2014 Commencement Program

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2014 Commencement Program
Commencement
Greetings to the Class of 2014:
May 2014
On behalf of the trustees of the University of Illinois and the
11 million residents of our state whose best interests we represent,
I want to congratulate all of you in the Class of 2014.
In the future, when historians write about our time, I hope it will be
about you as students and your actions as graduates and about your
contributions to our state as alumni.
I hope you are proud to be here today, proud to be at the
University of Illinois, which is the greatest institution of its kind in
the United States.
Nothing is more important to the future of Illinois, our citizens and
communities, the health of the economy of this state, our quality of life, and the competitive
positioning of this state on the national and global stage than is the University of Illinois.
All of you who are graduating today must be relentless voices for excellence and for the notion that
we should be the best in the world at what we do.
We must protect and preserve the pride that everyone who has been associated with the university
has in that association.
Today, you join the ranks of the largest alumni association in the world.
We want you active, and we want you involved. You have a great legacy, and together, we can
build on it.
If you have ideas, reach out to your college dean, the chancellor, the president, the Alumni
Association, or the Board of Trustees.
We all look forward to working with you.
Christopher G. Kennedy
Chair of the Board of Trustees
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
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Congratulations to the Class of 2014
Just a few short years ago, you were sitting in the Pavilion, listening
to convocation speeches, and looking ahead to a tomorrow that
was unlike any you’d faced before.
In some ways, it probably seems like yesterday; in others, a lifetime.
Your years on this great campus have prepared you for a lifetime of
success and happiness, and as you head off today to begin that next
chapter, I hope you take time to reflect on everything you’ve
accomplished and how much you’ve grown.
Your time here has truly been transformative—uniting your talent
and passion with UIC’s world-class faculty and academic programs
to unlock the doors to your dreams. It has transformed the arc of your lives, which will be forever
guided by the broad-based knowledge, critical thinking skills, and sense of purpose that you
nurtured here.
Tomorrow, you again face a future of new opportunities and new challenges. But you and the
more than 7,000 other members of the Class of 2014 have proven that you are ready to make
your mark in our world’s rapidly changing workplace.
Remember the commitment and hard work that brought you here today. Remember everything
you have learned. Remember that education is a journey that unfolds for a lifetime. And remember
the example of the more than 200,000 alumni who have shown the heights that are within reach
with a UIC degree.
Today, we celebrate you, Class of 2014, joined by the proud family and friends who have
supported you along the way. Enjoy your day, and come back often. Like the lessons you learned
here, your bond with UIC lasts a lifetime.
Robert A. Easter
President
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Dear 2014 Graduates:
May 2014
Congratulations. On this day you celebrate an enormous
achievement. Your family, partners, friends, fellow students, and
professors all join me in honoring your hard work and the sacrifices
you’ve made to attain your degree. We are proud of you, as you
must be of yourselves.
As students you have been serious, eager, and devoted to learning.
You are aware and concerned about the world beyond this campus.
Many of you are the first in your family to attend college, and many
have worked one or more jobs to pay for your education. Today,
you reap the benefits of all your hard work.
You are now UIC alumni. As you build your life with your education
as a foundation, you remain a part of our community. We want you to feel a lifelong connection to
UIC, whether you return to attend cultural and athletic events, mentor students following in your
footsteps, or continue your own education. You are an essential part of our growing community.
Today, we are here to recognize your achievements. As UIC alumni, I offer you my best wishes on
all your future endeavors and I urge you to return to UIC often.
Sincerely,
Paula Allen-Meares
Chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Vice President, University of Illinois
John Corbally Presidential Professor
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The University of Illinois Board of Trustees
University of Illinois at Chicago Administration
Ex Officio Member
Honorable Pat Quinn, Governor of Illinois
Board Members
Ricardo Estrada, Chicago
Patrick J. Fitzgerald, Chicago
Karen Hasara, Springfield
Patricia Brown Holmes, Chicago
Christopher G. Kennedy, Kenilworth (Chair)
Timothy N. Koritz, Roscoe
Edward L. McMillan, Greenville
James D. Montgomery Sr., Chicago
Pamela B. Strobel, Winnetka
Student Members
Michael A. Cunningham, Urbana-Champaign
Jamaal E. Hollins, Springfield
Danielle M. Leibowitz, Chicago
University Officers
Robert A. Easter, President of the University of Illinois
Paula Allen-Meares, Chancellor of the University of Illinois at
Chicago and Vice President of the University of Illinois
Phyllis Wise, Chancellor of the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign and Vice President of the University of Illinois
Susan J. Koch, Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Springfield
and Vice President of the University of Illinois
Jerry L. Bauman, Vice President for Health Affairs (Interim)
Walter Knorr, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and
Comptroller
Christophe Pierre, Vice President for Academic Affairs
Lawrence B. Schook, Vice President for Research
Lester H. McKeever, Jr., Treasurer
Thomas R. Bearrows, University Counsel
Susan M. Kies, Secretary of the Board of Trustees and of the
University
Thomas Hardy, Executive Director for University Relations
Katherine “Kappy” Laing, Executive Director of Governmental
Relations
Paula Allen-Meares, Chancellor
John Corbally Presidential Professor
Lon S. Kaufman, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost
Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Bioengineering
Mark Donovan, Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services
Mitra Dutta, Vice Chancellor for Research
Barbara Henley, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Jeff Nearhoof, Vice Chancellor for Development
Michael Redding, Executive Associate Chancellor for Public
and Government Affairs
Robert Crouch, Assistant Vice President for Human Resources
Officers of University-related Organizations
Thomas J. Farrell, President, University of Illinois Foundation
Loren R. Taylor, President and CEO, Alumni Association
Deans
Dimitri T. Azar, College of Medicine
Jerry L. Bauman, College of Pharmacy
Bette L. Bottoms, Honors College
Paul Brandt-Rauf, School of Public Health
Mary Case, University Librarian
Karen J. Colley, Graduate College
Bo Fernhall, College of Applied Health Sciences
Steve Everett, College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts
Creasie Finney Hairston, Jane Addams College of Social Work
G. William Knight, College of Dentistry (Interim)
Michael B. Mikhail, College of Business Administration
Peter C. Nelson, College of Engineering
Michael Pagano, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
Astrida Tantillo, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Alfred Tatum, College of Education (Interim)
Terri E. Weaver, College of Nursing
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The University of Illinois Alumni Association is proud to recognize the 2013 UIC recipients of the following awards:
The University of Illinois Alumni Achievement Award
Presented to those alumni who have attained outstanding success and
national or international distinction in their chosen business, profession, or
life’s work.
Naeema H. Al-Gasseer, MS ’87
NURS, PhD ’90 NURS
college degree, Granderson recently donated $5 million to UIC to aid in
the development of Curtis Granderson Stadium, which will serve UIC’s
baseball team and Chicago’s area youth. The stadium will partner with
the Chicago Public Schools’ and MLB’s Reviving Baseball in Inner
Cities and Urban Youth Academy.
John H. Laub, ’75 LAS
Assistant Regional Director, Eastern
Mediterranean Region
Distinguished Professor of Criminology and
Criminal Justice, University of Maryland
Representative to Egypt, World Health
Organization Regional Office for the Eastern
Mediterranean
Nasr City, Cairo
An internationally distinguished member of
the nursing profession, Dr. Naeema Al-Gasseer joined the World Health
Organization (WHO) in 1998 as a technical officer in Training and
Curriculum Development. She quickly rose to become senior scientist
for nursing and midwifery at WHO headquarters in Geneva. While
there, Dr. Al-Gasseer established global policies for nursing and
midwifery development, which were endorsed by the WHO Ministers
of Health, three UN international organizations, and six nursing and
midwifery international organizations.
Dr. Al-Gasseer represented the WHO director general in Iraq from
2003 to 2010, where she led UN agencies working in Iraq to ensure
coordination of all health stakeholders while supporting the Ministry
of Health and national institutions working to improve the health of
the Iraqi people.
In her current role, Dr. Al-Gasseer is responsible for promoting and
implementing strategic planning, effective management, and
partnerships in support of sustainable health development, research,
production, and dissemination of health and biomedical information,
as well as emergency preparedness and response procedures.
Former Director, National Institute of Justice
Recipient of Stockholm Prize and Hans W.
Mattick Award
College Park, Maryland
Crime impacts nearly every aspect of
society—from public safety to economic development—and John H.
Laub has dedicated his career to studying it.
As the former director of the National Institute of Justice within the U.S.
Department of Justice (2010–13), and as distinguished university
professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the
University of Maryland, College Park, Dr. Laub has conducted extensive
research on criminal justice, public policy, the history of crime, and how
and why offenders stop their criminal activities.
The coauthor of two award-winning books on crime and criminals, he
was named a fellow of the American Society of Criminology, which he
also served as president. His various accolades include the 2011
Stockholm Prize in Criminology and the Edwin H. Sutherland Award,
the highest honor bestowed by the American Society of Criminology,
for outstanding contribution to theory or research in the field.
Curtis Granderson, ’03 CBA
Founder and Chairman, Grand Kids
Foundation
Outfielder, New York Mets
Corona, New York
Curtis Granderson may be just 33 years old,
but he already has lots of Grand Kids—that
is, the scores of youth who benefit from his
Grand Kids Foundation, established in 2007,
whose goal is to improve educational experiences for young people and
reestablish baseball opportunities for inner-city children.
An All-Star outfielder, Granderson has received several honors in the
short decade he has spent in Major League Baseball, where he has played
for the Detroit Tigers, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets.
One of only 38 current professional baseball players with a four-year
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The University of Illinois Alumni Humanitarian Award
Bestowed upon alumni who have made significant humanitarian contributions
to society that have improved or enriched the lives of others and the welfare
of humanity.
Anthony S. Rinella, MD ’96
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Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon
Founder, Illinois Spine & Scoliosis Center
Cofounder, Global Spine Outreach
Homer Glen, Illinois
Every year for the past 10 years, Dr.
Anthony Rinella leaves the familiar
surroundings of his Chicago-area medical practice to help children
suffering from spinal afflictions around the world.
In Cali, Colombia—and more recently, Poznan, Poland—Dr. Rinella
and his team of scoliosis surgeons, allied health specialists, and
volunteers not only offer major surgery to 10 to 15 children with rare
spinal conditions but work to educate local medical personnel on
how to perform the procedures themselves.
A board-certified, fellowship-trained spine surgeon, Dr. Rinella is the
founder of Illinois Spine and Scoliosis Center in Homer Glen,
Illinois, and Global Spine Outreach, his medical mission, which
makes four weeklong visits annually.
For his humanitarian efforts, he has received the 2010 De La Salle
Award from Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois, and the 2012
Walter P. Blount Humanitarian Award, the highest honor awarded by
the Scoliosis Research Society.
The University of Illinois Distinguished Service Award
Awarded to those individuals who have consistently demonstrated
extraordinary commitment, dedication, and service for the advancement of
the university.
Emanuel D. Pollack
Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate
Affairs, UIC College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences
Chicago, Illinois
May 2014
In addition, Dr. Pollack, who holds faculty appointments in the
Department of Biological Sciences and College of Medicine, was
instrumental in founding neuroscience as an independently
recognized discipline at UIC. A certified university mediator and
Honors Fellow of the Year, he has been honored with the INSPIRE
and Horizon League Sportsmanship awards.
UIC City Partner Award
The UIC City Partner Award recognizes alumni for outstanding service to UIC
or in key areas of urban development identified by the UIC Great Cities
Program.
Michael Papka, MS ’94 ENG
Deputy Associate Director, Argonne National
Laboratory
Lemont, Illinois
At Argonne National Laboratory in
Lemont, Illinois, Dr. Michael Papka
provides strategic leadership regarding the
use of high-performance computing to
further scientific discovery.
A computer science expert in large data analysis and visualization, he
serves as deputy associate laboratory director for Argonne’s
Computing, Environment and Life Sciences Directorate, as well as
heads the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, where Mira, one
of the world’s fastest supercomputers dedicated to open science,
tackles challenging problems in science and engineering.
As a senior fellow at the University of Chicago/Argonne National
Laboratory Computation Institute, Dr. Papka conducts
interdisciplinary studies involving multiscale simulation data and
investigates ways to manage, process, and analyze data in the
computational pipeline in order to uncover crucial information that
could lead to scientific breakthroughs.
A computer science professor at Northern Illinois University in
DeKalb, Illinois, he also advocates for increased computer science
emphasis in high schools and middle schools across the United
States.
Emanuel D. Pollack oversees nearly
10,000 undergraduates in the UIC College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences but seems to
make an impact on every one of them.
As senior associate dean for undergraduate affairs at the college, Dr.
Pollack is responsible for all aspects of undergraduate academic
life—from admissions to academic advising, curricula, educational
policy, and degree completion. He is among the first faces new
students see (at LAS Orientation) and among the last to say farewell
(as marshal of the college’s graduation ceremony). His focus is on
student retention and success; during his nearly two decades at the
college, its graduation rate has nearly doubled.
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College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts
Lori Felker
Department of Art and Design (Moving Image)
College of Business Administration
Sung-Han Lee
Department of Accounting
College of Education
Daniel Miltner
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
College of Engineering
Nantaporn Ratisoontorn
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences—Humanities
Mitchel Hendrickson
Department of Anthropology
Alfred Thomas
Department of English
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences—Natural/Physical Sciences
Joel Brown
Department of Biological Sciences
Lindsey McQuade
Department of Chemistry
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences—Social/Behavioral Sciences
John D’Emilio
Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
Katherine Noll
Department of Psychology
College of Nursing
Krista Jones
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Karrie Hamstra-Wright
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ACADEMIC DRESS
Academic dress, consisting of cap, gown, and hood, originated
about the twelfth century and was worn primarily for warmth.
Subsequently, material of the gown and the lining and the shape of
the hood represented the economic and social as well as the
academic status of the wearer.
In the United States, the great majority of the academic costumes
now worn are in accordance with the general provisions of the
Intercollegiate Code of 1895, which was revised in 1932 and again in
1960. Under this code the bachelor’s gown has pointed sleeves, the
master’s gown has oblong sleeves with an arc at the bottom, and the
doctor’s gown has bell-shaped sleeves. All gowns were originally black,
although the adoption of colored gowns by individual institutions in the
United States is becoming more prevalent.
The bachelor’s and master’s gowns are untrimmed. The
doctor’s gown is faced down the front with velvet and has three
bars of velvet across the sleeves. The facing and bars may be black
or may be the color of the subject to which the degree pertains.
Material of the gown and hood for the bachelor’s and master’s
degree is usually of cotton poplin, and for the doctor’s degree, of
rayon or silk ribbed material. The bachelor’s gown is worn closed;
the master’s and doctor’s gowns may be worn open or closed.
Women may wear white collars with the bachelor’s gown when no
hood is worn.
The hoods, which differ in length for the three degrees, are
lined with the official colors of the university or college conferring
the degree, usually with one color forming a chevron pattern over
the other. The bachelor’s hood is three feet in length; the master’s
hood is three and a half feet, and the doctor’s hood is four feet long.
At the University of Illinois at Chicago the lining of the hoods is flame
and indigo. For PhD students, the trim of the hood is indigo. For
other doctoral students and for master’s students, the velvet trim at
the edge of the hood denotes the field of study. UIC graduating
seniors do not wear hoods.
The mortarboard cap is standard in the United States. Usually
all tassels are black, but where the graduating seniors do not wear a
hood, as at the University of Illinois, the color of the cap tassel
indicates the type of degree earned. Students receiving a bachelor of
arts degree wear white tassels; those receiving a bachelor of science
degree wear gold. Doctor’s caps may have tassels of gold thread. At
the University of Illinois, candidates for degrees wear tassels on the
right front quadrant of their caps before degrees are conferred and
change them to the left front quadrant after degrees are conferred
by the president. Caps are considered a part of the costume.
Gold, silver, and bronze cords worn by some graduating
seniors signify the three levels of University Honors. Gold cords
signify summa cum laude, silver cords signify magna cum laude, and
bronze cords signify cum laude. Gold stoles identify graduates who
are members of the Honors College. Red cords distinguish students
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who have been recognized for service and/or leadership. Some
students also wear cords or stoles signifying their membership in
campus organizations or activities. The Jewel of Office and Gold
collar, which is worn by the president, was presented to the
university by the University of Illinois Alumni Association. It is
emblematic of the Office of the President and is worn at all formal
academic ceremonies. On the collar are engraved the names of the
presidents of the university and their years of service. Trustees of
the university are identified by their blue gowns with blue velvet
panels outlined in orange cord.
For all academic purposes, the colors associated with the
different subjects are as follows:
Agriculture
Applied Health Sciences
Architecture
and the Arts
Business
Administration
Dentistry
Economics
Education
Engineering
Forestry
Health Professions
Education
Journalism
Law
Liberal Arts
and Sciences
Library Science
Medicine
Music
Nursing
Oratory (Speech)
Pharmacy
Philosophy
Public Administration
Public Health
Social Work
Theology
Urban Planning
Veterinary Science
Maize
Green and Gold
Brown
Royal Blue
Lilac
Lilac
Light Blue
Orange
Russet
Gold
Crimson
Purple
White
Lemon
Green
Pink
Apricot
Silver Gray
Olive
Dark Blue
Peacock Blue
Salmon
Citron
Scarlet
Wedgewood Blue
Gray
(UIC does not offer all of these degrees; however, faculty and
platform party members may hold degrees in these areas.)
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This program contains official lists of names of graduates who received degrees in summer 2013 and fall 2013 and
unofficial lists of names of candidates for spring 2014 graduation. The names of spring 2014 graduates are as accurate
as possible. However, due to printing deadlines, the names of some degree recipients may not appear, while names
of degree candidates may appear even though they have not completed their degrees. The University of Illinois at
Chicago’s official registry for conferral of degrees is the Office of Admissions and Records.
The following symbols are used in this program:
* College Honors
† Cum Laude
‡ Magna cum Laude
§ Summa cum Laude
|| Graduate College Fellows
# Honors College (undergraduate students who are members of the Honors College)
** Bell Honor Award (College of Engineering)
†† Beta Gamma Sigma (College of Business Administration)
‡‡ Certificate in Evidence-based Mental Health Practice with Children and Adolescents
(Jane Addams College of Social Work)
O Online Programs (College of Nursing)
P Central Illinois Peoria (College of Nursing)
Q Quad Cities (College of Nursing)
R Rockford (College of Nursing)
U Central Illinois Urbana (College of Nursing)
1 Phi Lambda Sigma (College of Pharmacy)
2 Rho Chi (College of Pharmacy)
r RPharm Distinction (College of Pharmacy)
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UNIVERSITY HONORS POLICY
The three levels of university honors listed below will appear on UIC transcripts for undergraduate students
participating in spring 2014 Commencement ceremonies honoring students who earned degrees summer 2013, fall
2013, or spring 2014.
Summa cum laude (“Highest praise”): 3.90 and above grade point average
Magna cum laude (“High praise”): 3.75 to 3.89
Cum laude (“Praise”): 3.50 to 3.74
Please note that transfer students must have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours at the University of Illinois
at Chicago with a minimum cumulative grade point average (transfer + UIC) of 3.50 (A=4.00) to earn university
honors. In addition, grade point average for UIC courses must be a minimum of 3.50 (A=4.00) to earn university
honors.
The determination of university honors for spring 2014 candidates for graduation will be based on grades reported
through the end of the term prior to graduation. Additionally, transfer students must have completed a minimum of
42 semester hours at UIC at the end of the term prior to graduation and a minimum of 60 UIC hours upon
graduation. UIC will reserve the right to make permanent adjustments to the list of students receiving university
honors based on final cumulative grade point average information.
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Doctoral (all Doctor of Arts, Doctor of Education, Doctor of Nursing Practice, Doctor of Occupational Therapy, and Doctor of Philosophy) and master’s
(all Master of Architecture, Master of Arts, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Education, Master of Health Professions Education,
Master of Healthcare Administration, Master of Public Administration, Master of Science, Master of Science in Teaching, and Master of Urban Planning and
Policy) degrees conferred by the Graduate College are listed under the respective disciplinary college.
College of Applied
Health Sciences
Biomedical Visualization
Master of Science
Degree Conferred August 2013
Sarah Michelle Hegmann
Degree Conferred December 2013
Caroline Patricia O’Driscoll
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Lisa D’Angelo
Tiffany Chante Davis
Rachel E. Ducker
Audrey R. Gifford
Caitlin S. Johnston
Cari Renee Jones
Lauren L. Kalinoski
Dayna Brooke Menken
Jessica M. Parmley
Abigail Richbourg
Amy C. Sojka
Rex Edwards Twedt III
Melanie Upchurch
Audrey-Lorrine Mee Valentine
Katie Yost
Disability and Human
Development
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Kelly Koomler
Ellen Beth Landau
Sarah Louise Moore
Rachel Marie Pearson
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Jillian Politz
Kristen M. Salkas
Disability Studies
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred December 2013
Vijay Vasudevan
DEVELOPMENT OF A BARRIERS TO
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR
PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Katherine Elaine Caldwell║
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS WITH
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND
THE REIFICATION OF SUCCESS
Assistive Technology
Certificate Program
Certificates Awarded December 2013
Shauna Gilmore
Robyn Jung
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Kathryn Keirans
Sarah Marzano
Lori Peculis
Margi Strombeck
Sara Tyburski
Health Informatics
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Amy Beth Bledsoe
Leo J. Brown
Daniel Lozano
Ikenna Obioma Nwanekezie
Jillene Nicole Schmees
Mirsad Skopljak
Carol Modlin Walston
Mary Ward
Adejare Windokun
Bryan Yagodzinski
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Mamtha Yajman Bajjappa
Donna Grimes Bell
Ronald Bryan Blaha
Darnel Velasco De Leon
Yvette Marie Desmarais
Marc B. Djulus
Gregory Richard Dolderer
Joshua Escario
Barbara Ann Gallo
My Soi Harris
Anjuli Herrington
Lynnette Marleen Hessling
Debby Huang
Alexis Christine Jacobs
Binoy J. Joese
Namrata Khare
Leonard M. Khayet
Tony Jerome Lane
Timothy Leung
Christi Lynn Lower
Hanh H. Ly
Yeva Y. Madden
Rupashree Majumdar
Gil Andres Sioson Marquez
Bryan J. Miller
Marie Muhammad
Odet J. Pluviose
Roberta Darnez Pope
Patrick Salazar
Preston Daniel Sherwood
Geoffrey Sim
Brian Lee Taliesin
Okumbunmi Tella
Kristle Ann Thayer
Carrie Lee Watkins
Nicole D. Williams
Lillian Denise Winkler
Xiaoming Yan
Jose C. Yongco
Kathleen June Zambito
Melissa Lynn Zimmermann
Matthew Jacob Zimmie
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Avikar Janardan Vishnu Agrawaal
Karen J. Allen
Godfrey Amadi
Sheryll Christine B. Basa-Chon
Christopher Bell
Victoria Marie Berge
Paula Ann Bobbitt
Stephanie M. Boyer
Dusty Lynn Brinson
Ashley Ann Bruno
Betty Jane Buss
Gregoire C. Charles
Jason Mathew Chathanatt
Ajimie Uy Cordon
Arlyn Ostonal dela Cruz
Helena Thanh Diep
Aldin John Fauni
Kelly Marie Feehan
Aimee Forman
Elise Sophia Gordon
Mark J. Gutman
Arash Jalali
Mark Vernon James
Joy Hope Jeffers
Ellen Jennings
Kristina Ann Johnson
Karen Anne Kirschbaum
Kenneth Alan Krumwiede
Monica Carol Lareau
Lourdes A. Lopez
Gary W. Lucas
Pechie Manglicmot
Staci Lee Mellinger
Sheron Myers
Mara B. Poynter
Karen Jean Roth
Veronica L. Sanderson
Eric James Schoenherr
Pamela Sue Shirley
Margaret A. Silbert
Jennifer Skyrm
Marianne Smith
Catherine Elisabeth Snapp
Timothy J. Sobol
Janet Sterling
Stephanie Marie Trowbridge
Emmanuel Lacsina Tuazon
Evan Bryant Varga
Deepti Verma
Joseph Victor Villegas
Wendy Pauline Walter
Dian A. Weinkauf
Anthony Mai Yeates
Paul E. Ziesk
IBHE Postmaster’s Certificate
in Health Informatics
Certificates Awarded December 2013
Morounsayo Abimbola AwosikaOlumo
Kelly Katherine Johnson
Olivia Kang
Andrew Boon Liu
