameron Andler E17

Jonathan A. Arbaugh A17

Gabriella A. Bova A18

Arlo B. Clarke E17

Dhruv D. Khurana A17

Collette T. King A17

Ethan S. Kopit A17

Ian J. Leaman A17

Daniel J. McCormack A19

Abdisalan A. Mohamud E17

Michael C. Morscher E19

Tyler S. Wilson E13

Samuel V. Woolf E13

The Wendell Phillips

Memorial Scholarship

Isabella Kahhale A17

The Tisch Library

Undergraduate

Research Award

The First Year Writing Prize

1st Place

Cheng Li A20

The First Year Writing Prize

2nd Place

Josue Llamas Rodriguez A20

The 001–099 Course Level Prize

1st Place

Jesse Greenﬁeld A19

The 100–199 Course Level Prize

1st Place

Samuel Pearl Schwartz A17

The 100–199 Course Level Prize

2nd Place

Shayna Solomon A19

Independent Research Efforts

1st Place

Sydney Giacalone A17

Independent Research Efforts

2nd Place

Katherine Kirsch A17

The Elizabeth Verveer

Tishler Prize in Music

Performance

Megan C. McCormick A17

28 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

School of Arts and Sciences

National Honor Societies

Phi Beta Kappa

Maimuna S. Ahmad

Jennifer Laura Allison

Riley Kathleen Raskopf

Aronson

Aishvarya Arora

Tal M. August

Michaela Beck

Shreya Bhatia

Allyson Marie Blackburn

Clare E. Blackwell

Michelle Tamara Bornstein

Elizabeth Benson Boston

Sean D. Boyden

Jeffrey Michael Breton

Laura A. Brooks

Manal W. Cheema

Tyler Chen

Xizhao Chen

Siyi Chu

Jessica Stephanie Dabrowski

Phuong (Phoebe) Dinh

Dominik M. Doemer

Stacey Ann Fair

Tzuria Falkenberg

Olivia O. Familusi

Lisa Fan

Matthew Charles Feder

Alison Jessica Feinswog

Zachary S. Flicker

Sydney M. Giacalone

Katherine Harwood

Camille Elaine Hironaka

Taylor Sasha Hodhod

Louis P. Izzo

Lauren Yu Lin Jacobs

Isabella Kahhale

Lucy C. Kania

Samuel J. Karmiy

Sabrina Khan

Rayva Khanna

Ryan N. Kohl

Christopher Kuhner

Emily Lai

Joshua LaPalme

Eun Youb (Josh) Lee

Becca Lynn Leibowitz

Anna Linton

Jesse Mahler

Rachel Martel

Charles L. Meyer

Anjali Nair

Albert K. Park

Amelia M. Pellegrini

Aurora Paulina Phillips

Miriam S. Priven

Jordan D. Rosenthal-Kay

Erica S. Schwartz

Jason L. Shaffer

Kristofer Siy

Gregory M. Spiropoulos

Jei-Jei Tan

Kira L. Tomlinson

Alexander Trubowitz

Neli Tsereteli

Sofia Vizitiu

An Rhiel Wang

Michael Wang

David A. Weber

Rhiannon C. Wiley

Katherine B. Williams

Marian V. Woznica

Eujene Yum

Tau Beta Pi

Eric F. Abboud

Harshit Agrawal

Stanley McCallum Barlow

Peter Russell Bernstein

Brian Timothy Bertini

Eli Wertheimer Boninger

Elizabeth Douglas Buechler

Adam John Chapman

Hannah Danielle Conroy

Michael Edward DeCortin

Uyen Hong Diep

Jorge Anton Garcia

Ryan Patrick Gill

Alexander Lee Golin

Jacob Daniel Isaacson

Ambika Ragini Jayakumar

Noah A. Kagan

Mengtian Li

Zachary C. Loewenstein

Sylvia M. Lustig

Elijah Evans Martin

Katherine Michelle McMurray

Maretta J. Morovitz

Andrew Pierce Narahara

Tyler J. Olney

Zachary Richard Pagel

Sara Yang Yue Pearce-Probst

Timothy F. Savidge

Jennifer Beth Skerker

Brian A. Smith

Benjamin P. Tanen

Alexander Yi-Ren Tong

Eleanor Sarah Wright

Nicholas Yenchi Yan

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Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering

Graduate Student Awards and Prizes

Department Awards

Art and Art History—

Rhonda Saad Graduate

Prize in Art History

Mallory Ruymann, 2017

Child Study and

Human Development—

Eliot-Pearson Award for

Excellence in Teaching

Jane Lupica, 2017

Child Study and

Human Development—

Eliot-Pearson Award

for Research Practice

Integration

Jessica Pappagianopoulos, 2017

Judith Scott, 2017

Classics—Sarah Plummer

Memorial Prize

Chelsea Bright, 2017

Education—Mary Ann

Mulcahy Service in

Education Award

Kyle Duke, 2016

Juliette Pelaez, 2016

Gordon Institute—

Outstanding MSEM

Student Award

Eoin Kiely, 2017

Richard Osterberg, 2017

Occupational Therapy—

Bekenstein Family

Endowment in

Occupational Therapy

Shawna Carpenter, 2017

Jenna Eldridge, 2017

Adriana Escobar, 2017

Denise LaRocca, 2015

Julie Marquardt, 2017

Monica Salazar, 2017

Occupational Therapy—

Marjorie B. Greene Award

in Occupational Therapy

Mary Alicia Barnes, 2017

Occupational Therapy—

Joy Ann Greisen

Scholarship in

Occupational Therapy

Kathryn Colleran, 2017

Arielle Danziger, 2017

Gwendolyn Niven, 2017

Hannah Polshuk, 2017

Occupational Therapy—

Virginia Auty Nedved-

Cook Endowed Student

Research Fund

Mary Alicia Barnes, 2016

Erin McQuaid, 2017

Cailin Donahue Stewart, 2016

Psychology—Innovations

in Psychological Science

Award in Psychology

Aleksandra Kaszowska, 2016

Graduate Student

Council Awards

Prity Bengani-Lutz,

2015, Contribution to

Undergraduate Studies

Alexandra Kulinkina,

2012, Contribution to

Undergraduate Studies

Diego Millan, 2014,

Contribution to

Undergraduate Studies

Jeremy Wachter, 2017,

Service Award

Graduate Student

Research Competition

Gizem Altheimer, S’2016

Nooria Al-Wathiqui, S’2013

Matthew Applegate, S’2014

Kelly Beagan, F’2013

Robert Burns, S’2013

Clare Parker Fischer, F’2012

Victoria Floerke, F’2015

Kelsey Graham, F’2013, F’2014,

S’2016

Xiao Han, F’2015

Alexandra Kulinkina, S’2017

Lauren Lynch, S’2017

Satia Marotta, F’2016

Mary Kathryn Menck, F’2016

Diego Millan, F’2014

Jennifer Mortensen, S’2011,

F’2012

Jessica Pappagianopoulos,

S’2017

Julia Pilowsky, S’2014

Emily Pitcairn, F’2013

Tiffany Pounds-Williams,

S’2014

Chao Ren, F’2013, F’2015

Nicholas Scott, F’2015

Megan Strait, S’2016

Xiaofeng Su, F’2011

Shannon VanGyzen, S’2017

Nicholas Wilton, S’2015

Alister Wood, F’2015

Graham Yeager, S’2017

Jun Zhang, F’2015

Jing Zhu, S’2014

Outstanding Academic

Scholarship

Nathaniel Allen, 2015

Casey Corrado, 2017

Caitlin Matthews, 2017

Outstanding

Contributions to

Undergraduate Education

Christopher Burke, 2016

Emma Schneider, 2017

Outstanding Graduate

Contributor to

Engineering Education

Carter Casey, 2016

Robert P. Guertin

Graduate Student

Leadership Award

Jeremy Wachter, 2017

Rob Hollister Graduate

Community Service and

Citizenship Award

Rebecca Tumposky, 2015

School of the Museum

of Fine Arts President’s

Research Award

Lucia Ravens, 2015

30 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

Information was accurate as of May 3, 2017

*August 2016 **February 2017

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy

Lydia L. Abel

Drama

B.F.A., Illinois Wesleyan University

M.A., Miami University

Nooria M. Al-Wathiqui*

Biology

B.S., University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Ozgur Altinok

Physics

B.S., Middle East Technical University, Turkey

M.S., Middle East Technical University, Turkey

M.S., Tufts University

Shazia Baig

Chemistry

B.S., Union College

Kelly Marie Beagan*

Biology

B.S., Wayne State University

Alex M. Borgella

Psychology

B.A., University of West Florida

M.A., James Madison University

Christopher Joseph Burke*

Physics

B.S., Lehigh University

M.S., Tufts University

Robert T. Burns*

Biology

B.S., University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Lise Chlebak*

Mathematics

B.A., Bryn Mawr College

Santosh Kumar Choudary

Chemistry

B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, India

Elizabeth M. Cizmar

Drama

B.A., Bucknell University

M.F.A., The New School

Erica Anne Waite Clay*

Mathematics

B.A., Emmanuel College

M.S., Tufts University

Lerzan Z. Coskun

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Boğaziçi University, Turkey

M.A., Koç University, Turkey

M.A., Tufts University

Lisette Marie DeSouza**

Child Study and Human Development

B.S., Michigan State University

M.A., Tufts University

Trinh L. Dinh

Chemistry

B.S., University of Massachusetts Boston

Vesal Dini**

Physics

B.S., University of Pennsylvania

M.S., University of Pennsylvania

D. Leif Eckstrom

English

B.A., George Fox University

M.A., Loyola University Chicago

Rabia Ergin

Psychology: Cognitive Science

B.A., Middle East Technical University, Turkey

M.S., Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Eric Christopher Fields

Psychology

B.S., Middle Tennessee State University

M.S., Tufts University

Clare Parker Fischer

Biology

B.A., Reed College

Brandon Joseph Foster

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., University of Southern Maine

M.A., Tufts University

Vivek A. Freitas

English

B.A., Colby College

Kelsey Katherine Graham

Biology

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Xiao Han**

Psychology

B.S., Northeast Normal University, China

M.S., Peking University, China

John Paul Issa

Chemistry

B.S., University of California at Irvine

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Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Nicole A. Jurdak**

Psychology

B.A., University of Southern Maine

M.S., Tufts University

Alissa Jaclyn Kamens

Chemistry

B.S., University of Rochester

Amber Leigh McFarland Kendall

Education

B.A., North Carolina State University

Felicia Rose Lucci*

Chemistry

B.S., Franklin & Marshall College

Matthew D. Marcinkowski**

Chemistry

B.S., University of New Hampshire

Satia Adele Marotta

Psychology

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

M.S., Tufts University

Jessica August Kathryn Matthews

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., University of California at Berkeley

M.A., Tufts University

Elana R. McDermott

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Pitzer College

M.A.T., Corcoran College of Art and Design

Diego Alonso Millan*

English

B.A., Bowdoin College

M.A., Tufts University

Jennifer L. Mortensen*

Biology

B.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison

M.S., Villanova University

Emily Jo-Ann Pitcairn

Biology

B.S., University of Central Florida

Jonathon L. Poage**

Physics

B.A., University of Chicago

M.S., Tufts University

Tiffany Leanna Pounds-Williams

Drama

B.A., California State University, Bakersﬁeld

Muhammad A. J. Qadri**

Psychology: Cognitive Science

B.S., Tufts University

M.S., Tufts University

Charles Daniel Redmond

English

B.A., Millsaps College

M.A., University of Southern Mississippi

M.A., University of Vermont

Seth Jacob Rothschild

Mathematics

B.S., Syracuse University

M.S., Tufts University

Nicholas F. Russell

History

B.A., Hillsdale College

M.A., Tufts University

Andrew Phillip Sánchez

Mathematics

B.S., University of Miami

M.S., University of Miami

M.S., Tufts University

Emma Catherine Price Schneider

English

B.A., Oberlin College

M.A., Tufts University

Judith Camille Scott

Child Study and Human Development

B.S., Tufts University

M.S.W., Boston College

M.P.P., Tufts University

Marc G. Simon*

Physics

B.S., Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

M.S., Tufts University

Megan K. Strait*

Psychology: Cognitive Science

B.A., Wellesley College

M.S., Tufts University

Xiaofeng Allen Su*

Biology

B.S., University of Science and Technology of China

Ryusei Melody Takeuchi

Mathematics

B.S., University of California at San Diego

M.S., Tufts University

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Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Jonathan M. Tirrell

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Fairﬁeld University

M.A., Tufts University

Michael A. Toogood**

English

B.F.A., New York University

M.A., City College of New York

Catherine Ann Peckinpaugh Vrtis

Drama

B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University

M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University

Jeremy M. Wachter

Physics

B.S., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

M.S., Tufts University

Nicholas M. Wilton

Chemistry

B.A., Bard College

Qiong Wu*

Mathematics

B.S., Harbin Institute of Technology, China

M.S., Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Jiani Zhang

Mathematics

B.S., Beijing Institute of Technology, China

M.A., Wake Forest University

Jun Zhang*

Physics

B.S., Nanjing University, China

M.S., Chinese Academy of Sciences

M.S., Tufts University

Yazhe Zhu*

Physics

B.S., Wuhan University, China

M.S., Tufts University

Doctor of Occupational Therapy

Mary Alicia Barnes

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Tufts University

M.S., Tufts University

Cailin Ann Donahue*

Occupational Therapy

A.B., Washington University in St. Louis

M.S., Tufts University

Erin Patricia McQuaid

Occupational Therapy

B.S., University of Massachusetts Boston

M.S., Boston University

Educational Specialist

Craig A. Carpenter

School Psychology

A.B., Harvard University

M.A., Tufts University

Aeron E. Dugan

School Psychology

B.A., Wellesley College

M.A., Tufts University

Norah Flynn

School Psychology

B.A., Colby College

M.A., Tufts University

Christopher Ellis Hernandez

School Psychology

B.A., Harvard University

M.A., Tufts University

Kaitlin Jean Kohberger

School Psychology

B.A., Ithaca College

M.A., Tufts University

Jessica Rose Langley

School Psychology

B.A., Fairﬁeld University

M.A., Tufts University

Jang W. Lee

School Psychology

B.A., Stonehill College

M.A., Tufts University

Angela Yan Pui Lo

School Psychology

B.A., Wesleyan University

M.A., Tufts University

Jessica Lund

School Psychology

B.A., Smith College

M.A., Tufts University

Cathryn Anne Magielnicki

School Psychology

B.A., Russell Sage College

M.A., Tufts University

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Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

India Pamela Moore

School Psychology

B.S., Union College

M.A., Tufts University

Marquel D. Norton

School Psychology

B.A., Tufts University

M.A., Tufts University

Andrew D. Paschal

School Psychology

B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

M.A., Tufts University

Kate J. Pillette

School Psychology

B.A., Hamilton College

M.A., Tufts University

Miranda Piris

School Psychology

B.A., Hampshire College

M.A., Tufts University

Anna F. Robinson

School Psychology

B.A., Simmons College

M.A., Tufts University

Master of Arts

Katherine V. Anderson

History and Museum Studies

B.A., University of California at Los Angeles

Ryan J. Bailey

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Skidmore College

Benjamin Baldwin*

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Oberlin College

Virginia H. Barnes-Duke

Music

B.A., New College of Florida

Siri I. Benn

Art History

B.A., Lawrence University

Caitlin Marie Bettisworth

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.S., Benedictine University

Shantel Blakely

Philosophy

A.B., Harvard University

M.Arch., Princeton University

Ph.D., Columbia University

Janaki K. Blum

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.S., University of Sussex, United Kingdom

M.A., University of London, United Kingdom

Ph.D., University of Zurich, Switzerland

Chelsea M. Bright

Classical Archaeology

B.A., Duke University

Nandi Peta Alexander Bynoe

Education

B.A., Tufts University

Barbara Callahan

Museum Education

B.A., University of North Florida

Thomas Sean Carnes

Philosophy

B.S., United States Military Academy

M.S., California University of Pennsylvania

Ren Chao**

History

B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University

M.T.S., Harvard University

Junran Chen**

Philosophy

B.A., Fudan University, China

Monique W. Ching

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Howard Payne University

Molly J. Church*

School Psychology

B.S., University of Pittsburgh

Sarah Rae Coburn

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Elon University

Marena Helen Cole

History

B.A., Boston College

Meghan E. Connolly

Music

B.M., Berklee College of Music

Michelle Theresa Connor

Music

B.M., University of Dayton

B.S., University of Dayton

Elisabeth Morgan CreMeens

Art History and Museum Studies

B.A., Southern Methodist University

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Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Hannah E. Cross

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Allegheny College

Leonardo De Leon III

Philosophy

B.A., University of California, Riverside

Caitlin E. Deneen**

Education

B.A., Bentley University

Jonathan Diaz

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.S., Rochester Institute of Technology

Kimberly T. Doan

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., University at Buffalo

Lauren Shufﬂeton Drago

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Williams College

Jennifer Duckett

Museum Education

B.A., Smith College

Megan D. Entwistle

Philosophy

B.A., Mount Allison University, Canada

Jennifer Sien Erickson*

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.S., Lesley University

Christina Marie Errico

Museum Education

B.A., Dickinson College

Ukamaka Evelyn Ezikwelu

Education

B.S., University of Nigeria

Nathaniel Joseph Fink*

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art

Whitney Phyllis Fournier

Museum Education

B.A., Trinity University

Vivek A. Freitas

English

B.A., Colby College

Deniz Geçim*

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Bilkent University, Turkey

Kristin Leigh Glomstad

History and Museum Studies

B.A., Franciscan University of Steubenville

Samuel A. Gomes

Philosophy

B.A., Humboldt State University

Sarah Rose Gottlieb

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Tufts University

Nicolle R. Graham**

School Psychology

B.A., George Mason University

Timothy M. Grant

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Florida State University

Sarah V. Grill

Child Study and Human Development

B.S., Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Zachary P. Harned

Philosophy

B.A., University of Florida

M.S., Baylor University

Gabriela Herrera

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., University of the Americas

Meghan R. Higgins*

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning and Child Study

and Human Development

B.A., Point Park College

Matthew Hinds*

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.S., San Diego State University

LunYan Tom Hoysgaard*

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning and Child Study

and Human Development

B.A., Tufts University

Elizabeth Humphreys*

Museum Education

B.A., Brandeis University

James Chiyoki Ikeda

History

B.S., Boston University

M.Ed., Northeastern University

Elizabeth M. Johnson

Education

B.A., Williams College

COMMENCEMENT 2017 35

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Lauren R. Keeler**

School Psychology

B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Patrick M. Kelsey**

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Skidmore College

Barbara Kim

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Tufts University

Marymargaret Krey*

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Brown University

Anthony Dominic Lechuga

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Regis College

Kathleen Lee

Art History and Museum Studies

B.A., University of Virginia

Andrea S. Levesque**

School Psychology

B.A., Clark University

Taylor Nicole Levesque

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Tufts University

Seoyoung Lim

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea

Qiu Lin

Philosophy

B.A., St. John’s College

Jiali Liu

Philosophy

B.A., China Foreign Affairs University

Runeko C. Lovell

Philosophy

B.A., Boston College

Carlos L. Lu

Museum Education

B.A., Boston University

Lauren Meghan Lynch

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Boston College

Paige E. Mahoney

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Tufts University

Mariel I. Marchand

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Tufts University

Sarah Sherman Marina

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Smith College

Caitlin Leigh Matthews

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Middlebury College

M.A.T., Lewis & Clark College

Caroline Kappert McCune

Art History and Museum Studies

B.A., Georgetown University

Anna Alicia McGinty

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Northeastern University

Mary Kathryn Menck

History and Museum Studies

B.A., Brandeis University

Kelsey A. Merriam

Museum Education

B.A., Bard College

Sarah Hamilton Meyer

History and Museum Studies

B.A., Christopher Newport University

Hana Bogakiuchi Migliorato

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

Andrew A. Miller

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Tufts University

Michael E. Mitchell

Philosophy

A.B., Harvard University

Kiku Mizuno

Philosophy

B.A., University of Washington

Dooshima Mngerem

Child Study and Human Development

B.S., Howard University

John J. Moore*

Classics

B.A., Providence College

Andrea Clare Morgan*

Art History

B.A., James Madison University

36 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Julia George Morse

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Tufts University

Rima A. Mulla**

School Psychology

B.A., Boston University

M.A., Georgetown University

Bryanna L. Murphy**

School Psychology

B.A., Saint Michael’s College

Shanley Theresa Murphy**

School Psychology

B.A., College of the Holy Cross

Elise Dunsmoor Murray

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., University of Notre Dame

Ellie Muter**

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., American University

M.A., San Jose State University

Alexa Eugenia Myta

Child Study and Human Development

B.S., Northeastern University

Rachel Marjorie Nagin

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Wellesley College

Dana E. Naliboff**

School Psychology

B.A., Brandeis University

Danielle Tam Ngo

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.S., University of California at Berkeley

Ednah Ezichi Nwafor

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Tufts University

Kathleen Rose O’Brien*

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston

Kaitlin A. O’Donnell**

School Psychology

B.A., Providence College

Charles Taylor Oddleifson

Philosophy

B.A., Williams College

Alysha Michelle Page*

Art History and Museum Studies

B.A., Ball State University

M.A., Ball State University

Marie V. Palladino

Museum Education

B.A., University of Rhode Island

Jessica E. Pappagianopoulos

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Stonehill College

Christopher D. Parkinson

Classics

B.A., Emory University

Abia Pierre*

French

Diploma, University of Haiti

Maia P. Plantevin*

Museum Education

B.A., Tufts University

Jelena C. Poon**

School Psychology

B.S., University of Georgia

M.A., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

James R. Prosser

Classical Archaeology

B.A., Tufts University

Brian S. Provencher**

School Psychology

B.A., University of Connecticut

Bradley H. Putnam

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Harvard University

Chengcheng Qian

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Kimberly C. Quick**

School Psychology

B.A., Connecticut College

Abigail Rienzo

Music

B.A., University of New Hampshire

Elijah R. Romulus

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.S., Rochester Institute of Technology

Emma Gilbert Rosenbaum

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Emmanuel College

Alison Vivian Rosenberg

History and Museum Studies

B.A., Wesleyan University

COMMENCEMENT 2017 37

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Mallory Anne Ruymann

Art History

B.A., Washington and Lee

Joseph Daniel Sacchi

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Boston University

Stephanie Savir

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Trinity University

Adrianne Joy Schaefer

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Christina A. Schlegel

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Northeastern University

Michael W. Schmidt

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Middlebury College

Brooke E. Schwartz

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

Nicholas C. Scott

History

B.A., University of Texas at Austin

Sophie Brena Simkin

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Brown University

Harjinder Paul Singh

Music

B.A., Lawrence University

B.M., Lawrence University

Jesse-Nathan Steadman*

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., University of Connecticut

Victoria Catherine Stevens**

Art History and Museum Studies

A.B., Harvard University

Jolie Alison Straus

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Tufts University

Heidi E. Stucker

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Warren Wilson College

Seth Francis Studer

English

B.A., University of Iowa

Evan N. Sullivan*

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Cole D. Swanson

Music

B.A., St. Olaf College

Oliver Traldi**

Philosophy

B.A., Bard College

Samantha L. Travis

History

B.A., University of South Florida

Rebecca Tumposky*

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Oberlin College

Grace Catherine Tunning

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., University of Nebraska Omaha

B.S., University of Nebraska Omaha

Michael J. Veldman

Philosophy

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Damir Vucicevic

History

B.A., University of Michigan-Dearborn

Trang Phan Lien Vuong*

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.S., Hanoi Architectural University, Vietnam

M.U.P., Hanoi Architectural University, Vietnam

Monica Alethea Walker-Gregoire**

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.A., Tufts University

Christian Penn Whitworth

Art History

B.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology

Cornelia Wolf Wilson**

Philosophy

B.A., Columbia University

M.A., University of Chicago

Kristen E. Woo**

School Psychology

B.A., Boston University

Katherine Wooten

Child Study and Human Development

B.S., University of New Hampshire

Margaret Yates

Child Study and Human Development

B.S., University of Oregon

38 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Esther Yin Lee Yen

Child Study and Human Development

B.S., University of Wollongong, Australia

Xiang Yu*

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning

B.E.T., Beijing Forestry University, China

Abigail Rose Zhang**

Museum Education

B.A., Anderson University

Master of Arts in Teaching

Khalia Alleyne

Education

B.A., Spelman College

Laura Elizabeth Andreola

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Tufts University

Dominique Soﬁa Avila Gordillo*

Education

B.F.A., Tufts University

Colleen Barber*

Education

B.A., Bridgewater State University

Georgia G. Borner**

Education

B.F.A., Tufts University

Brian T. Boyd**

Education

B.A., Brandeis University

Hannah C. Brady

Education

B.Arch., Rhode Island School of Design

Ashley Broderick*

Education

B.A., University of Vermont

Alleana Scott Brody

Education

B.A., Tufts University

Jennie E. Brown

Education

B.A., Smith College

Caitlin Margaret Cantor*

Education

B.A., College of the Holy Cross

Hannah K. Cascio*

Education

B.A., Muhlenberg College

Shannon C. Chapman

Education

B.F.A., Boston University

Colleen Chausse*

Education

B.A., Tufts University

Julia Chauvin

Education

B.A., Oberlin College

Kassandra L. Conley

Education

B.A., Centre College

M.A., University of Georgia

Ph.D., Harvard University

Michael F. Costello

Education

B.F.A., Tufts University

Ivy Adjoa Davis

Education

B.B.A., University of West Georgia

Kyle Eugene Duke*

Education

B.A., Tufts University

Perron J. Eaton

Education

B.S., Boston University

Michael A. Edwards

Education

B.A., Rice University

M.A., University of California at San Diego

Carolyn C. Fieger*

Education

B.A., Lesley University

Amanda Kate Fierro*

Education

B.A., Tufts University

Ezra Fischer

Education

B.A., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Alice Garﬁeld

Education

B.A., Pomona College

Madeleine R. Gibson

Education

B.S., University of Vermont

Brigid A. Grogan

Education

B.A., Saint Joseph’s University

COMMENCEMENT 2017 39

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Allison M. Guenthner

Education

B.S., Cornell University

Lexi R. Hamsmith*

Education

B.S.CH.E., Northeastern University

Barbara E. Harrison*

Education

A.B., Mount Holyoke College

D.V.M., Tufts University

Yan Jiang

Education

B.A., China Academy of Art

Rachel L. Johnson*

Education

B.S.E., Princeton University

M.S., University of Maryland

Alexandra Baquié Jones*

Education

B.A., Williams College

Dawn M. Kahle Shoneman

Education

B.Arch., Pennsylvania State University

Katelyn Rose Kelley*

Education

B.S., Suffolk University

Zachary A. Kent

Education

B.A., Vassar College

Rachel Shaylen Korotkin

Education

B.A., University of Miami

B.F.A., University of Miami

Jane Elizabeth Lupica

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Tufts University

Deirdre W. S. Martin*

Education

B.A., Trinity College

J.D., Boston College

Yamato Matsusaka

Education

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Marissa Elaine Minori*

Education

B.F.A., Marywood University

Jacqueline Rose Morra*

Education

B.A., New York University

Katie Murphy*

Education

B.S., Boston College

Christopher D. Parkinson

Education

B.A., Emory University

Juliette Pelaez*

Education

B.A., Baruch College

Erica M. Rigby

Education

B.A., Tufts University

Daniel S. Roberts

Education

B.A., University of New Hampshire

Julia E. Sayles*

Education

B.A., Barnard College

Dorie K. Schwartz*

Education

B.A., Tufts University

Rachel Hinda Shapiro*

Education

B.A., Tufts University

Thomas J. Snarsky*

Education

B.S., Tufts University

Meira A. Soloff*

Child Study and Human Development

B.A., Brandeis University

Marie Spakowski

Education

B.A., St. Lawrence University

Naomi L. Spector**

Education

B.A., Brandeis University

Alexandra C. Spencer*

Education

B.A., St. Lawrence University

Mary Sypek*

Education

B.S., Tufts University

40 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Le Tran

Education

B.A., Brown University

Irene M. Ushomirsky

Education

B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Nikolas K. Valley

Education

B.S., Hardin-Simmons University

Timothy D. Velsor

Education

B.F.A., New York University

Chelsea A. Wagner

Education

B.A., Carleton College

Courtney Marie Wilson

Education

B.A., University of Pennsylvania

Alexandra Bjerg Lilly Wollins

Education

B.F.A., Tufts University

Zoe Wyner*

Education

B.A., Lesley University

Mary Adelaide Oneal Xie*

Education

B.S., Stanford University

Marie L. Zhang

Education

B.S., Boston University

Yining Zhou

Education

B.A., Simmons College

Master of Fine Arts

Ola Alexandra Marie Aksan*

Studio Art

B.F.A., Southwest Texas State University

Riley James Allen

Studio Art

B.F.A., University of Oklahoma

Hannah Elisabeth Bates

Studio Art

B.F.A., California Institute of the Arts

Isabel L. Beavers

Studio Art

B.S., University of Vermont

John M. Bergman-McCool*

Studio Art

B.A., Western Washington University

Adam Berkowitz*

Studio Art

B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz

Oscar-Alberto Reyes Bográn*

Studio Art

B.S., Atlantic Union College

Douglas R. Breault

Studio Art

B.A., Bridgewater State University

Soyoon Hia Cha

Studio Art

B.F.A., Lesley University

Shaohua Chi

Studio Art

B.S., Pennsylvania State University

Bailey Danahy

Studio Art

B.F.A., University at Buffalo

Edward A. Domke

Studio Art

B.F.A., University of South Dakota

Catherine Ellis Duke

Studio Art

B.F.A., University of Rhode Island

Tyler Giordano*

Studio Art

B.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design

Allison C. Gray

Studio Art

B.S., University of Vermont

Penghuan Guo

Studio Art

B.F.A., Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Laura Meredith Hansen

