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Congratulations to the Class of 2020 on reaching this landmark!
We so wish that we could all be together in person to celebrate their accomplishments this weekend. Since that is not possible, Dean Laura DeNardis and graduating students Amanda Nyang'oro and Austin Ramsey have updated their planned remarks; you can view them below. Scroll down to see the full list of Spring 2020 graduates.
We look forward to December, when we will be able to recognize graduates on campus at an event more worthy of this achievement.
Dean Laura DeNardis 2020 Commencement Remarks
American University School of Communication Dean Laura DeNardis addresses the class of 2020.
Amanda Nyang'oro: 2020 Commencement Student Address
Undergraduate student speaker Amanda Nyang'oro address SOC's graduating class of 2020.
Austin Ramsey: 2020 Commencement Student Address
Graduate student speaker Austin Ramsey address SOC's graduating class of 2020.
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Erica Sudipta Basu, Communication
India’s Privacy Chowkidars: The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Shaping Digital Privacy Discourse & Data Protection Policies in India
Aras Coskuntuncel, Communication
Networking Authoritarian Neoliberalism: Realigned Strategies of Information Control and Resistance in the Case of Turkey
MASTER OF ARTS
Nia Nicole Abram, Strategic Communication
Tongwa A. Aka, Film and Media Production
Akinfolarin Oladipo Akinwande, Film and Media Arts
Yousef H. Alshammari, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Gabriela J. Alvarado, Strategic Communication
Zefan Araya, Strategic Communication
Taylor Lynette Ardrey, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Hazel Arroyo, Game Design
Ava Ashrafian, Political Communication
Rahmin M. Atarod, Communication: Producing Film, Television, and Video
Briana Marie Bell, Political Communication
Robert James Benedi, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Candy Boakyewaa, Strategic Communication
Sianna Boschetti, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Scott A. Bovarnick, Political Communication
Brittany O. Boyd, Communication: Producing Film, Television, and Video
Sydney E. Brammer, Strategic Communication
Kyra Ashlyn Briddell, Political Communication
Dionne S. Buck, Strategic Communication
Courtney Carr, Strategic Communication
Amir Emanuel Carter, Film and Media Production
Christopher Harding Casey, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Amber Nicole Chaney, Strategic Communication
Kevin Andrew Colclough, Political Communication
Erin Cooper, Political Communication
Katherin A. Cooper, Film and Media Production
Alice Victoria Massimi Crouch, Strategic Communication
Shabnam Ayda Danesh, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Morgan M. Dart, Strategic Communication
Elise Ashley Dean, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Verónica Del Valle, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Fred DiLorenzo, Communication: Producing Film, Television, and Video
Leona Dunn, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Melissa Rose Eck, Communication: Producing Film, Television, and Video
Alexandra Ellerbeck, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Mariyah Lynne Espinoza, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Caitlin A. Fairchild, Strategic Communication
Molly Elizabeth Feser, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Victoria Ford, Strategic Communication
Niccolas Jordan Gadsden, Film and Media Arts
Elizabeth Gomez, Film and Media Production
Camellia Gregorian, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Cara L. Hackett, Journalism and Digital Storytelling
Brennan M. Hafner, Journalism and Digital Storytelling
Amber Nicole Hagin, Strategic Communication
Devyn Walter Harris, Film and Media Production
Emily Hayes, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Dori Ann Hennessey, Strategic Communication
Elisabeth Catherina Marie Huijskens, Strategic Communication
Autumn G. Jacobs, Communication: Producing Film, Television, and Video
Courtney A. Jacobs, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Petruce K. Jean-Charles, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Dashiel Johnson, Political Communication
Forrest F. Johnson, Strategic Communication
Kristen Suzette Elizabeth Johnson, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
John A. Jones, Strategic Communication
Seree O. Joseph, Journalism and Digital Storytelling
Steve Kaltenbaugh, Game Design
Lizbeth N. Kariuki, Film and Media Production
Zachariah H. Karp, Political Communication
Alana S. Kasindorf, Strategic Communication
Kelly Ruth Kimball, Journalism and Digital Storytelling
Steffanie M. Korcz, Film and Media Arts
Yaminah Lambert, Communication: Producing Film, Television, and Video
Thanh T. Le, Strategic Communication
Hong Li, Game Design
Mitchell Gordon Habib Loewen, Game Design
Lauren Monet Lumpkin, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Hayley Lynch, Strategic Communication
Sarah E. MacKenzie, Strategic Communication
Leah L. Marquis, Political Communication
Ikechukwu Mbagwu, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Maya Olivia McKenzie, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Elise A. Mihranian, Strategic Communication
Carrie Moskal, Game Design
Alana M. Newman, Strategic Communication
Sophie Anne C. Normand, Strategic Communication
Vanessa Ofori, Journalism and Digital Storytelling
Nicholas Andrew Pasternak, Political Communication
Mallory Payne, Political Communication
Christin E. Pittman, Journalism and Digital Storytelling
Frederick Poole, Film and Media Arts
Maureen E. Rama, Strategic Communication
Austin R. Ramsey, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Kristina L. Randall, Political Communication
Jessica Mollie Rebarber, Strategic Communication
Kelila Hannah Rotto, Strategic Communication
Dominique D. Rougeau, Political Communication
Alyssa M. G. Royster, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Rebecca N. Rybczyk, Strategic Communication
Miabelle C. Salzano, Journalism and Digital Storytelling
Kathleen Ferguson Sams, Strategic Communication