David Resch
Dhrumil Shah
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
John Shumack
Linda Marie Villegas
Eugene E. Webster
Michael George Zambiasi
Candidates for Certificate May 2014
Dana Ellen Groulx
Molly Shay Jones
Thomas Ku
Nancy Butler Pierce
Colleen Mary Reese
Elle Fernando Rich
Lea Serwetman
Marina Fowler Slemmons
Bessie Mae Tetteh
Jane Marie Trudel
Brett Jeremy Walker
Yu-Ting Yuan
Health Information
Management
Bachelor of Science
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Melak Birhanemeskel Addis
Thomas Alex
Starr L. Alston
Maritza L. Ayala
Manal Aziz‡
Victoria Bursak
Victoria Ann Cacciatore
Amy Chan
Jessica A. Dranka
Maribel Fabian‡
Mark Nam Shik Font
Timothy Michael Frain
Nusaibah Khan
Heejin Kim
Nataliya Kompanets§
Karolina Anna Ligas§
Kristina Marie Luce
Ryan Matthew McCarty†
John Mensah
Raniem A. Musa‡
Jinal Patel
Haris Pervaiz†
Dustin J. Phoutharath
Mariska Catherine Riollano
Navjot Singh
Nicole Superits
Saleha Vhora†
Britney C. Villegas
Monica K. Winiarski†
Sarah Yankey Frempong
Jennifer Elaine Ybarra
IBHE Postbaccalaureate
Certificate in Health
Information Management
Certificates Awarded August 2013
Dennis Joy Navarro Arante
Candice Ann Beckford-Wells
Claire E. Blondeau
Irby Barnett Hunter
Jessica Ann Madon
Commencement
Ngozi Nne Mbanugo
Alisa Michelle McCullough
Claudia Ann Potts
Certificates Awarded December 2013
Rachel M. Buser
Elizabeth Ann Cadwell
Jessica Cheyenne Ciccone
David James Glick
Ruby Yao Lorenzo
Matvey Pavlov
Marvin Louis Primos
Shawn Michael Ruder
Anthony Small
Xiaoming Yan
Candidates for Certificate May 2014
Carolyn Shore Coker
Steve J. Kim
Christina Liles
Rhonda Ann Nash-Taylor
Susan J. Valentini
Kinesiology
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Rebecca Ann Conklin
Komal Kumar Kukkar
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Andrew R. Arnold
Robyn Leigh Kretschy Becker
Karia Coleman
Kari Anna Hultgren
Vikram Singh Somal
Bachelor of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Genevieve M. Belt
Jessica L. Beyer‡
Amy E. Cervenka
Sara Nicole Cortell
Joseph Edward Doose*§#
Arthur H. Hawkins
Jeanne Ashleigh Herry
Marina N. Koval†
Anthony M. LaBarbera
Gerhard H. Laurich
Tony L. Mace
Ashley N. Meyer‡
Amanda E. Ouimette
Julian C. Penaranda
Miranda L. Peterson
Jeffin C. Phillip
Michelle Ruan
Clive Adlus Salvacion‡
Daniel S. Vasilev
Gregg E. Voboril
Corina Vong
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Cynthia Rose Becker
Denise Michele Borrero
Ryan Douglas Bruneman§
Dariusz Walter Bzdyk
Jeremy Allen Demaria
Anthony Steven Di Cristofano
Stephanie C. Girton
Vanessa Rose Grano
Brian J. Grant
Christie L. Griffin
Eric C. Hammond
Grace L. Hermanowski
Anthony George Kelley
Melissa M. Lawrence
William B. Peterson
Michael A. Pietkiewicz
Daniel Joseph Robinson§
Marl Vrenn Datoy Salaum
Rebekah Yvelis Sotomayor
Anisha S. Tailor‡
Jessica L. Thoms
Mihaela Aura Tugui†
Jebasia Marrie Turner†#
Aaron Urbano
John-Anthony M. Valle
Crystal Vega
Bricklin James Welch
Michael J. Williams
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Fuad Haytham Abdeljaber
Melvin Mohan Abraham
Azeez Oluwagbenga Alimi
Claudia Alvarado
Mauricio Andrade‡
Sandra William Atallah
Adebola M. Ayeni
Jessica M. Backous†
Mohammed Abdul Baig
Kierra Burrows
Kristen M. Carr
Sabbin Sonny Chammachel
Geo J. Chemmachel
Christina Ciezczak#
Charlotte Kristina Cole
Tommaso Colella§
Bennett Issac Cornelious
Marissa C. Craft
Ashley P. Curtis
Kamil Czyzewski
Fatima Kayed Daghash#
Mitchell A. Dela Merced
Mariya V. Denisenko§#
Michaela D. Dionglay
Sebastian Conrad Dorszewski†
Molly Doyle
Barbara Duda†
Donnie C. Dupaya
Jacquelyn Marie Fletcher§#
Hassan K. Flowers
Joshua D. Fox
Laura Fetters
Shaina George†#
Shawn George†#
Jillian A. Gice
Danielle Lynn Gilbert
Alex G. Gockman
Adam Edward Gomez
Daniela Gonzalez
Damien Gresham
Mariola A. Gruba†
Monika H. Gruba†
Elizabeth Ann Gutierrez
Melissa M. Halinski§
Liam P. Hayles
Joshua James Hector
Paul J. Houmpavlis†#
Brett Ryan Hudson
Kelley Charleen Hukle-Vankirk†
Christopher D. Hutcherson
Dino V. Infelise
Jeffrey Abraham Jacob
Robert A. Jass
Rachelle A. Johnson
Cristal N. Kawi
Mohammed A. Khadeer‡#
Julie Knippen
Chau Ern Koh
Lauren Elizabeth Krantz
Allison Joyce Law§
Mario M. Lebinac
Christy Mary Manaois
Rachel Manlucu
Alex Mariscal
Seena K. Mathew
Jeffrey Ken Mei
Rebecca G. Michalak
Anthony M. Narcisi
Robert Neilson†#
Karla Marie Nelson
Dallal A. Nijem†
Megan Ann Nino
Ibraheem Oguntade
Ekta K. Patel
Khushbu A. Patel
Neel C. Patel
Rushik Ashokbhai Patel
Sonam V. Patel
Victoria Perizes
MIchael Pileczka
Fiona K. Potempa
Vanessa Prado
Rachel Prochazka
Paul Anthony Amante Pulpulaan
Gustavo Rangel
Laura C. Ramirez†
Michael J. Rauwolf
Anna M. Rodriguez
Tia M. Rosenstein
Nuquishma Vetriece Ross
Alexander L. Ruiz
Susan A. Russin
Nicole M. Schaffer
Abbey Schroeder
Adem Senalan
Matthew P. Serrano
Darshan M. Shah
Vishal M. Shah
Matthew Joseph Siroky
Elizabeth M. Skender†
James Charles Slater
Paola Natalie Solis†
Puneet N. Soni
Olivia Lillian Stoklosa†#
Teena J. Thekel
Jyothi J. Thipplikat
Angelo Tolentino
Victoria L. Tomaras
Elisabeth M. Toth
Sean Tubridy
Vincent P. Turrise
Ikemsinachi C. Ukeka†#
Ervin Velic
Rachel Marie Volkl§#
Haley Wagman
Collin Townsend Weyer‡
Benjamin B. Wu
Malgorzata G. Xiarhos
Irving Yepez
Rolin Yousefyan Takieh
Kelsey H. Zakrzewski
Abbie E. Zaremba
Tony Zhou
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Kinesiology, Nutrition,
and Rehabilitation
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Surabhi Bhutani║
ALTERNATE DAY FASTING COMBINED
WITH EXERCISE FOR WEIGHT LOSS AND
CARDIO-PROTECTION IN OBESE ADULTS
Eduardo Esteban Bustamante║
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTION FOR
ADHD AND DBD
Neeta Suresh Kanekar║
THE ROLE OF ANTICIPATORY POSTURAL
ADJUSTMENTS IN BALANCE CONTROL:
EFFECTS OF AGE AND TRAINING
Monica Catherine Klempel
ALTERNATE DAY FASTING WITH A HIGH
FAT VERSUS LOW FAT DIET FOR WEIGHT
LOSS AND CARDIO-PROTECTION
Abbi Danielle Lane
EFFECTS OF AGING AND PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY ON CARDIOVASCULAR
RESPONSES TO ACUTE, INDUCED
INFLAMMATION
Cenk Kaan Pusatcioglu
IRON AND CHRONIC INFLAMMATION IN
OBESE AND LEAN MEN WITH COLON
CANCER: THE LINK WITH HEPCIDIN
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Lisa Gim Chin-Cottongim
THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF
UNILATERAL VS. BILATERAL
SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS DEEP BRAIN
STIMULATION ON EYE MOVEMENTS IN
PATIENTS WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Chia-Wei Fan
PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES AND
DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF
CLIENTS USING TWO THEORY-BASED
ASSESSMENTS
Jessica Anne Longworth
BIOMECHANICS OF MANUAL
WHEELCHAIR PROPULSION: THE
EFFECTS OF SPEED AND EXERCISE
Nutrition
Master of Science
Degree Conferred August 2013
Xianjun Li
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Eleanor Margaret Aggour
Grace Chao
Deborah Ann Cogan
Stephanie Lynn Coogan
Jacqueline D. Duca
Nicole M. Eells
Anna Gabrielle Gacke
Esther Kennedy
Cassie L. Kerr
Kate M. Kloet
Ashley M. Lytwyn
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Commencement
Melinda Sue Manuel
Xiaoxing Ma
Allison J. Pigatto
Courtney Michelle Reynolds
Carla A. Schmitz
Kerry L. Weber
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Yolian M. Calvo
Kathleen Mary Duffy
Yi-Shiuan Lin
Danmeng Liu
William Bernard McKeever
Alexandra Katherine Otwell
Heather Ann Riordan
Andrew C. Senger
Courtney R. Southwood
Bachelor of Science
Degree Conferred August 2013
Fernando Lara
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Nawal Al-Nouri‡
Lela M. Fausze
Brittney Ellen Jarvis‡
Maritza Moreno
Linette K. Rayahin‡#
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Lauren Elizabeth Bedore†
Ayah M. El-Beshbeeshy
Syeda U. Fatima†#
Natalie Gavi
Colleen M. Lakota
Nava Levia Livne‡
Daniel J. Rotstein
Kamil K. Zolnik
Occupational Therapy
Doctor of Occupational Therapy
Degree Conferred August 2013
Cynthia L. De Ruiter
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Emily H. Frank
Kristin Darice Hildebrand
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Elyse Diane Hahn
Kira Ann Meskin
Baily Zubel
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Elizabeth Marianne Berg
Dallas Winston Castillo
Kathryn Daniels
Rachel Merrin DeMuro
Ryan P. Durkin
Veronica Esparza
Kimberly A. George
Alexa Rose Greif
Jessica Kristen Heinemeier
Brian J. Hovorka
Katherine Eileen Johnson
Phoebe Kinzie-Larson
Kelly L. Krueger
Remy Zebrowski Lang
Mary Kathleen Maloney
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Melody Lyn Maney
Sophia F. Mendoza
Bran-Dea Jeanne Metzler
Anne M. Nekoliczak
Cara E. Newman
Rebecca Ellen Nixon
Rebecca Marie O’Connell
Nicole T. Paneque
Monal Ramesh Patel
Mary Frances Pearson
Diana L. Pedraza
Catherine F. Ruiz
Janis Schreiber
Catherine Jane Taylor
Kathryn E. Thomas
Ashley M. Umali
Jerrie L. Vales
Lauren Marie Walker
Dairian Monique Washington
Margaret Elaine Yates
Baily Zubel
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Elaine S. Kayhan
Clemens V. Mallari
Physical Therapy
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Andrew P. Moy
Nicholas G. Nelson
Degree Conferred December 2013
Richard Hershel Markle
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Tamara B. Alie
Sofia Anastasopoulos
Kelly J. Askins
Stephanie B. Austin
Michael George Bruszer
Amy C. Bussman
Jessica E. Chapuis
Avani Muuesh Desai
Tiffany M. Ducato
Noelle Andrea Fillmore
Holly E. Ford
Sarah C. Foulk
Alison Rachel Garmisa
Theresa Ann Gilsdorf
Melanie Anne Goldstick
Bret P. Greenberg
Julie Brittany Hamby
Julio Alejandro Hernandez
Luba Khakham
John M. Kim
Stephanie Rose Korso
Valerie S. Kramer
Nicholas A. Lefere
Leah M. Michelsen
Matthew V. Morris
Claire Marie Skurka Mysliwy
Hang Nguyen
Kaitlyn M. Pasquinelli
Lars Petersen
Alfonso Martin Poma
Jenna C. Poulter
Jillian M. Proffitt
Cherryl Ilaya Rafael
Punam D. Rajyaguru
Mackenzie Lane Riebel
Ryan Rivadelo
Brittany Souder
Denise Odessa Toombs
Annmarie R. Walkosz
Jonathan M. Walmsley
Matthew D. Walthers
Elizabeth Weamer
Jessica M. Webster
Julieann T. Webster
Michael K. Weiler
Michael Wetmore
Ned J. Zerwic
Rehabilitation Sciences
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Bing Chen
Tejal Manohar Kajrolkar
Savitha Subramaniam
Degree Conferred December 2013
Oluwabunmi M. Omiyale
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Mahrshi K. Patel
Mary Rose Szczurek
Rini Varghese
College of
Architecture,
Design, and
the Arts
Architecture
Master of Architecture
Degree Conferred December 2013
Peter Christopher Overman
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Samer Afifi
Heather E. Atkins
Damian Andrzej Babicz
Brandon Jon Biederman
Evan W. Bliss
Julia Nicole Di Castri
Peter John Drezek
Rezvan Farahany
Emmanuel R. Garcia
Brett Gustafson
Don C. Kalant
Bradley A. Kang
Michael A. Kendall
Elizabeth Patricia Kivel
Lauren E. Kolek
Matthew Edward Messner
David Joshua Mulder
Jeremy M. Pacheco
Jessica M. Parmenter
Anh K. Pham
Pawel Piotr Rachfalski
Brian J. Schmitt
Katherine B. Simson
Maria Jose Tasada
Kim Anh Tran-Dinh
Alvaro J. Vanegas
Aurelija Venckunaite
Nazifa Barkat Virani
Shifa Virani
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Timothy Cramer Walser
Liyan Wan
Lauren N. Wiatrek
Heather M. Wick
Bachelor of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Marko Dumlija
Suroor Z. Khan
Patrick J. Spence
Degrees Conferred December 2013
David E. Caburnay
Bryan Michael Craig
Matthew R. Hamaker
Christopher B. Nodarse
Christopher Phillip Wilson
Johnathan Kenith Wilson
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Radu D. Alexa
Borislav L. Angelov*‡
Afshan F. Aqueel
Daniel Barrios
Matthew David Benson
Agustin Bernal*
Victor R. Bocanegra
Christopher Caro
Salvador Cervantes
Crystal Michelle Collado
Jacob E. Comerci*
Rebecca M. De La Torre
Emily R. Doom
Nisha M. Evans
Adam J. Fadie
Jaime Alejandro Pacheco Gutierrez
Sarang Han
Terrence M. Hector*†#
Vanessa Marie Hernandez
Richard Ignacz*†
Maxwell Albert Jarosz*
James Robert Johnson
Christian Anthony Kisereu
Andriy R. Kukhar
Jessica Lopez
Mariano Lopez
Matthew Taylor Madsen
Matthew A. Martin
Belem Medina
Kamil Miskowiec
Branden M. Myers
Ryan Micheal Odom
Alisa M. Penkala*
Antonio Pietanza
Matthew Paul Price*‡#
Justin Quachlaw
Agnieszka Rutkowski
Elena Salazar
Francisco Salgado
Erick Omar Sanchez
Meghan C. Shanahan
Johanna Angelina Spindola
Diana K. Stavropoulos
Nichole Lynn Tortorici*
Ryan Patrick Treacy
Andrea Janina Varaneckas
Luis Guillermo Vazquez
Jacob T. Waas
Jana Yeboah*‡
Commencement
Art
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Jeremy M. Garver
Nathan A. Miller
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Caroline R. Allen*†
Megan Tatiana Convey*‡
Sofia Luz Dorantes*†
Laura Jeanne Dunne*‡
Christine Renee Harrison Frei*‡
Miriam Gomez
Todd D. Hamamoto
Emily Therese Heffelfinger
Martin Hernandez*†
Christopher S. Humbertson
Megan Elizabeth Huntsman
Aleksandra Manterys
Courtney Ryan McKenna
Madison E. Meruvia
Obinna Andre Mojekwu
Maria Anna Karina Lara Navoa*†
Eric A. Perez*†#
Terrence Christopher Pitts*
Lance K. Ridenoure
Stephanie M. Salinas
Nancy Sanchez*†
Megan Schuch
Lucas Maclaine Shaffer*†
Donald Stephens*†
Allison Joyce Sweeney
Abelardo Vazquez
Annabel Louise Wheeler*†
Art History
Doctor of Philosophy
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Sarita Kumari Heer
RE-IMAGING INDIAN WOMANHOOD:
THE MULTIPLE MYTHOLOGIES OF
PHOOLAN DEVI
SooJin Lee
THE ART OF ARTISTS’ PERSONAE:
YAYOI KUSAMA, YOKO ONO, AND
MARIKO MORI
Aleksander Najda║
APOCALYPSE ACCORDING TO
VASILY KANDINSKY
Master of Arts
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Jennifer Leigh Pearson
Serena B. Washington
Sarah L. Yost
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Martyna Anna Klimek
Gretchen W. Neidhardt
Teresa Erika Silva
Cassandra A. Smith
Tyler Teegardin
Bachelor of Arts
Degree Conferred August 2013
Julie Carpenter*†
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Eva Marie Eastman*
Pawel Michnik
Lorelei Ann Paradise
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Yvonne Gail Estolas Bermas*‡#
Kathryn Emilie Franks
Jeffrey Alan Klepper
Shelby Jean Lauman
Asha C. Leroy
Miranda Nichole Lindquist
Melissa J. Nunchuck
Melissa Elizabeth Romeo*§#
Gina Song
Rebecca A. Vandusen*
Anna P. Waskowski
Design Criticism
Master of Arts
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Brandon Jon Biederman
Matthew Edward Messner
Chelsea Alexandra Ross
Graphic Design
Master of Design
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Michaile London Brooks
Kahon Hong
Anna Jane Keeler
Muhammad Nafisur Rahman
Master of Fine Arts
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Juo-Yu Chang
Riem Ibrahim
Kyulee Kim
Bachelor of Design
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Ellen McKee Abnee
Nina Andorf*†
Jesse Wade Banwart
Jeffery Andrew Barnes
Jenna Blazevich*†
Nancy Catalan
Neal A. Crowley
Caroline Claire Dodd*‡
Le My Duong*
Emily A. Eggen
Ceida O. Elizarraraz*#
Julianna Esquivel
Alexander Giraldo
Deanna K. Grazier
Donya Hammad
Lauren E. Harnisch*†
Alexander J. Hayashi*§
Lauren E. Hecht*†
Jackson Robert Hill
Diana Huynh†
Faruk Jasaragic*
Kristina M. Jecius*†
Julia Jouravel*†
Colleen M. Kane*†
Julia L. Kaufman*‡
Asja Lydia Lausevic
Devin M. Law*†
Meaghan C. Lee*§
David Lopez-Villanueva
Blessing N. Okere
Amanda Bianca Ontiveros
Malgorzata Pis*†
Michelle C. Stypa*†
Jamie Tintera*†
Analisa Christina Vassallo*
Candy Velazquez
Noelle Simone Williams
Eric Edward Wojnarowski*
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Diana Acevedo
Sean Ronald Diller*†
Degree Conferred December 2013
Paul A. Chessare
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Stephen J. Denning
Malgorzata Popowska
Industrial Design
Master of Design
Degree Conferred August 2013
Weixi Zheng
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Haochen Wang
Huijie Zhou
Andrey Aleksandrovich Zimnyakov║
Bachelor of Design
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Andrew M. Aguinaldo*†
Olivia B. Arduini*§
Lauren Burger
Steven J. Crissey
Ivan De Santiago
Brandon M. Deets
Glendon Trey Elliott
Bryan G. Forsyth
Anthony S. Grana
Steven Paul Harper
Danielle J. Hisle
Brittney S. Hopgood*†#
Byron K. Johnson
Helen Lam*†
Lefie Marie Lindokken*#
Aleksandra Manterys
Alejandro Maravilla
Emily A. Michka
Michael Peter Napierala
Sarah M. Poh*†
James Alan Rickel
Aubrey A. Sniegowski*
Susan Marie Sternal*
Danyah Subei*§
Jillian K. Tackaberry*‡#
Gerson Armindo Velez
Yu-Cheng Yang*†#
Bryan Olayres Zoleta
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Degree Conferred August 2013
Sade Adell Ragsdale
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Tracy T. Bell
Kyle William Jackson
Peter P. Muller
Jazz Studies
Bachelor of Music
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Paul David Casey
Shaun Lorell Johnson
Jonathon Everett Wenzel
Moving Image
Master of Fine Arts
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Jesse Malmed║
Melissa Myser
Courtney Marie Prokopas║
Matthew Patrick Shaw
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Degree Conferred December 2013
Juan O. Villalobos
Candidate for Degree May 2014
William Morris Klazura
Museum and
Exhibition Studies
Master of Arts
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Leonard M. Cicero
Gail Ana Gomez
Stephanie L. Reynolds
Heather A. Robbins
Rachel M. Thompson
Meghan A. Wingert
Music
Bachelor of Arts
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Christina Sokchuen Chow*†
Joshua Daniel Miller
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Jacob N. Adams*†#
Justin Boyd
Andrew Dillon Brown*†
David Glenn Brown
Thomas Owen Kelleher*†
Philip Kwon
Yu Lim L. Lee
Jessica Nicole Manzella*
Sarah Ann Marsh
Gloria Fumi Oluyadi
Scott William Winter*†
New Media Arts
Master of Fine Arts
Degree Conferred August 2013
John Benjamin Keddy
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Alejandro Toledo Acierto
Christopher Michael Little
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Commencement
Performance
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Degree Conferred August 2013
Michael C. Saubert
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Patrick Azipu Agada
Rebecca J. Brown*†
Tanous Jihad El-Kareh*‡
Trace A. Hamilton*†
Anjelica M. Masson
Trigney Perkins Morgan
Chiagoziem Ugoeze Nwakanma
Bachelor of Music
Candidates for Degree May 2014
August S. Boyne*†
Anne Marie Debreczenyi
Jessica Elizabeth Martha Klass
William E. Wayman
Photography
Master of Fine Arts
Candidates for Degree May 2014
James H. Cofield
Colleen Keihm
Jonathan Loic Rogers
Jenyu Wang
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Jillian Hansen-Lewis
Analidia Moran
Studio Arts
Master of Fine Arts
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Astrid Liliana Angulo Cortes║
Macon Reed║
Daniel Oliver Tucker║
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Erik Allen
Jordan Robert Anderson
David Bodhi Boylan
Matthew Kayhoe Brett
Elena Paquin Feijoo
Timothy Patrick McMullen
Hanna Marie Owens
Julie Elize Potratz║
Nicholas Chandler Rigger
Kyle Schlie
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Katrina M. Mabborang
Shawn Elizabeth Rusin
Degree Conferred December 2013
Maria A. Manrique
Theatre
Bachelor of Arts
Degree Conferred August 2013
Ciera A. Alexander
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Degrees Conferred December 2013
Samantha Eileen Charles
Brittney Victoria Lutz*†
Katherine C. Norton*
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Ashley Joi Banks
Warren Bernard Baskin
Collin A. Davis
Rachel E. Ehrenberg*†
Aislinn Li Kuen Eng*
Christian J. Fernando
Neil Ryan Fontano
Chance Mario Manzo*
John R. Van Ort
College of
Business
Administration
Accounting
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Xiao Feng
Lu He
Michael Ryan Holpe
Pawel J. Szeliski††
Jing Wu
Xinhui Yu
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Angela S. Agnew
Egidijus Bloze
Marco Carriero
Yuuki Cheng
Felicia T. Cox
Hanchao Du
Xu Han
Jingye Huang
Katelyn Maureen Huber
Olia T. Huminiak
Yushuang Jiang
Yumi Kitamura††
Thomas M. Lagor
Lixiang Li
Pengxiang Li
Yuan Li
Chufan Lin
Lili Ma
Christine Marie McGovern
Nicholas Andrew Metropulos
Felicia Danielle Jadeso Ojo
Ashwin Kalyan Pandav
Peter Paramadilok
Joshua T. Punchur
Steven Semerau
Olivia M. Sprecher
Bennett Matthew Welch
Jing Wen
Fan Xu
Yi Yin
Shuo Zhang
Wei Zhang
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Nazia Ahmed
Robert Baggerly
Rafael D. Berenguer††
Natalie C. Beutler
Zonglin Cai
Yuan Cao
Jeffin Kadavil Chandy
Chaohui Chang
Tzu-Ching Chao
Chen Chen
Zhuo Chen
Ying-Shan Chou
Thomas Robert Cronin
Andrea A. Cruz
Mohammad Danish
Yuanyuan Deng
Bujing Xu Ding
Zhe Du
Barbara I. Elder
Laila Khaled Elgandoz
Matt T. Falvey
Zheyu Fang
Yang Feng
Eugene M. Fula††
Shihui Ge
Erin Goodman
Rabia Halim
Hana N. Hashim††
Yiya He
Joseph Charles Hogan
Tinghui Hong
Hsiao-Wen Hsu
I-Hsin Huang
Wenming Huang
Chunhui Jiang
Yuqing Jiang
Brittany N. Koshinski
Steven Michael Krug
Sonny Quoc Lam
Rachelle O. Lazar
Charles William Lederer
Haohao Li
Lingkun Li
Shiyi Li
Xuan Li
Yuan Li
Xianshuai Liu
Xinyuan Liu
Yongjie Liu
Yue Liu
Fong Yin Ma
Ryan Thomas Matthiesen
Michael Patrick McDonald
Denise I. Mendoza
Justin Metz
Asel Moldousupova
Uma M. Mulakala
Wenfei Pan
Alexandra A. Pielet
Magdalena Plonka
Jialing Qian
Diana Sanchez
Guangya Sang
Samiyah Haider Siddiqui
Andrius Simulis
Hang Song
Jie Song
Steffanie Leigh Spear
Xiangran Su
Zhaoya Su
Cui Xiu Tan
Alexis Elaine Tate††
Shuang Tian
Dave Simon Tirkel
Michael Y. Valenta
Andrew D. Walthers#††
Dandan Wang
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Pu Wang
Xiaoyu Wang
Zhen Wang
Cassandra A. Weishaar
Chao Wu
Jikai Wu
Yan Xiong
Jin Yan
Xiaoyang Yu
Lubing Zhang
Miaomiao Zhang
Naixi Zhang
Yilun Zhang
Cai Zhao
Danni Zheng
Huizhang Zhou
Qi Zhuang
Bachelor of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Nana Akwasi Aboagye
Wei Deng
Christopher M. Julius
Ashwin Korvadi
Regina C. Krenz*†
Uma M. Mulakala*†
Stephen K. Nzerem
Kapil Vijay Parmar
Magdalena Plonka*†
Andrew D. Walthers*†#††
Yanfen Wu
Olga Zyabkina
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Mohammed Ribhi Abdellatif
Asma Tawfiq Abusara*†
Sarwat H. Ali
Joseph Sevilla Alperto
Matthew Jeffrey Anzalone
Borislava Georgieva Ashikova
Maira Alejandra Casillas
Shirley Chen
Pikyin Cheng*†
Daniela Cocoara*†††
Kevin De La Rosa
Eloisa Flores
Anna K. Gorzkowicz
Madina Gozieva*ࠠ
Karen Mayenshka Haleem
Jodi B. Hill
Yanjun Jiang
Alexander S. Kim
Kathleen L. Klimara
Christopher Hansam Lee
Ashley M. Lepcin*‡
Rogelio Loya
Luis Miguel Martinez
Julia Anne Matheson
Tyler P. Mayer
Michael J. McAvoy
Vivian Moy
David S. Neary
Raymond A. Olson
Arnoldo Orozco*ࠠ
Kharla Muniz Pacheco
Kalpesh V. Patel
Nimisha C. Patel
Sergio Daniel Pedroza*††
Elizabeth A. Pichardo
Piyaporn Purananda
James Daniel Rashid
Oscar A. Regalado*†
Commencement
Andrew Peter Roti
Kushal S. Savkur*†
Disha S. Sheth
Thomas H. Shimp*†††
Brian Y. Song
Mohammed Ismail Suman
Yulia Svechnikova
Vatsal J. Thakkar
Evangelos S. Theodoropoulos*ࠠ
Marilu Torices
Richard Valimohammad*†
Pawel Wasilewski*
Daniel C. Weber*†
Edyta Joanna Wilk
Sara Nicole Wissmiller*†
Tina Tingting Xie
Sylvia Zadlo
Priscilla E. Zayas
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Muhammed M. Abdullah
Biann J. Abu-Elreish
Mary T. Adeleke
Saqib Admani
Omar Marwan Ahram
Dorota Aksan
Aaron Jonathan Archie
Jose G. Bailon
Fotene Barkonikos
Daniel P. Behrens
Todd Campbell Budy
Josue Carrasquillo
Vanessa Chaidez
Douglas W. Cleary
Justin Coleman
Matthew J. Cortese
Leigh W. Cunningham
Hoan Tam Doan
Michael C. Donnelly
Bayan Rajeh Elayyan
Juan Ricardo Escobar
Erelen Ferman
Catherine E. Fischer
Pathik U. Gandhi#
Ariel J. Garcia
Carlos A. Garcia
Nathan S. Gill
Ariel Gonzalez
Samantha E. Gordon††
Gustavo Guzman
Ye Jin Ha*‡
Ahsun M. Hassan*†
Stephen K. Hau
Sonia Hernandez
Eduardo Herrera
Romeisha A. Hickman
Dyshida R. Hightower
Luke R. Hinchley*‡#
Clarissa Jean Horne
Tsvetelina Ilarionova*†
Joshua G. Jacobson
Kunal Jain*‡
Abraham K. Kamara
Daniel Tacaca Kear
Maha Daoud Khatib
Nesiba Kujukovic
Tony La
Fatima Lakhani
Katie L. Lamontagne
Montoya Shaundrel Lashley
Andrew Le
Sang Ah A. Lee
Andrew James Lenting
Amatore Loiotile
Jose A. Magana Lopez
Alejandro M. Lozano
Bennett John Lumbera
Richard Andre Lyons*‡
Nolan Christopher Mack†
Yesenia Arisbeth Malagon
Martin Omally Martinez
Ricardo Lara Martoccia
Kathryn Mateo
Palak Mistry†#
Tzvi Y. Morgenstern
Cierra Morton
Oscar Munoz
Natallia Navumenka*†
Anna L. Nicholas
Sebastian Ochoa*
Rolando Olvera
Nathan O. Otokiti
Tom B. Padanilam
Angelica Palacios
Jaymin Patel
Nirali V. Patel*†#
Arkadiusz Pekala
Tong Qu
Holly Richard*†
Abigail Richards
Cesar Rocha††
Veronica Romero
James Larkin Ruane
Marlene Saldivar*†#††
Rustam Sehen
Josip M. Setka
Schwarltcouf Sintim-Aboagye
Yamilet Solano
Andrew Robert Stancook
Ailing L. Sung*§
Olena V. Svyrydenko
Emilia Dorota Szczepanik*†
Anna Thomas
Telson Thomas
An Le Tran
Bikyin Dawa Tsaering
Francisco Varela
Gerardo M. Velayarce
Daniel Verastegui
Totran Vinh
Geraldine Vo*†
Sarah B. Wald*ࠠ
Jennifer L. Warner
Quinn Adam Williams
Beata Maria Wojnar*‡
Wei Wu
Narongat Yoongthong
Anna Zieba
Business Administration
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred August 2013
James Anthony Downing
STRUCTURE, STRATEGIC GROUPS, AND
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: A STUDY OF
EMPLOYEE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Degree Conferred December 2013
Morgan Wilson
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Ekundayo Yetunde Akinlade††
THE DUAL EFFECT OF
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON
INDIVIDUAL- AND TEAM-LEVEL
CREATIVITY
Jason A. Coupet
THE EFFECT OF RESOURCE DEPENDENCE
ON QUASI-MARKETS
Xiaowei Gong║
AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF LIMIT
ORDER BOOK
Suqin Gu
Wenyao Ku
CURRENCY EFFECTS ON INTERNATIONAL
EQUITY PORTFOLIOS: EVIDENCE FROM
TAIWAN, HONG KONG, CHINA AND
SINGAPORE
Chenwei Liao
Master of Business
Administration
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Bethany Kendra Allen
Mitchell Kenneth Bork
Sutanaporn Butsaboon
Matthew Bradley Camis
Yan Chang
Yu-Jiang Chang
Monruedee Chanthanadit
Jingtao Chen
Yi-Hsuan Chen
Yu Jung Chen
Po-Heng Chiu
Thanawalee Chueapanich
Jinxin Cui
Yingjie Dong
Chih-Yuan Fu
Chuanjiu Fu
Fei Gao
Tianhe Geng
Sang Woo Ham
Michael Ryan Holpe
Yingying Hou
Yongbo Hua
Adam Martin Jendrisak
Hye-Seong Jeon
Qiuyi Jiang
Shan Jiang
Dong Hwan Kim
Hyun Tae Kim
Hyunseung Kim
Ji Eun Kim
Young Jin Kim
Yan Kong
Soon-Oh Kwon
Seung Jun Lee
Wan-Ting Lee
Chenxi Li
Dalin Li
Meng Li
Su Li
Yu-Hsuan Liao
Po-Yu Lien
Hsiao-Yin Lin
Ziyu Lin
Chengcheng Liu
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Dong Liu
Ri Liu
Yongming Liu
Yao Lu
Kunlathida Luangthamme
Damon Dominic Lucenta
Xiaopeng Ma
Pilasinee Mayungphong
Emi Nishimura
Seark Seung Oh
Jung Lyun Park
Hongyan Pei
Peizhi Peng
Wei Peng
Baiying Qi
Yiai Qian
Zhuo Qin
Shi Qiu
Seung Bum Rho
Han Song
Sara Ann Stind
Teeraseth Sujitpitsatham
Chao Sun
Hailiang Sun
Huimin Sun
Tianshi Sun
Juneshik Sung
Kyungmin Sung
Tian Tian
Mengshi Wang
Minhui Wang
Xin Wang
Zeyun Wei
Bo-Yi Wu
Keyu Wu
Chun Xiao
Su Xu
Yanzhe Xu
Hongliang Xue
Shoichiro Yamaji
Chen Yao
Yao Yao
Soonsick You
Bojun Zhang
Jiexuan Zhang
Wenchang Zhang
Zihang Zhang
Yan Zhao
Shichun Zhong
Jie Zhou
Ling Zhou
Siming Zhou
Ye Zhu
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Zhaohui An
Wayne Joseph Barkley††
Aliah Ghafoor Bhatti
Ashley Nicole Brown
Yue Chen
Yuuki Cheng
William Patrick Clegg
Kyle Roger Decker
Sean Philippe Dougherty
Eric Joseph Franklin
Iaroslav Golubenko
Shalonda Janelle Greaves
Feng Guo
Xiaoming He
Daniel Mark Hogan††
Nicole E. Huff
Radhika P. Joshi
Benjamin Aaron Lachman
17
Commencement
Lingwei Li
Meng Li
Qiaolin Li
Zongxu Li
Zechong Liu
Yan Luo
Anthony Mammana-Lupo
Anthony H. McClellan
Moaz Jawaid Mirza
Karnwadee Naruenartwanich
Daniel William Aloysiu Parsell††
Shuo Qi
Wanyi Qu
Joshua Carroll Reed
Nawat Samakayanusorn
Kristi Lea Schluckbier
Noel Louis Albert Schutt
Zhenyi Shen
Aoxue Sun
Qian Sun
Theerapong Supavivath
Weeraphan Suriyashay
Xuxiang Tan
Yuan Tian††
Haotian Wang
Yu Wu
Liu Yang
Haifeng Yuan
Hannan Zhang
Xiaoye Zhu
Candidates for Degree May 2014
John W. Aaron
Jae Bum Ahn
Zaneta Dunczyk Ahuja
Nidhi Arora
Kirby J. Atwell
Tarun Awasthi
Abraham J. Berkley-Vigil
Jinming Cao
Shanta Marie Cardiel
Yuan Chen
Tung Chou
Yun-An Chou
Suwanuch Chuhomchan
Jonathan Contreras
Lianwei Cui
Yun Cui
Nicholas Julian Deitch
Jason C. Deno
Dielle Dsouza
Jeffrey Obinna Ebo
Zheng Fu
Jie Gao
Rui Gao
Catherine Doonan Gildea
Vanessa Sandona Gizzi
Fancheng Guo