Studio Art

B.F.A., Drake University

Sarah E. Jenkins

Studio Art

B.A., Pennsylvania State University

Thomas Jonathan Jennings

Studio Art

B.A., Georgia Regents University

COMMENCEMENT 2017 41

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Jeeyoon Jun

Studio Art

B.F.A., Wonkwang University, Republic of Korea

Yoojung Jung

Studio Art

B.F.A., Chungnam National University, Republic of Korea

Taebyoung Kim*

Studio Art

B.A., Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea

Ryan Leitner*

Studio Art

B.F.A., American InterContinental University

Robin Lynn Levine

Studio Art

B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Taikyu Lim

Studio Art

B.A., Konkuk University, Republic of Korea

Dustin Lee Markel

Studio Art

B.A., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Arturo Mejia Jr.*

Studio Art

B.A., California State University, Los Angeles

Devki D. Modi

Studio Art

B.F.A., University of London/Chelsea College

Nedaa Mulla

Studio Art

B.A., Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia

Chelsea Nee*

Studio Art

B.F.A., Montserrat College of Art

Johana G. Ortiz

Studio Art

B.A., University of San Diego

Thomas J. Radovich

Studio Art

B.F.A., University of Connecticut

Lucia Ravens*

Studio Art

B.S., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Shweta Maria Sengupta

Studio Art

B.A., University of Nebraska Omaha

Andrew Byrnes Shirley

Studio Art

B.A., Allegheny College

Lisa Smith*

Studio Art

B.F.A., Hardin-Simmons University

Jennifer Joy Davis Taylor

Studio Art

B.A., Bob Jones University

M.A., Bob Jones University

Miseon Um

Studio Art

B.F.A., Inha University, Republic of Korea

William Van Beckum

Studio Art

B.A., Emerson College

Jacob Seth Van Der Eems*

Studio Art

B.A., Asbury University

Shannon R. VanGyzen

Studio Art

B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Mengran Wang

Studio Art

B.A., China Central Academy of Fine Arts

Lennon Michelle Wolcott

Studio Art

B.F.A., Michigan State University

Graham Beckham Yeager

Studio Art

B.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology

Anthony Young II**

Studio Art

B.A., West Virginia State University

Hilary Zelson*

Studio Art

B.A., Union College

Master of Public Policy

Kalila Maxine Barnett

Public Policy

B.A., Bates College

Suezanne P. Bruce*

Public Policy

B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston

42 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Ryan C. Fattman

Public Policy

B.S., Suffolk University

Nancy Flynn-Barvick

Public Policy

B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Erika Niedowski

Public Policy

B.A., Georgetown University

Olivia A. Percy

Public Policy

B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Zhamilya Tokabekova*

Public Policy

B.Econ., Karaganda State University, Kazakhstan

Bryn L. VanAlstyne

Public Policy

B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston

Master of Science

Gizem Altheimer

Psychology

B.A., Oberlin College

Jennifer K. Amador

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Boston University

Temor Amin-Arsala

Occupational Therapy

B.A., University of Virginia

Megan Kathleen Barrett**

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Boston College

Saqib Shadman Bashar

Physics

B.E., University of Nottingham, Malaysia

Julia G. Basiliere

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Elon University

Stephanie N. Bassi

Biology

B.S., Loyola University Chicago

Michele L. Bokun

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Duke University

Tondalaya M. Brainard

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Bradley University

Shawna M. Carpenter

Occupational Therapy

B.A., College of William & Mary

Angela R. Castaldo

Occupational Therapy

B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Alisha Cerel

Occupational Therapy

B.A., University of Richmond

Victoria A. Chaborek

Occupational Therapy

B.S., University of Pittsburgh

Jingmin Chen

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Wuhan University, China

Kaiyun Chen

Mathematics

B.S., Tufts University

Caleb Sungwoo Cho

Economics

B.S., George Washington University

Caitlin Theresa Chociej*

Occupational Therapy

B.S., State University of New York at Geneseo

Sally Ann Marie B. Cocjin**

Occupational Therapy

B.S., DePaul University

Leah F. Cohen

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Tufts University

Caroline Elisabeth Cohn**

Occupational Therapy

B.F.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Kathryn E. Colleran

Occupational Therapy

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Allison B. Connors**

Chemistry

B.S., Merrimack College

Michaela K. Conway

Occupational Therapy

A.B., Dartmouth College

Samantha A. Cooper**

Occupational Therapy

B.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison

Jamie N. Crooker**

Occupational Therapy

B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst

COMMENCEMENT 2017 43

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Arielle R. Danziger

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Vassar College

Christopher C. DeLorenzo

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Boston College

Alana K. DeTone**

Chemistry

B.A., Mount Saint Mary College

Heling Deng

Physics

B.S., Sun Yat-sen University, China

Vesal Dini**

Physics

B.S., University of Pennsylvania

M.S., University of Pennsylvania

Colleen S. Dunwell

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Brown University

Jenna L. Eldridge

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Brown University

Adriana Escobar

Occupational Therapy

B.A., University of San Diego

Alexandra E. Exner*

Biology

B.A., Boston University

Elonna Jean Falk*

Occupational Therapy

B.S., University of Florida

Nathan Edward Fisher

Mathematics

B.A., Boston College

Victoria Anne Floerke

Psychology

B.A., University of Denver

Allison R. Fogel

Psychology

B.S., Tufts University

Lucia F. Fox

Occupational Therapy

B.S., University of Maryland

Jennifer Jolie Frank*

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Cornell University

Jun Gao*

Economics

B.Econ., Nankai University, China

Nichole Laurenne Geoffrion

Occupational Therapy

B.A., University of Connecticut

Sananda Ghatak

Economics

B.S., University of Calcutta, India

M.S., University of Calcutta, India

Nelaka Dilshan Govinna

Physics

B.S., University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Meghmic Hacopian

Occupational Therapy

B.S., University of California at Irvine

Shannon C. Hardy*

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Boston College

Patrick D. Hartmann**

Occupational Therapy

B.A., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Mahsa Hayeri Dehabadi**

Education

B.S., Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Rachel M. Henige

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Tufts University

Andrea Hermann**

Biology

B.S., University of Szeged, Hungary

Amanda M. Holt

Occupational Therapy

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Sophia H. Hur

Occupational Therapy

B.S., University of New Hampshire

Charlotte E. Huson

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Daniel Anthony Jacobini

Mathematics

Michele Jacquin

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Boston University

44 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Morgan L. Kane

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Stonehill College

Aleksandra Kaszowska

Psychology

B.A., Clark University

Ashlynn M. Keller

Psychology

B.S., Rochester Institute of Technology

Maryam Khaniyan

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Shahid Beheshti University, Iran

M.S., University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation

Sciences, Iran

M.S., University of Massachusetts Boston

Jaeho Kim

Economics

B.A., Konkuk University, Republic of Korea

Yangsook Kim

Education

B.S., Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea

Kelly A. Kirschner

Occupational Therapy

B.A., University of Virginia

Joanna Leda Kornstein

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Tufts University

Nursultan Kuanyshov

Mathematics

B.S., Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan

Rose Anne Lajara**

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Johns Hopkins University

Denise Michele LaRocca**

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Ithaca College

M.S., University of South Carolina

Caitlin B. Lauchlan

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Kalamazoo College

Nah Young Lee

Occupational Therapy

B.A., New York University

M.Ed., Harvard University

Melissa Lizette Liriano**

Chemistry

B.S., University of Massachusetts Boston

Jiaqi Liu**

Economics

B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Qingqian Liu

Biology

B.S., Yunnan University, China

Yufang Liu**

Economics

B.S., Lingnan University, Hong Kong

Rylee Alanza Lyman

Mathematics

B.A., Columbia University

Khushboo B. Mamania

Occupational Therapy

B.S.O.T., Seth G. S. Medical College, India

Julie A. Marquardt

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Northwestern University

Michael Coleman McDonough*

Biology

B.S., Saint Michael’s College

Jaye Elena McLaren

Occupational Therapy

B.A., University of Massachusetts Lowell

M.A., University of Massachusetts Lowell

Gabrielle Sara Mele-Algus*

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Brown University

Sneha P. Mohare

Occupational Therapy

B.S.O.T., Seth G. S. Medical College, India

Jacqueline D. Mok

Mathematics

B.S., University of California at San Diego

Michelle H. Moser

Occupational Therapy

B.A., George Washington University

Maria Moya**

Economics

B.A., University of Florida

Amber J. Murray-Smith

Occupational Therapy

B.S.O.T., University of Northampton

Claudia B. Nasson

Occupational Therapy

A.B., Smith College

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Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Kalina Nedkova

Physics

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Berfu Negiz**

Economics

B.A., Brown University

Huong L. Nguyen

Economics

B.A., Hamilton College

Emily J. Nicotera*

Chemistry

B.S., Stonehill College

Gwendolyn J. Niven

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Hampshire College

Jessica Karlin Norriss

Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning and Civil and

Environmental Engineering

B.A., University of Texas at Austin

Maureen L. O’Connor

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Georgetown University

Sae Hyun Oh

Economics

B.A., University of California at San Diego

Peter B. Ohm

Mathematics

B.A., St. Olaf College

M.S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Edward Charles Olivares III

Economics

B.B.A., College of William & Mary

Travis Olson

Physics

B.S., University of Minnesota, Duluth

Sara D. Patrick**

Occupational Therapy

B.A., University of Southern California

Anna Corinne Perlmutter**

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Emory University

Allison Q. Phillips

Occupational Therapy

B.A., University of Southern California

Julia A. Pilowsky

Biology

B.A., Columbia University

Prapti Pokharel

Biology

B.A., Clark University

Hannah Polshuk

Occupational Therapy

B.A., California State University, Chico

Jennifer L. Quinn

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Middlebury College

John B. Read

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Roger Williams University

Christina Rogers

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Boston College

Taylor Ann Rose**

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Villanova University

Matthew W. Rousseau

Occupational Therapy

B.M., New England Conservatory of Music

Annie C. Saechao

Occupational Therapy

B.S., University of California at Davis

Monica N. Salazar

Occupational Therapy

B.Ed., University of Arizona

Victoria A. Shopland

Occupational Therapy

B.A., University of Delaware

Sunrose Thapa Shrestha

Mathematics

B.A., Hamilton College

Russell L. Shute*

Education

B.S., University of Rochester

Corey Jose Silva**

Mathematics

B.S., Brown University

Amanda K. Simmons**

Occupational Therapy

B.F.A., The College of New Jersey

Kalpna Singh

Occupational Therapy

B.S.O.T., Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute, India

46 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Dorothy Kathleen Smith

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Boston College

Michaela B. Snead*

Biology

A.B., Mount Holyoke College

Kassandra Violet Spiller

Chemistry

B.A., Williams College

Brendan P. Sullivan

Education

B.S., Tufts University

Caitlin Sullivan

Occupational Therapy

B.S., University of Nevada at Reno

Elisabeth M. S. Szklut

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Yale University

M.M., Yale University

Bowen Tan

Economics

B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Cynthia Chinonye Ugwuibe**

Economics

B.A., Duke University

M.A., University of California at Los Angeles

Sayali Bhaskar Usapkar

Occupational Therapy

B.S.O.T., Seth G. S. Medical College, India

Elizabeth M. Valliere

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Roger Williams University

Perri Grace VanderClock*

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Smith College

Alexa M. Violaris

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Georgetown University

Kingsley W. Wabara

Economics

B.S., University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

M.S., IFP School Ruiel-Malmaison, France

M.B.A., European Institute of Business Administration, France

Derek M. Walkama

Physics

B.A., Clark University

Brooke Eva Weber

Occupational Therapy

B.A., Tufts University

Marisa Jean Williams**

Occupational Therapy

B.S., Pennsylvania State University

Jennifer Wright

Occupational Therapy

B.S., University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

Lei Wu

Mathematics

B.E., Nanchang University, China

M.E., Beihang University, China

Zhaoyu Xie

Physics

B.S., University of Science and Technology of China

Sheng Xu

Mathematics

B.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Xu Zhang

Mathematics

B.S., Zhejiang Normal University, China

B.A., University of Hartford

COMMENCEMENT 2017 47*August 2016 **February 2017

School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Bachelor’s Degrees

College of Liberal Arts

and Jackson College

The Latin honors, recognizing

academic achievement

(summa cum laude, magna

cum laude, and cum laude),

are printed on diplomas and

announced at school and

department ceremonies.

Bachelor of Arts

Allison I. Aaronson

Rebekah Fehintola Abioye

Jordan Scott Abosch

Alessandra Abouzahr

Mallory C. Abreu**

Jason Romano Adesman

Nitya Agrawal

Tyler Kwabena Agyemang

Elizabeth Ann Ahrens

Alison G. Aimers

Noriko Aizawa

Stephane S. Alexandre

Claudia A. Aliff

Maya N. Allegro

Rachel Loumiet Allen

Simone M. Allen

Jennifer Laura Allison

Ali Ahmed Al-Sayegh*

Caroline Adele Ambros

Ishaan A. Amin

David R. Amirkhanashvili

Amber (Hyun Sun) An**

Gabriela S. Anderson

Jonathan Z. Anderson*

Anastasia A. Antonova

Lior Chaya Appel-Kraut

Nicole M. Arata

Elizabeth T. Arford

Whitney C. Arnold*

Aishvarya Arora

Annie M. Artz

Kofi Asante

Benjamin M. Averill

Ceyla Tara Avunduk

Sarah M. Bahn

John Hunter Hendrix Bailey

Ashleigh L. Baker

Aryadita Balakrishnan

Nandita A. Baloo

Timothy S. Balton

Priya Ban

Michael N. Barry**

Ruth Barry

Jacqueline E. Baum

Ana Thompson Baustin

James S. Beatty

Gaston Becherano

Arthur William Dietz Beckel

Marly D. Becker

Mollie Dixie Beek

Melanie Ruth Belkin

Elena M. Bell

Austin G. Bendetson

Benjamin T. Berey

Elizabeth Sarah Berger

Samuel J. Berzok*

Anna T. Bezahler

Neha Mehta Bhatia

Kiran J. Bhatt*

Yuchun Bian

Andrew Meyer Bindelglass

Allyson M. Blackburn

Maya Danielle Blackstone

Clare Elizabeth Blackwell

Benjamin Reid Blanton

Natasha Eleni Blazer

Ryan A. Bohlin

Kyla A. Bolden

Ian Bollag-Miller

Cody B. Bond

Elizabeth Benson Boston

Dillon C. Bostwick*

Connor Fox Bourke

Erik J. Brady

Shayne A. Brady

Andrea Sally Brent**

Jacob B. Brescia-Weiler

Mina Brewer

Casey Briody

Cayla H. Brown

Emma Rose Brown

Isaac C. Brown

Frances E. Brumley

Stefanie Rose Brunswick

Austin J. Brush

Irem Bugdayci

Alexandra Chrystina Bunecky

Drew J. Burnett*

Douglas Alexander Burt

Conner Shea Calabro

Maya Hisako Caldwell*

Daniel Philip Camilletti

Karynne Renee Imani

Campbell

Rachel J. Canowitz

Jessica K. Capone

Austin O. Carbone

Tyler M. Carbone

Courtney Taylor Case**

Jenna Kathryn Castellot*

Jewel M. Castle

Michael R. Caughron

Whitney Ceesay

David R. Chaffee

Karen K. Chan**

Jinsu Chang

Rali Chaouni*

Gabrielle G. Charmont

Manal Waqar Cheema

Cinthia Chen

Fendi Ying-Tung Chen

Joycelyn Chen**

Menglan Chen**

Lynn Cheng

Kathy D. Chin

Nishka V. Choraria

Travis S. Chou

Eleanor J. Chrupcala

Siyi Chu

Wyatt G. Clark

Rachel C. Cognata*

Hayley Miller Cohen

Noah Needleman Cohen

Richard Alan Cohn

Isabelle O. Cole

Lydia Collins

Paul C. Collins

Jonathan D. Conley

Bailey Danielle Conner

Edward Ryan Connolly

Julia S. Constantelos**

Jesenia B. Contreras

Carolyn L. Cook

Jack P. Cooleen

Blake A. Coolidge

Alana Janelle Cooper

Justin Dean Corben

Brennan James Corriston

Anna Chapman Cramer

Jack B. Cramer

Soerny A. Cruz

Paxton R. Crystal

Leah Q. Cubanski

Nelson Moreno Cunha

Giverny Grace Daboll

Amanda Mae Danielson

William C. Dario

Hnin Darle Lin

Saba Dave

Macgill B. Davis

Niticon G. Davis

Eleanor Tâm-Anh Day**

Nikolas S. Dean

Olivia L. Dehm

Tess J. Dennison

Emma B. Denson

Jesse Kenson Diener

Yonas Dinkneh

Dirayati A. Djaya**

Madeline A. Doctor

Dominik M. Doemer

William Joseph Dolan

Katia Domingues

Juan C. Dominguez

Rita Kate Donohoe

Elliott Marshall Dosker*

Christopher Reilly Dowd

Elouise Jeanne Doyle

Julia R. Doyle

Connor J. Drinon

Emily Ann Duffy**

Jenny Duong

Nayantara Dutta

Blaine Marie Dzwonczyk

Orlando Christ Economos

Miles Elias Edelstein

Marie Elena Ee Si Qian

Andie S. Eisen

Victoria E. Elcock-Price

Philip D. Ellison

Osemwengie Skelly

Enabulele Jr.

Alfred K. Enchill Jr.*

Annapurna H. Mow English

Robinson John

Erhardt-Ohren*

Lamia Essofi

Robin Soth Estus

Maxwell David Ettelson

Larry L. Evans Jr.

Charles H. Ewing III**

Tzuria M. Falkenberg

Connor J. Fallon

Zhixin Fang

George T. Farley III

Jacqueline C. Faselt

Matthew C. Feder

Alison J. Feinswog

Noury Fekini

Eve Knowles Feldberg

Lindsay R. Feldstein

Lucy A. Fell

Matthew A. Felsenfeld

Gabrielle Nicole Fenaroli

Lauren Anastasia Fenningdorf

David Ricardo Vallejo

Ferrándiz

Megan Wilkins Ferren

Alexandra S. Fialkow

Kora M. Fillet

Dora Lillian Finkelstein

Daniel G. Fischer

48 TUFTS UNIVERSITY *August 2016 **February 2017

School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Bachelor’s Degree

Grant E. Fletcher

Rodshell Fleurinord

Zachary S. Flicker

Betty Fong

Grant H. Fox

Elisabeth Lia Frankini

Hannah Rose Lamson

Freedman

Xavier L. Frey*

Emily S. Friedlander

Jenna N. Friedman

Kathleen Frost

Maia Dawn Fulton-Black

Edward F. Fultz

Emily J. Garber

Alejandra Garcia**

José Ángel García Acosta

Armelle Geday

Kendall Gedeon

Claire Seona Gelbart

Antonia Marie George

Lucilla S. Gerhart

Hewot B. Getachew

Sydney M. Giacalone

Diane Victoria Gibson

Bethany R. Gill

Jared C. Glaser

Lee R. Glicklich

Rolfe E. Glover V*

Camden N. Goetz

Joshua B. Golding

Samantha Jane Goldsmith

Ethan Ariyeh Goldstein

Samuel H. Goldstein

Christopher K. Golger

Cheng Gong

Anna Violet Gooch

Nicole Taylor Goodman

James B. Gordon

Samuel B. Gordon

Sophia A. Goswami

Emma J. Grady-Pawl

Adam J. Gramy**

Benjamin Roland Greeley

Kieran R. Green

Adam B. Greenspan

Scott F. Greenwood

Thomas Edward Gregory

Eric Marcus Grossman*

Sarah A. Gruen

Emily A. Gruzdowich**

Adriana Guardans-Godo

Dylan R. Gully

Nitesh Gupta

Dana C. Guth

Noah Elias Habeeb

Karina D. Haggerty

Ceili E. Hale

Breandan J Haley

Zachary J. Halliday

Scott J. Halperin

Sarah A. Hamad

Nia C. Hamilton

Gillian Hannahs

Sadiaa Haque

Elyssa B. Harris

David Addison Harrison

William H. Harrop

Delfina Eva Harvey

Jordan Lange Hawkesworth

Chelsea Miwa Hayashi

Monica He

Wenyi He*

Darien N. Headen*

Conor P. Hearn

Charlie Hegstad*

Lara Heilbrun**

Arianna M. Henry

Samuel M. Henry

Aaron F. Herman

Aviva Shoshana Herr-Welber

Lily A. Herzan

Jonathan E. Heutmaker

Juliet M. Hewes

Emma Georgiana Hewett

William K. Hewitt

Marissa Nicole Heyer

Kathryn Aleine Hicks

Katherine A. Hirsch

Robert A. Hitchner

Steven Marshall Holmes

William E. Holmquist

Harrison Noah Homer

Summer Leigh Horowitz

Benjamin Hosking

Hunter Douglas Howard

Jessica Grace Howard

Taiyi Hua

Amanda Huang

McKenzie R. Humann

Rebecca C. Hutchinson

Olivia S. Huzenis

Chloe Michelle Hyman

Oscar Joey Illbruck

Michelle Eva Ingram

Cameron Irwin

Louis P. Izzo

Chloe R. Jacobs*

Alexandra F. Jamison*

Shashank S. Jejurikar

Zoe I. Jeka

Linda Jiang

Ryan Austin Johnson

Sarah Miller Johnson

Kristiana Dominique Jordan

Ellis J. Juan Jr.

Yeheun Y. Jun

Michael Ross Kalmans

Kanika Kamal

Lucy Catherine Kania

Benjamin William Mark

Kaplan

Reena Mirelle Karasin

Serena Kassam

Natalia Isabel Kastenberg

Dana H. Kaufman

Susan C. Kaufman

Sean J. Kavanagh

Georgia Angela Kay

Menbereselassie Negussie

Kebede

Charles J. Kelly

Kevin E-sheng Kelly

Colby J. Kempe

Oleksandra Kerez

Rayva Khanna

Dhruv Dayanand Khurana

MaryClaire Kiernan

Da Eul Kim

Jane Minhyung Kim*

Lauren J. Kim

Stephanie H. Kim

Suhyun (Evelyn) Kim**

Marissa Deshai Kimble

Samuel Edward Kitchens

Alison P. Klemencic

Natalie C. Kobsa-Mark*

Sarah Micheline-Vigier Koosis

Ethan S. Kopit

Rachel A. Kornetsky

Sarah Ellen Kotis

Paige E. Kracke

Sophie T. Krakoff

Chad H. Kramer

Alison Kuah

Ascher A. Kulich

Oscar Alexander Kutch

James Lawrence Lacitignola

Patrick Burgess Lackey

Jonathan D. Lajoie

Nadeerah A. Lamour

Hannah Grace Landsberger

Kathryn J. Lannin

Wren Marsden Lansky

Joshua Tyler LaPalme

Maggie E. Larkin**

James Andrew Latimer

Kevin A. Lawson III

Michael J. Leary

Madeleine E. Lebovic**

Elise Minjung Lee

Josie E. Lee

Becca Lynn Leibowitz

Elizabeth K. Leonard

Iris V. Levine**

Delta-Marie Lewis

Benjamin J. Lewson

Bryan Lim Tze Yun

Sophia Lin

Victoria A. Lin

Anna Linton

Mary C. Lipscomb

Shelby Rachel Lipson

Garon J. Lizana

Eli J. Lloyd

Antonio Luis Lobao

Lara R. LoBrutto

Abigail Aiko Lord

Michael G. Lordi

Hannah K. Loss

Jenny Lu

Sarah A. Lubiner

Shelby L. Luce

Thomas G. Lucic

William Alexander Luna

Annie W. Lye

Jeffrey K. Lynch*

Mary Maccabee

Megan K. MacCallum

Rebecca F. MacLean

Andrew D. Madsen

Jesse R. Mahler

Sarah Makhani

Sophie A. Maki

Maxim R. Makovetsky

Sookrit Malik

Steven Jeffrey Manwaring

Stephen M. Mariani

Kate L. Marienthal

Zoe R. Marmer*

Marianna Anibal Marques

Rachel Martel

Angelo Raul Martinez

Nicholas A. Martinez

Tucker P. Mathers

Paul T. Matthews

Michael J. Mattson

Matthew J. Mazzarella

James Alexander McClellan*

Megan Casey McCormick

Abigail E. McFee

Brian Michael McGough

Meaghan M. McGowan

Anthony Kieran McHale

COMMENCEMENT 2017 49*August 2016 **February 2017

School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Bachelor’s Degree

Julia Johnson McKown

Lauren Medwid

Lisa K. Meehan

Alexa S. Meltzer

Nalisha Men

Melissa Giselle Menda Lazoff

Gabi Mendick

Lingxing Meng

Jaisal Taara Merchant

William Z. Merchant

Isabel M. Merrin

Quinn N. Metoyer

Olivia Justine Meyer-Jennette

Katherine Averill Mieher

Hana Bogakiuchi Migliorato

Benjamin D. Miller**

Alexander Milstein

Avni Mittal

Jacob H. Mittleman

Tanay Modi

Carolyn R. Monaghan

Jameson M. Moore

Jonathan Jacob Moore

Michael Leroy Moore Jr.

Victoria L. Moore

Matthew Young Morales

Kate Elizabeth Morrow

Carolyn A. Morton

Bradley J. Mullen

Danielle Mulligan

Arturo Alonso Muñoz

Ana-Maria C.

Murphy-Teixidor

Thomas J. Muzzonigro

Shiv R. Narang

Margaret Mary Nero

Anne S. Nesbitt

David T. Neville

Marisa Nicole Nguyen

Minh Trang Nguyen*

Timothy C. Nichols

Blair J. Nodelman

William I. Norris

Neatric Michael Norwood

Ivan Nunez*

Liam A. O’Neil

Siobhán Sara O’Neil

Evelyn Rose Ocampo

Zachary R. Ohara

Joseph M. Okai

James C. Oliver

Sharon N. Olivo

Carly Powell Olson

Olaoluwa T. Onabanjo

Josephine Faith Ong Ong

Anna C. Oremland

Reba Ziegler Orloff

Bahar Naaseh Ostadan

Nanayaa Owusuaa-Prempeh

Daniel K. Paac

Thomas Michael Palleschi Jr.

Elizabeth Palma*

Jong Hyun Park**

Sophia R. Passacantando

Conrad Patrick Mahler Pastore

Shawn M. Patterson

Samuel R. Pearl Schwartz

Amelia Maya Pellegrini

Chloe C. Perez

Raquel Perez

Cecilia E. Petit

Courtnie Raven Phillip

Aurora Paulina Phillips

Charlotte E. Platt

Joshua H. Podolsky

Kevin A. Poisson

Aaron B. Pomerance

Jessica Posada

Pietro Possenti

Phoebe A. Prah

Emily Anne Prestley

Jack H. Price

Cole A. Priest*

Miriam S. Priven

Matthew George Pugh

Mason F. Pulde

Sarah E. Pykkonen

Jacqueline A. Quander**

Manuela Quintero Elejalde

Christopher P. Raia Jr.

MD Rasimul A. Rasim

Jason Robert Rathman

Laura R. Rathsmill*

Seth Fredrick Rattan

Alexander Dylan Ray

Kylie Marina Reiman

Bianca Ava Rescalvo

Max Ribbans

Zachary L. Richman

Alyssa D. Rivas

Sebastian Rivera

Anna L. Robson

Giovana Rodrigues Manfrin

Joaquin K. Rodriguez

Matthew C. Rohrer

Sahar Roodehchi

Veronica Alma Rosario

Brian Kenneth Rose

Ryan K. Rosen

Justin Carl Roth

George D. Roumeliotis

Gia R. Rowley*

Michael Isaac Rubinstein

Cassandra L. Ruscz

Hannah Betts Seabury Ryde

Jasper K. Ryden

Amanda Tan Saban

Benjamin Harris Sack

Ginetta M. Sagan

Peter Sahag Sahagian

Anantya Sahney

Ashlyn V. Salvage

Lauren M. Samuel

Alexia V. Sanchez*

Kevin John Sandefur

Alicia O. Sanders-Zakre*

Julie Elizabeth Sanduski

Mika Kusumoto Sanger

Ramiro Sarabia Jr.

Katherine Ann Saviano

Olivia A. Scheyer

Kathleen C. Schmidt

Liliana J. H. Schmitt**

Ari J. Schneider

Miller H. Schulman

Brooke E. Schwartz

Erica R. Schwartz

Noah C. Schwartz

Brandon T. Scott

Aidan FitzGerald Scrimgeour

Aidan J. Sears

Peter Vacca Secrest

Grace Brannan Segers

Beryl C. Seiler

Claire Elizabeth Selvin

Priscilla Luiza Amorim Sena

Maclyn L. Senear

Rasika Sethi

Louis B. Shaevel

Prashant Pratap Shah**

Bakhtawar S. Shahdad

Shaan A. Shaikh

Lakshmi Shanker

Umar A. Shareef

Eyob Sharew

Rachel Lauren Sheldon

Ashley Shen

Shivani S. Shendye

Jenna C. Sherman

Alexander Michael Shimmel

Jinhyun Shin**

Ronen S. Shohat

Arshia R. Shroff

Zachary E. Shufro

Nikita N. Shukla

Katherine Elizabeth Sienko

Thorunn Sigurdardottir

Miranda Louise Siler

Grant J. Simon

Atreyo Sinha

Bhavna Saraswathy

Sivasubramanian

Tucker J. Sjoblad

Benjamin R. Skach

Joshua Slavin

Micaela Clara Slotin

Shai Slotky

Leila D. Smiley

Candace Rebecca Smith

Kaia Chapin Smith

Talmon J. Smith*

Tarik K. Smith

Alexander Christian Snyder**

Mary Therese Snyder

Giovanni Solidoro

Justin Keehoon Song

Paul J. Sorbo

Carolina Soto

Megan C. Souza

Emily Mary Spak

Gregory M. Spiropoulos

Mitchell A. Stallman

Michael A. Stearns

Malcolm Howse Steele

Mark J. Stefaniak

Hannah E. Steinberg

Rachel Mei-Li Steindler

Paul D. Stock Jr.

