SUMMER 2019 Lubbock, Texas August 10, 2019

Commencement

SUMMER 2019

Commencement

Saturday, August 10, 2019 9:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. UNITED SUPERMARKETS ARENA LUBBOCK, TEXAS TABLE OF CONTENTS

MISSION

As a public research university, Texas Tech advances knowledge through innovative and creative teaching, research, and scholarship. The university is dedicated to student success by preparing learners to be ethical leaders for a diverse and globally competitive workforce. The university is committed to enhancing the cultural and economic development of the state, nation, and world.

2 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

LAWRENCE E. SCHOVANEC, Ph.D. President; Professor of Mathematics and Statistics

MICHAEL L. GALYEAN, Ph.D. JOSEPH HEPPERT, Ph.D. Provost and Senior Vice President; Vice President for Research; Horn Professor of Animal and Food Sciences Professor of Chemistry

NOEL SLOAN, J.D., CPA CAROL SUMNER, Ed.D. Vice President for Administration & Finance, Chief Diversity Officer and Vice President of Chief Financial Officer the Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM CHANCELLOR / BOARD OF REGENTS

TEDD L. MITCHELL, M.D. MR. MARK GRIFFIN MR. JOHN D. STEINMETZ Chancellor, Lubbock, Texas Dallas, Texas Texas Tech University System MR. RONNIE HAMMONDS MR. JOHN B. WALKER MR. CHRISTOPHER M. HUCKABEE Houston, Texas Houston, Texas Chairman Fort Worth, Texas MR. MICKEY L. LONG MR. DUSTY WOMBLE Midland, Texas Lubbock, Texas MR. J. MICHAEL LEWIS Vice Chairman MS. GINGER KERRICK MR. SEAN LEWIS Dallas, Texas Webster, Texas Detroit, Michigan

ACADEMIC OFFICERS

MARK SHERIDAN, Ph.D. W. BRENT LINDQUIST, Ph.D. TIM DODD, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Graduate and Dean, College of Arts & Sciences; Interim Dean, College of Human Sciences; Postdoctoral Affairs; Professor of Mathematics Professor of Hospitality Management Dean, Graduate School; Professor of Biology MARGARET L. WILLIAMS, Ph.D. DAVID D. PERLMUTTER, Ph.D. Dean, Jerry S. Rawls College of Dean, College of Media & Communication; JACK NOWLIN, Ph.D., J.D. Business Administration Professor of Journalism and Dean, School of Law; Electronic Media/Public Relations Professor of Law JESSE PEREZ MENDEZ, Ph.D. Dean and Professor, NOEL ZAHLER, D.M.A. WILLIAM F. BROWN, Ph.D. College of Education Dean, J.T. & Margaret Talkington Dean, College of Agricultural College of Visual & Performing Arts; Sciences & Natural Resources; Professor, AL SACCO, JR., Ph.D. Professor of Music Animal and Food Sciences Dean, Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering; BELLA KARR GERLICH, Ph.D. JIM WILLIAMSON, M.Arch. Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor and Dean of Libraries Dean, College of Architecture; Professor of Architecture MICHAEL SAN FRANCISCO, Ph.D. PATRICK C. HUGHES, Ph.D. Dean, Honors College; Vice Provost, University Programs and Student Professor of Biology Success; Professor of Communication Studies

AUGUST 2019 3 ABOUT TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY

ROM ITS VERY BEGINNING the Texas Tech University community has had a sense of destiny and an aware- ness of the impact it could and would have on Texas and the wider world. Originally namedF Texas Technological College, Texas Tech opened in 1925 with six buildings, four schools (Agriculture, Engineering, Home Economics, and Liberal Arts), and an enrollment of 914. Texas Tech grew rapidly after World War II, and in 1969 the Texas legislature approved a name change to Texas Tech University. In the years since, Texas Tech has grown to become the largest comprehensive higher education institution in the western two-thirds of the state. As the only campus in Texas that is home to a major university, law school, and medical school, the university is the major institution of higher education in a region larger than 46 of the nation’s 50 states. Today, Texas Tech continues to thrive, with more than 38,000 students enrolled in its 11 colleges: Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resourc- es, Architecture, Arts & Sciences, Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration, Education, Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineer- ing, Honors College, Human Sciences, Media & Communication, J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts, and the Graduate School, as well as University Programs via the Provost’s Office. The institution’s goal is to enroll 40,000 students by 2020. Because of its educational scope and purpose, as well as the size of the region it serves, Texas Tech University operates in numerous Texas lo- cations beyond the Lubbock campus. In all, the Texas Tech University System—which includes Texas Tech University, Angelo State University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Cen- ter at El Paso—has more than 44,000 students enrolled.

4 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY AUGUST 2019 5 6 INCE TEXAS TECH’S FIRST graduation ceremony in the spring of 1927, more than 200,000 undergraduate and graduate degrees have been awarded by the university. From these proud graduates Shave emerged captains of industry, world-re- nowned surgeons, noted authors, famous singers, acclaimed teachers and professors, attorneys, en- trepreneurs, agronomists, scientists, professional athletes, and countless others who have claimed positions of service and responsibility in a rapidly changing world. Texas Tech University graduates have governed states, flown in space, served as Presidential cabi- net members, won Olympic gold medals, served as ambassadors to foreign countries, acted on Broadway stages, won Pulitzer Prizes, served in Congress, led Fortune 500 companies, and been watched by millions on network television news. Not all graduates will achieve fame and fortune in equal measure, but all Texas Tech graduates can point with pride to the solid academic preparation they received and the personal connec- tions they made as Red Raiders. For beneath the spacious skies of West Texas and in the halls of brick and tile through which they strolled during their time on campus, generations of Texas Tech students have been provided a foundation for success that is without parallel. As they take their first steps into careers that will see many of them literally change the world, they can remem- ber with certainty one important fact about Texas Tech University: From here, it’s possible.

AUGUST 2019 7 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

Saturday, August 10, 2019 9:00 a.m.

Presiding Dr. Lawrence Schovanec President, Texas Tech University

Processional* Texas Tech Commencement Band Dr. Sarah McKoin, Conductor

National Anthem Ms. Liz Davila Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Music

Welcoming Remarks Mr. Christopher M. Huckabee Chairman, Board of Regents, Texas Tech University System

Introduction of Commencement Speaker Dr. Lawrence Schovanec

Commencement Address Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell TTUS Chancellor and President of TTU Health Sciences Center

Conferring of Degrees Dr. Lawrence Schovanec Dr. Michael Galyean Provost and Senior Vice President

Presentation of Doctoral and Dr. Kristi Gaines Master’s Degree Candidates Associate Dean, Graduate School

Presentation of Bachelor’s Degree Candidates Dr. Cindy Akers Associate Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources Dr. Dennis Arnett Associate Dean, Rawls College of Business Dr. Kelli Cargile Cook Professor and Chair, College of Media & Communication Dr. Tim Dodd Interim Dean, College of Human Sciences Dr. Patrick Hughes (presenting University Studies and Wind Energy degrees) Vice Provost, University Programs and Student Success

Recognition of Outstanding Students Dr. Michael Galyean Class of 2019

Charge to the Graduates Dr. Lawrence Schovanec

Alma Mater Mr. Jacob Barrow (Words on Back Cover) Graduating with a Bachelor of Music

Recessional* Texas Tech Commencement Band

* Please remain seated during the Processional and Recessional

8 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

Saturday, August 10, 2019 1:30 p.m.

Presiding Dr. Lawrence Schovanec President, Texas Tech University

Processional* Texas Tech Commencement Band Dr. Sarah McKoin, Conductor

National Anthem Ms. Liz Davila Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Music

Welcoming Remarks Mr. Christopher M. Huckabee Chairman, Board of Regents, Texas Tech University System

Introduction of Commencement Speaker Dr. Lawrence Schovanec

Commencement Address Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell TTUS Chancellor and President of TTU Health Sciences Center

Conferring of Degrees Dr. Lawrence Schovanec Dr. Michael Galyean Provost and Senior Vice President

Presentation of Doctoral and Dr. Kristi Gaines Master’s Degree Candidates Associate Dean, Graduate School

Presentation of Bachelor’s Degree Candidates Dr. Brent Lindquist Dean, College of Arts & Sciences Dr. Jesse Perez Mendez Dean, College of Education Dr. Al Sacco, Jr. Dean, Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering Dr. Michael San Francisco Dean, Honors College Dr. Brian Steele Associate Dean, Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts Prof. Jim Williamson Dean, College of Architecture

Recognition of Outstanding Students Dr. Michael Galyean Class of 2019

Charge to the Graduates Dr. Lawrence Schovanec

Alma Mater Mr. Jacob Barrow (Words on Back Cover) Graduating with a Bachelor of Music

Recessional* Texas Tech Commencement Band * Please remain seated during the Processional and Recessional

AUGUST 2019 9 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

r. Tedd L. Mitchell serves in a dual appointment as President of Texas DTech University Health Sciences Center and Chancellor of the Texas Tech University System. He has held his post as Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center President since 2010 and became the Texas Tech University System’s fifth Chancellor on Oct. 25, 2018.

As Chancellor, Dr. Mitchell serves as the chief executive officer of a $2 billion, four-university higher education enterprise consisting of Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Angelo State University, and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. Collectively, the Texas Tech University System enrolls approximately 55,000 students, operates on more than 15 campuses statewide and internationally, and has an endowment valued over $1.3 billion.

Dr. Mitchell works collaboratively with the Board of Regents, System administration, and each university president to enhance the System’s profile and support shared missions of advancing higher education, health care, research, and community outreach. Additionally, Dr. Mitchell guides the System’s engagement with state elected officials in Austin and federal leaders in Washington, D.C., to further enhance funding and support.

Historic milestones were achieved, under Dr. Mitchell’s leadership, after receiving legislative funding and approval in the 86th Texas Legislature to establish a new Texas Tech University veterinary school in Amarillo and a new dental school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. This will be the state’s first veterinary school in more than a century and first dental school in over 50 years. The addition of these two schools makes the Texas Tech University System one of only nine in the nation to offer programs for undergraduate, medical, law, nursing, pharmacy, dental, and veterinary education, among other academic areas.

Prior to his dual appointment, Dr. Mitchell was named the eighth president of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center on May 17, 2010. He is the university’s longest-tenured president and has successfully led a period of record growth in enrollment, academic excellence, and physical campus expansion. TTUHSC now graduates more health care professionals than any other health-related institution in Texas.

As President, Dr. Mitchell has launched initiatives for interprofessional concentration around the university’s five schools – Biomedical Sci- ences, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy – and promoted programs to support novel research and creative endeavors such as the Department of Public Health, which will soon become the School of Public Health. Under his leadership, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center successfully helped establish the System’s fourth university, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, in 2013.

Dr. Mitchell earned a Bachelor of Science at Stephen F. Austin State University in 1983. He is an Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Texas Medical Branch, where he received his Doctor of Medicine in 1987. In 2012, Dr. Mitchell was honored as a distinguished alumnus of the Department of Internal Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Sports Medicine. From 1988 to 1996, he served as a captain in the U.S. Army Reserves (Medical Corps).

Prior to arriving at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Dr. Mitchell served as president and chief executive officer of the Cooper Clinic in Dallas, an internationally-recognized center of excellence in preventive and sports medicine.

His research interest is focused on the effects of activity and lifestyle on health. Dr. Mitchell has authored or co-authored dozens of scientific papers, abstracts, and book chapters. He also is a frequent lecturer, both nationally and internationally, on the physiology of exercise and the effects of exercise on aging, fitness, and overall quality of life. In 2002, Dr. Mitchell was appointed by President George W. Bush to the President’s Council for Physical Fitness and Sports and served until 2009.

As health editor and a weekly columnist for USA Weekend from 1998 to 2010, Dr. Mitchell published more than 600 articles. He received the 2006 Clarion Award and the 2008 Walter C. Alvarez Award for Excellence in Medical Communication from the American Medical Writers Association. His writing led to collaborative efforts with other health experts, culminating in the publication of the books Fit to Lead, Move Yourself, and Fit to Lead II.

Dr. Mitchell is married to Dr. Janet Tornelli-Mitchell. They met while in medical school and practiced together for nearly two decades. The Mitchells have three children: Katherine, an assistant district attorney in Dallas; Charlie, a petroleum engineer in Dallas and a Texas Tech University alumnus; and Chris, a Texas Tech University alumnus, living in Philadelphia pursuing a master’s degree at Villanova University.

