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

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvBhI-npN58&feature=youtu.be]

The names of our December undergraduate students were read by 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

      [video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_ZbNaVLyGU&feature=youtu.be]

      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

          [video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8npjCuXaQM&feature=youtu.be]

          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