Daniel J. Sullivan

Ruth Y. Sun

Timothy Brice Superko

John W. Taber

Lilly N. Tahmasebi

Oona Alwynne Taper

Noah Peter Stone Taxis

Benjamin D. Taylor

Benjamin George Teller

Kasheem S. Thomas

Caitlin Elizabeth Thompson

Jason B. Thurm

Joelle Yvonne Bade Tollefson

Vanessa Torrice

Colin J. Towers-Perkins

Austin C. Towns

Adam Michael Tracht

Nathaniel Minh-Khoi Tran

Stephanie Alison Traver

Natanya M. Trazenfeld

Alexander B. Trubowitz

Sarah H. Tse

Anna C. Vasquez-Muniz

Olivia Gagnon Veillette

Jonathon A. Venitz

Alyana Mikhaila Verjee

50 TUFTS UNIVERSITY *August 2016 **February 2017

School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Bachelor’s Degree

Cyrus S. Veyssi

Katherine G. Vibbert

Yesenia Villanueva Rodriguez

Jonathan Evan Vincent

Tiffany Lucia Von Walter

Samuel B. Wachtel

Nina S. Wadekar

Amanda Jane Walencewicz

Katherine L. Walker

Rebekah E. Waller

An Rhiel Wang

Michael Gu Wang

Yuqian Lyra Wang**

Alice Rachel Wasserman

Anissa M. Waterhouse

Daniel A. Weaver

David A. Weber

Deokjoo Wee

Kyungjoo Wee

Noah Wasserman Weinberg

Aviva Zoe Weinstein

Constantin M. Weiss

Samuel B. Weiss*

Anna Sara Rose Weissman

Kristen B. Weller

Bailey A. Werner

David K. Westby

Rhiannon Chou Wiley

Tai C. Williams

Amelia An-Mei Wills*

Miranda J. Willson

India Claire Wilson

Andrew Emet Lindgren

Wofford

Emma N. Wold**

Bradley Robert Wong

Juleen S. Wong

Morgan H. Woods*

Marian Virginia Woznica

Mely Wu**

Helen Xu*

Nik Nabihah Ramiz Yaaziz

Jung Seng Yang**

Pinar B. Yasar

Vanessa M Yu

Eujene Yum

Emma L. Zafran

Julissa Zavala*

Maya S. Zeigler

Yunan Zhang

Yan Zhao

Rachel Zhu

Rory Peter Ziomek

Michael J. Zurier

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Grace Quinlan Allen

Jilanna Allison

Karsen Jeffrey Andrews

Catherine Heywood Armistead

Daniel Barreto*

Yasmine Ahmed Batniji*

Sephora Bergiste

Yvie Biddle-Hentic**

Lauren Mackenzie Burkert

Gabriella Castro

Wooree Chae

Ju Hwan Cho

Nabeela Chowdhury**

Dong J. Chung*

Jeremy Brian Cimafonte*

Greyson Skye Davison

Andrea Bree DiFebbo

Justin R. Diaz**

Camiel Kleberg Duytschaever

Andie S. Eisen

Shihui Fang

Kaitlyn Anne Faria*

Yuheng Fu*

Yasmine Ghaemi*

Gabrielle Lee Gibson

Sarah Jean Goldsmith**

Carlos Arturo Gonzalez

Barrios

Jennifer Christine Graham

Mary Michelle Herrera

Tessa Holliday*

Jiyoung Hong

Alexis Mae Hunt

Brendan Joseph Jaccarino**

Yu Jian

Deanna Marie Johnson**

Cecilia Judge

Sun Yu Kang*

Rianna M. Keegan

Kellie Jean Kildahl**

Ahreum Kim*

Jihea Kim*

Amanda C. King**

Isabella Teruko Montan Kushi

Amanda Nian Min Lam

Jihoo Lee**

Aoife Marie Leonard

Kirk Lenor Lorenzo

Hannah Dorothy Mary

Marshall

Kristina Sue McComb

Janella Mele

Shailinn Irene Messer

Alexander Griffin Miller*

Caitlin Rose Morrison-Dyke

Robert Edward Napior II

Antonia Maria Osborne

Murphy Jane Page

Melaney Portillo*

Ian Joseph Prishwalko*

Micaela Purnell

Victoria Alejandra Rodriguez

Olivia Mary Russell

Yeonjee Ryu

Christopher Bradley Sageman

Alexandra D Schwartzberg

Phoebe Short*

Tarini Madhupati Singhania

Alondra Sewa Smith-Casas*

Christine Louise Sopata

Michael Stanislow*

Evan Michael Swinerton

Oona Alwynne Taper

Alexandra Dorothy Thomas

Myene Trimble Yanu**

Camden Beaucher Ward

Conor Trevor Ward

Chloe Wong

Aja Marie Woodward

Bachelor of Science

Sylvie P. Abookire*

Jane Deborah Acker

Aditya Advani

Eleanor Jeanne Agosta

Maimuna S. Ahmad

Sooin Ahn

Parissa Alerasool

Erin Evie Alexander

Patrick J. Allen

Sarah C. Allen

Aaron Amardey-Wellington**

Meaghan P. Annett

Jonathan A. Arbaugh

Catherine Heywood Armistead

Brian Z. Aronow

Riley Kathleen Raskopf

Aronson

Jack G. Ashton

Jarad Michael Asselin

Maxwell Paul Athy

Lindsay W. Atkeson

Tal M. August

Daniel J. Baigel

Christine Balcer

Maya R. Ball-Burack

Rose Emily Banks

Kristina T. Barounis

Mustafa K. Basaran

Kathryne Amannda Mychelle

Beasley

Michaela Anne Beck

Dina T. Bedri

Ethan Tobias Coons Bein

Sosena D. Bekele

Alexander Grove Belden

Yuval Y. Ben-Hayun

Yotam Bentov

Samantha A. Berg

Joshua Bloch Berl

Deanna Marie Bessy

Shreya Bhatia

Matthew B. Bicakci

Vivek Koratkar Bilolikar

Bernard W. Birnbaum

Alexandra L. Boden*

Alison J. Boreiko

Alena Borisenko*

Michelle Tamara Bornstein

Jeffrey M. Bortman

Quin A. Bottom-Johnson

Sean D. Boyden

Samuel R. Bragg

Jeffrey Michael Breton

Andrew P. Brodsky

Emilie Roux Bromley

Laura A. Brooks

Amy H. Bu

Noah J. Bugbee

Khuyen G. Bui

Nicholas P. Byrne

Jacob R. Caccamo

Francesca A. Caiazzo

Bridget A. Caldwell

Emily A. Calobrisi

Nicholas P. Carlino

Ann H. Carter

Yumi Casagrande

Andrew J. Cavallaro

Aastha Chadha

Jade Y. Chan

Jessica Elaine Chang

Lena Brar Chatterjee

Huiyu Chen**

Karen K. Chen

Minnie A. Chen

Tyler Chen

Xiling Chen

Xizhao Chen

Amber Marie Chevannes

Raffi Christopher

Chilingaryan

Kyle-Ravi Chinsky**

Sabrina Chishti

COMMENCEMENT 2017 51*August 2016 **February 2017

School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Bachelor’s Degree

Ritah Chumdermpadetsuk

Hee Yong Chung

Caroline Elizabeth Hall

Copacino

Katherine Adele Corneilson

Sarah E. Corning

Samantha B. Cox

Catherine G. Coyle

Lucy M. Cronin-Golomb

Robert Chalmers

Crumbaugh IV

Rachel A. Cunningham

Rebecca W. Cutler**

Megan Rose D’Andrea

Jessica Stephanie Dabrowski

Natalie A. Danziger

Jaydev H. Dave

Julia J. Davis

Rafael Manuel de la Puente

Manas Sanjay Deolankar

Rima Desai

Catherine Ann DeSoto

Andrei Didenko

Eliza E. Dillaway

Joanna V. Dimas

Phuong Ngoc Dinh

Kelly Klein Donahoe

Kwame A. Donkor

Vincent Donofrio

Jasper L. Du

Sophie L. Dulberg

Matthew Austin Eads

Sarah Elghor

Owen F. Elliott

Justine Epiney

Matthew A. Evers

Kelly M. Fahey

Stacey Ann Fair

Olivia Olabamidele Familusi

Jason Fan

Li Fan

Ray-Ting Fan

Chad D. Fanti

Ariel Cecile Feola

Maria Eduarda Rezende Ferraz

Alexander J. Ferrera

Derek Douglas Fieldhouse

Nathan M. Finberg

Sara Hannelore Fitzgerald

Harris Taylor Fitzgerel

Christopher H. Fitzpatrick

Nicholas G. Flores

Agatha R. Forstein

Brooke M. Fortin

Kathryn Diamond Fosbenner

Sarah B. French

Daniel S. Friedman

Madison L. Friedman

Julia Mansfield Fuller

Alyssa N. Fusillo

Shana A. Gallagher

Madeleine Nicole Gene

Ogul Girgin

Caroline K. Gleason

Max Nicholas Goder-Reiser

Michaela Anne Gold

Oliver Casey

Gonzalez-Yoa kum

Georgia Russo Goodman

Amanda C. Gottschalk

Zachary A. Graziano

Sarah Grace Grimmett

David J. Grossfeld

Luca Guadagno

Brett Gurman

Kevin B. Hagen

Ilana Hamer

Benjamin R. Hansel

Claire D. Hard

Kayla P. Hartman

Rachel C. Hartnett

Ryan W. Hartney

Katherine Rose Alderman

Harwood

Ryan Zachary Hastings-Echo

Ryan D. Havens

Nolan H. Hawkins

Lauryn Hayashi**

David Albert Schultz Heim

Keren A. Hendel

Judy Yaqi Hess

Camille E. Hironaka

Amanda Ho

Tereasa Ching Ho

Eric M. Hochwald

Taylor Sasha Hodhod

Maegan J. Hoffman

Laura S. Hofmann*

Katherine Margaret Hoskins

Imtiyaz N. Hossain

Janae N. Hoyle

Jingcheng Huang

Michaela E. Hurley

Aditya Hurry

Joshua E. Insler

Qais Iqbal

Safat Islam

Zabir Islam

Christopher J. Ivimey

Alex J. Jackson

Daniel Anthony Jacobini

Lauren Yu Lin Jacobs

Corianna Jean Beaudet Jacoby

Zaroug A Jaleel

Elias J. Jarzombek

Alexander R. Jeremiah

Stephanie E. Jinno

Greta H. Jochem

Lucas K. Johnson

Torsten Damien Axis Johnson

Nishant Joshi

Lindsay R. Julio

Nathan V. Justice

Erin R. Kado-Fong**

Isabella Kahhale

Rebecca M. Kamens

Joe P. Kamibeppu

Adam M. Kaminski

Alexander E. Kaplan

Samuel Joseph Karmiy

Jacob Elliott Katsiaficas

Mitchell Morton Katz

Benjamin L. Kazer

Sabrina Khan

Choong-Won R. Kim

Alexander Vernon King

Collette Toben King

Caroline Ann Kingsley

Elif Kinli

Saki Kitadai

Julia Tiffany Knight

Sonja M. Knudson

Suh Yon Koh

Ryan N. Kohl

Danielle Lung Kong

Kevin Koo

Sibonay Koo

Anastasia Korolov

Nayanika Kotagiri

Rowan Krishnan

Jason P. Krone

Christopher Kuhner

Madeline Kay Kuppe

Rebecca F. Lachs

Emily R. Lai

Remi J. Lamothe

Shaneece R. Lane

Daniel Lang

Jordan David Lange

Johnny D. Lau

Zoe M. Lazarus

Alexander R. LeBlanc

Ian J. Leaman

Arthur Austin Leck V

Eun Youb Lee

Justin Tze Tsun Lee

Peter Sangik Lee

Biniam A. Legesse

Anna Lei

Andrew Hayden Leibert

Maxwell Morgan Leonhardt

Megan Cara Leung

Robert R. Lewis**

Boris Leypunskiy

Mingzhe Li

Jian Xiong Lim

Kevin Hyun-Sik Lim

Ann Lin

Kevin A. Lindell Jr.

Elizabeth E-An Liu

Ngo Ting Flora Liu

Rui Liu

Camellia Noelle Lock

Jose Lopez

Alec J. Lotstein

Kathy Lu**

Gabrielle Anna Luiselli

Tam A. Luong**

Nina Marie Lutz

Nhu-An T. Luu*

Aileen Y-Linh Ly

Conal F. Lynch

Kathleen H. Mackin

Megan Marie Mahoney**

Nathan Abrams Majumder

Nikhil Manocha**

Haoyang Mao

Rachel Marison

Sean Richard Nunes Marris

Nolan R. Martin

Owen L. Martin

Stuart G. Martinez II

Andrew Michael Mascioli

Barry Kimutai Maswan

James D. McCants*

John Tyler O. McCullough

James M. McDowell

Eileen A. McGarry**

Jed H. McKinney

Lushna M. Mehra

Jordan H. Meisel

Kevin B. Meli

John Cimpl Merfeld

James Patrick Mernin*

Mackenzie N. Merriam

Charles L. Meyer

Merilla Michael

Jordan A. Mickel*

Brianna Liya Mignano

Marcus J. Mok

Adam R. Montenegro

Belén Mora Garijo

Thomas M. Morin

Joshua B. Morris

52 TUFTS UNIVERSITY *August 2016 **February 2017

School of Arts and Sciences

Candidates for Bachelor’s Degree

Julia G. Moyer

Christin Alexandra Mujica

James Paul Mullahoo

Chad R. Myles

Eura Myrta

Elim Na

Alena Michelle Naimark

Anjali Nair

Nimarta Narang

Rebecca L. Nardulli

Nicholas G. Nasser

Keanon J. Nelson

Trang T. Nguyen

Asha K. Nidumolu

Michela J. North

Kendra Elizabeth Nowak

Luke D. O’Connor

Maeve Kelly O’Sullivan

Bruno Olmedo Quiroga

Alejandro Alberto Osio

Temiloluwa Daniel Owoyemi

Matthew G. Paleologopoulos

Michael G. Paloian**

Ari D. Panzer

Georgios Papakostas

Albert K. Park

Isha Patnaik

Cornell S. Patrick

Sabrina R. Pearson

Prastama Putra Perkasa

Nga Thu Pham

Alexa Keller Pius

Adam Plumer

David M. Pointeau*

Sartrapat Poolvaraluck

Erik A. Poppleton

Alex M. Pugnali*

Yuhan Qin

Rosemary A. Quinn

Emmanuel F. Rachmaciej

Devon Ramsey

Michael John Rando

Alexander Joseph Ravan

Lily Razavi

Pedram Y. Razghandi*

Melissa Ann Rowan Rice

Lauren E. Richey

Martha Rimniceanu

Justin Robbins

Nicholas L. Roberts

Rachael E. Robinson

Jamie Leah Rodman

John G. Rolander

Rafael Roman Mendoza

David Robert Rose

Jordan D. Rosenthal-Kay

Jordan E. Rossen

Janeth Jepkogei Rotich

Isabel M. Rubinstein

Rachel Gavriella Rubinstein

Brianna J. Rupkalvis

Frederick Vincent Saia

Maya Olivia Salcido White

Jeffrey L. Saltzman

Marissa Morgan Sashihara

Lauren M. Savage

Katherine C. Scheer

Helen E. Schmidt

Erica S. Schwartz

Hannah R. Schwartz

Joshua Alan Schwartz

Aristana Olivia Scourtas

Yonatan Segev

Gauri Seth

Jason Levi Shaffer

Sahil G. Shah

Suraj S. Shah

Rotana A. Shaker

Alexander L. Shankland

Avita Sharma

Emily Jessica Sharp

Jay A. Sheintop

Nadine Margery Shen Molesky

Jun Soo Shin

Michael H. Sigouros*

Federico Silva

Jonathan Daniel Sirota

Kristofer John Siy

Hanna Lynn Slutsky

Zachary P. Smith

Michelle O. Sodipo

Avneet Kaur Soin

Minsuk Song**

Alexander Maxwell Spring

Lindsay Payne Squires

Malcolm Howse Steele

Gabriele Travis Stein

Hannah E. Steinberg

Andrew P. Stephenson

Claire Eliot Stone

Daniel Hunter Strauss

Sarah A. Stubbs*

Robert Huntington Sucsy

Justin Sullivan

Nishadh Sutaria**

Grace Qian Tam

Theodore Tan

Jei-Jei Tan Heng Hoong

Mudit Tandon

David C. Taus**

Tucker C. Taylor

Blanka Telecka-Rice

Ronna N. ten Brink

Christian C. Testa

John Thacker

Daria Simone Thames

Sarah L. Tilton

Gina Tomarchio

Kira Leigh Tomlinson

Samantha Michaela Toohey

Steven Tran

Samuel Archibald Troxel

Neli Tsereteli

Bianca Tubiana

Bond I. Umezuruike

Cecilie Alexandra Lybo

Uppard

John Edward Vallerie

Speros G. Varinos

Anisha Vasireddi

Khanh M. Vien

Dante Rene Vivilecchia

Sofia Vizitiu

Marko Vukovic

Kobi A. Walsh

Claire L. Walter

Anna Wang

Rita Yu Wang

Thomas H Wang

Yisu Remy Wang

Conor Trevor Ward

Katherine Sophia Wasynczuk*

Kathryn A Waymack

Matthew Adam Weinberg

Jenna M. Weinstein

Hank F Weinstock

Samuel Aaron Weiser

Harrison L. Weissman

McKenzie B. Welter

Hailiang Weng

Taylor L. Westmont**

Kayla S. Wies**

Tanner M. Wiest

Sarah M. Wiggins

Katherine B. Williams**

Khaleel Devonte Wilson

Noah Harry Wise

Amanda Marie Wisti

Bryson W. Wong

William Wong

Gabriella H. Wozniak

Olivia R. Wyatt

Ruifei Xu**

Charles Yang

Kaimeng Yang

Marcus M. Yearwood**

Le Do Hoang Yen

Stephanie Yafei Yin

Wei You

Darby E. Young

Norman Y. Young

Aaron Jay Yu

Zachary Zager

Dominique T. Zarrella

Naomi Jin Zarrilli

Jonah Elliot Zarrow

Yimin Zhang

Yuxuan Zhang

Willem H. Zook

Peter Rhett Zuckerman

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Information was accurate as of May 3, 2017

*August 2016 **February 2017

School of Engineering

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy

Nathaniel C. Allen*

Mechanical Engineering

B.S.M.E., University of New Hampshire

M.S., Tufts University

Matthew Bock Applegate*

Biomedical Engineering

B.S., Cornell University

Prity Bengani-Lutz

Chemical Engineering

B.S., Boston University

Mengfei Cao*

Computer Science

B.E., University of Science and Technology, China

M.S., Tufts University

Whitney Joy Crooks

Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Washington University in St. Louis

M.S., Tufts University

Andrew L. Fiordalis**

Chemical Engineering

B.S., Tri-State University

Margaret Ellen Garcia

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., Lafayette College

B.A., Lafayette College

M.S., University of California at Los Angeles

Jory S. Hecht

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.A., Clark University

M.A., University of California at Santa Barbara

M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Erica Palma Kimmerling**

Biomedical Engineering

B.E., Stony Brook University

Alexandra V. Kulinkina**

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

M.S., Tufts University

Wenjian Lin

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.E., Tsinghua University, China

Sara Manteiga*

Chemical Engineering

B.S., University of Rhode Island

Katherine Anne Muller*

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S.EV.E., Tufts University

Christopher Roger Nehme

Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Boston University

M.S., Tufts University

Brian P. O’Connell

Mechanical Engineering

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

M.S., Tufts University

Jisoo Park

Computer Science

B.S.E., Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea

M.S., Washington University in St. Louis

Mahboubeh Rahmati Rostami

Chemical Engineering

B.S., Sharif University of Technology, Iran

M.S., Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Justin Emmanuel Rodriguez*

Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Union College

M.S., Union College

Matthew Corey Simon

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., University of Washington

Douglas I. Walker

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Siran Wang

Biomedical Engineering

B.S., Liaoning Normal University, China

Yuan Wang**

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., Tongji University, China

M.S., Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Thomas Emrys Williams

Computer Science: Cognitive Science

B.A., Hamilton College

M.S., Tufts University

Chenguang Xi**

Electrical Engineering

B.E., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

M.S., Tufts University

Xiao Xiao

Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Sun Yat-sen University, China

M.S., Chinese Academy of Sciences

M.S., Tufts University

Travis Michael Yates

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., Clemson University

M.S., Clemson University

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School of Engineering

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Beste Filiz Yuksel*

Computer Science

B.S., University of Lincoln, United Kingdom

M.S., University College of London, United Kingdom

M.S., King’s College London, United Kingdom

Zemin Zhang**

Electrical Engineering

B.E., Tsinghua University, China

Yijun Zhao

Computer Science

B.S., Tianjin University, China

M.S., University of Kansas

Jing Zhu**

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S.C.E., Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Master of Engineering

Augustina O. Ativie

Bioengineering

B.S., George Washington University

David J. Bischoff**

Bioengineering

B.S., University of Rochester

Siran Cao

Biomedical Engineering

B.S., University of Miami

Antonio A. Cardoso*

Bioengineering

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Joyce X. Chow**

Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tara R. Daugherty**

Biomedical Engineering

B.S., Lehigh University

Celeste M. Dupont

Bioengineering

B.S.E., University of Connecticut

Rebecca C. Frank

Chemical Engineering

B.S., University of Pittsburgh

Emily J. Hickmott**

Biomedical Engineering

B.S.BM.E., Tufts University

Lucica Sbarcea Hiller

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S.EV.E., Tufts University

Yafangzhou Huang

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.E., University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Elizabeth Ann Kirtland

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S.C.E., Tufts University

Michael Jay Kreuze

Bioengineering

B.S.CH.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Matthew Douglas Lee

Biomedical Engineering

B.S., Boston University

Ketaki Sanjay Nade**

Bioengineering

B.S., University of Pune, India

Grace E. Olsen*

Mechanical Engineering

B.S.M.E., Tufts University

John M. Ward

Bioengineering

B.S., University of Maine

Master of Science

Bushra Mohammed Alkadhi**

Computer Science

B.S., King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Eric Dennigan Bailey

Computer Science

B.S., Tufts University

Stephanie J. Bassock*

Human Factors

B.A., University of Rhode Island

Roza Günes Bayrak*

Electrical Engineering

B.S., Cankaya University, Turkey

Lily Winsor Vann Beyer

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., University of New Hampshire

Susan M. Bitetti**

Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Furman University

Tiffany A. Blake

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., University of Massachusetts Lowell

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School of Engineering

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Justin P. Bolinger

Biomedical Engineering

B.S., University of Maine

Agustin Botteron**

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.E., National Technological University, Argentina

M.E., National University of the Littoral, Argentina

Andrew R. Braren

Human Factors

B.S., Tufts University

Susan R. Bresney*

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., Boston College

Jared Morris Bronen*

Computer Science

B.S., Tufts University

Connor Harkins Brown

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Samuel Hecht Burck**

Computer Science

B.S., Trinity College

Carter B. Casey

Computer Science

B.S., Tufts University

Carol Chan

Bioengineering

B.S., Syracuse University

Jared Chandler

Computer Science

B.A., University of Alaska at Anchorage

B.F.A., University of Alaska at Anchorage

Jhanel F. Chew

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Casey R. Corrado

Mechanical Engineering

B.S.M.E., Tufts University

John J. Crawford

Computer Science

B.S., Tufts University

Alex B. Daniels

Electrical Engineering

Maria Clara De Paolis Kaluza*

Electrical Engineering

B.S., Boston University

Phillip M. Deardorff

Bioengineering

B.S., Lehigh University

Amin Dehkharghani

Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Stephen R. Dennison

Electrical Engineering

B.S.E.E., Tufts University

Jay W. DeStories

Computer Science

Elizabeth M. DeYoung

Computer Science

B.A., University of Chicago

Seth Drew

Computer Science

Haonan Fan

Mechanical Engineering

B.S., South Central University for Nationalities, China

M.S., Wayne State University

Lisa Fan

Computer Science

B.S., Tufts University

Thomas P. Fernandez

Biomedical Engineering

B.S., Louisiana State University

Samuel P. Gaeth**

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., The Ohio State University

Fangzheng Guo**

Mechanical Engineering

B.E., Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Anzu Hakone

Computer Science

B.S., Tufts University

Jae Jin Lisa Han

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., Boston College

Alexander Ross Hankin

Electrical Engineering

B.S.CP.E., Tufts University

Anthony Joseph Hanley

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.E., National University of Ireland Galway

Yucheng He

Computer Science

B.S., East China University of Science and Technology

M.E., Tufts University

Brian Herdeg

Electrical Engineering

B.S., Cornell University

56 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

School of Engineering

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Jason P. Hnatko

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., Cornell University

Timothy C. Ho

Computer Science

B.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison

Blake Avram Donald Robertson Hotz

Biomedical Engineering

B.S.CH.E., Tufts University

Amy E. Hunter

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S.C.E., University of New Hampshire

Yan Huo**

Computer Science

B.S., Jilin University, China

M.S., University of Florida

Ali Musa Iftikhar

Computer Science

B.S., Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan

Caitlin Laurel Collins Johnson

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S.EV.E., Tufts University

Pratham Raj Joshi

Computer Science

B.A., Bennington College

Daniel J. Kane**

Mechanical Engineering

Ganga Kasi*

Human Factors

B.E., University of Madras, India

Robert D. Kaufman

Mechanical Engineering

B.S.M.E., Tufts University

Nona Khadivi

Biomedical Engineering

D.D.S., Islamic Azad University, Iran

B.S., University of Bridgeport

Doyeon Koo

Bioengineering

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology

Arik Landsman

Electrical Engineering

B.S., Wentworth Institute of Technology

Walton Yui To Lee

Computer Science

B.S.C.S., Tufts University

Yu Lei*

Computer Science

B.A., Huazhong Agricultural University, China

M.S., Huazhong Agricultural University, China

Tszhim Joshua Leung**

Mechanical Engineering

Gary Li

Biomedical Engineering

Tinghao Liang**

Electrical Engineering

B.E., Xidian University, China

William J. Lind*

Chemical Engineering

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Chen Liu

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.E., Wuhan University, China

Xu Liu*

Computer Science

B.S., Zhengzhou University, China

M.S., Southwest Jiaotong University, China

Tenzin Lobsang

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S.C.E., Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Nyasha Madziva

Chemical Engineering

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Matthew W. Marber

Human Factors

B.S., Tufts University

Christopher S. Martin*

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.A., Dartmouth College

B.E., Dartmouth College

Fatin Marzooq*

Chemical Engineering

B.S., Syracuse University

Ferris Faisal Masri

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Kyle M. Monahan**

Civil and Environmental Engineering

M.S., Clarkson University

B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Jason N. Morrow**

Electrical Engineering

B.S., University of Pittsburgh

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School of Engineering

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Jeanne-Marie Musca

Computer Science

B.A., Carleton University

M.A., Tufts University

Manahil N. Naqvi

Biomedical Engineering

B.S., Roger Williams University

Molly J. O’Toole

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S.C.E., University of Notre Dame

B.A., Stonehill College

Erden Oktay**

Computer Science

B.A., Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Aruna Pillai

Computer Science

B.S., University of Calicut, India

Meera Punjiya*

Electrical Engineering

B.S., Harvey Mudd College

Mamoon Raja*

Computer Science

B.S., Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan

Timothy Riley**

Mechanical Engineering

B.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison

Andrew D. Robinson*

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., Roger Williams University

Christopher G. Sacca

Electrical Engineering

B.A., Skidmore College

Steven J. Santos

Electrical Engineering

B.S.E.E., Tufts University

Jennifer Marie Scinto

Mechanical Engineering

Miranda Quinn Seeley

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S.C.E., Tufts University

Michael A. Sellitto*

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., Emmanuel College

Jake Mikel Serago*

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S.E., Arizona State University

Mark H. Shooter*

Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Emily DeBaun Stuntz*

Biomedical Engineering

B.A., Dartmouth College

Shuchun Sun

Mechanical Engineering

B.E., Tianjin University of Science & Technology, China

Jennifer Elizabeth Thomas

Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Brown University

Nicola R. Thomson

Electrical Engineering

B.S.CP.E., Tufts University

Lauren Elisabeth Tice

Bioengineering

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Alexander Yi-Ren Tong

Computer Science

Robert M. Trout

Biomedical Engineering

B.S.BM.E., Tufts University

Ashley K. Turza

Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Megan Leigh Van Welie**

Computer Science

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Aishwar ya Venkat

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Astrid Joanna Advincula Veroy*

Human Factors

B.S., University of the Philippines

Michele Ann Viani DeForest

Electrical Engineering

B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Gabrielle Davis Vukasin*

Mechanical Engineering

B.A., Williams College

Gang Wang*

Electrical Engineering

B.E., Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

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School of Engineering

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Jun Wang

Computer Science

B.E., Xi’An Jiaotong University, China

M.S., Tufts University

Tara Nathalie Watson

Electrical Engineering

Joshua M. Wimble

Chemical Engineering

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Alister Michael Wood

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.B.A., Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

B.E., Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

Chad Edward Worley*

Chemical Engineering

B.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison

Madeline Rose Wrable

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., Northeastern University

He Xie**

Computer Science

B.E., Tsinghua University, China

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Zhaokun Xue

Computer Science

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Liyan Yang*

Mechanical Engineering

B.E., Tianjin University, China

Ziyi Yang

Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Purdue University

Hanshun Yu**

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.E., Wuhan University, China