10 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CONVOCATIONS COMMITTEE COLLEGE READERS STUDENT BANNER BEARERS Ms. Heidi Winkler, Chair College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Dr. Courtney D Gibson, Co-Chair Resources – Dr. Warren Conway Resources – Ms. Chloe Wilson Mr. Ian Barba College of Architecture – Prof. David Isern College of Architecture – Mr. Gilbert Gonzalez Ms. Shelley Barba College of Arts & Sciences – Mr. Jacob M. Baum College of Arts & Sciences – Dr. Jorge Iber Ms. Shelby Skomer Dr. Shane Blum Rawls College of Business Administration – Dr. Rhonda Boros Rawls College of Business Administration – Dr. Valerie Borum Mr. Derrick Ginter Ms. Megan Elliott Dr. Alec Cattell College of Education – College of Education – Mr. Preston Teters Ms. Luciana C. Cavazos Dr. Zinab Elhagrasey Muñoz Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering – Dr. Julie Chang Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering – Dr. Danny Choi Mr. Kazi Muktadir Mr. Don Collier Dr. Ken Rainwater Graduate School – Ms. Ai Kitazumi and Dr. Fanni Coward Graduate School – Dr. Tim Dallas and Ms. Kara-Aretha Graham Dr. John A. Dawson Dr. Aaron Zimmerman College of Human Sciences – Dr. Audra Day Ms. Vy Hong Thao Nguyen Ms. Esther De Leon Honors College – Dr. Ken Rainwater Ms. Amiee Dixon College of Human Sciences – Honors College 9:00 a.m. – Mr. Jordan Knight Prof. Genevieve Durham Dr. Bill Gustafson Dr. Nadia Flores 1:30 p.m. – Mr. Shashidhar Sastry College of Media & Communication – Ms. Jordan Frierson College of Media & Communication – Dr. Kristi Gaines Dr. Todd Chambers Mr. Joseph Greiner Dr. Michael Giesselmann University Programs and Wind Energy – Mr. Ben Haugland University Programs – Ms. Madison McLellan Dr. Vijay Hegde Dr. Marcus Tanner Talkington College of Visual & Ms. Laura Heinz Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts – Mr. Adrian Ito Dr. Annette Hernandez Performing Arts – Prof. Andrea Bilkey Ms. Markicia Horton FACULTY BANNER BEARERS Dr. Catherine Jai ADMINISTRATIVE Mr. Jesse Jou 9:00 a.m. – Barbie Chambers, Ph.D Ms. Jessica Kirschner REPRESENTATIVES Assistant Professor of Professional Communication, Dr. Belinda Kleinhans College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural College of Media & Communication Dr. Erin Marie Legacey Resources – Ms. Macie Reese 1:30 p.m. – Upe Flueckiger, M.Arch Dr. Jonathan Marks Professor of Architecture, College of Architecture Dr. Barent McCool College of Architecture – Ms. Sheon Montgomery Ms. Amy Peterman Dr. Mark Moore College of Arts & Sciences – LIBRARY BANNER BEARERS Mr. Damian Pantoya Ms. Kymberli Saldaña 9:00 a.m. – Mr. Joshua Salmans Dr. Michelle Pearson 1:30 p.m. – Mr. Chris Starcher Ms. Gabi Perez-Hunt Rawls College of Business Administration – Mr. Tom Rohrig Ms. Geleah Sharp Dr. Jhones Sarturi Ms. Courtney Seely College of Education – Ms. Karen Noles Dr. Walter Smith Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering – Ms. Stephanie Soto Ms. Tonette Rittenberry Ms. Carrye Syma Graduate School – Ms. Katie Chapman Mr. Jake Syma Dr. Marcus Tanner Honors College – Ms. Cheyenne Belew Dr. Leslie Thompson College of Human Sciences – Dr. Susan Tomlinson Ms. Ashlee Brown Mr. Von Venhuizen Dr.Jian Wang College of Media & Communication – Mr. Seth Warren-Crow Ms. Julia Heard Witt Dr. Richard Watson University Programs – Ms. Kacey Marshall Dr. Lynn Whitfield This program is an unofficial list of Summer 2019 Ms. Feruzan I Williams and Ms. Rachel Frazier graduates and should not be used to determine Dr. Aliza Wong Talkington College of Visual & a student’s academic or degree status. The actual Ms. Kiley Yonavich Performing Arts – Ms. Kathy Nordstrom award of honors reflected on a student’s diploma will be determined by the student’s final academic PROGRAM average. The university’s official registry for con- MUSIC ENSEMBLE ferral of degrees is the student’s permanent aca- This program was produced by the Office of The commencement music ensemble is demic record kept by the Office of the Registrar. comprised of students from the Texas Tech the Provost in cooperation with the Convo- University School of Music under the direc- cation Committee and the Office of Official tion of Dr. Sarah McKoin. Their participation Publications at Texas Tech University, Garrett is funded through the auspices of the Office of McKinnon, Director, and Lindsay Hallowell, the President, Texas Tech University. Administrator.

AUGUST 2019 11 CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATE DEGREES

The doctoral degree is the most advanced earned degree conferred by American institutions of higher learning. The doctorate usually represents prolonged periods of advanced study culminating in a dissertation intended to contribute substantially to the body of knowledge on the subject. The most widely sought doctorate is the Doctor of Philosophy, which no longer has an implication of philosophy as the major field of study but represents advanced research in any of the major fields of knowledge. The master’s degree is an academic honor bestowed upon students who have successfully completed work beyond the baccalaureate. Both a thesis and an oral examination are usually but not always required. When applicable, the graduate’s thesis topic is listed.

DOCTOR OF EDUCATION DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS Raphael Mwiti Gikunda Jason Zachary Davis Dissertation: Spatial Analysis of Perceived Sustain- AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION Dissertation: Demonstrating the Need, Creation, able Organic Agricultural Practices among Farm- Kalynn Dawn Baldock and Implementation of a Modernized Digital Bas- ers in Central Kenya Dissertation: Agricultural Educators' Adoption of soon Repertoire Catalog Major Professor: David Lawver Jenise Haynes Wooten Inquiry-based Learning: The Effects and Beliefs Major Professor: Richard Meek about Education, Self, and Context Joshua Ray Frans Dissertation: Symbolism in Agriculture: A Major Professor: Theresa Murphrey (TAMU) Dissertation: The Brooklyn Panorama Competi- Qualitative Inquiry of the Visual Vocabularies of Graphic Communicators Megan Luanne Roberts tion: A Historical Account Major Professor: Courtney Gibson Dissertation: Selected Agricultural Students' Self Major Professor: Lisa Rogers Perceived Emotional and Financial Wellbeing Jeremy David Isley ANIMAL SCIENCE Major Professor: Rudy A. Ruiz Dissertation: An Annotated Bibliography of Ilan Alexander Arvelo Yagua Duets for Soprano Voice and Marimba and/or EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP Dissertation: Novel Strategies to Model Biofilm Vibraphone Development and Foodborne Pathogen Persis- Brandon Kyle Mahler Major Professor: Lisa Rogers tence on Food Environmental Surfaces Dissertation: Grow Your Own Teachers: A Case Xiao Yang Major Professor: Marcos X. Sanchez-Plata Study of Strategies Used by Rural Texas Schools to Dissertation: Helping Developing Pianists Produce and Retain Qualified Teachers Sayani Mallick Prepare for the Sonatas of Haydn and Mozart: A Major Professor: Fernando Valle Dissertation: Effects of Oven Temperature and Sequenced Approach to Technique and Artistry Degree of Doneness in Flavor Development of Nancy Ruiz-Parker Major Professor: Carla Davis Cash Beef Steaks Dissertation: Using Professional Learning Com- Major Professors: Mark Miller and Jerrad Legako munities to Effectively Implement Response to DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Intervention BIOLOGY Major Professor: Irma Almager AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED Amanda Michelle Starr ECONOMICS Dissertation: Identification of Novel Secreted HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION Olumide Rinde Aborisade Compounds from the Amphibian Pathogen Batra- David Stanley Farmer, Jr. Dissertation: Essays on Agribusiness, Entrepre- chochytrium dendrobatidis Dissertation: Post-9/11 GI Bill Student Vet- neurship and Food Security in Nigeria Major Professor: Michael San Francisco eran Perceptions of Nonfinancial Services and Major Professor: Carlos E. Carpio BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Resources for Successful Transition from the Edwar E. Escalante Tito Military to Postsecondary Education Mohammed Gaus Alam Dissertation: The Political Economy of Violence Major Professor: Stephanie Jones and Development in Latin America Dissertation: Effects of Conflicting Non-compliant Major Professor: Adam Martin Current Habit on the Adoption of New Informa- INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY tion Security Policy (ISP): Using a Phishing Email Cheri Myers Hadley Rebecca Leigh Mccullough Perspective Dissertation: An Investigation of Faculty Percep- Dissertation: Impact of Groundwater Resources Major Professor: Fred Davis and Crop Insurance on Agricultural Producers in tions of Online Teaching: Barriers and LMS Muhammad Ahmed Saleem Baig Satisfaction the Southern High Plains of Texas Dissertation: Essays in Money Markets Major Professor: Jongpil Cheon Major Professor: Donna McCallister Major Professor: Drew B. Winters AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS Saman Bina AND EDUCATION Dissertation: Dissonant Information Avoidance Keith J. Frost Bias in the Information Requirements Determina- Dissertation: Programmatic Balance in School tion Process Based Agricultural Education Major Professor: Glenn J. Browne Major Professor: John Rayfield

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Jeffrey Alan Chandler CHEMISTRY Don Thanujaya Pathirage Dissertation: Executive Dismissals After Financial Anthony Truong An Bui Dissertation: Modeling of Security Failure Tolerant Statement Fraud: The Role of CEO Humility and Dissertation: Structure and Function Studies of B. Requirements and Design of Secure Connectors CEO Narcissism cereus Metallo-β-lactamase 5/B/6 and Synaptotag- Major Professor: Michael Shin Major Professor: Tyge Payne min l C2 Domain AD3 Mutants Edward Osler Wertz Daniel Paul Gullifor Major Professor: Joachim Weber Dissertation: Effective Reasoning Systems for ASP Dissertation: Imposter Phenomenon (IP): An Songyue Shi Related Paradigms Experimental Examination of State IP Dissertation: Development of Micro-dielectric Major Professor: Yaunlin Zhang Major Professor: William L. Gardner Barrier Discharge Mass Spectrometry for Fast Sur- COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY Md Nasim-Us Sabah face Analysis of Solid Samples and Insights into Alexis Ademir Arevalo Dissertation: Information, Liquidity, and High its Underlying Mechanisms via Optical Emission Frequency Trading Spectroscopy Dissertation: Perceived Discrepancies in Family Major Professor: Will Armstrong Major Professor: Gerardo Gamez Behavior within Latina/o Emerging Adults: The Effects of Familism Values on Suicidal Ideation, Gabriel Silva Cogo CIVIL ENGINEERING Perceived Burdensomeness and Thwarted Belong- Dissertation: Understanding DevOps: From its Dimitrios Athanasiou ingness Enablers to Impact on IT Performance Dissertation: Effects of Polycyclic Aromatic Major Professor: Brandy Pina-Watson Major Professor: Donald Jones Hydrocarbons in Urban Stormwater on Receiving Cecilia Bess Lei Xu Sediment Dissertation: Conformity to Gender Norms as a Dissertation: The Antecedent and Consequence of Major Professor: Danny Reible Moderator of the Association between Intrinsic Two Forms of Social Capital Susan Marion Germany Religious Orientation and Condom Use among Major Professor: Kim Boal Dissertation: Investigation on the Behavior of FRP Emerging Adults Major Professor: Steven Richards CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Jacket Systems used for the Repair of Corrosion- damaged Steel Piles Alexavery Rainer Hawkins Ziye Dong Major Professor: Sang-Wook Bae Dissertation: From "Every Sunday I cried in Dissertation: Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Respon- church" to "I'm doing my own thing": A Con- sive Polymeric Nanofilms: Characterizations and Manil Chathuranga Hettiwatte structivist Grounded Theory Study of Gender and New Applications Dissertation: Cotton Fibers to Enhance Perfor- Sexual Minority College Students' Departure from Major Professor: Wei Li mance of Particulate Cementitious Composites Major Professor: Sanjaya Senadheera Christianity Sina Hassanjani Saravi Major Professor: Steven Richards Dissertation: Thermodynamic Modeling of Elec- Fei Yu Victoria Anna Henderson trolyte Solutions: Bridging Classical Macroscopic Dissertation: Improvement of Concrete Overlay Dissertation: Sexual Assault on College Campuses: Models and Molecular Simulations Design Procedures Rape Myth Acceptance, Feminine Gender Norms, Major Professor: Chau-Chyun Chen Major Professor: Moon Won Benevolent Sexism, and Effects of Depression and Soraya Honarparvar CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY Hopelessness Dissertation: Thermodynamic Modeling and Major Professor: Steven Richards Sarah Louise Brown Management of Saline Waters Dissertation: Social Exclusion and the Develop- Jessica Michelle Johnston-York Major Professor: Danny Reible ment of Suicide Ideation and Suicidal Behaviors: Dissertation: Sexual Satisfaction among Newlywed Md Moniruddin A Theory-driven Experimental Approach Conservative Christians: The Role of Sexual Anxi- Dissertation: Nano assembly of Photoactive Mate- Major Professor: Kelly Cukrowicz ety, Sexual Assertiveness, Sexual Communication, rials towards Designing Visible Light Heterostruc- and Religious Coping Jessica Marie Hoffmann tured Photocatalysts Major Professor: Sheila Garos Dissertation: Parental Rejection and Acceptance Major Professor: Nurxat Nuraje and Youth Internalizing Symptoms: The Roles of Stephanie Anne Van Horn Apoorva Sridhar Emotion Regulation and Close Friend Support Dissertation: The Criminogenic Needs of Women Dissertation: The Influence of Pretreatment and Major Professor: Catherine Epkins Offenders: Relationships between Criminal Risk Doping of Fe, Co, Ni on Mo/HZSM-5 Catalysts in Factors and Recidivism Angela Kay Stevens Methane Dehydroaromatization Major Professor: Robert Morgan Dissertation: Psychometric Validation of the Major Professor: Sheima Khutib Momentary Impulsivity Scale Among a High-Risk COUNSELOR EDUCATION Yue Yu Sample of Emerging Adults John Robert Delony Dissertation: Polyelectrolyte Nonrandom Two- Major Professor: Andrew Littlefield Liquid Model: Thermodynamic Frameworks and Dissertation: Counseling Resistant Influentials: Applications in Ion Exchange Membranes and COMPUTER SCIENCE The Experiences of Counselors Who Counsel Attorneys Polymer Swelling Equilibrium Byungkwan Jung Major Professor: Bret Hendricks Major Professor: Chau-Chyun Chen Dissertation: Region-aware Querying Strategies in Infrastructure-less Networks: Design, Analysis and Evaluation Major Professor: Sunho Lim