Arwa Sawan, Communication: Producing Film, Television, and Video
Ariel Schindler, Strategic Communication
Melissa Elizabeth Shaffmaster, Strategic Communication
Ashleigh Elizabeth Shaw, Strategic Communication
Caroline Wingfield Smith, Film and Media Production
Kierra R. Smith, Strategic Communication
Engey O. Soliman, Film and Media Production
Anne Stefanec, Strategic Communication
Thomas Struett, Political Communication
Lisa Ann Tanis, Communication: Producing Film, Television, and Video
William D. Taylor, Political Communication
Matthew R. Thibault, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Katherine Michelle Vasiliev, Global Media
Jacob A. Wallace, Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs
Xin Wen, Strategic Communication
Elizabeth Powell Williams, Political Communication
Sarah Elisabeth Woods, Strategic Communication
Sussan Yekta, Film and Media Production
Melody Kay Young, Strategic Communication
Berivan Abdullah Yousify, Journalism and Digital Storytelling
Abrihet Justine Zegeye, Strategic Communication
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
Mitra Iman Arthur, Film and Electronic Media
Robert A. Boyd, Film and Electronic Media
Maya T. Dixon, Film and Electronic Media
Kathleen Elizabeth Gaeta, Film and Media Arts
Quamé A. Hamlin, Film and Electronic Media
Paige Howarth, Film and Electronic Media
Carlos Enrique Macher, Film and Media Arts
Saphira Ocasio, Film and Electronic Media
Molly Elizabeth Page, Film and Media Arts
Alan Pittman, Film and Electronic Media
Shirin Saghaie, Film and Electronic Media
Vincent A. Terlizzi Jr., Film and Electronic Media
Sunshine G. Yang, Film and Electronic Media
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Sofia Nicole Abate, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Jamila Adams, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Alejandra G. Alferez, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Catherine Dionne Ashley, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Abby Bacardi, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
summa cum laude
Madison Breslane Bean, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Clark Joseph Berlin, Foreign Language and Communication Media
Michael H. Berman, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Mikael T. Bernard, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Alice M. Bershtein, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Maraya Morris Bidjerano, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Hannah R. Bisk, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Michael Eli Blickstein, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Sara Elaine Boas, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Alyssa L. Bradley, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Jason S. Brandon, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Merrill L. Brenner, Communication Studies
Julia C. Bruns, Communication: Journalism
summa cum laude
American University Scholar
Madisen Rebekah Buechler, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Lydia T. Calitri, Communication: Journalism
cum laude
Carissa Campo, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Gabriela Sofia Cantero, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Maria Caterina Cantisano, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Emma J. Casady, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Carolina I. Casalduc, Communication Studies
Beth Cassidy, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Audio Production
Veronica Jeaneth Castro, Communication Studies
magna cum laude
Kimberly Cataudella, Communication: Journalism
Religious Studies
magna cum laude
Suah Cheong, Communication Studies
Psychology
Marshall Child, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
cum laude
Cynthia Katharine Clausen, Communication: Film and Media Arts
TaeKenya T. Cleveland, Communication: Journalism
Matthew S. Colletti, Communication: Journalism
Katherine Grace Condren, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Morgan Cooper, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Brianna Lee Crummy, Communication: Journalism
Nicole A. Csorgo, Communication: Journalism
cum laude
John Thomas Cullen, Communication Studies
Noah Karl Danz, Communication Studies
Luke Benjamin Daskas, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
John McAllister Davis, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Aaron Edward Dean, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Julianne Nicole Delia, Communication Studies
Computer Science
Bradley J. de Ramón, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
summa cum laude
American University Scholar
Danielle De Vito, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Dance
magna cum laude
Camryn Elliana Diagonale, Communication Studies
William L. Diamond, Communication Studies
Emma Jessica Dion, Communication: Journalism
Musical Theatre
magna cum laude
Anna Catherine Donohue, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
cum laude
Zachary Samuel Dore, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
cum laude
Morgan K. Downing, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Elizabeth C. Edwards, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
cum laude
Carly Elkins, Communication Studies
Psychology
magna cum laude
American University Scholar
Mariah C. Espada, Communication: Journalism
Rebecca Susan Evans, Communication: Journalism
magna cum laude
Leanna A. Faulk, Communication Studies
Sydney Marie Felder, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Mariella C. García Matienzo, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
George O. Gerardi, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Caleb Gleit, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Jonathan Goldstein, Communication: Journalism
Kaycie Dana Goral, Communication Studies
Emma Olivia Grace, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
cum laude
Isabella Farrell Grande, Communication Studies
cum laude
Neah Shakiara Gray, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Kyndall Laura Green. Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Isabelle Eve Greenberg, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Molly K. Greenstone, Communication: Journalism