Jiabin Zhang**

Mechanical Engineering

B.E., Jiangsu University, China

Zhiyong Zhao**

Civil and Environmental Engineering

B.S., Northeastern University

Zijia Zhao

Mechanical Engineering

B.A., Boston University

Ning Zhu*

Chemical Engineering

B.E., Xi’An Jiaotong University, China

Adam Zieba

Biomedical Engineering

B.S.BM.E., Tufts University

Heather Elizabeth Zukas

Bioengineering

B.S., University of New Hampshire

Master of Science in Engineering Management

Khaled E. Aly**

Engineering Management

B.S.E.S., American University in Cairo, Egypt

Endri Angjeli

Engineering Management

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Johnathan William Antonizio

Engineering Management

B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Syra B. Arif

Engineering Management

B.S., The Ohio State University

Eric Emile Austin*

Engineering Management

B.S., Wentworth Institute of Technology

M.S., Tufts University

Ana Angelina Avila*

Engineering Management

B.S., Manhattan College

Amna Atique Awan

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Folarin A. Ayo

Engineering Management

B.E., King’s College London, United Kingdom

M.S., King’s College London, United Kingdom

Carlos A. Benitez

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Darshan Mrugen Bhojani

Engineering Management

B.S., Stony Brook University

Isaac Paul Blanchard*

Engineering Management

B.S.M.E., University of Vermont

Alicia Bonaldi

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Rhode Island

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School of Engineering

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Stephen Alan Boyd*

Engineering Management

B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Brian M. Boyle

Engineering Management

B.S., Fitchburg State University

Stephen Brogan

Engineering Management

B.S., Boston University

Eric G. Brouillard

Engineering Management

B.S., Wentworth Institute of Technology

Misty Carlisle

Engineering Management

B.S., Cornell University

M.E., Cornell University

Ryan Casey

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Chad Chamberlin

Engineering Management

B.A., University of New Hampshire

B.S., University of New Hampshire

Andrew Cieri

Engineering Management

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Ariana N. Costa*

Engineering Management

B.B.A., University of Alaska Fairbanks

Kristopher D. Cui*

Engineering Management

B.S.CH.E., University of New Hampshire

Edgar Adrian Cuji*

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Rochester

M.S., Cornell University

Ph.D., Cornell University

Meredith G. Cunha

Engineering Management

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

M.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Eli Jacob Cushner*

Engineering Management

B.S., Tufts University

Sahidya Devadoss*

Engineering Management

B.E., Anna University, India

Quan Do*

Engineering Management

B.E., Ryerson University, Canada

Marco A. Dominguez

Engineering Management

B.S., Pachuca Institute of Technology, Mexico

Andrea Marie Dwyer

Engineering Management

B.S., Tufts University

Darren J. Fagan

Engineering Management

B.E., Dublin City University, Ireland

M.S., Dublin City University, Ireland

Jannisse Judith Figueroa-Gay-Cieri

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Puerto Rico

B.S., University of New Hampshire

Christopher Edward Frano

Engineering Management

B.S.C.E., Tufts University

Jarred Gallagher

Engineering Management

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Judith R. Gallagher*

Engineering Management

B.A., Wellesley College

Can Gao

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Javier A. Garcia

Engineering Management

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Andrew Lawrence Grant

Engineering Management

B.S., Northeastern University

John Stewart Hamnett

Engineering Management

B.S.M.E., University of Delaware

M.S., University of Delaware

Shu Han

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Connecticut

M.S., University of Connecticut

Anthony C. Hazlett

Engineering Management

B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

60 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

School of Engineering

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Rudolf Hersh

Engineering Management

B.S., Pennsylvania State University

M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology

Matthew R. Hollis**

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Hartford

Ji Ming J. Hong

Engineering Management

B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

James R. Hudson**

Engineering Management

B.A., University of South Florida

B.S., University of South Florida

M.A., University of Breman, Germany

Hassan Ijaz

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan

Christopher M. Jagodowski

Engineering Management

B.S., Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Paetrice Jones*

Engineering Management

B.S.CH.E., Howard University

M.S., University of New Hampshire

Katharine Leslie Jorgensen*

Engineering Management

B.S.E., University of Connecticut

Eoin P. Kiely

Engineering Management

B.E., University College Cork, Ireland

Ashley S. King

Engineering Management

B.S.CH.E., Northeastern University

Bryce Knudson

Engineering Management

B.S., University of San Diego

Nicole L. Labo

Engineering Management

B.S., Northeastern University

Brandon Michael LaQuay*

Engineering Management

B.S., Rochester Institute of Technology

Jae Hyuk Lee

Engineering Management

B.S., Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea

M.B.A., Yonsei University, Republic of Korea

Adam Leonard

Engineering Management

B.S., Brown University

Raymond C. Leung

Engineering Management

B.S.M.E., Tufts University

Yin Yin Lin

Engineering Management

B.S., Simmons College

Smith Jean Louis*

Engineering Management

B.A., Wesleyan University

Seema Madgaonkar

Engineering Management

B.E., Bangalore University, India

Kirsten Brooke Maloney

Engineering Management

B.S., Boston University

Mark Reno Maselli*

Engineering Management

B.S.CH.E., Northeastern University

Michael Francis McNulty*

Engineering Management

B.B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Jason Mello

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Massachusetts Lowell

Lynne Theresa Messina

Engineering Management

B.S., Boston University

Paul Muiznieks**

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Massachusetts Lowell

M.S., University of Massachusetts Lowell

Patrick David Mulcahy**

Engineering Management

B.A., Boston University

M.S., Worcester State University

Michael D. Murphy

Engineering Management

B.S., Purdue University

Manoj Nair

Engineering Management

B.E.T., University of Calcutta, India

M.S., Boston University

Amy Kristen Nehring

Engineering Management

B.S., Boston University

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School of Engineering

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Timothy J. Norden**

Engineering Management

B.A., Boston University

Kenneth Edward Nugent

Engineering Management

B.A., College of William & Mary

Jason William O’Connell

Engineering Management

B.S., Wentworth Institute of Technology

Jennifer Olson

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Rochester

Richard B. Osterberg

Engineering Management

A.B., Harvard University

David W. Payne II

Engineering Management

B.S., University of New Hampshire

Zachary H. Perlmutter

Engineering Management

B.E., Vanderbilt University

Susan Marie Peterson**

Engineering Management

B.S., Boston College

Frederike Pieper

Engineering Management

B.A., Tufts University

Amanda Priest

Engineering Management

B.S., Cornell University

Christopher Rafferty

Engineering Management

B.S., Northeastern University

Anuja Rajbhandari*

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Massachusetts Boston

Christopher E. Rizzo

Engineering Management

B.S., Carnegie Mellon University

Jeremy M. Rosenblatt

Engineering Management

B.S.CH.E., Tufts University

Rohan Sunil Sakpal

Engineering Management

B.E., University of Mumbai, India

M.B.A., Hult International Business School Boston

Adam J. Saltzman

Engineering Management

A.B., Cornell University

M.S., Duke University

Melvin A. Santos

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Massachusetts Lowell

Natasa Saric Uzelac

Engineering Management

Diploma, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Keith E. Saunders

Engineering Management

B.S., Eastern Michigan University

Viriya Shloul

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Rhode Island

Gregg Richard Singer

Engineering Management

B.S., Georgetown University

Nicole Alexa Slaughter

Engineering Management

B.S.M.E., Tufts University

Kathryn G. Smith-Petersen

Engineering Management

B.S., Trinity College

Marc A. Solia

Engineering Management

B.S.M.E., Northeastern University

Michael J. Spofford

Engineering Management

B.S., Northeastern University

Aikanysh Syrgak kyzy

Engineering Management

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Jemma Claire Palacio Taipan

Engineering Management

B.S., Boston University

Jeffrey Scott Thibedeau*

Engineering Management

B.S., Rochester Institute of Technology

Peter Evan Trearchis

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Massachusetts Lowell

Ogo Ugeh

Engineering Management

B.E., Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria

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School of Engineering

Candidates for Graduate Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017

Alex Veprinsk y

Engineering Management

B.S., Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Matthew J. Wainwright**

Engineering Management

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

John A. Wareham III

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

M.S., University of Rhode Island

Daniel J. Wilkens*

Engineering Management

B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Muraina K. Yusuf

Engineering Management

B.S., University of Ibadan, Nigeria

John Yusufu

Engineering Management

S.B., Harvard University

Walter E. Zesk III

Engineering Management

B.A., Wesleyan University

M.A., Rhode Island School of Design

Master of Science in Innovation and Management

Maren E. Brenninkmeijer

Innovation and Management

B.S., Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Ashwini Chidirala

Innovation and Management

B.S., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Yongtao Ding

Innovation and Management

B.E., Wuhan University, China

Sarah A. Drury

Innovation and Management

B.A., McGill University, Canada

Yihan Hu

Innovation and Management

B.M.S., East China Normal University

Bennedict H. Kim

Innovation and Management

B.S.E.E., Tufts University

Hirosei Kuruma

Innovation and Management

B.S.CH.E., Tufts University

Patricia Jane O’Connor

Innovation and Management

B.S.E.E., Tufts University

Rebecca N. O’Connor

Innovation and Management

B.E., Stevens Institute of Technology

Gulin Olcer

Innovation and Management

B.A., Koç University, Turkey

Christopher D. Shultz

Innovation and Management

B.S., Tufts University

Paget Grace Stanco

Innovation and Management

B.A., Tufts University

COMMENCEMENT 2017 63*August 2016 **February 2017

School of Engineering

Candidates for Bachelor’s Degrees

The Latin honors, recognizing

academic achievement

(summa cum laude, magna

cum laude, and cum laude),

are printed on diplomas and

announced at school and

department ceremonies.

Bachelor of Science

Alexandra A. Benbadis

Daniel P. Callahan

Jackson B. Clawson

Sam J. Gates

Alexander Lee Golin

Erica Genevieve Massaro

Benjamin J. Pall

Nils Eckehard Huebner Rain**

Nicholas G. Taylor*

Joshua M. Terry

Alexandria Burke Trombley

Darryl James Varney

Gideon E. Wulfsohn

Bachelor of Science in

Biomedical Engineering

Alan H. Bartels

David Lawrence Berntsein

Elizabeth M. Billings

Alison M. Brack

Alexander Philip Curtiss

Anas A. Hamad

Luke Makana Hanley**

Gary Li

Zachary C. Loewenstein

Viktor S. Maciag

Arin Naidu

Grant Logan Pemberton

Rosemary Friel Soucy

April B. Truong

Stephen M. Wong

Bachelor of Science in

Chemical Engineering

Ahmed A. Bardooli

Brian Timothy Bertini

Maurice Bukenya

Nicholas Hanssen Cicchetti

Nicholas S. De Chiara

Michael Edward DeCortin

Sika Gadzanku

Andrade E. Hendricks

Cassidy Juliet Hubert

Jacob Daniel Isaacson

Kirsten M. Jorgensen

Ari Vasken Kazanjian

Sylvia M. Lustig

Elijah Evans Martin

Katherine Michelle McMurray

Samuel James Nave

Michelle Jo Yin Ng*

Elliot J. Nielson

Parthkumar K. Patel

Allison R. Pine

Luis Rebollar Tercero

Patricia T. Rosa

Emil Rubakh

Jacob Carl Santos-Marques

Timothy F. Savidge

Brian A. Smith

William C. Stockton

Nicholas J. Turiano

Wesley A. Viola

Christopher J. Warren

Chloe Alexis Wong

Jonathan C. Yeh

Bachelor of Science

in Civil Engineering

Harshit Agrawal

Nicole L. Allora

Connor Harkins Brown

Carter I. Cole

Rachel Eisenberg

Alexander R. Gasca

Leili Ghaemi

Benjamin H. Levy

Barton Liang*

Matthew S. Masi-Phelps

Sara Yang Yue Pearce-Probst

Emily Mehrnoosh

Pishgahzadeh

Elia Rodriguez Lopez

Lindsey P. Sundvik

Austin Wanandi

Steven Robert Woodruff

Bachelor of Science in

Computer Engineering

Saurav Acharya

Oghenefego Martins Ahia

Jorge Anton Garcia

Aaron Joshua Bowen

Alex B. Daniels

Uyen H. Diep

Ambika Ragini Jayakumar

Erika A. Marmol

Jessica Morales

Tomer Lee Shapira

Tara Nathalie Watson

Bachelor of Science

in Computer Science

Zoe C. Baghdoyan

Samuel J. Ballerini

Eli Wertheimer Boninger

Hayley B. Cohen

Brendan M. Conron**

Jay W. DeStories

Ethan M. Donowitz

Seth Drew

Tafari Ellis Duncan

Brett M. Fouss

Jared P. Gall

Morgan Kiefer Gellert

Graham Scott Goudeau

Samuel L. Heilbron

Seth O. Kahn

David Kheyman

Alexander Victor Koudijs

Rebecca Lynn Redberg Larson

Alice Richter Lee

Mengtian Li

Cecily Lo

Feiyu Lu

Yueming Luo

Ariel Luque

Nathaniel Amerigo McArdle*

Abdisalan A. Mohamud

Maretta J. Morovitz

Jared T. Moskowitz

Andre C. Newland

Alex T. Nguyen

Ethan D. Pailes

Emilie J. Posamentier

Eliza J. Schreibman

Michael M. Seltzer

Nicolas L. Sempere

Kabir H. Singh

Karan A. Singhal

Jeremy N. Slavitz

John C. Spiva

Benjamin P. Tanen

Gabriel Cody Terrell

Alexander Yi-Ren Tong

Nicholas O. Usoff

Jacob B. Watton

Samuel Morgan Weiss

Samantha Meagan Welch

Nicholas Y. Yan

Danielle Rose Zelin

Hongyi Zhou

64 TUFTS UNIVERSITY *August 2016 **February 2017

School of Engineering

Candidates for Bachelor’s Degrees

Bachelor of Science in

Electrical Engineering

Andrew M. Bourhis

Syed Muhammad Bukhari

Ethan Timothy Zhung

Wing Chan

Adam John Chapman

Joseph Roger Cirone

Arlo B. Clarke

Tyler J. Coleman

Andaç Demir

Ryan Patrick Gill

Noel Hwang

John Mei Jin Koh

Trevor Paul LeDoyt

Ryan I. Maponga

Michaela Dail Nies

Brian P. O’Keefe

Kenneth Postigo

Terence Tufuor

Gregory M. Warns

Sadie V. Woolf

Jeffrey Chun Hei Wu

Peter H. Wu

Bachelor of Science

in Engineering

Jessica M. Lunte

Bachelor of Science in

Engineering Physics

Sean C. Chapman

Daniel M. Rivers

Bachelor of Science in

Engineering Science

Peter Russell Bernstein

Mollie Elizabeth Chipman

Charles Alexander Hall

Colley*

Rohan Joshi

Rachel E. Kramer

Zachary Richard Pagel

Giuliano Potsios

Bachelor of Science

in Environmental

Engineering

Charlotte E. Clarke

Hannah Danielle Conroy

Jeremy M. Goldsmith

Emma R.M. Inhorn

Jiepu Li

Jacquelyn Nwagwu

Alexander Kevin Rappaport

Liza Ayman Samy Wahba

Nazifa Noor Sarawat

Jennifer Beth Skerker

David L. Stack

Erynne H. van Zee

Marisa Helene Zellmer

Bachelor of Science in

Mechanical Engineering

Eric F. Abboud

Mina Akdogan

James C. Aronson

Scott M. Barbano

Stanley McCallum Barlow

Jackson K. Bockhorst

Katherine A. Bouchard

Harrison M. Brown

Joshua Herbert Brown

Elizabeth Douglas Buechler

Zachary Y. Chen

William L. Chupp

Chandler L. Coble

Emma Chana Coltoff

Colin S. Crihfield

Freddy Davaris

Nina Sophia Dytiuk

Noah J. Epstein**

Baris Erdemli

Leah Elizabeth Fletcher

Erick E. Garcia

Cesar Guerrero

Parker C. Heyl

Kevin McCauley-Patches

Holbrook

Hayley J. Hopper*

Qiaochu Hu

Noah A. Kagan

Daniel J. Kane**

Alexander M. Kim

Ethan George Laverack

Tszhim Joshua Leung**

Jason David Linker

Lauren M. McIsaac

Robert E. McLaughlin III

Charles E. McQuinn

Andrew Murray

Rose Kathleen Murray

Andrew Pierce Narahara

Nicholas Nopprapun Widjaja

Kevin Seán O’Brien

Tyler J. Olney

Thomas William Petry

Meredith Bailey Reynolds

David J. Rivoir

Matthew H. Rothstein

Camille Claire Saidnawey

Jennifer Marie Scinto

Faris Shamsi

Trevor P. Vassallo

Russell J. Weeks

Sara A. Wojciechowski

Eleanor Sarah Wright

Commencement

2017

Commencement

2017

125TH COMMENCEMENT

School of Medicine

37TH COMMENCEMENT

Sackler School of Graduate

Biomedical Sciences

Commencement

2017

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School of Medicine and Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

Order of Events

Musical Prelude

Processional

Chief Marshal and Presenter David A. Neumeyer, M.D., Dean of Admissions, School of Medicine

Invocation Celene Ibrahim, M.Div., Chaplain

Welcome Harris A. Berman, M.D., Dean, School of Medicine

Greetings Naomi Rosenberg, Ph.D., Dean, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

Presentation of Dean Emeritus Certificate and Presented by: Harris A. Berman, M.D., Dean, School of Medicine

Faculty Emeritus Certificate Recipient: Naomi Rosenberg, Ph.D., Dean, Sackler School of Graduate

Biomedical Sciences and Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology

Presentation of Faculty Emeritus Certificates Presented by: Harris A. Berman, M.D., Dean

Recipients:

Benjamin E. Bierbaum, M.D., Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Lennig W. Chang, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

David A. Damassa, Ph.D., Professor of Integrative Physiology and Pathobiology

Laura Liscum, Ph.D., Professor of Integrative Physiology and Pathobiology

Karina F. Meiri, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology

Edward A. Nalebuff, M.D., M53, Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Heber Carl Nielsen, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics

Brian S. Schaffhausen, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental, Molecular and

Chemical Biology

Barbara W. Stechenberg, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics

Medical Class President Address Ian Campbell Murphy

Sackler Student Address Elizabeth Hanson

Presentation of Diplomas to M.D./M.B.A. Candidates, Harris A. Berman, M.D., Dean

School of Medicine Betsy Busch, M.D., M75, University Trustee

Amy B. Kuhlik, M.D., Dean of Students

Janet S. Kerle, Associate Dean for Student Affairs

John A. Matias, M.Ed., Associate Dean for Admissions and Enrollment Services

Paul Beninger, M.D., M.B.A., Director, M.D./M.B.A. Program

hooding

Jonathan Schindelheim, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

COMMENCEMENT 2017 67

School of Medicine and Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

Order of Events

Presentation of Diplomas to M.D./M.P.H. Candidates, Harris A. Berman, M.D., Dean

School of Medicine Betsy Busch, M.D., M75, University Trustee

Anthony Schlaff, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Public Health Program

Presentation of Diplomas to Maine Track Candidates, Harris A. Berman, M.D., Dean

School of Medicine Betsy Busch, M.D., M75, University Trustee

Peter W. Bates, M.D., Academic Dean, Maine Medical Center

hooding

Jo Linder, M.D., Director of Student Affairs, Maine Medical Center

Presentation of Diplomas to M.D. Candidates, Harris A. Berman, M.D., Dean

School of Medicine Betsy Busch, M.D., M75, University Trustee

Presentation of Diplomas to M.S. Candidates, Naomi Rosenberg, Ph.D., Dean

Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Betsy Busch, M.D., M75, University Trustee

Kathryn E. Lange, M.A., Associate Dean

Presentation of Diplomas to Ph.D. Candidates, Naomi Rosenberg, Ph.D., Dean

Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences Betsy Busch, M.D., M75, University Trustee

hooding

Doctoral Faculty Advisors

Presentation of Diplomas to M.D./Ph.D. Candidates Harris A. Berman, M.D., Dean, School of Medicine

Naomi Rosenberg, Ph.D., Dean, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

Betsy Busch, M.D., M75, University Trustee

hooding

James Schwob, M.D., Ph.D., Director of M.D./Ph.D. Program

Doctoral Faculty Advisors, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

Administration of Modern Hippocratic Oath Joyce A. Sackey, M.D., Dean for Multicultural Affairs and Global Health

Recessional

68 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

School of Medicine

Candidates for Combined Degrees

*August 2016 **November 2016 ***February 2017 ±Honors in Research

†Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society ††Delta Omega Honor Society

^Honos Civicus Society ∞Tufts Student Service Scholars

Doctor of Medicine and

Master of Business Administration

Andrew Aherrera**

B.A., George Washington University

M.S., Tufts University

Anuoluwapo Oluwatoyin Alakija

B.S., Boston College

M.S., Tufts University

Owen Edosa Amadasun

B.S., Cornell University

Michael Lann Belmont

A.B., Princeton University

Sophie Yiru Dean

B.A., Case Western Reserve University

Rohan Jotwani

B.A., Columbia University

Eung-Mi Lee^∞

B.A., Boston College

Mayur J. Patel

B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Daniel Lawrence Rodkey

B.S., Tufts University

Courtney Lynn Scanlon†

B.S., Boston College

Eric Joseph Schwaber±

B.S., Brandeis University

Vivek Rama Varma

B.S., The Ohio State University

Mahima Vijayaraghavan

B.A., Northwestern University

Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health

Abigail Hannah Benudis^

B.A., Tufts University

Joanna Chen

B.S., Cornell University

Emily Dawn Cole±

Sc.B., Brown University

Ryan Di Geronimo

B.S., University of California at Santa Barbara

Ryan Francis Flanagan†

B.S., Tufts University

An-Hoa Giang∞

B.S., University of Rochester

Elena Sabina Hill^∞

B.A., Tufts University

Joby Jacob

B.S., Northeastern University

Joseph Bagrit Kahan†

B.A., Wesleyan University

Megan Elizabeth Kassick†

B.S., Northeastern University

Jong Hun Kim

B.A., University of California at Berkeley

Anita Maria Mathews∞

Sc.B., Brown University

Jennifer Yuko Moyer†^

B.A., Wesleyan University

Celia Anne Muoser

A.B., Cornell University

Michelle M. Qi

B.A., University of California at Berkeley

M.S., University of Southern California

Tuhin Kar Roy^

B.A., University of California at Berkeley

Kaytlena Dunn Stillman

B.A., University of Pennsylvania

Katherine Samford Takvorian† ††^

A.B., Harvard University

Lindsay Michelle Tishberg^

B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Christina Noel Weed^∞

B.S., Loyola Marymount University

Joanna Wong

B.S., Emory University

COMMENCEMENT 2017 69

*August 2016 **November 2016 ***February 2017 ±Honors in Research

†Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society ††Delta Omega Honor Society

^Honos Civicus Society ∞Tufts Student Service Scholars

School of Medicine

Candidates for Degrees—Maine Track Program

Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health

Christina Valerio

B.S., Johns Hopkins University

Doctor of Medicine

Louis Riehle Eubank±

B.A., University of Maine

Catherine Pearl Ezzio

B.S., Muhlenberg College

Alexander Robert Fiorentino

A.B., Princeton University

Christin Theresa Folker

B.S., Pennsylvania State University

Astrid America Gleaton

B.S., Bates College

David Lee-Kuan Gregory

B.A., Wheaton College (Illinois)

Molly Paige Hallweaver

B.S., University of California at Santa Cruz

Nicketti Marie Handy

B.S., University of Rochester

Sarah Marie Bernadette Harnois

B.S., Georgetown University

Kathryn Ann Hess

A.B., Colgate University

Erica Hidu†

B.S., University of Maine

Julia Freda Jacobs

A.B., Bowdoin College

Leigh Pemberton Johnson

B.A., University of Maine

Anna Hill Jorgensen

B.A., Connecticut College

Jay Larmon

B.A., Colby College

M.S., Tufts University

M.B.A., Brandeis University

Jennifer Elisabeth MacDowell

B.S., University of Maine

Lauren Manning

B.A., Connecticut College

Elizabeth Ann McClure

B.A., Williams College

Taieri Lee McKenzie^

B.A., Lehigh University

Jasmine Elizabeth Mikami^

A.B., Bowdoin College

Brent Christopher Morel

B.S., Emory University

Emily Niemi

B.A., Colby College

Timothy Daniel Ouellette

B.S., Haverford College

M.S., Georgetown University

George Alexander Patten**

B.A., Georgetown University

Miranda J. Rogers±†^

B.S., M.S., Tufts University

Johanna Sage Salay†

B.A., Colby College

Emily P. Sangillo

B.S., M.Eng., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Karl Christian Santiago

B.A., New York University

Valerie Lynne Smith

B.S., University of Maine

India Irene Stewart

B.S., University of Maine

Kayleigh Anne Sullivan

B.S., Cornell University

M.A., M.P.H., Boston University

Michael P. Tozier

A.B., Washington University in St. Louis

Jack Post Vernamonti

B.A., Colby College

Conor William Walsh

A.B., Bowdoin College

Chris Richard Welter

B.S., Seattle Paciﬁc University

Winsor John Fuller Wesson

B.A., Colby College

Dylan James Wingﬁeld

B.S., University of Maine

Paul Frederick Yannopoulos

A.B., Colgate University

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*August 2016 **November 2016 ***February 2017 ±Honors in Research

†Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society ††Delta Omega Honor Society

^Honos Civicus Society ∞Tufts Student Service Scholars

School of Medicine

Candidates for Degrees

Doctor of Medicine

Davies Gyamﬁ Agyekum

B.S., Emmanuel College (Georgia)

Ph.D., Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Cynthia Omoge Akagbosu

A.B., Dartmouth College

M.A., Boston University

Meredith Gwyn Banigan

B.A., Boston University

Nathan James Bankoff^

B.A., Tufts University

Samuel Ralph Barber**±

B.A., University of Rochester

M.S., Tufts University

John Joseph Bellamente^

B.S., Boston College

M.S., Tufts University

Nicholas Chang Bene†

B.S., Boston University

M.S., Tufts University

Michelle Renee Bennett∞

B.S., Denison University

M.S., Tufts University

Hannah Buettner

B.A., Smith College

Lauren Rice Byrne†^

B.S., University of California at Davis

M.S., Tufts University

Alexander J. Byun

B.S., Tufts University

Adam Thomas Cardullo^

B.S., Boston College

M.S., Tufts University

Jeremy Ryan Chang

B.S., University of California at Los Angeles

Jonathan Chang

B.S., University of California at San Diego

M.S., Tufts University

Vicky Lim Chen

B.S., University of California at San Diego

M.S., Tufts University

Abraham Mathew Cherukara

B.S., Northeastern University

Jason Bernard Clain±†

B.S., Tufts University

Michelle Bilbao Collier**

B.S., University of Denver

Nina Anne Conn

B.A., University of Richmond

Jasmine C. Corona∞

B.A., Boston University

Shane Michael Davis

B.A., Claremont McKenna College

William Joseph Devan†

B.A., St. Anselm College

B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Joshua DuBow

B.S., Haverford College

Anna Dukhovich^

B.S., Tufts University

Julianne Elizabeth Elofson†

Sc.B., Brown University

Kristina Ann Fanucci

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Alexander David Franklin

B.A., Vanderbilt University

Erin Fuller

B.A., Middlebury College

Emily Stern Gatof±†

B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Laura Wallis Glassman†

B.S., Tufts University

Augustus Michael Gleason

B.S., Fordham University

Jacqueline Goldminz±

A.B., Washington University in St. Louis

Jessica Lynn Gonzalez±†^

B.S., Tufts University

Linda Elise Haller

B.S., Loyola University Chicago

Elana Hartman

B.S., Tufts University

Bethany Wood Harvey^

B.A., Denison University

M.H.S., Johns Hopkins University

M.S., Tufts University

Po-Chang Hsu**

B.S., M.S., Tufts University

A.L.M., Harvard University

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School of Medicine

Candidates for Degrees

*August 2016 **November 2016 ***February 2017 ±Honors in Research

†Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society ††Delta Omega Honor Society

^Honos Civicus Society ∞Tufts Student Service Scholars

R. Cole Hurley

B.S., University of Miami

M.S., Tufts University

Catalina Keyue Hwang†

A.B., Princeton University

Patrick Michael Hyland†

B.S., Boston College

Julieta Ibarra

B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Thomas Deian Ilic

B.A., New York University

M.S., Tufts University

Marla M. Jalbut

A.B., Princeton University

Lauren Sara Jammallo

B.S., Boston College

Danielle Marijka Johnson

B.S., University of Central Florida

Taylor Elizabeth Johnson

A.B., Bowdoin College

Tiffany Kira Johnson

B.A., Brandeis University

Sandra Mirie Kang

B.A., Northwestern University

Jason S. Kerstein†

B.A., Tufts University

Jackson Peter Kim

B.S., University of Washington

Qingwu Kong

B.A., Northwestern University

M.S., Tufts University

Turner Andrew Kufe

A.B., Bowdoin College

Jill A. Kulla

B.A., University of Rochester

Kailyn Michele Kuzmuk†^

A.B., Harvard University

Laura Anne Kvenvold

B.S., Tufts University

Nathan Kwok±

B.S., University of California at Los Angeles

M.S., Tufts University

Seth David Lampert

B.S., Tufts University

Ji Eun Lee

B.S., University of California at Los Angeles

M.S., Tufts University

Rebecca Amy Hoan Chuen Lee

B.A., Wesleyan University

Jarrett Dylan Smith Leech

Sc.B., Brown University

Edgar Lei

A.B., Cornell University

M.S., Tufts University

Taryn Elizabeth LeRoy†

B.S., Boston College

Alyssa Levin-Scherz**

B.A., Tufts University

Matthew Michael Levitsky†

A.B., Colgate University

Luyang Liu

B.A., Barnard College

Heather Ranney Love

B.A., M.P.H., Tufts University

Razaz H. Mageid

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Craig James Maguire†

B.A., B.S., University of Rochester

Natasha Malkani

B.A., Tufts University

Richard Alexander Manfready^

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Zachary Robert Marnoy

B.S., University of California at San Diego

Robert Matera

B.S., Tufts University

Larissa Haaser Mattei±†^

B.A., Barnard College

Alison Mary McFarland

B.S., George Washington University

Erin L. McMillan

B.S., Cornell University

Lauren Nicole Meepos

B.A., University of Pennsylvania

Angud Singh Mehdi

B.A., Pomona College

Bryce William Meyer

B.A., Tufts University

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Candidates for Degrees

*August 2016 **November 2016 ***February 2017 ±Honors in Research

†Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society ††Delta Omega Honor Society

^Honos Civicus Society ∞Tufts Student Service Scholars

Joshua Andrew Meyer

B.A., Duke University

Raquel Alessondra Minasian±†

B.S., Boston University

Joseph E. Moran-Guiati

B.S., University at Buffalo

Timothy James Morley

B.A., Wesleyan University

Shane Benjamin Morris

B.S., Brandeis University

Ian Campbell Murphy†

B.A., Williams College

Kelly Anne Murphy

B.S., McGill University

M.S., Tufts University

Ellen Hanayo Nagami

B.A., Middlebury College

M.P.H., Boston University

Shane Keali’imanaopa’anokahonua Naki

B.S., Pepperdine University

Andrew Minh Nguyen

B.S., University of California at Los Angeles

Rio Soﬁa Nomoto

B.A., College of the Holy Cross

Tiffany M. N. Otero±

B.S., University of Florida

Evguenia Ouchveridze

B.A., Brandeis University

Oscar A. Padilla

Sc.B., Brown University

M.S., Tufts University

Jennifer Ann Panosian

B.A., University of Rochester

David Jeesoo Park

B.S., M.S., Johns Hopkins University

Michael Minchul Park†

B.S., Johns Hopkins University

Sonika Patel

B.S., The Ohio State University

Daniel Lee Pelzman†

B.S., Duke University

Roger Edward Perreault

B.A., Middlebury College

Bailey Maria Pesterev

B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara

M.S., Tufts University

Vaidehi Subrahmanya Pidaparti

B.S., Cornell University

Mila Viola Quinn†

B.A., Macalester College

Allison Taylor Cook Reaves**

B.S., Cornell University

M.S., Tufts University

Casey Rendon

B.S., California State University, Northridge

Daniel Joseph Ring

B.B.A., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Philip Jay Rosenstock

B.S., Pennsylvania State University

Brooke Elissa Rothstein±†

B.A., Tufts University

Adam Edward Roy

B.A., College of the Holy Cross

Frederick Simon Rozenshteyn

B.S., Brandeis University

Mandy Renee Sakamoto

B.S., Boston College

Mahawa Kornya Sam

B.S., Northeastern University

Arielle Rebecca Schaeffer†

A.B., Cornell University

Kayle S. Shapero±

B.S.E., Princeton University

M.S., University College Dublin

M.S., Ph.D., Boston University

Pamela Rose Sherwood†

B.A., Stanford University

Usama Siddique

B.A., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Valerie Sims

B.A., San Jose State University

Arushi Singh†

B.S., Tufts University

Laura Sloan∞

B.S., Tufts University

Natalie Sullivan

B.A., Tufts University

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School of Medicine

Candidates for Degrees

*August 2016 **November 2016 ***February 2017 ±Honors in Research

†Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society ††Delta Omega Honor Society

^Honos Civicus Society ∞Tufts Student Service Scholars

Arti Tewari

B.S., Northeastern University

Katherine Elizabeth Theriault

B.S., Carnegie Mellon University

Paris L. Thomas

B.A., Boston University

M.S., Tufts University

Lyubov Vyacheslavovna Tsytsikova

B.S., University of Maryland

Julian Alexander Waksal^

B.A., Vanderbilt University

Bryan Louis Walker

B.S., Tufts University

Alexandra Claire Wallace

B.S., Northeastern University

Brian David Wasser

B.A., Stony Brook University

Andrew Bradford Wilks

B.S., Union College

M.S., Tufts University

Maura Theresa Williams**

B.A., Stonehill College

William Kenneth Winter

B.S., Tufts University

Vanessa Wong

B.A., Boston University

Wei Kang Wu

B.A., University of California at Los Angeles

S. Paran Yap±

B.A., University of California at Berkeley

M.S., Tufts University

M.B.A., Brandeis University

Barnabas Ka-Fai Yik

B.S., University of California at Berkeley

M.Eng., University of California at San Diego

Arissa Caroline Echardt Young†

B.S., Tufts University

Steven Young^

B.S., University of California at Irvine

Daniel Peili Zhen

B.S., Tufts University

Henry Chen Zheng

B.S., Northwestern University

Michael Ruochen Zhou

B.A., University of California at Berkeley

Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

Candidates for Degrees

Master of Science

Novera Alam

Pharmacology and Drug Development

B.Pharm., North South University, Bangladesh

Thesis: Evaluation of the Potential Inhibition Effect of Paritaprevir

on UGT 1A1 Enzyme Activity Using Human Liver Microsomes

Advisor: David Greenblatt, M.D.