AUGUST 2019 13 GRADUATE CANDIDATES

COUPLE, MARRIAGE, AND Mariam Afzal Manuel Landon B. Collier FAMILY THERAPY Dissertation: Examining Teacher Beliefs and Dissertation: Magnetic Field Diffusion Phenomena Christopher James Bedard Agency upon Implementation of Culturally in Pulsed Power Applications Dissertation: Religious Couples' Shared Meanings Responsive Pedagogy and the Engineering Design Major Professor: Andreas Neuber of Infertility: A Phenomenological Inquiry Process Yiran Li Major Professor: Jessica Gottlieb Major Professor: Jacklyn Cravens Dissertation: Radar Sensors for Smart Human Valerie Ann Handley Nanette Montes Activity Detection and Monitoring Dissertation: Using Solution-focused Brief Dissertation: An Analysis of the Performance Major Professor: Changzhi Li Therapy and Animal-assisted Therapy with Sexual of Secondary Students Identified with Learning Subrina Sultana Noureen Disabilities on STAAR EOC Accommodated and Minorities: A Pilot Microanalysis Study Dissertation: Observability, Anomaly Detection STAAR EOC Modified Assessments Major Professor: Stephen Fife and Energy Demand Forecasting for Smart Grid Major Professors: Robin Lock and Mellinee Lesley Adam Clayton Jones Analysis Kimberly Beth Myers Dissertation: The Role of Feedback in Therapist Major Professor: Stephen Bayne Training of Facilitative Interpersonal Skills Dissertation: Changes in Advanced Educators' Raziur Rahman Conceptualization of and Concerns about Global Major Professor: Douglas Smith Dissertation: Anti-cancer Drug Sensitivity Predic- Education as a Result of Participation in Formal tive Modeling for Improvement of Precision Rebecca Lucero Jones Professional Development Medicine using Machine Learning Algorithms Dissertation: The Experience of Language for Major Professor: Walter S. Smith Those Who Have Received Treatment for a Sub- Major Professor: Ranadip Pal John Ramos stance Use Disorder Jie Zhao Dissertation: Spirituality in the Public Domain: Major Professor: Stephen Fife Dissertation: Wind Power Data Analytics - Simu- Rethinking Educational Leadership through the lation, Prediction and Statistics Porter Rex Macey Lives of Public School Administrators Major Professor: Miao He Dissertation: Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery and Major Professor: Jeong-Hee Kim Relationships: The Impact of Family Functioning Lisa Elaine Smith Ramzinski on the Pre-frontal Cortex and Romantic Relation- ENGLISH ships of Individuals in Recovery from Alcohol Use Dissertation: Texas Miracle on Whose Account?: Alex Michelle MacNicol-Milmine Disorder An Oral History of Texas Retired Veteran Texas Dissertation: The Intersectional Anxiety of Indi- Major Professor: Spencer Bradshaw Teachers on Accountability vidual Piety, Communal Salvation, and Apocalyp- Major Professor: Jeong-Hee Kim ticism in Millennial Angelo-Saxon England Jesse Allen Smith Major Professor: Brian McFadden Dissertation: Predictors of Active and Remission ECONOMICS Luke Avery Morgan Substance Use Disorder Remission: A Decision William Edward Jergins Dissertation: Living in the End: Apocalypse and Tree Analysis Dissertation: Gender, Marijuana, and Applied Environmental Imagination in the Contemporary Major Professor: Spencer Bradshaw Macroeconomics: Essays on Culture and Policy American West Major Professor: Kaj Gittings CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION Major Professor: Sara Spurgeon Tala Michelle Karkar Esperat EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY Dissertation: Assessing Preservice Teachers' Casey Michael Williams Naveen Kumar Knowledge of New Literacies Dissertation: Analysis of Factors Related to Sci- Dissertation: Comparison Between Traditional Major Professor: Patriann Smith ence Teachers' Perceptions about Climate Change: and Experimental Aquatic Toxicology Kara-Aretha Phillips Graham Implications for Educators Major Professor: Jordan Crago Dissertation: "We are just athletes...What more Major Professor: Hansel Burley is there to say?" A Phenomenological Narra- FINE ARTS tive Inquiry into the Lives of NCAA D-I Female ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Patrick Michael Antinone Student Athletes Boker Othman B Agili Dissertation: Music in the Mind's Ear: The Effect Major Professor: Jeong-Hee Kim Dissertation: Design and Model: Intelligent of Varied Conditions on Audiation Accuracy Solid-State Current Limiter to Prevent Sympa- Laurie Hunter Major Professor: Janice Killian thetic Tripping Problem on Power and Energy Dissertation: Female Rural School Principals' Applications Katherine Elizabeth DeVet Leadership Qualities and the Impact on Student Dissertation: SANCTUARY: An Opera in One Act. Achievement Major Professor: Stephen Bayne Analysis and Narrative-memoir of the Collabora- Major Professor: Shirley Matteson Ricardo Cesar Castillo Solis tive-Compositional Process Dissertation: Dynamic Wind Turbine Wake Elizabeth Ann Kirman Major Professor: Peter Fischer Trajectory Control: Strategies and Real-time Dissertation: Grit, Interest, Effort and Achieve- Validation Shawna Marie Laity ment in Mathematics and Science of Eighth-grade Dissertation: A Comparative Analysis of Students in Economically Developed and Devel- Major Professor: Stephen Bayne Verbalizations used by Rural Band Directors oping Countries While Teaching Middle School and High School Major Professor: Walter S. Smith Ensembles Major Professor: Jacqueline Henninger

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Katharine Denise Scherff INTERIOR ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN Xuechuan Wang Dissertation: The Virtual Liturgy: An Examination Ibtihaj Saad R Alsadun Dissertation: Optimized Picard Iteration Methods of Medieval and Early Modern Ritual Objects as Dissertation: An Exploration of Study Spaces for Nonlinear Dynamical Systems with Non- Media Technology among Chinese and Indian Graduate Students smooth Nonlinearities, and Orbital Mechanics Major Professor: Janis Elliott Major Professor: Kristi Gaines Major Professor: Satya N. Atluri GEOSCIENCE Alicia M. Fulton MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION Aaron Jacob Hill Dissertation: Obesity and Residence Hall Satisfac- Rebecca Lin Densley tion among differing BMI Levels Dissertation: Demonstration of Ensemble Sensitiv- Dissertation: Parents, Peers and Pornography: Major Professor: Kristi Gaines ity-based Targeted Observing for Convective-scale Social Predictors of Adolescent Sexting Behaviors Applications: Perfect-model Experiments Sahar Mihandoust and the Influence of Gender and Parental Media- Major Professor: Christopher Weiss Dissertation: Exploring the Relationship Between tion Access to Nature Views and Nurse Burnout Major Professor: Eric Rasmussen HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH Major Professor: Debajyoti Pati Derrick W. Holland Sarah Lynn Schwintz Andrea Roye Wade Dissertation: Water as a Social Resource: An Inter- Dissertation: The Correlation between Financial Dissertation: Sit-Stand Unit Use for Employee national Examination of Water Conservations Support and College Student Attrition: A Quanti- Health in Higher Education Environments Behaviors under the Umbrella of the Integrated tative Study Major Professor: Kristi Gaines Model of Behavioral Prediction Major Professor: Jon McNaughtan Major Professor: Coy Callison MATHEMATICS HISTORY Michael Edward Zahn Anthony David Gruber Stephen William Eldridge Dissertation: Media Multitasking Intensity Predic- Dissertation: Curvature Functionals and p-Will- tors: A Human Centered and Ecological Approach Dissertation: "Let then this primitive practice be more Energy to Developing Audience Profiles restored to its purity": The Polemics of Primitive Major Professor: Magdalena D. Toda Major Professor: Paul Bolls Christianity and the Preservation of Sacramental Boundaries in Puritan New England from the Md Nazmul Hassan MUSIC EDUCATION Antinomian Controversy to the Protestant Interest Dissertation: Eco-toxicological Dynamics Subject Major Professor: Mark Stoll to Stoichiometric Constraints Suttirak Iadpum Major Professor: Angela Peace Dissertation: An Examination of Factors that Influence Students' Decisions to Continue to HOSPITALITY ADMINISTRATION Alahendra Acharige Chamila Dilhani Perera Participate in High School Orchestra Jae Han Min Dissertation: Coherent Multi-task Feature Selec- Major Professor: Janice Killian Dissertation: The Impact of College Football Tour- tion and Prediction from Pharmacogenomics ists' Personality and Motivation on their Destina- Databases and the Linearly Decreasing Stress Shauna Satrom Pickens tion and Team Loyalty Weibull (LDSWeibull): A New Weibull-like Dissertation: Preservice and Inservice Music Major Professors: Deborah Foster and Distribution Teachers' Perceptions of Teaching in Low-SES, Hyo Jung Chang Major Professor: Souparno Ghosh Urban Middle School Band Programs Major Professor: Keith Dye Saikanth Ratnavale HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY STUDIES Dissertation: Boundary Optimal Control Problems NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES with Inequality Constraints Kareem Ihsan Al-Khalil Chathurika Samudani Dhanasekara Major Professor: Giorgio Bornia Dissertation: Differences in Brain Activation and Dissertation: Determining Dietary Patterns Connectivity between College Students with High MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Accompanying Egg Intake and its Impact on Glu- and Average Mathematical Abilities cose Homeostasis and Satiety Hormones Jiguo Dai Major Professor: Michael O'Boyle Major Professor: Nikhil V. Dhurandhar Dissertation: Robust Control of Uncertain Nonlin- William Russel Quarles INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING ear Systems Major Professor: Beibei Ren Dissertation: Food-cue Reactivity in Individuals Yingbin Hu with Obesity: Behavioral Appeal, Reaction Times, Jaeho Lee Dissertation: Laser Deposition-additive Manu- and Neurobiological Specificity Toward Food-cues Dissertation: Friction and Wear Mechanisms of facturing of Ceramics and Ceramic Reinforced Major Professor: Martin Binks Composites Metal Surfaces with Ionic Liquids as Lubricant Major Professor: Weilong Cong Major Professor: Changdong Yeo Yaqiong Zhu Dissertation: Comparing the Effect of Protein Zhichao Liu Chandra Sekhar Meduri Quality on Satiety and Energy Intake between Dissertation: Size-effects in Deformation Behavior Dissertation: Exploration of the Power-Powder- Egg and Cereal Breakfast, Following a Reduced of Metallic Glasses Molten Pool (PPM) Interaction Mechanism Calorie Diet Major Professor: Jerzy Blawzdziewicz in Laser Deposition Additive Manufacturing Major Professor: Nikhil V. Dhurandhar (LDAM) Process Md Enayet Ullah Khan Razu Major Professor: Hong-Chao Zhang Dissertation: Differentially Polarized Interface (DPI) Digital Microfluidics (DMF) Platform for Biomedical Applications Major Professor: Jungkyu Kim

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PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING SPANISH WILDLIFE SCIENCE, AQUATIC AND Davaajargal Dorjsuren Mónica Fernández Dos Santos Martins WILDLANDS SCIENCE AND Dissertation: Three Essays on the Impact of Tax Dissertation: La Alegoría del Incesto en La madre MANAGEMENT Incentives and Determinants of Charitable Giving naturaleza de Emilia Pardo Bazán y Os Maias de Rebecca Nia Perkins Major Professor: Russell James III José Eça de Queirós Dissertation: Impacts of Transmitted Weight and PK Joseph Major Professor: Carmen Pereira-Muro Attachment on Raptor Agility and Survival Dissertation: Early Financial Literacy Major Professor: Clint Boal SYSTEMS AND ENGINEERING Major Professor: Charlene Kalenkoski Sean Raymond Yancey MANAGEMENT Dissertation: Translocation of Northern Bobwhite Hossein Salehi Cherise M. Burton and Scaled Quail from South Texas to the Rolling Dissertation: Three Essays on Insurance Planning Dissertation: Generational Communication for Older Americans Plains of Texas Preferences and their Effects on the Sending and Major Professor: Charles B. Dabbert Major Professor: Charlene Kalenkoski Receiving of Information in Teams Xianwu Zhang Major Professor: Jennifer Cross WIND SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Dissertation: Three Essays on Household Portfolio Yeqin Wang Choice TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION Dissertation: Control of Power Electronic Con- Major Professor: Charlene Kalenkoski AND RHETORIC verters for Microgrids Nancy Lynne Barber-Chase Major Professor: Beibei Ren PETROLEUM ENGINEERING Dissertation: Classroom to Boardroom: How a Aymen Alwan Shawqi Al-Ameri Master Teacher Employs UCD/UX Methods to Liang Wu Dissertation: Optimizing of Hydraulic Fracturing Write Workplace Knowledge Dissertation: Benchmark Study of Tornado Wind Design in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs to Miti- Major Professor: Brian Still Loading on Low-rise Buildings with Consider- ation of Internal Pressure gate the Fracture and Formation Damages Caused Erica EllingSon Baumle by Conventional Frac Fluids Major Professor: Delong Zuo Dissertation: Users Solving Problems: User Gener- Major Professor: Talal Gamadi ated Content as Technical Communication in Khalid Ali Elwegaa Complex Systems of Online Game Community MASTER OF AGRIBUSINESS Support Sites Dissertation: Investigation of Effects of Thermal Kloe Bess Burris Major Professor: Brian Still Shock Technique on Shale Oil Rock Properties Jennifer Rose Crowl and its Application to Increase Oil Recovery from Nguyen Minh Duc Kenna Mae Faulkenberry Unconventional Reservoirs in Conjunction with Dissertation: Synthesizing Major Views of Argu- William Ben Morales Cyclic Gas Injection ment: From Metaphor to Model Myranda Renae Villanueva Major Professor: Hossein Emadi Major Professor: Kenneth Baake Arya Shahdi Kylie Mae Jacobsen Dissertation: Software and Modeling Development MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE Dissertation: The Statistical Atlases of the United for Wax Deposition Phenomenon States: How 19th Century Technical Descriptions Rebecca Ann Barnes Major Professor: Ekarit Panacharoensawad inform Contemporary Graphicacy Thomas James Castro Major Professor: Rachel Wolford Jeffrey Allen Rebarchik PHYSICS John Paul Shank, Jr. Keller Reese Andrews Abigail T. Koenig Dissertation: Growth, Characterization, and Appli- Dissertation: Algorithmic Literacy: Developing a cations of Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films Heuristic of Algorithmic Literacy in the Technical MASTER OF ARTS Major Professor: Luis Grave de Peralta Communication Classroom and Beyond Major Professor: Michael Faris ANTHROPOLOGY PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE Michael J. Mccarthy Joshua David de Santos Amal Bouyanfif Dissertation: Scientific Metaphors and the Space Rebecca Schultz Dissertation: Effects of Fatty Acid Supplementa- Between: Metaphoric Coherence and Incoherence Thesis: Excavation and Exploration of Grave tion on Gene Expression, Lifespan, and Biochemi- in NASA's Education and Public Outreach Recovery Methods at Belknap Civilian Cemetery cal Changes in Wild Type and Mutant C. elegans Major Professor: Kenneth Baake in Young County, Texas Strains Laura Marilyn Patterson Major Professor: Eric F. Hequet Dissertation: Service Learning and Empathy COMMUNICATION STUDIES Ai Kitazumi in Technical Communication Courses within Robin Scout Duffee Dissertation: Genomic and Epigenomic Basis of Engineering Education: A Case Study to improve Thesis: Affect, Narrative, and Medium in Televi- Transgressive Segregation in Rice the "Culture of Disengagement" of Engineering sion: A Critical Examination of Representations of Major Professor: Benildo de los Reyes Students Queerness and Colonialism in The 100 Major Professor: Greg Wilson Katelyn Johnson Michael R. Trice Thesis: Cinematic Television and Lines of Flight Dissertation: LocalWiki: A Review of Genre Ecol- within Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and The Grotesque ogy Instability across Classes of Participants Otaku: Kill La Kill and a Singular Resistance Major Professor: Brian Still

