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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI May 9, 2014 • 8:30 a.m. College of Arts and Sciences CommencementCommencement MarshalsProgram Commencement Program Grand Marshal Amie Thomasson, Ph.D. Faculty Marshals College of Arts and Sciences College of Arts and Sciences Orlando Alvarez, Ph.D. Dexter Callender, Jr., Ph.D. Sylvia Daunert, Ph.D. Alumni Association Banner Marshal Sara Chikovsky, A.B. ’78, J.D. ’82 Stephen Di Benedetto, Ph.D. Laura Giannetti, Ph.D. Manuel Huerta, Ph.D. Faculty Senate Marshal Steven Green, Ph.D. Bonnie Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. College of Arts and Sciences Marc Knecht, Ph.D. Mary Lindemann, Ph.D. Diana Lopez, Ph.D. Academic Banner Marshal Keith Waddington, Ph.D. J. Bryan Page, Ph.D. College of Arts and Sciences Daniel Pals, Ph.D. Victor Pestien, Ph.D. Shouraseni Sen Roy, Ph.D. Wilson Shearin, Ph.D. Jan Sokol-Katz, Ph.D. Nathan Timpano, Ph.D. Harold Wanless, Ph.D. A. Rodney Wellens, Ph.D. Jonathan West, Ph.D. Alumni Marshals Miraj Shah, A.B. ’11 Geraldine Arostegui, A.B. ’10 Christopher Somsook, B.S. ’10 Christopher Pina, A.B. ’09 Cristina Moran, B.G.S.C. ’08, M.A.L.S. ’10 Natalie Escudero, A.B. ’06 Nancy Castleman-Dion, M.A.L.S. ’04 Carlos Prevolis, B.S. ’04 Lee Cassell, B.S. ’97, M.B.A. ’99 Rosemary Piscitelli, B.B.A. ’83 Marta Bustamante, A.B. ’78 Joseph Finley, B.S. ’74 Susan Shelley, B.B.A. ’68 Robert Shelley, B.S. ’67, M.B.A. ’78 2 3 CommencementCommencement ProgramProgram Commencement Program * Academic Procession University of Miami Commencement Band Advice to Graduates Danielle S. Allen Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music UPS Foundation Professor University of Miami Fanfare Institute for Advanced Study David Lambert, D.M.A. ’05 Gary D. Green, M.M. School of Social Science Pomp and Circumstance Director of Bands Edward Elgar Timothy Shade, M.M. ’08 Conferral of Academic Degrees Conductor College of Arts and Sciences Leonidas Bachas, Ph.D., Dean * President’s Procession President’s Processional Fanfare Logan Robert Anderson Student Address Ansh Grover, A.B. ’14 College of Arts and Sciences Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar Alumni Association Welcome Brenda Yester, B.B.A. ’90 President-Elect Convocation Opening Thomas J. LeBlanc, Ph.D. University of Miami Alumni Association Executive Vice President and Provost * The National Anthem Marissa Simmons * Alma Mater Timothy Shade, M.M. ’08 Candidate, Bachelor of Music Conductor William S. Lampe The Star Spangled Banner Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music and Christine Asdurian Janessa Sanchez Francis Scott Key Arranged by Henry Fillmore Candidate, Bachelor of Music Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music * Invocation Monsignor Michael G. Carruthers Pastor and Chaplain St. Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center Recessional University of Miami Commencement Band Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Miami March Welcome Donna E. Shalala, Ph.D., D.H.L., D.P.S., D.Sc., LL.D. The Noble Men March Timothy Shade, M.M. ’08 President The Crosley March Conductor The President’s March Henry Fillmore Presentation of Honorary Degree Recipient Marilyn J. Holifield Danielle S. Allen Trustee Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa University of Miami Board of Trustees Conferral of Honorary Degree President Shalala *Those who are able are asked to stand for these portions of the program. At the conclusion of the program, the audience will please remain standing until the platform party has left the BankUnited Center. 4 5 Commencement Program 2014 CommencementHonorary Degree Program Recipient University of Miami Commencement Band DANIELLE S. ALLEN Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa Flute Julia Klingner Emma Morris Emilio Rutllant A political theorist who has published broadly in democratic theory, po- In 2007 Allen moved back to Daniel Velasco litical sociology, and the history of political thought, Danielle S. Allen Princeton to join the Institute for is the UPS Foundation Professor in the School of Social Science at the Advanced Study—best known as the Oboe Kim Everett Mikaela Shannon Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Also an amateur research home of Albert Einstein and con- boxer, Allen likes to spar with the thorny, real-world issues facing mod- sidered “one of the world’s leading centers Clarinet Leslie Miller ern America. She draws on her extensive study of ancient Greece for for theoretical research and intellectual Tomas Ramos-Martin insight on topics such as democracy, education, justice, and race. inquiry.” She is presently working on Spencer Stromquist Jose Vilar Allen has said that rights and the rule of law are “a necessary frame- books on citizenship in the digital age and work for democracy, but the core activity of democracy is citizenship.” political equality, and she is the director Bass Clarinet Brian Schatz To this end, her work explores the various connections that bind citi- of The Democratic Knowledge Project, a Bassoon Kristina Nelson zens and the ways in which human