Simmons University Commencement Program for Ifill, COCIS, and CSSPP
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115TH COMMENCEMENT GRADUATE CEREMONY THE GWEN IFILL COLLEGE OF MEDIA, ARTS, AND HUMANITIES THE COLLEGE OF ORGANIZATIONAL, COMPUTATIONAL, AND INFORMATION SCIENCES THE COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, POLICY, AND PRACTICE MAY 15, 2020 ORDER OF EXERCISES WELCOME Regina M. Pisa, Chair, Simmons University Board of Trustees INTRODUCTION Helen G. Drinan ’75MS(LIS), ’78MBA, President CONFERRING OF THE DEGREES Katie Conboy, Provost and Senior Vice President The Candidates for the Graduate Degrees Presented by Brian Norman, Dean, The Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and Humanities Presented by Marie desJardins, Dean, The College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sciences Presented by Stephanie Berzin, Dean, The College of Social Sciences, Policy, and Practice COMMENCEMENT MARSHAL Hugo Kamya, Chief Marshal, Professor, School of Social Work, The College of Social Sciences, Policy, and Practice DIPLOMA READERS Gary Bailey, Assistant Dean for Community Engagement and Social Justice, Professor of Practice and Director of the Urban Leadership Program, School of Social Work, The College of Social Sciences, Policy, and Practice Benjamin Cole, Associate Professor, Social Sciences Division Director, Political Science and International Relations, The College of Social Sciences, Policy, and Practice Sanda Erdelez, Professor, Director, School of Library and Information Science, The College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sciences Melinda Gushwa, Associate Professor, Director of the School of Social Work, The College of Social Sciences, Policy, and Practice Melanie Kimball, Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, The College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sciences Sarah Leonard, Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director, History, The Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and Humanities Suzanne Leonard, Professor, Graduate Program Director, Gender and Cultural Studies, The Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and Humanities Cathryn M. Mercier, Professor and Chair, Children’s Literature, Director of the Children’s Literature Program, Director of the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature, The Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and Humanities Cathy Robbins, Interim Director, School of Business, The College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sciences Suzanne Sankar, Professor of Practice and Associate Director, School of Social Work, The College of Social Sciences, Policy, and Practice Janie Ward, Professor and Chair, Africana Studies and Education, Faculty Fellow in Mentoring, The College of Social Sciences, Policy, and Practice Shelley White, Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director, Public Health, The College of Social Sciences, Policy, and Practice CLOSING Katie Conboy, Provost and Senior Vice President This is a commencement program and not a legal document of the University and does not represent a complete and accurate list of 2020 graduates of Simmons University. It is a list of degree candidates invited to participate in the May 15, 2020 commencement ceremonies. Invitation to or participation in the ceremony does not indicate that any candidate has graduated or will graduate from Simmons. Degrees will be conferred on eligible candidates on June 1. Diplomas and a commencement bulletin with a complete listing of 2020 graduates, including honors and awards, will be sent to graduates after June 1, 2020. 1 CANDIDATES FOR THE GRADUATE DEGREES THE GWEN IFILL COLLEGE OF MEDIA, ARTS, AND HUMANITIES MASTER OF FINE ARTS IN WRITING FOR CHILDREN Helena Elisabeth Bonde, B.A., M.A., Stanford Robert Hortatsos Kimmel, B.F.A., Pratt Institute, University B.F.A., University of Illinois Claire Judge Brislin Hannah K. Lamarre, B.F.A., Emerson College Bridget J. Duffy, B.A.,University of Pittsburgh Julie Morrocco, B.A., American University Emily Asher Goldberg, B.A., Vanderbilt University Genielysse Estrella Reyes, B.A., B.A., University of Alisa Robyn Greenbacher California Laura Evelyn Houston, B.A., College of William & Erica D. Swallow, B.S., New York University, M.B.A., Mary Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rachel Yung Hsin Wang, B.A., Wellesley College MASTER OF FINE ARTS IN WRITING FOR CHILDREN AND MASTER OF ARTS IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Rachel Elizabeth Wolfson Jaffe, B.A.,Haverford Chalene Cherie Riser, B.A., Brigham Young College University Olivia Morris, B.A., Syracuse University MASTER OF ARTS IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Natalie Louise Edgar, B.A., San Francisco State Daniel Christian Lyerly, B.F.A., Emerson College University Molly Rae Vore, B.S., Eastern Michigan University MASTER OF ARTS IN GENDER AND