Siyu Hao
Shamiah Meana Hayes
Jennifer Ann Hinz
Yu Ming Huang
Catherine Julia Jefcoat
Jae Hwi Jun
Jin Young Jung
Harshwardhan Kaveeshwar
Minsik Kong
Jacob M. Lee
Jung Yong Lee
Pang Chun Lee
Sang Woo Lee
Wen-Hao Lee
Yi-Ting Lee
18
Chia-Fang Li
Fei Li
Jingmu Li
Zilu Li
Fangyu Lin
Lan-Chin Lin
Ju-Ying Liu
Wenbo Liu
Xinyuan Liu
Yan Liu
Zhao Liu
Zhihong Liu
Quancheng Lu
Xiaoming Luo
Melanie-Kukana Hingada Maglaya
Kandis Leslie Martin
Fong Yin Ma
Alibaster Jose McDonald
Michael Patrick McDonald
Elizabeth Harmon Miller
Jennifer Edwina Niew
Munkhbold Nyambaatar
Flor De Maria Fernandez Osorio
Heung Seo Park
Justin Phillip Patten
Darcy Frederick Phillips
Ying Qian
Robert Edward Rank
Jason Rebello††
Coleman Anthony Risch
Shizhu Rong
Sholanki Sarkar
Ribin Seo
Mariceli Serrano
Na Shang
Shilin Shen
Megan Amanda Silverstein
Carolyn Ann Storozynski
Yang Su
Vasiliki Thomeas
Dave Simon Tirkel
Chu-Chu Tung
Neeta Kiran Venepalli
Michael John Vidmar
Fred William Walz
Xiaoxi Wang††
Xue Wang
Kevin Michael Wasielewski
Tylor Leigh Whitt
Marcin Wiesyk
Tanachat Wijanpreecha
Laura Katherine Wright
An-Tai Wu
Yang Xiang
Meng Xie
Yujia Xie
Runchun Xu
Yong Yan
Cheng-Yun Yang
Jing Yang
Wen-Se Yang
Yu-Hsuan Yang
Huijuan Ye
Wanqian Yu
Xiaobo Yu
Yongnian Yu
Frank Anthony Zaborowski
Danqing Zeng
Hong Zhang
Ran Zhang
Yanfang Zhang
Yi Zhang
Zhongrui Zhang
Zhou Zheng
Kan Zhou
Bachelor of Business
Administration
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Melissa D. Brazdys*†
Melanie Brown*
Anna Galperina
Patrick Arvo Gudat
Izabela Nersesyan
Kyle W. Oligney
Jessica Ellen Polko*‡
Maryna Treciak
Jason Scott Whitecotton*†
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Melissa Rene Anderson
Daniel Butterworth*†
Nikita Cromwell
Voltaire Anacleto Domingo
John Richard Dy
Mayumi Yoshikawa Flesner
Lisa Marie Gibertini*†
Joshua Lee Hayden
Robert Emery Holloway
Sylvia C. Jones
Heather Nicole Lumley
Amber Michelle May
Brandon Moore
Andrew Moses
Jeffrey Murrell*†
Daniel A. Oh
Kyle D. Patrick
Kylie Pearson
Elizabeth R. Peterson
Anna Raymer-Parks*‡
Crystal Santana
Florian Paul Otto Schneider
Yayoi Dina Takai
Lucas Brandon Zavoli*‡
Entrepreneurship
Bachelor of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Rene Camarena
Andrea Z. Sajewych
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Lukasz Barnas
Slyvon L. Blanco
John A. Cruz
John Michael Dimatteo
Gerardo Palacios
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Joseph Wayne Allietta
Thomas Henry Barton
Alexandria Lynn Burek
Courtney Lavelle Carter
Patryk Dolega
Jessica M. Droege
Kevin Kneeland
Rachel J. Luckett
Jeffrey Ma
Jacob D. Mager
Dayana R. Sheytanova*‡
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
Finance
May 2014
Bachelor of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Denne L. Adams
Subasri Dasari
Nibiru S. Dashto
Farhan Ghassan Fakhouri*†#
Patrycja W. Glowacz
Sohaib Imran
Brenda L. Jimenez
Loi Td Le
Phu Nguyen*†
Tsutomu Nogami
Ankur B. Patel
Samir S. Patel
Aleksandar Radjenovic
David Siemek
Thomas R. Trench
Pavel Yurevich
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Steven Donald Adamaitis
Saqib Ahmad
Pete Maldonado Alonso
Antonio Luis Alvarez
Matthew Arnold Blackman*††
Lucas Borges*
Jason R. Byrnes
Rocky Ruiz Camarillo
Ching Wa W. Chan*†
Cara Kristina Corcoran
Patrycja Joanna Cybruch
Jeffrey Michael Czarlinski
Ming Du
Enkh-Erdene Erdenebaatar
Patrick Michael Fitzgerald
Philip J. Galounis
Alena I. Gifford
Maurice R. Goodman
Jorge Guzman
Israel Hernandez
Harim Hong
Yunke Hu
Jeremy T. James
Paul Janeczek*†
Zachary B. Kaleta*†
Alan Wojciech Koszyk
Anna Kowalczyk
Karl Gerhard Kraus*†
Fadil M. Kulam
Palmira Leanos*ࠠ
Stephanie D. Mendez
Lauren M. Mickels
Syed Mudassir
Trisha A. Nguyen
Jingsha Ni*†††
Sharon Park*‡
Juan F. Perez
Lukasz Piczura*‡
Philip Mario Portanova
Thelma Esther Prah
Jose Antonio Prieto*†
James M. Regan
Michael J. Reilly
Kevin Roberson
Joshua Bonner Ross
Brian P. Schneigert
Vera P. Setiawan
Shahbaz H. Sheikh
Che Kuan Shyong
Andrew James Sipes
Valane Spaulding
Commencement
Sudan Tan
Robert Gene Tebia-Cirera
Konstantin Todorov
Jennifer M. Toler
Leslie A. Vail
Jacquelyn D. Washington
David Jong Whang
Raynard Keith Woods
Sungyong Yoon
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Christopher Abbasi
Luis F. Aguirre*†
Mohammad Maher Ahmad
Ohdye Alabed
Vincent M. Angeloni
Syed S. Anwar
George S. Arida
Alevtina Arkhipenko*§#
Andres Avalos*†
Olivia Bianca Banach
Robel A. Belay
Nauman Akram Bhatti
Natalia B. Blankenship
Mahair Chamout
Jinseok Chang
Kevin S. Choi
Carlos A. Coronado
Lucerito Delgado
Alexander Whitney Dennison
Saruul Enkhbat
Stephen Paul Feiden
Richard Henry Fisher
Christopher Fitzgerald*†
Maribel Fuentes
Daniel S. Gal
Reagan Nicole Gant
Christina M. Garcia
Jaime Garcia
Nestor A. Garcia
Jorge Gomez
Zachary J. Grammer*‡
Jonathon A. Halpert*†
Zubair B. Hamid
Adam T. Heck*
Bryant Jhovanny Hernandez
Augustine Kyun Ho
Mark Andrew Holzhauser
Eric Huang
Hilary Huffman
Asel Idan
Paul J. Impallaria
Sarah Anne Ingram*†
Devon R. Izard
Jillian R. James
Mariah L. Johnson
Omar S. Judeh
Scott C. Jurgerson
Adam Warner Kass*†
Jaime Alan Kaupie
Michael Alan Kilinskis
Emily E. Kobel
Francis Lam
Jacob R. Lance
Wun To Leung
Renjian Liang
Qin Dan Lin*†
Sterling Alexander Livingston
Anthony Luo
Eduardo A. Macz
Daniel Patrick Maxwell
Ashley Kira Simone McKinnie
Jacob McNamara
Gonzalo Mireles
Gary Mo
Daniel S. Morey
Stephen Jeffrey Morris*†#
Justin W. Morrison†
Mario Nelaj#
Ron M. Obdin
Isaiah Nana Ogoe
Sammy Olayan
Jake Anthony Olijar
Jessica Marie O’Shea
Bayoro Laurence Emmanuelle Ottro
Radha Oza
Catherine M. Park
Jihyun Park
Paragi R. Patel
Sahishnu Patel
Sunny S. Patel
Alexander J. Peterson
Carmel Polevoy*§
Jose Guadalupe Prado†
Joseph James Promisco
Guillermo Quezada
Sankari Rajaram
Marc Ramos
Jake A. Ries
Courtney Catherine Rinehart
Miguel A. Rodriguez
Yolixin L. Rodriguez
Ivan Ruiz
Christian A. Sadi
Diego Sandoval
Hany S. Shamoun
Andrew Tyler Smith
Jin Hwan So
Colin Dean Spector†
Oksana Suden
Chi F. Tam
Curtis H. Tam
Julie T. Tran#
Gregory C. Van Heest*†
Chang Wang
Shuo Wang*‡#††
Brandon Joseph White
Zachary Kenneth Wood
Daniel Zaragoza
Wei Jun Zhang
Yan Zhang
Information and
Decision Sciences
Bachelor of Science
Degree Conferred August 2013
Jose M. Rodriguez
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Colleen Marie Bonner
Jeremy L. Dai
Brandon Laurence Feld*†
Siqi Kang
Zeeshan Mohammed Latifi
Christopher Malobabic
Brian R. Melbye
Rafay A. Memon
Mason R. Olvera*†††
Tiberius S. Silivestru
Zhipeng Wan
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Ryan A. Allsman
Angelene Arito*‡
John W. Clawson
Aurelian Calin Craciun
Steve Eun
Sara Garciaࠠ
Jennifer Rietta Haywood*†#
Hoanglan Thi Ho*‡
Padraic Johnson
Svenja M. Johnson
Lukasz J. Koprowski
Lukasz Korzun*‡#
David Laska
Andrew Le
Jessica Loyo
Faheem Ullah Murad
Trevor Popovits
Komal S. Reniguntala
Elizabeth Beverly Saathoff
Sunny H. Shah
Gary Shlahtichman
Shuo Wang*ࠠ
Karina Zizumbo*‡
Management
Bachelor of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Steven Michael Fehrenbacher
Seth J. Fuerst
Christopher K. Galos
Neema Mohammadzadeh
Rendi Efstratios Musabelliu
James A. Scott
Zeeshan A. Syed
Gouthami Vanam
Da Som Yoo
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Anastasiya Bezkorovayna*
Adrianna K. Czyzewski
Kelly T. Diep
Anthony A. Farthing*†
Diana Marie Fink
Gabriela Garcia
Federico Hernandez
Weili Huang
Spencer C. Hunt
Odai M. Jaber
Charles W. Kaskadden
Hyungsik Kim
Florin Marcus
Benjamin A. Mayberry*†
Ashley A. McGivney
Alexa Medina
Devin A. Miller
Joseph P. Militello
Michael Mark Mundo
Ekaterina Munter
Ace I. Nakaoka
Lina H. Parekh*†††
Philip D. Pedota
Nicolas J. Ricchiuto
Mariana Rodriguez
Alexandra Natalia Savoia
Andrew John Sellers
Janet Sierra
Hugo A. Solorio
Frederick E. Soppet
Daniel E. Sterczek
Ashley Monique Taylor
Andi Tole
Tanee Traimas
Krystal Vargas
Siu F. Wu
Rain Zhaoying Yu
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Oscar Mauricio Andrino
Ingrid Aviles
Renee Michelle Bacik
Kayla A. Bringelson
Salvador Chavez
Jose G. Cordero
Denisha Nicole Crockett
Jimmy Dang
Jeremy Jerenard Flowers
Thomas C. Fortmann
Kelsey B. Foss
Ilona Z. Gomez
Katsiaryna Halavach
Jose A. Hermosillo
David A. Huante
Joshua Roy Hudson
Grzegorz Jarzabek
Jacob W. Juhola
Ioannis Karahalios
Ilana Kazakish
Samuel Kirkwood
Gary M. Liang
Alejandra Lopez*†
Marlene Maldonado
Maritza I. Mares
Jaime E. Martinez
Konrad Micun
Joseph Militello
Hannah R. Mitrovich
Nida Naeem
Matthew Walter Opfer
Graham Michael Pipenhagen
Brian J. Ramirez
Brian Christopher Shockley
Georgia Siourounis
Joanna Christina Sourounis
Agnieszka Surowaniec
Ken Quang Tran
Stephanie M. Vazquez
Chris Venturini
Danielle Ryan Wolf
Tony Yung
Sydney Marie Zepeda
Miroslav Zivak
Management Information
Systems
Doctor of Philosophy
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Ferdi Eruysal
Master of Science
Degree Conferred August 2013
Jayne Best
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Tuvshinsaikhan Altankhuyag║
Anusha Balasubramanian
Meenakshi Peranamellur
Chandrasekaran
Venkata Ratna Padmaja Duvvuri
Sagar Ganapaneni
Gopi Krishna Guntupalli
John Andrew Highlander
Naren Juluri
Prabhuranjith Koduri
Patrick R. Land
Xiaobo Liu
Tejaswini Mahadev
Sham Marol
19
Commencement
Sabarie Mohhan
Vijay Muralikrishna
Vatsal Nidhi
Tapas Dipak Patil
Ramaprasannavignesh Ponnuswami
Katsiaryna Radziuk††
Vaidyanathan Ramasubramanian
Punyashree Bangalore Ramaswamy
Hemanthkumar Remala
Melroy Salvador Rodrigues
Imran Ahmed Shaik
Aravind Nurani Venkitasubramanian
Krisshnan Venugopalan
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Swaraj Acharya
Nitin Agrawal
Praveen Venkatraman Batlagundu
Manjari Bhadra
Shvetha Dhandapani
Raj D. Doshi
Nikhilkumarreddy Gabbi
Mrunmayi Prakash Gadre
Aruneraj Radhakrishnan Ganesan
Simranjit S. Gill
Ankush Gupta
Mayank Gupta
Swathi Hejeebu
Swati S. Iyer
Shweta Janardhan
Sathish Jayadevan
Anirudh Jyothi
Muhammad Zia-Ur-Rahman Khan║
Reddychalam Kokatam
Jonathan Robert Lestor
Rajrishi G. Makur
Smriti Mathur
Anjali Mehta
Faisal Faroz Mohammed
Shishir Chandrashekharaiah Nagaraj
Sandeep Nannuri
Ravikanth Nune
Namit M. Patankar
Rajwardhan S. Patil
Srikanth Perni
Yash Chandresh Rasania
Rajeev Ravikumar
Varun Varma Saripella
Namrata Ramesh Sawant
Isha Mukesh Shah
Janani Sundaresan
Lakshmi Narasimha Aditya Trikutam
Amit Kumar Tripathy
Kumar Vaibhav
Malavika Vasudeva
Anuj Vohra
Marketing
Bachelor of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Margaret S. Banasik
Stephen Richard Gadd
Christine N. Jenkins
Michael A. Jones
Alexander James Kouris
Jennifer E. Nicosia
Suejin J. Park
Boris D. Vagun
Feng Xu
20
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Shelby E. Anderson
Ryan Andrews
Diana Marie Bowden
Patrick Chojnacki
Sara J. Cohen
Oscar L. Gaspar
Michael J. Greco
Mitchell James Gummerson
Matthew Ing
Jacquelyn M. Jenke†
Esther Kim
Lok H. Kwan
Yisha Liang
Robert Jacek Lisak
Marcin Makselan
Ronnie Dell Nelson
Daniel John O’Toole
Beata Pajda
Bryan Michael Pusateri
Cynthia Rimmer
Joyce YiChing Suen
Stefan V. Tabutov*#
Nicole Marie Wilkin
Xiaowen Zhao
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Shayla Aardsma
Elba Aceves
Anahi Garcia Acosta
Ashley Mahilum Barillas
Katherine M. Bauer*†
Smita Bedi
Paul D. Bianchi
Ivie Burk
Kwan Yi Chan
Alexandra G. Christus
Owen Choi
Patrick K. Chung
Joseph Robert Cristman
Cristina Denise Cruz
Asra A. Dhorajiwala
Zachary D. Diaz
Jon E. Donnowitz
Alejandra Flores
Rachel L. Gallichio*‡
Sara Garciaࠠ
Eric Michael Gess*‡
Sandra O. Gonzalez
Lisette Guel
Dung M. Ha
Erwin Hernandez
Diana Hotza
Samuel T. Johnson
Shahreq A. Khan
Michael James Kinney
Collin B. Kittridge
Ryan Klockowski
Vineet Kumar
Lisa I. Lerma
Jared Daniel Levi
Qin Dan Lin*†#
Prateek K. Maitra*†
Joseph E. Maltese
Jorian A. Micor
Ivana Mijic
Michael D. Minogue
Natasha Mohiuddin
Leticia Montesinos
Casey Lyons Murray
Seweryn Pawel Nowicki
Taylor M. O’Hagan
Magdalena Palka
Marta A. Reyes*†
Nicholas J. Rice
Nicole S. Rigby
Andrew Napa Rosete
Jonathan P. Ryan
Elizabeth Beverly Saathoff
Robert Carmen Salerno
Nick A. Schiller
Sungpil Seo
Karl A. Seyhun-Ferrufino
Courtney M. Shekleton
Sarah Laurin Siderius
Isaac Soto
Jennifer Layton Strom
Kazufumi Terada#
Oscar Urbina
Courtney Wagner
Dustin J. Walters
Jacob Michael Winters
Matthew Charles Zemater
Real Estate
Master of Arts
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Manuel Resurreccion Doctor
Matthew Seth Gorge
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Yina Gao
Jose Enrique Lopez
Yixian Sun
College of
Dentistry
Dentistry
Doctor of Dental Surgery
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Juan Sebastian Abadia
Zabihulla Ahmadi
Nida Akhter
Hussain S. Ali
Lauren M. Allegretti
Nawar Alnoman
Omar H. Alramli
Caryn Reizl Ayarzagoitia
Alexandria Marie Balich
Nicole S. Bartosik
Joseph D. Beatty
Namrata G. Bhansali
Bojana Bojovic
Ryan E. Booth
Brock A. Booton
Akintunde Anane Bowden
Marie A. Brown
Milena Bulic
Brian Jinyoung Choi
Christopher J. Colby
Julie K. Davis
Hala Elkhadra
Evan J. Endsley
Akshi Gandhi
Meredith Ann Gantos
Michael Bryan Gilbert
Ashley Drew Ginsberg
Dustin Jade Goetz
Jason Garrett Harrison
Arash Hosseini
Kyle S. Hunt
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Zainab Hussain
Meggan Leigh Keller
Rebecca J. Kendrick
Darrin Steven King
Douglas G. Lee
Eun-hee Lee
Kashyap Krishna Maddali
Mallory Ann Marquie
Austin Silvio Martinez
Cassandra C. McKenzie
Nisha Deepak Mehta
Zainab T. Muhammad
Kenneth S. Negro
Folashade E. Ogunsanya
Paul Pamula
Krupa J. Patel
Cristian I. Pavel
Claire N. Pescheret
Erin M. Petrik
Jacob Philip
Laniel G. Razdolsky
Michael Jesus Reyes
Heather Marie Rybar
Mariam Nasreen Saeed
Sadaf Safavinejad
Stuart Schelkopf
John Leonard Schneider
Agata Skiba
Peter D. Smidt
Amanda S. Sonntag
Stefania Spilotro
My-Han S. Tran
Jacob L. Wertz
Yvonne Raquel White
Simona Ziliute
International Dentist
Degree Program
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Zahra Al Rawi
Ayesha Nusrat Ali
Silvio Arauz
Ashu R. Bansal
Anas Barakat
Ahmed Bilal
Alfredo Enrique Torras Ceballos
Sandra Chagui
Kiranjot K. Chandi
Dipti Chandra
Ghaith Darwish
Melliza George
William E. Gordon
Monica Kalinowski
Igor Kampfer
Ziaullah Khan
Aita Koopahi
Rizwana Yunus Lakhani
Chandni Mahindra
Keyurkumar Chimanlal Patel
Niravkumar Gunvantbhai Patel
Sagar Bharatbhai Patel
Maria Veera Patrick
Rupinderpal K. Purewal
Catherine Awuor Rabala
Pooja C. Raol
Candido Rivera
Vivian R. Ruiz
Reem Nasir Saeed
Myoung Ah Seo
Dalvina Schmidt Sharma
Hawar J. Sulaiman
Arshia Taranum
Commencement
Crescencia Marie Sequerra
Tejero-Ugay
Sara Mohamed Toema
Naheed Yasmeen
Thiago F. Vinhas
Tabassum Touqir Zaidi
Mustafa Zakkoom
Oral Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Bojana Bojovic
Ariel R. Johnson
APOPTOSIS IN WOUND REPAIR
Master of Science
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Suzie Madison Ahn
Cleidy Arboleda-Lopez
Kathryn Stroud Bullwinkel
Michael Andrew Christian
Dustin Michael Davis
Charles Collins DiFranco
Kristina Grace Dragstrem
Agata Agnieszka Drozda
Jillian Noele Gray
Ryan Jacob Haimof
Natalia L. Hodge
Erica Hsiao
Pardeep Kaur
Zameer Ali Khan
Aram Kim
Jiyeon Kim
Graham Kyle Meng
Andrew Philip Monestero
Alexandra Catherine Polus
Ashley N. Popejoy
Abdelrahman Ibrahim Salem
Amarjot Singh
Goth Kwo Fung Siu
Emiliya Taneva
Kristen Ashley Vlagos
Patrick Ryan Whittington
Postdoctoral Programs
Certificate in Endodontics
Candidates for Certificate May 2014
Ashutosh Kaushik
Andrea Venizelos Nunney
Cristina Teodora Olarov
Richard J. Pasiewicz
Ross C. Ryan
Certificate in Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery
Candidates for Certificate May 2014
Edward C. Collins
William L. Hull
Certificate in Orthodontics
Candidates for Certificate May 2014
Cleidy Arboleda-Lopez
Kathryn Stroud Bullwinkel
Kristina Grace Dragstrem
Agata Agnieszka Drozda
Ryan Jacob Haimof
Natalia L. Hodge
Pardeep Kaur
Abdelrahman Ibrahim Salem
Emiliya Taneva
Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry
Candidates for Certificate May 2014
Dustin M. Davis
Jillian Noele Gray
Zameer Ali Khan
Ashley N. Popejoy
Amarjot Singh
Patrick Ryan Whittington
Certificate in Periodontics
Candidates for Certificate May 2014
Charles Collins DiFranco
Andrew Philip Monestero
Kate Alexander Quinlin
Certificate in Prosthodontics
Candidates for Certificate May 2014
Suzie Madison Ahn
Michael Andrew Christian
Aram Kim
Jiyeon Kim
Graham Kyle Meng
Alexandra Catherine Polus
Goth Kwo Fung Siu
Kristen Ashley Vlagos
College of
Education
Curriculum and
Instruction
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Ambareen Nasir
TEACHERS THEORIZING ENGLISH
LEARNERS’ MATH-SCIENCE FUNDS OF
KNOWLEDGE THROUGH COMMUNITY
ACTIVISM
Joseph Charles Rumenapp
RE-POSITIONING ENGLISH LEARNERS IN
TEACHER DEVELOPMENT: A LANGUAGE
IDEOLOGIES APPROACH TO URBAN
EDUCATION
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Sana Gauhar Ansari
DECONSTRUCTING COLLEGE-READINESS
IN AN URBAN BLACK CONTEXT:
IDEOLOGY, DISCOURSE, AND PRACTICES
Elizabeth Anne Birmingham
GENERAL ACADEMIC OR DOMAINSPECIFIC VOCABULARY?: THE IMPACT OF
WORD SELECTION IN HIGH SCHOOL
BIOLOGY
Timothy C. Pappageorge
ROLES OF ENGAGEMENT: ROLE PLAYING
IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF
ARGUMENT WRITING AMONG 9TH
GRADE
Candidates for Degree May 2014
David Charles Bonner
MULTIMODALITY AND LEARNING:
EXPLORING CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN A
PHYSICS CLASSROOM
Dennis Carl Federico
Alexander Radosavljevic
MATHEMATICS SOCIALIZATION THROUGH
GAMES: A STUDY OF BILINGUAL
LATINAS/OS IN AN AFTER-SCHOOL
CONTEXT
Mary Ann Rawlins
A JOB-EMBEDDED PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FOR EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER
LEADERS
Samuel Robinson
Educational Psychology
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred December 2013
Karen Lee Drill
SOCIAL EXPECTANCIES AND COGNITIVE
DISSONANCE: PERCEIVING AND
RESPONDING TO GENDER
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Melissa A. Kelly
Erica Michelle Laforte
VALIDATION OF SCORE INTERPRETATIONS
FOR THE BDI-2 USING RASCH
METHODOLOGY
Florence Hung Manning
ON LEVERAGING THE FIRST IMPRESSION:
LEARNING, ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION,
AND THE DESIGN OF DIGITAL TASKS
Instructional Leadership
Master of Education
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Meghan Elizabeth Mulryan
Megan A. Ryan
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Kristina B. Adamczewski
Nana Kwame Ofosu Amponsah
Diana Christine Cadalbert
Dominick William Garritano
Marva M. Hall
Ariel F. Kiken
Myisha K. Love
Patricia Martinez
Rebekah Meta McHugh
Portia Newman
Annaliese Newmeyer
Rafe Pepin
Angela Sangha-Gadsden
Claire Shanahan
Jeffrey Thomas Skoblar
Katie Ellen Viernum
Shannon Marliese Weinberg
William Robert Wolff
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Romaytha Abdullah
Ilham Ali Abuzaghleh
Vanessa Afre
Samantha Brandy Agoos
Victoria Renee Alexander
Jennifer M. Alger
Megan Marie Anguiano
Robert Aaron Austin
Samantha Jess Baigelman
Raymond Patrick Baker
Bahar Bakhtiarnejad
Sarah Eleanor Bird
Christopher Brian Boswell
Frank P. Calace
Juan Salvador Chara Mostajo
Helen M. Chau
Lauren M. Chavanne
Michelle Tamara Chavez
Elizabeth Ashley Christopher
Chabrina Derrico
Amy L. Desalvo
Alissa M. Devaughn
Lindsey Gwen Dickerson
Polly Dodd-Ehlert
Emily Elizabeth Eaton
Caitlin Frances Fondessy
Amanda Jan Freeman
Jonathan Christopher George
Martin E. Glass
Mel Gonzalez
Kevin L. Gordon
Roberto F. Guzman
Shuheng He
John Hermle
Jacquelin L. Houren
Rabab Ishrati
Jasmine Juarez
Linda Kamhieh
Elizabeth Virginia Kubik
Nicole E. Lascelles
Latisha Sharun Lewis
Bijal Makadia
Jenny Yuoiu Ma
Marly R. Mathes
Mary Frances McGowan
Daniel D. McNaughton
Elizabeth Mick
Anakaren Munoz
Dorothy Anna Nieciecki
James B. Oren
Andrew Phend
Mary Elizabeth Phillips
Dincy Poulose
Marius Puha
Tomasz G. Rajski
Caren Rawlins
Laura Bethany Ross
Priscilla Rowe
Brian A. Runo
Kenia J. Ruvalcaba
Kathleen Ann Sfikas
Caitlin Quinn Sheehan
Hina A. Siddiqui
Sylvia Gruber Spicer
Thitirat Sriplo
Kerrin Staskawicz
Lauren K. Theorell
Steven Vargas
Blair Cameron Wagonheim
Jing Wang
Marilyn Ruthie Wells
Shuo Zhang
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Commencement
Learning Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred December 2013
Wenjuan Li
SECONDARY PRESERVICE TEACHERS’
MATHEMATICAL DISCOURSES ON
GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATIONS
Measurement, Evaluation,
and Statistics
Master of Education
Degree Conferred August 2013
Elizabeth Mary Gates-Ehlers
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Jennifer Maureen Pearson
Nicholas Paul Williams
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Sana Ahmed
Sarah Kathleen Curry
Janet Dinnen
Nicole Giunta
Cynthia Elaine Johnson
Heather Lynn McKim
Angela Kelly Miner
Chiaka C. Okoroh
Joseph Charles Rumenapp
Kimberly M. Shay
Jayashri Srinivasan
Cornelia Margrita Johanna Wagner
Emily J. Winchip
Natalia P. Zuniga
Policy Studies in
Urban Education
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred August 2013
Kay Fumiko Fujiyoshi
THE JOURNEY OF AN URBAN EDUCATOR:
GROWING THE SOUL WITH HOPE, LOVE,
AND LIBERATION
Degree Conferred December 2013
Kathleen Marie Burke
LEADERSHIP IDENTITY IN A GENDERED
WORLD: AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC
JOURNEY
Special Education
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred December 2013
Alicia Joann Wyche
ANALYSIS OF SOCIALIZATION BETWEEN
STUDENTS WITH MILD DISABILITIES AND
MIDDLE SCHOOL PEERS
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Michael J. Maiorano
USING A DECODING STRATEGY WITH
CONSTANT TIME DELAY TO TEACH
WORD READING TO CHILDREN WITH
DOWN SYNDROME
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Master of Education
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Gilberto Aristeo
Kate Crawford Gorsky
Kristoffer James Grahnke
Julie Kay Hill
Robert Angelo Maddalozzo
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Hana Ahmad
Toymika A. Amos
Dustin Alan Deal
Daniella Yasmine Delgado
Wendy Gonzales
Inga Elena Janusas
Ryan Foster Kelly
Elizabeth Martinez
Maricha Danielle Matthews
Sara Naziri
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Alison M. Eichhorn
Sara Elizabeth Henderson
Marcos Gerardo Hernandez
Rachel V. House
Tiffany M. Hujara
Megan Ann Merony
Olivia Helen Pate
Alison E. Patzin
Kelly Marie Sheridan
Mariana Tsigistras
Kari Viano
Urban Education
Bachelor of Arts
Degree Conferred August 2013
Carina Casas
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Gusson Z. Abdallah
Aide Acuna*†
Kyle M. Barys
Francesca C. Bertucci
Yesenia Cardenas
Theresa M. Carrillo
Joanne H. Cho
Jennifer E. Choi
Anjali N. Derhgawen*†
Tina N. Eid
Yasmeen Elayyan
Morgan V. Forrest
Liliane Gelacio*†
Tremell Goins
Sarah Grace Gonzalez*†
Widad Hussein*†
Arlene C. Imburgia
Emma Jeffries*‡
Jacqueline M. Lang*†
Barbara D. Lesnicka
Veronica A. Lopez
Patrycja Mach
Lauren Maciag
Edina Malagic*†
Yessenia Maldonado
Miguel A. Melchor*§
Jessica Suarez Nieto*‡
Tania Guadalupe Orozco
Fabian Jacob Pagan
Mariela Patino*†
Liliana Popoca
Rebecca Renee Prueitt
Amanda E. Rathan
Carlos Romero
Caitlyn Marie Rutkowski
Samuel E. Sahyouni
Lamar Dason Sanders
Antoinette Marie Schiffer*§
Juvaria Shamsuddin
Emily A. Shazer
Sarah Sohn
Ariana Thomas
Janet Tunzi*†
Melissa Valdez*‡
Carla Vazquez
Vanessa Vazquez
Diana Vidal*‡
Delilah N. Villasenor
Joseph Yim
Tanya C. Younan
Meng Zhang*‡
Urban Education
Leadership
Doctor of Education
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Peggy Ann Korellis
Sussan N. Oladipo
Donna L. Serio
Victor Simon
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Stephen Christopher Flisk
Leonard Harris
Michael C. Lach
TEACHER-GENERATED FINAL EXAMS IN
HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE: CONTENT,
RIGOR, AND ASSESSMENT LITERACY
Marie Janiece McManus
Nancy Adela Paulette
Lamonica Renee Williams
Youth Development
Master of Education
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Danielle Ashley Cheatom
Mylie Montgomery
Maranielly Andrea Vazquez
Degree Conferred December 2013
Sherry A. Fox-Martin
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Travis Foley Bluemling
Kerry Theresa Davis
Julia R. Goetten
Timothy Agne Jones-Yelvington
Danny Lee Lambouths║
Alexis Lopez
Adam Joseph Love
Allegra Miller
Estherine N. Morgan
Tlaloc Rodriguez
Esther Sully
Annette Toscano
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
College of
Engineering
Bioengineering
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Farnaz Abdollahi║
INTERACTIVE ROBOTIC TRAINING
MODES IN SELF-TELEREHABILITATION
Varun A. Bhatia
LOADING INDUCED BONE ADAPTATION
IN THE DISTAL RADIUS OF WOMEN:
INFLUENCE OF MECHANICAL
ENVIRONMENT
Kimber L. Brenneman
DNA-BASED NANOCONSTRUCTS FOR THE
DETECTION OF IONS AND BIOMOLECULES
WITH RELATED RAMAN/SERS
SIGNATURE STUDIES
Carson Ingo
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF
ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION AND ENTROPY
IN NEURAL TISSUE
Jing Ming
INTEGRATED CLASSIFICATION OF
AMNESTIC MILD COGNITIVE
IMPAIRMENT USING FUNCTIONAL
AND STRUCTURAL MRI
Peter Simon
3D FACET JOINT KINEMATICS IN-VIVO
AND SPINAL DEGENERATION AND ITS
CORRELATION TO THE LOWER BACK
PAIN
Hongyu Ying
BIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF GLAUCOMA
GENE MYOCILIN
Amelia L. Zellander║
DESIGNING NOVEL BIOMATERIALS
FOR CORNEA REPLACEMENT
Degree Conferred December 2013
Emily M. Mugler
INVESTIGATION OF SPEECH FOR
COMMUNICATIVE BRAIN-COMPUTER
INTERFACE
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Golnar Doroudian
DELIVERY OF MECHANICAL AND
CHEMICAL STIMULI TO ADVANCE
REGENERATION
Seonbyeong Kim
Hsien-Chi Kuo
DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF
COMPUTERIZED SEGMENTATION
ALGORITHM FOR 3D MULTIMODALITY
BREAST IMAGES
Ajay Shashikumar Kurani
Eric K. Lueshen
Sujeeth Parthiban
Commencement
Benjamin Lincoln Schwartz
Yi Sui
Pang-Yu Teng
Ziying Yin
Julia Zelenakova
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Saba N. Ali
Rudhram Gajendran
Eri Iwasaki
Abhishek Apurva Lele
Megan Ida O’Connor
Rachna Narendra Parwani
Sree Poornima Raghuram
Dan Yu
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Sagar Krishna Nadimpalli
Sweetu Bipinchandra Patel
Sathya Subramanian
Jacqueline Mary Thomas
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Michael Joseph Boyle
Jr-Shin Chen
Laura Jane Elgass
John Grotberg
Erik A. Hammes
Martin H. Lopez
Shreyan Majumdar
Michael A. Mkrtschjan
Elmira Moslemi Rad
Yajur Niranjan Parikh
Mruga Dipteshbhai Patel
Rachana Vinay Patil
Padmabharathi Pothirajan
Preeti Pratap
Taneka D. Taylor║
Bachelor of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Mazen Chamout
Loren Kim
Subhi Saadeh
Robert Michael Trombley
Maher C. Yassin
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Ayesha A. Bhara‡#
Maurice M. Chojecki†#
Nairyna Constantino
Ruchita Gujarathi
Amber M. Langston
Julie B. McEneaney§**
Essam Abe Nassar
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Oluwafemi A. Aboloye‡
Rania Alkhazaleh
Omar Emad Amer
Nickolas D. Anderson†
Helen A. Ashaye#
Stephanie Nicole Banakis
Nikhil Krishna Bommakanti§#**
Mark Edwards Carlson†
Eiad J. Chamout
Andrew Shih-En Chen
Fabian Davalos
Mariya Dytso
Scott A. Franz
Cyril M. George
Sarah A. Glenn
Nadine Nadim Halabi†#
Jon Wilbur Hohol#
Tanvishri Jatla#
Emil Joseph§#**
Johnwesly A. Kanagaraj†#
Deepika Kaushik
Kyle R. Kempke
Karan Kerwell‡#
Elena M. Kulikova
Melissa Amber Manktelow‡
Demetri Markou
Virile M. Medina
Sebastian Mestril
Noor E. Mostafa
Sandy Munoz‡#
Robert Pacie
Shrikant D. Pandya
Madhuri Paravastu
Denisse Espino Barros Perez
Sebastian Pernal†#
Masood Qader#
Natasha Kavita Relwani
Nancy Rios
Melissa A. Robinson
Juan C. Rodriguez
Rafael Romero‡
Joseph Adam Ryan
Shabbir Safri
Catherine Santis
Mark Jonathan Sciacero
Kruti M. Shah
Ruchita Moulik Shah†#
David Szlachta
Johnny Villasenor
Katrina M. Weber
Ayden Daniel Zarkhah†#
Bioinformatics
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred December 2013
Damian S. Roqueiro║
COMPUTATIONAL METHODS TO STUDY
GENE REGULATION USING GENOMIC,
EPIGENOMIC AND CHROMOSOME
CONFORMATION DATA
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Georgi Zhelev Genchev
COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES OF
MECHANICAL SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
IN PROTEINS
Emma L. Mendonca
Yun Xu
PROTEIN DESIGN AND CHROMATIN
STRUCTURE: NOVEL COMPUTATIONAL
APPROACHES
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Bhavisha R. Chapatwala
Mathew K. Mani
Gurunadh Parinandi
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Navya Shilpa Josyula
Amira Kefi║
Ankur Naqib
Gobind Singh
Raghavee Venkatramanan
