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