Sara Algeelani

Pharmacology and Drug Development

Pharm.D., King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Thesis: Inhibitory Effects of Sulfonylureas and Non-Steroidal

Anti-Inﬂammatory Drugs on in vitro Metabolism of Canagliﬂozin

in Human Liver Microsomes

Advisor: David Greenblatt, M.D.

Caroline Marie Appel

Pharmacology and Drug Development

Pharm.D., University of Rhode Island

Thesis: The Oxytocin-Induced Placebo Effect in Laboratory

Animals: Implications for the Cellular and Molecular Substrates

of the Placebo Response

Advisor: Emmanuel Pothos, Ph.D.

Jonathan Michael Babyak*

Clinical and Translational Science

M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

D.V.M., Tufts University

Thesis: The Prevalence of Elevated Creatinine and Hospital-

Acquired Acute Kidney Injury in Dogs Presenting to a Veterinary

Academic Medical Center Between October 2010–October 2014

Advisor: Daniel Weiner, M.D.

Robert Morris Blanton Jr.***

Clinical and Translational Science

A.B., Washington University in St. Louis

M.D., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Thesis: Mixed Lineage Kinase 3 (MLK3) Functions as a cGMP-

Dependent Protein Kinase I Alpha (PKGIα) Substrate and Inhibits

Cardiac Remodeling in vivo

Advisor: Gordon Huggins, M.D.

Jinghui Dong

Clinical and Translational Science

B.S., Wuhan University, China

Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Thesis: Timeliness and Acceptance of Recommended Treatment in

Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients

Advisor: Susan Parsons, M.D.

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†Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society ††Delta Omega Honor Society

^Honos Civicus Society ∞Tufts Student Service Scholars

Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

Candidates for Degrees

Victoria Elizabeth Frank

Pharmacology and Drug Development

B.A., Connecticut College

Thesis: Gα13 Switch Region I Regulates Prostate Cancer Cell Migration

Advisor: Athar Chishti, Ph.D.

Bradley James Gardiner

Clinical and Translational Science

B.App.Sc., Queensland University of Technology, Australia

M.B.B.S., University of Queensland, Australia

Thesis: Role of Secondary Prophylaxis with Valganciclovir in the

Prevention of Recurrent Cytomegalovirus Disease in Solid Organ

Transplant Recipients

Advisor: David Snydman, M.D.

Nadi Nina Kaonga*

Clinical and Translational Science

B.A., Columbia University

M.H.S., Johns Hopkins University

Thesis: Developing a Predictive Model to Identify Sub-Optimal

Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in Namibia

Advisor: Christine Wanke, M.D.

Jeannie Chen Kelly

Clinical and Translational Science

B.S., A.B., Duke University

M.D., Columbia University

Thesis: Rates and Indications of Cesarean Delivery in the

Preterm Population

Advisor: Jessica Paulus, Sc.D.

Lester Y. Leung

Clinical and Translational Science

A.B., Harvard University

M.D., Tulane University School of Medicine

Thesis: Clinicians’ and Patients’ Perspectives on Incidentally

Discovered Silent Brain Infarction

Advisor: David Kent, M.D.

Li Lin

Pharmacology and Drug Development

B.S., National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Thesis: Combinatorial Effect of Tyrosine Kinase and Calpain

Inhibitors on Human Platelets

Advisor: Athar Chishti, Ph.D.

Nelya Melnitchouk*

Clinical and Translational Science

B.S., The City College of New York

M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Thesis: Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Colorectal Cancer Screening

in Ukraine: Example in a Low-to-Middle Income Country

Advisor: Karen Freund, M.D.

Marzieh Ezzaty Mirhashemi*

Clinical and Translational Science

B.S., Islamic Azad University, Saudi Arabia

M.Sc., Dublin City University, Ireland

Ph.D., University College Dublin, Ireland

Thesis: Transcriptome Analysis of Cryptosporidium parvum

Development in vitro

Advisor: Farzad Noubary, Ph.D.

Wendi Ni

Pharmacology and Drug Development

B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Thesis: A Study of the Membrane Anchored Chemokine CX3CL1

and Its Receptor CX3CR1

Advisor: Alan Kopin, M.D.

Carolyn Sunday Okure

Pharmacology and Drug Development

B.S., University of Utah

Thesis: Antiretroviral Drugs Inhibit Malaria Signal Peptide Peptidase

Advisor: Athar Chishti, Ph.D.

Yunmi Park

Pharmacology and Drug Development

B.S., Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea

Thesis: Investigation of Contributory Factors that Inﬂuence

Zolpidem Metabolism in vitro

Advisor: David Greenblatt, M.D.

Sam John Saliba***

Pharmacology and Drug Development

B.S., University of Massachusetts Lowell

Thesis: Major Depressive Disorder: A Review into Potential

Alternative Treatments with Psychostimulants, Lifestyle

Modiﬁcations, and Current Mainstream Treatments of Depression

Advisor: Emmanuel Pothos, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Mae Schoenfeld

Clinical and Translational Science

Sc.B., M.D., Brown University

Thesis: Physicians’ Perspectives Regarding the Use of Shared

Decision-Making in the Emergency Department

Advisor: Peter Lindenauer, M.D.

Ivan Fausto Sisa

Clinical and Translational Science

M.P.H., M.D., Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador

Thesis: A Comparative Risk Assessment of the Impact of Dietary

Factors on Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes in

Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean

Advisor: Raveendhara Bannuru, M.D., Ph.D.

Seth Wright

Clinical and Translational Science

A.B., Harvard University

M.D., University of Massachusetts Medical School

Thesis: Risk Factors for Infections in Patients Treated with Dialysis

Advisor: Daniel Weiner, M.D.

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*August 2016 **November 2016 ***February 2017 ±Honors in Research

†Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society ††Delta Omega Honor Society

^Honos Civicus Society ∞Tufts Student Service Scholars

Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

Candidates for Degrees

Xuzhong Yang

Pharmacology and Drug Development

B.S., East China University of Science and Technology, China

Thesis: Roles of RIPK1/RIPK3 Homo- and Hetero-Dimerization

in Cell Death and Pro-Inﬂammatory Signaling

Advisor: Alexei Degterev, Ph.D.

Vaughn Evan Youngblood

Pharmacology and Drug Development

B.S., Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Thesis: An in vitro Approach to Identifying Potential Drug

Candidates to Prevent Acetaminophen Toxicity

Advisor: David Greenblatt, M.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

Elisabeth Adkins*

Genetics

B.S., Central Connecticut State University

Dissertation: Characterization of a Novel Population of Follicular

T Cells in Health and Disease

Advisor: Derry Roopenian, Ph.D.

Jonathan Michael Alexander***

Neuroscience

B.A., Williams College

Dissertation: The Role of Adenomatous Polyposis Coli and

Beta-Catenin Proteins in Intellectual Disabilities and Autism

Advisor: Michele Jacob, Ph.D.

Raka-Larissa Basu*

Genetics

B.Sc., M.Sc., King’s College London, United Kingdom

Dissertation: The Role of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in

Endemic Burkitt’s Lymphoma Pathogenesis

Advisor: David Thorley-Lawson, Ph.D.

Sneha A. Borikar

Genetics

B.S., University of California at San Diego

Dissertation: Identifying Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms

Controlling Lineage Fate of Lymphoid-Primed Multipotent

Progenitors and Alterations in Aging

Advisor: Jennifer Trowbridge, Ph.D.

Heidi G. Burke***

Molecular Microbiology

B.S., University of Washington

Dissertation: Structural Studies of Cytomegalovirus Entry Proteins

Advisor: Ekaterina Heldwein, Ph.D.

Julie Hewitt Coleman*

Neuroscience

A.B., Bowdoin College

Dissertation: Nature vs. Nurture: Neuronal Diversiﬁcation in the

Olfactory Epithelium

Advisor: James Schwob, M.D., Ph.D.

Laurel Drane Conley*

Neuroscience

B.S., University of Massachusetts Boston

Dissertation: The Use of Translational Proﬁling for Gaining a

Deeper Molecular Understanding of Memory Storage in the Brain

Advisor: Leon Reijmers, Ph.D.

Marina Freytsis***

Genetics

B.Sc., McGill University, Canada

Dissertation: Analysis of Aortic Valve Function in the Absence of

Endothelial Retinoblastoma Protein

Advisors: Gordon Huggins, M.D., and Philip Hinds, Ph.D.

Kevin Alan Goncalves*

Cellular and Molecular Physiology

B.S., Fairﬁeld University

Dissertation: Angiogenin Regulates Normal and

Malignant Hematopoiesis

Advisor: Guo-fu Hu, Ph.D.

Surbhi Goel***

Genetics

B.Tech., Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India

M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, India

Dissertation: Identiﬁcation of Kinases Required for Glioblastoma

Stem Cell Growth and Survival

Advisor: Brent Cochran, Ph.D.

Erin Rebecca Green*

Molecular Microbiology

B.S., University of Pittsburgh

Dissertation: Discovery of Chromosomal Factors Contributing

to the Virulence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Including Fis,

a Regulator of Resistance to Reactive Oxygen Species

Advisor: Joan Mecsas, Ph.D.

Andrew Alden Hooper***

Neuroscience

B.A., Boston University

Dissertation: Differential Impact of Hypothalamic and

Hippocampal Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons on

Stress, Cognition, and Seizure Susceptibility

Advisor: Jamie Maguire, Ph.D.

Mengqi Huang***

Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology

B.A., Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

M.S., Tongji Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and

Technology, China

B.D.S., Tongji Medicine College of Huazhong University of Science

and Technology, China

Dissertation: Fibrogenic Pathways in 3D Tissue Models:

From Lysyl Oxidase Enzymes to Scleroderma

Advisor: Jonathan Garlick, D.D.S., Ph.D.

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†Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society ††Delta Omega Honor Society

^Honos Civicus Society ∞Tufts Student Service Scholars

Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

Candidates for Degrees

Bina Julian***

Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

B.S., M.Eng., Cornell University

Dissertation: Molecular and Pharmacological Analysis of the

Chemokine Receptor CCR6

Advisor: Alan Kopin, M.D.

Bridget Marie Larkin***

Immunology

B.S., Xavier University

Dissertation: The STING of Death in T Cells: IFN Responses and

Cell Death Result from Activation of T Cell STING

Advisor: Alexander Poltorak, Ph.D.

Brian Lin***

Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology

B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Dissertation: Walk This Way: Stepping Back Along the Lineage

Highway with Progenitor Cells of the Olfactory Epithelium

Advisor: James Schwob, M.D., Ph.D.

Angel Wing Yan Leung*

Genetics

B.S., University of Kansas

M.S., University of Kansas Medical Center

Dissertation: More than Just a Gut Feeling: The Role of IgA in the

Regulation of Intestinal Homeostasis

Advisor: Erik Selsing, Ph.D.

Meagan Kathleen Montesion

Genetics

B.A., College of the Holy Cross

Dissertation: Characterization of the Mechanisms of HERV-K

(HML-2) Transcription During Human Mammary Epithelial

Cell Transformation

Advisor: John Cofﬁn, Ph.D.

Malek L. Najjar*

Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

M.B.B.Ch., University of Tripoli, Libya

Dissertation: RIPK1 and RIPK3 Kinases Promote Cell Death

Independent Inﬂammation by TLR4-TRIF

Advisor: Alexei Degterev, Ph.D.

Daisy S. Nakamura*

Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology

B.S., University of California at Los Angeles

Dissertation: Regulators of Inﬂammation in Arthritic

Disease Pathogenesis

Advisor: Li Zeng, Ph.D.

Michelle Kathleen Paczosa

Immunology

B.S., Stonehill College

Dissertation: High-Throughput Identiﬁcation and Characterization

of Klebsiella pneumoniae Virulence Determinants in the Lungs

Advisor: Joan Mecsas, Ph.D.

Arti B. Patel*

Biochemistry

B.S., M.S., California State University, Long Beach

Dissertation: Crucial Role of the Mammalian Target of Rapamycin

(mTOR) in Activation of Human Microglia, Mast Cells and

Keratinocytes, Inhibitable by Methoxyluteolin

Advisor: Theoharis Theoharides, M.D., Ph.D.

Jesse North Peterson***

Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology

B.A., Johns Hopkins University

M.S., New York University

Dissertation: Wake Up and Smell the Media: Developing a Culture

Model of the Olfactory Epithelium (and Other Stories)

Advisor: James Schwob, M.D., Ph.D.

Henry Barrett Rogalin*

Biochemistry

B.S., University of Massachusetts Boston

Dissertation: Molecular Mechanisms of HSV-1 Entry and

Membrane Fusion

Advisor: Ekaterina Heldwein, Ph.D.

Sejuti Sengupta*

Cellular and Molecular Physiology

B.Tech, SRM University, India

M.S., Tufts University

Dissertation: Function of STAT3 and SMG1 in Maintaining

Glioblastoma Stem Cells

Advisor: Brent Cochran, Ph.D.

Laura Alice Stransky

Cellular and Molecular Physiology

B.A., Boston University

Dissertation: Understanding Molecular Mechanisms of

Homeostasis: The Role of the Vacuolar H

-ATPase in Amino

Acid Sensing

Advisor: Michael Forgac, Ph.D.

Guy Edwin Surpris*

Immunology

B.A., Queens College of the City University of New York

Dissertation: Wild-Derived Allele of Tmem173 Potentiates an

Alternate Signaling Response to Cytosolic DNA

Advisor: Alexander Poltorak, Ph.D.

Alexandra Taracanova

Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

B.S., State University of New York at Plattsburgh

Dissertation: Regulation of Interleukin-1β and Tumor Necrosis

Factor Secretion from Human Mast Cell

Advisor: Theoharis Theoharides, M.D., Ph.D.

Minmin Yen***

Molecular Microbiology

S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dissertation: Characterizing Clinically Isolated

Vibrio cholerae Bacteriophages for the Development of a

Phage Prophylaxis Cocktail

Advisor: Andrew Camilli, Ph.D.

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*August 2016 **November 2016 ***February 2017 ±Honors in Research

†Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society ††Delta Omega Honor Society

^Honos Civicus Society ∞Tufts Student Service Scholars

School of Medicine and Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

Candidates for Combined Degrees

Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy

Katelee Victoria Barrett Mueller

Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology

B.S., Fordham University

Dissertation: Regulation and Function of Endothelial Cell

Mineralocorticoid Receptor in Cardiovascular Physiology

and Pathology

Advisor: Iris Jaffe, M.D., Ph.D.

Laura Rhea Whiteaker Gainey

Neuroscience

B.S., University of Oklahoma

Dissertation: Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Neurons

Expressing Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Mediates the

Response to Chronic Stress

Advisor: Maribel Rios, Ph.D.

Derek Christopher Leaderer

Genetics

B.A., Colby College

Dissertation: Development of Novel Therapeutics for the

Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Advisor: Rajendra Kumar-Singh, Ph.D.

Vallent Lee

Neuroscience

A.B., Harvard University

Dissertation: Regional and Cell Type-Speciﬁc Variations in

Tonic GABAergic Inhibition

Advisor: Jamie Maguire, Ph.D.

Benjamin Joseph Moss

Neuroscience

B.A., Rice University

Dissertation: The CaM Kinase, CMK-1, Mediates a Negative

Feedback Mechanism Coupling the C. elegans AMPA Receptor,

GLR-1, with its Own Transcription

Advisor: Peter Juo, Ph.D.

A Modern Hippocratic Oath (modiﬁed)

By Louis Lasagna, M.D., Dean Emeritus, Sackler School of

Graduate Biomedical Sciences

I swear to fulﬁll, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:

I will respect the hard-won scientiﬁc gains of those physicians in

whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine

with those who are to follow.

I will apply, for the beneﬁt of the sick, all measures, which

are required, avoiding those twin traps of over-treatment and

therapeutic nihilism.

I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science,

and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the

surgeon’s knife or the chemist’s drug.

I will not be ashamed to say, “I know not,” nor will I fail to

call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for

a patient’s recovery.

I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not

disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I

tread with care in matters of life and death.

I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, or a cancerous

growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the

person’s family and economic stability. My responsibility includes

these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.

I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable

to cure.

I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special

obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind

and body, as well as the inﬁrm.

If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected

while I live and remembered with affection thereafter.

May I always act so as to preserve the ﬁnest traditions of my

calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who

seek my help.

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School of Medicine: Public Health and Professional Degree Programs

Order of Events

Processional

Greeting and Remarks Aviva Must, Ph.D., Dean for Public Health and Professional Degree Programs

Class Address Omar Shukri Abdulrahman Yaghi, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., Master of Public

Health Candidate

Alumni Address Lisa Paradis, M.P.H., MG09, President-Elect, Public Health and Professional

Degree Programs Alumni Association

Faculty Address Monica Bharel, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Presentation of Diplomas to M.S.— Aviva Must, Ph.D., Dean for Public Health and Professional Degree Programs

Biomedical Sciences Candidates Alvar W. Gustafson, Ph.D., Faculty Director, M.S.—Biomedical Sciences Program

Vivian Stephens-Hicks, M.P.H., Program Manager, M.S.—Biomedical Sciences Program

Robin T. Glover, M.B.A., Associate Dean for Public Health and Professional

Degree Programs

Presentation of Diplomas to M.S.— Aviva Must, Ph.D., Dean for Public Health and Professional Degree Programs

Health Communication Candidates Susan Gallagher, M.P.H., Director, M.S.—Health Communication Program

Presentation of Diplomas to M.S.— Aviva Must, Ph.D., Dean for Public Health and Professional Degree Programs

Pain Research, Education and Policy Candidates Daniel Carr, M.D., Director, M.S.—Pain Research, Education and Policy Program

Presentation of Diplomas to M.S.— Aviva Must, Ph.D., Dean for Public Health and Professional Degree Programs

Medical Science Candidates Richard Murphy, M.B.A., P.A., A.B, Program Director, Physician Assistant Program

Jeanine Carlson, M.D., Medical Director, Physician Assistant Program

Presentation of Diplomas to M.P.H. Candidates Aviva Must, Ph.D., Dean for Public Health and Professional Degree Programs

Anthony Schlaff, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Public Health Program

Misha Eliasziw, Ph.D., Epidemiology and Biostatistics Concentration Leader

Odilia Bermudez, Ph.D., M.P.H., L.N.D., Global Health Concentration Leader

Susan Koch-Weser, Sc.M., Sc.D., Health Communication Concentration Leader

Amy Lischko, D.Sc., M.S.P.H., Health Services Management and Policy

Concentration Leader

Virginia Chomitz, Ph.D., Nutrition Concentration Leader

Paul Hattis, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., Generalist Concentration Leader

Presentation of Diplomas to M.S.— Aviva Must, Ph.D., Dean for Public Health and Professional Degree Programs

Biomedical Sciences/M.P.H. Candidates Anthony Schlaff, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Public Health Program

Alvar W. Gustafson, Ph.D., Faculty Director, M.S.—Biomedical Sciences Program

Closing Remarks Aviva Must, Ph.D., Dean for Public Health and Professional Degree Programs

Recessional

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Candidates for Degrees

*August 2016 ***February 2017

††Delta Omega Honor Society ^Honos Civicus Society

Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences

Anne Marie Altschul***

B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Emmanuel NiiNai Anyetei-Anum*

B.S., University of Virginia

Joshua Henry Arnold

B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder

Brittany Ashe*

B.A., Johns Hopkins University

Ioanna Barkas*

B.A., Bryn Mawr College

Raheem Dajian Bell

B.S., Boston College

Kieran Steffen Boochoon*

B.S., University of Houston

Donald Royce Brown III

B.S., Trinity College

Katherine M. Bunch***

B.S., Syracuse University

Cristina Camayd*

B.A., New College of Florida

Hannah Margaret Canepa*

B.A., College of the Holy Cross

Gang Chen

B.A., Boston University

Aditya Chennojwala

B.S., Arizona State University

Ariel S. Cho*

B.S., Pennsylvania State University

Richard Hyunsuk Choe***

B.A., Wesleyan University

Lindsey Chun*

B.S., University of Maryland

Ellen Nicole Cook***

B.A., Williams College

David Alexander Cronkite*

B.S., Tufts University

Jonathan Irvine de Guzman

B.S., Fordham University

Sergio A. De La Torre Jr.*

Sc.B., Brown University

Jordan David Desautels

B.S., Boston University

Samuel Iwaguma Dunham*

B.A., Claremont McKenna College

Olivia G. Dworkin*

B.S., Union College

Haley Bryn Etskovitz***

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Onyekachi Carol Ezeibe*

B.S., Howard University

Christina Marie Fischer

B.S., Brandeis University

Rucci Marcus C. Foo*

A.B., Cornell University

Kirsten Dahlen Garvey

B.A., Boston College

Namrita A. George***

B.S., Boston University

Shilpa Jai Ghatnekar

B.S., Indiana University Bloomington

Tyler Glaspy

B.S., Arizona State University

Ehasuyi E. Gomes*

B.S., State University of New York at Albany

M.P.H., Drexel University

Bradford Greaves***

B.A., Cannons Business College

Samuel Gretz

B.S., Bates College

Michael B. Gyimah*

B.S., Brandeis University

Emily M. Harris

B.S., University of Florida

Nicole Tyau Hayes***

B.S., Providence College

Christian Andrew Holt

B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

J.D., Suffolk University

Thomas Huang

B.A., Middlebury College

Debra Hwang*

B.S., Boston College

Stephanie Soojung Hyon

B.S., Cornell University

Nicolae A. Iftimia***

B.S., Brandeis University

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Candidates for Degrees

Naldine Agathe Isaac***

A.B., Dartmouth College

Andrew Harry Jaye***

B.S., Pennsylvania State University

Ray Sung-Wook Jhun*

A.B., Cornell University

Kelsey Gretchen Jones

B.A., Boston College

Patrick Magnus Neset Joslin

B.A., Williams College

Jared Seth Kahn***

B.S., Emory University

Hyunwoong Kang*

B.A., New York University

Joseph Anthony Kask Jr.

B.S., Trinity College

Raviv Katz*

B.S., State University of New York at Geneseo

Jay Andrew Kellegrew*

B.S., University of Maryland

Alexandra K. Kim

B.A., Wellesley College

Trevor W. Koob*

B.A., Columbia University

Pavankumar Kottamasu***

A.B., Cornell University

Leigh Therese Kowalski*

B.S., University of Virginia

Mythilee L. Kugathasan*

B.S., Emory University

M.S., Tufts University

Philip G. Lee*

B.S., Boston University

Regina V. Lee

B.S., University of California at Los Angeles

Grant Kent Lewandrowski***

B.A., Washington and Lee University

Anqi Li*

B.A., Vanderbilt University

Ashley Olivia London***

B.A., Emory University

Ethan M. Lotshaw*

B.S., University of California at Santa Cruz

Peter F. Ma*

B.S., Boston University

Joseph Clinton McCabe*

B.A., College of the Holy Cross

Donald Frederick McGuirl

B.S., Saint Michael’s College

Kevin T. McKay*

B.A., Tufts University

Ryan M. McWhirter

B.S., University of California at Davis

Amir Mehrdad Molaie

B.S., University of California at San Diego

Maria Gabriela Moros*

B.S., Florida State University

Nadav Mortman

B.S., Boston College

Daniel Peter Muller*

B.S., University of Richmond

M.P.H., Emory University

Nikhil Charul Munshi*

B.A., University of Wisconsin–Madison

Esther Muradov

B.A., Columbia University

Joshua Michael Norris***

B.S., University of California at Los Angeles

Connor James O’Boyle

B.A., Claremont McKenna College

Kaitlyn Mary O’Connell

B.A., Colby College

Montgomery Thayer Owsiany***

B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Irfan Oymagil

B.A., Boston University

Ronald Palmen***

B.S., College of William & Mary

Neil R. Parekh***

B.A., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Julia Post Pazniokas*

B.S., Boston College

Jason Perlmutter*

B.S., Florida State University

Sarah Phat*

B.A., Case Western Reserve University

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School of Medicine: Public Health and Professional Degree Programs

Candidates for Degrees

Andrea Daniela Pilotta Gois

B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Vaishnavi Pochincherla***

B.A., University of Washington

Varsha Pramil

B.S., Cornell University

Ayan Purkayastha***

B.S., Bucknell University

Armin Allen Razavi***

B.A., Case Western Reserve University

Grant Ridgway

B.A., Connecticut College

Laura Ann Santry*

B.S., University of Connecticut

Alexander Robert Schneider*

B.S., University of Oregon

Mark Alan Scurrah*

A.B., Cornell University

Geoffrey Sedor

Sc.B., Brown University

Hyun Seonwoo*

B.S., Boston College

Jessica Helen Shaker***

B.A., Indiana University Bloomington

Mitra Shariﬁ***

A.B., University of Chicago

Marwan Sheckley***

B.S., University of California at Los Angeles

Saagar V. Sheth*

B.A., Emory University

Tori H. Singer***

B.A., University of California at Berkeley

Thomas S. Soussou*

B.S., Villanova University

Genevieve M. Spagnuolo

B.S., Boston College

Chelsea Lynn Spector***

B.S., Towson University

John A. Steinharter

B.S., Union College

Katarina Marie Stoffers

B.S., Lynchburg College

Michael Anthony Sun***

B.S., Emory University

Vanessa Linor Swantic

B.S., Northeastern University

Meyha Natasha Swaroop***

B.S., Boston College

Teng Teng

B.A., Hamilton College

Lindsay Marie Thomson*

B.S., College of William & Mary

Saachi Verma*

B.S., University of California at Los Angeles

Brendan Thomas Waldoch*

B.S., Saint Louis University

Kelby Wayne Wegner

B.S., University of Central Florida

Paul Jeremy Wells

B.S., Brandeis University

Samuel Fisher Williams*

B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Jonathan Wu***

B.S., University of California at Los Angeles

Matthew Richard Yanus***

B.A., University of California at Berkeley

Alexander Young Yoon*

B.S., Boston University

Paula Zaman***

B.A., Smith College

Rachel Anna Zeuner***

A.B., Washington University in St. Louis

Master of Science in Development and

Regulation of Medicines and Devices

Sara J. Green***

B.A., Oberlin College

Master of Science in Health Communication

Vanessa S. Garces-Deyab***

B.A., Universidad de Lima, Peru

Narita K. Ghumman

B.A., Western Washington University

Jessica Mary Holli***

B.A., Michigan State University

Erin Elizabeth Kelly

B.A., Fairﬁeld University

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Candidates for Degrees

Ryan Kelly

B.S., Northeastern University

Eve Y. Yeo***

B.A., Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Master of Science in Pain Research,

Education and Policy

Emily Martha Roche Johnston*

B.A., Hamilton College

Baraa Osama Tayeb***

B.M., King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Master of Science in Medical Science

Krista Banks***

B.S., University of California at Davis

Kristina Michelle Bither***

B.B.A., Villanova University

Joel Breck***

B.A., California State University, Chico

Brittany Owens Bryan***

B.A., Boston College

Erica Lynn Caravana***

B.S., Northeastern University

Alison Carpenter***

B.A., Connecticut College

Michael Damian Chmielewski***

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Sara Chung***

B.S., Boston University

Megan Marie Crane***

A.B., Bowdoin College

Alexis Deana-Roga***

B.S., Fairﬁeld University

Haili Dunbar***

B.A., New York University

Lindsay Ritz Esposito ***

B.A., M.P.H., Boston University

Devon Farmer***

B.S., University of Georgia

Matthew Farraye***

B.S., East Carolina University

Arin Firstenberg***

B.S., Tufts University

Taylor Margaret Fritschy***

B.S., Worcester State University

Holly Ann Giacolone Yoffe***

B.S., Virginia Military Institute

Dana Goldense***

A.B., Cornell University

Khristopher Michael Grant***

B.A., College of Saint Benedict-Saint John’s University

Elizabeth Hogan***

B.A., College of the Holy Cross

Chanelle Hopper***

B.S., University of California at Los Angeles

Kelsey Hunter***

A.B., Colgate University

Edward Innarelli***

B.A., Elms College

Jennifer Kish***

B.S., Saint Lawrence University

Haley Klein***

B.H.S., University of Florida

Sonam Anil Kumar***

B.S., University of California at Los Angeles

Chelsea Lacasse***

B.S., University of Rhode Island

Elizabeth Libby***

B.S., University of Vermont

Kelly Ling***

B.S., University of California at San Diego

Jessica Marie Lucas***

B.S., Emmanuel College

Daniel Kerry Martin***

B.A., Saint Anselm College

Stina Rosanna McKenna***

B.S., Northeastern University

Austin Joseph Milan***

B.S., University of Connecticut

Julia Grace Moore***

B.A., Colby College

Peter K. Newman***

B.S., D.P.T., Northeastern University

Dani Lynn Pallardy***

B.S., Montana State University

Mary Anne Peterson***

B.F.A., University of Santo Tomas, Philippines

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School of Medicine: Public Health and Professional Degree Programs

Candidates for Degrees

Cory Pickering***

B.S., Bridgewater State University

Jenna E. Poggi***

B.S., Yale University

Sarah E. Rastegar***

B.A., University of Rochester

Ashley Robshaw***

B.A., Boston University

Melissa Shelendich***

B.A., College of Saint Benedict-Saint John’s University

Valerie Shields***

B.S., Northeastern University

Caitlin Sloan***

B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Demetrios Sotiropoulos***

B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Monique Stewart***

B.S., Florida State University

Ryan Van Dam***

B.S., Northeastern University

Ross Weisman***

B.A., College of the Holy Cross

KeriAnn White***

B.A., Johns Hopkins University

Jennifer Wolf***

B.A., Harvard University

Master of Public Health

Melissa Adomako***

B.S., University of Georgia

Abdulrahman A. Alfawzan***

B.M.S., King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Tofool Alghanem***

B.D.S., King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

D.M.D., King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Fajer Aljumairi*

M.D., Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain

Harsha Amaravadi††

B.S., Tufts University

Kirsten Alicia Archer***

B.A., Walla Walla University

M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa

Shannon L. Ball

B.A., Tufts University

Diana A. Balluku***

B.A., Boston University

Dianna C. Bartone††

B.A., University of Notre Dame

David Bazylewicz***

B.S., Columbia University

Anika Begum***

B.A., Boston University

Sorel Bertrand*

M.D., Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela

Akosua Bonsu

B.S., Carnegie Mellon University

Cory B. Brooks***

B.S., Berry College

J.D., Northeastern University

Min-Lee Chang***

B.S., M.S., National Taiwan University

Sarah S. Chang*

B.A., Barnard College

Alyson Michaela Chow††

B.S., California Polytechnic State University, Pomona

Yvonne Chow

B.S., California Polytechnic State University, Pomona

Katherine Elizabeth Chyka

B.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Janina Marie Colavita*

B.A., Boston University

Jamie Ruth Cordova

B.A., Tufts University

Daniel Lang Cummings

B.S., Tufts University

Catherine C. Dam

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Anna DeDio

A.B., Colgate University

Mengxi Du

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Joanna Emerson

B.A., Tufts University

Meagan Osora Erhart***

B.A., University of Vermont

Christine Marie Fernandez

B.S., University of Central Florida

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Candidates for Degrees

Rebecca Sierra Frank

B.A., Tufts University

Claire G. Frederick***

B.A., Tufts University

J.D., Northeastern University

Jillian Greaves*

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Ghenwa Kamal Hakim

B.A., Boston University

J.D., Suffolk University

Julia Anne Hilbrands

B.S., Calvin College

Jasmine Maureen Howard***

B.A., Boston College

J.D., Northeastern University

Suzanne Robertson Howell*

B.S., Furman University

Kacey K. Ingalls***

B.A., University of Washington

Qiaer Jin***

B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Danielle Marijka Johnson*

B.S., University of Central Florida

Amy E. Kaplan

B.A., Tufts University

Anna Rose Kaplan

B.S., Tufts University

Thejasree Kayam***

B.S., Acadia University

J.D., Northeastern University

Alexandra Elizabeth Kiesling††

B.S., Tufts University

Jennifer Kim Paik

B.A., Boston University

Jennifer A. Kirkpatrick***

B.S., Emerson College

Jordan D. Klein

B.S., Tufts University

Ariella Rebecca Korn*

B.S., William Smith College

Ashley R. Kroll***

B.A., Reed College

J.D., Northeastern University

Gabriel U. Labbe***

B.A., Flagler College

J.D., Northeastern University

Margaret Brooks Levene

B.A., Tufts University

Yuao Liu***

B.S., Jinan University, China

Lauren Jodie Lizewski***

B.S., College of Charleston

Johanna Frances Margeson

B.A., Boston College

J.D., Northeastern University

Mary Katherine Mark***

B.A., Miami University

Carolyn Jane Panzarella***

B.S., Cornell University

Mary E. Pevear***

B.A., Emmanuel College

Caitlin Louise Lancaster Pohl*

B.A., Tufts University

Gloria Inés Rosado*

B.S., Tufts University

Rebecca Emily Rottapel*

B.A., McGill University

Katherine Elizabeth Round***

B.A., Tufts University

Jamil A. Samkari*

B.M.S., Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia

Cayla June Saret††

A.B., Brown University

Jessica A. Serventi-Gleeson***

B.A., Tufts University

Nelle Seymour***

B.A., University of Richmond

J.D., Northeastern University

Grifﬁn Kingsbury Sharp*

B.S., Boston College

Hallie Shepps

B.A., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Richa Shrestha***

B.A., College of the Holy Cross

Samantha Kamila Sliwinski††

B.S., Tufts University

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Candidates for Degrees

*August 2016 ***February 2017

††Delta Omega Honor Society ^Honos Civicus Society

Stella Stergiopoulos*

B.A., Brandeis University

Nikola Strakova***

B.S., University of Rhode Island

Sara Elizabeth Suter***

B.S., San Francisco State University

Amy Wollenhaupt*

B.S., University at Buffalo

Grifﬁn W. Woolley***

B.S., Saint Lawrence University

Omar Shukri Abdulrahman Yaghi††

M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Medical

University of Bahrain

Qi Yao***

B.S., University of California at Berkeley

Daiva Yee*

B.A., Tufts University

Derrick Darnell Young Jr.