Chemical Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Carolina Gomez║
FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES OF D-BAND
TRANSITION METAL ALLOYS
Homa Khosravianghadikolaei
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND
SURFACE REACTION STUDIES OF
RHODIUM NANOPARTICLES ON SELECTED
SUBSTRATES
Hao Shen
CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF STABLE
POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES FOR ORAL
DRUG DELIVERY
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Jorge I. Rossero Agudelo
Manuela Aseye Ayele Ayee
David James Childers
Kyung-Hyo Kim
Jingjing Liu║
MANGANESE PROMOTED CO
HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS: A STUDY
OF METAL PROMOTER INTERACTION
EFFECTS
Zhenjuan Ni
Vishal Kumar Sharma
FORMATION OF TOROIDAL-SPIRAL
PARTICLES: TOWARD PARALLEL
PATHWAYS FOR SUSTAINED MULTI-DRUG
RELEASE
Yi Yang
FABRICATION OF FERRITE THIN FILM
USING LOW PRESSURE METALORGANIC
CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
Master of Science
Degree Conferred August 2013
Yuan Zhang
May 2014
Patrick Coan‡
Kunal S. Desai
Taras Dykun
David Hu
Leidy N. Jimenez
Monika Jonuskeviciute§#**
Michael T. Kramer
Nathan Liebmann
Amber C. May
Andrew Robert McNamara
Paulina K. Mlynarska
Michael Joseph Nguyen
Katarzyna Anna Orbik
Collin T. Pearsall
Steven Troy Priest
Christopher V. Rebolloso
Ethan Rendlen
Elmar Von Brian Michaud Reyes
Ryan A. Rock
Patty Ann Rottinghaus
Jong Geun Shin†#
Daniel P. Sobieski
Molly Elizabeth Sompolski
Ishai H. Strauss
James Ryan Walsh
Elizabeth Wilson Wanic
Sarah J. Wiersema§**
Sandy Younan
Civil and Materials
Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy in
Civil Engineering
Degree Conferred August 2013
Kelly Granberg
MULTIMEDIA SOURCE APPORTIONMENT
OF SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC
CONTAMINANTS IN THE CHICAGO AREA
OF INFLUENCE
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Azivy Che Aziz
ACCUMULATION AND TRANSFORMATION
OF HALOGENATED BIPHENYL AND
DIPHENYL ETHERS IN URBAN SEDIMENTS
Kamel Babaeivelni
Thomas Andrew Brecheisen
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Alejandro Javier Trimarchi Contreras
Ross Ransom
Rubin Daniel Torf
Qin Chen║
SUSTAINABLE LAST-MILE
SOLUTIONS:URBAN FREIGHT
CONSOLIDATION AND ECO-ROUTING
STRATEGIES
Bachelor of Science
Talisa Mohammadnejad
THREE-DIMENSIONAL NONLINEAR FINITE
ELEMENT MODELING OF MAMMALIAN
CORNEA TO STUDY MECHANICS OF
SPIRALING
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Linda Chikchay
Shan Jin
Ramune Meskyte
Prasanth Narayanan
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Stephanie M. Sampra
Ivan Silakov
Clint H. Vericker
Andrea Lenart Hicks║
Suriyapriya Vallamsundar║
David Athens Weed
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Justin Wayne Barak§#
Jacek W. Blachut
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
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Commencement
Master of Science in
Civil Engineering
Degree Conferred August 2013
Preethi Prathapan
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Monica C. Crinion
Fernando Diaz
Max F. Good
Ali M. Razeq
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Fadi Alsharif
Michael Bejan Bolouri
Amine B. Chaoui
Nicholas A. Dutler
Scott M. Earnest
Robert Joseph Fitzpatrick
Harris Mohammad Hassan
Katherine Hoglund
Phuong Nam Huynh
Ander Zornoza Indart║
Niko Klarenc Kallco
Karmoh Andrew Keili
Stoyanka Ivanova Kotorokova
Michael V. Lukich
Varsha Viswanath
Master of Science in
Materials Engineering
Degree Conferred August 2013
Marcus E. Kupfer
Degree Conferred December 2013
Mansoore Ariyan
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Kai Yuan Cheng
Spencer James Fullam
Manasi Hemant Kulkarni
Gregory Sparks
Bachelor of Science in
Civil Engineering
Degree Conferred August 2013
Kadir Gokay Oztimur
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Jesus Alquicira
Sartsoontorn Cabe
Lina Maria Campuzano
Oscar Carvajal
Kyle Joseph Catalano
Michael Cichecki
Russell Coate
Ernesto G. Costa
Ken J. Drabant
Brittany A. Gasiorek
Joseph M. Giannini
Lynn Hurtado
Roberto Ibarra
Tamanna Islam
Michael John Kenny
Alissa M. Kidd
Janis Maldonado
Ionatan Malutan‡
Marilu Martinez
Patrick Z. Masier
Andrew Julius Mattson§**
Michael Taylor Medsker‡
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Natalia P. Mikolajczyk
David Muntean
Evelina Perry
Shane Michael Plewa
Eric B. Rosero
Ramsey Salahat
Matthew Thomas Schuett
Joseph Shapiro
Nicholas Steven Synowiecki§
Tomasz Miroslaw Szafranski
Minh Truong
Nicholas Fransisco Villanueva
Ruslan Yedinak
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Khaled Abunijmeh
Marian Agamy#
Zaher Allababidi
Usman Muhammad Bhatti
Matthew J. Boladz
Charles Boutros†
Razvan O. Calin
Caleb Owen Carr§
Salvador Carvajal
Adam Lawrence Casati
Daniel James Dem
Nedda Djavid§#**
Slawomir Stanislaw Domagala
Glen Patrick Duffy
Alejandro Flores
Luke Eugene Garrett
Paul J. Guardi
Alexander Huynh
Beniamin V. Ilciuc
Islam Jaber
Paul Raymond Jacobs
Zachary Ryan Jaydos
Rana M. Kalo
John S. Kando†
Maciej J. Konczewski
Mario Martinez
Diana Mejorado Jimenez
Carlos D. Munoz
Deven Nandamuri
Karl P. Novak
Victor H. Patino§
Allen Perez
Said Saidian
John Taner Salihoglu
Keith Anton Schell
Nadia Ludmila Simek
Veronica Josephine Beck Ward
Yuriy S. Yatsyshyn
Mohammad Anwar Zayed
Computer Science
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Habiba Habiba║
CRITICAL INDIVIDUALS IN DYNAMIC
POPULATION NETWORKS
Sangyoon Lee
SUPERVISED HYBRID EXPRESSION
CONTROL FRAMEWORK FOR A
LIFELIKE AFFECTIVE AVATAR
Sungwon Nam
MULTI-USER CENTERED RESOURCE
SCHEDULING FOR LARGE SCALE
DISPLAY WALL ENVIRONMENTS
W Michael Petullo
RETHINKING OPERATING SYSTEM
INTERFACES TO SUPPORT ROBUST
NETWORK APPLICATIONS
Xiaoxiao Shi║
HETEROGENEOUS LEARNING
AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Chayant Tantipathananandh
DETECTING AND TRACKING
COMMUNITIES IN SOCIAL NETWORKS
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Kalpana Gondi
PROGRAM TRANSFORMATION
TECHNIQUES FOR ERASING SENSITIVE
DATA IN SEQUENTIAL AND CONCURRENT
APPLICATIONS
Lifeng Jia
ADVANCED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
WITHIN BLOGOSPHERE AND MICROBLOGOSPHERE
Leon Oliver Stenneth║
HUMAN ACTIVITY DETECTION
USING SMARTPHONES AND MAPS
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Daniel Ayala
James P. Biagioni║
Tuan Nhon Dang
Wenxuan Gao
SELECTED APPLICATIONS IN DATA
INTENSIVE COMPUTING
Bm Mainul Hossain
ENHANCING PARALLELISM AND
SCALABILITY OF DATABASE-CENTRIC
APPLICATIONS IN PRESENCE OF
DATABASE DEADLOCKS
Lakshmi Kaligounder
Xiangnan Kong
Shuo Ma
Venkatakumar Srinivasan
Guan Wang
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Anudeep Burugula
Giorgio Cavaggion
Silviu Fodor
Daniele Gallingani
Neha Jayaprakash
Yatin Manohar Karvir
Arjun Vankadari Ramesh Kumar
Pratik Kamalraj Lala
Davide Leonarduzzi
Camillo Lugaresi
Francesco Marconi
Diego Martinoia
Shriram Muthukrishnan
Gaurav Deepak Purandare
Balaprasath Rajan
Vengada Karthik Rangaraju
Daniele Rossetti
Stefano Schiavoni
Michele Spagnuolo
Renu Srinivasan
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Nikhil Hiriyur Sunderraj
Giacomo Antonio Andrea Tagliabue
Kevin George Varkey
Qianyu Wang
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Naresh Aluri
Giovanni Paolo Gibilisco
Shabhareesh Komirishetty
Ashvitha Venkatesh Kumar
Marco Miglierina
Brian Mykietka
Sruthi Parankusham
Nakul Rajankumar
Deepan R. Sathyamoorthy
Bhavana Singh
Arthur Andreyevich Smirnov
Ashwath Narayanan Sundaresan
Rajeev Reddy Vishaka
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Anshika Agarwal
Ritesh Agarwal
Kunal Ahluwalia
Mohit Arora
Subramanian Arumugam
Jillian M. Aurisano
Abhinaya Balasubramanian
Aditya Balasubramanian
Aditi Ram Banarse
Ankush Bansal
Nishanth Bhaktula
Saket S. Bhat
Ankita M. Bhatia
Kailash R. Bysani
Tanay Chowdhury
Saurabh Dingolia
Rizal Zaini Ahmad Fathony║
Mahesh Satish Gadge
Rose Mary George
Varun Gokulnath
Venkata Chaitanya Goli
Giric Goyal
Marius Horga
Mingwei Hu
Qi Hu
Girish H. Jambagi
Jatin A. Kakkad
Abhishek Suresh Kanchan
Sagar S. Kangutkar
Ramya Kannan
Mohanakrishnakumar Karunakaran
Anokh Kishore
Raghavan
Krishnasamylakshmanaperumal
Gururaj Kudugunti
Siddhesh N. Kulkarni
Abhinav Kumar
Rajnish Kumar
Rahul Kushwaha
Arnold Huahon Lee║
Mingwei Li
Yiting Li
Xitao Lv
Nianzu Ma
Aman Anup Mahajan
Aditi Krishna Mallavarapu
Chi Wu Mao
Mohammadreza Miryani
Parth Praveen Mody
Amir Shadaab Mohd
Mohmednasir Shafiahmed Munshi
Preetham Madapura Nagaraj
Commencement
Pradeepa Kavindapadi Nagarajan
Prasad Rajagopalan Nair
Nikhil Nandakumar
Navyasree Nidhanapati
Arthur James Nishimoto
Keith A. Nowicki
Praveen Padmanabhan
Sai Sundaram Parthasarathi
Nisarg Jitendrakumar Patel
Vimalkumar Dhirendrakumar Patel
Akshay A. Patil
Gunesh Satish Patil
Gabriele Petronella
Anushri Prabhu
Simant Mahendra Purohit
Sathish Ramadoss
Rajath Ramakrishna
Venkatarama Subrahmanyan
Watrap Raman
Karthik Vasishta Ramesh
Pavan Kumar Reddy
Ashwin V. Sastry
Alberto Scolari
Venkat Raghavan Ganesh Sekar
Balaji Sundar Selvanarayanan
Kush Sanjay Shah
Neha-Sailesh Shah
Pranav Rajiv Shah
Rahul Sharma
Suraj Jagdish Shetty
Balaji Srinivasan
Cosmin M. Stroe
Sanket Kisan Tajane
Aashish Tandon
Ajith Nagarathinam Thayanithi
Akshay Thirkateh
Galen K. Thomas-Ramos
Payas S. Tikotekar
Sunil Kumar Tilokani
Vivek Venkataraman
Balachandar Venkataramani
Srinivasan Venkatesan
Keerthika Venugopal
Apurva Shastry Kunjoor Vijaya
Prammodh Vijayakumar
Sampath Vijayaragavan
Yile Wang
Lin Xu
Niranjan Yadavali
Prathyusha Yelleni
Nilesh R. Yevle
Niko Zarzani
Yiwen Zhu
Bachelor of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Ryan K. Bowling
Kevin N. Klemm
Michael Jordan Kray
Matthew A. Ramir
Arthur Samuel Yurov
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Ian R. Anderson
Adam M. Barr
James Patrick Barron
Michael A. Cueno
Christopher C. Dargis
George R. David
Ivan De Los Santos
Santiago Miguel Herrera§#
Brian Joseph Johnson
Abhiram Kadiyala
Vijayaprashanth M. Kamaraj
Joseph S. Katzin†#
Kartikeya Kaushal
Maviya Khan
Vismantas Laucius
Gerard C. Ledda
Andrew Joseph Long
James Mac
Narcis E. Manolache
Patrick Z. Masier
Sam Melnik
Bartlomiej Miczek
Matthew Mikhail
Jason Eric Moreau
Luis M. Palacios
Jack G. Petraitis
Matthew D. Pfister
Kevin J. Richner
Tomasz Sebastian Rybiarczyk
Mubashir Saad
Anthony Spatafora
Michael Thompson†
Gerron G. Thurman
Chukwuemeka Uzoaru
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Yuyang Bai§**
Sergio Barajas
Sruti S. Bhagavatula
Chad M. Bloomfield
Andrew E. Brady
Michael Brooks
Alfredo Castillo
Anne Celestino
Miguel Angel Chavarria
Sohaib A. Choudhry
Stephen Daudell
Devina Dhawan
Zihang Feng
Sahil Gupta
Joe Huang
Kevin L. Katsis
Daniel Jacob Keasler†
Alan S. Leung
Jonathan Eric Levy
Shane Scott Lopez
Josef M. Lozar
Sean P. Lyons
Aaron J. Mamparo
Thomas R. Phillips
Steven A. Rago
Vincent S. Recupito
Corey E. Richmond
Andrew Jacob Harrison Ring†
Bradley T. Robinson
Felix J. Rodriguez†
Devin M. Rusnak
Alan Ruvalcaba
Sukhdip Sangha
Donald Gene Siuchninski
Mikael J. Son
Nestor Lemus Sotres
Sreyaansh Waghray
Kendall W. Zettlmeier‡
Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy in
Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Kun Fang
ARCHITECTURE SUPPORT FOR EMERGING
MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES
Mohamed Salem Hefeida║
COLLABORATIVE CROSS-LAYER DESIGN
IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
May 2014
Yongzhi Qu║
DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE AND
EFFICIENT ACOUSTIC EMISSION BASED
GEAR FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHODS AND
TOOLS
Arash Rahnamaee
Alireza Tajfar
Jonathan Alan Waxman║
Ke Xu
Nanzhu Zhang
INTERFACE PHONON MODES OF
HETEROSTRUCTURES AND QUANTUM
DOT/POLYMER COMPOSITE SYSTEM
Jing Huang
DISTRIBUTED SIGNAL AND IMAGE
PROCESSING: PARTICLE FILTERS,
CONTEXT GRAMMARS, AND DYNAMIC
GAMES
Master of Science in Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Mohsen Purahmad
NANOMATERIALS, DEVICES AND
INTERFACE CIRCUITS: APPLICATIONS FOR
OPTOELECTRONIC AND ENERGY
HARVESTING
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Benjamin Lee Andrews
Shyam Prabu Arokiaswamy
Hyunjong Cho
Siyao Gu
Mayur R. Patel
Amulya Shinoj Pattali
Nilesh Goraksh Sumb
James Michael Thorne
Qun Li
MULTILINEAR ALGEBRA IN HIGH-ORDER
DATA ANALYSIS: RETRIEVAL,
CLASSIFICATION AND REPRESENTATION
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Johnson Jonaris G. Keiriz
FROM MICRO TO MACRO: A STUDY OF
HUMAN BRAIN STRUCTURE BASED ON
DIFFUSION MRI AND NEURONAL
NETWORKS
Fatimah Mohammad
IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR THE ASSESSMENT
OF PATHOLOGIES IN RETINAL TISSUE
Yiwei Song
STRUCTURED CODES AND COOPERATIVE
STRATEGIES IN WIRELESS RELAY
NETWORKS
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Guoguang Chen
COMBATING NONLINEAR POWER
AMPLIFIER EFFECTS IN MULTICARRIER
SYSTEMS
Zhiyu Cheng║
Jun Huang
Maria Javaid
Kai Ma
COMPOUND EXEMPLAR BASED OBJECT
CLASS DETECTION AND BEYOND WITH
VARIS SYSTEM
Yingying Ma
OPTIMAL SPECTRUM SENSING IN
COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORKS AND
UTILITY OPTIMIZATION IN WIRELESS
SENSOR NETWORKS
Siamak Mehrnami
Poh Keong Ng
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Tanim Humayun
Adam Thomas Meyer
Luigi Pepe
Maksym Plakhotnyuk║
Antonello Tartamo
Suyu Zhang║
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Uzair Ahmed
Poonam Bhide
Venkata Geetha Bijjam
Yuhui Cao
Shao-Lun Chien
Servando Cordova
Ameya Makarand Deolalkar
Julian Duran
Pavitra Ganesh
Linlin Gao
Mingze Gao
Andrzej Gawecki
Xinghao Gu
Nirmit Gupta
Payam Habibimehr
Utpala Jasti
Elbina Joshi
Sanjneet Joshi
Nihilaa Kamaraj
Swapnil Kamble
Hongyi Kang
Jonathan Kang
Ranjit Kaur
Switt Kittivittayakul
Tejaswi Koduri
Pawel Konieczek
Tingting Li
Xu Li
Yuhang Li
Zhen Xian Li
Hong Lin
Mengyun Liu
Priyadarshini Madhavan
Kevin Mak
Mrinal Mathur
25
Commencement
Mattias Mengoni
Michael J. Metzger
Abdul Karim Abdul Munaff
Gokul Muralidharan
Bahare Naimipour
Adithya Vardhan Nandakumar
Lakshmanan Tirunelai Narayanan
Eric M. North║
Tuheen Ojha
Soma Sekhara Balaji Panda
Dorian Popi
Charenraj Prema Jegadeesan
Peng Qi
Koushik Ramakrishnan
Santosh Ravi
Sepideh Roghanchi
Arihant Sampatlal Singhvi
Ziad M. Semaka
Moulik A. Shah
Priyank Prakash Shah
Anurag Sharma
Sadgun Srinivas Devanahalli
Shashikumar
Wenjia Shen
Xuechao Shi
Vishket S. Shriwas
Avinash J. Singh
Puneet Singhal
Abhijeet N. Solat
Aruna Sundar
Ravi Shankar Tanikella
Prashant Tripathi
Alessandro Vallero
Ashwin Venkat
Prasanna Vetrivel
Fernando Visca
Yicheng Wang
Haochen Wei
Dennis Joeseph Wolfe
Yi Xie
Kaidian Zhang
Qing Zhang
Fei Zhao
Bachelor of Science in
Computer Engineering
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Brett A. Bush
Dariusz Gorczynski
Richard J. Gura
Piotr M. Krok
Timothy E. Palermo
Alexander Petrushin
Oscar Salazar
Shuaib A. Shameem
Spencer W. Twaddle
Michael Wolbing
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Alex Omar Alas
Stefan Vasile Carcu
Jordan Higgins Kamm
Gary Landisch
Jae Pil Lee
Marc A. Moylan
Akeem Olaosebikan
Isaac R. Puckett
David Tallon
Charles Tate
Billy Wu
Mohammad O. Zeni
Kai Da Zhao‡#
Zaid B. Zubair
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Bachelor of Science in
Electrical Engineering
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Alexander A. Franzese
Austin M. Nutt#
Gregory S. Romanowski
Marcos Valencia
Helena C. Yasmine†#
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Mahmoud Younis Abdelqader
Eduardo A. Aquije
Freddy Avila
Nicholas J. Benninger
Kamil Bernatowicz
Piotr Brodowski
Miguel Bueno
Wai Chun Chow
Ivon Dass
Giuseppe Diprizio
Tejumade A. Durowade#
Dolores Graciela Fernandez
Jesse L. Hendrick
Han Hee Jung
Amrit Kaur§#
Rehan Mohammed Khan
Peter G. Ladage
Tatanesha Louise Lee
Benjamin H. Leska
Dalmar Ibrahim Mahamoud
Yancarlo A. Maldonado
Oscar Marquez
Mary Elizabeth McCague
Daniel G. Mon
Braian A. Ortiz
Patrick Jan B. Palanca
Kaushal S. Patel
Pramel R. Patel
Laura Elizabeth Perkins
Marc Jacob Pivan
Rammy Ramirez
Kenneth Reyes
Christopher M. Rivera
Syed Akmal Rizvi
Marxson D. Robles
Alejandro Ruiz
Gerardas Skeberdis†
Alejandro Sosa
Kevin D. Spratt
Michal Zenon Talarczyk
Zhenyao Tan
Jeet Arvind Thakkar
Justin Thomas
Eddie Tsang
Xiuyan Zhang§
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Hector Raul Acosta
Adam Marshall Balfour
Matthew M. Baltazar
Ryan Bennett§
Saad Bhatti
Jordon M. Birk§
Hersh Chabra
Alan Chan
Taksen Chin
Anthony Colon§
Joseph A. Davis
Brian C. Desimone
Andrew A. Dwinal
Jake William Fanning
Carl Thomas Goding
Kirill Goldin
Mayank C. Govani
Vadim Grinberg
William John Guszczo
Peter J. Hiero
Quan T. Huynh
Moath I. Jaber
Nicholas R. Jacobs
Kenneth M. Kahren
Faras Kawar
Leonid Krasnov
Eunkook Kwak
Michael J. Kwan†
Hong Kuen Lee
Jason Lee
David Macedo
Christopher Casey Magruder
Diaa Marwan Masoud
Joseph Robert McLaughlin‡
Syed Mehfooz
Henry Moy
Thomas James Nixon
Robert Peter Obrochta
Christian U. Ortega
Jedidiah Olasunkanmi Oyeyemi
Ravi Sanjay Patel
Matthew Alan Pristave
Zachary James Quinn
James Christopher Redondo
Richard Andrew Schumann
Daniel William Sellers
Komalben Shah#
Anthony J. Simmons
Alina Cristina Sulici†
Scott Wu‡
Dongyeol Yoo
Qing Zhang
Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy in
Industrial Engineering
and Operations
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Silvio Humberto Rafael Rizzi
VOLUME-BASED GRAPHICS AND HAPTICS
RENDERING ALGORITHMS FOR
IMMERSIVE SURGICAL SIMULATION
Junda Zhu
ONLINE INDUSTRIAL LUBRICATION OIL
HEALTH CONDITION MONITORING,
DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSTICS
Degree Conferred December 2013
Pahola Thathiana Benavides Gallego
OPTIMAL CONTROL OF BATCH
PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL FUEL UNDER
UNCERTAINTY
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Yongzhi Qu║
Yong Wang
Doctor of Philosophy in
Mechanical Engineering
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Matthew Lawrence Cantwell
FEEDBACK CONTROLLED DEFORMABLE
MEMBRANE MICROPUMPS FOR FLUIDIC
DELIVERY APPLICATIONS
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Arindam Das
FUNCTIONAL POLYMER
NANOCOMPOSITES AND NANOHYBRIDS:
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND
APPLICATION
Florentina Marina Gantoi
NEW COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK
FOR BIOMECHANICAL MULTIBODY
SYSTEM APPLICATIONS
Seongchul Jun
TRANSPORT PHENOMENA IN MULTIPHASE MEDIA: SLURRIES, FOAMS,
BOILING BUBBLY MEDIA AND PULPS
Harish Pandurang Kanchi
FLUIDIC CONTROL OF SHEAR LAYER IN
DUMP COMBUSTORS USING MICROJETS
Shahrzad Mohammadtalab Khansari
BIOPOLYMER-BASED NANOFIBER MATS
AND THEIR CHARACTERIZATION AND
APPLICATIONS
Degree Conferred December 2013
Thomas M. Schutzius║
LARGE-AREA COATING AND PATTERNING
OF FUNCTIONAL NANOCOMPOSITES:
DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND
CHARACTERIZATION
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Ashraf Mahmoud Hamed
Gi Hwan Lee
STUDY ON THE PRODUCTION AND
TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF NANOFLUIDS
Inson Park
David Daniel Pelot
Temel Kaya Yasar
Master of Energy Engineering
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Syed Aman Ahmed
Bashar Alsabbar
Eric Abram Auerbach
Nathan William Bohne
Marc Burrell
Benjamin Louis Wickes Drake
Andrew Daniel Gans
Grace E. Pedersen
Mark Antony Porfirio
Quentin Gene Ratay
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Thomas James Bukovac
Donald George Burns
Jakub Dzielski
Daniel J. Evans
Yaroslav Gnatyuk
Matthew Kaleta
Svetoslav Y. Kostov
Satheshku Janardhanan Makayee
Lauren Elizabeth Pankowski
Sandra Diane Parker
Wildivina Rosario
Gregory James Studier
Gregory R. Swiss
Jerad Tintera
Sean D. Wynne
Commencement
Master of Science in Industrial
Engineering
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Mayela Fernandez
Oyegoke Abimbola Kale
Joshua Adam Reese
Chongye Wang
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Robert M. Andrzejewski
Prashant Dewangan
Angelica Mirela Dontu
Kai Min
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Pushkar Milind Ambekar
Soumil Santosh Ghalsasi
Hesham Hussain M. Jawadi
Keshav Ramesh Kumar
Martin V. Matulyauskas
Rohan Milavarapu
Prashanth Srinivasan
Master of Science in
Mechanical Engineering
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Sagar D. Bhogle
Akshay Kalmesh Bilagi
Bhavanarayana Chakka
Stefano Chianese
Francesco Cipriani
Chiara Gastaldi
Domenico Geraci
Federico Lugnani
Davide Pisasale
Emmanuel Simeakis
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Wojciech M. Chajec
Rajsekhar Savyasachi Gavini
Cheng-Lin Hung
Shreyas Kapatral
Carla Roxana Espinoza Moreira
Gavin K. Ng
Ashish Bharatkumar Soni
Muxuan Wang
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Prashunkumar Pravinbhai Contractor
Kevin L. Duel
Aakash Ajay Handa
Jelani H. Hannah
Gamaliel Hernandez
Babak Shahian Jahromi
Rohit M. Kale
Delhiganesh Kuppuswamy Gajendran
Xin Li
Girish Narayan
Ashwin Raghunathan
Revanth Kumar Reddy Chenga Reddy
Amir Salarifard
Shreeraj Vishal Shah
Pranshu Sharma
Nihar Nitin Sheth
Eric K. Tan
Cheng-Wen Tsai
Bachelor of Science in
Engineering Management
Degree Conferred August 2013
Joseph Michael Davey
Bachelor of Science in
Industrial Engineering
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Jean-Michel Bellus
Erik D. Osland‡#**
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Oscar Raul Aranda
Sean Michael Brady
Jason Michael Deutsch
Adam Kenneth Falk
Jan Jaromin
Ashleigh Levette Morris
Jonathan J. Moser
Cruz Humberto Perez
Suha Yousif Rajab
Krzysztof Rygiel
Ryan W. Warner
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Danny F. Ball
Bernarda Bay
Joshua Taylor Blake
Avi N. Bromberg
Daniel Curyla
Leah D. Cuyler‡
Rachel R. Flores
Michael R. Gore
Lindsey Samantha Hermes
Marek Jaromin
William Anthony Lema
William Joseph McIntyre
Michael S. Miszta
Ian J. Pierce
Andres Salgado
Mateusz Scehura
Matthew J. Schubert
Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Leonardo J. Donates
Garrett Y. Graham
Matteo Occhipinti
Jose Antonio Ortiz
Giuseppe Punzi
Billy Clifford Sallie
Andy W. Wu
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Michael J. Abma
Andrew W. Ashworth
Eric J. Breitbach
Jennifer Mary Carroll
Yunseok Choi
Emmanuel Diaz
Steven Anthony Ditore
Kaila A. Edwards
Jennifer Esparza
Mohammad Fahad Farooqi
Jhonattan P. Freire
Jason L. Gaode
Paul E. Gorski
Belen Hernandez
Sanel Horozovic
Jorge A. Izurieta
Karey Ann Johnson
Ashur S. Joseph
Klim Kazimirov
Roman Komlev
Anna Ky
Peter J. Lee
Nicanor R. Mandin
Joseph M. Marasigan
Joseph D. Mergenthaler
Octavio Molina
Mark Edward Murphy†
Michal Murzydlo
Alexander Nikolic
Brendan Christopher Norton
Oleg Ostrovskiy
Omar Pantoja
Akil U. Patel
Adrian M. Rosiles
Thomas M. Santoyo
Shaineel Chand Sarup
Daniel C. Schmidt
Brian Patrick Tomko
Spencer Robert Urso
David G. Zaia
Jadwiga Agnieszka Zieba†
Jason C. Zukowski†
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Jonathan Alvarez
Pedro J. Bahena
Matthew John Billo
Grzegorz Bugaj
Quinn Carlson
Victor Alfonso Cueto
Patrick John Delaney
Kevin Guy Alain Delva
Batuhan Eisen
Matthew Michael Farley
Boris Golub
Juan P. Guzman
Josiah M. Haines
Kyle T. Handlen
William R. Hartman
Jonathan Bradley Hawley
Wade Robert Howard
Eric I. Isaacson
Miguel Jacob†#
Radoslaw Kaczowka
Munjal Bharat Kamdar
Timothy Kong†
Dharman Kothari†
Ian B. Link†
Nathan Loll
Esteban D. Lopez†
Michael John McCague
Frank Joseph Michalak
Thong John Tri Nguyen
Peter John Ojeda
Beata M. Okruta†#
Joshua Thomas Parnell
Mohil Divyesh Patel†#
James Michael Pena†
Edward Robert Randerson
Yesenia Rios
Luis Sandoval
Timothy Paul Seo
Miteshkumar Nitinkumar Shah
Nathan Smrha
Matthew T. Stoch
Jonathan R. Strukl
Kevin M. Swift
Josue A. Tejeda
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Brian Daniel Tinsley
Victor Truong
Christopher Zborowski
Ryan James Zei
Professional Programs
Master of Engineering
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Dyanna L. Gregory
Paul Lawrence Stalec
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Christopher Austin Anetekhai
Guy J. Edelman
Natalie Paige Edgar
Ginger Lee Emel
David Ralph Lipinski
Joseph Vega
Sachin Yadav
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Kiran Kumar Akkineni
Michael Asrat Balcha
Laura E. Bickers
Glen J. Embertson
Antonia Maria Finocchio
Erik C. Meisner
Asma Mustafa
Colin Patrick Reid
Alexander Rene Sanabria
Jason E. Tesar
Fanyi Zeng
College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences
African American Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts
and Sciences
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Shade Davis
Paige Allen Starks
Kelly Shauday Wells
Anthropology
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred August 2013
John F. Michels║
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? RURAL
DEVELOPMENT AND GENTRIFICATION IN
THE ALMAGUIN HIGHLANDS, ONTARIO
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Christopher Sean Davis║
Matthew J. Piscitelli║
Evin R. Rodkey
Master of Arts
Degree Conferred December 2013
Benjamin J. Linder
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Krystal L. Britt
Rebekah Marie Ciribassi║
Caitlyn K. Dye║
Kimberly P. Garza
Walker Ward Good
27
Commencement
Aubry Anne Kyle║
Lindsey G. Proctor
David Aaron Reid
William P. Ridge
Pamela S. Whyms
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Paul Joseph Campanelli
Kathryn Mary Collis
Kelly N. Hause
Thomas Eric Panella*†
Natalie Rose Perretto
Sarai Bernice Redmond*†
Marcelina D. Tobar*†
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Timothy V. Arif
Kristen Helene Beierwaltes*‡
Min Kyung Chang
Nicole L. Cyrier*†#
Amy Lynn Doherty
Emily Flatt
Charise Joy Barroga Javonillo†
Hans S. Kim
Justin Michael Vlaovic
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Ricardo Alvarado
Diana Carolina Arechar
Rachael Bayor
Jessica Carlisle
Laura M. Delgado
Alicia Dziedzic
Magie S. Fotovatian*§
Marlene Garcia
Kelcie M. Gauen
Faye N. Goldberg*†
Joel Gonzalez
Jillian L. Hansen-Lewis
Samuel A. Ishikawa*†
Stephanie Lear*†
Vanessa Lopez*†
Jared Lowenthal
Karyna Mangusheva*§#
William S. Markus
Diana D. McClellan
Elizabeth Kristin McQueeny
Viviana Nava
Leona Ruth Quist
Jeffrey R. Saba*§#
Kevin Shi*‡#
Alexander Simeonovski*†#
Suleiman-Alexandre Bohlman Tarraf
Dan R. Thompson
Biochemistry
Bachelor of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
JPMartin V. Brillo
Jonathan Grivas
Khaled F. Khatib
Loren Kim
Kinga Lis
Abena Kufour Owusu-Ansah
Patricia Magdalena Pernal
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Gus Giannopoulos
Daniel R. Marszalek
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Krzysztof Palasiewicz*†
Krunal Patel
Jerome Rattanaviboune
Christine Rus
Heewhan Shin#
Aadil Y. Vahora
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Lukasz Dariusz Adamczyk*†#
Richard H. Ariton
Sameera Baig*§
Dhananjay A. Barot
Mariette Astrid Breedt
Thinh H. Bui
Nikhil Chintalapudi
Jason J. Cho*‡
Achut Dahal
Nhan Phuoc Dang*†
Julie Do
Bekele Beyene Ferede
Kelly A. Flavin
Andrew C. Go*‡#
Richard Davis Hickey*†
Dalia Kawas
Katarzyna Kolacz
Marta Koterba#
Mardin Ghasha Yokhaneh Lelham
Trevor Thomas Luman
Sameena Nazneen Mashhood
Sunyoung Min
Michael John Cruz Monleon
Jacob Michael Morley*§#
Harish Ibrahim Munshi
Sean T. Neylon
Simbiat Kehinde Olayiwola*†#
Zainab Taiwo Olayiwola#
An Ngoc Pham
Lum Rizvanolli
Luis E. Rojas
Charles W. Roth*‡#
Stephan Rafael Seibert*§#
Dave B. Shah*§#
Jay B. Shah*†#
Margaret Shang*§#
Solomiya Shmilyk
Annie Situ*‡#
Paul Chun Song
Theresa Marie Statkus
Lizeth Testa
Dulguun Uyenbat
Varvara A. Vassiliev*‡#
Jesus Alberto Lagunas Vazquez
Kristin Daoang Viloria#
Young Min M. Yang*†#
Anna Aneta Zelkowska
Biological Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Hsiao-Lei Lai
THE FUNCTION AND MOLECULAR
MECHANISM OF ASXL2 IN THE
MAMMALIAN HEART
Szi-Chieh Yu
REGULATORS OF SYNAPTIC VESICLE
DOCKING AND PRIMING
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Jason Jacoby
EXTRACELLULAR PH DYNAMICS OF
ISOLATED RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS
Michael C. Jorgensen
SYSTEMATIC STUDIES OF POLYDESMIDAN
MILLIPEDES (DIPLOPODA, POLYDESMIDA)
Carrie Elizabeth Seltzer║
SEED DISPERSAL AND REGENERATION
IN A TANZANIAN RAINFOREST
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Gregory Richard Charles Blass
EXTREME RESISTANCE TO HYPERCAPNIAINDUCED PULMONARY EDEMA OF THE
AFRICAN NAKED MOLE-RAT
Sonny S. Bleicher
Bianca C. Diaconeasa
SPECTRIN EXERTS MULTIPLE EFFECTS
ON LIPID TRANSLOCATION PATHWAYS IN
DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
Amber C. Ismael
Elizabeth Anne Langer
BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERIZATION OF
SYSTEM XC- MUTANT MICE