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COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY MASS COMMUNICATIONS Cheryl Lynn Stanton Jacob Joseph Daheim Christopher Luis Aguilar Jasmine Sierra Velez Shelby Lauren Wofford Faith A. Scanlon Thesis: Emergent Behavior in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds ENGLISH Stephanie Ann Jordan Bettiol MASTER OF BUSINESS Tanya Ceree Cerovski Hannah Jane Curnutt ADMINISTRATION John Anthony Ferrante EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY McKenna Ann Garrison Tran Huyen Le Lucinda L. Holt Mendez GENERAL BUSINESS Thesis: It’s Not You, It’s Me: The Role of Narcis- Thesis: Deadly Lede: Framing and Attacks on the Abigail Lauren Adams sism, Self-Discrepancy, and Mitigating Informa- Mexican press Joshua Burks Alford tion on Aggression Avonte Daquan Kiper Destiny Nkeonye Anamege Thesis: Uh-Oh! I Think I’ve Fallen in Love with... Rohan Anand HERITAGE AND MUSEUM SCIENCE My Favorite Brand? Diana Aranda Jeanette D'Ann Moya Amanda Rose Boston Jessica R. Arroyo Sara Cathryn Breshears Thesis: Transporting, Identifying and Expanding: Jason Roe Baen Du Chen Superheroes in Series Television and Film John Verne Bailey Elise Virginia Dukart Bethany Paige Pitchford Jarod Barak Barnum James Henry Ferguson Thesis: Creativity and Healing: How Creative David W. Beames Kimberly Nicole Hawke Media Help Us Cope with Mental Illness Zachary Tucker Beene Katherine Avilla Holt Shannon Evelyn Rawdon Patrick Joseph Bettiol Danielle Marie Marshall Kayla Nicole Ritzen Jody Lee Blackshear Alyssa Carter Stewart Aditya Sahasrabudhe Bryant Wheatley Boyer Mykel Elyse Wade Donald Wayne Shelton III Lochlin Shaun Bramlett Emily Jean Williams Michelle Ariel Vega Curtis Elbert Brown Hina Maqsood Zaidi James Marion Bunch II MATHEMATICS Savannah Grace Buttler HISTORY Victoria Adeline Renfroe Alyssa Raye Carrasco Taylor Renae Cass Caleb R. Bielby PHILOSOPHY Victoria M. Chu Thesis: You’re Welcome for My Service: "Dys- Brittani Brooke Culver functional Veterans”, Stolen Valor and the Social Boning Yu Jiexin Dai Groups of Post-War Soldiers Thesis: A Defense of Expected Utility Theory Giulio Ulmini Valle Danino Kimberly Christine Calvert Joshua Craig DeWees Thesis: On the Cusp: The Origins of Scottish Jaco- POLITICAL SCIENCE Anne Audrey Djedje bitism and the Anglo-Scottish Union of 1707 Sydney Elaine Laws Jazirae Duncan Kevin L. Carlile Thesis: When Life Imitates Art: Political Messages William Wade Estes Chi Linh Ha in Modern Cinema Callie Leigh Fort Thesis: Vietnamese Popular Music During the Caroline Freedle Vietnam War PSYCHOLOGY Nathania Kristabel Patrice Gayle Juan De Dios Vela III Zohal Heidari Anastazia Hope Gilman Thesis: Fractures: Political Identity in the Fall of Thesis: Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs Tyler John Graham the Roman Republic for Young Children: A Meta-Analysis David Paul Grayson Jeffrey Carter Hatton, Sr. INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES ROMANCE LANGUAGES Shaun Alan Hendrick Zachary Austin Megan Elizabeth Yandell Kristina Joy Hopkins Amber Nichol Blocker Emily Kathryn Johnson Kelsey Elizabeth Kern STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND Chase C. Johnson Clare Marie Powers INNOVATION Kelly Diane Jonas Vitaliy Skorodziyevskiy Aubree Anna Auletta Cameron Richard Jones Shalon Rae Bridges Zunaira C. Khalid LANGUAGES AND CULTURES Shannan Michelle Finke Caleb Leland Lacey Jared Alexander Gaum Moriah Alexa Gonzales Jace Randal Langen Thesis: Euergetism and Augustan Spectacular Ruby D. Grace Christopher Patrick Latour Space Courtney Elizabeth Grigsby Mary Leslie Linker Haiying Huang Kaitlyn Michelle Keller Cory Douglas Listner Jacquelina Michelle White Kelli Landry Love Neil Maithel Benjamin Jennings Miller Nicolas Mamia Marissa Ane Moore Camila Sophia Mancia Sneha Patel Landon Miles McLellan Lindsey Erin Sepich Esteban Roberto Sosa

AUGUST 2019 17 GRADUATE CANDIDATES

Lexi Suzanne Neighbors HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION MASTER OF LANDSCAPE Fatou Binton Madina Niang Lupita Lynn Bunch ARCHITECTURE Makenzie Allison Ocker Dianca Peters Chase Tyson Eli Watson Quenton Case Persinger Nathaniel Eugene Colon Thesis: Llano Estacado: Landscape Design Alter- Brian Logan Pollard Jennifer Leigh Ertlschweiger natives for Precipitation Management Jasmin Rahesh Ashlee Guerra-Garza Britney N. Ramirez Mario Enrique Hernandez Heath Stephen Ramsey Preciosa Lee Johnson MASTER OF MUSIC Thomas Carroll Ramsey Jeffrey Charles Martin-Moreno Cynthia Ann Curry Thomas William Robison Caitlin Elan Palma Hagler Thesis: Let Me Hear You Testify: Women, Cultural Debra Rose Rodriguez Tanisha Ellen Sam Power, and Music in West Texas Matthew Aaron Sablan Eric Terrill Watson Casey Keenan Joiner Randall Gage Saenz Lawana Faye Woodlock Ali Samadian Sabika Zahra Thesis: A Well-Organized Mind: Death and Mark Sheppard Mortality-Related Symbolism in Select Musical Jessica Solis INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY Theater Literature and the Composition of a New Dillon James Spradley Original Song Cycle Lisa Claudette Valera Mark Allen Steiner II Matthew Aaron Wimberly Jason Andrew Stemmler SPECIAL EDUCATION Joseph L. Thomas Elisa Marie Aguilar-Cedeno Christopher John Toelle MASTER OF MUSIC Trevor James Anderson Esmeralda Yañez Torquemada EDUCATION Christian April Blackwell Thomas Charles Tuffield Erin Brooke DeLavan Katelyn Elizabeth Boyles Preston Elliot Weaver Hussien Rashidi Masimbi Maria Paula Castro Tyler Pearson Webb Wesley Neil Orr Gressia Monique Chong Michael L. Wilson William Brian Scherff, Jr. Jessica Ann Clampitt Luciano Wolff Rosales Macie Patricia Steele Anna M. Davis Justine Ryoko Yamashiro Ruby Ann Diaz Talya L. Ervin MASTER OF PUBLIC MASTER OF EDUCATION Wendy L. Grant ADMINISTRATION Gina Marie Diane Greenwood Lorraine Andrea Harriott-Jones Caitlyn Elizabeth English COUNSELOR EDUCATION Sanjuanita Hernandez William Fredrick Gerber, Jr. Henry Chukwuma Duru Guadalupe Estela Herrera Desiree Esosa Ojo Carlene Suzanne Jackson Nathan C. Villalpando CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION Michelle Denise Jones Saja Yousef Alnaser Thesis: Interplay Between Cultural Expectations MASTER OF SCIENCE Thesis: Effective Strategies for Teaching English and Pedagogy in the Lives of Women with Visual as a Foreign Language to Elementary Students in Impairments in India--Ethnographic Case Studies Jordan at an Indian School for the Blind AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED Desiree Rachelle Beare Nellie Anne Linn ECONOMICS Kasey Leigh Brown Mayra G. Lozano Christy Marie Petry Julianne Robinson Jones Monique Marie Lyton Ethan Michael Sabala Jacqueline Louise Lauriat Kasee De' Lynn Martinez Thesis: Essays in Trade Policy Analysis: Chinese Alexandrya Nicole Leeds Susan Louise McCoy Tariffs on US Agricultural Markets Ileana Melendez EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP Monique Mota AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS Abigail Quarles Adam Ranell Deanne Parker Teresa Michelle Bufkin Mary Cathlene Barnhill Isabel Araceli Rodriguez Thesis: The Shift in Consumer Perceptions Before April Renee Baucum Rebekah L. Russo and After Extension-Led Beef Cattle Farm Tours Kristen Michelle Brown Erin Kaitlin Shadwick Caitlin Rose Cole Rajean Rachelle Butler Tessia Louann Smith Leah Sheree Curren Haley Chance Orlene Zermeno Stroud Adrian Lynn Smith Amanda Lynn Foster Jordann Lin Tate Thesis: An Examination of Student Perceptions Marcus Gilbert Kayla Paige Villigan Toward University Recruitment Photographs Krystal Denise Jones Kimberly Dawn Ware Metric Deon Manning Alexus Kristine Wilson AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION Kyle Noda Rafael Quijada Antonio Landaverde Ariel Sunarest Otto Thesis: Measuring Food Security and Evaluating Daniela Susana Torres the Impact of an Educational Intervention on LaToya Thompson Turner Food Security and Nutrition among Rural Farm- Mauricio Antonio Valdovinos ers in El Salvador: A Mixed Method Study Latonya Wilson-Cruz

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Andrea Dawn Nordman BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Jada Renee Jackson Laci Christine Vogel Byron C. Orajiato Brooke Camille Johnson Arash Kamari ANIMAL SCIENCE CHEMISTRY Tushar Venkat Karedla Alec Klessig Osigbemeh Ebitimi Musa Kayla Nicole Anderson Bingkun Ma Thesis: Effects of Extended Ageing on the Flavor Thesis: Elucidation of Novel N-methyltransferases Parul Mogra Characteristics of Grass and Grain Fed Australian in Tropane and Granatane Alkaloid Biosynthesis Kameron James Moore Beef Longissimus Thoracis Kyle Mark Glockzin Chandler Raymond Morris Austin James Adams Thesis: The Influence of Hairy Root Cultures on Saranya Murugan Thesis: Effects of Synovex® C and H Growth the Biosynthesis of Granatane Alkaloids in Punica Nguyen Hoang Nguyen Implants Administered to Beef Heifers Post- Granatum (Pomegranate) Weaning on Subsequent Ovarian Activity and Mike Cedric Owona Ongbwa Fertility During Their Virgin Breeding Season COMPUTER SCIENCE Damilola T. Oyetunji Erin Shaun Beyer Nisha Harinamsingh Pardeshi Rishika Reddy Akavaram Mikaela Pisani Leal Thesis: The Effect of Grain and Grass Fed Beef and Jie Li Chicken Breast Consumption on the Functional Arjuna Menon Puzhankarai Thesis: PIMS: A Lightweight Processing-in-Mem- Connectivity in the Brain Using Resting State Cristian James Requenez ory Accelerator for Stencil Computations Jereamy B. Riggs Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Varsha Nair Kandis Renee Cazenave Mychael Anthony Solis-Wheeler Thesis: Improving Objects Recognition Through Thesis: Equine-Assisted Activities and Therapies Kavya Srinivasan Fast Fourier Transformation in Neural Network Caswell Benton Taylor for Military Veterans: Results from an Exploratory Emre Unal Survey and Pilot Intervention Study Celina Suarez Turner Thesis: Towards Prediction of Security Attacks on Carly Ann Hoffmann Rogelio Filimon Valdez III Software Defined Networks: A Big Data Analytic Thesis: Evaluation of Steam-flaked Corn Bulk Jered Willoughby Approach Density Manipulation During Grain Adaptation Chase Houston Yandell Christina Zavala of Beef Steers and the Use of X-Ray Fluorescence COUPLE, MARRIAGE, AND Spectrometry Technique to Measure Apparent FAMILY THERAPY Total Tract Digestibility ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY Peter Joel Beckman Sean James Morrow Cassandra Denee Schmitt Sarah Elizabeth Behrens Thesis: The Effects of Enhancement Strategies of Thesis: Exploration into the Developmental Toxic- Claire Elizabeth Eggleston Beef Flanks on Composition and Sensory Char- ity of Organophosphate Insecticides in Zebrafish Benjamin Taylor Finlayson acteristics (Danio Rerio) Katrina M. Flores Nicholas Wayne Shellenberger Caroline Elise Gimarc Thesis: Investigations into Antioxidant Effects FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE Thesis: The Relationship Between Attachment of Rutin Supplementation on Neonatal Holstein EDUCATION Style, Perceived Partner Support, and Anxiety for Calves and Broilers Rachel Lynn Archambault Stephanie Marie Ledesma Individuals in Committed Relationships Chloe Christine Goad Thesis: Effect of Direct-fed Microbial Supplemen- FINANCE Taralyn Summer Ray Hemphill tation on Dietary Nutrient Digestibility and Fecal Kaily Marie Moore Heath Stephen Ramsey Characteristics of Dogs Emily Erin Morris FOOD SCIENCE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE Abby Leigh Rhynehart Justin Sterling Romney Samuel Sumner Peabody IV Christian Hunter Boyer Shelby Len Sewell Thesis: Antimicrobial Intervention Efficacy and Thesis: The Dynamical Origin of Near-Surface Hailey Nicole Snyder the Survivability of Listeria Monocytogenes on Vertical Vorticity Within Supercellular and Linear Ready-to-Eat Meat Products Storm Modes DATA SCIENCE Austin Alyse Coleman Srinivas Madhu Kumar Atyam GEOGRAPHY Thesis: Convective-scale Ensemble Subsetting with Susan Aveytia Cole James Edwards Ensemble Sensitivity Analysis Kristopher J. Baine Thesis: Spatiotemporal Analysis of Irrigated Tyler Jay Wixtrom William Joseph Binz Agriculture and Groundwater Depletion in Four Thesis: Precipitation Forecasting with Adaptive Rachel Alexandra Bryant Counties of West Texas Parameterization Selection Jaimie Capps GEOSCIENCE BIOLOGY Alexandria Camille Cathey Dheena Chinnasamy Dillon John Bagnall Oscar Sandate Travis Lynn Clark Thesis: Characterizing Facies and Clay Mineralogy Thesis: Determinants of Digestive Efficiency Dur- Travis James Cole of Guadalupian Tidal Deposits in SE New Mexico: ing Reproduction in a Highly Vagile Colonial Bat Obiageri Chinonso Ebere Implications of Dolomitization Nikitas Thomas Gogos BIOTECHNOLOGY Marcin Andrzej Grzechowiak Kenia L. Ascencio Martinez Fabian Guzman-Carmona Miranda Rae Hocutt Jiang Hu