B.A., Grambling State University

Melissa A. Zahralban-Steele

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

M.S., University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Candidates for Combined Degrees

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and

Master of Public Health

Katherine Ji-Ae Lee

B.S., University of Southern California

Daniel C. Mordarski††

B.S., George Washington University

Alexander James Neale

B.S., University of Washington

Hannah Castelnau Siebens

A.B., Vassar College

Gabriela Maria Villanueva

Sc.B., Brown University

Master of Science in Biomedical Science

and Master of Public Health

Laurinda Jackson*

B.S., University of California at Santa Cruz

Francesca Ariel Kimelman*

B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Joshua Jia-Hao Lo

A.B., Washington University in St. Louis

Yasmina Maria Samaha

B.A., Boston University

Nichole Marie Smith

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Aaron Massoth Stepanek

B.S., University of Connecticut

Anna Winston*

B.S., Boston University

Master of Science in Biomedical Science

and Master of Business Administration

in Health Management

Theja Venkata Channapragada*

B.S., Boston University

Christina Frances Danosi*

A.B., Dartmouth College

Kathryn Elizabeth Dere*

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Deepak Nallur*

B.S., University of California at Davis

Celina Grace Lim Wu*

B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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The Class of 2017 Student Prizes and Awards

American Medical

Women’s Association

Glasgow-Rubin Academic

Achievement Award

Raquel Alessondra Minasian

American Medical

Women’s Association

Glasgow-Rubin Academic

Achievement Certiﬁcates

Lauren Rice Byrne

Julianne Elizabeth Elofson

Emily Stern Gatof

Jessica Lynn Gonzalez

Erica Hidu

Catalina Keyue Hwang

Kailyn Michele Kuzmuk

Taryn Elizabeth LeRoy

Mila Viola Quinn

Miranda J. Rogers

Brooke Elissa Rothstein

Arielle Rebecca Schaeffer

Arushi Singh

Katherine Samford Takvorian

Arissa Caroline Echardt Young

Dr. John T. Batal Prize

Wei Kang Wu

Bernard A. Berman M48

Travel Fund

Michelle Bilbao Collier

Louis Riehle Eubank

Alexander Robert Fiorentino

Christin Theresa Folker

Laura Wallis Glassman

Jessica Lynn Gonzalez

Molly Paige Hallweaver

Joseph Bagrit Kahan

Nathan Kwok

Eung-Mi Lee

Rio Sofia Nomoto

Michelle M. Qi

Karl Christian Santiago

India Irene Stewart

Lindsay Michelle Tishberg

Lyubov Vyacheslavovna

Tsytsikova

Worth F. Bloom M25 Prize

Kailyn Michele Kuzmuk

Matthew Michael Levitsky

Harry H. Brenner

M33 Prize

Larissa Haaser Mattei

Arielle Rebecca Schaefer

Charles Brusch M34 and

Jane Brusch Prize

Lauren Rice Byrne

Johanna Sage Salay

Dr. Te-Wen Chang Difﬁcile

Scholarship for Travel

Richard Alexander Manfready

Commencement

Committee Award

Ian Campbell Murphy

William Dameshek

Undergraduate

Research Award

Samuel Ralph Barber

Jason Bernard Clain

Emily Dawn Cole

Emily Stern Gatof

Jacqueline Goldminz

Jessica Lynn Gonzalez

Raquel Allessondra Minasian

Tiffany M. N. Otero

Brooke Elissa Rothstein

William Dameshek Award

in Internal Medicine

Erica Hidu

Arushi Singh

Distinguished Student

Award—Physician

Assistant Program

Jenna E. Poggi

Dublin Prize in

Ophthalmology

Pamela Rose Sherwood

Dr. Ruth Marguerite

Easterling Award

Davies Gyamfi Agyekum, Ph.D.

Murray Feingold and

Timothy Johnson

Academic Achievement

Award for MS in Health

Communication

Erin Elizabeth Kelly

H. Jack Geiger Public

Health Advocacy Award

Derrick Darnell Young Jr.

Sydney S. Gellis Award

in Pediatrics

Cynthia Omoge Akagbosu

Tiffany Kira Johnson

Professor Ernest Grable,

M.D. Award

Nicholas Chang Bene

Susan Hadley, M.D. Fund

Natalie Sullivan

John T. Harrington,

M.D. Award

Jennifer Yuko Moyer

Dr. Marc and Diane

Homer Award

Mila Viola Quinn

George L. Howland Prize

Taryn Elizabeth LeRoy

Dr. Frank Inserra Prize

Julianne Elizabeth Elofson

Ellen Hanayo Nagami

Adam Edward Roy

David L. Kasdon Award

Brent Christopher Morel

C. William Kaiser, M.D.,

FACS, FRCS Prize

Catalina Keyue Hwang

Taryn Elizabeth LeRoy

Miranda J. Rogers

Louis Lasagna Award for

Translational Research

Vallent Lee

Malek L. Najjar

Leon Levinson Prize

in Physiology

Craig James Maguire

Martin J. Loeb Prize

in Medicine

Craig James Maguire

Ellen Hanayo Nagami

Martin J. Loeb Prize

in Surgery

Jason Bernard Clain

Raquel Allesondra Minasian

Morton A. Madoff Public

Health Fellowship Award

Annalise Grammerstorf

Massachusetts Medical

Society Scholars Award

Abigail Hannah Benudis

Jessica Lynn Gonzalez

Kailyn Michele Kuzmuk

Eung-Mi Lee

Medical Class of

1928 Award

Shane Benjamin Morris

M.D./M.B.A. Academic

Achievement Award

Courtney Lynn Scanlon

M.D./M.P.H. and

D.V.M./M.P.H. Academic

Achievement Award

Katherine Samford Takvorian

M.P.H. Academic

Achievement Award

Harsha Amaravadi

Daniel Cummings

Samantha Kamila Sliwinski

M.S.—Biomedical

Sciences Academic

Achievement Award

Robert Ryan Bradshaw

Jordan David Desautels

Stephanie Soojung Hyon

Amir Mehrdad Molaie

Esther Muradov

Connor James O’Boyle

Outstanding M.S.—Pain

Research, Education and

Policy Capstone Award

Elizabeth Ann Hollenkamp

Mildred Ann Myerson

Memorial Fund

Julia Freda Jacobs

Presidential Award

for Citizenship and

Public Service

Rebecca Amy Hoan Chuen Lee

Phi Delta Epsilon

Fraternity Award

Arielle Rebecca Schaeffer

Ethel and Reuben

Russman Prize

Jennifer Ann Panosian

Allison Taylor Cook Reaves

Sackler School

Dean’s Award

Brian Lin, Ph.D.

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The Class of 2017 Student Prizes and Awards

The Saltonstall Award

for Excellence for MS

in Pain Research,

Education and Policy

Baraa Osama Tayeb

Marsha Semuels Leadership

Award—Physician

Assistant Program

Lindsay Esposito

Philip E. Sheridan,

M.D. Prize

Arti Tewari

Norman S. Stearns M.D./

M.B.A. Award

Eung-Mi Lee

Rohan Jotwani

Leonard Tow Humanism

in Medicine Award

Presented by the Arnold

P. Gold Foundation

Oscar A. Padilla

Upjohn Award in

Pharmacology

Alexander Robert Fiorentino

Jason S. Kerstein

Louis Weinstein Prize

Emily Stern Gatof

Arissa Caroline Echardt Young

Dr. Toby Wesselhoeft

Family Medicine Award

Elena Sabina Hill

Zarren Family Award

Patrick Michael Hyland

Jason S. Kerstein

A. Wells Ziegra

Compassionate

Care Award

Dana Goldense

149TH COMMENCEMENT

School of Dental Medicine

Commencement

2017

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School of Dental Medicine

Order of Events

Musical Interlude Woodvale String Quartet

Processional Carole Palmer, Ed.D., R.D., Faculty Marshal

Nadeem Karimbux, D.M.D., M.M.Sc., Master of Ceremony

Poorna P. Phaltankar, B.A., M.S., Student Marshal

Lindsey Brooke Schiffman, B.S., Student Marshal

Irene M. Halkias, B.S., Student Marshal

Invocation Daniel Bell, Protestant Chaplain

Welcome Greetings Huw F. Thomas, B.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., Dean of the School of Dental Medicine

and Professor of Pediatric Dentistry

Bruce J. Baum, D.M.D., Ph.D., Tufts University Honorary Degree Recipient

Remarks Pasquale Petrilli Eckert, A.B., President of the Class of D2017

Moosa Dalwai, B.D.S., President of the Class of DI2017

Presentation of Master’s Degrees Huw F. Thomas, B.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., Dean of the School of Dental Medicine

and Professor of Pediatric Dentistry

Tofool Alghanem, B.D.S., M.S., D.M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Director of Advanced

and Graduate Education and Assistant Professor of Public Health and

Community Service

Hooding Driss Zoukhri, Ph.D., Professor, Research Administration

Carroll Ann Trotman, B.D.S., M.S., M.A., Professor and Chair, Department of

Orthodontics and Interim Director Advanced Graduate Education

Teaching Awards The Provost’s Award for Outstanding Teaching and Service

Recipient: David M. Leader, D.M.D., M.P.H.

The Dean’s Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching

Recipient: Ronald P. Davitt, D.D.S.

Recipient: Patrick J. McGarry, D.M.D., M.S.

The Dean’s Award for Excellence in Preclinical Teaching

Recipient: Robert Amato, D.M.D.

The Dean’s Award for Excellence in Basic Science Teaching

Recipient: Ekaterina Heldwein, Ph.D.

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Recognition of Honors and Awards Nadeem Karimbux, D.M.D., M.M.Sc., Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and

Professor of Periodontology

Peiman Mahdavi, D.M.D., President of the Tufts University School of Dental

Medicine Alumni Association

Academic Excellence Award

In Honor of Abraham W. Haddad, D.M.D.

Presentation of Diplomas Huw F. Thomas, B.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., Dean of the School of Dental Medicine and

Professor of Pediatric Dentistry

Dina A. Al-Tayeb, B.D.S., M.S., University Trustee and Dental Board of Advisors

Hooding Ekaterini Antonellou, D.D.S., D.M.D., M.S., Associate Professor of Prosthodontics

Joanne M. Falzone, D.M.D., Clinical Professor of Comprehensive Care

Kanchan Ganda, M.D., Professor and Director of Medicine, Department of

Comprehensive Care

James W. Theodore, D.M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of

Comprehensive Care

Oath for the Dental Graduate Mary Jane Hanlon, D.M.D., M.B.A., Interim Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs

NOTE TO SPECTATORS

Arrangements have been made for a professional photographer to take pictures of

each of the degree recipients on stage, which will be available for download from

the School’s website at a later time. We ask that family members and friends of the

degree recipients refrain from approaching the stage to take photographs during

the Commencement ceremony.

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Candidates for Degrees

Doctor of Dental Medicine

Morgan Abdul-Korah

B.A., The College of Saint Rose

Timothy S. Ahern

A.B., College of the Holy Cross

Tala Tariq Al-Bajjali

B.D.S., University of Jordan

M.Sc., University of Jordan

Ala O. Ali

B.D.S., Garyounis University, Libya

M.S., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

D.Sc., Boston University

Michael Arrigo II

B.S., University of Miami

Diane M. Asmar

B.S., The William Paterson University of New Jersey

M.S., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Leila Asnaashari

B.S., University of Houston

James R. Assad

B.S., University of New Hampshire

Neeta Awasthi

B.D.S., Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Anna G. Bak

B.A., University of Pennsylvania

Aarthi S. Balasubramaniam

B.D.S., Meenakshi University, India

M.D.S., Meenakshi University, India

Amelia S. Baxley

B.S., Clemson University

Eric J. Berger

B.A., Indiana University Bloomington

Savita Bhardwaj

B.D.S., Manipal College of Dental Sciences, India

Sarah Bolis

B.S., The University of Tampa

Charles Thomas Bond II

B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Meagan M. Bossie

B.A., University of Maine

Mark Mina Boules

B.S., University of Maryland, Baltimore County

M.S., University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Mina A. Boulos

B.S., Boston College

Gerald S. Braun

B.A., University of Miami

Brittany A. Bressler

B.A., University of New Hampshire

Diana Lee Brigham

B.A., University of Virginia

Kara M. Brothers

B.S., Indiana University Bloomington

Steven E. Burison

A.B., College of the Holy Cross

Joseph Haozhou-Zhang Cheung

B.A., Pepperdine University

Sonia H. Chheda

B.S., Emory University

Kyu J. Choi

B.S., Georgetown University

Gabriel H. Cornick

B.S., Muhlenberg College

M.B.S., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Leah S. Coutts

B.A., Lehigh University

Grace Jerome Creech

B.F.A., Tufts University

Katerina Dalavurak

B.A., Brown University

Moosa Dalwai

B.D.S., Manipal College of Dental Sciences, India

Phillip Mark Daneshgar

B.A., University of Texas at Austin

M.P.H., University of Southern California

Francis Joseph Daniel III

B.S., University of California at Irvine

M.S., New York University

Ignacio Israel De La Cruz

B.A., Boston University

M.P.H., Boston University

Aimee E. DeLorenzo

B.A., Ithaca College

Jennifer E. Denike

B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Geoffroy Destenaves

B.A., University of Hartford

Jacob Arnold Donohue

B.S., Skidmore College

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Candidates for Degrees

Martin Drubi

B.S., University of Florida

Max Izak Dubin

B.S., Northeastern University

Pasquale Petrilli Eckert

A.B., Colby College

Crista L. Fantone

B.S., State University of New York at Geneseo

Kathryn Weber Ferrante

B.S., Wake Forest University

M.S., New York University

Claudia Ferreiro

B.S., University of Florida

M.S., Barry University

Alyssa L. Fontaine

B.A., Boston College

Farien C. Franklin

B.S., San Francisco State University

Sona G. Galstian

B.S., University of California at Los Angeles

Monica R. Gendi

B.S., Boston University

Sara A. Gil

B.A., Emory University

Elisa E. Giordano

B.S., University of Rhode Island

Sara Golkari

B.A., Tufts University

Nour Fathi Gowharji

B.D.S., King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Krystle N. Grandberry

B.S., Oakland University

Vanessa Alexandra Guerrero

B.A., Boston University

Ivanka I. Guigova

D.D.S., Medical University-Soﬁa, Bulgaria

Robert Gyurko

D.M.D., Semmelweis University, Hungary

Ph.D., University of Florida

Irene M. Halkias

B.S., Wofford College

Houda W. Hamze

B.S., California Polytechnic State University, Pomona

William Evan Hardenbergh

B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Vance H. Harper

B.S., University of Connecticut

M.S., University of Connecticut

Kristina P. Hatzipetrou

B.S., Boston University

Ben Li He

B.A., Northwestern University

Parker W. Hodges

B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Patrick Hoye

B.A., Boston University

M.S., Lehman College

Byung M. Hur

B.S., University of California at Irvine

David Huynh

B.S., Northeastern University

Sandra M. Innabi

B.S., College of Mount Saint Vincent

Alexis Delon Irby

B.S., Emory University

Jetoria L. Irving

B.S., Georgia State University

Mansi S. Jailwala

B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

M.S., Rush University

Nadia R. Kabbani

B.S., University of Virginia

Monika Kaceli

B.S., Syracuse University

Paulina A. Kanakos

B.A., George Washington University

Emily E. Karr

A.B., Colby College

Cristina Kendall

B.S., Emory University

M.S., Georgia State University

Saba T. Khan

B.S., Texas A&M University

Bailey Christine Klein

B.S., Central Michigan University

Kylie M. Knapp

B.S., St. Lawrence University

Kelly L. Koch

B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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Candidates for Degrees

Brandon W. Kusik

B.S., University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

M.S., University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

M.A., Midwestern University

Marufa Farooque Lala

B.D.S., Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India

Janna M. Laverdiere

B.S., Michigan State University

Andie Hyunkyung Lee

B.S., Gonzaga University

Chae Young Lee

B.S., Simmons College

Ilro Lee

B.S., University of Texas at Dallas

Michelle Lee

B.A., Emory University

Yujin Lee

B.S., University of Texas at Austin

M.S., Tufts University

Andrew T. Lemchen

B.A., Lehigh University

James Vincent LeRoy Jr.

B.S., University at Buffalo

M.S., Tufts University

James Leung

B.A., Columbia University

Tsz H. Leung

B.A., Boston University

Arthur A. Lew

B.S., Yale University

Xiaoping Li

B.S., Arizona State University

James Lin

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Michael Derek Liu

B.A., Claremont McKenna College

Christian Lopez Cornejo

B.A., B.S., California State University, Fresno

Chao Lu

D.D.S., The Fourth Military Medical University, China

Yuanting Lu

B.S., Carnegie Mellon University

Myrodati V. Lyristis

B.S., Brooklyn College

Meaghan Carlyn Macri

B.S., Providence College

Pooja Maheshwary

B.D.S., Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, India

Negar Mahmoudzadeh

B.S., George Washington University

Justin D. Maillet

B.A., Boston University

Kush Mangal

B.S., Carnegie Mellon University

M.B.M.E., Carnegie Mellon University

Matthew Raymond Marquis

B.S., University of New Hampshire

Kaitlin Elizabeth Martin

A.B., Harvard University

Sophia A. Mazanitis

B.A., Boston University

Adarsh M. Mehta

B.S., University of South Florida

Daniel Mejia

B.S., College of William & Mary

Maria C. Mesquita

D.D.S., Fundação Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul,

Brazil

Mary Elizabeth Midence

B.S., Tufts University

Monica P. Moitoso

B.S., University of Central Florida

Kathleen Anne Molgaard

B.A., Bucknell University

Amber F. Moosani

B.S., University of Houston

Sahar Mostafavi

B.S., Boston University

Elali A. Moukwa

B.A., Boston College

Davinder Mudan

B.D.S., Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, India

M.Sc., University of London, Queen Mary and Westﬁeld College,

United Kingdom

Lacey Danielle Myer

B.S., Indiana University Bloomington

Hailey HyeJeong Myung

B.S., University of Georgia

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Candidates for Degrees

Zachary L. Neitzey

B.S., Radford University

Chuong V. Nguyen

B.S., University of Central Florida

Nadine Sophia Ninivaggi

B.S., Iona College

Kristen Marie O’Brien

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Brendan Callihan O’Hara

B.S., Indiana University Bloomington

M.S., Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Jade M. On

B.S., University of Virginia

Taylor Whitney Parent

B.A., Assumption College

Sonal S. Parikh

B.S., Drexel University

Hee Jin Park

B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

M.S., New York University

Simon Park

B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

James V. Pastore

B.S., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

M.S., Tufts University

Biren H. Patel

B.S., University of Connecticut

Chandni Jalaram Patel

B.A., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

M.S., University of South Florida

Kishan V. Patel

B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

M.S., Mercer University

Nimmi H. Patel

B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Shivani Kantilal Patel

B.S., Indiana University Bloomington

Ameet S. Patheja

A.B., Cornell University

M.B.S., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Joseph S. Perella Jr.

B.S., Rowan University

Poorna P. Phaltankar

B.A., University of Virginia

M.S., Georgetown University

Stephanie J. Phillis

B.S., Emory University

Spencer E. Platt

B.A., Wesleyan University

Shreshtha Bidhin Ramanlal

B.S., Boston University

Gursimran Reen

B.D.S., Himachal Pradesh University, India

Stephen James Reichheld Jr.

A.B., Colgate University

Patrick A. Reilly

B.A., Bucknell University

Eric John Ricci

B.A., Saint Anselm College

M.A., Rhode Island College

Ashley Rini

B.A., Florida International University

Anthony M. Robles

B.A., University of North Texas

Ingrid R. Romero

B.S., Nova Southeastern University

Olivia Emilia Rudnicki

B.A., Boston University

Robert James Russell

B.S., The Ohio State University

Sahib S. Sachdeva

B.A., University of Vermont

Jennine M. Santeiro

B.S., Florida International University

Megha Saxena

B.D.S., Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, India

Lindsey Brooke Schiffman

B.S., Binghamton University

Michael A. Schmitt

B.A., University of Notre Dame

Cameron James Schoettler

B.S., University of Florida

M.A., Boston University

Sarah Danielle Schuback

B.A., Tufts University

Marissa L. Schwartz

B.A., Vassar College

Ulfat Shaﬁq

B.S., Nazareth College

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Candidates for Degrees

Rahee Y. Shah

B.A., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

M.B.S., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Thomas A. Shahinian

B.A., Bucknell University

Tracie M. Shames

B.S., College of Charleston

Jordan H. Shapiro

B.S., University of Central Florida

Gayathri Manjunath Shenoy

B.D.S., Manipal College of Dental Sciences, India

Hammad A. Shere

B.S., University of California at Davis

Philip C. Shiere Jr.

B.A., University of New Hampshire

Dennis B. Shim

B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Nelly E. Shteynberg

B.S., Quinnipiac University

Ritu Kular Singh

B.D.S., West Bengal University of Health Sciences, India

Erik M. Skates

B.S., University of Florida

Ella J. Skoler

B.A., New York University

Bryce E. Slack

B.S., Dixie State College of Utah

Darren R. Smith

B.S., Hobart & William Smith Colleges

Harleen K. Sodhi

B.D.S., Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, India

M.A.S., Farleigh Dickinson University, Canada

Blaire C. Spaulding

B.S., Spelman College

Aquilla S. Sprewell

B.A., Spelman College

Laura S. St. Bernard

B.S., University of Connecticut

Matthew W. Stewart

B.S., Brigham Young University

Ethan J. Sturm

B.S., Tufts University

Alexander J. Sukys

B.S., University of New Hampshire

Natalie Suslov

B.A., Stony Brook University

Michelle L. Ta

B.A., B.S., University of California at Berkeley

Michael R. Taher

A.B., College of the Holy Cross

Lihsih A. Tang

B.S., California Institute of Technology

Kanupriya Tewari

B.S., Tufts University

Jordan M. Thomas

B.A., University of San Diego

M.A., Boston University

Nikita E. Thomas

B.A., University of Utah

Travis L. Thomas

B.S., Nova Southeastern University

Mitchell A. Tossberg-Wilson

B.S., University of Portland

Tony Tran

B.S., Emory University

Lejla M. Tupkovic

B.S., University of Rochester

Jaime A. Valencia

B.S., Blueﬁeld College

M.S., Barry University

Sandor J. Valls

B.S., Florida International University

Lauren A. Vargas

B.S., University of Florida

M.S., Barry University

Thanh-Nhan Thomas Vu

B.A., Amherst College

Ashley J. Wallace

B.A., Wheaton College

Haomiao Wang

B.S., University of Washington

Xiuping Wang

D.D.S., Beijing Medical University, China

Ph.D., Helsingin Yliopisto, Finland

Gillian M. Weeks

B.A., George Washington University

Miray Wessa

B.D.S., Misr International University, Egypt

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Candidates for Degrees

Brandon L. Williams

B.A., Washington & Jefferson College

B.S., California University of Pennsylvania

Kristy Winata

B.S., University at Buffalo

Warren Daniel Woods Jr.

B.S., Boston College

Alan Wu

B.S., University of California at San Diego

Paulina M. Yarmarkovich

B.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison

Colleen E. Yazgi

B.S., Montclair State University

Jeffrey S. Young

B.A., New York University

M.A., Boston University

Tian Yuan

B.S., Duke University

Master’s Degree Candidates and Recipients

Dr. Majdi Ahmed Aladmawy

B.D.S., King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Postgraduate Certiﬁcate of Achievement in Periodontology,

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Thesis: A Comparison Between Primary and Secondary Flap

Coverage in Extraction Sites: A Pilot Study

Advisor: Dr. Yong Hur

Dr. Salem Abdulrahman Alaqel

B.D.S., University of Manchester, England

Postgraduate Certiﬁcate of Achievement in Periodontology,

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Thesis: Comparing Panoramic Radiography with Cone Beam

Computed Tomography (CBCT) in the Detection of Anatomical

Structures and its Effect on Treatment Planning in the Placement

of Implants in the Posterior Region of the Mandible and Maxilla

(a Pilot Study)

Advisor: Dr. Nadeem Karimbux

Dr. Hesham A. Alhazmi

B.D.S., King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Postgraduate Certiﬁcate of Achievement in Pediatric Dentistry,

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Thesis: The Effect of Different Beverages on the Microhardness of

UltraSeal XT

Hydro: An in vitro Study

Advisor: Dr. Cheen Loo

Dr. Nora Z. Alhazmi

B.D.S., King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Thesis: Salivary Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein (PTHrP)

and Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) as Biomarkers for Skeletal Maturity

Advisor: Dr. Evangelos Papathanasiou

Dr. Ruba Mohammed Alkadhi

B.D.S., King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Thesis: The Inﬂuence of Lip Thickness on Upper Lip Response to

Orthodontic Movement of Incisors

Advisor: Dr. Georgios Kanavakis

Dr. Sarah E. Almershed

B.D.M., Kuwait University

Thesis: Effects of Electronic Cigarette Vapor vs. Cigarette Smoke

on Gingival Fibroblasts in Wound Healing

Advisor: Dr. Robert Gyurko

Dr. Sarah Khaled Almotlag

B.D.S., King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Postgraduate Certiﬁcate of Achievement in Periodontology,

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Thesis: IL-1β and IL-10 Levels in Peri-Implant Crevicular Fluid in

Patients with Peri-Implantitis

Advisor: Dr. Evangelos Papathanasiou

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Dr. Muhsen Mohammad Alnasser

B.D.S, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia

Thesis: Effect of Acidic pH on Surface Roughness of Current

Esthetic Dental Materials

Advisor: Dr. Ala O. Ali

Dr. Rashed A. Alsahaﬁ

B.D.S., King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Postgraduate Certiﬁcate of Achievement in Advanced Education

in Esthetics and Operative Dentistry, Tufts University School of

Dental Medicine

Thesis: The Fracture Load of Lithium Disilicate Screw-Retained

Implant Crowns of Different Cantilever Lengths:

A Comparative Study

Advisor: Dr. Ala O. Ali

Dr. Sara Amin

B.D.S., October University for Modern Sciences and Arts, Egypt

Postgraduate Fellowship in Advanced Digital Prosthodontics

and Implant Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Postgraduate Certiﬁcate of Achievement in Prosthodontics,

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Thesis: Comparative in vitro Study on the Accuracy of Digital

versus Conventional Full Arch Implant Impressions

Advisor: Dr. Panagiotis Papaspyridakos

Dr. Ammar Asali

B.D.S., October 6 University, Egypt

Postgraduate Certiﬁcate of Achievement in Pediatric Dentistry,

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Thesis: Fluoride Release, PH Change and Recharge Ability of

Different Types of Glass Ionomer Restorative Materials:

A Comparative in vitro Study

Advisor: Dr. Cheen Loo

Dr. Lamia A. Baﬂah

B.D.S., King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Postgraduate Fellowship in Craniomandibular Disorders and

Orofacial Pain, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Thesis: Investigating the Correlation Between Changes in the

Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Changes in Patient’s

Quality of Life Using SAQLI

Advisor: Dr. Leopoldo P. Correa

Dr. Nicholas G. Bello

B.S., Boston University

D.M.D., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

M.S., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Thesis: A Study of the Accuracy of a Prototype Computer

Numerical Control Dental Handpiece Compared to Manual

Preparation for a Full Coverage Crown Preparation

Advisor: Dr. Peter Arsenault

Dr. Moetaz Homsi

D.D.S., Tishreen University, Syria

Postgraduate Certiﬁcate of Achievement in Prosthodontics,

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Thesis: Accuracy Evaluation of Deﬁnitive Casts Obtained from

Conventional and Digital Impression Methods for Kennedy Class

IV Partially Edentulous Maxillary Arches: An in vitro Study

Advisor: Dr. Hans-Peter Weber

Dr. Maysaa Zakarya Khojah

B.D.S., King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Postgraduate Certiﬁcate of Achievement in Orthodontics,

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Thesis: Predictors of Success for Oral Appliance Therapy

in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Based on Initial

Craniofacial Characteristics

Advisor: Dr. Georgios Kanavakis

Dr. Amin Abdulrahim Marghalani

B.D.S., King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Postgraduate Fellowship in Advanced Digital Prosthodontics and

Implant Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Postgraduate Certiﬁcate of Achievement in Prosthodontics,

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Thesis: Accuracy Evaluation of Digital versus Conventional

