Graduate School of Arts & Science

2017Doctoral Convocation

Graduate School of Arts & Science

Doctoral Convocation Ceremony

Friday, May 19, 2017

11:00 a.m.

NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts

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MUSICAL PRELUDE

Symphonic Brass Alliance

PROCESSIONAL

New York University Pipes and Drums

Symphonic Brass Alliance

“Rondeau”

from Suite de Symphonies no. 1

by Jean-Joseph Mouret

“The Prince of Denmark’s March”

from A Choice Collection of Ayres

by Jeremiah Clarke

“America the Beautiful”

by Samuel Augustus Ward

Ann J. Kirschner, mezzo-soprano

Guests are requested to stand for the singing

of “America the Beautiful.”

WELCOME

Anna Harvey

Interim Dean

Emily A. West

Doctoral Graduate

Politics

Saad Gulzar

Doctoral Graduate

Politics

FACULTY SPEAKER

Elizabeth A. Phelps

Julius Silver Professor, Psychology and

Neural Science

MUSICAL INTERLUDE

Symphonic Brass Alliance

“La Rejouissance: Allegro”

from Music for the Royal Fireworks

by George Frideric Handel

GSAS Doctoral ConvocationOrder of Exercises

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PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES

AND HOODING

Aida Gureghian

Assistant Dean for Students

Faculty Hooder

Elizabeth A. Phelps

Julius Silver Professor, Psychology and

Neural Science

CLOSING REMARKS

Anna Harvey

Interim Dean

RECESSIONAL

New York University Pipes and Drums

Symphonic Brass Alliance

“Procession of the Nobles” from Mlada

by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Guests are requested to stand for the recessional.

MUSIC

Symphonic Brass Alliance

Robert Susman, Director

New York University Pipes and Drums

Brian C. Meagher, Jr., Pipe Major

PHOTOGRAPHY

Island Photography

Graduates and their families and friends are

requested to remain in the hall for the duration

of the ceremony.

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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Abrams, Ann D.

Aguirre, Juan Carlos

Ahn, Dong-hyun

Albritton, Sarah E.

Alouf, Hilla Nava

Altinay, Rustem Ertug

Anzoategui, Diego

Arias, Eric Braian

Arowojolu, Omotayo A.

Arrieta Ortiz, Mario Luis

Bahar, Shirly

Bainor, Anthony J.

Bales, Ashley Deanne

Barnard-Masri, Ryvka Michal

Basak, Deepal

Bauer, Andrew Joseph

Baugh, Evan Harris

Bawalsa, Nadim

Bell, Peter Jonathan

Belov, Artur A.

Bergan, David Andrew

Berger, Stephen

Bernard, Mark Anthony

Bernstein, Max R.

Blumenthal, Alex Michael

Blum-Smith, Benjamin Irving

Borea, Giuliana

Brawner, Lydia M.

Brenowitz, Noah D.

Broad, Lisa K.

Brooks, Teon Lamont

Bumford, Dylan Thomas

Burgess, Marlon

Cabrera, Erwin

Cadenas Canon, Isabel

Canfield, Matthew Charles

Cantor, David John

Cao, Kai

Carnegie, Jeffrey Alan

Castelli, Valeria Giovanna

Cater, Susan E.

Caudillo Contreras, Monica

Lisette

Cavenaile, Laurent Xavier

Charles Robert

Chang, Chia-Fen

Chariker, Christopher Logan

Chen, Gang

Chen, Peiyang

Chen, Weikun

Chen, Xi

Chenette, Devon M.

Cheng, Zhe

Cohen, Daniel Aldana

Cohen, Mark

Comalli, David Michael

Conway, Thomas Oliver Horton

Corey, Laura Dickey

Courtney, Colleen Rose

Coux, Remi-Xavier

Croom, Anna Kathleen

Cutrone, Elizabeth Kate

Dankert, John Frederick

Davis, Paul Jordan

DeLeon, J. M.

DeSalvo, Giulia

Di Lonardo, Livio

Diamond, Julie M.

Dolbee, Samuel Robert

Dong, Yilun

Dotan, Keren

Douglas, Lee Elizabeth

Drenska, Nadejda Veselinova

Dubrov, Andrew Scott

Duchesne-Sotomayor, Dafne A.

Ehret, Sonke

El Menyawi, Hassan

Erdeljac, Filip

Eriksson-Bique, Sylvester David

Eufusia, Lindsay

Fan, Min

Fang, Victoria

Faria e Castro, Miguel Arantes

Barbosa de

Fiedorek, Kara

Field, Amy Leigh

Field, Jennifer

Fileri, Paul W.

Finston, Manoah Avram

Fisher, Marya Faith

Florescu, Laura Florentina

Fogelson, Benjamin Marc Feder

Fontanals Cirera, Barbara

French, Katherine McCullough

These names are up to date as of March 30, 2017.

Names and related details of all graduates appearing herein are subject to changes, deletions, and additions

as may be necessary for conformity with final, official records of the University.