AUGUST 2019 19 GRADUATE CANDIDATES

Kimberlee Anne French Shelby Marie Young MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Saheed Olashile Obitayo Thesis: Quantifying Verticillium Dahliae in the Soil CIVIL ENGINEERING Thesis: Sedimentological and Geochemical Study Profile Using Two Methods in USA and Australian Pratyasha Patnaik of the Late Pennsylvanian Cyclothems in the Cotton Soil Anadarko Basin Thesis: Assessment of Pre-Engineered Metal SPORT MANAGEMENT Building Damage in Hurricane Winds HOSPITALITY AND RETAIL Becca Busse Bornhorst MANAGEMENT MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Allison Anne White STATISTICS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Kendyl Elizabeth Wright Huy Phuoc Pham Shravani Byreddy HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND ZOOLOGY Kasun Uthpala Chandrarathna Thalawathugoda Withanage FAMILY STUDIES Taylor Justice Soniat Thesis: Historical Phasor Measurement Unit Jade Mikosha Harris Thesis: Assessing Levels of DNA Degradation in (PMU) Data Analysis by Using Machine Learn- Frozen Tissues Archived Under Various Preserva- ing Techniques for Anomaly Detection in Power INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES tion Conditions in a Natural History Collection Systems Jess Edward Schwintz Ayush Dhananjay Modani Rifat Zaman KINESIOLOGY MASTER OF SCIENCE Ezekiel Nino IN ACCOUNTING Edward Joseph Alwais MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NUTRITION AND DIETETICS Tyler Ray Anderson INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING Benjamin Seth Bargainer Kathryn Willis Callahan Shirin Hakim Jaden Raylee Binford PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING Jack Christopher Brice Caleb Gold James Andrew Chancellor MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Hossein Salehi Rachel Anne Danna MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Joel Edwin Forbis Loudon Lee Campbell V PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE Connor Griffin Franks Zachary Ryan Estlack Travis John Culpepper Evan Parker Henderson Haleigh Michelle Ivy Thesis: A Microfluidic Model of the Human Cor- Thesis: Heat and Drought Stress of Common Turf- Ryan Alexander Low neal Epithelium for Estimating Drug Permeation grass Species in a Semi-Arid Environment Dylan Lawrence Schneider Ritchel Bueno Gannaban Aaron Lee Minor Vanessa Lynn Pacheco Thesis: Identification of Novel Sources of Variation Robert M. Pickett for the Improvement of Cold Germination Ability MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Peter Luccio Pineda Saavedra and Early Seedling Vigor in Upland Cotton (Gos- PETROLEUM ENGINEERING Cameron David Pollard sypium hirsutum L.) Yash Jasvantbhai Patel Gayani Buddhika Wadawasam Jalathge Bojan Radulovic Martha Roman Thesis: Mapping and Characterization of Sorghum Billy Glenn Shaw III Bicolor Thick Leafed Mutant Jamie Kiyomi Slack MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Zhe Lin Scott Michael Stevelman SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Thesis: Unmanned Aerial Systems and Crop Mod- Eric C. Summerlin eling for Irrigation Scheduling in the Southern Kelsey Elizabeth Hilton Raquel Annette Vara High Plains Thesis: Automatic Metaphor Identification in Collin KC Vu Bryan Jacob Nemire Cybersecurity Texts Atinderpal Singh Thesis: Modeling Root Water Uptake of Cotton MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MASTER OF SCIENCE IN (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) Under Deficit Subsur- CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS AND face Drip Irrigation in West Texas Joshua James Singleton Khurshida Afroz ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT Thesis: Role of Genetic Diversity in the Adaptive Thesis: Experimental and DFT study on Elective Samuel A. Blasé Success of Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum Elaeag- Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural Over nifolium) Under Variable Environmental Pressures Cadmium Sulfide Catalyst Lindsay Dail Williams Masoud Norouzi Darabad MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK Yerbol Dauletov Thesis: Interaction Studies of Photoperiodic Flow- Krissandra Elizabeth Meeker Leila Lesanpezeshki ering Time Regulator FKF1 and Characterization Blakely Layne Meyer Dinesh Sundaravadivelu Devarajan of UCH-L1 Kristian Ellen Moyers

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The bachelor’s degree represents completion of a four-year course of college-level study and is the oldest academic degree awarded by American institutions of higher learning. Graduation with Honors is a distinction that is noted on diplomas and transcripts and receives special recognition at graduation ceremonies. Undergraduates who complete their work with a cumulative grade point average of 3.9 or above are graduated Summa Cum Laude; 3.7 to 3.89, Magna Cum Laude; 3.5 to 3.69, Cum Laude. Those who graduate from the Honors College after acquiring 24 Honors credit hours graduate “with Honors.” Those who also complete an Honors thesis or project consisting of six additional hours graduate “with Highest Honors.”

PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE Preston Jay Lynch Brandon Scott Benson Marshall Durand Martell Garrett Blake Cowan Zachary Patrick McKool Artem Michailov BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Kimberly Elyshia Diaz Chelsea Renea Harville Andrew Dalton Perry AGRIBUSINESS McKenna Aleece Keele3 Collin Michael Watson Sadler Stephanie Sue Segura Grant Gilmour Dakota Richard Keyser Jamie LeAnn Martin Dustin James Tawater AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED Candiace Rene Terry Sanel Trepic Chloe Michelle Wilson1 Stacy Ann Varghese ECONOMICS Tracy Talampas Walts Britni Cathlene Adams Michaelyn Emma Lee Wiggins Ethan Landon Fricks Glenn Carson Green2 ENGLISH Jeffrey Allen Holmes Alejandro Gonzalez Landon Jacob Lanier Morgan Delaney Sharp Garrett Doyle Mauldin BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Rylee Colten Owen GEOGRAPHY Marshall Dylon Peters Karina Lizeth Aguilar-Frayre Eliud Flores Saenz William Randag Sarah Marie Alexander Mason Ryan Jones Kevin Thomas Sanders Cesar Antonio Alvarado Dillon Matthew Sahs Francisco Ambriz3 AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS Javier Breceda GEOSCIENCES Morgan Sarah Allen Izaac Duran Max Christopher Weston Erin Elizabeth Metzler3 Noel Galan Matthew Ryan Winterholler1 Gilbert Gonzalez2 GLOBAL STUDIES Aurea Ariadna Lopez2 Anastasia Nicole Balciunas1 ANIMAL SCIENCE Jesus Alberto Mora Tristan Addington Greer Lindsey Nicole Cobb Jorge Luis Reyna Omayra Mata Caitlyn Michelle Franklin Maria Eleanora Rodriguez Espinoza Madison Anne Mester1 Justeen Kaytlyn Gamboa Jesus Rosendo Ruelas Stephanie Mintz Roberto E. Sánchez Pérez Clancey Walker Gruben HISTORY Mitchell Andrew Layfield Derek Rahn Williams3 Matthew Patton Owings Juan Jose Ambriz, Jr. Alexa Lauren Popovich Danielle Paden Berend Sterling Michael Scott Hadlea Elizabeth Bothe Andrew Mclane Dunklin CONSERVATION LAW ENFORCEMENT Connor Grant Gesell Benjamin August Haverkamp Molly Frances Kizziah BACHELOR OF ARTS 2nd Major: Political Science FOOD SCIENCE ANTHROPOLOGY Dante Charles Lenisa Hadley Rey Hatler Merit Westfall Marshall1 Cassandra Marie Benham 2nd Major: Political Science Sarah Grace Scheller Bryanna Beville 2nd Degree: Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics Lisette Elisa Ortega Christlyn Denice Jones Jayse Howard Parchman INTERDISCIPLINARY AGRICULTURE Peter Alexander Lewis Madison Rose Pitrucha Peña Cameron Wayne Anderson BIOCHEMISTRY Brittany Ann Pilip Carl Lucas Pruitt Jason Ryan Birkhoff Taylor Renee Maynard Sean Thomas Reilly Zachary Scott Buckmeier Tressie Lia Thomas Colten David Crowell Ryan Jacob Meier Rickerman Ashley Taylor Jordan CHEMISTRY John Kabl Wilkerson1,⁵ 2nd Major: Political Science/ NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Jocille Duza Beatty Carson Leland Lewis 2nd Degree: Honors Arts & Letters Caleb Lee Coleman Jane Sorell Donels ECONOMICS LANGUAGES AND CULTURES Alyssa Christine Freeman2 Brandon James Abell Patricia Noy Krause Yushan Gao Carson Trey Bonner MATHEMATICS Emily Rae Jimenez Justin Keith Burwell Israel Araiza Jordan Elizabeth Keats3 Marty Ryan Garcia Scott Tucker Beall Garret Alan Kemp Karoly Harrison Godo Brandon William Flores Ayla Doshea Ryan2 John David Holladay Joseph Michael Hartman1 Wade Marshal Kurio

1Summa Cum Laude 2Magna Cum Laude 3Cum Laude 4With Honors 5With Highest Honors AUGUST 2019 21 UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES

DeShaun Shaquille Rawls Paulina Noyola Rosillo1 Hunter Wade Isom Landry Lereaux Stern Chizie Esther Ogbonnia Jordan Allen Johnson Jason Michael Tellez Allison Faith Ortiz Gabriell Nichole Jones Mildred Jane Urrutia Lauren Elizabeth Phillips Eric Shane Keith Spencer Craig Williams Paige Noele Puorro Preston Reece Maisel Collin Alexander Quintanilla Angelica Nicole Martinez PHILOSOPHY Feyikemi Olamikun Raufu3 Nikki Lynn McAdams Bradley Lynn Boothe II Olamide Abiola Raufu Tiffany Day Nell Nhat Viet Ha3 Inez Gabriela Rivera Steve Olivas Adrian Javier Ito1,⁴ Austin Javier Rodriguez Conner James Osborne 2nd Degree: Music Bachelor of Arts Daryl Kee Saengvanhpheng Christopher James Perkey Laura Brianna Ramirez Aracely Saenz Samantha Price-Nazer Valorie Rose Serna Gannard Shawn Reyes POLITICAL SCIENCE Cortni Danielle Simon Victoria Marie Richardson Cristhian Jose Avendano Cory Tisone Smith Sylvia Rivas Julia Mills Cavanagh Hannah Elizabeth Strahan2 Deontae Jaroid Roy William Chase Devine Madison Rae Stubblefield Regan A. Shaw3 Alexander Michael Grace 2nd Degree: Kinesiology Samuel Kent Sosebee Troy Alexander Gredell Shalet Sunny Terri Stone Jacob Pershing Greene Taylor Reese Swift Gabrielle Rose Suarez Landon David Haas Elizabeth Jasmine Taylor Kyle Tanner Zackarie Marques Henry Jordan Charles Tyler Benjamin James Thompson David Joseph Winfield Holland Rama Vadi 2nd Degree: Biology Alexandria Marie Maashio Hannah Elizabeth Yount Anika Metzli Vennema Robert William Meador Chris Lee Villarreal Ian Christopher Palmer SOCIAL WORK Victoria Lorraine Waasdorp1 Sabrina Chatari Paris Celestine Marie Ann Franklin Glen Earl Waldo III Timothy Dean Raub Katherine Marie Williams Dillon Thomas Robertson SOCIOLOGY Quinn Forsythe Wilson3 William Baker Shank3 Brittany Deeann Baggett Lauren Anne Skalniak Jarrod Aren Dawson BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Jalaina Gaines Douglas2 PSYCHOLOGY Matthew James Ellis Arianna Marie Acuña Amber Nicole Galvan BIOCHEMISTRY Toby Allen Anderson Catandra Lenise Hollins Sabrina Melicity Relph Jordan Patrice Artis Samantha Ann McCloskey Garrett Sean Welch1,⁵ Kalkidan Wudeneh Assibe Aron Wayne Miller BIOLOGY Abigail Louise Austin1 Jennifer Elizabeth Myers Timothy Cameron Bales Leslie Louise Shows Raymond George Abide Stephanie Anne Bunk3 Fiker Haile Selassie Tesfaye Jaxon Cole Armstrong Madison Taylor Buth1 Daysjanique Moena Backus Ardran Bernard Carr SPANISH Robyn Raquel Baeza Chidimma Princess Chinaka Darwin Ray Benton III Jenna Elizabeth Boedeker3 Maddison Nicole Clemens Robyn Frances Burnett Alexandra Katherine Brown Lauren Gene Clendennen Analhi A Rey Adam Sean Callahan Taylor Kaheny Collier Robyn Jeanelle Chapa Keaton Patrick Crane TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION Kaitlyn Christine Connole Raelyn Ysela Curiel1,⁴ Mattie Brook Dixon2,⁴ Tyler Ngoc-Khanh Do Megan Michele Daniel Heavenly Lauriel Freeman Ashleigh Renée Dominguez Elizabeth Corrie Davila Kera Cené Miller Lauren Marianna Dominguez 2nd Degree: Music Bachelor of Arts Evan Donald Dwyer Bryce Jordan Dehlin BACHELOR OF GENERAL Grant Bayard Freeman 2nd Degree: Kinesiology STUDIES Brandy Nicole Ganus Martina Leslie Dupre Melanie Ghassan Ghazzawi3 Melissa Escobedo Collin Danielle Anderson Rubel Abraham Ghebermicael Briseyda Nichole Garcia2 Kodi Marisa Arnold Jarrod Matthew Harper3 Rebecca Mia Gonzales3 Angela Anderson Ashford Alfredo Hernandez Madison Lyn Gotthardt David Cole Balthrop David Hernandez Martinez2 Konan Yang Guo Timothy Lee Burkett Corbin Danielle Holmes Alexandria Alicia Hernandez Devin Michael Casillas Hunter Reagan Key Madison Baylee Hernandez Francesca Chaduka Jessica Ann Kirk Abebe Hunt Lincoln Edward Crowder Connor William Lemley Gertrude Wanjiru Kamau Selket Alea Daese Loryn Lindsey Lopez Paige Nicole Kellam Chereeka Antonnia Darling Stephen Ma Mikayla Marie Kelmer Khadijah Regine Davis Ly'Shanette Denise Major Brooke Dorian Lilly Kelli Nicole Dellert Erin Nicole Manley William Patrick Lynch Tiffany Ruth Ferrer Kazim Raza Mir Alam Mahe Keith Morgan Fewell1 Caitlyn Diane Murray Kayla Lee Marquardt Gabriela Janaya Flores BreeAnna Dawn Musgrove Joseph Alexander Martis3 Connor Patrick Flynn Vraj Rajanbhai Patel2,⁴ Leslie Nneka Mbanefo Elizabeth Ann Freeman Jessica Nicole Peck Mattison Nicole Medelline Adam Nicholas Gallegos2 Chyloe Brianne Reyes-Romero Derick Joel Medina Janet Lynn Hackworth2 Jayme Lee Rodriguez

