Presenting CMCI's 2020 Graduates

Congratulations to the Class of 2020!

This year, 651 students are receiving bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. The names of graduates will be read by faculty from each department, in alphabetical order by last name. Each video includes timestamps in the description to help you find your name and slide more quickly.

Congrats from Dean Bergen

The names of our December undergraduate students were read by former CMCI Internships and Careers Coordinator Christine Mahoney.

 

  • 0:00— Communication
  • 1:23— Information Science
  • 1:35— Journalism
  • 2:01— Media Production
  • 2:32— Media Studies
  • 2:45— Strategic Communication

Graduates

  • Alex Apfel
  • Jessika Bassi
  • Brayden Bean
  • Thomas Calvert
  • Can Deng
  • Mansoor Ezzat
  • James Faughnan
  • Sidney Federico
  • Kili Hamilton
  • Kayla Jacobson
  • Jonathan Jennings ^
  • Shelby Lavery ^
  • Gabrielle Magloire
  • Dara Maltby
  • Amy Martinez
  • Sylvia Matz
  • Paul Santoleri
  • David Skuban
  • Rider Stoglin
  • Krystin Tagaris
  • Wai Yi Ting
  • Marisa Warm
  • Lindsey Will
  • London York
  • Stephanie Zuniga-Herrera

Graduates

  • Ben Niu
  • Jacob Paul *

Graduates

  • Hannah Bittrolff
  • Mary Driscoll
  • Carina Julig
  • Sarah Lemon ^
  • Kristin Oh
  • Caroline Rhoades
  • Makenna Sturgeon ^

Graduates

  • Suki Affatato ^
  • Noah Carmichael
  • Grant Craver
  • William Dale
  • Bridger Haas
  • Kyle Mackie
  • Zachary Rosilier
  • Sophia Schelle ^
  • Nicholas Thompkins

Graduates

  • Seth Johnson
  • Madeline Lacy ^
  • John Palmer

Graduates

  • Joshua Alaniz
  • Zachary Allen
  • Gabrielle Banayan
  • Megan Banks
  • Martin Barnick
  • Julie Bentley
  • Katja Brewer
  • Ariana Brooks
  • Allison Bruhn
  • Elizabeth Brusco ^
  • Emily Carden
  • Lucas Cooper
  • Samantha Danshes ^
  • Grant Davis
  • Nicholas Delzio
  • Lindsay Eades
  • Anthony Fahmy
  • Hudson Fega
  • Jaocb Fell
  • Jason Forsythe
  • Addison Giddings
  • Madison Graham ^
  • Cameron Grover
  • Zachary Hartman
  • Savannah Hunter
  • Madison Janes ^
  • Marjorie-Sofia Kampe
  • Michaella Kear
  • Nathan Keyes
  • Leya Kutzer
  • Lauren Lamp
  • Benjamin Lary
  • Ian Le
  • Nash Levitt ^
  • George Lund
  • Jason Lustine
  • Danielle Mangat
  • Matthew Marroquin
  • Kaitlyn Massin
  • Victoria McGinnis
  • Siberry McKay
  • Mara McLaughlin ^
  • Boni McVey
  • Emily Meyer
  • Mitchell Milbauer
  • Steven Montez
  • Jayne Moon
  • Zoe Morton ^
  • Jessica Myers
  • Tiana Noble ^
  • Samuel Noyer
  • Briony Ordorica
  • Joshua Pagan Ramos
  • Kelly Pelino
  • Jasmine Reynolds Nguyen
  • Kennedy Ross
  • Japhy Sanchez
  • Jonathan Santistevan
  • James Silvester
  • Nora Thomas
  • Marie Villa
  • Kelsey Wheeler
  • Maiti Young
  • Hang Zhao
  • Pablo de la Rosa Santiago ^

* Graduating with Honors

^ Graduating with Distinction 

+ Outstanding Student Honoree

Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Degrees

* Graduating with Honors

^ Graduating with Distinction 

+ Outstanding Student Honoree

The names of master’s students were read by: Assistant Professor of Communication Jody Jahn, Associate Professor of Information Science Lecia Barker and Assistant Professor of Information Science Jed Brubaker, Associate Professor of Journalism Angie Chuang, Associate Professor of Media Studies Rick Stevens, and Associate Professor Elizabeth Skewes, Interim Chair of Advertising, Public Relation and Media Design.

