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Commencement May December and August 2019 2020 Graduates University of Kentucky U N L Lexington, Kentucky I L T A E F D W E E W D ST E ® AND - DIVID Friday, the twentieth of December, two thousand and nineteen Lexington Center’s Rupp Arena MAY AND AUGUST 2020 GRADUATES UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY May 14, 2021 An Equal Opportunity University 2 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Robert D. Vance, Chair Rachel Watts Webb, Secretary Claude A. “Skip” Berry, III David P. Melanson Cathy A. Black Paula Leach Pope Lee X. Blonder Derrick K. Ramsey Joe Rollin Bowen C. Frank Shoop Michael A. Christian, DMD Sandra R. Shuffett, MD Ray A. Daniels Bryan Sunderland Carol Martin “Bill” Gatton Hollie Swanson Ron Geoghegan Courtney Wheeler Kimberly Scott McCann Barbara Young Elizabeth McCoy PRESIDENT .................................................Dr. Eli I. Capilouto PROVOST ............................................Dr. David W. Blackwell COLLEGE DEANS Dr. Nancy M. Cox Dr. Brian A. Jackson, Interim Dean College of Agriculture, Food The Graduate School and Environment Dr. Scott M. Lephart Dr. Christian M. M. Brady, Interim Dean College of Health Sciences College of Arts and Sciences Professor Mary J. Davis Dr. Simon J. Sheather J. David Rosenberg College of Law Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics Dr. Robert S. DiPaola College of Medicine Dr. Jennifer D. Greer College of Communication Dr. E. Janie Heath and Information College of Nursing Dr. Jeffrey P. Okeson Dr. R. “Kip” Guy College of Dentistry College of Pharmacy Professor Mitzi R. Vernon Dr. Donna K. Arnett College of Design College of Public Health Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Dr. Justin “Jay” Miller College of Education College of Social Work Dr. Rudolph G. Buchheit Mr. Douglas E. Way College of Engineering Libraries Professor Mark W. Shanda Dr. Laura Bryan, Acting Dean College of Fine Arts Lewis Honors College 3 Dates of Graduation (No asterisk or dagger) Degree awarded May 8, 2020 * Degree awarded August 6, 2020 Names listed multiple times indicate multiple degrees 4 The Graduate School Interim Dean: Brian A. Jackson Doctor of Philosophy Adam Michael Baker, Lexington Major: Entomology Aus Adil Abdulwahhab*, Iraq Dissertation: “Optimizing Monarch Butterfly and Bee Conservation Major: Studies in Higher Education Efforts in the Urban Landscape” Dissertation: “Muslim College Students and Civic Engagement” Daniel David Ball*, Basalt, CO T Mudiyanselage Rashmie Abeysinghe, Sri Lanka Major: Anthropology Major: Computer Science Dissertation: “We Died and Were Reborn: An Anthropological Study Dissertation: “Structural and Lexical Methods for Auditing Biomedical of Health-seeking Strategies for Mental and Emotional Distress in Terminologies” Post-war Eastern Sri Lanka” Samuel Acheampong, Ghana Reem Othman Basaqr, Lexington Major: Economics Major: Nutritional Science Dissertation: “Harmonizing The Disjointed: Economic Integration and Dissertation: “The Effects of Dietary Nitrate and Vitamin C on Risk Sharing” Endothelial Function and Oxidative Stress Biomarkers” Qianxiang Ai*, China Diane Begemann, St. Louis, MO Major: Chemistry Major: Toxicology and Cancer Biology Dissertation: “Towards the Rational Design of Organic Semiconductors Dissertation: “Prostate Cancer Resistance to Cabazitaxel Chemotherapy” Through Computational Approaches” Emily Elizabeth Bendall, San Diego, CA Felix Umaizimede Akharume*, Lexington Major: Biology Major: Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Dissertation: “From Genes to Species: Ecological Speciation with Gene Dissertation: “Physicochemical Characterization, Structural Flow in Neodiprion Pinetum and N. Lecontei” Determination, and Molecular Dynamic Modeling of Proso Millet Proteins for Enhanced Food Functionality” Alex Matthew Boehm*, Alexandria Major: Chemistry Nabil M. Hussain Hussain Al-Aamery*, Iraq Dissertation: “Interfaces in Lead-free Tin Perovskite Photovoltaics: An Major: Civil Engineering Investigation of Energetics, Ion Mobility, Surface Modification, and Dissertation: “Variance Decomposition of Forecasted Water Budget Performance” and Sediment Processes under Changing Climate in Fluvial and Fluviokarst Systems” Charles Alexander Brake*, Providence, RI Major: Psychology - Clinical Psychology Amir Fared Partu Al-Bakri, Lexington Dissertation: “Modeling Daily Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Major: Biomedical Engineering Mental Contamination Experiences among Survivors of Sexual Dissertation: “High Frequency Oscillations in the Epileptic Brain: Trauma” Accurate Detection, Effect of Vigilance State, and Sample Size Considerations” Benjamin Brodie, Pittsburgh, PA Major: Mathematics Yazan Daher Abdel-Jaleel Al-Mrayat, Lexington Dissertation: “Eigenvalue Statistics and Localization for Random Band Major: Nursing Matrices with Fixed Width and Wegner Orbital Model” Dissertation: “Tobacco Use and Nicotine Withdrawal among Patients with Mental Illness” Mark Andrew Broering, Fort Thomas Major: Physics Muataz Reda Almaddah, Saudi Arabia Dissertation: “Study of Cell Charging Effects for the Neutron Electric Major: Rehabilitation Sciences Dipole Moment Experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory” Dissertation: “Effects of Load Carriage on Shoulder Neuromuscular Functions and Recovery” Laura Peterson Brown*, Liberty Major: Physiology Christopher Wayne Asbery, Danville Dissertation: “Striated Muscle Specific Ribosomal Protein L3-like: Effect Major: Electrical Engineering of Knock-out on Cardiac Function and Protein Translation” Dissertation: “Fault Identification on Electrical Transmission Lines Using Artificial Neural Networks” John R. Brunnquell, Port Washington, WI Major: Animal and Food Sciences James Tilsley Auxier II, Lexington Dissertation: “Optimizing Animal Welfare in Commercial Laying Major: Biomedical Engineering Hens Through Novel Management Practices and Farm Manager Dissertation: “ATV Dynamics and Pediatric Rider Safety” Evaluation” Jasmin Bagge, Denmark Edward Lee Bullock*, Lexington Major: Veterinary Science Major: Anthropology Dissertation: “Donor Age Effects on the Proliferative and Chondrogenic/ Dissertation: “Carceral Extractivism, Livelihood Strategies, and ‘Acting Osteogenic Differentiation Performance of Equine Bone Marrow- Right’ in the U.S. South” and Adipose Tissue Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Culture” Molly Rebecca Burchett, Prestonsburg Ahmed Ali Mohammed Bahrani, Iraq Major: Business Administration Major: Biomedical Engineering Dissertation: “Cross-selling Without Upsetting Customers” Dissertation: “Assessment of White Matter Hyperintensity, Cerebral Blood Flow, and Cerebral Oxygenation in Older Subjects Stratified by Cerebrovascular Risk” 5 *Degree awarded August 6, 2020 Scot S. Buzza*, Cincinnati, OH Myra Corinna Curl*, Georgetown Major: Musicology and Ethnomusicology Major: Public Policy and Administration Dissertation: “The Vespers Psalms of Baldassare Galuppi” Dissertation: “Move or Improve? Place, Policy, and Educator Labor Markets” Rosemary Lynn Calabro, Roanoke, IN Major: Chemistry Jie Dai*, China Dissertation: “Laser Ablation in Liquid for the Controlled Production Major: Education Sciences of Photoluminescent Graphene Quantum Dots and Upconverting Dissertation: “Understanding Education Abroad with Advanced Nanoparticles” Quantitative Methodologies: Student Profiles and Academic Outcomes” Julie L. Calahan*, Fresno, CA Major: Pharmaceutical Sciences Dingying Dang*, China Dissertation: “Correlating the Physicochemical Properties of Magnesium Major: Materials Science and Engineering Stearate with Tablet Dissolution and Lubrication” Dissertation: “Understanding and Mitigating the Electrochemical- Mechanical Degradation of High Capacity Battery Electrodes” Carolina Adriana Caldera*, Charlotte, NC Major: Psychology - Clinical Psychology Ankur Das, India Dissertation: “The Moderating Role of Mindfulness Skills in the Major: Physics Relationship between Borderline Personality Features and Dissertation: “Graphene in a Uniform Magnetic Field” Associated Problematic Behaviors” Heather Avese Davis*, Pembroke Pines, FL Grace Eden Cale*, Lexington Major: Psychology - Clinical Psychology Major: Sociology Dissertation: “Do Bulimic Behaviors Increase Shame? Toward an Dissertation: “Thrown Together: Credit Union and Commercial Bank Understanding of Transdiagnostic Risk” Regulation and Competition in the Consumer Finance Industry, 1960-2015” Mohammad Hasan Salman Ali Dawood, Lexington Major: Integrated Plant and Soil Sciences Nicole Cascia, The Woodlands, TX Dissertation: “Arthropod Resistant Tomatoes: Screening Tools, Yield and Major: Rehabilitation Sciences Nutritional Quality of Interspecific Hybrids” Dissertation: “Biopsychological Predictors of Pain and Function in Patients with Rotator Cuff Conditions” Ryan Christopher DeCoster, Richmond Major: Clinical and Translational Science Sookti Chaudhary*, India Dissertation: “Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Major: Economics Lymphoma: Molecular Features, Epidemiological Risk Factors, and Dissertation: “Three Essays on Trade, Environment, and Health” Evidence-Based Clinical Recommendations” Suraj Chaudhary, Nepal Emily Renee DeHaven, Itasca, IL Major: Philosophy Major: English Dissertation: “Place and Digital Space” Dissertation: “Transformative Subjects: American Children’s Periodicals, 1855-1905” Jeff Zheying Chen*, Lexington Major: Physiology Rachael Rose Brown Deel*, Georgetown Dissertation: “Involvement of the Renin Angiotensin System in Marfan Major: Education Sciences Syndrome Associated Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms” Dissertation: “Stretching the Dollar: Exploring the Lived Experiences,