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Friel, Robert Edward

Frye, Lezlie

Fu, Hang

Fuchs, Susanne

Gao, Dan

Gao, Xiang

Garcia, Jeffrey Paul

Ge, Wenzhen

Gocha, Tenzin

Godbarge, Clement Auguste

Goldfarb, Elizabeth

Goldstein, Kevin Daniel

Goldstone, Matthew Seth

Golovnev, Aleksandr

Golub, Camil

Goodman, Jeremy

Granot, Yael

Great, Artel Jarod

Greenwald, Daniel

Gulzar, Saad Ahmad

Hackley, Christopher Roy

Hahn, Chang Hoon

Halpern, Yonatan

Han, Jihun

Han, Xiaoxia

Handler, Jesse S.

Hara, Kazuhiro

Hari, Siddharth

Hayes, Matthew A.

Hecker, Joanna Christine

Hernandez, Michelle Nicole

Herzog, Donna Marsha

Heusser, Andrew Charles

Hicks, Anasa Samantha

Hoagland, Valerie Helene

Hodges, Eric Daniel

Holleran, Maxwell G.

Hoyt Von Trapp, Gardiner W.

Huang, Ching-Shin

Hung, Yu-Ming

Hurlocker, Brisa

Huynh, Thang L.

Ives, Lucy Barrett

Jeong, Halyun

Jones, Callum James

Jonsson, Marysia Sofia

Joo, LiJin

Kam, Korey

Kanhofer, Daniel Harry

Karadas, Ercan

Kastner, Itamar

Keeley, Stephen

Kelleher, Colm Patrick

Kelly, Jenna Grace

Kim, Jeong Min

Kim, June Kyu

Kim, Minjung

Klassen, David M.

Klyszejko, Zuzanna

Kopleff, Heather Jeanette

Korsunsky, Ilya

Kraszewski, Andrew Phillip

Kuang, Simeng

Kucukoglu, Gizem

Kumar, Ramesh

Kurtz, Zachary

Kuvalekar, Aditya Vijay

Kwon, Marci S.

LaFave, Nathan Bradley

Lam, Karen

Lanchart, Michelle

Lauterstein, Dana Ellen

Lavinda, Olga A.

Lee, Jennifer

Lee, Summer Kim

Leffler, Abba E.

Leger, Flavien

Levin, Irina

Lewis, Gwyneth Amelia

Lie, Siv Brun

Lin, Jie

Liu, Hongliang

Liu, Yuqian

Lough, Lea C.

Lubin-Levy, Joshua Daniel

Lucchi, Nicola

Luo, Mi

Lutz, Gabriel

Mackey, Wayne Eric

MacLean, Matthew

Maddox, Tyesha

Mancini, Giacomo

Manevitz, Alexander D.

Mann, Ted M.

Margul, Daniel Toby

Mathieu, Michael Fabien

Meche, Lawrence

Miller, Andrew

Miner, Matthew Raymond

Miranda, Omar Francisco

Mirza, Adam Tahir

Mishler, Max Antonio

Modrek, Aram Sandaldjian

Mohsen, Ali Hassan

Moller, Jan

Monasterio Baldor, Maria

Agustina

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Mongey, Simon John

Moreiras-Vilaros, Camila

Ariadna

Moreno, Alejandro

Munoz, Alexandra Brooke

Murphy, Matthew G.

Murphy, Veronica L.

Muschik, Eva-Maria

Nagelberg, Danielle

Nesselrode, Sean Alexander

Ng, Samuel

Nguyen, Mai Truc

Nguyen, Thien Huu

Nica, Mihai Cristian

Nylen, Erik

O’Brien, Ethan Paul

Ong, Karen

Orellana, Patricio

Ostendorf, Q. Sarah

Paasivirta, Ilari Juhana

Palacios Del Valle, Jose Miguel

Panayotov, Alexander Krastev

Panetta, Francis J.

Park, Jeongho

Passinsky, Asya J.

Patel, Sneh Pravinkumar

Perego, Jacopo

Perez-Heredia, Alexander

Perry, Zee R.

Peterson, Andrew Jerel

Peterson, Lindsay Anne

Podder, Moumanti

Poloni, Laura Natalie

Potanina, Polina V.

Potter, Alan F.

Povitz, Lana Dee

Prakash, Tara Christine

Preiss, Doreet Rebecca

Qi, Di

Ramachandran, Vibhuti

Ramanan, Deepshika T.

Ramizi, Erag

Ramos Lopes, Domingos Jose

Rankin, Cortland

Raviram, Ramya

Ray, Bisakha

Ray, Jennifer Lauren

Ready, Emmy Smith

Reisoglu, Mert Bahadir

Richter, Reynolds Lawrence

Robles Moreno, Irma Leticia

Romer, Louis Philippe Michel

Rosa, Edward

Rozas, Efrain

Rozinov, Alex

Ryan, Geoffrey Scott

Sackson, Adrian David

Sagun, Levent Dogus

Sandford, Cato

Scarpa, Julia

Schafler, Eric D.

