2024 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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Songhong Beng
Master of Science, Accountancy

Madison Cecilio      
Master Business Administration    

Rutwij Sanjay Daptardar      
Master of Science, Business Analytics

Daniel Dubrovsky      
Master of Science, Quantitative Economics

Yao Fang      
Master of Science, Accountancy

Lila Zermeno      
Master Business Administration    

The Graduate College of Education

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Corrine Mary Aramburo      
Doctor of Philosophy, Education (Special Education, Joint Program with University of California, Berkeley)

Alicia Baires Rios      
Master of Arts, Education (Early Childhood Education)

Chloe McBarron Bogle      
Master of Arts, Special Education

Jadelyn May Chang      
Master of Arts, Educational Administration and Leadership

Aaron Eberhardt      
Master of Arts, Curriculum and Instruction

Brianna Marie German      
Credential, Multiple Subject

Zahava Heydel      
Master of Arts, Special Education

Kian Kawar      
Master of Arts, Special Education

Maelynn Michelle Le      
Credential, Single Subject

Kaitlyn Bryce Olivares      
Master of Science, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Angelica Adriana Pineda      
Master of Arts, Education (Instructional Technologies)

Cassandra Poe      
Master of Science, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Marcela Ivonne Rodriguez Navas      
Master of Arts, Education (Equity and Social Justice in Education)

Alana April Tran      
Master of Science, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Sanjyot Pia Walawalkar      
Doctor of Education, Educational Leadership

George Xiao Yip      
Credential, Single Subject

Xiao Yun Zhang      
Master of Arts, Special Education

The College of Liberal & Creative Arts

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Chelsea America Addison-Torres      
Master of Fine Arts, Art

Hatem Adell      
Master of Arts, Theatre Arts

Morgan H. Butler      
Master of Arts, Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts

Sabrina Marcy Chamberlain      
Master of Arts, History

Quinn Fairchild      
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing

Madison Fishtrom      
Master of Arts, Design

Emma Jean Gunst      
Master of Arts, Museum Studies

Marilyn Patricia Mae Helstrom      
Master of Arts, Women and Gender Studies

Yi Hu      
Master of Arts, Chinese

Wei-Ting Hung      
Master of Fine Arts, Cinema

Tadeh A. Kennedy      
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing

Karinuelle Krisdiva      
Master of Arts, International Relations

Cecilia Mellieon      
Master of Arts, Anthropology

Daniel Felipe Moreno Mendoza      
Master of Arts, Cinema Studies

Stephanie Rose Mufson      
Master of Arts, Design

Rex Retuya Nario      
Master of Arts, International Relations

Reece Owens      
Master of Music, Music

Avishan Yunus Peer      
Master of Arts, Spanish

Luke Quinton      
Master of Arts, Philosophy

May Lynn Reese      
Master of Arts, English (Linguistics)

Andrew Gabriel Rose      
Master of Arts, Humanities

Paula Sulpice      
Master of Arts, Comparative Literature

Saramanda Nell Swigart      
Master of Arts, English Literatures

Ruth Etta Hyde Truman      
Master of Arts, History

Ruth Elizabeth Varghese      
Master of Arts, Classics

Hui-Yu Wu      
Master of Arts, English (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)

Celeste Zambrano      
Master of Arts, Museum Studies

The College of Ethnic Studies

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Sergio Arroyo      
Master of Arts, Ethnic Studies

Nelle Garcia    
Master of Arts, Asian American Studies

Bianca Ling
Master of Arts, Asian American Studies

The College of Health & Social Sciences

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Jasmine Elizabeth Cervantes      
Master of Arts, Gerontology

Kathleen Derrig      
Master Public Administration    

Juliana Morgan Guthner      
Doctor Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy (Joint Program with University of California, San Francisco)

Sam Ho      
Master of Science, Counseling (Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling)

Qianya Huang      
Master of Social Work    

Hinako Ishikawa      
Master of Arts, Human Sexuality Studies

Iveth Lopez Obeso 
Master of Science, Counseling

Sabrina Elizabeth Mahoney 
Master of Social Work    

Jocelyn Morales      
Doctor Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy (Joint Program with University of California, San Francisco)

Max Enrique Portillo      
Master of Science, Counseling

Eric Jose Randall      
Master of Science, Kinesiology

Brit'ne Monae Ross      
Master of Science, Nursing

Jonathan R. Santos      
Master of Science, Nursing

Jane Southwick      
Master of Science, Counseling

Kai Arri Stephens      
Master of Arts, Family and Consumer Sciences

The College of Science & Engineering

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Jessica Merritt Agnos      
Master of Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Sequoia Rose Andrade      
Master of Science, Statistical Data Science

Marison Flores    
Master of Science, Biology (Cell and Molecular)

Amir Hashemizad      
Master of Science, Physics

Xinwen He      
Master of Science, Engineering (Structural/Earthquake Engineering)

Sean Michael Hennigan      
Master of Arts, Psychological Science (Social, Personality, and Affective Science)

Keiko Hokeness    
Master of Science, Biology (Cell and Molecular)

Kentaro Kawasaki      
Master of Science, Industrial Organizational Psychology

Philip Liang      
Master of Science, Engineering (Embedded Electrical and Computer Systems)

Yuriah Lydon      
Master of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Clarissa Maciel      
Master of Arts, Geography (Resource Management and Environmental Planning)

Edwin Jose Menjivar Figueroa      
Master of Science, Computer Science

Kira Miller      
Master of Science, Biology (Integrative)

Anika O'Donnell      
Master of Arts, Mathematics

Sadaf Fatima Rizvi      
Master of Arts, Psychological Science (Developmental Psychology)

Reshma Shelke      
Master of Science, Industrial Organizational Psychology

Warren Singh      
Master of Science, Computer Science

Shannon Summers      
Master of Science, Biology (Integrative)

Alice Truong      
Master of Science, Biology (Integrative)

Margaret Hoover Vashel      
Master of Arts, Psychological Science (Mind, Brain, and Behavior)

Amy Lynn Wong      
Master of Science, Interdisciplinary Marine and Estuarine Sciences

Purva Sachin Zinjarde      
Master of Science, Computer Science