Dragomira Nikolaeva Markova
EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF PIF
AND PONG-LIKE TRANSPOSABLE
ELEMENTS IN TRITICEAE
Andrea Louise McGinley
Angenee C. Milton
Jenny Maritza Zambrano Moncada
DYNAMICS OF THE TROPICAL TREE
POULSENIA ARMATA IN THE FRAGMENTED
FOREST OF LOS TUXTLAS
Shankar Ramachandran
CHARACTERIZATION OF CALCIUM
CHANNELS AT INDIVIDUAL PRESYNAPTIC
TERMINALS OF LAMPREY
RETICULOSPINAL AXONS
Kalpana Ramakrishnan
John Anthony Wilk
Emily Rose Wyskiel
Zi Yang
Master of Science
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Kesha Ramona Braunskill║
Michelle Marie Frack
Bachelor of Science in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Taha B. Abdullah
Adrienne M. Aksnowicz
Gaclyn Antar*
Aprille Banchoencharoens
Angelina E. Diaz#
Jeremiah Isaiah Furman
Ronak Bharat Gandhi
Isabel S. Iklov
Jone Anastasia June
Anna Kardas
Hena Khatoon
Ludmila Kolarikova
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Corinne A. Martin
Ahmad Wajih Mustafa Mustafa
Anish K. Oberoi
Nicholas G. Parker
Darpan Patel
Irfan A. Patel
Ryan Ron Patwell
Mathew Perez
Michael T. Perlin
Manpreet Singh Rai
Shahram Raoof#
Jose Paolo Ticzon Reyes
Krupa Sandhinti
Jonathan M. Santos
Raj Ramesh Savalia
Ronak S. Shah
Srishti S. Shah
Vidhi Atul Shah
Napalia S. Shamasa
Brian J. Siapno
Alissa R. Weiss
Samuel Martin Zagone
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Jennifer Nedal Alafnan
Patrycja Katarzyna Alberska
Crystal Alnaser
Jim T. Awofadeju
Rosario Bartolomeo
Aamna M. Bhatti
Patryk M. Boduch
Ulysses Capistran*†
Jessica L. Celestino
Alexander Cherkashin*†
Daehan Choi
Pinky Choksi
Boguslaw Dariusz Chrobak
Hena Y. Contractor
Alyssa Cooke
Jaimie Lee M. Del Rosario
Cesar D. Delgado*
Shreeyu Sailesh Desai
Angie Diaz
Oscar Diaz
Aubrey Ehrle
Sana Fayyaz*†
Claudia Mihaela Feraru
Franco Rafael Fernandez
Yocheved S. Gerstein
Aleksandr Golgor
Joseph John Groff
Jenan Haleem
Michelle N. Helton
Abir A. Hussain
Ronni Ibrahim
Tahiya Ismat
Arun Jacob
Lejini Merin Jacob
Natalie Jeung
Sobin John
Nader J. Karakra
Destiny O. Kellam
David T. Kim
Hyun Ji J. Kim
Nicholas A. Kim
Soo Chi Kim
Christopher Kruzel
Radka Kucarova
Joanne Sylvia Kuznicki*†
Julius Lara
Andrew K. Lazo
Caroline Ann Lisowski
Jennifer A. Luviano
Commencement
Gustavo Madrigal
Marco Antonio Martinez
Tejas Nilesh Mehta
Peniel Darge Mekonnen
Seyed Hamed Mirzamani#
Leticia Cambraia Negreiros
Yagya Pandey*‡#
Shashank Paritala
Tabitha Dian Paroongsup
Dhruv K. Patel
Falguni B. Patel
Mohini C. Patel
Tarun R. Patel
Sebastian Adam Przybylo*†
Natasha Rahman
Elizabeth Rodriguez
Rubiangeli Rosa
Amna Saeed
Joab Mikhail Zamora Salvador
Fatima Shareef
Yasmeen Suheil Shehaiber
Sallie Sawal Sinfuego
Gurmukh Singh
Sachit Kumar Soni
Jennifer B. Sotto*‡#
Angelise J. Stephens
Edward Stoia
Armin Tadayyon*‡#
Islam Taweil
Joy Tepley
Erin E. Tofanelli
Kelly Patricia Toms
Thach Bao Tran
Binh N. Truong
Angelika Walczyk
Ryan J. Williams
Justyna M. Wojtanek
Olga Alexander Zagariya
Linda H. Zantout
Lucy F. Zhong*§#
Rim Zivalich
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Sabree Abedrabo
Abdulla O. Aboagye
Bara Muin Abusharara
Nasrah Serwaa Acheampong
Alejandro Acosta
Crystal N. Adamos
Oluwabukola Abiola Ajasa
Anthony M. Akmakjian
Yasmin Alexandra Alarcon
Irving Albarran
Hassan M. Mohammed Ali
Mirza A. Ali
Nabia P. Ali
Rawan Alkhazaleh
Mejd A. Al-Kurdi
Alan Alvarez
Adam A. Awad
Ahmed Awad#
Julia A. Aydin
Nasihudeen Azizz
Mary A. Baier
Tania Bajaj*†#
Mitchell Thomas Balauskas
Nicholas Logan Barlas
Neil R. Baumann
Avni A. Bavishi*§#
Kristina M. Behnke*†#
Davis A. Bhagat
Alena Saeed Bhatti
Sumera Bhatti#
Nicholas P. Bravo*†
Agata Beata Brej
Marie J. Brikha*‡#
Jessica Rose Brown*†
Ashley Marie Buchler
Bianca Bucio
Erin E. Budris*‡#
Maria Andrea Jimenez Buenaventura
Maham Bukhari
Dawid Grzegosz Bula
Javeria F. Burney
Tiffany Burton
Humberto Luis Calero*†#
Jesus Callupe
Isadora Daphne Garces Calma
Francis Manuel Caparroso
Daiana Capota*‡
Jeremy B. Capulong
Francisco D. Casambre
Ena Lizette V. Castillo
Fatjona Celepija
Flor Maria Cerda
Meagan Amanda Chan
Sicha Chantaprasopsuk*†
Anita Charles
Kaitlyn Marie Cheney
Nathaniel Chertok#
Cyrus Tai On Cheung*‡#
Amber Y. Choi
Puneet S. Chowdhary*†#
Jessica Jiali Chu
Nicole C. Collins#
Beatriz Contreras
Laura S. Corona
Ivana L. Costales
Kimberly B. Cuaresma
Bridgette G. Daich
Joseph A. De Corrado*†#
Diane A. Delaurentis*
Ricardo Delgado
Neepa B. Desai
Sajan B. Desai*†
Bret Michael Deyo
Eloy Diaz
Herbert D. Diaz*†
Melissa Shirley Dobbins
Melissa Q. Dominguez
Parvaneh Dorestani*‡#
Jugal H. Doshi
Patricia Dykas*‡#
Ossamah M. El-Barbarawi
Anne Elias*§
Ban Elias
Sinan Elias*§
BoMi April Eom
Daniel A. Etrata
Mia Heather Fagerstrom
Asra Bint Fahsal
Milie M. Fang*†#
Omar I. Faraj*†
Natalie A. Faris
Bilal A. Fatemi
Ariel Favela#
Ana Carolina Hinojosa Felix#
Jose A. Flores
Joanna Gadomska
Jocelin Gamez*‡#
Elizabeth Garcia*†#
Nancy Patricia Garcia
Gerald J. Gaughan*†#
Ivo K. Genev*‡#
Victoria Eun Gil
Piotr Glinko
Roman Godzhur*†
Jay B. Gosalia*‡
Greta Gregg
Sable Juanita Reomie Griffin
Ashley Marie Gustafson
Dorota Gut*‡
Michelle Habib
Zain Habib
Leena A. Hamdan*‡
Katherine Marie Hannemann
Daniel Eugene Haywood*†#
Lisa Madaline Heilenbach
Jordan G. Henry
Kiah Ambreiel Henry
Rawan Yousef Hishmeh#
Karen Homsi
Natalia Horodenska
Estella Y. Huang*†#
Anum S. Hussain*†
Sana Hussain
Yae Lin Hwang
Yaewon Hwang
Rebecca D. Hyun
Jiji Isaac
Manar B. Ishwait
Tomasz Izbicki
Natalia M. Izyk
Sameera Jagirdar#
Rishika Jain
Katherine L. Janda*‡#
David Jolly
Aubrey J. Jones
Sally N. Kabro
Rakchanok Kachanthong
Arthur A. Kalinski#
Kiran Kalsoom
Raheel Unis Kapadia*†#
Dhruv B. Kavi
Thanapol Kawinsangkom
Marta Khakhlova
Ahamed Abdelnaby Khalyfa*§
Ayesha V. Khan
Haris S. Khan
M. Faraz Ahmed Khan
Mohammad Aamir Khan
Rafia T. Khan
Shahzaib Khan#
Summaya F. Khan
Noor Khudeira*†#
Jessica S. Khy#
Bo Min Kim
Chris Seonguk Kim
Paul M. Kim*‡#
Sylvia Kim
Soo Yeon Ko
Elaina Kokoris
Olha A. Kolesnykova
Lauren Lee Krautter
Mariela L. Kruthoff*‡#
Ankit Kumar*‡#
Anjaly Kurian
David Matthew Kurian*§#
Ibtihale Laghzaoui
Amanda Marie Lathe*§#
Jimmy Lau
Aleksandra Lazic
Nhi Y. Le
Denise C. Lech*‡
Abby J. Lee
Samuel J. Lee*†#
Sharmaine S. Lee
Nicole Long
Edwin Lopez
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Erick Lux
Ramneek S. Maan
Ayman Atheer Mahdi
Nicole J. Majchrzak
Krystal Mangulabnan
Nelma P. Martin
Mabel Mata
Bryce J. Mathews
Gina M. Mazzone
Diana D. McClellan
Khushbu Parag Mehta
Ramis Memishi*†#
Erwin Charles Mendoza
Brittany Mitchell
Aashna M. Modi
Neil Karan Mohindra
Joseph A. Moscinski
Robert Murillo
Nurul Ain Musawwir
Ajah C. Myrie
Lia Nandi
Kezia Jayamala Neetipudi
Jimmy A. Nguyen
May L. Nguyen
Tien M. Nguyen*†#
Tuyen Nguyen
Peter A. Nielsen
Yoshimi Nomura*†
Andrew Glen Nowak
Cheryl Anne Nowak*‡
William Patrick O’Grady
Rebecca Opeyemi Olowu
Ian K. Oravec
Ozren Orlovic
Ponnu A. Padiyara#
Phillip Graddy Patacsil
Abhishek J. Patel
Akash D. Patel*§#
Akata Vidyut Patel
Arpita A. Patel
Dhruv C. Patel
Dipali B. Patel
Harsh C. Patel*†#
Mihir N. Patel
Mitali B. Patel*†#
Parth R. Patel*†#
Rena Kanti Patel
Rhea M. Patel*‡#
Rina V. Patel
Rutu M. Patel
Andrew Michael Peterson
Seth Mikael Peterson
Milita Petrauskaite*†
Iryna Petriv
Hang T. Pham
Taylor Ngoc Pham*†
Vicky T. Phan
Danielle Y. Pinkowski
Marzena M. Pisarczyk
John J. Plamoottil
Mikhail R. Plaza
Akshaj R. Pole#
Matthew G. Poozhikunnel
Danielle Patrice Poulos
Rachel M. Pritza
Paul Anthony Amante Pulpulaan
Qadija H. Qadri*†#
Emmanuel C. Rabaya
Aisha F. Rafat
Hassan Raja
Pawan Nanden Rajaraam
Hany Hosny Reyad*‡
Anel Ribo
29
Commencement
Ashley E. Roberto
Caitlin Connie Rodeghier*§#
Naomi Roman*§#
Ajla Sabanovic
Zil E. Huma Sabir
Saifuddin S. Saiyed
Paulina M. Sambor#
Erica M. Sanchez
Juancarlos Sandoval
Jeanne Santamaria
Michael S. Santos
Veranika Sasnouskaya*‡
Jessica H. Sathchakham
Andriana Scencirro
Kevin Schmitz
Merve Senalan
Yeon Ji Seo
Anooj Mahesh Shah
Ayush N. Shah*†#
Neal Rajendra Shah*§#
Timir K. Shah
Brittany C. Shambo#
Dania M. Shehadeh
Avi A. Sheth
Anthony J. Shin
Lesya Shoorgot
Nicholas L. Silas*‡
Jennifer Song
James G. Stamos
Sean D. Suastegui*†#
Talat Mohammed Suleiman*§#
Myra Surin
Helen I. Sweiss*‡#
Diana Szafaryn*†
Marjorie G. Tagare
Jennifer Tai*‡#
Rolin Yousefyan Takieh
Samim A. Taraji*‡#
Maxter Jones Thai*§
Sarun M. Thundiyil
Arista Christen Tischner
Nadah Tlemat*§#
Kyle Robert C. Torres
Izabela Sylwia Towalska
Kacper Trampka
John Tuan Tran*§#
Loc Van Tran
Michael M. Tran
Malgorzata Anna Tulowiecka*†
Michal J. Tutka
Yvette Valencia
Keila Valle
Khai Van
Yeyzy S. Vargas
Tuyet Vo
Keith Andrew Wangler
Hamidullah Wardak*†
Ashley Elizabeth Welenc
Ruby Wilson
Chungchi Yao
Jane J. Yap
SinYu Yeung
Julia Yi*†#
Paldin Yousef#
Coether Mahmoud Yusuf
Shamaila Zaheer
Maria Zahid
Katarzyna E. Zalinski
Raheleh Zariffard
Daryna Zhadovich
Eric Zhuang*†#
30
Chemistry
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Heng Chi
STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF DESIGNED
PEPTIDES BY SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS:
PPII HELICES TO EXTENDED β-SHEETS
Ali M. Jawaid
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION
OF NON-CADMIUM CONTAINING
NANOCRYSTALS
Shabnam Mohandessi
DELIVERY OF EXOGENOUS IMAGING
PROBES FOR CELLULAR MICROSCOPY
Leah Elizabeth Page
RATIOMETRIC SENSING OF UNLABELED
ANALYTES VIA QUANTUM DOT/FöRSTER
RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER
John S. Penczak║
EXPLORING THE INTERACTION OF LIGHT
AND MATTER ON AN ULTRAFAST
TIMESCALE USING PLASMA
SPECTROSCOPY
Shan Tao
DIFFERENTIAL LIPID BINDING
PROPERTIES AND PHYSIOLOGICAL
FUNCTIONS OF SORTING NEXIN FAMILY
PROTEINS
Kung-Pern Wang
ENYNE METATHESIS (PART I) AND
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW METHODS FOR
FUNCTIONALIZED ARENES (PART II)
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Dimitra Kontokosta
THE VERSATILE REACTIVITY OF OXIMES
WITH VINYL BORONIC ACIDS AND
DEVELOPMENT OF 4-PHOSPHONO-βLACTAMS
Aditi Shyam Patil║
SYNTHESIS OF α-OXYGENATED
CARBONYL COMPOUNDS VIA
DIOXYGENATION, DEVELOPMENT OF
FLOURESCENT PROBES
Niladri Patra
MULTISCALE MODELING OF SELFASSEMBLY OF NANOSTRUCTURES,
NANOMEDICINES, AND FUNCTIONALIZED
GRAPHENES
Ren Sheng
LIPID BINDING OF PDZ DOMAIN
CONTAINING PROTEINS AND ITS CRUCIAL
EFFECT ON CELLULAR SIGNALING
Heng-Yen Wang
CARBON-CARBON, CARBON-OXYGEN, OR
CARBON-NITROGEN BOND FORMATION
VIA 3,3- OR 1,3-REARRANGEMENTS OF
O-VINYL
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Chhavi Bhardwaj
Srivani Borra
Henry Ting-Hei Chan
Mikhail Gerasimov
Crystalann Jones║
Nam-Kyu Lee
ALLENYLSILANE SYNTHESIS AND
REACTIVITY OF THEM (PART I) AND
GROUP 11 METAL-CATALYZED
REACTIONS (PART II)
Zhou Li
Zhu Liang║
Huaqing Liu
APPLICATIONS OF
TRIMETHYLSILYLDIAZOMETHANE IN
SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Slobodan Milasinovic
Daniel Stephen Mueller
Jose A. Ortiz
F. Douglas Pleticha
Ashley LeAnn Pumphrey║
Anjan Roy
Ke Sun
TRANSITION-METAL CATALYZED C-H
BOND AMINATION FROM ARYL AZIDE
Geovannie Ojeda Torres
Christina M. Tyrakowski
Ivan Volchkov║
DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF
NEW SPIROKETALIZATION AND ALLYLIC
TRANSPOSITION
Engin Yapici
Qi Zeng
Ge Zhang
Weiying Zhu
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Dominic A. Esan
Ali Mohamadi
Weiying Zhu
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Mohammad Rashidi Alavijeh
Amy Jacquelynn Burnstine
Sereke A. Zerayesus
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Avik Banerjee
Elisabeth A. Carroll
Olesja Koleda
Svetlana Pavlovna Kurilova
Angeliki Papathanasiou
Gulsah Uygur
Yue Wei
Meng Zhao
Bachelor of Science
Degree Conferred August 2013
Arina A. Kligman
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Russell Lawrence Ford
Mary A. Otoo
Van B. Pham
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Mena Poonaki*‡#
Ikjot S. Suga
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Marilyn S. Gaske*†#
Ayoola Moshood Oseni
Auralina Alejandra Perez
Karen M. Roldan
Lawrence Glenn Sanchez*§#
Douglas Corbin Yarbrough
Bachelor of Science in the
Teaching of Chemistry
Degree Conferred December 2013
Gennaro A. Paolella†#
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Elizabeth Abiola Awoyemi
Brea Bucci
Leticia Diaz
Calli Marie Eichhorn
Yie Ji Lee
Gouthami Vanam
Alice S. Yim
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Mohammed Abualia*‡
Alfred Sunghoon Kang
Hanna Lee
Abigail Segura
Lubna Mohammad Yousuf
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Diana Nazareth Aguirre
Josiah D. Ballantine*§#
Kristian T. Benig
Patsy Young Berko
Christina Chen*†
Xiao Ling Chen
David Chi
Tamara Cisowska*†#
Christine M. Cosejo
Louis J. Dornseifer
Simona Du
Muhammad A. Farooqui#
Steven Gracanin
Ikechukwu S. Ileka
Stacey Jaimes*‡#
Jaehwa Jeong*§
Reem Hussam Jibawi
Jelvin L. Joseph#
Melvin M. Joseph#
Patrycja Kalwajtys
Sarah Eunji Kim*†#
Yoori Kim*‡
Teresa Lacniak
Denny L. Lau
Dasom Lee
Annie Mo
Jesse Moy
Therese Erika Quijano
Elliott Ramirez
Fernando J. Rocha
Dena Younes Sahili
Syed Yawar Shafi
Nichelle M. Simpkins
Ye Jin Song
Michael Sotelo
Jillian E. Stariha#
Commencement
Lina W. Suleiman
Osama Umar
Magellan P. Yadao*†#
Haneul Yang
Classics and
Mediterranean Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts
and Sciences—Classical Studies
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Lillian Claire Moore
Kaitlyn J. Peterson
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Georgia R. Argyropoulos
Brian Lee Moore
Rena Georgia Vlahodimos#
Aimee K. Waliszewski
Luma Z. Zayad*†
Communication
Doctor of Philosophy
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Emilie Lucchesi
Master of Arts
Degree Conferred August 2013
Brad A. Haggadone
Degree Conferred December 2013
Thomas Conner
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Bailey S. Kelley
Sarah Elizabeth Mansberger
Siyuan Yin
Wan Zhang
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degrees Conferred August 2013
John Thomas D’Agostino
Margaret S. Shapiro Das
Malorie C. Duda
Jay Taylor Gabrielsen
Jocelyn E. Gryz
Amanda Lynn Hudecek
Danielle Ingwersen*†
Joseph Emmanuel Lopez
Calvin Denzel Nichols
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Joshua J. Beard
Marissa Christine Cashion
Margaret Rose Coffey#
Dominick Mario D’Agata
Christina De Alba
Claire R. Doyle
Karie Rose Drucker
Lauren M. Fischer
Hannah James Gardner
Justen C. Garth
Natalie Sophia Heller*†
Javier G. Hernandez
Johnny Hung Soo Hoo
Justin Matthew Kavanagh
Melissa Lopez
Kalee E. McInerney
Peter P. Muller
Erin Rosemary O’Connor*
Woo S. Park
Hiral Patel
Marlene Robles
Jessica Ann Strait
Georgia Tsiabas
Alyssa Carley Wuerl
Mariah Alexcia Young
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Cindy Acosta
Slobodan Aleksov
Teresa D. Austin
Victoria Gail Barreras*‡
Janel Andrea Brown
Marie Rose Carlson
Kristin E. Crooks
Ashley Rena Currin
Abigail L. Czarobski
Agata K. Czowicka
Mary Sophia Daly
Elise Ashley Gallevo DeJesus
Peter N. Demars
Emily Anne Dion*†#
Justin Edward Doebert*†#
Caroline Frances Donahue
Sydney Marie Donahue
Joseph W. Edwards
Suzana Estrada
Matthew Gregory Fricks*†
Katherine C. Gregory
Alexandria Griparis*†#
Damian Ryan Haggerty
Qeshawnda Idatane Haynes
Lakema Hickman
Holly Marie Hurston
Mary Kate Teresa Imrie
Leanna Johnson
Lejla Jusic
Shaifali A. Lalani
Ganka Georgieva LeCompte*†
Julie Mei
Elizabeth Margaret Paluch
Brandon Potter
Thomas Power
Michael M. Queroz
Hannah A. Reilly
Nicholas J. Schiller
Katelyn Claire Six
Yaxal Nabil Sobrevilla Ramirez*§#
Chelsea N. Sugerman
Mala Sury*†
Fabiola Sweis
Kelly M. Tansor*†
Xavier Torres-Valdovinos
Mitchell Fredric Valentini
Emiliano Vazquez-Parrales*†#
Rocio Villasenor
William T. Weber
Blake Charles Yoksoulian
Tania Cristina Zuniga
Criminology, Law,
and Justice
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred December 2013
Timothy Allan Lavery
TARGETING VIOLENCE PRONE
OFFENDERS: EXAMINATION OF AN
INTELLIGENCE-LED POLICING STRATEGY
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Daniel Steven Lawrence
PREDICTING PROCEDURAL JUSTICE
BEHAVIOR: EXAMINING PERSONALITY
AND PARENTAL DISCIPLINE IN NEW
OFFICERS
Juliane Charlene Mescher
Latosha L. Traylor║
THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF
MOTHERHOOD AND MOTHERING
FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED
BLACK WOMEN
Master of Arts
Degree Conferred August 2013
Chalwa Florence Van Der Bogert
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Neal Francis Crowley
Jacob D. Diederich
Marta Kucharczyk
Katherine P. Lorenz
Fabiola Silvana Arauz Villa
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Michelle Nicole Cardiel
Luiggi Paolo Francalanci
Christopher E. Powell
Virginia I. Rodriguez
Adnan N. Yarkhan
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Daniel Baranski
Kamil Broda
Jeffery William Bryant*†
Martin Gadek*§
Raphael Miron Ginzburg
Hani Habboub
Andy Chen Hickey
Cezar Daniel Iordan*§#
Josip Jureta
Tomasz Kusior*†
Joshua J. Ladin
Chorlatte Jeanine Mack
Jonathan Michael Nilson
Angelica N. Preston
Vanessa J. Rodriguez
Natalie Joseph Saliba
Jonathan C. Schuller
Katie Elizabeth Shorr*‡
Paul Sioulas
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Noely Alicea*†
James Alviso
Walter Youaw Atto
Francisco J. Bahena
Isamar Guadalupe Barrera
Inez Biernat-Karbownik
Vilma Bumblyte
Glenda Catalina Campoverde
Richard H. Chang
Daniel M. Chavez
Amanda M. Debock
Andres Delgado
Abdel A. Esmaelaich
Patrick A. Falson*†
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Ismael Ferrer
Brittany N. Ford
Derek Fox
Vincent Franco
Megan J. Gojney
Pilar Lind Gutierrez
Nadia Hanafi
Robert Roy Harshbarger
Natalie Sophia Heller*†
Diana Humaylo*†
Justin August Jahnke*
Miguel Angel Jimenez
Michelle Ann Knapczyk
Magdalena Maria Lipczynski*†#
Justin Luis Noriega
Carlos Ortiz
Carlos Ortiz
Alexander C. Papageorgiou
Sergio Perez*†
Aliaksandr Petushok*†
Leslie M. Rodriguez
Luis F. Rodriguez
Luis Rodriguez
Steve Sabu*†
Ibtesam N. Saleh
Steven Serrato
Gerardo Edgar Silva
Mannat Singh
Scott Andrew Slown
Amy Lynne Stein
Ulysses U. Valle
Alexandra Josephine Vargas
Benjamin A. Wilson
Gillian R. Wu*§#
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Yesenia Alatorre
Christine Lee Allison-Odenbach
Jesus J. Almanza
Charles Alviso
Armando Arreguin
Lizzeth Arriaga
Bryant Avila*‡
Guadalupe N. Bandillo
Natalie M. Barrios
Sandra K. Bilandzic*†
Adrian Benjamin Bilotti
Martin Bogojeski
Jennifer Marie Brown
Joram Chung
Agustin Cuenca
Enrique Diaz*†
Kevin Darrius Dixon
London L. Doggett
Caryn Lillian Doyle*†
Nicholas James Emerson
Magdalena Espinoza
Chinyere C. Evulukwu
Jewel Villanueva Garcia
Harjoot Kaur Gill
Frank Joseph Goetz*†
Alexandra C. Gonzalez
Rosa Linda Gonzalez
Yvette Victoria Gonzalez
Sameena Nikaya Hicks
Kimberly Hoang
Isamar Jamaica
Sarah A. Kawash
Hanifa Khan
Mark J. Kim
Paul Kim
Peter Kim
Kelly Leanne Kosiek*†
31
Commencement
Diem My T. Le
Domenica A. Manfredini
Vanessa Martha
Chase Matus
Jonathan Melchers
Christos Efstathios Michelis
Mark J. Mocny
Rafal Mosior
Mathew F. Mrowca
Nicole Boyd Crossett Murphy*‡
Alejandro Nava
Dariusz Stanley Niemiec
Vivian R. Ortiz
Klaudia Osinska
Conor James Ozog
Genesis Alexandria Petway
Jessica M. Pickett
Daniel Jan Postawa
Matthew E. Pozo
Irene Quinonez
Alexis Rachwalski
Gustavo A. Rangel
Juan S. Rocha
Jaqueline Rodriguez
Yasnai C. Rodriguez*§#
Stephanie Saavedra
Jennifer N. Saetia
Daniel E. Sanchez
Victor M. Sandoval
Joseph Redmond Schaberger
Arreanna Jazette Scott
Adam J. Sewielski
Michael J. Siepiora
Joseph Robert South
Zachary M. Sterling#
Rachel M. Story
Trivia Shawnta Sumpters
Malgorzata Szwajnos
Sendi Torres
Yazmin Torres
Maxwell D. Trage
Martha Oralia Trevino
Angelo Tzivas
Erica Valdez
Michael Vazquez
Chad K. Webb
Sharmeka Shanta Williams
Earth and
Environmental Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred December 2013
Armen Poghosyan
GLOBAL GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE OF
PERCHLORATE
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Maciej Krzysztof Obryk
HYDROLOGICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL
MODELING OF TAYLOR VALLEY LAKES,
EAST ANTARCTICA
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Margaret B. Corcoran
Colin C. Smalley║
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Amanda Lynn Damptz
Elanor Melissa Heil
Katherine Margaret Walther
32
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Christopher Andrew Bloszies
Ellen Marcia Maley
Qianyi Wu
Bachelor of Science in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degree Conferred August 2013
Anna Marie Zinga
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Jorge Barrera
Valerie Jane Blomgren*
Stephanie Lois Gallo
Christine Kochou
Frank Joseph Magyar
Filip Petrevski
Nicholas P. Szymanski
Ho Fung “Alex” Yu
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Brian A. Lenell
Mariano Nunez Ortiz
Krikor E. Paylan
Kriss Janis Putnins
Jessica A. Rowells
Jeffrey Robert Schiefelddin
Sonia Seifi
Alexander Michael Sessa
Eric J. Staley
Dawn M. Waters*†
Kimberly Marie Wolter
Economics
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Kevin R. Callison
VARIATION IN INPATIENT CARE
Hanqing Qiu║
AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF PEER EFFECTS
ON FIRMS’ DIVIDEND AND STOCK
REPURCHASE POLICIES
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Zeynep Isgor║
ECONOMICS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY:
DETERMINANTS AND MECHANISMS
Binh Thi Nguyen
TWO ESSAYS ON HEALTH CARE IN
VIETNAM
Xinjie Tu
MONETARY POLICY AND THE PREDICTION
OF STOCK RETURNS
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Eva Dziadula
Brian R. Goegan
Suqin Gu
Ramona Camelia Krauss║
Carlos Ricardo Villarreal
Master of Arts
Degree Conferred August 2013
Jing Li
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Alexander P. Bollinger
Elzbieta Gryncewicz
Jingjing Liu
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Cynthia E. Cho
Katherine Ann Goulde
Michael Patrick Kelley
Diego Adolfo Legal Canisa║
Megan Beth McGowan
Yuhan Nie
Sindhura Ponnala
Nikhil Saifullah
Mohammad Aymen Waqar
Xuan Yin
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Dakita Shaneal Bailey
Maciej J. Czernecki*‡
Andrew C. Dahl
Steven R. Paschal
Joshua Shafer
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Hector F. Chaidez
Marek J. Gal*‡#
Honore Gatabazi
Carine McCall Lee
Evan M. Magana
Diego Martinez
Justin Edward Maxwell
Darren Scott Moore
Gilberto Moran
Rebecca F. Olberding
Ekaterina Ovchinnikova
Sidney Lamont Owens
Brittany C. Pointer
Jacob D. Poremba
Kristel Merth Aranda Ramos
Jennifer M. Russo
Jason Michael Ward#
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Arjun K. Arya*§#
Dennis W. Bingham
Daniel J. Botkin
Michael T. Cassidy
Wenjun N. Chen
Bikram S. Chohan*†
Jin- Kyu Choi
Joshua M. Correa
Sony C. Cortes*‡#
Kinjal M. Dave
Franz Luigi M. De Guzman
Jonathan J. Drennan
Kyle Eleosida
Doris A. Fiallos
Jerlesha Kaydean Findlay
Zachary R. Fiorella
Alexios Fronimos
David W. Hoebbel
Nicholas J. Hotousiotis
Angela Howard
Deshaunte D. Hudson
Jonathan R. Jeung
Brian Michael Kempen
Laraib A. Khan
Matthew Kurnyta
Andrew Lonergan
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Michelle Michalski
Hiba Noora Mohiuddin
Kevin Murillo
Valentina Palmiotti*†
Lubomir Petrovsky
Michael Stephen Schoolcraft
Neel N. Shah
Kathryn M. Sharples*‡#
Andreas G. Skarpathiotis
Anthony E. Staren
Kenneth Edward Swanson
Kerry Tong
Laura G. Ursan
Sofi Zharkalli
English
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Brian Charles Charest
DISORGANIZING SCHOOLS: A RADICAL
PRAGMATIST’S APPROACH TO
SCHOOLING, OR WHY FIXING PEOPLE IS
NOT ENOUGH
Cynthia Cravens
X-RATED: A NOVEL OF MANNERS
Andrew E. Farkas
THE IMAGINARY GIRLFRIENDS OF
CANADA, A COLLECTION OF SHORT
FICTIONS
Surbhi Malik
THE DIASPORIC ITINERARY: LITERARY
AND CINEMATIC GEOGRAPHIES OF SOUTH
ASIAN DIASPORA
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Jennifer Jane Berner║
UNSETTLED
Kevin Douglas Smith
DIGITAL FILM ART AND THE
PERSISTENCE OF THE CLASSICAL
HOLLYWOOD STYLE
Candidates for Degree May 2014
James Lee Adcox
Mark S. Bennett
TERRORISM AND SENTIMENT IN
TWENTIETH-CENTURY FICTION: CONRAD
TO DELILLO
Danielle M. Christmas║
M. Shelly Conner║
EVERYMAN
Smita Das║
Sarah Jean Donovan
Jocelyn Anne Eighan
THE LOCAL BLEND
Catherine Bodendorfer Garner
TRAVELING TOWARD EMPATHY: AN
ANALYSIS OF MOTHERS AND NANNIES
IN U.S. LITERATURE POST 1985
Elizabeth Ann McDermott
THE SURVEYOR’S PERSPECTIVE
Commencement
Madeleine C. Monson-Rosen
DIGITAL HUMANITY: THE NOVEL AND
THE COMPUTER IN THE INFORMATION
AGE
Roxanne L. Pilat
Nadya Pittendrigh
Jonathan Poore
Master of Arts
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Katelyn Nicole Ksiazek
Bryan Christopher Peters
Kelly Elizabeth Sherman
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Sarah Adler
Michael Anderson
Warren Anderson
Tyler C. Brown
Kelsey Kieser
Rithika Ramamurthy
Michelle Read
Miranda L. Seitz
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Mackenzie Alexander Bleecker†
Jacob A. Cayia#
Melissa Ann Chavez
Grant R. Deliberto
Lyuba Dutchak*†
Christine Elizabeth Gargano
Ivana S. Hill
Nina Jelovac
Erica Leigh Jensen
Marla E. Kougias
Claire Elizabeth Lombardo†
Nory A. Peters*‡
Kristin Anne Ross
Kindra Anne Schaefer
Julie S. Shin
Erica Sotomayor
Alfreda Abeni Talbot-Lovemore
Eric A. Tursman
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Bushra Abdelhalim
Sahar M. Alchammae*†
Michael Raymond Azzarello
Arlin Charles
Kevin K. Clark
James Robert Curley
Christian E. Davis*‡#
Adrian De Jesus*§
Jeffrey A. Debettencourt
Mackenzie Lauren Dye*‡#
Cory M. Glick
Matthew William Happ
Jennifer Nicole Hebeisen
Mark A. Hinog
LaZerrick Marios Kennard
Nedim Lapo
Agata Lazewska
Tasha E. Lower*§
David Lyszkowski
Syeda Meryum
Emily Anne Mooney*§
Britney Lynn Musial
Jennifer M. Pontrelli*†
Patricia Porzezinski
Zachary Dennis Poulos*†
Tasneem M. Qutub*‡#
Erica Easter Ravi
Andrea Razo
Brian Michael Reese
Natalie Rose Reyes
Ryan A. Rhodes*†#
Chase E. Sanders*‡#
Sarah Elizabeth Saweikis
Michael Alfredo Scalzitti
Melissa Jane Taylor*‡
Jeffrey Ryan Tosch*†
Frank J. Tsoukalas
Frank Victor Weinert
Eric Wozniak*§#
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Ashurina S. Atto
Abla R. Awadallah
Ryan Walter Baldwin#
Jessica L. Boyd
Nicolle J. Brown
Letrice Buckingham
Kristen M. Callahan
Joanna B. Chavez
Matthew Choma
James Allan Ciosek
Lauren M. Crisostomo
Rebecca Romaine Diak
Dana Marie Dionne
Edward C. Drogos*†
Heather Elawawadh
Rayan E. Elkheir
Seth Epps*
Robert Filca
Alanna Jean Flack*†
Sean Francis Froelich
Brittany J. Gerard
Elif Geris*‡
Yoori Ha
John Michael Hamamoto
Luna Hilal
Stephanie L. Holding
Obehi Ilenikhena
Anna Jane Junko*
Zoey Rae Keeney*†
Jutin S. Khanna
Christine K. Kim
Jiha Kim
Anita Krupa
Chelsie J. Lacny*§
Sandy Leon
Xiang Li
Zhi Mei Li
Sarah M. Luyengi
Shrouq Mansour
Valerie Annette Martin
Eric T. McClure
Caitlin Renee McDonald*§#
Angie H. Moon
Natalia Nalezny
Esmeil Naqeeb
Matthew Richard Oconnor
Dariusz Orbik
Jenny Y. Paik
Laura A. Paton*†
Rebecca Pecura
Angelica C. Pena
Stephanie Perez
Christina C. Piszczor*‡#
Niveen A. Saleh
Kenneth Patrick Schering
Angela W. Shin
Annette C. Sieczka
Mariasa Morado Slaughter
John Cole Sorensen*†#
Natalia K. Sporschill
Monika M. Stempniewicz*†
Maricel C. Tabalba*†
Jesus Manuel Uzueta
Melanie M. Vartanian*†
Calin William Visser
Matthew M. Williamson
Pauline Wysocka
Susan Yang
Bachelor of Arts in the
Teaching of English
Degree Conferred August 2013
Christina Denise Bucaro
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Abigail Boudreau*†
Amy Rose Estanislao*†
Andrea Kim
Erin Lenane Landry*‡
Nicholas James McLaughlin*†
Amanda Kay Moorehead
Veronica Leigh Parker*†
Christopher Anthony Pratscher
Zainab Salaheddin Salah*†#
Peter Joseph Tavolacci*‡
Justin William Voss
Izabela I. Zlotkiewicz*§
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Estela Del-Toral
Samantha Fletcher
Joshua Michael Lyons
Deborah Scott Maxwell
Brenda Sarahi Moreno
Ramina Odicho*†
Nancy Odisho*†
Christopher Paul Schroeder
Natalia A. Swierczek
Tatiana Miryam Torres
Alexandra K. Wiesyk*†
Environmental and
Urban Geography
Master of Arts
May 2014
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Rachel Rebekah Alvarez
Elavaeme Homawoo
Kristan Karinen*†
Maria Rocio Macias*‡
Vanessa Ruiz
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Gabriela A. Reno
Gender and
Women’s Studies
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Gregg Christian Alfaro*†
Ezra Arreola*†
Lisa Lee Arteaga-Leong
Aaron M. Eischeid
Seyara M. Joiner
Michelle E. Lukacs
Dionn Michelle McDonald
Maggie May Monahan
Christy Sickle*†
Cassandra Tejeda
Matthew A. Tropp
Germanic Studies
Doctor of Philosophy
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Kristina Foerster║
DISSOLVING LINGUISTIC BORDERS?
