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