Impression Techniques for Partially Edentulous Arches:

An in vitro Study

Advisor: Dr. Panagiotis Papaspyridakos

Dr. Isabel Cristina McQuattie Pimentel

D.D.S., Universidad Santa Maria, Venezuela

Postgraduate Certiﬁcate of Achievement in Orthodontics,

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Thesis: The Effect of Light Accelerated Therapy for Orthodontic

Tooth Movement: A Prospective Split-Mouth Clinical Trial

Advisor: Dr. Caroll Ann Trotman

Dr. Lucrezia Paterno Holtzman

D.D.S., Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

Postgraduate Certiﬁcate of Achievement in Periodontology,

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Thesis: Acellular Dermal Matrix Combined with a Coronally

Advanced Flap in the Treatment of Gingival Recession in Thin

versus Thick Biotype Population: A Controlled Clinical Trial

Advisor: Dr. Wai S. Cheung

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Candidates for Degrees

Postgraduate Certiﬁcate of

Achievement Candidates

Advanced Dental Technology and Research

Abdalhalem F. Rages

B.Sc., The Faculty of Medical Technology, Derna, Libya

Advanced Digital Prosthodontics and

Implant Fellowship

Ezdehar Ghandourah

B.D.S., King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Postgraduate Fellowship in Esthetic Dentistry,

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

M.S., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Postgraduate Certiﬁcate of Achievement in Prosthodontics,

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Postgraduate Certiﬁcate of Achievement in Advanced

Prosthodontics, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Advanced Education in General Dentistry

Jennifer Laura Barton

B.S., University of New England

D.M.D., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Amar H. Mistry

B.S., Michigan State University

D.D.S., University of Detroit Mercy

Shreena C. Mistry

B.S., University of California at Irvine

D.D.S., University of California at Los Angeles

Ali Rouhi Nozadi

D.D.S., Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran

D.D.S., The University of Texas Health Science Center

at San Antonio

Riley B. Stearns

B.S., University of Connecticut

D.M.D., University of Connecticut

Melissa J. Torres

B.S., Salem State University

D.D.S., Howard University

Dental Sleep Medicine Fellowship

Noor S. Mansouri

B.D.S., Batterjee Medical College, Saudi Arabia

Endodontics

Sean Michael Geary

B.S., Truman State University

D.M.D., Harvard University

Brett Russell Henson

B.A., Emory University

D.D.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Scott Johnson

B.S., Brigham Young University

D.M.D., Midwestern University

Matthew T. Kiebish

B.S., Northeastern University

D.M.D., University of Pennsylvania

David G. Oser

B.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison

D.D.S., Columbia University

Austin L. Perera

B.A., University of Pennsylvania

M.B.S., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

D.M.D., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Stephanie R. Slate

B.A., Brandeis University

D.M.D., Harvard University

Advanced Education in Esthetic and Operative Dentistry

Ahmed N. Alhwaj

B.D.S., University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia

M.S., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Muhsen Mohammad Alnasser

B.D.S., King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia

M.S., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Lamia A. Baﬂah

B.D.S., King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

M.S., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Ahmed Bokhari

B.D.S., King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

General Practice Residency

Jessica A. Gold

B.S., The University of Western Ontario, Canada

D.D.S., The University of Western Ontario, Canada

Danielle M. Konrad

B.S., The University of British Columbia, Canada

D.D.S., New York University

Vanessa Thai

B.A., Boston University

D.M.D., Boston University

Sarah A. Treff

B.S., University of Connecticut

D.M.D., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Sajal Swaroop

B.S., University of Connecticut

D.M.D., Harvard University

Allan Wun

B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder

D.M.D., Temple University

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Internship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Dimitrios Fakitsas

D.M.D., Semmelweis University, Hungary

Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Nora Ibrahim Al Amer

B.D.S., King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

M.P.H., Nova Southeastern University

Nora Z. Alhazmi

B.D.S., King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Ruba Mohammed Alkadhi

B.D.S., King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Tanguy Canonge

D.D.S., Université de Montpellier, France

Diana J. Esshaki

B.A., Boston University

M.S., University of Massachusetts Boston

D.M.D., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Christopher S. Lin

B.A., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

D.M.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Isabel Cristina McQuattie Pimentel

D.D.S., Universidad Santa Maria, Venezuela

M.S., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Natalie L. Pinckney

B.S., Cornell University

D.M.D., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Jordan D. Seetner

B.S., Queen’s University, Canada

D.M.D., University of Pennsylvania

Kyung Won Seo

A.B., Washington University in St. Louis

M.S., Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea

D.M.D., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Pediatric Dentistry

Abeer Abdullah

B.D.S., King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Joshua R. Gascoyne

B.B.A., Baylor University

D.D.S., Baylor University

Fahad M. Hegazi

B.D.S., University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Yazan Jabr

D.D.S., Damascus University, Syria

Kholoud Kabli

B.D.S., King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Azita Khanbodaghi

B.S., University of California at Los Angeles

D.M.D., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Derek Lik-Szun Leung

B.A., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

D.M.D., Boston University

Lila Ninh

B.S., University of California at Irvine

D.D.S., University of California at Los Angeles

Carla Schmidl

B.D.S., Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Peru

M.B.A., Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Peru

D.D.S., University of the Paciﬁc

Periodontology

Sarah E. Almershed

B.D.M., Kuwait University

Federica Isaia

B.D.S., Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, Spain

Michael Karl Kreitzer

B.S., University of Vermont

D.M.D., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Chihiro Shiromoto

D.D.S., Kyushu Dental College, Japan

Angela S. Wang

B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

D.M.D., Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Prosthodontics

Hamed M. Alenezi

B.A., Boston University

D.M.D., Boston University

Bahaa Alshawaf

B.D.S., University of Leeds, England

Fernando Harp

D.D.S., Universidad Autónoma De Nuevo León, México

Neha Rajput

B.D.S., Subharati Dental College, India

An Oath for the Dental Graduate

I solemnly pledge to devote my efforts to the care of my patients.

As a member of society, with special obligations, I will treat all

patients without prejudice, incorporating the knowledge and skills

instilled in me by my teachers.

I will practice dentistry in an ethical and professional manner.

I will hold in conﬁdence all matters related to them.

I will not hesitate to call upon my colleagues when their knowledge

and skills are needed.

I will make every effort to maintain, contribute to, and enhance

the quality of the dental profession.

I will constantly keep in mind that the practice of dentistry is a

true mingling of science, technology, and caring.

Commencement

2017

84TH COMMENCEMENT

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Commencement

2017

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Order of Events

Student and Faculty Processional

Greetings and Remarks Jeswald W. Salacuse, Henry J. Braker Professor of Law, The Fletcher School;

Distinguished Professor, Tufts University; Dean of The Fletcher School, 1986–1994

Presentation of The James L. Paddock Presented by: Ammar Karimjee, Class of 2017

Teaching Award Recipient: Patrick Schena, Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Business

Faculty Address Patrick Schena, Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Business

Class Address Tanay Tatum, Class of 2017

Class Address Natalia Prieto, Class of 2017

Presentation of Diplomas Jeswald W. Salacuse, Henry J. Braker Professor of Law

Master of Laws in International Law (LL.M.)

Master of Arts in Humanitarian Assistance (M.A.H.A.)

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Master of International Business (M.I.B.)

Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (M.A.L.D.)

Presentation of Diplomas and Doctoral Hooding Jeswald W. Salacuse, Henry J. Braker Professor of Law

Steven A. Block, Academic Dean, Professor of International Economics

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Closing Remarks Jeswald W. Salacuse, Henry J. Braker Professor of Law

Faculty Recessional

Music by Gainsborough Brass Ensemble.

A reception under the tent on Fletcher Field will follow the ceremony.

COMMENCEMENT 2017 103*August 2016 **February 2017 ^Honos Civicus Society

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Candidates for Degrees

Master of Laws in International Law

Nicolás Basáñez Beltrán y Puga

B.B.A., Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Mexico

Alessandra C. Buges*

LL.B., Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Brazil

Philip A. Jones

B.A., Virginia Military Institute

J.D., The Ohio State University

M.P.P., The Ohio State University

Anja L. Julin^

B.A., University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Other, City University London, United Kingdom

Justin A. Kanter*

B.A., Tufts University

J.D., Tulane University

Ayesha Khan^

B.A., LL.B., West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences,

India

Adeline A. Naab Kunbuor

B.A., University of Ghana

B.A., LL.B., University of Ghana

Stephen A. Murray

B.A., Boston College

J.D., College of William & Mary

Estefania Restrepo Arango

B.A., La Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

Joyce B. Rodriguez

B.A., Tufts University

Ioan B. Rotar^

B.A., Babeș-Bolyai University, Law Faculty, Romania

B.A., Babeș-Bolyai University, Economic Science Faculty, Romania

Other, Babeș-Bolyai University, Law Faculty, Romania

Kohei Tamaoki

LL.B., University of Tokyo, Japan

Steven C. Young

B.A., University of Utah

J.D., University of Utah

Master of Arts in Humanitarian Assistance

Foiz N. Ahmed*

B.S., Bangladesh Agricultural University

M.S., Bangladesh Agricultural University

M.B.A., Southeast University, Bangladesh

Pauline Akosio Akabwai

B.S., University of Nairobi, Kenya

Samuel Girma Banche

B.Sc., Haramaya University, Ethiopia

M.A., Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Master of Arts

Kodjovi Fadina Franck Akakpo*

H.N.D., Esgis—University of Management Science and

Technology, Togo

M.B.A., IAE Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France

Ehab Al-Shihabi*

B.Sc., University of Jordan

M.B.A., University of Jordan

Executive Masters, Georgetown University

Maulen Ashimbayev*

Diploma, Al-Farabi Kazakh State National University, Kazakhstan

Bradley Barnes*

B.S., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Alparslan Bayraktar*

B.Sc., İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Turkey

Trish A. Basile

B.A., Millersville University

Other, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

Manuel Carranza**

B.A., Universidad Dr. Jose Matias Delgato, El Salvador

M.A., Universidad Pontiﬁca de Salamanca, Spain

Allison Mei Hahn Charalambous

B.A., University of California at Berkeley

Rosa L. Charpentier

B.A., University of the Philippines

M.P.A., New York University

Charles R. Daniel

B.S., United States Naval Academy

Abbas Djobo*

B.A., Université Paris Descartes, France

M.A., Université Paris Descartes, France

Andrew B. Droddy

B.S., United States Naval Academy

Paul Farr**

B.S., University of Florida

Michael Girling*

B.A., Oxford University, United Kingdom

Julio Gonzalez*

B.Sc., Pennsylvania State University

Cameron Grams

B.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison

Anahit Hovhannisyan*

Diploma, Yerevan State University, Armenia

Yasir Hussain

B.S., Pakistan Military Academy

M.A., Karakoram International University Main, Pakistan

104 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

*August 2016 **February 2017 ^Honos Civicus Society

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Candidates for Degrees

Sophia Javaid*

B.A., Bryn Mawr College

J.D., Brooklyn Law School

LL.M., University of London, United Kingdom

Isabel Jimenez Mancha**

B.S., London School of Economics and Political Science,

United Kingdom

Michael Karabalis

B.A., LL.B., University of Athens, Greece

Dimitrios Karapatakis

Other, Hellenic Police Academy, Greece

M.S., University of Leicester, United Kingdom

Katarina Kavec*

B.A., University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

M.A., International School of Protocol, Belgium

Postgraduate Degree, Slovenian Institute of Psychotherapy

Keith Jeffery LaShomb*

B.A.Sc., University of Minnesota, Duluth

Ye Seung Lee

B.A., Korea University, Republic of Korea

Anthony D. Lena**

B.S., Norwich University

Matthieu Lux

B.S., École Polytechnique de l’Université Paris-Sud, France

M.A., Institute of Business Administration, Université de Nantes,

France

M.S., École Polytechnique de l’Université Paris-Sud, France

Antonio Jose Martinez*

Licendiado, Universidad Fermin Toro, Venezuela

M.S., Instituto de Altos Estudios Diplomáticos “Pedro Gual,”

Venezuela

Ryuzo Masaoka

LL.B., University of Tokyo, Japan

Milena Muhadinovic*

B.S., University of Montenegro

International Master, MIB School of Management, Trieste, Italy

Nahla Nana

B.A., University of Aleppo, Syria

M.I.B., University of Wollongong (Dubai Campus),

United Arab Emirates

Ioannis Nellas

B.S., Hellenic Naval Academy, Greece

M.S., U.S. Naval Post Graduate School

M.A., U.S. Naval Post Graduate School

Marcela Orvananos*

B.A., The New School

Mark D. Parker**

B.A., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

William C. Pennington Jr.*

B.S., United States Naval Academy

Srinivas Peri**

B.S., Osmania University, India

Jorge Pinzon*

M.A., Pontiﬁcia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

J.D., Pontiﬁcia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

Anurag Rastogi

B.E., Indian Institute of Technology, India

Other, Indian School of Business, India

Yasuhiro Sakata

B.Soc.Sc., National Defense Academy of Japan

SSP M.A., National Defense Academy of Japan

Patrick Salmon*

B.S., United States Naval Academy

Yosuke Sato*

LL.B., Hitotsubashi University, Japan

Stephanie A. Shaffer

B.A., College of William & Mary

João Sousa*

M.A., Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Michael J. Thorgersen**

B.A., Pennsylvania State University

Masato Tokuda

LL.B., University of Tokyo, Japan

Thanuja Usliyanage

B.S., Goldey-Beacom College

Luis Alberto Viguria Chávez

B.A., Pontiﬁcia Universidad Católica de Peru

Luis Vinatea Recoba*

LL.B., Pontiﬁcia Universidad Católica de Peru

M.B.A., Universidad de Piura, Peru

Michael P. Walls

B.A., Arizona State University-West

Elvis Zutic*

B.A., University of Sarajevo—Faculty of Political Science,

Bosnia and Herzegovina

COMMENCEMENT 2017 105

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Candidates for Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017 ^Honos Civicus Society

Master of International Business

Thuraiya Alhashmi

B.S., American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Jonathan O. Andrade

B.S., United States Military Academy

M.B.A., Liberty University

Yan Bai*

B.S., Peking University, China

B.Econ., Peking University, China

M.A., Tufts University

Jeremy A. Blaney*

B.A., Michigan State University

M.A., Norwich University

Alexander S. Borodatyy

Other, Moscow State Linguistic University, Russia

Giacomo G. Canepa

B.S., Universidad ESAN, Peru

Bilal M. Chaudhary

B.E., University of Engineering and Technology at Lahore,

Pakistan

M.S., University of Hartford

Abraham Cherian

B.S., Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

M.S., University of Pune, India

M.S., University of Madras, India

John W. Clemow

B.A., Tulane University

Nathan Cohen-Fournier

B.Comm., Concordia University, Canada

Benjamin C. Costigan

B.A., Transylvania University

Louis M. Cotti

B.S., United States Naval Academy

Michael R. Cretz

A.B., Cornell University

Ersan V. Demirel

B.S., Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Turkey

Chengcheng Dong

B.Comm., University of Toronto, Canada

Chelsey Evans*

B.A., Pittsburg State University

Shu Gao*

B.A., Washington and Lee University

Akiko Hasegawa*

B.A., Keio University, Japan

Adam J. Houston

B.B.A., University of Pittsburgh

Ismet Ince

B.S., Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Turkey

M.S., Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Turkey

Isac A. Jacobovits*

B.A., Indiana University Bloomington

Yong Kyo Jung

B.S., Boston College

Ammar A. Karimjee

A.B., Washington University in St. Louis

Mark K. Karugarama

B.B.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock

James G. Kochien

B.A., McGill University, Canada

Riyoung Ko**

B.E., Dankook University, Republic of Korea

Hifzi Oguz Korkmaz*

B.S., Gazi Üniversitesi, Turkey

Natalie A. LaHood

B.S., University of Arizona

M.P.H., University of Arizona

Zandile Lambu

B.S., National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe

Ying-Ju Li*

B.A., National Taiwan University, Taiwan Angelica Nouhi

B.B.A., Northeastern University

Zachary K. Nusbaum**

B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara

Barbara C. O’Connell**

B.A., Tufts University

Takumi Onuma

B.A., Waseda University, Japan

Annin M. Peck

B.A., University of California at San Diego

Natalia Prieto

B.S., La Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

M.E., La Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

Auyon Rahman

B.A., Macalester College

Domoina F. Rambeloarison

B.A., Connecticut College

Cristobal Raveau

B.S., Florida State University

106 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Candidates for Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017 ^Honos Civicus Society

Athul Ravunniarath

B.A., Colby College

Saheba Sahni

B.A., Boston College

Warren H. Sakey

B.A., American University

Alexandra L. Schmidt-Fellner

B.A., Colby College

Fahad M. Siddiqui*

B.E., NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan

McKenzie J. Smith

B.S.F.S., Georgetown University

Justin M. St. Marie

B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Justin Hayden Sullivan*

B.A., St. Lawrence University

Fumi Tataki*

B.A., Hunter College of the City University of New York

Eamonn J. Tigani

M.A., Salve Regina College

Kristin A. Wagner*

B.A., Boston University

Ying Wang*

B.Econ., Northeast Normal University, China

Elisa A. Wilkins

B.S., Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,

Ghana

Master of Arts in Law & Diplomacy

Anna H. Ackerman

B.A., Bowdoin College

Jesse F. Adelman

B.A., Clark University

Michael Charles Airosus*

B.A., Lehigh University

Natsumi Akasaki

LL.B., Hokkaido University, Japan

Ehab Al Shihabi

B.Sc., University of Jordan

M.B.A., University of Jordan

Executive Masters, Georgetown University

M.A., The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Stephen Allen^

B.A., Boston University

Rabia Altaf*

B.A., American University

Danielle A. Angel

B.A., American University

Araya Arayawuth*

B.A., University of British Columbia, Canada

Shoko Asei**

B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Cristina Atencio

B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Amber L. Atteridge

A.B., Mount Holyoke College

Natalie M. Balents

B.A., Spring Hill College

Monica Ballesteros Arias

B.A., Wellesley College

Denise R. Baltuskonis

B.A., George Washington University

Emily K. Barnes

B.S., University of Maryland

Medha Basu*

B.A., University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Spandana Battula**

LL.B., Osmania University, India

LL.M., The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Jeremy A. Beck**

B.A., Bethany College

Brittany L. Berns**

B.A., University of Southern California

John T. Bidwell

B.A., University of Kansas

Preetish Biswal

B.E., Osmania University, India

Jonathan W. Brands*

B.A., University of Virginia

Saskia Brechenmacher*

B.A., Brown University

Grant M. Bridgman*

B.A., University of Cape Town, South Africa

Jennifer Anne Brody*

B.A., University of Wisconsin–Madison

Andrina Brunner

B.A., Universität St. Gallen, Switzerland

COMMENCEMENT 2017 107

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Candidates for Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017 ^Honos Civicus Society

Arik Burakovsky

B.A., University of California at San Diego

Frances T. Burke

A.B., Harvard University

M.Phil., Oxford University, United Kingdom

Alden L. Burley

B.A., Clemson University

Camilo A. Caballero

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology

Jessica C. Caddell

B.S., United States Military Academy

Brittany L. Card

B.A., Saint Anselm College

Carmyn Amelia Chapman*

B.A., University of San Diego

Samuel C. Chavarria

B.A., University of Southern California

Nadim Choucair

B.E., École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada

Ting-Yu Chung

B.A., National Taiwan University

Andrew H. Clay

B.A., University of California, Riverside

Caitlin N. Colegrove

B.A., Colby College

Cristina Contreras Zamora

B.A., Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

Shannon R. Coyne

B.A., University of Notre Dame

Laura Cuellar**

B.A., La Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

David S. Cronin*

B.A., Boston College

Mattea Cumoletti

B.A., College of the Holy Cross

Danielle A. Daley

B.S.F.S., Georgetown University

William J. Dangel

B.A., University of Washington

Folorunso A. David**

Other, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Matheus De Giacomo Araujo*

B.A., Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing, Brazil

Joel M. Dickenmann

B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara

Ashley E. Doliber

A.B., University of Georgia

B.F.A., University of Georgia

Philip J. Ehrig

B.A., Franklin & Marshall College

Lauren C. Emerson**

B.A., Bucknell University

Amanda C. Epting

B.A., Villanova University

Justin T. Erickson

B.A., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Speed E. Estebo*

B.A., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Thomas M. Flynn

B.A., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Ayla M. Francis

B.A., Baylor University

Daniel Freddo-Miller

B.A., Bates College

Clark A. Frye

B.A., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Margaret L. Fuener

B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Masanori Fujitsuka

LL.B., Keio University, Japan

M.P.P., University of Tokyo, Japan

Ananth Ganesan

B.A., Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

Elyse M. Gatt*

B.A., Michigan State University

Adolfo Gatti^

B.A., Boston University

George E. Gay Jr.

B.A., Dickinson College

David R. Gilmore**

B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jason A. Graber**

B.A., University of Maryland

Timothy M. Grant

B.A., Florida State University

Jason S. Ha

B.A., University of Virginia

108 TUFTS UNIVERSITY

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Candidates for Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017 ^Honos Civicus Society

Ida N. Hagtun**

B.S., London School of Economics and Political Science,

United Kingdom

Lu Han*

B.B.M., Singapore Management University

Wei Han**

B.A., Central University for Nationalities, China

Ronja N. Harder

B.A., Universität Luzern, Switzerland

Ricky M. Hartman

B.A., Tufts University

Allyson E. Hawkins^

B.A., Smith College

Livia I. Heinzmann

B.A., Université de Genève, Switzerland

Ahmad Shah Hemmat

B.A., Beloit College

Cassie Fay Chesley Henrriquez

B.A., New College of Florida

Mayuko Hirai

B.E., University of Tokyo, Japan

Sherrie R. Hsu

B.A., University of Washington

B.S., University of Washington

Po-Chang Huang

B.A., Grifﬁth University, Australia

M.A., Grifﬁth University, Australia

Paroma A. Husain

B.B.A., University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Neal K. Hussein

B.A., Marymount Manhattan College

Aditya Jagati*

B.A., Delhi University, India

M.S., Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India

Ahmed Jawad

B.A., Trinity College

Lauren Jencik

B.A., George Washington University

Alexandra S. Jeszeck

B.A., Villanova University

Diwakar Jhurani

B.E., Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, India

Other, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India

Vasundhara Jolly

B.A., Tufts University

Catriona C. Jones**

B.A., Franklin & Marshall College

Olivia V. Jones

B.A., Davidson College

Katherine K. Jordan

B.S., United States Naval Academy

M.A., University of Oklahoma

Julius Kaeß*

B.S., Universität Mannheim, Germany

Efstratios Kamenis

B.A., Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, France

Tjibbe Kampstra**

B.S., University of Redlands

Ian G. Kapuza

M.A., University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Samantha Karlin*

B.A., Tufts University

Apoorv Karmakar

B.A., LL.B., Symbiosis International University, India

Aditya K. Kaushik

B.E.T., Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, India

M.S., University of Southern California

Junnosuke Kawabe*

LL.B., Keio University, Japan

LL.M., Keio University, Japan

Nadezhda A. Kazakova*

B.A., Tufts University

Megan Keeling

B.A., College of William & Mary

Kai-Moritz Keller*

B.A., Brandeis University

Maggie Kellogg

B.A., Seattle University

Drew M. Keneally

B.A., University of Virginia

M.S., University of Virginia

Nashwa Khalid

A.B., Mount Holyoke College

Gerald Joseph Kim

B.A., Yonsei University, Republic of Korea

Taeeon Kim*

B.E., Korea University

Youngchan Kim*

Other, Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea

COMMENCEMENT 2017 109

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Candidates for Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017 ^Honos Civicus Society

Carl-Magnus O. Kjellman**

B.A., Dickinson College

Susannah R. Klopf

B.A., Cornell University

Jonida Kocani

B.A., University of New York Tirana, Albania

Jangwon Koh**

B.A., Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

Alya Koraitem

B.A., Concordia University, Canada

Jacob A. Kuipers

B.A., Middlebury College

Sai Krishna Kumaraswamy

B.Comm., St. Joseph’s College of Commerce, India

Professional Degree, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Tomoyuki Kurosu

B.A., University of Tokyo, Japan

Aurora C. Lachenauer

B.A., Yale University

Flora M. Lethbridge-Cejku

B.A., St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Zhi Liu

B.A., Peking University, China

M.A., Brown University

Sarah P. Lombardo^

B.A., Northeastern University

Daniel J. Longo*

B.A., Syracuse University

Rafael Loss^

B.A., Universität Bremen, Germany

Elizabeth M. Ludan^

B.A., McGill University, Canada

Mohammed A. Mahama

B.A., Northeastern University

Luisa Malcherek*

B.A., University College of London, United Kingdom

Laura Childers Mansﬁeld*

B.A., Hampshire College

Renato Maringoni Lopes

LL.B., Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Brazil

Camila A. Marquez

B.S., Cornell University

Angga Dwi Martha^

B.P.A., State University of Padang, Indonesia

M.P.A., University of Indonesia

Stephanie Martone

B.A., American University

Akira Matsuoka

B.A., Doshisha University, Japan

Jean-Christophe J. Mauduit

B.S., Université Paris-Sud, France

M.S., Université Paris-Sud, France

Ph.D., Observatoire de Paris, France

Maria A. Mazariegos

B.A., Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

Cian F. McCarthy

B.A., Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Laura E. McElroy

B.A., University of Wisconsin–Madison

Maxwell C. McGrath-Horn^

B.A., Western Washington University

Mirielle R. McMillin

B.A., Boston College

John P. McSorley

B.A., Bates College

Chenji Meng

B.A., Tufts University

Mansurah Izzul Mohamed

B.A., Keele University, United Kingdom

M.A., University of Auckland, New Zealand

Courtney K. Moran

A.B., Mount Holyoke College

Emily M. Morgenstern

B.A., Vanderbilt University

Elizabeth F. Mori Tornheim

B.A., New York University

Arslan Muradi

B.A., Hampshire College

Nithiyananthan Muthusamy

A.B., Princeton University

Seika Nagura

LL.B., Keio University, Japan

Amrit D. Naresh**

B.A., University of California at Los Angeles

Henry K. Nelson II*

A.B., Dartmouth College

Alexis L. Nieves

B.A., Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Collin J. Norkiewicz

B.A., University of Texas at Austin

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The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Candidates for Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017 ^Honos Civicus Society

Jared B. Nourse

B.A., Williams College

Isaac S. Nsubuga

B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston

Clare F. O’Hare*

LL.B., Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

LL.M., University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Sean P. O’Reilly

B.A., Marquette University

Maida Omerović

B.A., University of Vermont

Akira Otaki

LL.B., Waseda University, Japan

J.D., Waseda University, Japan

Laura E. Padgett

B.A., Duke University

Shifa Panwala

B.Comm., McGill University, Canada

Brittany N. Parker

A.B., Washington University in St. Louis

Ali Ahmad Pasoon

Other, Kabul University, Afghanistan

Shruti D. Patel

B.A., Tufts University

Kamil P. Pawlowski**

B.A., University of Washington

David A. Peduto^

B.A., Middlebury College

Kerney M. Perlik**

B.S., United States Military Academy

Jennifer A. Pittman

A.B., University of Georgia

Victoria Planson

A.B., Mount Holyoke College

Rachel A. Porter

B.A., Middlebury College

Héctor Antonio Portillo González Saravia*

B.A., Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

Kailash K. Prasad

B.A., Sri Venkateswara College, India

M.A., University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Robert C. Pulwer

B.A., Tulane University

M.S., Fordham University

Qi Qi

B.A., Beijing Foreign Studies University, China

M.S., University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Fatima A. Quraishi

LL.B., Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, India

Shweta Rajbhandari**

B.A., Middlebury College

Gayathri V. Ramani

A.B., Mount Holyoke College

Smita Rana**

B.S., Delhi University, India

M.S., Teri University, India

Amelia F. Rasmussen

B.S., London School of Economics and Political Science,

United Kingdom

Nicole J. Richardson

B.A., Georgetown University

Cullan M. Riley

B.A., Tufts University

Julio Rivera Alejo

B.A., Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

M.A., Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Daniel S. Robinson

B.A., Georgetown University

Danielle S. Robinson

B.A., University of Pennsylvania

Nicolette G. Roque

B.A., University of Miami

Ariela Rosenberg

B.A., University of Pennsylvania

Monica M. Ruiz

B.S., Florida International University

Peter Sacco

B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tatsuo Sakai

LL.B., University of Tokyo, Japan

M.P.P., University of Tokyo, Japan

Sarah Saleeb

B.A., University of Virginia

Merita Salihu

A.B., Mount Holyoke College

Sumaya Saluja**

B.A., St. Stephen’s College, India

Linnea M. Sandin

A.B., Mount Holyoke College

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Candidates for Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017 ^Honos Civicus Society

Tania Yazmín Santoyo Dávila

B.A., Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Mexico

Jorge Juan Sanz Levia*

B.A., Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

M.A., Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV, France

LL.M., Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands

Aditya Sarkar*

B.A., LL.B., National Law School of India University, India

Arpita Sarkar*

LL.B., National Law University Jodhpur, India

Kosuke Sato

B.S., National Defense Academy of Japan

Karla G. Schiafﬁno Pérez

B.A., Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

Maximilian L. Schmidt*

B.S., WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany

Muralidhar Selvamani

B.M.E., Anna University, India

M.B.A., Great Lakes Institute of Management, India

Aditi Sethi**

B.A., McGill University, Canada

Saken Shayakhmetov**

B.S., University of Texas at Austin

B.A., University of Texas at Austin

Daniel M. Sheinis

B.A., DePaul University

Bonnie B. Shnayerson*

B.A., University of Pennsylvania

Dristy Shrestha

B.A., Middlebury College

Adnan J. Siddiqi

B.A., University of Toronto, Canada

Brendan P. Smith*

B.A., University of California at Berkeley

Brianne M. Smith

B.A., University of California at Berkeley

Thomas W. Smith

B.A., SOAS, University of London, United Kingdom

Margaret C. Snyder

B.A., St. John’s University

Hojun Song

B.A., Handong Global University, Republic of Korea

Nemmani Sreedhar**

B.A., Ambedkar Open University, India

M.A., Osmania University, India

Annapurna Sreehari*

B.A., LL.B., Gujarat National Law University, India

Sydney-Johanna B. Stevns^

B.S., Northeastern University

Liena A. Strikis*

A.B., Mount Holyoke College

Emily C. Susman

B.A., Sewanee: University of the South

Yusuke Suzuki

B.Econ., University of Tokyo, Japan

Rasima Swarup

B.E., Manipal Institute of Technology, India

Jorge Tamames Grasset

B.A., Brown University

Tanay M. Tatum

B.A., Vassar College

Andrew R. Taylor

B.A., Sewanee: University of the South

Alysha M. Tierney

B.A., University of Virginia

Meaghan C. Tobin

B.S., New York University

Thi Bao Ngoc Tran

B.B.M., Singapore Management University

Katherine K. Trujillo*

B.A., University of California at Berkeley

Stefan Tschauko

D.I.(FH), FH Joanneum, Austria

M.I.M., CEMS Global Alliance in Management Education

M.S., Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Austria

Seth C. Turner

B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Masahiko Uchino

LL.B., Hitotsubashi University, Japan

Namiko Umeda

B.A., Osaka University, Japan

Jonathan K. Upchurch

B.A., Iowa State University

Timothy T. Urban

B.S., United States Naval Academy

Mohammad Usman*

B.S., Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan

M.Phil., National Defense University, Pakistan

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Brian H. Vaeni

B.A., Northeastern University

Johan M. van de Ven

B.A., University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Damian N. Vogt