CULTURAL STUDIES Willa Genevieve Barnum, B.A., University of Corrie Margaret Locke-Hardy, B.A., University of Southern Maine Massachusetts Taylor Nikole Burns, B.A., University of Marnie B. Murray, B.A., Mount Holyoke College Massachusetts Lara Chelle Naisbitt, B.A., University of Maine Annalise Chapman, B.A.H., Queen’s University, Giavanna Maria Worthy, B.A., Western New Canada England University Matisse DuPont, B.A., University of Massachusetts MASTER OF ARTS IN HISTORY Andreana H. Ely, B.A., Gwynedd Mercy University Joshua Bongolan Salazar, B.A., California State Ariana Rose Fiorello, B.A., Spelman College, M.S., University, M.S., Simmons University Simmons University Samantha Kate Throgmorton, B.A., University of Megan E. Linger, B.A., University of Pittsburgh Nevada, M.S., Simmons University Emilee C. Morrison, B.A., University of Arkansas, Evan Michael Wenner, B.A., The University of M.S., Simmons University Findlay Rachel Victoria Nicolosi, B.A., State University of Michael Winter New York, M.S., Simmons University 2 THE COLLEGE OF ORGANIZATIONAL, COMPUTATIONAL, AND INFORMATION SCIENCES MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Mabelle Manuela Abreu-Sanchez, B.A., Providence Tessa Price Negri, B.A., Christopher Newport College University Bahareh Aslani, B.A., Shahid Beheshty University, Jithin K. Palooparambil, B.S., Massachusetts Iran, M.A., Azad University, Iran College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Maribel Blanco, B.A., Boston University, M.Ed., University Harvard University Melinda S. Pinto, B.A., Simmons College Katherine Burns, B.S., Springfield College Benjamin G. Posner, B.A., The George Washington Emily Grace Cotter, B.A., Western Washington University, M.A.T., Johns Hopkins University University Hira Rafiq , B.S.,University of Massachusetts Barbara Ann Cudak, B.A., Saint Anselm College Angela H. Rothemich D’Amato, B.S., Wentworth Meaghan Theresa Doherty, B.S., B.A., Stonehill Institute of Technology College Natalie Rubiano, B.B.A., B.A., M.A., The City Devon Zoe Eckert, B.A., Simmons University University of New York Rebecca Wendy Fletcher, B.S., State University of Michelle Scannell, B.A., The University of Texas New York Elizabeth Anne Sinkiewicz, B.S., University of Kelly Arianna Green, B.A., Illinois Wesleyan Rhode Island University Olivia Sierra Smith, B.A., Goucher College Larissa L. Haynes, B.A., Dickinson College Kaitlin M. Spurlock, B.A., Rhode Island College Amber Rose Indoccio, B.S., Simmons University Meghana Vallurupalli, B.S., University of Odeal J. Jacob, B.S., Boston University Massachusetts Lena Kien, B.A., Simmons College Kaley Vescuso, B.A., Suffolk University Sarah Margaret Leith, B.A., Salem State University Stacey Wainwright, B.A., The City University of New York Mounica Manchiraju, B.A., University of Massachusetts Laura B. Weeks, B.A., Boston University Kelly A. Murphy MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN HEALTH CARE Susan Gay Barnaby, B.A., University of Lindsay A. Holmes, B.H.S., M.P.T., Quinnipiac Massachusetts University, D.P.T., Temple University, Ed.D., Philippe Blazy, B.S.P.S., Massachusetts College of University of St. Augustine Pharmacy and Health Sciences Kerry Macko, B.A., Saint Anselm College Daniel S. Botelho, B.S., University of Massachusetts River Jordan Meisinger, B.S., University of Kansas Jessica Stoll Detmer-Lillard, B.S., Boston University Pooja Ruhi Rastogi, B.S., James Madison University Molly Feinstein, B.A., Connecticut College Tamara Restrepo, B.S., University of California Karyn E. Hoffman, B.A.,Simmons University Nubia Simone Smith Whitaker, B.A., Wellesley College Jocelyn Marie Zybert, B.S., Clemson University MASTER OF SCIENCE Library and Information Science Nabilah Abdulsalam, B.S., University of Stephanie Noelle Altomer, B.S., State University of Connecticut New York Aidan Rose Aesoph, B.A., California University of Willa Glancy Anderson, B.F.A., Rhode Island School Pennsylvania of Design Verity Jean Ahlin, B.A., Mount Holyoke College Memory Rose Apata, B.A., University of Arkansas Emeline Blevins Alexander, B.A., University of Bethany Morgan Arbaugh, B.A., West Virginia Richmond Wesleyan College Emily Marie Allen, B.A., Stonehill College Sarah Gwendolyn Arena, B.A., Grinnell College 3 Nicole Lucinda Baas, B.S., The Ohio State Katherine Shevaun Caughlin, B.A., Westminster University Choir College Catherine Marie Adam Badal, B.A., University of Maren MacIntyre Caulfield, B.S.,Cornell University California Isabel Ariana Cazares, B.A., University of Arizona Renee Hope Badenoch, B.S., University of Missouri Haley Veronica Chauvin, B.A., University of Brian Jin Yung Barker, B.A., M.A., University of Massachusetts Massachusetts Eun Jung Choi, B.A., Smith College Ashley Kathryn Barrington, B.A., Boston University, Caitlyn Rose Clark, B.A., Flagler College M.B.A., Simmons College Emily Cleary, B.A., Keene State College Jeana Alise Barry, B.A., California Baptist University Breana Catherine