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Sydney Taylor Snuggs Hayden Neil Gonzales Michael Ray Henry Danielle Shari Steel Mariah Elizabeth Griffin Thomas Percy Kreiling Brianna Marie Vajda3 Kristen Mikaela Hajjar Samuel Yusef Wakil Madison Rae Valdez Jacob Paul Harris Chase Dylan Whitworth2 Viren Jitendra Vasandani1,⁴ Rachel Ivey Hatcher Jacqueline Esther Velasquez Allie Caroline Hess2 SPORT MANAGEMENT Geralene Reyes Villaverde BriAnna Elizabeth Hinson Andre Kaiden Anderson Carina Audrey Watson1 Nathan Gage Leven Ingram Billy James Cruz Chelsea Amber Watson Grace Mackenzie Johnson Christian Arturo de Los Santos Sabra Lynn Williams3,⁴ Annika Leigh Klein1,⁴ Kolton Blake Ehlers Daniel Anh Le CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Olanrewaju Longe Brittany Elaine Lightfield Leonard Raymond Santos Darbie Kayln Cooper3,⁴ Karla Martinez Shelby Marie Skomer1 Nicholas James Edward Marshall1 Lauren Alyssa Maxwell Sydney Lynn Stafford Sean Christopher McNeme1 Garrett Chandler McCullough Paul Henry Thomas Jesse Daniel Neely2 Miles Levi Milliorn Carmichael Wayne Wiley Allison Rebekah Murphy CHEMISTRY Garrett Stefan Nutt Nghi Bao Austin Thomas O'Dell BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Zachary Thomas Fetterman Harshal Sanjaykumar Patel INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS Yohans Abo Getaneh Jason Hunter Paul Taylor Nicole Hicks Preston Edward Perez Sofia Linette Garcia2 Courtney Keneisha Jones⁴ Jensen Renee Perkins Victor Munir Hazbun Jong Min Lee Megan Christine Potts Christina Marie Morse Chad Reagan Pesek Marina Rose Rappa Alexis Acosta Valenzuela Tia Janeice Ray ECONOMICS Carley Nicole Reiter Jonathan Tyler Evans Jason Michael Reynolds3 Caleb Jeremiah Richmond GEOSCIENCES Taylor Nicole Rockwell Joshua Wade Arnold Sebastian Nicholas Rodriguez BACHELOR OF BUSINESS Zachary Ryan Burns Trent Ryan Rodriguez David Raymond Cammack2 Brittnee Elizabeth Roles2 ADMINISTRATION Vanessa Dianne Cantu Sadie Denise Seal ACCOUNTING Thomas Wesley Carlson Maygen Lechelle Smith Aaron Christopher Aguilar Peter V Cordova Sydney Maurine Smith Vincent Michael Alex Fanta Korodjanhon Coulibaly1 Alexander James Soto Marzouk Murtoza Ali Hannah Dunn Covert Savannah Marie Stewart⁴ Edward Joseph Alwais Mackenzie Renee Culwell Brooke Madison Thompson Tyler Ray Anderson3 Sara Jean Grannis Charlee Rose Thompson Benjamin S. Bargainer James Leigh Harville Anthony Jashard Tunstall3 Brighan Alexander Beaty Michael Fletcher Langan Hannah Claire van Delft2 Jack Christopher Brice2 Katie Elizabeth Lowe Christian Villegas James Andrew Chancellor2 Aaron Paul McCorkle Alec Langdon Viracola Angela Chavez Ricardo Mendez Kiana Jade Workman Melanie Elisabeth Polk Rachel Anne Danna Andrew Neal Shotwell MATHEMATICS Joseph Owen Depaola Tyler Douglas Simmons Dellanie Alyson Dettl Cory Michael Dunlap Cody David Wisniewski Yusup Geldiyev Connor Griffin Franks Abram Francisco Gonzales Mason Joseph Gilles KINESIOLOGY Tony Quang Le Evan Parker Henderson3 Paul Michael Acosta Nia Bryanna Long Kayley Parke Hernandez Ashley Mackenna Allen Cristhian Amaury Maldonado Haleigh Michelle Ivy Taylor Dallas Altom Eliezer Martinez Hannah Danielle Johnson Mirna Rebeckah Arias Hunter Dean Meyers Ryan Alexander Low Ryan James Askew Kosisochukwu Derek Okeke Brody Blake Maples Yasmine Abu Baker Nicolas Pablo Ricaldi Alysia Ann Martinez Micah James Bennett1 Christopher Cole Staudt Aaron Lee Minor2 Darian Shannae Bolton Jackline C. Mullen Gabriela Fedelina Carrasco MICROBIOLOGY Vanessa Lynn Pacheco Chelsae Love Cathey Shawna Francine Gallegos Gabrielle Marie Pischulla2 Immalynn C Cervantes Rebecca Leigh Monson Cameron David Pollard Joann Daun Chung Kimberly Morales Nicolas Eduardo Putallaz Brenda De Santiago2 Raelynn Marie Robinson3 Bojan Radulović2 Quatia Michelle Dorsey Raquel Ann Romero⁴ Martha Dolores Roman Chase Logan Duran-Willeford3 Eric Andrew Rosales Allison Marie Sampsell Michelle Rose Dyck Kiddist Daniel Yihunie Billy Glenn Shaw III Mikia Ngozi Edomobi Jamie Kiyomi Slack1 Olivia Yulisa Espinosa PHYSICS Scott Michael Stevelman Victor Manuel Esquivel Steven Andrew Alvarez Bret Wayne Womble Jeffrey Neil Essary Madeline Adele Brown Mami Yamamoto Adrian Zackary Garcia Chelsea Gail Burow Marshall Colt Garrett Kim Dung Ngoc Ha

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FINANCE Logan Chance Daniell Courtney Leanne Colston Blaine Garrett Boyd2 Garrett Tyler Deel Taylor Rae Conklin 2nd Major: Accounting 2nd Major: Management Casandra Guadalupe Contreras1 Raymond Michael Decaro Sarai Dominguez Amanda Marie Cooper3 Chandler Dane Freeseman Katherine Moore Giddings Cindy Corrales3 Nathan Yongue Gillespie2 Chloé Grace Glasscock Yocely Davila1 Kennedy Nicole Hudson Tara Ann Henderson Jessica Lynn Davis Jeffery Kuriean Joseph Hanna Claire Henley Marta Lidia De Hoyos1 Max Morris Kinney Savannah Grace Hill Isaac Omar Dehoyos2 Jordan T. Knight5 Ryan Davidson Jeffrey Erika Patricia Del Fierro1 Matthew Robert Lawler Jobbie King Jasmine Lashae Draper2 Ruben John Leal Madison Nicole Lewis Jennifer Lynn Drum1 Alexander Lee Trenton James Lockwood Heather Lynn Egan1 Caroline Mims Lubel Riley James Lookingbill Jordyn L. Ellis2 Cayce Makenzie Manley3 Vanessa Lopez-Ayala Meriah A. Escobar3 Matthew Gregory Pastrano Cheyenne Marzban Denisse Escobedo Saenz1 Connor M. Pickett 2nd Major: Management Celeste Elizabeth Estrada2 Zebby Grey Rosales Jaison James Mathew Daniela Elizabeth Estrada2 Luis Angel Sanchez Dmitri Arthur Mauricio Meredith Ann Flint3 Alissa Jovanna Tejani Joshua Ryan McPherson Lisa Marie Frederick1 Danny Keith Warren Marilyn Jackson Morse Johana Garcia2 Mekenna Jane Mroz Kimberly Rene Garcia1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Grace Virginia O'Regan Patricia Garcia2 Douglas Alexander Bednorz Amy Kathryn Price2 Vanessa Garcia1 Nathan Abraham Wassihun Ashleigh Diane Rains-Mueller Analisa Garza Cassidy Kay Reynolds Jennifer Ashley Gearhart2 MANAGEMENT Shu Hua Roberts Paola Guadalupe Gonzalez1 Richard Hayden Adamson Rodrigo Marcelo Rosales Emily Govea-Rodriquez3 Haylee Ann Berner Grace Touchstone Rury3 Andrea Denise Graeber1 Erika Elizabeth Chevez2 2nd Major: Management Sonia Elizabeth Hackett2 2nd Degree: Journalism Caden Ross Sandoval Giovanna Giselle Hernandez1 Karina Nataly Hernandez2 Christopher William Chmelko William Tanner Scarborough Ariel Lauren Huckabee2 Taylor Raine Conley2 Reagan Leigh Sides Michele Iruegas Ceniceros2 Leo C. Creger Kunal Kiran Singh Angelica Jackson3 James Tolliver Dawson Tara Michelle Weber3 Andrea Michelle Johnson2 Megan Nicole Elliott1 Emily Casandra Wickland Jessica Faun Johnson2 William Aron Gay 2nd Major: Management Taneisha Michelle Johnson3 Paul David Graafsma II Samuel N. Woodfin Erin Ashley Jones2 Alana Brooke Hamilton Breanna Lauryn Wooley Jeneva Loren Jones2 Brenda Hernandez Jaycie Renea York Turner Waters Hunt Cori Brianna Juarez2 Jonathan Averett Kazanas SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Daphne Ally Juarez2 Josie Lynn Kirksey2 Robert Sutton Kinslow Zuliat A. Alli2 Stephanie Celeste Leal2 Nils Josef Kosmo Andrew D. Burton Douglas Miller Peaden Erica G. Leija3 Matthew Wesley Harris Justin W. Ploch Bryanna Nichole Lopez2 Megan J. Rodriguez Karla Paulina Loya-Gonzalz2 Courtney Nicole Seely Elizabeth Diane Maranto1 Gabriela Soares Salviatti Sonia Figueroa Marroquin3 Conrad Austin Stobnicki Juan Clemente Martinez2 Justin Carlisle Thompson Teresa Martinez2 Christian Clark Todd Katherine Lyn Mason2 Iridian L. Villegas BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Tara Christie Mathis1 Shelby Lynn Winn Jezyka R. McDonald2 MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES Debra Rena Clark McIntire2 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION Isabel Soria Aguado1 Irany B. Montiel Cantu3 SYSTEMS Kristin Lee Alvarez2 Oliva Lizbeth Morales1 Alexandria Nicole Reeves Cristina Antunes2 Daria Morschel-Cook2 Trevor Nick Stonerock Andrea Armendariz2 Danielle Marie Ruth Mullen3 Jacob A. Tilker Erika Arianna Arrellano2 Jesica Mary Munoz Cecilia Mercedes Bearden2 Madison Bailey Musick1 MARKETING Julia Bermudez Tinoco1 Rebekah Nunez2 Kimberly Elizabeth Anderson Whitney LeAnn Brann Jennifer Ortiz-Govea3 Ryan Matthew Brewster Bailey Claire Budemer Stephanie Padilla2 Oswaldo Enrique Carrillo Shelby Ann Caballero Cindy Sue Parisher1 2nd Major: Management Dalila Calderon Velazquez2 Catherine Michelle Parr1 Kolani Marie Clark Brejai Naree Calingo3 Jose A. Parra1 Vincent Joseph Conder Tori Daven Carrera1 Daniela Maria Romero Perez1 2nd Major: Management Cristina Casarez1 Kelly Marie Perez1 Cameron Allen Craig April Mariana Castillo1 Mario Antonio Perez Ponciano1 Carley Michelle Crow Rebekka Marie Cavazos1 Paola Andrea Plaza3 Megan Ashleyann Ponce2 2nd Major: Management Ana Cristina Ceja2 Chloe Devlyn Iris Clark1 Laura Elena Reed

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Sarahi Regalado Hao Huy Nguyen2 PETROLEUM ENGINEERING Gabriela Reyes Merrell Dean Reed Shavon A. Carvin Lauren Nicole Ringor Shashidhar Sastry1,5 Shawn Lee Henderson Kenia Gissel Rivera Garcia2 2nd Degree: Psychology Paula Rodriguez Juan Antonio Sillero Villalon2