B.A., Université de Genève, Switzerland

Michael K. Wackenreuter

B.A., Tulane University

Michael E. Wagner**

B.S., Manchester University, United Kingdom

M.Acc., Manchester University, United Kingdom

Ji Wang

B.A., University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Brittney M. Washington**

B.A., Georgetown University

Suzanne M. Webb

B.A., North Carolina State University

Clark S. Webber

B.A., Paciﬁc Lutheran University

Matthew S. Weinberg

B.A., Tufts University

Daniel Wenz

B.A., Albertson College of Idaho

James C. Whitacre*

B.A., Kenyon College

Kerrlene C. Wills

B.S., Babson College

Leslie Wittmann**

B.A., Colgate University

Peter Worth**

B.A., Universität St. Gallen, Switzerland

Yao Wu

B.A., Peking University, China

M.B.A., Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

Kenta Yamashita

LL.B., Keio University, Japan

Adam A. Yousri

B.A., University of Washington

Alexandra D. Zadel

B.A., Tufts University

Beatriz Zarur Valderrama

B.A., Endicott College

Thomas S. Zimmerman

B.A., Williams College

Doctor of Philosophy

Irina A. Chindea**

B.S., Academia de Studii Economice din București, Romania

Diploma, Institut Universitaire Professionnalisé, France

Other, Institutul Franco-Roman de Gestiune, Romania

M.A.L.D., The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Dissertation: Power and Underworld Alliances: Understanding

Cooperation Patterns Among Criminal Groups

Avner Golov

B.A., Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel

M.A., Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel

Dissertation: The Dark Side of Extended Deterrence:

The Protégé’s Deterrence Hedging

Laura N. Kuhl**

B.A., Middlebury College

M.A.L.D., The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Dissertation: Innovation and Technology Transfer for Climate

Change Adaptation in the Agricultural Sector

Rizwan R. Ladha

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology

M.A.L.D., The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Dissertation: In the Shadow of the Umbrella: U.S. Extended

Deterrence and Nuclear Proliferation in East Asia, 1961–1979

Melanie Reed

B.A., Brigham Young University

J.D., Brigham Young University

Dissertation: The International Business Community and

Evolving Norms Regarding Foreign Bribery

Tina Robiolle Moul*

M.B.A., ESSEC Business School, France

Dissertation: Peace Education in Fragile States:

A Case Study of the Inﬂuence of Global Discussions of Peace

Education in Conﬂict Settings on National Education Policy

and Local NGO Efforts in Afghanistan

Jean-Louis A. Romanet Perroux**^

B.E., Italian Air Force Academy, Italy

M.A., Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy

Other, Scuola di Guerra Aerea (now ISMA), Italy

M.A.L.D., The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Dissertation: Voluntary Associations and Political Culture

in Post-Gadhaﬁ Libya

Anna H. Schulz*

B.A., Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

LL.M., University of Dundee, United Kingdom

M.A.L.D., The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Dissertation: Origins of Fragmentation in the Transboundary

Water Law System: The Evolution of Water Law from Ancient Times

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Candidates for Degrees

*August 2016 **February 2017 ^Honos Civicus Society

Kartikeya Singh**

B.S., Furman University

M.E.Sc., Yale University

Dissertation: Surya’s Promise: Accelerating Solar Home Lighting

System Deployment for the Base of the Pyramid

Andrew Taffer

B.A., University of Chicago

M.A.L.D., The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Dissertation: The Evolution of China’s Strategy Toward Its

Offshore Territorial Disputes, 1992–2014: Escalation, Conciliation,

and Coalition Wedging

Rebecca Tapscott

B.S., Georgetown University

M.A.L.D., The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Dissertation: States of (In)Security: Violence, Local Governance,

and Institutionalized Arbitrariness in Northern Uganda

Commencement

2017

35TH COMMENCEMENT

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Commencement

2017

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Order of Events

Musical Prelude Symphonic Brass Quartet

Processional

Greetings and Remarks Deborah T. Kochevar, D.V.M., Ph.D., Dean

David R. Harris, Ph.D., Provost & Senior Vice President

John H. de Jong, B.S., A78, D.V.M., V85, University Trustee and Member of the

Board of Advisors for Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Introduction of Dignitaries and Deborah T. Kochevar, D.V.M., Ph.D., Dean

Distinguished Guests

Faculty Address Florina S. Tseng, D.V.M., Associate Professor of Infectious Disease and Global Health

Class Address Jenna Caroline Dean, Class of 2017

Class Gift Lauren Carel Saunders, Alyssa Louise Stockdale, Class of 2017

Presentation of Awards Presented by: Angeline E. Warner, D.V.M., S.D., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Henry E. Childers, D.V.M., Award

Recipient: Paula J. Northrop, D.V.M.

Presented by: Deborah T. Kochevar, D.V.M., Ph.D., Dean

Artemis Award for Clinical Excellence

Recipient: Dominik Faissler, Dr. med. vet., Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences

Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award

Recipient: Nicholas Frank, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Sciences

Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence

Recipient: Daniela Bedenice, D.V.M., Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences

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Presentation of Diplomas and Deborah T. Kochevar, D.V.M., Ph.D., Dean

Hooding of Graduates Angeline E. Warner, D.V.M., S.D., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Gregory M. Wolfus, D.V.M., V98, Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences

David Lee-Parritz, D.V.M., V83, Clinical Professor of Environmental and

Population Health

Alison H. Robbins, M.S., G89, D.V.M., V92, Research Assistant Professor of

Infectious Disease and Global Health

Marieke H. Rosenbaum, M.P.H., MG14, D.V.M., V14, Research Assistant Professor

of Infectious Disease and Global Health

Allen T. Rutberg, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Abhineet Sheoran, B.V.Sc., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease and

Global Health

Barbara A. Berman, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

Linda Mayo, Staff Assistant

Administration of the Veterinarian’s Oath Albert G. Andersen, D.V.M., President, Massachusetts Veterinary

Medical Association

Closing Remarks Deborah T. Kochevar, D.V.M., Ph.D., Dean

Recessional

Reception for Graduates and Guests

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*August 2016 **November 2016 ***February 2017

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Candidates for Degrees

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Whitney Alexandra Allen^

B.S., Michigan State University

M.S., Tufts University

Nancy Boren Alperson

B.A., Wellesley College

Emily Dae Andersen^

B.S., University of Vermont

Tiffany Baird

B.S., Pennsylvania State University

M.P.H., Emory University

Arianne Lisbeth Baker^

B.S., Cornell University

M.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison

Erin Elizabeth Beaulieu

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Jeniffer Bedoya

B.S., Bloomﬁeld College

Alison D. Berlent

B.A., Clark University

Alla Bezhentseva

B.A., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Rebecca Coco Bishop^

B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Kyle Scott Black+

B.A., St. Louis University

Lara Lynn Bower^

B.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison

Karyn Burritt

B.A., Franklin Pierce University

Cecilia A. Cancellieri+

B.A., Colby College

Elyse Sarah Cherry

B.S., Cornell University

Lyle Richard Cleary

B.A., Hamilton College

Rachel Elizabeth Cooper+

B.A., Kenyon College

Jenna Caroline Dean

B.S., College of Charleston

Hannah Rose Donnelly

B.S., University of Delaware

Mary Rachel Drozd

B.A., Hamilton College

Ph.D., The Ohio State University

Corrine E. Fry

B.S., State University of New York at Brockport

Samantha Rose Gabree

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Kimberly Klepacki Garcia

B.A., Connecticut College

Katherine Collins Gerber

B.A., Smith College

Andrew Michael Gestrich++

A.B., Bowdoin College

Elizabeth Helen Goodland

B.S., University of Delaware

Lauren Jill Gottlieb+

B.A., University of Rochester

Ph.D., University of California at Irvine

Marlena Kyminas Grasso+

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Dara Wendy Hofstadter

B.A., Ramapo College of New Jersey

B.S., Ramapo College of New Jersey

J.D., Seton Hall University

Heather Marie Houser+

B.A., Rhodes College

Kelly Jones^

B.S., University of Maryland

Manda Simcha Weinstein Kaplan

B.A., Columbia University

Sylva Hsieh Kim

B.A., Barnard College of Columbia University

Audrey Ern Mei Koid+^

B.A., Franklin & Marshall College

Sarah Ashley Kramer

B.A., Earlham College

Arielle Eve Kriegsman

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Savannah Mariah Lorraine Lancaster

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Jesse Ann Lane

B.A., Connecticut College

Maureen Stephanie Lecaro

B.A., Yale University

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Candidates for Degrees

+Phi Zeta Honor Society ++Thesis ^Honos Civicus Society

*August 2016 **November 2016 ***February 2017

Katherine Ji-Ae Lee

B.S., University of Southern California

Caitlyn Elizabeth Little

B.S., Cedar Crest College

M.S., University of New England

Eric Maxwell Littman++

B.S., University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Kerry Anne Loughran+

A.B., Princeton University

Maryanne Rebeccah Mack**

Mount Holyoke College

Laura E. Mahoney

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Michelle Anne Mathios

B.S., Fordham University

Alyssa Ann Mazzola

B.S., University of California at Davis

Abigail Wellman McElroy^

B.A., Smith College

Kelly Marie McMullin

B.S., University of Massachusetts Boston

Melanie McNerney

B.S., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Lauren Melle+

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Jessica Grace Mintz

B.A., Williams College

M.A., New York University

Daniel Charles Mordarski+

B.S., George Washington University

Mei Lun Mui+

B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Alexander James Neale

B.S., University of Washington

Meng Ning+

B.A., University of Chicago

Michael C. Nystrom+

B.S., Cornell University

Alexa May Ortiz^

B.S., Oregon State University

Natasha Rebecca Pakravan

A.B., Dartmouth College

Cara Papakyrikos

B.A., Boston University

Kaela M. Paternoster

B.B.A., Villanova University

Bianca Rose Pﬁsterer

B.S., Drexel University

Zachary Alexander Pilossoph+

B.S., University of Maryland

Katherine Pokrandt

B.S., University of Connecticut

Mallika J. Prabhakar

B.S., University of New Hampshire

Melissa Lynn Precopio

B.A., College of the Holy Cross

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Worcester

Aeshna Rajmaira

B.S., Cornell University

Julianne Nicole Richard+^

B.A., Boston University

Laura Ann Rothong

B.S., Dickinson College

Lauren Carel Saunders

B.S., Dickinson College

Jordan Alexander Schachar

B.A., Queens College of the City University of New York

Abigail V. Sefton

B.S., University of Rochester

Sarina Marlene Selleck+^

B.S., University of Vermont

Daniel Robert Shaiken

B.S., University of Connecticut

Adam Michael Shoelson+

B.A., University of Richmond

Hannah Castelnau Siebens

B.A., Vassar College

Brandon Christopher Silva

B.A., Boston College

Margarita Sokolova

B.A., Hunter College of the City University of New York

Loren Sarasan Harrell Sri-Jayantha+

B.S., Bucknell University

Amanda Grace Steneck

B.S., University of Connecticut

Alyssa Louise Stockdale^

B.A., Northwestern University

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+Phi Zeta Honor Society ++Thesis ^Honos Civicus Society

*August 2016 **November 2016 ***February 2017

Denise M. Stone

B.S., Boston College

Natalie Elizabeth Thompson

B.A., Vassar College

Kelsey A. Turley

B.A., University of Rochester

Sharmei Gomes Vicente+

B.S., Tufts University

Gabriela Maria Villanueva^

Sc.B., Brown University

Marsha Villarroel

B.A., Williams College

Sara Vitti

B.S., University of New Hampshire

Victoria Eileen Walmsley+

B.A., University of Virginia

Emily Percy Wheeler^

B.S., Rice University

Katherine Hancy Wheeler+

B.A., Colorado College

Taylor Lynn Wilson+

B.S., University of Oregon

Christian William Woelfel+

B.A., College of the Holy Cross

Christine Ling Yee

B.S., Santa Clara University

Elsa Ming Yeung

B.S., University of Texas at Austin

M.S., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Annie Marie Zimmerman+

B.A., University of California at Berkeley

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and

Master of Science in Laboratory Animal Medicine

Nancy Boren Alperson

Rachel Elizabeth Cooper

Annie Marie Zimmerman

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and

Master of Public Health

Katherine Ji-Ae Lee

Daniel Charles Mordarski

Alexander James Neale

Hannah Castelnau Siebens

Gabriela Maria Villanueva

Master of Science in Animals and Public Policy

Lauren N. Bettencourt*

B.A., University of New Hampshire

M.A.T., Simmons College

Jodi A. Epstein***

B.F.A., Emerson College

Samantha J. Fincke***

B.A., Boston University

Anne Morrill Goodall*

B.A., Wake Forest University

Kristen Marie Johnson*

B.S., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Erin Kathleen King***

B.A., Christopher Newport University

Jennifer Maas*

A.B., Brandeis University

D.V.M., Cornell University

Noel O’Donnell*

B.A., Ithaca College

Meaghan Catherine O’Reilly

B.A., Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Julia Elizabeth Seeley*

B.A., Michigan State University

Heidi Lyn Smith*

B.S., Boston University

Amanda S. Wilder*

B.A., Hartwick College

Annie Yoo*

B.S., State University of New York at Oneonta

Master of Science in Conservation Medicine

Irene Galan Lecona***

B.S., Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

L.V., Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Spain

Katherine Elizabeth Grassle***

B.A., Bryn Mawr College

Tomika M. Haller*

B.S., Doane University

D.V.M., Iowa State University

Cristina Esmeralda Hidalgo Salvador*

D.M.V., Universidad de las Américas, Ecuador

William David Daniel Roland Krucik

B.S., University of California at Santa Cruz

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Candidates for Degrees/Awards and Distinctions/Candidates for Certiﬁcates

*August 2016 **November 2016 ***February 2017

Katherine Anne Kurth*

B.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Nancy Warner Makuch*

B.A., Colorado College

Christopher Arthur Mantell*

B.S., University of Connecticut

Adel M. Molnar***

B.A., Bennington College

Kathryn A. Rasp*

B.S., University of California at Davis

Andrea C. Ríos-González

B.S., University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

Annalisa Leilani Sharkey*

B.S., University of Rhode Island

Sarah Victoria Whitman

B.S., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Allison Wright***

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Esty Gayle Yanco***

B.A., Dartmouth College

Yang Yu*

B.A., Boston University

Master of Science in Infectious Disease

and Global Health

Mary Carlisha Blake*

B.S., University of Texas at Arlington

Dylan Ridly Champer*

B.S., The Ohio State University

Sarah Elizabeth Colando*

B.S., University of Vermont

Melissa Darnley*

B.A., Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Megan Ellis*

B.S., University of Notre Dame

Susan Ann Knoll*

B.A., Michigan State University

M.B.A., University of Denver

Griselle B. Martinez Traverso*

B.S., University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

Alison J. Millis*

B.A., St. Olaf College

Cassidy Lynn Riekofski*

B.S., Clarkson University

Leena Praba Suppiah*

B.S., Oklahoma State University

Tess René van Kan*

B.S., University of Findlay

Doctor of Philosophy

Manar Ahmad Mohammad AbdelMageed***

B.V.Sc., Zagazig University, Egypt

M.V.Sc., Zagazig University, Egypt

Dissertation: Carcinogenic Potential of Aluminum

Advisor: Elizabeth McNiel, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Kristy L. Meadows

B.S., University of Maryland

Dissertation: The Behavioral, Seasonal, and Biochemical

Alterations of Ischemic Stroke

Ad hoc Advisor: M. Sawkat Anwer, Ph.D., D.M.V.H.

Awards and Distinctions

Henry L. Foster, D.V.M., Scholarships

Lauren Jill Gottlieb

Kerry Anne Loughran

Mei Lun Mui

Sarina Marlene Selleck

Annie Marie Zimmerman

International Veterinary Medicine

Postgraduate Certificates

Emily Dae Andersen

Heather Marie Houser

Sarina Marlene Selleck

Candidates for Certiﬁcates

Certificates

of Internship

Marie Burneko, V.M.D.

Rotating Internship in Small Animal Medicine/Surgery

Karah Burns, D.V.M.

Rotating Internship in Small Animal Medicine/Surgery

Jennifer Cassano, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Large Animal Medicine in a Joint Program with Massachusetts

Equine Clinic

Claudia Davila, D.V.M.

Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

Addie Felten, D.V.M.

Large Animal Ambulatory Medicine and Surgery

Miranda Gallo, D.V.M., V15

Rotating Internship in Small Animal Medicine/Surgery

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Sarah Gray, D.V.M.

Large Animal Surgery

Jennifer Heiba, D.V.M., V15

Large Animal Medicine in a Joint Program with Massachusetts

Equine Clinic

Endya High, D.V.M.

Dermatology

Samantha Kochie, D.V.M.

Rotating Internship in Small Animal Medicine/Surgery

Stephany Lewis, D.V.M., V15

Wildlife and Conservation Medicine

Sarah Reich, D.V.M.

Wildlife and Conservation Medicine

Kaila Rizzo, D.V.M.

Rotating Internship in Small Animal Medicine/Surgery

Laura Scoda, D.V.M.

Neurology

Rebecca Stevens, V.M.D.

Rotating Internship in Small Animal Medicine/Surgery

Michael Thomas Taney, V.M.D.

Rotating Internship in Small Animal Medicine/Surgery

Joanna Webb, D.V.M., V16

Zoological Companion Animal Medicine

Certificates of Residency

Stacie Aarsvold, D.V.M.

Diagnostic Imaging

Jessica Baron, D.V.M.

Small Animal Surgery

Ryan Birks, D.V.M.

Small Animal Surgery

Amy Brida, D.V.M.

Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

Claire Dixon, B.V.Sc.

Large Animal Medicine

Tovah I. Dorsey, D.V.M., I14

Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

Elizabeth Falk, D.V.M, V07

Dermatology

Lindsey Fejfar, D.V.M.

Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

Erin Galemore, D.V.M.

Small Animal Medicine

Molly Holmes, D.V.M.

Small Animal Radiation Oncology

Thanhthao Huynh, D.V.M., V12

Anatomic Pathology

Denise Kelley, D.V.M., V13

Small Animal Medicine

Kelly Kezer, B.V.Sc.

Small Animal Medical Oncology

Alexander J. LoPinto, D.V.M.

Ophthalmology

Marina Mavromatis, D.V.M.

Diagnostic Imaging

Chelsea Reinhard, D.V.M.

Maddie’s Shelter Medicine

Meghan E. Vaught, D.V.M.

Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

Christine M. Zewe, D.V.M.

Dermatology

Veterinarian’s Oath

Being admitted to the profession of veterinary medicine,

I solemnly swear to use my scientiﬁc knowledge and skills for

the beneﬁt of society through the protection of animal health

and welfare, the prevention and relief of animal suffering, the

conservation of animal resources, the promotion of public health,

and the advancement of medical knowledge.

I will practice my profession conscientiously, with dignity, and in

keeping with the principles of veterinary medical ethics.

I accept as a lifelong obligation the continual improvement of my

professional knowledge and competence.

Commencement

2017

36TH COMMENCEMENT

The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman

School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Commencement

2017

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Order of Events

Processional

Master of Ceremony Edward Saltzman, M.D., Academic Dean for Education

Welcome from the Board of Trustees Elizabeth Cochary Gross N82, NG88, University Trustee and Member of the

Friedman School Board of Advisors

Charge to the Graduates Dariush Mozaffarian, M.D., Dr.P.H., Dean

Class Address Alison Brown

Commencement Address Tom Vilsack, J.D., Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

Presentation of Diplomas Edward Saltzman, M.D., Academic Dean for Education

Matthew Hast, M.A., Assistant Dean of Student Affairs

Presentation of the Joan M. Bergstrom Dariush Mozaffarian, M.D., Dr.P.H., Dean

Student Award for Excellence in Global Nutrition Recipient: Heather Colleen Stobaugh

Irwin H. Rosenberg Award for Excellence Edward Saltzman, M.D., Academic Dean for Education

in Predoctoral Research Recipient: Lee Mitchell Margolis

Presentation of the Rebecca Roubenoff Award Carole A. Palmer, Ed.D., Director, Master of Science, Dietetic Internship

Kelly A. Kane, M.S., Director of Nutrition and Dietetic Internship Director

Presentation of Diplomas and Hooding of Edward Saltzman, M.D., Academic Dean for Education

Candidates for the Doctor of Philosophy Matthew Hast, M.A., Assistant Dean of Student Affairs

Doctoral Hooding Sarah L. Booth, Ph.D.

Sean B. Cash, Ph.D.

Christina D. Economos, Ph.D.

Roger A. Fielding, Ph.D.

Sara C. Folta, Ph.D.

Timothy S. Griffin, Ph.D.

Paul F. Jacques, D.Sc.

Ligi Paul Pottenplackel, Ph.D.

Irwin H. Rosenberg, M.D.

Closing Edward Saltzman, M.D., Academic Dean for Education

A reception will follow the ceremony in the Remis Sculpture Court.

COMMENCEMENT 2017 125*August 2016 **February 2017 ^Honos Civicus Society

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Candidates for Degrees

Master of Arts in Humanitarian Assistance

Foiz Ahmed*

B.S., Bangladesh Agricultural University

M.S., Bangladesh Agricultural University

Pauline Akosio Akabwai

B.S., University of Nairobi, Kenya

Samuel Girma Banche

B.Sc. Haramaya University, Ethiopia

M.A., Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Master of Nutrition Science and Policy

Fatma Fareed Aldarwish

B.S., Zayed University, United Arab Emirates

Krysta Sajata Banﬁeld

B.A., Princeton University

Cara Anne Cooper

B.S., Indiana University Bloomington

M.E., DePaul University

Kaitlyn E. Eckert

B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University

Dana Brooke Fleisher**

B.A., Tufts University

Sheryl Fox

B.S., Concordia University, Canada

Linsey Rose Hartenstein*

B.S., University of New Haven

Kayla Leigh Hickerson

B.S., University of Connecticut

Hiba Jamal Jameel

B.S., B.S., University of California at San Diego

Kimberly Ann Keller*

B.A., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

M.S., Northwestern University

Sellie Makhraz*

B.S., Fordham University

Melania Marcu**

B.S., University of New Hampshire

Courtney A. Millen*

B.S., The University of Alabama

B.A., Princeton University

Valerie Mihoko Morishige*

B.A., University of California at Los Angeles

Constance Marie Ray

B.A., Brigham Young University

Kailyn Marie Schmidt*

B.A., Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Andrea Ruth Wolfgang*

B.A., Pennsylvania State University

Ashley Nicol Wright*

B.A., Albion College

Master of Science/Combined Dietetic Internship

Jocelyn Taylor Brault

B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Katelyn Elizabeth Castro

B.S., Syracuse University

Jenny C. Chen

B.S., University of California at Berkeley

Zhangmuge Cheng

B.S., Kansas State University

Angela Helene Goscilo

B.S., Cornell University

Virginia Paige Murphy

B.S., Michigan State University

Rosylan Marie Rojas

B.S., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Leanne Elizabeth Stephens

B.S., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Master of Science

Sarah Abdelmessih

B.S., Grove City College

Matthew H. Allan

B.A., Vassar College

Kirsten Alicia Archer**

B.A., Walla Walla University

M.A., University of Iowa

Ph.D., University of Iowa

Dianna C. Bartone

B.A., University of Notre Dame

Andrew Richard Beauchesne

B.A., Colby College

Townsend Samuel Benjamin Benard

B.S., University of Toronto, Canada

Madeline Elizabeth Bennett

B.S., University of Texas at Austin

Dylan Anderson-Berens**

B.A., University of Arizona

126 TUFTS UNIVERSITY *August 2016 **February 2017 ^Honos Civicus Society

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Candidates for Degrees

Sarah S. Chang*

B.A., Barnard College

Zhengqi Chen

B.S.E.S., Xiamen University, China

Benjamin Joseph Chipkin

B.A., Vassar College

Kerry Jane Criss

B.S., University of Delaware

M.S., University of Delaware

Kimberlee Davies

B.A., University of Oklahoma

Carrie Louise DeWitt

B.A., Colgate University

Marissa Donovan*

B.S., Syracuse University

Mengxi Du

B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Ryan James Egger

B.A., Tufts University

Jessica Lea Ellis

B.S., Miami University

Meagan Osora Erhart**

B.A., University of Vermont

Rebecca Sierra Frank

B.A., Tufts University

Lindsay Dana Gefell**

B.S., State University of New York at Albany

Rachel Gilbert

B.A., Dickinson College

Alannah Rachel Glickman

B.A., Washington University

Julia Anne Hilbrands

B.S., Calvin College

Samantha Hoefﬂer^

B.A., Kenyon College

Suzanne Robertson Howell*

B.S., Furman University

Alexandra Lawren Humphreys**

B.A., Oregon State University

Qiaer Jin**

B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sarah Kyran Johnson

B.S., State University of New York at Cortland

M.P.H., State University of New York at Albany

Caitlin Elizabeth Joseph^

B.A., Arizona State University

Frances Margaret Kellogg

B.A., Seattle University

Orion Akira Kobayashi

B.A., University of Delaware

Hannah J. Koehn

B.A., University of Arizona

Ariella Rebecca Korn*

B.S., Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Hannah Brown Lehman

B.A., Bryn Mawr College

Lindsay Beth Margolis**

B.A., Washington University

Caitlin Leigh Matthews

B.A., Middlebury College

M.A., Lewis & Clark College

Mary Katherine Mark**

B.A., Miami University

Sarah Elizabeth McClung**

B.S., Cornell University

Brandon Anthony Morgan

B.S., Cornell University

Caroline Elizabeth Nathan**

B.F.A., Colgate University

Danielle Tam Ngo^

B.S., University of California at Berkeley

Carolyn Jane Panzarella**

B.S., Cornell University

Katherine Rancaño

B.S., Florida State University

Meaghan Ann Reardon*

B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Sabina Carlson Robillard

B.A., Tufts University

M.A., Future Generations University

Daniel Solomon Robinson

B.A., Georgetown University

Rebecca Emily Rottapel*

B.A., McGill University, Canada

Kristen M. Scommegna^

B.A., University of Denver

Julia Mary Sementelli

B.S., Boston University

COMMENCEMENT 2017 127*August 2016 **February 2017 ^Honos Civicus Society

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Candidates for Degrees

Grifﬁn Kingsbury Sharp*

B.S., Boston College

Christina J. Skonberg

B.A., B.A., Brown University

Elisabeth Marshall Spratt

B.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Emily Forsythe Steliotes^

B.S., Tufts University

Stella Stergiopoulos*

B.A., Brandeis University

Cassandra A. Suarez*

B.S., Wheaton College (Illinois)

Eva M. Tomczyk

B.A., Northwestern University

Katherine M. Tong

B.A., Gordon College

Delphine Van Roosebeke**^

B.S.CH.E., Catholic University of Bruges-Ostend, Belgium

M.S.E., University of Leuven, Belgium

Dorothé R.M. Venhoeven

B.A., University College Utrecht, The Netherlands

Liang Wang

B.S., Sun Yat-sen University, China

Catherine Frances Ward

B.A., College of the Holy Cross

Elizabeth C. Weeks**

B.S., Pennsylvania State University

Shumao (Simon) Ye^

B.S., Iowa State University

Micaela A. Young

B.A., Smith College

Justin Alan Zabinski*

B.S., Loyola Marymount University

Michael S. Zastoupil

B.S., North Dakota State University

Shenglin Zheng**

B.S., Shanghai University of Sport, China

M.E., Shanghai University of Sport, China

Doctor of Philosophy

Stacy Ann Blondin**

B.A., Harvard University

M.S., Johns Hopkins University

Dissertation: Toward Sustainable School Meals: An Ecological

Approach to Program Evaluation

Advisor: Dr. Christina Economos

Alison Gwendolyn Mary Brown^

B.S., Spelman College

M.S., Teachers College, Columbia University

Dissertation: Diet Quality and Hypertension in Ethnically

Diverse U.S.-Born and Foreign-Born Blacks: Quantitative and

Qualitative Approaches

Advisor: Dr. Sara Folta

Stephanie Geris Harshman

B.S., Pennsylvania State University

M.S., Ohio University

Dissertation: Identiﬁcation of Dietary and Biological Factors

Inﬂuencing Vitamin K Metabolism

Advisor: Dr. Sarah Booth

Lee Mitchell Margolis**

B.S., University of Connecticut

M.S., Baylor University

Dissertation: Inﬂuence of Aging and Calorie Restriction on

Protein Metabolism and microRNA Expression

Advisor: Dr. Roger Fielding

Prajula Mulmi**

B.S., Salem College

M.P.H., Brown University

Dissertation: Agriculture, Climate and Child Nutrition in Nepal

Advisor: Dr. William Masters

Rebecca Lynn Nemec**

B.A., Princeton University

M.S., Tufts University

Dissertation: Climate Change and U.S. Consumer Food Choices

Advisor: Dr. Sean Cash

Christina Dichoso Reginaldo**

B.S., University of California at Davis

M.S., Tufts University

M.P.H., Tufts University

Dissertation: Relations between Vitamin B6, Tryptophan

Metabolites, and Inﬂammation

Advisor: Dr. Jacob Selhub

128 TUFTS UNIVERSITY *August 2016 **February 2017 ^Honos Civicus Society

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Candidates for Degrees

Joachim Dzidzor Sackey**

B.S., University of Ghana

M.Phil., University of Ghana

Dissertation: Implementation and Impact of a Nutrition

Assessment, Counseling and Support Program on People Living

with HIV in Accra, Ghana

Advisor: Dr. Christine Wanke

Hathairat Sawaengsri*

B.A., Dartmouth College

M.S., Tufts University

Dissertation: The Effect of Excess Folate Intake on Immune

Function and Peripheral Neuropathy Associated with

Transcobalamin II Polymorphism

Advisor: Dr. Jacob Selhub

Heather Colleen Stobaugh

B.S, Grove City College

M.S., Tufts University

M.P.H., Tufts University

Dissertation: Rethinking Recovery: Generating Evidence to

Improve and Sustain Recovery from Moderate Acute Malnutrition

in Children

Advisor: Dr. Irwin Rosenberg

Karen McMorris Switkowski**

B.A., Emory University

M.S., Tufts University

M.P.H., Tufts University

Dissertation: Associations of Early-Life Nutritional Exposures,

Growth-Promoting Hormones and Fetal and Childhood Growth:

Analysis of Mother-Child Pairs in Project Viva

Advisor: Dr. Paul Jacques

Nicole Elizabeth Tichenor*

B.A., University of Kansas

M.S., Tufts University

Dissertation: Sustainability of Regional Beef Production Systems

Advisor: Dr. Timothy Grifﬁn