Schmid, Vanessa Ingrid

Schulfer, Anjelique F.

Seja, Nina

Senatus, Laura M.

Serrano Ortiz De Solórzano,

Blanca

Seshagiri Rao, Prasanna Kumar

Harish

Sexton, Renard Joseph

Shamir, D. Barrett

Shelnutt, Meriam Blevin

Shrestha, Elina

Silva, Pedro

Sim Yong Sheng, Bryan

Smolentseva, Olga A.

Snetkova, Valentina

Vladimirovna

Snyder, Jeffrey J.

Sor, Federico

Spanos, Adam Vasilios

Steinmetz, Julia Lynn

Stoner, Lillian Bartlett

Swain, Melissa Tandy Byrne

Sweetman, Lauren Elizabeth

Szeredi, Daniel

Talaisys Bernabel, Rodolpho

Tapson, Kristen Ashley

Tee, James Seng Khien

Teng, Xiangbin

Thompson, Jason Alan

Tijerina, Pamella Bernadine

Tirko, Natasha Noel

Tobasco, Ian Scott

Tolkin, Theadora

Tompary, Alexa

Tong, Andrew Chan-Ang

Tremblay, Robin

Tuskeviciute, Rugile Visvaldo

Usmani, Adaner

Vaiana, Christopher Anthony

Vaidya, Manushka V.

Vakili, Mohammadjavad

Valeta, Amanda

Vandijk, Milenna

Velayos, Emmanuel Alberto

Velmet, Aro

Verheul, Jacobus C.

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Versteegh, Adrian Christopher

Vieyra, Francisco Pablo

Landeros

Villamil, Catalina Isabel

Vinogradova, Maria

Vrooman, Jason Andrew

Wagner, James Craig

Wainwright, Anna Fay

Wamsley, Brie A.

Wang, Chen

Wang, Cheng

Wang, Danni

Wang, Qin

Warring, Sally Diana

Watkins, Andrew Martin

Waxman, Daniel

West, Emily Anne

Wetzler, Gray K.

Whang, James Doh Yeon

Wiens, Kirsten E.

Williams, Jerome Matthew

Celestine

Williams, Karen Elizabeth

Winder, Alexander David

Wint, Hollian Elizabeth Rees

Xiao, Yi

Xie, Jun

Xie, Xiaoyi

Xu, Ning

Yamada, Ray Akitsugu

Yang, Qiu

Yang, Scott

Young, Allison K.

Yuan, Wei

Yudkin, Daniel Alexander

Zaharia, Andrew David

Zhang, Guangqian

Zhang, Linmin

Zhang, Yilong

Zhang, Yin

Zhang, Yuning

Ziegler, Kimberly Louise

Zoran-Rosen, Ayelet

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Graduate School of Arts & Science

ADMINISTRATION

Anna Harvey

Interim Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science

Phillip Brian Harper

Incoming Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science

Roberta S. Popik

Associate Dean for Graduate Enrollment Services

and Graduate School of Arts and Science Administration

Allan Corns

Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs

David P. Giovanella

Assistant Dean for Graduate Enrollment Services;

Director of the Master’s College

Aida Gureghian

Assistant Dean for Students

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DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS

Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Studies

Ancient World, Study of the

Anthropology

Atmosphere Ocean Science

Basic Medical Sciences (Sackler Institute)

Biology

Chemistry

Cinema Studies

Classics

Comparative Literature

Computational Biology

Computer Science

Data Science

East Asian Studies

Economics

English

Environmental Health Sciences

Ergonomics and Biomechanics

Fine Arts

French

French Studies

German

Hebrew and Judaic Studies

History

Italian Studies

Law and Society

Linguistics

Mathematics

Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

Music

Neural Science

Performance Studies

Philosophy

Physics

Politics

Psychology

Social and Cultural Analysis

Sociology

Spanish and Portuguese

Languages and Literatures

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Graduate School of Arts & Science

HISTORY

The Graduate School of Arts and Science was founded in 1886 by Henry

Mitchell MacCracken, a professor of philosophy and logic and vice

chancellor at New York University. MacCracken believed that universities

should respond to the needs of modernity by giving unprecedented

priority to advanced research and professional training. Guided by his

vision, New York University became the second university in the United

States to award a Ph.D. on the basis of academic performance and

examination.

MacCracken’s new vision of graduate training attracted ever-growing

numbers of young women and men to doctoral and master’s programs.

The first female students entered the University in 1888. Today, women

constitute over half of the 2,302 master’s and 1,824 doctoral students

enrolled in over 50 degree-administering units.

Mirroring the cultural diversity of New York City, the Graduate School of

Arts and Science is an urban, diverse, and cosmopolitan major research

center, with students from more than 130 countries. The Graduate School

still honors the ideal expressed by Albert Gallatin, the University’s first

president, who articulated the institution’s primary goal: “A private

university in the public service.”