Mariana Rojo2 Annie Vo3 Ana Estefani Roman Espinoza2 Ana Paola Ruiz2 CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING Brenda Marisol Ruiz1 Austin R. Keniston Nathalie Christine Sanchez2 Erin Kelli Lewison BACHELOR OF ARTS Maria Saucedo1 Hunter Kennedy Sansone Mikayla A. Schroeder3 Jennifer Ann Schwope ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING HONORS ARTS AND LETTERS Kaylie Jane Seitz1 Cole Tyler Bollinger2 John Kabl Wilkerson1,5 Jill Mariah Smith Ethan Tyler Bussberg3,4 2nd degree: History/Political Science Sylvia J. Smith1 Pablo Jose Chavez Shauna Deann Stanley1 Cole James Churchill3 Iesha Shanell Talley3 Zachary Eakerns2 Justine Nicole Teters2 Alejandro Garcia Flores Preston Ray Teters1 Miguel Angel Jimenez Jessica Thompson1 Yann Meyjonade Madison Marie Tibbatts Muhammad S. Qadeer3 BACHELOR OF INTERIOR Jazmine Nelida Tinoco2 Oliver Rodriguez-Ortiz2 DESIGN Edward Samuel Tome2 Abel Amahtsion Segid Nicole Taylor Byrom Ashley Ann Turley1 Rodrigue T. Tanekeu Sahara Rose Woolsey1 Ashley Sophia Turpin2 Marisa Lizette Valenzuela3 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Krystal Nicole Villacorta1 Waleed Naif Alhathal Mia Milagros Villarreal1 Genaro Carreon Campos APPAREL DESIGN Briana Marie Welch1 Imani C. Cutler AND MANUFACTURING Summer Dawn Westbrook1 Nicholas James Trachta Kelsey Nicole Linnartz Jada Alijahde Wheeler1 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Alexandra Marie McMayon3 Megan Suzann Whites1 Gabriella Montelongo Kimberly Dawn Wilkerson2 Emmanuel O. Adusei Tatum Meredith Roach Kimberly Lauren Worthington2 Mark Alaniz Christina Dawn Young1 Albaraa Mohammed Aldhahri3 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, AND Christopher M. Balash ADDICTION SCIENCES Eric Anthony Bergemann Zoe Elizabeth Armstrong Jacob Addison Betts Brittany Autumn Brewer1 Timothy Russell Bushong2 Amanda Lee Field Jesus Aron Carrasco Julianna Serrato Gamon Jorge Hugo Cedillo Cecilia Monique Garcia Keith Leon Chang Madeline Jayne Haratsis3 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Kimberly Ann Crowder Heather Lee James Clinton Ryan Davis3 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Arianna Nicole Martinez Gage Wade Davis Bate Etagh Grace Marissa Elise Ramey Ulrich Evral Ngatchou Dibato Joseph M. Goodwin Andrea Renae Reid2 Jordan D. Dossey Gabriel Sergio Villafranca Jordon Donnelle Speer3 Chase Kenneth Freeman Morgen Liana Williamson Victoria Raquel Garcia CIVIL ENGINEERING Krayah Marie Wilson2 Payton Cole Adams Evan Morgan Gring3 Ryan Edward Drabek Glenn B. Gross HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND Cole P. Erwin Jaden Hansard Haskell FAMILY STUDIES Zeff I. Pena Blake Nicholas Haygood Joshua Hernandez Nichole Noel Abbott Cole J. Ricci Fatima Abimbola Kevin Francisco Rios Edward Lawrence Hieb Armando J. Hinojosa Alexandra Rose Almanza Chumtep Sawatdiraksa Evelin Guadalupe Barahona Brendan A. Vasquez Justin Hong2 Ryan M. Hull Alyssa Nicole Berlien Sarah Renae Bowman COMPUTER ENGINEERING Shaheer Haider Khan Gunnar Koon3 Kandace Dianne Canaday Christopher J. Gee Angela Tomone Cauthorne Mario Martinez Andrew Scott Leonard Michael James Moore Chandler May Claxton Leah Victoria Medlin Catherine Elizabeth Condit1 Cooper Scott Yungblut Garrett C. Morgan3 Cesar Rocha2 Daniela Corria Madison Taylor Davis COMPUTER SCIENCE Kal Davis Rogstad2 Kayla Brynne Dippel Anish Basnet3 Muhammad Sadiq Kaleb Ryne Stephenson Kaela Lanai Foley Bhimsen Bhattarai2 Madalyn Claire Hildreth Miranda Carrillo3 Daniel Russell Stevens Gunnar J. Teilmann2 Kelly Grace Kossuth2 Caleb Adom Darnell2 Vincent LaFave Andrew M. Kennedy Isabella Christine Lenisa Kazi Abdul Muktadir2 Nneka Chibuzo Mgbemenu

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Addison Lee Moore RESTAURANT, HOTEL, AND Ana Gabriela Moore Brian Austin Moore INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT Stephanie Arianne Perez McKenna Elizabeth Moore Samantha Lynn Peterson Colten Laine Courtney Kaylee Renee Power Vincent James Petitjean3 Yesenia Gil Hayden Makenzie Riegel2 Charles Wade Reagor III Tiffany Terese Gore Hannah Elisa Thompson Zoë Elizabeth Samaniego Chloe Nicole Harlow Brighton Kay White3,⁴ Mariela Adriana Sanchez Drew Olvey Brighton Gable Yoder Tabitha Vanoy Silva3 Samantha Nicole Owen Walter Jacob Snow Ryan Patrick Payne HUMAN SCIENCES Avery Lauren Talley Makayla Dane Phillips Allison Nicole Alexander Kyle James Tyree Walsh Marcopolo Salazar Jennifer Avila1 Dustin Michael Ward1 Daniel Earl Silver Sara Marie Beer1 April Nicole Wilson Britton Cale Simpson Gisselle Alexis Beltran Debrah Louise Wright3 Andrew Michael Thomas Christina Carter Paloma Esmeralda Zaragoza-Mendez Amy Alexandra Cuellar RETAIL MANAGEMENT Lyric Na'kambre Diggles ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND Hellen Fae Allen-Evans Nokuthula Nonhlanhla Dlamini COMMUNICATIONS Magdalene Black Jordan Taylor Duke Tanner Chase Bowden James Christian Aaron Jermyah A Eddins Brooke Anya Elliott Jake Pearson Archer Claudia Renee Eldredge Hailee Elyse Folawn Victoria Calzoncit Anthony Heli Garcia Moreno Savannah Gonzales Zakhery Kohl Carroll Katherine Elizabeth Howard2 Jordan Elizabeth Hoke2 Payton McKenzie Everheart Kristen Elizabeth Ireland Jacqueline Mae Meier Ashlee Christeen Frazier2 Aaron Jacob Jackson Jill Michelle Ray2 2nd Degree: Human Sciences Caitlin Louise Jackson Ciara Nicole Rocha William McClelland Gallemore Luke Kershaw Avery Blair Wilcox1 Jacob Foster Gartman Kyeria Monique Kingery3 Terrellyn Faye Moffett Savannah Hope Lee Adrian Romero Erin Mary Manning Caleb Dee Tynes Alea Haley Mason Maria Elizabeth Young Bethelhem Kindie Mekonnen Chantel Justice Millender JOURNALISM Caroline Mya Mitchell Erika Elizabeth Chevez Cayla Von Napper BACHELOR OF ARTS 2nd Degree: Management Nicole Elayne Lynn Patterson3 Samantha Anne Jarpe Hailey Madisson Poehls2 ADVERTISING Joshua Paul Rhymer Morgan Shanell Prescott Alyssa Bailey Barthel Luis Benjamin Rodriguez Vasquez2 Michael Alexander Billings MEDIA STRATEGIES Maci Danielle Salaz Paola Isabelle Blanes Philip Osagie Arabome Caylee Jordan Smith Anakaren Amaris Gutierrez Webb Wright Ashley Emily Evans Smith 2nd Major: Media Strategies Nicholas Dionisio Castillo Karen Smith Andrew Christopher Hindle Karsten Doan Katana Smith Chukwunonso Jonathan Kafor Neal Raj Duggal Lacie Elizabeth Smith Clayton Reed Kiatta Joseph Levi Elliott Rebecca Lynn Smith2 Molly Marie Locke Maria DelRosario Gonzales Nancy Elaine Snell2 Alejandro Maximiliano Martinez Caroline Elizabeth Grace M'Kinley Faith Van Cleave3 Tyler Scott McCurdy Lea Maric Shawnee Breanne Wilbur Katherine Grace Morgan Zackri Garrett McCain Margaret Belle Wolf William Douglas Parker Jamodrick Jamar McGruder Amber Nicole Zucker3 Quincy Jajuan Simpson Danilson Pena Ndinofina Brandon Ray Stearns Austin Mallory Sewell NUTRITION Cooper James Small Nannette Marie Colon Diaz1 COMMUNICATION STUDIES Shane Garrett Starnes Michael Contreras Lindsay Ann Block Austin Randall Mercer Stephens Scott Lee Long Olivia Anna Bregger Stephen Landry Truett Joseph Richard Menicke Brentice Malik Brigham Lucy Murguia Joshua Mark Brown PUBLIC RELATIONS Vy Hong Thao Nguyen1 Travis Neill Buck Amanda Ryan Ainsworth Savannah Marie Rendon Samantha Paige Carpenter Amy Lynne Avery Bailey Elise Renfroe Angel LaNora Carroll Steven James Collins Amy Taylor Adam Wright Chick Kendyl Patrick Dent Michaela Noelle Countryman 2nd Degree: Music NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES AND DIETETICS Isaiah Flores Kent Austin Depwe Florence M Jones3 Eric Rene Garza Carl Pultz Flanagan Alejandra Lucia Mera2 Henry Garza Kiyah Justice Hays Sarah Grace Scheller James Henry Gilliland V Nicholas Lee Huff Emily Gretchen Gleason Madeline Jean King PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING Joseph R. Greiner1 Lonnie Quarles McKinnis Penny Ellyn Mraz3 Eric Richard Johns Avery Corelle Marie Moore Michael Dylan Rubin Sydney Rose Keim Brooklyn Nicole Murdy2 Bryleigh Taite Macgregor Jena Carys Rangnow Xavier Adair McTizic Yesenia Rosales3

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Sara Saenz Laura Lynn McLand Benjamin Ngalawa Garrett Louis Scotch Madison Michelle McLellan1 Austin Wingate Rushing Madison Paige Smith2 Robert Brian Mojica Benjamin Scott St. Amand Shelby Ann Stewart Katie Nicole Daisy Nissen Rowland Anthony Wallerstein1 Madeleine Rose Trischett Marcus Rowdy Oglesby Ian Edward Watkins Brianna Marie-Alexandra Velde Nathan Andrew Ost Dalia Veliz Jonathan James Pacheco Ashley Nicole Vorse3 Dominic Luke Panazzolo Sara Victoria Zapata Austin Tyler Philippi Jeremy Eli Rutherford TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Timothy Scott Sanguinetti TM Kassi D’nai Scarlett3 BACHELOR OF ARTS University Programs Bryleigh D’Ann Schovasjsa Lacey Marie Tadlock3 MUSIC BACHELOR OF APPLIED ARTS Harrison Reese Taylor Elizabeth Davila Angela Nicole Thompson 2nd Degree: Psychology AND SCIENCES Ricardo Villanueva Kendyl Patrick Dent Susie Hurtado Justin Michael Yankovoy 2nd Degree: Public Relations Josh Aaron Jones Quentin Yontz Adrian Javier Ito1,4 Angela Michelle McClung3 2nd Degree: Philosophy Misty Dawn Umholtz BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Elijah Garcia Trevino

BACHELOR OF ARTS UNIVERSITY STUDIES THEATRE ARTS Britney Jade Sinclair3 Abigail H. Brinker UNIVERSITY STUDIES Juan Paolo Novido Gutierrez Natalina Viana Aguilar Andrew John Azariah Hudson BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS Kayla Sue-Avery Belew William Curtis McLaughlin Ryan Isaiah Castel Savannah Leigh Perez ART Robert Mark Clay1 Justin Stowe Rachel Nicole Johnson3 William Price Davis2 Michelle Marie Duran WIND ENERGY BACHELOR OF MUSIC Jordan LeaAnn Elkins Oscar Castillo, Jr. Meghan Riley Elliott Dakota Paul Celey Jacob Kenley Barrow2 Jack Connor Ferguson Jesus Daniel Guerrero Hudson T. Dougherty Mallory LeeAnne Few Christian Emilio Lozano Morielle Eileen Haller Michaela Nicole Flynn Matthew Maziare Mamdouhi Andrew Bennett Hayes Kayln Joann Gunter Peyton Sawyer McWilliams Benjamin Thomas Post Darvin Demonte Ham Henry Mendoza Kevin Daniel Sells Hailey Nicole Irvin David James Morgan Joel Aaron Venegas3 Paul Hunter Lohmeyer Derrick Muhoro

RECEPTIONS AND OTHER CEREMONIES

INDIVIDUAL COLLEGE RECEPTIONS

Immediately After Commencement Ceremony

College of Education | Diploma Distribution, First Floor Staircase, College of Education

