2022 Graduate Award Distinguished Achievement Recipients

Each year the university’s six colleges select graduate students to receive the Graduate Award for Distinguished Achievement. The recipients are honored for their outstanding academic performance and service to the profession, department, and community.

One award recipient from each college is selected for special honors as the graduate college hood. On behalf of their college classmates, they have received the symbolic investiture of the hood.

The Lam Family College of Business

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Leia Marie Balliett
Master Business Administration

Joshua Gomez
Master of Science, Accountancy

Jeffrey Ryan Kenney
Master of Science, Quantitative Economics

Henry Eric Low
Master of Science, Business Analytics

Shan Ci Ng
Master of Science, Business Analytics

Akanksha Paliwal
Master of Science, Business Analytics

The Graduate College of Education

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Jacqueline Amaral
Master of Science, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Catherine Mercedes Aragon
Master of Arts, Education (Equity and Social Justice in Education)

Brenda Figueroa Arellano
Master of Arts, Education (Special Interest Area)

Jenna Lorraine Bettencourt
Master of Arts, Education (Elementary Education)

Amanda D. Carney
Master of Arts, Special Education

Nicole Carrillo
Master of Arts, Education (Adult Education)

Byron Delcomb
Master of Arts, Education (Educational Administration)

Allison Rose Firestone
Doctor of Philosophy, Education (Special Education, Joint Program with University of California, Berkeley)

Hannah Laura Khorassani
Master of Science, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Kimberly Barbara Knodel
Doctor of Philosophy, Education (Special Education, Joint Program with University of California, Berkeley)

Megan Kathryn Mcenulty
Master of Arts, Education (Elementary Education)

Arpita Pal
Master of Arts, Education (Instructional Technologies)

Juan René Rodriguez
Multiple Subject Credential with Spanish Authorization

Kevin William Tan
Single Subject Credential

Megan Ashley Tangonan-Gutierrez
Master of Arts, Education (Secondary Education)

Charlotte Taylor Thompson
Master of Arts, Special Education

Ruby-Asuncion Nebres Turalba-Khalil
Doctor of Education, Educational Leadership

The College of Liberal & Creative Arts

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Victor Javier Aguilar
Master of Arts, History

Neha Bagchi
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing

Erik Walter Baldwin
Master of Arts, Comparative Literature

Aaron Batker Pritzker
Master of Arts, Philosophy

Alexander Michael Bouskos
Master of Arts, Political Science

Samer Ghassan Dabit
Master of Arts, English Literatures

Scott Brigham Drapeau
Master of Arts, Design

Katelyn Mitsuru Endow
Master of Arts, English (Composition)

Sabrina Kate Enomoto
Master of Arts, Women and Gender Studies

Nicole Gluckstern
Master of Arts, Theatre Arts

Benjamin Hoeppner Holt
Master of Arts, Anthropology

Ayeesha Hossain
Master of Arts, Communication Studies

Suthasinee Kanchanarotphan
Master of Arts, Chinese

Chenglong Lin
Master of Arts, International Relations

Natalia Malheiros de Carvalho Monteiro
Master of Arts, English (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)

Ana Isabel Navarro
Master of Arts, Museum Studies

Kathryn Joanne Papoulias
Master of Arts, Museum Studies

Kendra Lynne Pearson
Master of Arts, Humanities

Samuel Reider
Master of Arts, Music

Zachary Russi
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing

Julia Ann Shackelford
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing

Nicole Kaye Shaffer
Master of Fine Arts, Art

Samantha Sias
Master of Arts, Design

Liceth Solis
Master of Arts, Spanish

Sylvie G. Sturm
Master of Arts, Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts

Olivia Eva Vallejo
Master of Arts, English (Linguistics)

Alexi Max Venn
Master of Arts, Philosophy

The College of Ethnic Studies

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Virginia Monica Bachinelo
Master of Arts, Ethnic Studies

Richard Lim
Master of Arts, Asian American Studies

Christina Shen
Master of Arts, Asian American Studies

The College of Health & Social Sciences

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Sheila Christine Bostic
Master of Arts, Family and Consumer Sciences

Michael Josef Brodheim
Master Public Administration

Edna Chum McDonell
Master of Science, Nursing

Jacob Dinardi
Master of Science, Kinesiology

Julia Unaloto Veamatahau Diskin
Master of Science, Counseling

Shahneka Dupart
Master of Social Work

Azaleah Francis Goose
Master of Science, Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Alex Parker Hansen
Doctor Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy (Joint Program with University of California, San Francisco)

Julissa Ortiz-Delatorre
Master of Science, Kinesiology

Olivia Patton
Master of Arts, Human Sexuality Studies

Tanya Piacentini
Master of Arts, Gerontology

Michala Nicole Roan
Master of Science, Recreation, Parks, and Tourism

Anna Elise Scandurro
Master of Arts, Human Sexuality Studies

Anjali Sundararaman
Master of Science, Nursing

Phillip Christopher Wong
Master Public Administration

The College of Science & Engineering

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Ryan Joseph Acbay
Master of Science, Biology (Cell and Molecular Biology)

Naga Priya Ashok Kumar
Master of Science, Engineering (Embedded Electrical and Computer Systems)

Bryce Russell Baker
Master of Science, Physics

Hannah Paulina Boelts
Master of Science, Geosciences

Jan Mikhale Benavides Cajulao
Master of Science, Biology (Cell and Molecular Biology)

Kevin Xu Chen
Master of Science, Biology (Cell and Molecular Biology)

Jeff Cheng
Master of Science, Computer Science

Matthew Tyler Coats
Master of Science, Chemistry

Christine Onyinyechi-Uju Emuka
Master of Arts, Psychology (Developmental Psychology)

Paula Fortune
Master of Arts, Psychology (Developmental Psychology)

Mervin Martin Garcia
Master of Science, Biology (Cell and Molecular Biology)

Alyssa Marie Gimenez
Master of Science, Biology (Cell and Molecular Biology)

Leila Jimeno Jimenez
Master of Science, Psychology (Industrial/Organizational Psychology)

Dennis Jongsomjit
Master of Science, Geographic Information Science

Laura Magaña Hernandez
Master of Science, Biology (Cell and Molecular Biology)

Jenika Mirabel McClay
Master of Science, Engineering (Structural/Earthquake Engineering)

Nikole D. Moody
Master of Arts, Psychology (Mind, Brain, and Behavior)

Shek Hang Ng
Master of Science, Biomedical Science (Biotechnology)

Michelle Ann Pablo
Master of Science, Biomedical Science (Stem Cell Science)

Betsy Aracely Paredes Centeno
Master of Arts, Psychology (Mind, Brain, and Behavior)

Ana Sofia Rodriguez Vega
Master of Science, Biology (Physiology and Behavioral Biology)

Justin Thomas Sampson
Master of Science, Computer Science

Tamara Jaeger Skootsky
Master of Science, Psychology (Industrial/Organizational Psychology)

Rosemary Alice Talcott
Master of Science, Psychology (Industrial/Organizational Psychology)

Amanda Lauren Trinos Verzosa
Master of Science, Biology (Cell and Molecular Biology)

Michael Womack
Master of Arts, Mathematics