beings can reach their maximum group of research projects on knowledge Felipe Vina potential, both individually and collectively. and democracy. Among these is HULA, Saxophone Philip Hayden For her commitment to fostering political equality and social justice which assesses the ability of a humanistic Wyatt Jenkins through research and education, Danielle Allen is receiving a Doctor of education to spur civic involvement and political participation. James Negron Humane Letters, honoris causa. Allen studies the way voters in a democracy gather information and Gustavo Padrino Born in Takoma Park, Maryland, Allen grew up in California. Her act on what they learn. Her research in this area has focused on the French Horn Samantha Davis mother was a research librarian, her father is a political philosopher power of the Internet to enable a “new form of political organization Andrew Mendez and former chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, and her that is just as influential on local and national elections as unions and Vincent Morreale paternal grandfather was a founding member of one of the first NAACP political action committees.” In an interview with the New Statesman, Josh Schwartz chapters in northern Florida. Ethical and philosophical discussions she described successful societies as ones where major institutions such Maddy Tarantelli between her parents were common in the household, as was the belief, as schools, universities, companies, or political organizations “promote Trumpet Philippe Brunet Allen says, “that politics matters fundamentally for the life prospects of links between ordinarily disparate groups.” Sam Exline each one of us.” A frequent public lecturer and guest on public radio, Allen is the Derek Ganong Allen earned her undergraduate degree from Princeton University, author of several books, including Our Declaration: A Reading of the Cameron Ghahremani studying under Professor Josiah Ober in the Department of Classics, Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality (2014), Why Plato Matt Shefcik which she once described as her “heaven.” After receiving a doctorate Wrote (2010), Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown Trombone Andrew Friedrichs in classics from Cambridge University and a doctorate in government vs. the Board of Education (2004), and The World of Prometheus: the Chris Jones from Harvard University, she became a professor at the University of Politics of Punishing in Democratic Athens (2000). She has served as a Wade Judy Bryan Powell Chicago, where she also served as dean of the Division of Humanities trustee at Princeton University, serves as a trustee of Amherst College for several years. and the Mellon Foundation, and is chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board, on Euphonium Eric Bowman In 2002 she received a MacArthur Fellowship for her “ability to which she has served since 2006. David Idiaquez combine the classicist’s careful attention to texts and language with For her commitment to building peaceful, democratic, and inter- Tuba Manny Shuford the political theorist’s sophisticated and informed engagement.” A connected communities, we are pleased to honor Danielle Allen today. Najjah Thompson lifelong advocate for the “connected society,” Allen founded the Civic Percussion Frank Cannella Knowledge Project at the University of Chicago in 2003 to connect the Benjamin Charles university with low-income groups on the city’s south side. Maria Chlebus Jonathan Rush Drum Set Murphy Aucamp The commencement set was designed by Michiko Kitayama, assistant professor in the Department of Theatre Arts, College of Arts and Sciences. 6 7 Peter John Hamlin Elizabeth Ella Kelly Melissa Ali Marcus CommencementCandidates for PrDegreesogram B.M., 2000, University of Miami B.A., 2006, New York University M.S.Ed., 2004, University of Miami M.A., 2002, University of Connecticut Major: English Major: Educational Research/Exercise Major: Music Education Dissertation: The Unencumbered Body: Physiology The award of degrees and honors to the candidates named in this program is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of the appropriate requirements by each Dissertation: Deliberate Practice of High School Imagining Liberty and Sovereignty in Pre- and Dissertation: The Physiologic Profile candidate. The listing of a student’s name in this program in no way implies or ensures his or her graduation, or the award of honors. The information listed on the Instrumentalists: A Theoretical Model Post-Revolutionary Literatures of the Americas of Competitive Sport Baton Twirlers in following pages is current as of April 22, 2014. Advisor: Stephen F. Zdzinski Advisor: Pamela S. Hammons Comparison to Competitive Cheerleaders and Modern Dancers Albert Hayward Leslie D. Knecht Advisor: Arlette C. Perry Graduate School Lindsay M. Bira Anabel Espinosa B.S., 2006, Morehouse College B.S., 2006, University of Kentucky B.S., 2008, Texas State University – San Marcos B.A., 2005, Florida International University Major: Biology Major: Chemistry Simonetta Marin M.S., 2011, University of Miami M.S., 2009, University of Miami Presented by M.