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he banners displayed at Texas Marvin Cepica, former to preparing teachers and furthering Tech University commencement dean of the college, educational scholarship, leadership, and ceremonies are patterned on developed the design service. The Double T logo appears at the Tmilitary, political, and trade guild insig- with approval and bottom of the banner. nia that date back to the Middle Ages input from the College Marketing Committee. and beyond. Known as gonfalons, they The Jerry S. Rawls College of Business most closely resemble the flags created The background color, Administration banner was designed by Italian city states before and during maize, was established through a collaborative effort of the staff the Renaissance. The Texas Tech Univer- by the Intercollegiate sity flags were individually designed to Code to represent the in the college’s Under- display symbols and colors that represent agricultural disciplines. graduate Services Center. the areas of interest of each unit. The design, with a map of the continent The background color of of North America, reflects the global the banner is drab. The The Faculty Banner displays the univer- scope of modern agriculture and natural central image on the ban- sity colors, red with black, and features resources management. ner is a map of the world the university seal encircled by the words centered on Lubbock with The dimensions and proportions of “Seal of Texas Tech University.” The seal the Texas Tech University was designed by William Ward Watkin, the College of Architecture banner Double T symbol rising the original campus master are based on the Golden Ratio creating from a focal point in the planner, in 1924. The the Golden Rectangle, shield is a black escutcheon within which is the South Plains. The banner symbolizes the quartered by a red cross, logarithmic Golden impact of globalization in the modern on which are arrayed 10 Spiral. The ancient business environment. cotton bolls, symbolic of Greeks recognized these the importance of cotton geometries as significant The College of Arts & Sciences banner to West Texas and repre- and aesthetically pleas- was redesigned in 2014 by Randy Lacy, senting Lubbock County ing, and architects from unit coordinator in the college. Crafted and the nine surrounding Vitruvius to Corbusier with classical typography cotton-producing counties. These sym- have used these pro- and bold lines, the ban- bols also reflect one of the original mis- portions as a means of design. The blue ner replaces the previ- sions of Texas Technological College: “To diagonal lines represent the architectural ous college seal with the provide students with a thorough educa- diagram, while the blue-violet fabric, famous Double T logo. tion in textiles and technical engineer- the designated color for Architecture, is The red and black colors ing.” The shield features emblems that woven in a chevron pattern represent- evoke the university, community, state ing the complexity of digital design and appropriately represent and nation. In the upper-left quadrant, a fabrication. The banner was designed by the largest and most book symbolizes religion and academic David Isern and Simon Alvarez, gradu- diverse college in the traditions. A star in the upper-right ates of the College. university. corner stands for the Lone Star State of Texas. In the lower left a key represents The blue background color of the Col- The Graduate School banner is blue. home, and in the lower right the lamp of lege of Education banner reflects the Imposed on this background is a white knowledge indicates the primary mission light blue color designated for education circle within a light blue one. These of Texas Tech University: “To develop by the Intercollegiate circles contain the image of a golden and advance knowledge.” Above the Code and is also seen open book and a burning lamp. The shield, an eagle, the national bird of the in the velvet border of open book symbolizes knowledge and United States, spreads its wings. Mindful education master’s and the lamp represents a doctoral hoods and of the claims of all these constituencies, light by which to study. doctoral gowns. The the faculty of the university create, trans- The banner was designed mit, and preserve knowledge. upper area of the banner carries a school building by the late Associate The College of Agricultural Sciences & encircled by the words Dean Thomas Langford Natural Resources was one of the four “College of Education” and Ms. Beth Cain, who founding schools of the university in and “Scholarship, Lead- was a Graduate School 1924. The college banner was redesigned ership, Service” to represent the primary staff member and artist for use in the May 2005 graduation. Dr. roles of the college as a unit dedicated for many years. The banner of the Edward E. Whitacre, families and commu- of Visual & Performing Jr. College of Engineering features the nities served by the Arts” in silver, linked by a seal of the college set on a field of orange, college in its mission to dynamic red ampersand the academic color for improve and enhance representing the merging engineering. The seal of human lives through of three departments into the college, inspired by a teaching, research, and the college. Centered in 2009 design by chemi- outreach. The image of the banner is the college’s cal engineering student the globe represents the original award-winning Unwana Essien, is goal of not only serving logo designed by the Price encircled with a border the lives of those in the of red, white, and black, local community, but also connecting Group in 2002, the same year the college symbolizing the spirit of with the global community. was founded. The logo is a circle divided Texas Tech University into three sectors, each representing one and the Red Raiders. The College of Media & Communica- of the three units of the college: a blue The two stars represent the ethical duty tion banner illustrates waves of informa- eye for the School of Art, a red lyre for of engineers to themselves and society. tion emanating from a single point—one the School of Music, and a golden spot- The four symbols in the center of the seal voice heard by many. The banner is white light for the School of Theatre and Dance. stand for the foundations of engineering: with a crimson back- All three artistic icons are encased by a ground framing waves • The light bulb, surrounded by a ribbon circular banner which reads: “Texas Tech of information reaching and questions, represents the inspiration University.” The shape of the banner was the public. Crimson is of engineers to answer questions and selected through a student competition, solve problems. the color assigned by the and the banner was made by personnel in • The square and globe represent the Intercollegiate Code to the Costume Shop of the Department of engineer’s work as building blocks for the journalism, the com- Theatre and Dance. world. mon core subject area of the college. The white • The hammer and screwdriver represent The symbols on the Texas Tech Uni- the practical application of the engineer’s field represents honesty, versity Libraries’ banner reinforce the work. decency, and purity. Beneath the crimson idea that the Library is the center of • The atomic figure surrounding the is the name of the college. beaker represents the confluence of math, knowledge on campus. As such, it is the The banner for University Programs science, and technology in the mind of guardian and giver of knowledge and exhibits the colors of Texas Tech with a the engineer. information. The key in red background trimmed in black. The the foreground of the The Honors College banner features focus of the banner is the silhouette of banner symbolizes the a sky blue field onto which is placed a the Administration Building’s bell tower, Libraries’ role as guard- silhouette of one of the which is an iconic sym- ian and safe keeper of Administration Building bol of Texas Tech. Just as all ideas. In the not too bell towers in dark blue. the university is com- distant past, knowl- Superimposed on the sil- prised of many parts, houette is the Honors Col- University Programs edge was considered lege emblem in gold: an integrates multiple sacred or something open book that transforms programs from colleges that was best kept into a bird taking flight. across the university. locked away, thus the symbolism of the This symbol represents The traditional Double key. The flames symbolize the Libraries’ how learning stimulates T placed in a window of other and equally important role as the human creativity. At the the tower signifies the giver of knowledge, providing access to bottom of the banner are future that awaits students who complete wisdom. For centuries, the use of fire was the words in gold: “University Honors these programs in preparation for suc- believed to be man’s first step on the path College.” cessful careers. to civilization; one characteristic of fire is The College of Human Sciences ban- The J.T. & Margaret Talkington College its ability to spread, which represents the ner was redesigned in 2016 and adapted of Visual & Performing Arts banner is Library’s role as purveyor of knowledge. from an original design by former faculty black with a blue drape surmounted by The colors of the flames symbolize the member Dr. Ben Goh. The design depicts a silver swathe that evokes the creative three broad branches of knowledge; scar- an adult, an adolescent, and a child. The energy infused in all the arts. The top of let for humanities, gold for sciences, and diversity of faces and ages represents the the banner features the words “College the purple flame for social sciences.

AUGUST 2019 29 ACADEMIC DRESS AND PROCESSION

MASTER’S ROBE: Velvet facing around the neck corresponds to DOCTORAL ROBE: Velvet facing on front of robe and three bars color representing the field of study; hood lining represents the on sleeve correspond to color representing the field of study; hood lin- colors of the institution that conferred the degree. ing represents the colors of the institution that conferred the degree.

earing academic dress at commencement ceremo- For example, those who have received advanced degrees from nies dates from the early history of the oldest uni- Texas Tech University wear hoods lined with red and black. versities created during the twelfth and thirteenth The Oxford—the so-called mortarboard—is black and has a Wcenturies. Because educated people were almost always of long tassel fastened to the center. The tassel is usually worn the clergy, the black gown is an adaptation of the “cope,” a with the pendant over the left front of the cap. Different long mantle or cloak of silk or other cloth worn by church colored tassels are often worn on the bachelor’s and master’s dignitaries in processions and on other occasions. The long caps to indicate the type of degree. The tassel on the cap of gown and cowl (similar to the academic hood of today) were the doctoral candidate, except for professional degrees, is worn by priests and monks for warmth in the cold medieval either gold or black. The doctoral degree holders may also buildings. wear the velvet tam with a gold tassel. In the early centuries, a great diversity of color and style of Candidates for the undergraduate degree will wear the tas- cap, gown, and hood appeared in different universities of sel on the right side of the cap at commencement. After the Europe. The European custom of wearing academic dress was degrees have been conferred, baccalaureate degree later introduced at American colleges. Not until after 1895 recipients will turn the tassel to the left side of the cap, thus was a uniform academic code of dress adopted by most U.S. showing that they are now graduates. Those graduates who colleges and universities. Today, the black robe, hood, and have the official Texas Tech Alumni Association class ring are cap are worn at most institutions of higher learning. Some invited to turn their rings at this time. institutions have authorized doctoral gowns in colors other than the customary black. Candidates wearing red cords have earned the Latin designations of cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude The gowns used in American academic ceremonies vary ac- based on a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average. cording to the highest degree awarded to the wearer. Usually Candidates wearing kite-shaped medallions are Honors Col- the bachelor’s robe has long pointed sleeves and the master’s lege graduates earning a minimum of 24 hours of Honors has oblong sleeves, square at the end with a slit at the elbow. coursework. Medallions with red ribbons indicate a notation The doctoral gown is a more elaborate robe faced down the of “With Honors” (non-thesis) and gold ribbons indicating a front with velvet and across the bell-shaped sleeves with notation of “With Highest Honors” (thesis). three bars of velvet. The velvet facing and bars may be of the color distinctive to the field of study. Phi Beta Kappa students may wear their membership key as well as the society’s dark blue honor stole and/or pink and The doctoral hood has side panels and is slightly longer than blue honor cords. Members of Phi Kappa Phi, Mortar Board, the one worn for the master’s degree. The color used in the and other honor societies may likewise display their societ- velvet border of the hood indicates the field of study. The ies’ medallions and honor cords. Texas Tech University has velvet border is widest on the doctor’s hood, and the colors of five university-wide honoraries: Golden Key, Mortar Board, the lining indicate the college or university that conferred the Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Kappa Phi. degree.

30 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY COLORS REPRESENTING FIELDS OF STUDY The following is a list of colors established by the Intercollegiate Code representing departments of learning and fields of study:

HONOR CORDS / MEDALLION The following is a list of honor cords/medallions issued by colleges.

Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources | Green Architecture | White and Gold Arts & Sciences | Royal Blue Business Administration | Royal Blue and Gold UNDERGRADUATE ROBE: A red stole displaying the Double T and Education | Jade Green and Violet seal of Texas Tech University distinguishes students receiving baccalaureate Engineering | Orange degrees. Degree candidates wearing red cords will graduate with honors Honors | Honors Medallion designations based on a minimum 3.5 GPA. Human Sciences | Maroon Media & Communication | Crimson University Programs | Red Visual & Performing Arts | Brown Wind Energy | Blue and Green

TEXAS TECH COMMENCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

GRADUATE PHOTOGRAPHS COMMENCEMENT DVD

A professional photographer will be taking photos of graduates The Texas Tech Alumni Association encourages graduates to as they receive their diplomas. You may view and order photos order a Texas Tech Commencement DVD to commemorate their online at www.candidcolorphotography.com. Click on “view achievement. The $45 purchase also will include a one-year Tex- proofs” and then “graduations.” Images will be posted within as Tech Alumni Association gift membership. This membership 48 hours of the ceremony. Photographers also will be available will help graduates stay connected to Texas Tech. To reserve after the ceremony for photos of friends and family with the a copy of today’s ceremony, complete and mail an order form graduates. Photographers will be located outside the arena located at one of the tables in each corner of the concourse. Do near the north parking lot. There is no charge or obligation for not leave the forms on the tables. Please mail them to the ad- having these photos taken. dress on the form. To learn more about the Alumni Association, visit www.TexasTechAlumni.org or call 806.742.3641.

AUGUST 2019 31 PRESIDENTIAL MACE

ROWNED BY A FLAME symbolizing the Light of Knowledge, the Texas Tech University Presidential Mace is the symbolic staff of the power and authority of the university. It is constructed of lathed and molded bronze that has been rubbed with a layer of 24K gold. The school crest is presented on either side directly under the flame. Hand-rubbed black walnut hasC been used for the connecting shafts. The mace was designed by Professor Robly A. Glover in the School of Art. Professor Glover’s artwork is on display throughout the United States and included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Yale Silver Collection, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. MACE BEARERS

9:00 A.M., AUGUST 10...... JAEKI SONG, Ph.D. Professor of Management Information Systems, Jerry S. Rawls College of Business

1:30 P.M., AUGUST 10...... ALI NEJAT, Ph.D. Professor of Civil Engineering, Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering

Professor Robly A. Glover carries the Presidential Mace he designed for Texas Tech University

GRADUATION HONORS

Graduating seniors who have maintained an overall 4.0 GPA include the following:

Sara Beer Brittany Brewer Catherine Condit Nannette Colon Diaz Keith Morgan Fewell Joseph Michael Hartman Sahara Johnson Merit Westfall Marshall Vy Hong Thao Nguyen Shashidhar Sastry Shelby Marie Skomer Viren Jitendra Vasandani Dustin Michael Ward John Kabl Wilkerson Matthew Ryan Winterholler SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 9:00 a.m. SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1:30 p.m.

106 107 108 106 107 108

105 109 105 109

104 STAGE 110 104 STAGE 110

103 111 103 111 FACULTY BUSINESS FACULTY DOCTORAL ADMINISTRATION DOCTORAL ARTS & SCIENCES MASTERS MEDIA & MASTERS FACULTY 102 FACULTY COMMUNICATION 112 102 112 FACULTY FACULTY MEDIA & ARTS & SCIENCES 101 MASTERS COMMUNICATION 113 101 MASTERS 113 EDUCATION FACULTY FACULTY HUMAN SCIENCES

MASTERS HUMAN SCIENCES ENGINEERING 124 114 124 MASTERS HONORS 114 AG. SCIENCES & UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS VISUAL & PERFORMING NATURAL RESOURCES ARTS & SCIENCES ARTS WIND ENERGY ARCHITECTURE 123 115 123 115

120 118 120 118 122 116 122 116 121 121 117 117

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denoted by denoted by The first athletic teams of the university were known as the Matadors, a name that reflected the Spanish architectural influence on campus. The change from Matadors to Red Raiders occurred after a Lubbock Avalanche- Journal writer commented on the red uniforms and strong season of the 1932 football team, saying “the Red Raiders from Texas Tech” were the “terror of the Southwest Confer- ence.” The name caught on and by 1936 the team was renamed the Red Raiders. No changes were ever made to the lyrics of the school song, which was penned in 1930. Page from 1936 Student Handbook courtesy of the Southwest Collection.