 

  • 0:04— Communication
  • 0:21— Information Science
  • 0:33— Journalism
  • 1:06— Media and Public Engagement
  • 1:23— Strategic Communication Design

 

Audra Kelly Barber

Advisor: Larry Frey


Michael Warren Cook

Advisor: Phaedra Pezzullo


Yessica Del Rincon

Advisor: Lisa Flores


Sean Kenney

Advisor: Karen Ashcraft


Rachel Kay Larsen

Advisor: Leah Sprain

Xiaolei Huang

Advisor: Michael Paul


Jialun Jiang

Advisor: Casey Fiesler

Giselle Carolina Cesin


Sara Lea Cottle


Alexandria Feltes


Rey-Lynn Dawn Little


Julia Medeiros


Eva Danayanti Rachim


Gregory Kyle Ramirez Hardy


Jenna Sampson


Alejandra Wilcox

Talia Aygun

Advisor: Michela Ardizzoni


Laura Daley

Advisor: Michela Ardizzoni


Mark Fairbrother

Advisor: Polly McLean


Heidi A Rogers

Advisor: Nathan Schneider

Ghanima (Gia) Almuaili


Caroline (Caro) Beresford-Wood


Yeon Choi


Yvonne Danyluck


Steven Douglas


Vanessa Frye


Mark Grundberg


Clayton Kenney


Minsuk Kim


Megan Kwiatkowski


David Michael II Laskowski


Nicole Lunt


Derek Livingston Palmer


Aitana Rothfeld


Joshua (Josh) Sheetz


Tess Hummon Stevens


Nicole Yie Jue Tang


Yangmin Zhang


Hanshu Zhou

Names and dissertation titles were read by: Andrew Calabrese, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Research; Karen Ashcraft, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity; and Mark Amerika, Director of Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance.

 

  • 0:00— Introduction
  • 0:37— Communication
  • 2:42— Information Science
  • 3:00— Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance
  • 3:18— Media Research and Practice

Sarah Lindsey Beck

Dissertation: "Queer Everyday Life, Aesthetics, and Possibilities Within Spaces of Retreat"

Advisor: Pete Simonson


Nathan Henry Bedsole

Dissertation: "A Rhetorical Object Voice"

Advisor: Pete Simonson


Tajshen Geneva Campbell

Dissertation: "A State of Balanced Tensions: The Impact & Negotiation of Authority in the Ongoing Equilibrium of Collaboration"

Advisor: Matt Koschmann


Terrell Jake Dionne

Dissertation: "The Synecdochal Bison: Rhetorical Colonialism in an Age of Territorial Dispossession"

Advisor: Phaedra Pezzullo


Jeanette Elberta German

Dissertation: "From Showing up to Speaking out: Communication Characteristics, Experiences, and Practices of Activists and Mainstream Activist Groups"

Advisor: Larry Frey


Joe Edward Hatfield

Dissertation: "The Rhetorical Afterlife of Leelah Alcorn: A Trans* Hauntology"

Advisor: Ted Striphas


Danielle Michelle Hodge

Dissertation: "African American Identities and Communicative Practices in Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture: A Critical Race Discourse Analysis"

Advisor: Karen Tracy, Reiland Rabaka


Jared Kopczynski

Dissertation: "Communicating Value: Constructions of Value in a Startup Accelerator"

Advisor: Timothy Kuhn


Amanda Leigh Szabo-Huff

Dissertation: "Assembling a Startup Economy: How Communication Organizes Value in Startup Community"

Advisor: Ted Striphas

Ashlynn Daughton

Dissertation: "Advancing the Scope of Nontraditional Data Streams: Using Internet Data to Understand Human Behavior, Account for Bias and Improve Forecasting"

Advisor: Michael Paul

Elizabeth Rose Striegl

Dissertation: "Voluntary De-Convenience"

Advisor: Lori Emerson

Kevan Feshami

Dissertation: "'We Must Secure the Existence of Our People': Racial Imperilment Narratives and Affective Identity Production in White Nationalism's Mediated Networks"

Advisor: Nabil Echchaibi


Jamie Lee Kirtz

Dissertation: "Encoded Inequality: Hacking the Gender Bias in Technology"

Advisor: Nabil Echchaibi


Rachel Van Der Merwe

Dissertation: "We Are Not South African"

Advisor: Nabil Echchaibi


Tara Walker

Dissertation: "Ask Your Doctor About Chemical Imbalances: Mass-Communicating the Biomedical Model of Mental Illness Through Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors"

Advisor: Erin Willis