CONTEMPORARY MULTILINGUAL
LITERATURE IN GERMAN-SPEAKING
COUNTRIES
Master of Arts
Degree Conferred August 2013
Veronika Roth
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Bianca Gavin║
Julia Koxholt
Anna Katarzyna Pajak║
Phillip Young║
Szymon E. Zuberek
Degree Conferred August 2013
Nina L. Savar
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Master of Arts
Degree Conferred December 2013
Nathan David Becker
French and
Francophone Studies
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Jane Marie Battisson
Carly Lapotre
Jessica Thornton
Esther Van Dyke
Degree Conferred August 2013
Natalia Elzbieta Gola*‡#
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Jonathan Bryant Casey
Kerry Rose Gawne*§#
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Lindsey P. Brown
Suzanne K. Oskouie*§#
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
33
Commencement
Hispanic and
Italian Studies
Doctor of Philosophy—
Hispanic Studies
Degree Conferred August 2013
Luz Bibiana Fuentes║
DEVIANT NARRATIVES: ANOMALOUS
SUBJECTIVE POSITIONS IN POST-BOOM
LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Degree Conferred December 2013
Andrea M. Castelluccio
MELODRAMAS DE MOVILIDAD:
RELACIONES DE CLASE Y GéNERO EN EL
CINE ARGENTINO DE 1937 A 1956
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Shane Ebert║
Diana Gonzalez-Cameron
Xabier Granja
Melissa Huerta
Ruben Perez-Hidalgo║
Martin Ponti
Mandy L. Stutenberg
Master of Arts—
Hispanic Studies
Degree Conferred December 2013
Daniel Certain
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Hanna Rose Bernstein
Magdalena A. Bromberg
Juanita Calvo
Sara Auxiliadora Fernandez Cuenca
Rodrigo Delgado
Sara E. Stefanich
Master of Arts in the
Teaching of Spanish
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Elizabeth Ann Govertsen
Jennifer Rebecca Mary Gruhlke
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Jose M. Romero
Doris Torres
Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts
and Sciences—Spanish
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Stefanie S. Curry
Alexandra Brigitte Espinoza
Monica L. Fetherston
Maya Goldie Gejman
Aimee Laura Meiman
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Joseph M. Brasher*
Esmeralda Bue
Esmeralda Flores
Krystal M. Fowlkes
Leslie J. Herrera De Leon
Maria C. Jimenez
Veronica Leon
Lori Mai
Jessica J. Melendez
Sandra Karina Molina
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Cristobal Ulises Navarro Sanchez
Michal Jerzy Nowicki*§
Natasha Rahman
Rosio Serrano
Sonia Serrano
Sindy A. Tellez
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Lukasz Dariusz Adamczyk*†#
Javier Anincer
Angela C. Betancourt*‡#
Annie N. Calderas
Tiffani G. Elmore
Ana Milagros Gonzales
Rawan Yousef Hishmeh#
Katie M. Mattera
Marlen McNamara*‡
Antonio Esteban Nieto Medina
Araceli M. Moreno*‡
Lucia Pina
Monika W. Podgorski*†#
Lindsey Marie Schaver
Leena P. Vala
Brittany Ann Waryjas
Eliza Zamora
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences—
Spanish Economics
Degree Conferred August 2013
Elizabeth Colin
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Fernando Mendoza
Bachelor of Arts in the
Teaching of Spanish
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Dagmar Betty Bradac*†
Stacy M. Frazer
Mariana Gamino
Rosaura Garcia*‡
David Pacheco
Cynthia Marie Sanchez
Xhensilda Shkembi*§
History
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Daniel P. Harper
IN THE SHADOW OF ANTITRUST:
COMPETITION POLICY AND THE COAL
TRADE OF TORONTO AND CHICAGO,
1888-1940
Michal Pawel Kwiecien║
COMMUNISM, NATIONALISM, AND
IDENTITY IN A POLISH-GERMAN
BORDERLAND, 1945-1950
Anne E. Parsons║
RE-INSTITUTIONALIZING AMERICA: THE
POLITICS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND
INCARCERATION, 1945-1985
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Thomas F. Dorrance
A NEW DEAL EVERYDAY: CIVIC
AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL POLICY IN
CHICAGO AND LOS ANGELES DURING THE
GREAT DEPRESSION
Wayne A. Ratzlaff
CARL MCINTIRE, THE AMERICAN
COUNCIL OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES, AND
THE POLITICS OF PROTESTANT
FUNDAMENTALISM
John Joseph Rosen
GUARDIANS OF THE BLACK WORKING
CLASS: LABOR, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND
RACIAL POLITICS IN POSTWAR SAN
FRANCISCO
Master of Arts
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Jennifer A. Boone
Sarah Ruth Koning
Degree Conferred December 2013
Kyle T. Hickman
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Johanna Marie Fernandez
Master of Arts in the
Teaching of History
Candidates for Degree May 2014
John Charles Hansen
Maureen L. Kattah
Laura Evelyn Koroski
Jenna Kaitlin McIntyre
Luke Anthony Staszak
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Jennifer Cuevas
Hena Khatoon
Lucas H. Waldron*
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Samantha L. Ally*†
Frances Arceo
Vanessa M. Azra
Ivica N. Bajic
Nicholas K. Berggren
Charles W. Bouse
Donelle Rene Brown
Ulysses Capistran*†
Brittni Lynn Hill
Farhana R. Hoq
Cameron G. Jones
Julieth Andrea Pineros*†
Richard Charles Purpura
Jose Antonio Ramirez
Lucina Salinas
Robert Walter Stec
Ana K. Trevino
Peter J. Tucic
Erica Elizabeth Wasinski
Ahmed M. Yaghi
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Adam Marcin Aksnowicz
Humaira K. Ali
Felix V. Banda
Andrew Blood
Lea E. Crowley*‡#
Allyson Julia Czadowski
Zane R. Elward*‡
Samuel Z. Fajerstein*†
Nicholas Fortman
William L. Gename
Barrett Reid Goldflies*†
Christian Edsgardo Gomez
Chase Haberer
Andrew Ryan Hietschold
Pharlicia James
Daniel D. Jeon
Amber M. Kaeseberg
Nick G. Karavolos
Piotr Kikolski
Molly R. Koehler
Emil Kurtovic
Hayley Elisabeth Maher
Steven L. Maichel
Martin Olegov Mavrov
Alexandru T. Nicolae*§
Theodora O. Okiro
Taylor Pajkos*†#
Brigid Potter
James Joseph Scheid
Rebecca A. Schultz*‡
Daniel W. Song
Sylwia P. Szmigiel*†
Kara Elizbeth Tasharski
Catherine D. Valdez*†
Morgan Williams Valenzuela*†#
Joel Villafuerte
Christina Marie Wright*§
Muneer Zegar
Bachelor of Arts in the
Teaching of History
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Irene R. Haller
Carlos Marquez*†
Monica B. Patel
David A. Schroeder*§
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Margarita Castillo
Nicolette M. D’Amico
Ivan Guzman
Bryan W. Kennedy*†#
Guadalupe M. Villa Manzano
Monica Mota
Aneri D. Patel
Joseph E. Rottman
Liseth Salgado
Ryan Michael Staudt
Commencement
Latin American
and Latino Studies
Master of Arts
Degree Conferred December 2013
Laura Lynn De Los Santos║
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Marisol De La Cruz
Cecilia Maria Cuevas Loehle
Ramon A. Moran
Amanda Pinheiro De Oliveira
Rigoberto Robles║
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degree Conferred December 2013
Claudia Lucero-Mead*†
Mathematics, Statistics,
and Computer Science
Doctor of Philosophy—
Mathematics
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Matthew Joseph Bourque
A POLICY IMPROVEMENT ALGORITHM
FOR SOME CLASSES OF STOCHASTIC
GAMES
Andrew Leland Brasile
ESSENTIAL SPUNNORMAL SURFACES
VIA TROPICAL GEOMETRY
Dimitrios Ioannis Diochnos║
ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS IN LEARNING
THEORY AND NETWORK ANALYSIS OF
KNOWLEDGE BASES
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Luis Dominguez Alatorre
Ivan De Jesus
Minerva M. Glosniak
Adriana Gutierrez
Gabriela Mancera
Betty Michelle Plaza
Dolores Concepcion Ponce De Leon
Stephanie Myra Rodriguez
Eliana Franchesca Triche
AnnaMarie Valencia
Bradley Williams Groff
SPLITTINGS OF RELATIVELY
HYPERBOLIC GROUPS
Doctor of Philosophy
Hao Liang
EQUATION PROBLEM OVER CENTRAL
EXTENSIONS OF HYPERBOLIC GROUPS
Learning Sciences
Degree Conferred December 2013
Wenjuan Li
SECONDARY PRESERVICE TEACHERS’
MATHEMATICAL DISCOURSES ON
GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATIONS
Linguistics
Master of Arts
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Nisreen Mohammed Ahmad
Mark E. Augustine
Sally Louise Finders
Muyassar Y. Kurdi
Christina Martinez
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Ksenija B. Ajdinovic
Lindsay Bost
Anci Cao
Rachel A. Coldewey
Saja Elshareif
Lita Brusick Johnson
Cindy Anne Ralston
Oscar Sandoval
Ilana Erin Jane Seidman
Patrick Charles Sviokla
Elizabeth Ann Gross║
ALGEBRAIC COMPLEXITY IN
STATISTICS USING COMBINATORIAL
AND TENSOR METHODS
Holly Christine Krieger
PRIMITIVE PRIME DIVISORS FOR
UNICRITICAL POLYNOMIALS
║
Luigi Lombardi║
DERIVED EQUIVALENCES OF IRREGULAR
VARIETIES AND CONSTRAINTS ON HODGE
NUMBERS
Xue Luo║
AN NOVEL ALGORITHM TO SOLVE
THE NONLINEAR FILTERING PROBLEMS
IN REAL-TIME
Paul Michael Reschke║
COHOMOLOGICAL INSIGHTS FOR
COMPLEX SURFACE AUTOMORPHISMS
WITH POSITIVE ENTROPY
Davender Singh Sahota
BOREL COMPLEXITY OF THE
ISOMORPHISM RELATION FOR
O-MINIMAL THEORIES
William D. Simmons
COMPLETENESS OF FINITE-RANK
DFFERENTIAL VARIETIES
Matthew A. Wechter
DIFFERENTIAL OPERATORS ON FINITE
PURELY INSEPARABLE EXTENSIONS
Hexi Ye
COMPLEX DYNAMICS: SCHWARZIAN
DERIVATIVES AND MEASURES OF
MAXIMAL ENTROPY
Jiewei Zeng
OPTIMAL DESIGNS FOR MULTIEXPONENTIAL MODELS WITH
COVARIANCE STRUCTURE
Degree Conferred December 2013
Tu Xu
NEW DEVELOPMENTS OF MINIMUM
CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE:
THEORY AND METHODOLOGY
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Chih-Chi Chou
Jeffrey R. Cooper║
INDEPENDENT SETS IN
SPARSE HYPERGRAPHS
Cristina Alina Haidau
A STUDY OF WELL POSEDNESS FOR
SYSTEMS OF COUPLED NON-LINEAR
DISPERSIVE WAVE EQUATIONS
Hsin-Hsiung Huang
INFORMATION EXTRACTION FOR
VIRUS CLASSIFICATION AND
ROBUST DIMENSION REDUCTION
Cesar Adrian Lozano Huerta
BIRATIONAL GEOMETRY OF THE
SPACE OF COMPLETE QUADRICS
Marc Pierre Kjerland
Jing Wang
Zhifan Zhang
PORTFOLIO CHOICE WITH
GENERAL PRICING KERNEL
Doctor of Arts—Mathematics
Degree Conferred August 2013
Emily S. Cilli-Turner
PROOF CONSTRUCTION AND
COLLABORATIVE REVISION IN
UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS
Master of Science—Mathematics
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Richard Jerome DeJonghe║
Tuo Li
Geoffrey John Lindsell
Bo Ling
Elizabeth Malczewski
Eric Mathew Malitz
Daniel Nghiem
Weiying Zhu
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Eleanor A. Dannenberg
Shuyang Lin
Kara J. Neely
Shan Sun
Xuan Yin
Hui Zheng
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Jonathon David Abernethy
Nathan R. Bliss
Kyle E. Helfrich
Joseph Ansel Hoisington
Matthew Christopher Kaplan
Maria Lamberton
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Maxwell S. Levine
Yile Wang
Master of Science in the
Teaching of Mathematics
Degree Conferred August 2013
Robert Wayne Storm
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Maria Del Carmen Andrade
Jason Flood
Brian Richard Fries
Annette Lyn Kebr
Megann R. Krysa
Jessica Lauth
Lori Jean Niersbach
Jerome M. Novy
Margaret M. Rigney
Dorothy R. Rock
Richard Joseph Rodriguez
Michael F. Rohl
Amy A. Rosenhagen
Jennifer Lynn Szablewski
Camille M. Vasquez
Marcy Wegner
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Joyce Gajda
Elizabeth Irons Johnson
Ellen McCullagh
Lauren O’Connor
Bachelor of Science in Liberal
Arts and Sciences—Mathematics
Degrees Conferred August 2013
James Matthew Jasper
Shikhar H. Shah*†#
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Miguel Barnes
Jennifer Bollas
Marija Cakic Comarla
Timothy Robert Cope
Reem Y. Eid*†#
Alan Kuang
Aaron Thomas Lopez
Arron Matthew Mezey
William Michael Mitchell
Jennifer M. Russo
Nicholas Paul Schmidt
Dave Shin
Eleanor O’Kelley Smith
Sam Q. Tomasello
Daniel Villegas
Cecelia Carlson Weisman
Daniel K. Yoshiba
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Ricardo Arias*‡
Stephanie A. Batio*†
Alan J. Benedict
Courtney Caussyn Block*‡
Sara Elizabeth Bollman
Jorintas Butkus*†
Hanh P. Cao*‡#
Casey D. Craig
Jesse James Cross
Vannessa Dang
Allen Diaz
Kelsey L. Dipietro*§#
Xiaojie Fang
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Commencement
Adam J. Gilbert
Eliya Gwetta*
Morgan Nicole Herreras#
Aarika E. Homan
Amanda Kathleen Hussey*‡
James Elvis Iverson
Benjamin J. Kahn
Maliha Khan
Moses Kim
Ihor Kohut*§#
Alice-Gray Lewis#
Valentina Palmiotti*†
Taylor Ngoc Pham*†
Sarah Ann Pomatto
Caesar B. Sanchez
Neal Rajendra Shah*§#
Vy T. Theologidy
Kevin Thomas
Pipat Tienchai
Yulun Wu
Fan Jessica Yang
Ganna Zou*‡#
Bachelor of Science
in Mathematics and
Computer Science
Degree Conferred August 2013
Dorin Iacob
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Justan Anthony Fee
Summer Nudrat Hasan
Farhan Khan
Matthew Ramirez
Mateusz Wojcik
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Ricardo Aguilar
Sarah M. Ahmad
Kostadinka Stefanova Bozhilova*
Imran Zafar Choudhry*†
Maksym Kmit*†
Braden Scott Lenz*‡
Nathalie A. Martinez
Matthew Daniel McDonagh
Sufyan M. Mohammed
Daniel P. Murphy*†
Mahfouz N. Sammour
Katie Terpay*‡
Yuan Zhou
Bachelor of Science in Statistics
and Operations Research
Degree Conferred December 2013
Hyunchul Lee
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Jean Francois Aka*†#
Van T. Dang
Afif U. Khaja*†#
Paul Youngkwang Kim
Xiaoming Li*†
Steven Gregory Popilov
Bachelor of Science in the
Teaching of Mathematics
Degrees Conferred December 2013
David Alm
Kristeen E. Anthonsen
Lucas Joy Chemmachel
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Patrick James Dugan
Tenzin Paldon Langchung
Bradley D. Springer*†
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Marck Castellanos
Emma Kathleen Lodesky*§
John Adam Lovejoy*‡
Azahara C. Tello
Gargi S. Vaghmare*§#
Mario R. Viramontes
Neuroscience
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred December 2013
Michael H. Alpert║
CALCIUM-DEPENDENT DENDRITIC
SIGNALING PROPERTIES IN LAMPREY
SPINAL NEURONS DURING LOCOMOTION
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Jackson J. Cone
Bachelor of Science
Degree Conferred August 2013
Suzanne K. Oskouie*§#
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Sarah P. Banday
Erica Yvonne Engel
Marieli De Jesus Guzman*†
Clarizza Rocel Mendoza
Samiyah Nazeer
Anirudh Ramachandran*‡#
Hussam A. Saras
Maliha Syed
Ruth Zelin Tangonan*§#
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Ashley A. Akkal*‡#
Obaida F. Dairi*‡#
Arash D. Darbandi
Beelet Noel Dawood
Colleen Therese Fitzgerald
Nabiha E. Haider
Mariam Hassan
Syed K. Hassan
Madiha Khan
Thomas R. Kohs#
Inez Joanna Korzun*‡#
Kevin Patrick Koster
Deanna Victoria Malkin
Mauricio Antonio Melendez
Vivian Y. Oyegunle
Brett A. Palmer*‡
Adil D. Patel
Vikas M. Patel
Alexandra C. Perez
Pranusha Pinna#
Nabiha F. Quadri*§#
Arpita Rathore
Jamila Lyka Z. Salvador
Neha D. Sharma
Afra M. Syed
Joshua R. Trif
Zachary Michael Tyrrell
Robin R. Varghese
Rena Georgia Vlahodimos#
Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Keziban Der
Master of Arts
Degree Conferred August 2013
Kei Hotoda
Degree Conferred December 2013
Marcello Daniel Grigolo
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Whitney Garwood
Amanda Kay Moorehead
Rianne E. Westman
Nicholas Adam Woytek
Evon Youkhana
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Sidney T. Dawsey
Raquel Briette Gomez*†
Steven Gerard Herbst
Nicholas P. Kelly*†
Gabriel Julian Manalansan
Cristin M. Mathew
Nicole Dianne Young Melicor
Hetan Patel
Sarvateet C. Patel
Jerry Delano Roberts
Jerry Brandon Ross*†
Jordan Seaver
Afra M. Syed
Emeka Charles Umeadi
Physics
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Joel Adam Berger║
ULTRAFAST ELECTRON MICROSCOPES:
DESIGN CRITERIA, ELECTRON SOURCES,
AND COLUMN MODELING
Richard Jerome DeJonghe║
REBUILDING MATHEMATICS ON A
QUANTUM LOGICAL FOUNDATION
Kimberly Ann Frey║
THE NATURE OF QUANTUM TRUTH:
LOGIC, SET THEORY, & MATHEMATICS IN
THE CONTEXT OF QUANTUM THEORY
Poopalasingam Sankar
TABLETOP ULTRABRIGHT
KILOELECTRONVOLT X-RAY SOURCES
FROM XE AND KR HOLLOW ATOM
STATES
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Kopinjol Baishya
FIRST PRINCIPLES STUDIES OF
ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL EXCITATIONS
IN NOBLE METAL AND TITANIA
CLUSTERS
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Qiao Qiao
ATOMIC SCALE STEM/EELS AND FIRST
PRINCIPLES STUDIES OF OXIDESEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES
Alejandro Federico Rebola║
FIRST PRINCIPLES STUDIES OF COMPLEX
OXIDES FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONS
Runzhe Tao
CHARACTERIZATION OF NB
SUPERCONDUCTING RADIO FREQUENCY
CAVITIES BASED ON IN-SITU STEM
AND EELS
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Eric Colegrove
FUNDAMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF
CDTE DEPOSITED BY MBE FOR
APPLICATIONS IN THIN-FILM SOLAR
PHOTOVOLTAICS
Yi Yin║
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS IN
EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
Hao Yu
THE INFLUENCE OF ELECTRIC FIELDS ON
THE ORDERING OF LIPID MONOLAYERS
AND LIPID-PROTEIN BINDING
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Peihong Man
Shuang Zhou
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Li Ge
Nicholas James Macholl
Tadas Paulauskas
Jayashri Srinivasan
Julian Starr
Hallie C. Trauger
Bachelor of Science
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Thomas Samir Bsaibes
Glenn R. Hanlon#
James M. Lave
Dennis Jay Michalak
Stuart W. Parkhurst
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Alexander Michael Sessa
Political Science
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred August 2013
Clifford Devin Deaton
THE CITY CANNOT BE OCCUPIED:
URBAN MOVEMENTS AND
REVOLUTIONARY MEMORY IN PARIS,
PRAGUE, AND TEHRAN
Commencement
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Ryan C. Maness
COERCIVE ENERGY POLICY: RUSSIA
AND THE NEAR ABROAD
John H. Van Benthuysen║
MANUFACTURING LEVIATHAN:
INTERNATIONAL ORDER, STATES, AND
FAILED STATES
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Anika Bishka║
AT THE MARGINS OF SOVEREIGNTY:
POLICIES, POLITICS AND ACTORS IN
POST-CONFLICT KOSOVO
Shawn Paul Healy
Master of Arts
Degree Conferred December 2013
Aviral Pathak
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Huan Chang
Rita L. Nassar
Alicia Marie Race
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Audrius C. Aleksiunas
Christian Xavier Cannady
Tyler L. Coleman
Michael F. Flynn
Omar Hafeez
Nathan Charles Hurde
Philip J. Mancini
Tyler J. Smith
Amanda Kathleen Young
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Osama Jamil Abbasi
Olanrewaju Joseph Abiola
Joseph James Adolfino
Adriana Cesario
Alexander James Chorak
Michelle Czabala
Hady Akram Esily
Caroline Alice Foret
Stephanie Estelle Garcia
Alec J. Gast
Peter P. Gountanis
Robert Keith Kern
Justin C. McMahon
Darren Scott Moore
Charles F. Nash
Andrea Ramirez-Gudino
Harleen K. Singh
Juan Miguel Soliz
Gary Robert Soper
Jacqueline Patricia Stout*†
Robert Kenneth Targosz
Nicole Joia Trufant-Wade
Jose E. Vera
Jonathan Michael Zarate*‡
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Ahmed K. Ali
Edgar Lamont Anderson
Natalia Anuszkiewicz*§
Roberto C. Arellano
Raschelle Nicosia Barnes
Adrienne Bobby Bartkowiak
Alexis M. Bedford
Ricardo Brambila
Anthony A. Buccola
Adam Vincent Burke
Sylvia M. Chrzanowski*†
Erin Sue Dowland
Jillian Ianthe Duncan-Poole
Trevor J. Engstrom
Alicia M. Gonzalez
Ivan Vesselinov Guechev
Chase Haberer
Adham M. Hammad
Asma Hammadi
Marc K. Hebbard
Kara Ann Highfill*†
Dennis Hong
Kush Kumar Jha
Khadijah Maryam Johnson*‡
Amena U. Khan
Suhail Khan
Michael Lee Krenzer
Victoria Ann Latus
Kian Mahini
Alyson Martin*‡#
Kelly R. McKevitt*‡
Ritta A. Merza
Michael D. Milstein
Colin J. Pochie*†
Violeta Podrumedic#
Medzit Redzepi*‡#
Richard E. Roberts
Christian Rodriguez
Robert Hirsch Scotese
Kyungwon Seo
Urooj K. Shuaib
Ibrahime Sow
Elisa Tenorio
Hugh D. Vondracek*§#
Heather Lynn Weatherwax*†
Chanel Iman West
Avi N. Yudkowsky
Psychology
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Lisa M. Alvy
CONTEXTUALIZING LESBIAN BODY
IMAGE: COMPARISONS WITH
HETEROSEXUAL WOMEN AND LESBIANSPECIFIC FACTORS
Peter J. Colvin
PATTERNS OF ANXIETY, STRESS, AND
SUBSTANCE USE DURING ADOLESCENCE
Anna-Maria D’Cruz║
EVENT-RELATED FUNCTIONAL
NEUROIMAGING OF REVERSAL LEARNING
IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
Steve N. Du Bois
EXAMINING PARTNERSHIP AND HEALTH
IN MULTIPLE SAMPLES OF GAY AND
BISEXUAL MEN
Stephanie R. Ebner║
DISSOCIATING REWARD PREDICTION
FROM ACTION SELECTION: DISTINCT
ROLES FOR NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS
INPUTS
Stephen Krauss
GROUP INFORMATION SHARING: TRUE
ADVOCACY AND THE IMPORTANCE AND
DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION
Brady D. Nelson
DO INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN
REWARD AND THREAT SENSITIVITY
PREDICT FAMILY HISTORY OF
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY?
Traci Lynne Weinstein
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT
TO MEASURE ELL TEACHER WORK
STRESS
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Jennifer Elizabeth Anderson
VISUAL FIELD ASYMMETRIES: THE
EFFECT OF CONFIGURATION AND
LOCATION
Catherine M. York
EXPLORING THE DIFFERENCES IN
DRINKING MOTIVES AMONG
ADOLESCENT BINGE AND NON-BINGE
DRINKERS
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Shanika Blanton║
Anjuli Monika Singh Bodapati
Joanna C. Bovee║
Ashley Rebecca Braun
BINGE DRINKING’S COGNITIVE AND
EMOTIONAL CORRELATES: A MULTIDEFINITIONAL INVESTIGATION
Ebony J. Burnside║
Reality Canty
INTERPRETING FUNCTIONS OF ONEDIMENSIONAL KINEMATICS
Lauren L. Drogos
Michelle A. Goldwin
Andrew F. Jarosz║
Sarah Kate McGowan
Melanie Joy Nadell║
DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SMOKING,
AND MOOD IN HIGH-RISK YOUNG
ADULTS
Ashmeet Kaur Oberoi
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AMONG
MUSLIM ADOLESCENTS ATTENDING
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS
Melissa Ponce-Rodas║
Randi Melissa Schuster
A SITUATIONAL EXAMINATION OF
NEUROCOGNITION WITH SIMULTANEOUS
CANNABIS AND TOBACCO USE
Tamara D. Springle║
Daniel C. Wisneski║
Keith J. Zander
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
Master of Arts
May 2014
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Natania A. Crane║
Claudia Liana Peter-Hagene
Jared Timothy Ramsburg
Hillary L. Rowe
Carlos R. Salas
Rannveig Sigridur Sigurvinsdottir
Corrina D. Simon
Alexander William Sokolovsky
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Brittany Elyse Hanson
Brittany Rachel Myers
Amy Peters║
Timothy Bruce Tasker
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Spencer J. Campbell
Ana G. Genkova
Grace E. Giedgowd
Michael Kobel Keutmann
Rebecca D. Lakind
Andrew R. Taylor
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Arnulfo Acosta
Olutomi Mary Adesanya
Yasmeen Akashe
Lizandra Anzo
Maritza Rosario Arcos
Ashley A. Ballard
Joseph Robert Betcher
Benjamin Paul Borck
Ryan M. Boss
Anna Boykova
Julius Quindara Castro
Abigail Cobos
Jeanine J. Czubek
Maria C. De La Torre
Joseph Edward Doose*§#
Sehrish A. Ebrahim
Adaora Chidubem Enemuo
Andreea A. Faur
Rena Ronit Finkel
Tiffany Franklin
Emily Barbara Gniatczyk
Sammy Hamad
Bethany Marissa Harris
Hana Hasan
Jeslyn M. John
Parfait Kanam
Caroline G. Layous
Annie S. Lee
Anam Majeed
Christy Mecher
Daniel Alexander Medina
Irene Axida Morell
Anish K. Oberoi
Bijal K. Patel
Harnisha N. Patel
Ripal N. Patel
Marissa Patricia Pierce
Debra N. Quinn
Angelica Rusilowski
Kelly Alexandra Santoyo
Alyssa W. Signore
Stephany S. Small*†
Kelly Kathleen Smith
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Commencement
Maria Christine Tanner
Annabel Torres*‡#
Elizabeth Torres
Rose M. Velarde
Sarah Colleen Welch
Moses Archibald Woods
Natalia Arielle Zaretsky*‡
Allen A. Zemlekov
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Teresa M. Aguilar
Ahnas Gamal Ahmed*†
Javeria Ahmed*†
Sagar S. Amin
Concetta Maria Anemone
Santo Joseph Antony
Harish Avula
Anna Agnieszka Bacik
Floria BL Banks
Christina Michelle Barocio
Sara M. Benavides
Shelby Lynn Bieneman
Angelique Alta Bodine*†#
Ewa Boufal
Rocio Bucio
Alexander E. Buckley
Shanee D. Butler
Kevin Christopher Carey
Phanethia Joyce Carter
Jinyoung Chang
Min Kyung Chang
Diana Cheng
Kelly Ga Eun Chung
Nicole Connors
Carissa Carmina Corral
Kristen Lee Crawford
Leahna Suk Crawford*†
Gabriela Da Silva
Stephanie Patricia Dalton
Lauren S. Daniels
Mitesh P. Desai
Petia Detchevska
Lauren Dickens*†#
Luis Alfredo Disotuar
Julija Djordjevic
Monika L. Dolejs
Magdalena J. Dylag
Mahboubeh Ekhtera
Victoria Lynn Ellin
Elizabeth L. Fischer
Esmeralda Flores
Skyler A. Flores
Krystal D. Flowers
Samantha Grace George
Christian Gomez
Leroy D. Gordon
Melissa Sue Gschwendtner
Mariana E. Guerra
Laura F. Guerrero
Maria E. Guerrero
Lauren S. Hasan
Julio Cesar Hernandez
Laura Ester Hernandez
Liliana Hernandez*†
Isabel Herrera
Brandon Romel Homere#
Zachary Dominic Horton*‡
Sophia Gianna Hountalas
Carmen Viridiona Huerta
Edith Ibarra*†
Luiza Franchini Idalino
Adersh James
Emily Lauren Jilka
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Brittany C. Kappel
Jaeson M. Kaylegian
Nida P. Khan
Daniella Kim
Gaeun Kim
Hye Soo Kim
John Dole Kim
Torian T. Knox
Jennifer Jihong Lee*‡#
Daisy Lemus*†#
Eva Li
Rebecca R. Lopez
Yarelin Martinez
Kristen Abrille Milsap
Maria R. Morales*†
Amer Natour
Roxanna Ocampo
Karla Rebeca Ocana
Edward Ortiz
Andrea C. Pacheco
Michelle Alexis Palios#
Nicole Lee Patterson
Reynaldo Perez
Justin Paul Phillips
Taras Popovych
Samantha J. Pozzie
Courtney R. Quigley#
Zane I. Qureshi*§#
Rugile Ramoskaite*†#
Dana Ashley Ratzek
Amanda E. Rivera
Aeriel A. Robinson
Amanda A. Rodriguez
Karina L. Rodriguez*†#
Perla Rodriguez
Genesis Romo
Jae Yeon Ryu
Jacqueline O. Santos
Nabeel M. Sayeed
Alyssa Marie Secreto
Jaymeen Vijay Shah
Eric D. Shea
Urte Siaulyte*†
Mirza Mohammed Sibqatulla
Paulius Smulkys*†
Ikjot S. Suga
Jeanette Tapia
Nisargi B. Thakkar
Brittany K. Tolar*†#
Gianna Marie Tricarico
Dina Turkmani
Taylor H. Turner
Crystal Vega
Alyssa A. Vivoli
Shannon E. Vogel*‡
Dennis Waclawik
Sidra Wali
Jan Lukasz Walkosz
Jinise P. Whiteside
Gregory R. Wilhelm
Amber M. Wolz
Rachel A. Wotaszak
Sajid G. Yousuf
Sandy Yuan
Ariel R. Zilist
Elizabeth Ann Zitzka
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Feras M. Abbas
Janeen Muneer Abedrabo
Emmanuel Olaseyi Abidemi
Seifalddien Mohd Abu-Hashish
Amani I. Aburomi
Lanah Agha*‡
Ahmad Rasem Ahmad
Sarah M. Ahmad
Ingrid Albarran
Alan C. Alcesto
Cesar Alfaro
Soubhi Alhayek
Stephanie A. Allegretti
Cynthia Evelyn Alvarado
Karina Garcia Alvarez*‡#
Kevin-Ryan I. Alvarez
Maria E. Alvarez
Rose Alwardi
Mia Ivona Amos
Jasmine Rae Anders
Ashle’ Danielle Anderson
Sarah C. Anderson
Nicole M. Antczak
Estrella Y. Arauz
Evanthia Anastasia Arianas#
Alessandra D. Arreola#
Haaris H. Awan
Fadia Zaki Ayad
Salma Ayaz*§#
Kelly J. Barry
Felipe Bastos
Eliana Ysabel Beatty
Marybeth Beitzel*†
Alana Jane Bendersky*
Konrad Biedron*†
Amanda C. Bielman*‡
Lea Big
Martyna Bobka
John Charles Boharic
Simone Valentine Bolack
Randy A. Boley*‡#
Mark R. Bonafede
Sneha Bontu*§#
Carlos Alejandro Botello
Jamila F. Broachwala
Arkadiusz Tomasz Bryja*§#
Wojciech Bryniak
Samantha Brzuskiewicz
Ariel Marie Butzine
Mark J. Calandra
Elizabeth Calderon
Evelyn Camacho
Yuwool Yoon Cammon
Kathryn M. Campbell
Bryan M. Carey
Jacob Burton Carmany
Jazmin Nicole Carranza*§
Margarita Castillo
Anita Chander*†
Diana C. Chang
Sicha Chantaprasopsuk*†
Maria Abigail Chappell
Arooba S. Chaudhry
Jasmin Chavez
Rebecca Chavez
Alexandra M. Chesna*§
Edward J. Cho
Jiwon J. Choi
Angela Chung
Justyna K. Ciechonska
Kali E. Cimmarusti
Diana Contreras
Sara Guadalupe Cruz
Mico Miguel Quimson De Leon
Ana Isabel Del Rio
Konstantine N. Diakonis
Dulce Diaz*†#
Eloy Diaz
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Lily Diego-Alvarez*†
Catherine Dion*‡
Daria Disch*‡
Kylie N. Doorn
Shana Stephanie Dubinsky
Alyssa M. Dupont
Nabiha Durrani
Beata Helen Dziedzic
Kinza Ejaz
Afia A. Ekra
John Raymond Ellasos
Ali M. Elrehaimy*†
Moriah N. Elusta
Brian S. Engels#
Danielle Ennis
Claudia V. Espinosa
Abelino Estrada
Rabeal Faiz-Mohammad
Karilyn Marie Falardeau
Cristina D. Fausto*‡
Aimee Rebecca Fizor*§#
Marcos Flores
Natalie Flores
Frank Christian Floski
Kelly Lauren Flynn*†#
Ioannis K. Fountas
Shannon M. Fuhrman
Jessica Marie Fuks
Rosio P. Galarza
Samantha Hope Gallegos
Gabrielle Elena Galloway
Cynthia Ivette Galvez
Gil Niklaus F. Garchitorena
Jenny Garcia
Lucero R. Garcia
Kelsey M. Garr
Gabrielle Alexandra Garren
Kiesha L. Garrett
Jennifer M. Geiman*†#
Angelica Christine Gervasio*‡
Justin E. Getlin
Christina Gonzalez
Elena V. Gonzalez
Idalia Gonzalez*‡
Jorgina Gonzalez
Maria Gonzalez
Jessica Bianca Grant
Dorota Gut*‡
Swata V. Hajari
Jessica Lane Hall
Steven E. Hall
Courtney Marie Hamill*†
Nicholas A. Hansen
Elizabeth A. Haptonstahl*†
Rachel Kimberly Harris*‡#
Emma Harvey
Jesse F. Heng
Erin C. Herndon
Devorah E. Hershkovich
Justin A. Higginbotham
Nehal Shawqi Hindi
Jantel Jana Hines
Justin B. Hinton
Karine L. Ivy
Joanna Marie Jardine
Gina Ivana Jarding
Kathleen Heather Morgan Jones
Orapan Kaewken
Brittany A. Kainovic
Aleksandra M. Kapustka
Angelos Karkalis*†
Humaira Khalid
Shahzaib Khan#
Commencement
Julie Khuu
Jennifer D. Kim
Paul M. Kim
Sharon Y. Kim
Soyeon Julia Kim
Susie Yura Kim
Ariella Kleinman*†
Ji Won Kong
Alvin Jose Kudilil*†
Myungkook K. Kwak*†
Amanda M. Lambie
Juana L. Lara
Anthony Lat
Jennifer Ann Lechman
Joseph Lee
Sae Bom Lee
Alison C. Legrand
Monika Leja
Yannina Lema*†
John Thomas Leverso*§#
Linda Lin
John Wade Linatoc
Ronalyssa R. Loiseau
Alexa Nicole Loney*‡
Celeste Lopez
Maria E. Lopez
Melissa Judith Lottich
Gregory James Loumos
Valerie Lupella*†
Meghan Elizabeth Lyons
Phillip Andrew Maciaszek
Syed T. Madani
Samantha G. Maddela
Lauren Ann Madia*†
Nicholas Madia
Monika Magierska#
Natasha E. Malles
Brian-Jeffrey Gutierrez Manadero
Rebekka Martin
Taylor Jean Martinelli*†
Seena K. Mathew
David Maya*†#
Kate L. McGovern
Meaghan Michelle McMahan*†
Johanna Ivette Melgoza
Magaly Mendiola
Magali Mercado
Brooke Janette Metz*§#
Heli B. Modi
Shahzad M. Mohiuddin
Alyssa Mary Monteiro
Jeanette Angelica Mora
Daniela Mota
Ryan A. Muench#
Annayeli Munoz
Kaluki Kweti Musau
Shravya T. Nadella
Essies K. Nagra
Kerri Ann Nash*†
Stephanie M. Nereppil
Wajdey Tony Nesheiwat
Chelsea L. Newton
Lashone D. Nichols
Joan Noble
Reau O. Norberte
Marco Nuno
Joanna M. Obrochta*†
Linda R. Oceguera*†
Mary Elizabeth O’Donnell*†#
Justyna Anna Odrobina*‡
Kaori S. Ogden*§
Chika M. Okoro
Sylwia Adrianna Olechno
Kara Marie Olson
Cleidy Evelyng Ortiz-Greene
Maab Ismail Osman
Faith K. Ostrowski
Rachelle Lynn Pacchini*†
Rhea Pande
Derek Stephen Panosh
Erika Parga
Isha B. Parikh*§#
Shrutva S. Parikh
Jihyun Park
Marlene Parra
Apeksha D. Patel
Axita H. Patel
Biren N. Patel
Ishan C. Patel
Janki M. Patel
Neelam Kaushik Patel
Nilay Patel
Radhika A. Patel
Rhea M. Patel*‡#
Vaidehi D. Patel
Sehar Paya
Cecilia Pedroza
Emilsa Johana Perez
Julie Anne S. Pizarro
Dagmara M. Platek*†
Humberto Ponce
Aswin Prakash
Katherine M. Prosowicz*†
Carla Cecilia Pulido*†
Nabeela Rabbani
Ada M. Rafalowicz
Syeda Asna Rahman
Ariana Ramirez
Karen Veronica Ramirez#
Hira Rehman*†
Brenda Lopez Reyes
Julius Celso Gatpayat Rivera
Sana Fatima Rizvi
Nicole Rose Robinette
Gwendolyn Ruth Robinson
Fransely Robles*‡#
Emilio Rodriguez
Genesis Rodriguez
Ricardo Rodriguez
Sylvia Virginia Rodriguez
Jerzy Roginski
Nicole Olivia Rokita
April Joyce Romero
Jennifer Romero
Elizabeth Lizzette Rosario
Natalie A. Ross*§
Patrick J. Ruckman
Brenda Salgado
Jenny C. Sampras*§#
Cindy San
Salvador Sanchez
Alexandra A. Sarich
Debjit Sarkar
Stephanie M. Schweitzer*†
Olivia June Seagraves
Shachi Shah
Rucha B. Shastri
Vrusha L. Shastri
Dania M. Shehadeh
Ami D. Shishodia
Sarah Lynn Short*†#
Nikita S. Shroff
Joyceann Mutuc Simmons
Alexandria A. Simms
Mona Singh
Christopher A. Sirota
Daniel R. Skubic
Alyssa Grace Sobotka
Sonia Soto*‡
Mayra Sotomayor
Sabrina Spikes*†
Jennifer M. Spreadbury*§
Olivia Spyra
Kathleen A. Stevens
Cassie M. Studler*‡#
Gabriela Sofia Suarez-Cano*‡
Daria Anna Swedzikowski*†
Helen I. Sweiss*‡#
Octavious Sylvester Talbot
Rosemary P. Talento
Vincent Tam
Sandra A. Tarasiewicz*†
Kara Elizbeth Tasharski
Danisha K. Taylor
Baian A. Tbakhi
Hana Tbakhi
Kelly Tedeschi
Rosie I. Tellez
Alina Thomas
Gabriella I. Thompson
Aileen Tobias
Brandon Samuel Torres
Luz M. Torres
Rosalia Torres
Loc Van Tran
Mary E. Trolia
Tamara Alexandria Turner
Riana N. Uddin
Imaobong P. Udonkang
Ashleigh Marie Ulrich
Siddiqa Unnisa
Guadalupe Vallecillos
Sumana R. Vardhan*‡#
Maria Vargas
Jesse Vazquez
William G. Vergados*§#
Henna Kauser Vohra
Danielle C. Wash
Charles Peter Weinberg
Brittany Lee Weinreis
Jill Weisman
Diane Mary Wielgos
Brianna Kyrstyn Wills
Kathryn Elizabeth Witrzek*†
Julia Yi*†#
Angie L. Youssef#
Edith Zarco
William Zeng
Laura Zocchi
Letty Zuniga
Slavic Languages
and Literature
Doctor of Philosophy
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Yelena Zotova║
ENVY AS AN OBJECT OF ARTISTIC
REPRESENTATION IN RUSSIAN
MODERNIST PROSE: IURII OLESHA,
KONSTANTIN VAGINOV, ALEKSANDR
GRIN
Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts
and Sciences—Polish
Degree Conferred December 2013
Marek J. Gal*‡#
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts
and Sciences—Russian
Degree Conferred December 2013
Maria Kathleen Parham*‡
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Mikhail Y. Berlin
Sociology
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred August 2013
Xue Wang
PARENTAL INFLUENCES ON ADOLESCENT
FRIENDSHIP PAIRINGS
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Rachel C. Allison║
Kiana Marie Cox║
Juan Martinez║
THE SUBURBAN VILLAGE: WHITES,
LATINOS AND NEIGHBORHOOD
RELATIONS
Master of Arts
Degree Conferred December 2013
Laura Lynn Landers
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Jody C. Ahlm
Jorge D. Ortiz
Bachelor of Arts in
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Capria B. Berry
Haley Nicole Craig
Estefania Michelle Delgado
Elizabeth Dewey
David Jeon
Iliana Elisa Krehbiel*
Gabrielle Nicole Neace
Alexander Mark Ou
Luis Jesus Perez
Michael Anthony Stumpf
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Vanessa Andrade
Sanjana Jennifer Bandrapalli
Angelique Alta Bodine*†#
Tiera Rashaun Booker
Christine Dixon
Roxana Dubon
Jacqueline Flores
Crystal Kay Gebre
Nicholas Ghezavat*‡#
Dvoira L. Goldbloom
Wataru Inoue
Cara Michelle Ketcham
Wasi U. Khan
Steven H. Nguyen
Hema Gautam Patel
Ian-Daniel R. Peele
Cassie Kinidra Ramsay
David C. Renar*†
Katelynn Marie Reyes
Perla Rodriguez
Jasmine Hillary Santiago*†#
Emily A. Stuhrberg
Jennifer Szafian
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Candidates for Degree May 2014
Zaineb Abdulla#
Vanessa Aceves
Martha M. Amo
Cynthia M. Aynilian*§
Kelsey Barlow
Alyssa F. Benitez
Mary E. Brewer
Tubanur Ciftci
Alexis Contreras
Shanita S. Crosby
Kathryn Davis
Rhiannon Denise Davis
Jacquelyn Delgado*‡#
Maja Despot*‡
Timothy David Ekeren-Schultz
Nathan Isaac Ellis
Denisa Janel Gilligan
Lucero Gonzalez
Michele Goodwin*
Alekya Gummi
Armond Harold
Kali V. Henderson
Allison Hyatt*†
Karen Ibarra
Milissa R. Jordan
Dawn Frances Love
Antonio Esteban Nieto Medina
Stephanie N. Metido
Jeffrey R. Moy*‡#
Melissa Joanna Nunez
Indira G. Orozco*‡#
Amanda Piehl
Ashley Marie Powers
Veronica C. Ruiz
Susan Samara
Nicole Edythe Sammartino
Michael J. Stanevicius
Karine Rocha Moreira Vale
Marco Vang
Maria Borrero Veaz
Elizabeth A. Velazquez
Kaitlyn Marie Ver Haar*‡
Genesis L. Villarreal*†#
Darrin Dewayne Williams
Ebonee L. Woodfork
College of
Medicine
Doctor of Medicine
Degree Conferred August 2013
Samantha J. McCurties
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Haydee Cantu
Sanjaya Dharmapuri
David Robert Mitchell
Nancy Rios
Anish Nitish Shah
Ann Vilan Tran
Shan Shan Xie
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Ivy Elizabeth Abraham
Fida Abuisneineh
Neha T. Agnihotri
Ifeoma Vanessa Aguanunu
Yousuf A. Ahmed
Iman Al-Saden
Michael Jason Alexander
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Amanda Patrice Allison
Martin Aramburu
Favin S. Babu
Brian Charles Bamberger
Emily Chou Barrett
William Joseph Beeler
Rachel Kathryn Bernard
Lillian Rochelle Berns
Michael A. Blasco
Samantha Ghanayem Bouikidis
Mary B. Brennan
Leah Marie Ann Bruno
Matthew Robert Burns
John K. Byun
Ruben Cardoso
Tiana M. Carrillo Calderon
Priscilla Medeiros Carvalho
Edwina M. Chang
Michael Charles
Thomas Chen
Shan Susan Cheng
Claudia Christman-Skieller
Mateusz Kamil Ciejka
Joseph Daniel Cooper
Patrick Michael Couture
Shirley Cueva
Robert James Czuprynski
Sheeraz A. Daudi
Johnmark Derryberry
Abdulrahman Dia
Nicole Marie Diaz
Christine Pei- Yi Ding
Innessa Michelle Donskoy
Khushboo Ranjit Doshi
Katherine Ann Duffy
Mary Kathryn Duncan
Jonathan Graves Dunlop
Gary Robert Edwards
Joseph Leonard Einhorn
Melinda Anne Eshelman
Joseph Raymond Esparaz
Olubadewa Adeyemi Fatunde
Andrea Michelle Feijoo
Shiraz Salim Fidai
Krystle Alexis Flowers
Christina Ofelia Foreman
Elizabeth Ruth Friedman
Cassy Kristina Friedrich
Xochil Galeano
Victor Osorio Gappmaier
Laura Christine Giegler
Ekua Baidua Gilbert-Baffoe
Alessandra Glaser
Phillip Joseph Glivar
Lila Gollogly Glotfelty
Adam Bradley Gluskin
Aaron Louis Goldstein
Reyna Teresa Gonzalez
Sean Zigmas Goodin
Ameera Sa Diyya Haamid
Daniel Hawthorne
David Henry Heimberg
James Bouchard Hendele
Matthew Carse Hernandez
Christopher Hicks
Robin Ann Holmes
Ruth Hsiao
Zubair M. Ilyas
Jacob K. Jensen
Can Jiang
Anneka Michelle Johnson
Veronica Renee Johnson
Amanda Lynn Joseph
Suchal Karkera
Asrar Ahmed Khan
Sumanth Kidambi
Martin Kosztowski
Daniel J. Lee
David Taehee Lee
Ina Han Lee
Sylvia Wei Li
Mariko May Limpar
Brian Jen-Chi Lin
Jered Diego Linares
Amanda Christine Lipon
Cassandra Marie List
Jennifer M. Loeb
Hercules Demetrios Logothetis
Jana Zawadzki Longtine
Anthony David Lucero
Elisa M. Lunde
Grace L. Maloney
Nicole Katherine Mandich
Anita Mathew
Eben Eno Mbei
Mary Katherine McCauley
Vanessa Curragh McFadden
Matthew G. McKnight
Danielle Lorraine McNeil
Sarah Anne Mihalov
Sachin Moonat
Amanda Rebeca Munoz
Chisalu Tessa Nchekwube
Junior Chideralum Nwobodo
Tamara Elizabeth O’Neal
Kichul Pak
Neil Panchal
Neel Kaushik Pancholi
Paul John Park
Ahmad Parvinian
Kushal Patel
Milan N. Patel
Mohini Pathria
Paige Penrod
Eric Perez
Erin Elizabeth Perkey
Amber Nicole Price
Pablo Nicolas Quintana
Anisa Fatima Rahman
Keerthi Baskar Ranganath
Catherine Marie Rim
Luis Lomeli Rivera
Emilie Catherine Robinson
Lizbeth Rodriguez
Lauren Rogowski
Faith Patricia Rohlke
Rachel Elizabeth Rosenfield
Jessica Caryn Roth
Samuel M. Rubinstein
Danil Alexandrovich Rybalko
Yusuf M. Salah
Sheena Singh Samra
Anand K. Sandesara
Daniel Savage
Jeffrey Schechtman
Jacob Richard Seiler
Jason P. Shah
Vikram John Sharma
Elizabeth Cynthia Shay
Aurora Shehu
Andres Eduardo Silva
Brittany Ann Simmons
Lillian Keshun Soong
Jenna Caroline Spencer
Amanda Lynne Stephenson
Daine Richard Stevens
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Elizabeth M. Strom
Tyler Jonathan Surma
Monique Bridgette Sutherland
Breana Lynese Taylor
Noor Mohammed Tazudeen
Hatim Thaker
May Kyaw Thazin
Corey Joseph Thompson
Jaime Torres
Thalia Andrea Torres
Sergey Y. Turin
Sabrina Uddin
Crystal Unzueta
Lawren Vandevrede
Albert Chia- Le Vien
Brandon Lee Walker
Garth Nyambi Walker
Christina Victoria Warner
Jonathan Alan Waxman║
Kirsten Carly Webb
Frank Donald Weinberg
Asher Ben Weisberg
Natalyn Garmun Wong
Grace Melinda Wu
Jonathan Yin
Dawen Zhang
Lisa Beiwei Zhang
Brian J. Zider
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Doctor of Philosophy
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Matthew Robert Burns
THE ROLE OF CASEIN KINASE 2MEDIATED FAST AXONAL TRANSPORT
DYSREGULATION IN HEREDITARY
SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA
Robstein Lovejoy Chidavaenzi║
Amy Hebert
TARGETED KILLING OF PROGENITOR
CELLS FOLLOWING TMEV INFECTION
LEADS TO A REDUCTION IN
OLIGODENDROGENESIS
Master of Science
Degree Conferred August 2013
Sun Kyong Lee
Biochemistry and
Molecular Genetics
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred August 2013
Kristin Dionne Ivy
THE ROLE OF HUMAN COPPER
TRANSPORTER 1, HCTR1, IN COPPER
AND CISPLATIN ENTRY IN MAMMALIAN
CELLS
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Mustafa Nazir Okur
INTERSECTIN (ITSN) REGULATION OF
EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR
(EGFR) UBIQUITYLATION
Commencement
SUMEYYE YAR║
CARDIAC TROPOMYOSIN D137L
MUTATION DECREASES STRUCTURAL
FLEXIBILITY TO CAUSE SYSTOLIC
DYSFUNCTION
Wan-Ni Yu
THE EFFECT OF AKT ISOFORMS IN
TUMORIGENESIS AND GLUCOSE
HOMEOSTASIS IN VIVO
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Aaron Michael Ambrus║
E2F TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS ARE
CRITICAL REGULATORS OF THE CELL
CYCLE, APOPTOSIS AND MITOCHONDRIAL
FUNCTION
Ya-Ting Chang
REGULATION OF TELOMERE
MAINTENANCE BY THE SHELTERIN
COMPLEX IN FISSION YEAST
SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE
Maoyu Peng
THE ROLE OF PROTEIN TYROSINE
KINASE 6 (PTK6) IN THE MAMMARY
GLAND EPITHELIUM AND BREAST
CANCER
Chun-I Wu
WNT/β-CATENIN PATHWAY FUNCTIONS
BY INACTIVATION OF TCF7L1 PROTEIN
Health Professions
Education
Master of Health
Professions Education
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Ereny Bassilious
Paul Francis George
Lester James Nixon
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Vijay John Daniels
Cheryl Lynn Holmes
Claire Elizabeth Touchie
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Nadia Masood Bajwa
Eve Ruth Colson
Amy Barbara Fraser
Gregory Gruener
Marie-Eve Lebel
Kittisak Sawanyawisuth
Microbiology and
Immunology
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred December 2013
Goutham Pattabiraman
INNATE APOPTOTIC IMMUNITY:
CHARACTERIZATION OF MACROPHAGE
RESPONSES
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Thessicar E. Antoine║
HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INFECTIVITY
AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THERAPEUTICS AGAINST VIRAL INVASION
Lila Gollogly Glotfelty
ENTEROPATHOGENIC E. COLI ESPG1/G2
PERTURB MICROTUBULES AND IMPEDE
TIGHT JUNCTION REGULATION AND
RECOVERY
Vanessa Curragh McFadden
TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF
HEPATITIS B VIRUS BIOSYNTHESIS BY
BILE ACIDS AND FOXA FACTORS
Oneil M. Shand
HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INFECTIVITY
AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THERAPEUTICS AGAINST VIRAL INVASION
Neuroscience
Doctor of Philosophy
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Natalie N. King
G PROTEIN SIGNALING IN AUTISTIC
ENDOPHENOTYPES
Ina Han Lee
THE ROLE OF SPECIFIC C-JUN NTERMINUS KINASE ISOFORMS IN
HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE PATHOGENESIS
Sachin Moonat
THE ROLE OF AMYGDALOID CHROMATIN
AND SYNAPTIC REMODELING IN ANXIETY
AND ALCOHOLISM
Lawren Vandevrede
NITRATE CHIMERAS: A NEW CLASS OF
DISEASE MODIFYING AGENTS FOR THE
TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Adrian Zhubi
Pathology
Doctor of Philosophy
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Brittany Mihelich
Patient Leadership Safety
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Lauren Birkel
Erika Lynn Dunson
Deborah Olive Eastwood
Catherine Johnson
Dalibor Kubelik
Theresa Kimura Yip
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Ellen Marie Belanger
Sam B. Bhayani
Khara Jane Breeden
Kathryn Lorraine Carson
Elizabeth A. Chapin
Laura Lee Collier
Leesa M. Deal
Kathryn A. Garner
Katarzyna Anna Hall
Janee Marie Klipfel
Joanna Lucja Kmiecik
Sara Katheryn Meier
Katherine Elizabeth Riley
Genevieve Bernadette Sicuranza
Danielle Nicole Washington
Anesta Beryl Williams
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Leila Ali Cherara
Darrin Ferguson
Leah Lambert Gibbs
Gwendolyn Cherese Godlock
Patricia Anne Gramlich
Misty Jo Jensen
Akwete Kershaw
Marguerite Ann Langlais
Stephen Frederick Meth
Suzanne Lee Miller
Anna Marie Pilkington
Julie Kay Sengstacken
Ronald W. Stahl
Pharmacology
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Xiaowen Liu║
THE ‘GO’ AND ‘STOP’ MECHANISMS
FOR NEUTROPHIL MIGRATION
Adam Wieschhaus
DEMATIN REGULATES CALCIUM
MOBILIZATION AND SIGNALING IN
PLATELETS
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Erin Elizabeth Kohler║
THE ROLE OF NANOG IN WNT
SIGNALING-MEDIATED ENDOTHELIAL
CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION AND
NEOVASCULARIZATION
Luiza Rusu
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF VWF
SECRETION
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Farnaz Rose Bakhshi
MECHANISM OF CAVEOLIN-1
DEGRADATION
Alejandra Maria Chavez
Michael Keegan Delaney║
Shalina Lashae Taylor
REQUIREMENT OF MYELOPEROXIDASE
FOR NEUTROPHIL SPATIAL SENSING
Physiology and Biophysics
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred December 2013
Jill Bennett
GATA4 AND GATA6 ARE ESSENTIAL
FOR FOLLICULOGENESIS, OVULATION,
CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION & FEMALE
FERTILITY
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Julie Jamil Mouannes
TROPONIN I INHIBITORY REGION’S ROLE
IN CARDIAC MUSCLE REGULATION AND
TROPONIN STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS
Tanganyika Wilder║
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
Surgery
May 2014
Master of Science
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Mustafa M. Omami
At Peoria
Doctor of Medicine
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Brian James Andonian
Sam Zafar Awan
Thelben A. Burrell
Brant Clatterbuck
Benjamin Claytor
Larisa Coldebella
Mindy Cheree Colgrove
Geoffrey Crandall
Brendan Daley
Matthew K. Fischer
Lisa Fosnot
Michelle Sy Go
James Joseph Gullo
Joseph Van Hanovnikian
Hans J. Henriquez
C. Charles Jain
Laurence Jiang
Adam Kahn
Theodore Kim
Jason William Lang
Franklin Lee
Kayla Renee Miller
Meghna V. Motiani
Ganesh Nagaraj
Cara Coughlin O’Brien
Abimbola Olayinka
Bradley Ryan Oliver
Anand Anil Oroskar
Ryan David Overmeyer
Angelo Perino Jr.
Kristina Marie Prus
Daniel S. Rossi
Rasleen K. Saluja
Deepak Sambhara
Andrei Scumpu
Maulik B. Sheth
Shalimar Small
Deepika Ratna Sriram
Obada Subei
Toral Bharat Trivedi
Joanna Stephanie Troulakis
Eric Velazquez
Christopher Verdick
John Yerkes
Timothy J. Young
Huayi Zhang
At Rockford
Doctor of Medicine
Degree Conferred August 2013
Niki Cora-Angeline Tsuruta
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Jason P. Alvarado
Theresa Libo-On Kowalski
Lauren Ashley Wallace
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Jason Paul Alvarado
Michelle Lynn Apple
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Commencement
Caesar J. Arturo
Rashi Bamzai
Todd Vernon Bierman
Maxwell Hirsh Busch
Anne Elizabeth Catalano
Christopher Adam Chesnut
David Wei-Yun Chiang
Jessica Chiang
Carlos De La Cruz Concepcion
Emmett Hughes Culligan
Denisse Diaz
David Joseph Dorsa
Adam Foreman Duley
Eric Christian Elleby
Andrew Ward Grim
Eran Christopher Gwillim
James Jong Min Han
Patrick Joseph Holland
Jenny Minjung Jun
Mallory Jean Kelly
Michael Robert Kennedy
Joshua Michael Lawrenz
Joon Kyu Lee
Scott William Lotz
Mackenzie Stunson Lowery
David A Morales
Lolita Tina Ontiveros
Jordan Kenneth Orr
Samantha Katherine Pabich
Kunal S. Patel
Joseph Ronald Puetz
Hayley Anne Ralph
Allison Kate Retzer
Jessica Juliette Richardson
Schon Colby Roberts
Nicholas J. Royal
Jefree James Schulte
Michael Thaddeus Stanek
Karla M. Talavera
Rick Wang
Laura Jean Watt
Susan Marie Wcislak
Chris Byung Yoo
Fatima Nazneen Zaheer
Medical Biotechnology
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Shruti Bhise
Indira Maheshwari Elangovan
Hyerihwa Kim
Allison K. Palmer
Jake A. Rashid
Tiffany Heather Schmidt
Smita P. Tanpure
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Souresh Banerjee
Stacy B. Bartholomew
Gregory M. Botting
Terrianne Erickson
Lance Kasper
Diane Konopa
Prathu Raj Singh Kushwah
Timothy Alan Morris
Yue Pan
Bhavesh Pant
Christopher Thomas See
Dhara Ketul Shah
Manohar Reddy Shambannagari
Caleb Michael Shearrow
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Shijie Wang
Zhaoqi Yan
At Urbana
Doctor of Medicine
Degree Conferred August 2013
Karen E. Shafer
Degree Conferred December 2013
Wanda Alicia Averhart
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Thomas Michael Anderson
Brent C. Beenders
David George Cervantes
Andre L. Culpepper
Claudia Gabriela Nevarez Flores
Philip Heinrich Goering
Alejandro Jose Hernandez
Evelyn Huang
Chenara A. Johnson
Acacia Christine Lamb
Stefani Michelle Martin
Claire Margaret Miller
Oluwasegun Samson Osholowu
Alexander A. Parent
Nicholas J. Riley
Jasmine Saleh
Paul Dennis Simonson
Sylvia Soo
Justin S. Stano
College of
Nursing
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Mary Theresa Meadows
Catherine A. Rogers
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Mary Ann Zervakis Brent
Susy K. Cherian
Melissa Murphey
Beth Anne Phelps
Eleanor M. Russell
Ruth E. Schumacher
Barbara S. Shaw
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Sheila Burke
Kristin J. Elwart
Janet Fansler
Kathleen Mary Fisher
Denise Katherine Fleig
Tamara L. Harker
Mary Teresa Johnson
Monica Lee
Jennifer L. Moraga
Joobong June Park Oh
Bansari S. Patel
Mary Elisabeth Royce
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Elizabeth Ann Florez║
PERCEIVED THREAT OF A HEART ATTACK
AMONG MEXICAN AMERICANS WITH
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK
Diana Linda Jere
CONTEXTUAL FACTORS, SUBSTANCE USE
AND HIV RISK AMONG YOUNG RURAL
MALE WORKERS IN A MALAWIAN
MARKET
Cynthia Marie Lafond
CHILDREN’S PAIN: PICU NURSES’
BELIEFS AND RESPONSES TO VIRTUAL
HUMAN VIGNETTES
Chia-Kuei Lee
PROPERTIES OF POSSIBLE SELVES AND
THE SOCIAL CONTEXT: DETERMINANTS
OF RISKY BEHAVIORS IN ADOLESCENTS
Paveenapat Nithitantiwat
THAI COLLEGE STUDENTS: UNWANTED
PREGNANCY AND ABORTION
Maria Lucille Palu║
UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISM
INVOLVED IN IMMUNE-MEDIATED
COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING
Natthananporn Sanguanklin
JOB STRAIN, SOCIAL SUPPORT, COPING
STRATEGIES, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISTRESS AMONG PREGNANT THAI
WOMEN
Karen Mary Vuckovic
DYSPNEA IN HEART FAILURE WITH A
PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION
Degree Conferred December 2013
Hyunjoo Na
THE EFFECTS OF CYBERBULLYING
VICTIMIZATION ON PSYCHOLOGICAL
ADJUSTMENTS AMONG COLLEGE
STUDENTS
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Kayla Marie Lampe
MOVING PAST REALITY SHOCK: A
MODEL FOR NEW GRADUATE NURSE
ENGAGEMENT
So Hyun Park║
FAMILY INFLUENCES AND HEALTHY
WEIGHT FOR KOREAN-AMERICAN
PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
Maria R. Reyes
THE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN
DIAGNOSED WITH CORRECTABLE FETAL
ANOMALIES PARTICIPATING IN PERNATAL
I-TEAM COUNSELING
Jessica Elizabeth Shore
EXPLORING THE LIVED-EXPERIENCE OF
ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT AMONG
PREGNANT WOMEN
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Ekaterina Barachkova
Sally A. Berko
Ernest Jorrel Bituin
Carolyn Ann CalhounP
Liza W. Capodilupo
Christina I. Lopez
Sushma Thapa Neupane
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Jennifer Anne Spendlove
Amanda M. Yip
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Loryn Ann Ashton
Gillian R. Brautigam
Katherine Teresa Bucciantini
Crystal Lynn Cole
Kristen Carroll EricksonU
Natalie Farrer
Michelle Kathleen Folkert
Sarah Catherine GreskR
Sandra Lynn Hutchinson
Shannon Leigh Jeffery
Ting-Ting-Rachel Jiang
Songquan Jiang
Yvette M. Johnson
Jessica Leigh JohnstonQ
Melissa Nicole Lara
Maria Bernice LaRosa
Jeana Louise LynallP
Maryann Elizabeth Morse
Kristen Nicole NeilsP
Blessy Palli
Malgorzata L. Pietruczuk
Sara Renee SnarrP
Amy Faye Thomas
Halley Gail Weiner
Lisa G. Young
Kerry Anne Zannoni
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Bernie M. Aguilar
Kayla Albers
Sarah Christine Alley
Olaniyi Ayomide Alli-Balogun
Melinda Sue AllisonQ
Norma Elizabeth Alvarado-UrrutiaQ
Yorleni Ambrosio
Nicholette Marie Andrews
Giovanna Antonelli
Jessica L. Antoni
Emelia Baasiwah Appiagyei
Tegist Zeyen AyalewP
Anna Bacsik
Stephanie Jean BarkleyQ
Leslie E. Bassell
Joanna Marisa Bauer
Erin Nicole Beavers
Sharon E. Beckman
Jennifer H. Benters
Sarah R. BerU
Jessica Lasak Bernardi
Nicole Ann BindlR
Malgorzata Barbara Boksa
Amanda Marie BrocksieckQ
Jeanette Marie BroganU
Katherine Lee BrowneQ
Laura Jayne Cailler
Jennifer Lynn CalderalaR
Kathryn Amanda Carey
Jeanna Marie Carlson
Julia Elizabeth Chevron
Robert James CobertQ
Lori Ann CooperU
Laura M. Cordaro
Miriam G. Correa
Kimberly Marie DubackQ
Ashley Ebert
Elizabeth Yvonne Echols
Kathryn Endress
Amanda Joy Erman
Ahdab Faisal Eskandar
Commencement
Nicole Lee FedeleQ
Haley D. Filinson
Emily Dennehy Fitzgerald
Elizabeth Ann Flege║
Jennifer Paola FlorentinoR
Amanda L. FoitQ
Samantha H. Friedman
Marie Ann GonzalezR
Kelly Mae GuzlasU
Elizabeth Shawne Hamrick
Renita Jiselle HardenR
Danielle HarrisP
Elyse M. Headtke
Jamie Elizabeth Henry
Stephanie L. Hetrea
Kelly A. HeynenR
Leila Shirin Hinshaw
Julie Hoang
Sara Anne HormigR
Christine Horne
Rachel Danielle Hoselton
Awatef Bakr Ibraheem
Ivy-Lou V. Iraula
Jessica Ittner
Robin Elizabeth Jacobs
Jennifer Marie Jaume
Ting Ting Rachel JiangU
Gregory Michael Johnson
Michelle Danette JohnsonP
Casey Maureen KimlerP
Jacqueline Carly Kofod
Dana A. Kroop
Kristen Kay Lampe
Renee Ann Landa
Kathleen Elaine Lang
Grace G. Larson
Michelle Caparas Leal
Julie Gahlie Leung
McKinzie Regan LikesP
Carly E. Madon
Ashley M. MartinP
Leslie Joy MartinU
Marilyn MathewR
Sarah Louise MaysQ
Meredith Taylor McClure
Elise Marie MeffordP
Michael Meister
Graciela Mejia
Claire N. Michelsen
Emily Christine MolsR
Christina Tevington Monico
Angela C. Moore
Thomas F. Moore
Tonya Renee MooreP
Tangee X. Moscoso
Sean P. Murphy
Maryam Janola Mustafaa
Saori Nakagawa
Anne Naliwajko
Sarah Marie Nelson
Nina Lian Nicholas
Noel N. NorupR
Obiajulu P. OnwuekweU
Mary Madeline Pasquinelli
Laura Marie Petrando
April Kay Phillips-NohlP
Morgan Ashley Pick
Amanda Marie Plac
Jessi PrenticeP
Debara Preston
Sarah M. Preston
Noreen Pulte
Shauna L. Quevedo
Tiffany J. RadkeP
Jennifer Lee RainesP
Carolyn Anne Read
Rachel Suzanne Reichlin
Natalie N. RevelsU
Jenna Rezzardi
Andrew Delisle Richardson
Mary E. Rigoni
Jacqueline Rincon
Brooke A. Rittenberry
Aryn Noel Robelia
Destiny Francine SadoskiR
Melissa Salgado
Melissa H. Salgado-Bellin
Robin W. Scaife
Andrea Elizabeth SchierR
Claudia SchindlerR
Christine Erin SchweminR
Leora E. SheinU
James Quincy Simmons
Anu Simon
Hayedeh Sanandaj Sohrabi
Sergio A. Sosa
Kate Louise StamerQ
Pamela Julie Stefango
Cristin Catherine Steinmetz
Kristina M. Stevens
Diane Svensson
Wendy Elizabeth SwayneP
Anna Szkoda
Emily Louise Templeton
Dorothy Clare Tessman
Nikki Tiedje
Rochelle Marie Tinman
Baotran Buu Tran
Katherine Ann Trimble
Dawn Marie Vanek
Tisha M. VargheseP
Stacy M. Vucich
Krystal L. WagnerP
Frances C. Walker
Roderick Leo Warren
Erika Renee Weinketz
Karen Ida Wennerberg
Stephanie Wickman
Cynthia Elizabeth Williams
Celia Caroline Wolf
Libby S. Wolf
Michelle Lau Woo
Jonathan Michael Woywod
Jennifer YeagerR
Cassidy M. Ziemke
Bachelor of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Karlo Vincent Buenconsejo BenigO
Allison Jo BoyerO
Courtney Marie CassidyO
Jinny Hwang ChoO
Courtney M. DalyO
Jennifer KimO
Danebell O. LiggonsO
Laura MacielO
Desiree MartinezO
Cassandra Lynn Shaffar*O
Deepa ShresthaO
Susan TruongO
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Roxanne L. Alldredge*O
Amanda Jean Alongi*O
Howard Simon Anton*O
Sarah Jane Bell*O
Joyce Chouinard*O
Joseprimo T. Del Alcazar*O
Anthony Joseph GaudioO
Mia Ellen GraffO
Floria M. Jhang*O
Ceres Moukadi KangouO
Kristina Marie Koeppl*O
Michael Ladd*O
Benjamin F. Lantow*O
Catherine Marie LawlerO
Cara Renae Martin*O
Jasmina Milenkovic*O
Elsbeth Morgan MillerO
Jennifer Suzanne OkonmaO
Lorraine OngyacoO
Sendy PazO
Kerry Jo Pham*O
Chotirot RaweesriO
Dawn M. ThorpeO
Katie E. WardO
Kellie Rae Wilson*O
Jaime Lucille Witt*O
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Terence Fon Akebe
Peter S. AkpaluU
Ivy Chinaemerem Akpotu#
Christine C. Aleta†
Rabia S. Ali
Claire Kathleen Anastos†U
Jennifer E. ArchilU
Tanya Faith ArganosaO
Richard Dean Arnold*O
Tessa C. Audo†U
Stanley Bania*§
Tiffany Michelle BarnesU
Lauren E. BellU
Jasmine E. Beltran†
Nicole Kristen Benedetto
Lauren Nicole Bergdahl*‡U
Jessica Leigh Berkovich‡
Monica Elizabeth Blanchette‡U
Ramie R. Boyer†U
Susan Joyce Bray
Sarah Bremer†
Colleen M. Brennan
Angeline Louise Brooker*O
Ashley Kaylene BrunsO
John Anthony Cesario†#
Patricia J. Chagares
Marie Clare Cheslik
Evelyn H. Chou†U
Karolina K. Cikowski†
Jayro Gabriel Cortez
Andrea Gorecki Cox*O
Lindsay K. Czyz†
Kelly Marie Del Valle*§U
Collin Timothy Dent‡
Kristopher D. Deters†U
Jennifer A. Dimasi
Anna DomenickO
Lawrence Scott Zerrudo Doruelo#
Michelle Ann DuPreyU
Jessica A. Elefano
Marcella Embree*O
Danny EngU
Daphne Jan Erpelo‡U
Kelly A. Flavin
Andrea Lea FlennikenO
Marisa M. Florkowski*§#
Taylor L. FranzenU
Erin Meredith Furmanek‡U
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Jessica Kathrine Gajewski
Victoria Panganiban GandiaO
Ian Matthew Gatton
Lauren E. Gay
Aaron Jake Y. Go†#
Leticia Gomez
Elizabeth M. Gorbach‡
Janie Yesenia Gosch*O
Gabrielle L. Guido
Anna M. Gustavson†
Christine G. GutierrezO
Mikayla E. Guzdziol*§
Yasmeen Hamarshah*§
Sun Jung HanU
Mariam Faiz Hassan
Melisa Sue HicksO
Erika N. Holmes
Tracy Huang
Jessica Marie Hughes*O
Kelly C. Hukle-Vankirk
Fahima Y. Husein*†
Osasumwen Ovbokhan Igbinoba#
Anne Elizabeth JeleU
Susan Jo†O
Lorna M. Johnson*§#
Ineta Jokubaitis†
Taylor A. Kappesser
Danielle Kelly
Victoria Elizabeth KenneyU
Lili Ghiday Ketema
Fatir Khan
Wali Sajjad Khan
Gina K. KimU
Abby E. KlausU
Theresa KleinO
Micah Joel Kloppmann
Shauna Antonette KohlrusO
Nataliya Kovdryn
Veronika KulikovskaO
Ulana Kuryluk‡#
Colleen A. Larkin*O
Judy C. LeongU
Na LiO
Nayeli Y. Liberato
Elizabeth Michele Loper*§
Patricia Luevano‡
Mariusz LysikO
Jasmine N. Macabulos*§
Nimeh O. Mahmoud
Megan K. Maloney‡U
Allison K. MangunU
Natalie H. MarchalU
Natalia Elizabeth Marcinkowski
Yanila Martinez
Rizanne Abad MarzanO
Claribel Matias
Montina N. McCord
Megan E. McCoy‡U
Taryn Martine McCoy†U
Scott Mechanic
Gegham V. MelkonyanU
Marta Elena Mendoza†
Julia Alice Mickelson*§U
Merrell V. Misayah
Mohammad Jamal Mohammad‡U
Alison MoyU
Meredith A. Mueller†
Bryan Bernard Mullaney*
Carlos Luciano Munoz
William S. Myroniak‡
Ashley Nicole Naccarato†
Ivan Malachi Njuba
Kirsten Eileen ObrienU
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Commencement
Brittany E. O’BrienU
Matthew S. Ocepeck†U
Cheryl Ann O’Grady-RitchieO
Maria J. OrozcoO
Matthew S. PabloU
Jonathan Oliver PacholikU
Scott Spencer PadolinaU
Chaula J. Patel†#
Sajida Ismail Patel‡
Jessica L. Petrisko‡U
Chelsea L. Pfeiffer†#
Nhi Xuan Phan
Susan M. PlankeyO
Samantha Leigh PlotnickU
Angelica M. Porras†U
Zoe Psanis
Abigail RabacaO
Abigail A. Rachwalski‡U
Andrew Reichard*§#
Victoria Precious Jewel Reisinger†U
Anna Marie Renardo*†U
Maryanne P. Reyes
Luiza V. Rikhman†#
Ana Karen Rodriguez†
Erin C. Rohde
Lana Sophia Romano†U
Jennifer L. RoundtreeU
Cindy Ruan
Susan Ruan†U
Elizabeth A. Russeau‡U
Mark Trevor Ryan†
Kristina Sagaitiene
Mariana Salas†
Benjamin Salazar*‡
Joslyn Marie Saleda‡U
Jamilec Sanchez‡
Maria J. Sanchez†
Roshani Rani Saraiya*‡#
Debbie Lee Schiltz*O
Lillian E. SheppardU
Amy M. Slana*§#U
Anna Slota*‡
Lisa E. Smith†
Laura E. Sokolowski†#U
Alina G. Stancovici*O
Sara Jean Stanford*O
Desislava Ivanova Staykova*§
Lynnette Abigail StonebockU
Jennifer Lynn Storer*O
Melissa M. Stout*§#
Megan Brittany Sturgeon*
Haley Vivian TaftU
Donna Marie Timmons*O
Felipe Torres
Anne E. Tracy*§U
Cynthia Tsou†U
Haley S. Vandervate
Maritza Villanueva†
Melanie Lynn Waszak†
Jennifer L. Weber*‡#U
Kelly C. White†U
Tierra N. Williams
Zainab Ademide Williams
David V. Winters*†U
Katarzyna Wrobel#
Joanna Wudarczyk†
Carly N. Wylde†U
Jamie Lynn Zysko†U
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College of
Pharmacy
Doctor of Pharmacy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Puay Hoon Lee
Sejal Ritesh Patel
Beatka A. Szczechowicz
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Natania Bashar Abdelfattah†
Sherif Abdou†
Yana Sara Adanin§2
Yetunde Adebusayo Ademoyo
Mayowa Morenike Agbaje-Kehrein†2
Shally S. Alendry†
Akwasi Boakye Amankwah
Zahabiya Aziz
Farah Ali Barada
Devin Beattie2
Sonya Becker
Jennifer Marie Belczak
Elizabeth Marie Berthel†1
Brenton Bialik
Alia Birdwell
Michael Andrzej Bogdan†
Joseph Richard Boudreau
Juanita Elizabeth Bruce
Afreen Bukhari
Kelly Ruth Burke§2
Pamela H. Cabrera†
Anna D. Cao1
James Francis Carbo‡2
January Stephanie Carrillo
Ciby O. Chacko†1
Tiffany Nicole Chaddick§2
ChingHsien Chen2
Elizabeth Barbara Chrzanowska†
Sooyoung Cho
Fiona Shui Ting Chu
Mackenzie Ann Clemens§2
Binky Cooc‡2
Robert Michael Cortez
Vincent Tai Minh Dang
Phuong Hong Dao‡12
Eyllen Rose De Jesus1
Jonathan R. De Rosales
Kristofer Kenneth Dempsey§2
Jessica Tyrene Eggen
Andre Rafael Esparza
Paula Michelle Farina
Sumaiya Fatani
Nahome Tezera Fisseha
Yuliya Genkina‡2
Michelle Renee Goekingr
Alexandra Goncharenko§2
Kyle P. Gordon
Lora Gould
Mallory Erin Greenwood‡2
Elena Mishel Guerra
Pooja Haney
Patricia Lee Hartke§2
Holly Ann Heckert‡2
Thu Nguyen Hoang
John E. Holmes†
Caroline Lorraine Hudoba†
Lisa Seon Hutchinson†
Arsany Ibrahim
Nadine Y. Isho
Kristin Diane Jarrell
Diane Santos Javier1
Keleya Mia Jefferson
Kelsey Eugene Johnson‡2
Ahmad Zaki Joudeh
Nicole Ann Joyce1r
Haram Kang
Chi Hye Kim
David Ho Kim
Ginnie Monica Kim†
Heesue Kim
Jong Woo Kim
Kelly Kinder†
Rachel Klein
Sarah Kramerr
Jeffrey Wayne Krueger1
Sylwia Kulik
Kenneth John Kurek†
Noelle Yuen Woon Kwan‡2
Natasha Ladhani
Fania Lazarov‡
Annie Huynh Le§2
Elzbieta Karolina Lebiecki
Alice Lee
Hyung Sup Lee
Juhae Lee1r
On Ki Angela Lee†
Rebecca I. Lee
Sara Jane Lee‡2
You Fen Lei§
Vivian Lin1
Michael L. Long
Ciara M. Macenas
Kausika Naga Maddali†
Jason Michael Mann
Mary Ann Paloma Marcos†
Alan Martinez
Brian Matthew Maynard†
Cassidy McDonald
Marc Ryan McDowell
Lori McGuire
Morgan Michalek
Maris Dalyn Miller
Nicole Gabrielle Miller
Esther Moon1
Kristin Alyne Moyse‡2
Rola Mseeh
Jacqueline Suzanne Munn
Vin Cci Ng§
Van Minh Nguyen‡2
Adeola Oluwinners
Benedict B. Omoraka
Evans Serebour Opoku†
Estera Opris
Joseph Chukwudi Orameh
Zhen Ming Ou
Vysakh Varughese Padiyara†
Samuel M. Paik
David Park
Min Young Park†
Atit M. Patel†
Puja Patel‡2
Roshani D. Patel
Trent Morgan Pedigor
Naraily Pedraza
Rosemary Pfau
Elias Christos Pittos§2
Abigail Dorothy Polley§2
Raihan Shafi Pothigara
Christopher James Radunz‡2
Rachel Grayce Ralph†
Masooma Razvi†
Brittany Ann Rehm†
Amanda Devon Reising
Evana Tabassum Robbani
Garrett H. Rompelman1
Lauren Kirsten Rothrock†
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Raminder Singh Saini
Ahoo Sammak
Zivile Seamons
Amy Michelle Secord†
Songwoot Serriodom
Dipa V. Shah†
Kinjal R. Shah
Pratik Rajendra Shah
Shivali Digant Shah§2
Bibek Shrestha1
Matt K. Siemiawski‡2
Monica Sirichotiratana†
Cesar Robert Sison
Anthony Michael Skelly†
Katy L. Skowronski‡
Jennifer Marie Snyder†
Linda Sok1
Loriel Jardyne Solodokin
Eun Joo Song
Vinay Soni‡2
Jie Lin Soong§
Jennifer Marie Steffensen
Cassie Marie Stromayer‡2
Renata Sutter
Lakkana Suwannoi†
Kathy Tang
Maria Christina Tangonan1
Theresa Lynn Terpstra†
Alvin Mathew Thomas
Margaret Rae Thomas‡2
Jamie Lynn Tidabackr
Jami Lynn Tieman
Steven R. Tran
Tan Quang Tran†
Joseph T. Truong
Quanglong N. Truong
Tsz Yee Tsui§2
Janelle Elizabeth Eunja Turner
Janeth Valadez
Anuja Vallabh‡2
Sandra Cecilia Villatoro
Bonnie Vu
Tuan Duc Vu
Monika Ewa Walaszek§2
Ashley Elizabeth Welcome
Elizabeth Daniela Weller
Steven Weng†
Jessica Eda Wills†
Lucia Yan Wu1
Jian Xin Xie
Mark Frederick Yastrab†
Brook Yohannes
Xin Zhang§2
Biopharmaceutical
Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred August 2013
Suhair Sunoqrot║
A MULTI-SCALE HYBRID NANOPARTICLE
PLATFORM WITH CONTROLLED
CELLULAR INTERACTION AND TARGETING
KINETICS
Degree Conferred December 2013
Yang Yang║
INTERACTIONS OF DENDRITIC
NANOMATERIALS WITH SKIN LAYERS
AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN TOPICAL
DRUG DELIVERY
Commencement
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Mi Suk Bae
Fatima Alzahraa Khaja║
A NOVEL TARGETED SMALL
INTERFERING RIBONUCLEIC ACID
(SIRNA) NANOMEDICINE FOR THE
TREATMENT OF FIBROSIS
Melanie Koellmer
MULTILINEAGE DIFFERENTIATION OF
MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FOR CELLBASED TISSUE ENGINEERING
Mary Ellen Molloy
NOVEL SELECTIVE ESTROGEN MIMICS
FOR THE TREATMENT OF PKCαOVEREXPRESSING BREAST CANCER
Ryan M. Pearson║
Forensic Science
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Jennifer Lynn DePirro
Marissa Suzanne Garbacz
Nicole Lynn Hall
Katelyn A. Hargrave
Brittany Heaton
Katrina M. Klochan
Haydee C. Lara
Jaimee Moeller║
Madelyne Weismantel
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Brittany N. Beyer
John R. Keinath
Rochelle S. McDonald
Peter L. Nguyen
Danielle K. Silletti║
Megan M. Wargolet
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Melissa L. Gross
Samantha J. Huntsman
Brittney T. Riordan
Charles Allen Steele
Medicinal Chemistry
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Bradley Thomas Michalsen
SYNTHESIS AND BIOACTIVATION OF
SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR
MODULATORS (SERMS)
Aditya Sudheer Vaidya║
SYNTHESIS, PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING
STUDIES, BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF
PHOTOREACTIVE PROBES FOR HDAC2
AND 8
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Hazem M S Abdelkarim
Suzanne M. Quartuccio║
Mayfern Toh║
IDENTIFICATION AND BIOLOGICAL
CHARACTERIZATION OF PROGESTINS
FROM BOTANICALS IN VITRO AND IN
VIVO
Nan Zhang
DRUG METABOLISM IN EARLY STAGE
DRUG DISCOVERY AND DRUG
DEVELOPMENT
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Shuyi Cao
Antonett P. Madriaga
Pharmacognosy
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred August 2013
Linlin Dong
ANALYSIS OF CAROTENOIDS USING LCMS-MS WITH ION MOBILITY
SPECTROMETRY AND PHOTOIONIZATION
Degree Conferred December 2013
Pulkit Gupta║
NASCENT PEPTIDE AND SMALL
MOLECULE MEDIATED TRANSLATION
REGULATION
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Rene Francisco Ramos Alvarenga║
Geping Cai
CLOSING THE IN VITRO / IN VIVO GAP IN
TUBERCULOSIS DRUG DISCOVERY
Brian Joseph Wright
Tian Zhu
DRUG DISCOVERY AND DESIGN OF
INHIBITORS OF BACTERIA N5-CAIR
MUTASE AND HEPATITIS C VIRUS NS3
PROTEASE
Master of Science
Degree Conferred August 2013
Courtney S. Snelten
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Siddharth Jindal
Pharmacy Systems,
Outcomes, and Policy
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred August 2013
Fang-Ju Lin║
CONDITION SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS
FOR THE VALUATION OF HEALTH
Master of Science
Degree Conferred August 2013
Garima Sharma
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Wei-Han Cheng
Anurag Mohan
Kun Peng
Shishir Chandra Sarangpur
Shraddha P. Shinde
College of Urban
Planning and
Public Affairs
Public Administration
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred December 2013
Eunjung Shin
EXCLUSIVE SHARING OF GENETIC
MATERIALS IN U.S. AGRICULTURAL
RESEARCH: ANTECEDENTS AND
CONSEQUENCES
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Jennifer Melissa Benoit Bryan
Marla Alexia Parker
Master of Public Administration
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Yoav Diamond
James Edwin Eisenhauer
John W. Frizzell
Sean I. Jacobs
Joseph C. Miller
Jobeth Robison
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Alyson Merritt Ackerman
Rita Maria Bieliauskas
Shatha M. Dweik
Sarah Noreen Falconer
Jennifer R. Jones
Joseph K. Kelly
Anne Neri Kostiner
Mary Elizabeth Lanier
Eunae Lim
Katrina Lopez
Linsey Nicole Maughan
Sean R. McNally
Jennifer Helen Mielnicki
Chester J. Mikucki
Albert Miliauskas
Alexandra Padrul
Jason Patrick Petros
Robert Franklin Rebecca
Adam E. Rowe
Jiadong Wang
Amanda Wilkins
Aaron Hill Zivic
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Eric Michael Adams
Tiara R. Beecham
Lizanell Benitez
Kesha M. Butler
Michael Carl Dropka
Sean Patrick Halloran
Alexis Aguilu Hernandez
James Michael Hurley
Rory Coleman Joyce
Bethany Rose Lang
Rodrigo Lopez
Luz M. Luna
Martin P. Manov
Ryan C. Martin
Michael E. Mesce
Jennifer A. Nordin
Alyson Paige Nutter
Amanda Marie Quirk
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Clint Sabin
Emily Melinda Smith
Yu-Hsuan Sung
Cecilia S. Tobias
Zhi Wang
Amanda Kristin Williams
Scott R. Zalatoris
Urban and Public Affairs
Bachelor of Arts
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Hilary E. Arther
Johnathan R. Chance
Julian D. Collins
Eduardo A. Munoz Colunga
Ross David Hubball
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Pardeep Singh Deol
Alison Ellise Redenz
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Felicia Latrice Clay
Suzana Estrada
Angeline G. Farugia
Katherine E. Feekin§#
Andrea Gonzalez‡
Kara Ann Highfill†
Daniel Lokic
Martin Macias
Kyle F. Ryan
Gabrielle Brice Bigelow Schreiber
Natalia Skvirblys
Matthew M. Wong
Andrea Lyn Zeritis
Stephanie Diane Zito
Urban Planning and Policy
Doctor of Philosophy
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Carrie Elizabeth Menendez
Marina Toneli Siqueira
Master of Urban Planning
and Policy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Andres Acosta
Brittany Bagent
Thomas Anthony Bellino
Sunny J. Bhatt
Nathan M. Carley
Sonya Lisa Eldridge
Kasey Evans
Ruben David Feliciano
Timothy Gardner Huff
Antonia Lalagos
Jennifer Eugenia Nalbantyan
Shallie T. Pittman
Christopher D. Poulos
Emily Estella Robinson
Angela B. Sims
Ian Michael Tobin
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Malek Abdulsamad
Kyle Stanley Bardo║
Emily Zucker Burns
Jason David Duba
Benjamin James Fenton
Peter Kalenik
45
Commencement
Michael David Kaplan
Zachary A. Koutsky
Scott P. Presslak
Ryan Schmitt
April Dawn Schneider
Temple Ann Schultz
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Danilo Isaac Aguilar
Carmen A. Aiken
Farah N. Ansari
Jessica Michelle Baas
Kaitlyn Elizabeth Baffoe
Alireza Bahramirad
Adam Michael Barnum
Michael R. Blauvelt
Patricia Bon
Marcella Bondie
Ute K. Brantsch
Lindsay Broughel
Ashley B. Butler
Michael Derek Calomese
John T. Carlisle
Cecile Marie Carroll║
Elizabeth Castaneda
Romina N. Castillo
Danielle R. Chiarottino
Jessica Veuoak Choi
William Coblentz
Jesse L. Davis
Denise DeArmond
David Michael Degroot
Brendan John Dodge-Hayakawa
Emily Anne Egan
Shelby C. Egan
Martin Daniel Wallace Ellinger-Locke
Sara Marie Ellis
Christopher M. Fahey
Spencer Jamaal Ferguson
Shirese Sharon Renee Franklin
Jason M. Gabel
Katie Elizabeth Gallagher
David H. Gleicher
Sarah Skilken Gold
Mary Elizabeth Huber
Nusrat Jahan
Jennifer Ashley Kane
Arnold Kasemsarn
Samantha McIntosh Kearney
Sarah Kellerman
Jacob C. Kosior
David Martin Kosturik
Stephanie L. Krivus
Jonathan Stamm Lehman
Carrie Leverett
Zhaolong Li
Liyu Liang
Alexander Linares
David Matthew Mahler
Douglas Maisey
Dean A. Massey
Alexandra Chaustre McNally║
Rosamond Clare Meerdink
Andrew J. Meindl
Martin Robert Menninger
Ada Mae Morgan
Jackson C. Morsey
Katherine Amanda Mount
Kevin Nicholas Nester
Donald Seanoa Nielsen
Charles Efetobo Oyibo║
Anthony E. Pelikan
Alejandra Piers-Torres
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Kelsey A. Pudlock
Maria D. Ramos-Cuaya
Andrew J. Rohan
Jacob G. Rueter
Andreas G. Safakas
David Vincent Sakala
Ashley M. Sarver
Andrew Joseph Shook
Kelly C. Siegel
Douglas Elson Stepnicka
Jacob Benjamin Stern
Ariel Stouder
Erika A. Strauss
Nathan Francis Taylor
Alma Tello
Claire M. Thomison
Irene Tostado
Jacob Wayne Trimble
Thomas Andrew Watson
Justin Robert Wier
Jane Carol Wilberding
Matthew Ahmad Williams
Matthew D. Wilson
John Wise
Anna Nicole Wolf
Yan Yin
Michelle Marie Zehnder
Graduate College
Neuroscience
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred December 2013
Michael H. Alpert
CALCIUM-DEPENDENT DENDRITIC
SIGNALING PROPERTIES IN LAMPREY
SPINAL NEURONS DURING LOCOMOTION
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Jackson J. Cone
Natalie N. King
G PROTEIN SIGNALING IN AUTISTIC
ENDOPHENOTYPES
Ina Han Lee
THE ROLE OF SPECIFIC C-JUN NTERMINUS KINASE ISOFORMS IN
HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE PATHOGENESIS
Sachin Moonat
THE ROLE OF AMYGDALOID CHROMATIN
AND SYNAPTIC REMODELING IN ANXIETY
AND ALCOHOLISM
Lawren Vandevrede
NITRATE CHIMERAS: A NEW CLASS OF
DISEASE MODIFYING AGENTS FOR THE
TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Adrian Zhubi
Jane Addams
College of
Social Work
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Brian L. Kelly
SUPERMAN IN THE SMALLEST SPACE:
EXPLORING A MUSIC STUDIO FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS
Camille R. Quinn║
EXPLORING GENDER DIFFERENCES IN
JUVENILE OFFENDERS: UNDERSTANDING
GIRLS ON PROBATION
Nancy Marie Rolock
PREDICTORS OF STABILITY FOR FORMER
FOSTER CHILDREN IN ADOPTIVE AND
GUARDIANSHIP HOMES
Rachel Marie Venema║
POLICE OFFICER DECISION MAKING IN
REPORTED SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES
Master of Social Work
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Anne Catherine Knack
AnnMarie Ashley Serpa
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Selena Henry
Stephanie Syverson
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Stacey Charla Adams
Enisa Maria Alicea
Ekaterina B. Andreeva
Giovanni Lina Aviles
Lindsey Juliette Bailey
Stephanie Lana Balog
Danielle Morgan Banks
Ciera E. Bates-Walker
Angel Maxine Beecham
Priscilla Kelly Beecham-Joseph
Ryan Matthew Belk
Nikole Renee Bennett
Joshua Sidney Berman
Shanequia S. Berry
Anna Elizabeth Beyer
Dominika Bielinska
Skye Lucianna Bierton
Anthony William Borchardt
Sarah Whitney Boulton
Natalie A. Brady
Kassandra Alexandria Braswell
Elizabeth Alice Brice
Cristina Maria Brici
Diane Denise Britton
Jasmine Jenay Brownfield
Melissa E. Burian
Carla L. Cabrera
Gabrielle Calmy
Ali Kay Cannedy
Cassandra Edwina Carrasquillo
Tajmar D. Carter
Diana Nathali Castillo
Ferzana Chavda
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Amanda Kelsey Coots
Georgina Corona
Taylor Elise Correale
Jennifer Nicole Craven
Grace E. Cua
Zachary J. Cutts
Bianca Z. Cuyun‡‡
Brenna L. Cyr
Jeremy Dalessio
Elizabeth L. Darcy
Tamaya Davis
Sharon Yajahira Delgado
Kelly C. Dewey‡‡
Jacqueline Dorantes
Weronika Dorman
Angel M. Downie
Elizabeth Clare Duffey
Emily Rose Dunbar
Charisse D. Eschmann
Rita Espinoza
Heidy Tatiana Fajardo
Judy Rose Felder-Heithmar
Julie Elizabeth Field
Rebecca Dawn Flattery
Shawn Marie Flynn
Sabina A. Gancarczyk
Ashley Michelle Gardner
Michelle Marie Garvey
Kimberly Ann Genian
Shanda Marie Gilligan
Maria Juanita Green
Rikkell Kathleen Green
Jenelle Nicole Greene
Michael Griffin
Derek Edward Gruen
Carla Rosa Gutierrez
Erin Weir Hageman‡‡
Emmaleigh L. Halweg
Eileen Renee Hanson
Ashley P. Harris
Julia M. Hasten
Kelly Elizabeth Henkels
Amanda Marie Henschel
Yesenia Hernandez
Meredith Bailey Hershner
Kiley J. Heth
Kelly N. Horn
Catherine H. Huang
Jamie Ann Iovino
Amalia Chanel Jones‡‡
Saiyd Amir Joyce
Jillian Marie Justice
Stacey H. Kaplan
Carolyn Marie Kata
Samina Kausar
Mollie R. King
Joyce Klein
Karolina Kocol
Zoe Anna Kolon‡‡
Simona Eva Kovacic
Hannah Marie Kralovec
Kara Lynn Kroculick
Samantha Ione Kurtenbach
Christine M. La Pak
Latia Katherine Lane
Kelly Beth Larson
Amy A. Leahy
Jessica Lebeau-Richman
Irina Lelik
Katarzyna Loniewska
Bridget K. Looby
Lissette Lucero
Kristin Eileen Mains
Commencement
Olivia M. Mansour
Bryce Elizabeth Marable
Shenita Lynna Mardis
Maggie Anne Marincic
Elisa M. Martinez
Alexandra Dominique Mason
Serina Elaine Mathena
Theodora Elise McClain‡‡
Brian Peter McIntosh‡‡
Mary Alice Meckes
Amanda Lynn Medina
Joseph Thomas Metler
Tiffany E. Micek
Melissa Ann Michaels
Kate Sarah Minkus
Bridget Briody Mitchell
John T. Mitchell
Robert O. Motley, Jr.
Jill Murphy
Lauren Margaret Nagle
Patrick J. Needham
Erica Patricia Negrete
Maija Grace Noll
Hannah I. Nordwall
Colleen Therese Norwell
Lukasz Obrochta
Emily Elaine O’Kelly
Flynn Mallory Okner
Stephanie Irene Olafson
Maria Oprea
Laura Tatiana Ormaza
Kathryn A. Padula
Katherine M. Palmer
Alexis Danielle Panico
Joan Monique Paradis
Lauren Lenair Perez
Aaron Patrick Petersen
Jessica Pino
Alexandra Michele Pinotti
Caroline Lynn Pittman
Jennifer Poole
Candice Monique Pooran
Utah Erika Powell
Nicole Louise Preucil
Melissa Dawn Quijano
Lydia M. Quinones
Delilah Quintana
Casandra Caroline Quiram
Evelyn Ramos
Jordan Ramsdell
Andrew Ian Repp
Kenya Simone Richardson
Diane Marie Ritchie
Catherine E. Robinson
Staci Elizabeth Robinson
Laura Roche
Victor E. Rodriguez
Erin E. Rohan
Alejandra Victoria Romo
Alexis Blair Rosen
Nicole L. Rosene
Martha E. Ruiz
Aubrey M. Runyan‡‡
Beth A. Sackett
Stephanie Lynn Samudio‡‡
Kelly Norinne Scafidi
Lucy Cushing Turner Schoyer
Carly Marie Segal
Melissa Corinne Senger
Sheila Odoso Sewe
Parvaneh C. Shidnia-Smith
Theresa Christine Shore
Tessa P. Simpson
Brooke Victoria Sloan
Margaret C. Smith
Diana Carolyn Spathis
Melissa Maria Stoyko
Carolyn Mae Stypka
Megan Elizabeth Swaback
Katherine D. Swedberg
LaToya D. Tanniehill‡‡
Gabrial S. M. Taylor
Alexander Oritseweyimi Tedeye
Paula L. Thigpen
Aubrey Emma Thornton
Marilena Toritto
Griselda Valdes
Katherine Elaine Valenta
Shalini Jasmine Van Ecka
Gregory Douglas Vanduan
Eric Vicens
Clara F. Villasenor
Fatima Villasenor
Kannan Vinaitheerthan
Danielle Sharte Vinson-Tucker
Julia Vladimirskiy
Paige Elizabeth Webber
Laura Weidner
Megan Lindsey Weinstein‡‡
Rachel Anne Wennmaker
Taylor Wessel
Elizabeth Kay White
Ericka M. Whitley
Carl G. Wiley
Blake W. Wilkinson
Lita K. Wimbley
Alexa Kathleen Wohlfort
Alejandro Cortez Woods
Brianna L. Yates
Easter Mae Young
Alexandra Lynn Ziskind
School of
Public Health
Community Health
Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Lisa Aponte-Soto║
THE IMPACT OF PUERTO RICAN
MATERNAL-FEEDING PRACTICES ON
CHILD OBESITY PREVENTION AND
DEVELOPMENT
Sarah R. Redman║
MEDIA INFLUENCE ON HUMAN
PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE DECISIONMAKING BEHAVIOR
Degree Conferred December 2013
Erin Jean Starzyk
NEONATAL MALE CIRCUMCISION:
EXAMINING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS’
PRACTICES
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Mayra Lorell Estrella║
Camille Autumn Fabiyi
EXPLORING NORMATIVE INFLUENCES
AND NATIVITY DIFFERENCES IN
BREASTFEEDING AMONG MIDDLE-CLASS
BLACK WOMEN
Syeda Fatima Naqvi
Elena Navas-Nacher
SECOND HAND SMOKE EXPOSURE AND
CIGARETTE SMOKING AMONG LATINO
ETHNO-CULTURAL GROUPS IN THE
UNITED STATES
Catherine Jane O’Brien
TESTING A MODEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND
LIFESTYLE VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH
COGNITIVE HEALTH AMONG OLDER
ADULTS
Thomas Horton Riess
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
MALE CIRCUMCISION AND SEXUAL RISK
COMPENSATION IN KISUMU, KENYA
Master of Public Health
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Johanna Lucinda Goderre Jones
Kelly L. Stempinski
Alison Noel Wathen
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Melissa K. Martin
Cammeo R. Medici
Nadja C. Millare
Erin B. Ryan
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Adrienne G. Banks
Abigail S. Banks-Golub
Sally Berko
Sara A. Buck
Jessica Cataldo
Rebekah Marie Ciribassi║
Michelle Crawford
Caroline Cyndee Cua
Samantha L. Curry
Ninna Damrongsan
Richa Aggarwal Dhawan
Brittany DeAnna Doxie
Sharyn Kaye Dyer
Nancy Isabel Espana
Kimberly P. Garza
Danielle L. Heide
Abigail C. Holicky
Michele Hom
Marissa Anja Hoover
Imade Olive Ihianle
Samiya R. Jabir
Lauren B. Jackson
Jasmine E. James
Clayton E. Johnson
Zaynab Kadhem
Andrew Peter Kelly
Stephanie Mae Kessl
Kristine Kim
Kathleen Koprowski
Tamara Andrea Kozyckyj
Aubry Anne Kyle║
Melanie-Kukana Hingada Maglaya
Kandis Martin
Nicholas Dangelou Martin
Chelsea R. Matthews
Caitlin Nicole Mazurek
DarLisa Lynette Meaders
Regina Guadalupe Meza-Jimenez
Sonia M. Narvaez
Xenia Okalibe
Michael Owolabi
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Kerry Rose O’Rourke
Mary Taylor Parsigian
Daniel Robert Perry
Rachel Anne Perry
Esther Ruth Ramos
Rebecca Samra Rapport
Rachel Suzanne Reichlin
Alison M. Roeder
Lisa A. Roeder
JuaQuetta Denise Ross
Melissa Salgado
Melissa H. Salgado-Bellin
Talia Salzman
Kimberly J. Schaefle
Amanda Jean Schmidt
Marcee Schoenbach
Jessica L. Schwiesow
Katya Lynn Seligman
Pooja A. Solanki
Katrina Ann Stumbras
Kevin Michael Wasielewski
Brittanie Marie Wilczak
Tiffany Alexi Williams
Environmental and
Occupational Health
Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred August 2013
Kristin Marie Osiecki
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
METHODOLOGIES AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS
IN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL
DISPARITY
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Alfreda Timberly Holloway-Beth
Master of Public Health
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Harris Habib
Cynthia Ann Meyer
Abhilasha Shrestha
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Fabian Bahena
Ashley Nicole Brown
Audrey De La Cruz
Patience O. Oladeinde
Ujwala Ramchandra Wani
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Fatai A. Ali
Preeth Thomas Alumkal
Arlicia Corley
Vinodinee Dissanyake
Hebah Simon Kassem
Melanie-Kukana Hingada Maglaya
Mailee Moua
Stephanie Wei-Guun Ngan
Janet Quynh Nhu Nguyen
Benjamin A. Rabin
Molly Katharine Tran
Lyndsey Uyen Vu
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Commencement
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Frank J. Pagone
Brian Joseph Staehlin
Felipe J. Tendick-Matesanz
Thomas James Vroman
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Quincy A. Coleman
Jordan Hepler
Katelynn Tonn
Ember Vannoy
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Jorge Antonio Castellanos
Brian Chin
Brian R. Czarnecki
Epidemiology and
Biostatistics
Doctor of Philosophy
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Abigail Silva
ASSESSING RACIAL/ETHNIC
DISPARITIES ALONG THE BREAST
CANCER TREATMENT CONTINUUM
Matthew Westercamp
POPULATION-LEVEL IMPACT OF A
MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION
PROGRAM TO PREVENT HIV INFECTION:
KENYA 2008-2011
Nelli Westercamp
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, HEALTH, AND
MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION IN
NYANZA PROVINCE, KENYA
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Mark David Grant
THREE STORIES OF ISCHEMIC STROKE:
AGING DEPENDENCE, CAROTID
PROCEDURES, AND ASYMPTOMATIC
CAROTID DISEASE
Katrine L. Wallace
PROCEED PILOT STUDY (PROSTATE
CANCER STUDY OF ETHNICITY, EXERCISE
AND DIET)
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Derrick Gregory Kaufman
MULTIVARIATE SURVIVAL ANALYSIS OF
MACROVASCULAR EVENTS IN VETERANS
WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES
Anissa Therese Lambertino
HORMONE DISRUPTION, BONE MINERAL
DENSITY, AND PERSISTENT ORGANIC
POLLUTANTS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL
WOMEN
Weihan Zhao
STATISTICAL METHODOLOGIES FOR
GROUP COMPARISONS OF BRAIN
CONNECTIVITY USING MULTIMODAL
NEUROIMAGING DATA
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Master of Public Health
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Oluwatunmise Adewale Adejumo
Benjamin J. Baer
Joseph Baker
Ahmed N. Chaudhry
Benjamin D. Katz
Samuel Byeongmoo Kim
Mike B. Nguyen
Tracy F. Nicholson
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Larisa A. Burke
Kelly Lyn DeBaene
Joseph Charles Deutsch
Keely Laurie Szilagyi
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Scott Evans Battle
Yun-An Chou
Danielle S. Chun
Whitney Johnson Clegg
Heather L. Davis
Andrew Kuster Hennenfent
Nicole Elizabeth Hovey
Patricia Ann Huetteman
John Jay Lalomio
Boluwatiwi Kehinde Oye
Kalyan Ray Parashette
Zachary Pope
Alicia Lauren Roston
Laura Elizabeth Tourdot
Ariel Janelle Willingham
Sarah Yang Won
Guang Yu
Lindsay Paige Zimmerman
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Mylove Mutia Mortel
Trang Ngoc Doan Pham║
Yamin Wang
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Christopher Roger Kabir
Christopher Michael Quinn
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Ying Gao
Rachel Nordgren
Elinore Sheryka
Charles Killian Spanbauer
Qiang Zhao
Health Policy and
Administration
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Conferred December 2013
Jessica M. Mazza
RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF A
SUBSTANCE CRAVING SCALE: TESTING
INVARIANCE ACROSS SUBSTANCES
Candidate for Degree May 2014
Samsriyaningsih Handayani
FACTORS INFLUENCING BROTHELBASED FEMALE SEX WORKERS’
SELF-PERCEIVED RISK FOR HIV
INFECTION IN SURABAYA
Master of Healthcare
Administration
Degree Conferred August 2013
Miroslav Crnjakovic
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Maria Alvi
Matthew Michael Lauck
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Elizabeth N. Budzik
Adaeze N. Chuma-Okorafor
Haroun Qader Dada
Jeffery Allen Dahl
Alexander Garrett Grabko
Keisha Lee Hankerson
Sarah Ann Lax
Erika L. McDonald
Jennifer L. Money
Ayesha Nawaz
Brenden Michael Duhig Pilcher
Nikita R. Pradhan
Olga Rivera
Omar S. Salim
Sarah Michelle Siazon
Master of Public Health
Degrees Conferred August 2013
Cynthia A. Bracy
Yvette Danielle Castaneda
Julie Anne Chodacki
Sodabeh Etminan
David William Hertha
Hira T. Khan
Dana Marie Madigan
Saritha Murugan
Amelia Fitz Ryan
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Ninna Damrongsan
Danielle J. Meyer
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Sara Alexandria Agate
Ifeoma Vanessa Aguanunu
Farooq Akbar
Titilope Oluwatobi Akinlose
Brian Charles Bamberger
Melishia Bansa
Timothy John Barreiro
Anne Fahey Boesen
Christine Bucheit
Kathy Lee Cabrera
Dana A. Casalino
Nadia Daneshvar
Shandella Darring
Daylan D. Dufelmeier
Mark Adrian Faasse
Christina Foreman
Sarah Jayne Franseen
Mary Gabis
Britinia R. Galvin
Katrina Theresa Gordon
Kristina Ashley Hamilton
Marcia Lynne Harris
Catherine Julia Jefcoat
Kristen Kipping-Johnson
Elise Nicole Lauer
Kathleen M. McElwee
Jeanita Moore
Mary K. Morin
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
May 2014
Salman S. Moti
Tiara Dayona Muse
Elizabeth Leonard Otter
Melissa A. Patel
Krishna Hemant Patharkar
Pamela Roper
Dino Peter Rumoro
Diana Elena Rusz
Maimuna Sayyeda
Raven S. Smith
Claudia M. Telles
Master of Science
Degrees Conferred December 2013
Julie Ann Justo
Michelle A. Kominiarek
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Edith Nutescu
Heather M. Prendergast
Santosh Lumdas Saraf
Public Health
Bachelor of Arts
Candidates for Degree May 2014
Aneta Gil†
Gabriela A. Illa
Jovana Ljuboje
Jamesetta Suah Mator
Matthew B. Moy
Sharon May Andisi Mwale
Aderoju Modupe Oshodi
Isabel Ruvalcaba
Christina Michelle Yang
Commencement
May 2014
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
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Commencement
50
May 2014
UIC University of Illinois at Chicago
America the Beautiful
by Katharine Lee Bates
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
The Star-Spangled Banner
by Francis Scott Key
O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Printed on recycled paper with soy ink.
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