Rael Griffin, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Emily R. Gross, Communication Studies
Xiaodi Gu, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
cum laude
Valerie Gudino, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Monica W. Gunkle, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Spanish Studies
Tylere Guzman-Touchberry
Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Anna Sophia Harcleroad, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
cum laude
Robert Charles Heilberg, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Juliet Helen Henry, Communication Studies
Demory Hobbs, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Literature
summa cum laude
American University Scholar
George C. Howard, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Halle L. Howard, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Kelly Caroline Jackson, Communication: Journalism
Britt Carmela Jacovich, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Interdisciplinary Studies:
Communication, Legal Institutions, Economics, and Government
cum laude
Samantha Jordan Jaffe, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
cum laude
Malcolm Davenport Johnson, Communication: Journalism
Rianna Marie Joy, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Terrence Jeremiah Kane, Communication: Journalism
Victoria Karam, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Graphic Design
William P. Kennedy, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Sarah E. Kerman, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
History
cum laude
Morgan Penelope Kmitt, Communication: Journalism
American Studies
cum laude
Karen E. Kuczwaj, Communication Studies
Kaitlyn Emily Kushner, Communication: Journalism
Demetrious Lara, Communication Studies
Benjamin Aureliano Lecchi, Communication Studies
Maia Ivy Lee Sang, Communication Studies
James J. Lepinsky IV, Communication: Journalism
Jolene Marie Levesque, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Business Administration
cum laude
Miranda Renee Levin, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Andrew Harris Levy, Communication: Film and Media Arts
magna cum laude
Meghan V. Lewis, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
cum laude
Community-Based Research Scholar
Chang Liu, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Stephanie Lopez, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Anastasia Barbara Sava Maragos, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
summa cum laude
Sarah Margaret Maraschky, Foreign Language and Communication Media
magna cum laude
Camden Graves Marcucci, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Bianca Marinkovic Dauelsberg, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Nora Grace Marris, Communication: Film and Media Arts
summa cum laude
Matthew Nicholas Matos, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Community-Based Research Scholar
Corey Daniel McAuliffe, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Ryan Patrick McAvoy, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Sydney R. McLane, Communication: Journalism
Sociology
Lillian Alexandra Menkens-Weiler, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Madeline Claire Merritt, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Elias James Miller, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Alexander I. Miora, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Amanda Marie Molloy, Communication: Journalism
Jacob Montes, Communication: Film and Media Arts
cum laude
Juanita Montoya Sanmiguel, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Brandon M. Morales, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Lilian Beatriz Moreno, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Eleanor Mary Murray-Mendelson, Communication Studies
Tainaya D. Nash-Cheaton, Communication: Journalism
Justin B. Neely, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Alexandria Ngo, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Bruce A. Nilson, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Wanlin Niu, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Amanda Nyakela Nyang’oro, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
cum laude
Diana Margarita Ochoa, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Erika Cecilia Parjus, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Ryan Edmond Parker, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Sophia Veronica Paynter, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Laura Maria Peña, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Mia Loren Perry, Communication: Journalism
Thea Vandana Persaud, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Ashlyn Elysa Peter, Communication: Journalism
cum laude
Dana Lynn Piccirillo, Foreign Language and Communication Media
Oliver Joe Price, Communication Studies
Madeleine Leah Proctor, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Hannah Rabinowitz, Communication: Journalism
Kelly Marie Ramirez, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Natalie H. Ravis, Communication: Journalism
Jordan A. Redd, Communication: Film and Media Arts
magna cum laude
Julia Anastasia Reisman, Communication Studies
Hillary Eve Julia Reskin, Communication: Film and Media Arts
History
Jack B. Resnick, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
cum laude
Nina Monique Reyes, Communication: Journalism
Liam S. Riebling, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
summa cum laude
Caroline E. Rinker, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
cum laude
American University Scholar
Santiago Rivera Barbosa, Communication: Journalism
Political Science
Paulina Maria Rivera Reyes, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Abigail Marin Roberts, Communication Studies
Burke Arielle Roberts, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Melany Love Rochester, Communication: Film and Media Arts
summa cum laude
American University Scholar
Grace Elizabeth Rodgers, Communication: Journalism
summa cum laude
Gabriela Maria Rodriguez, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Health Promotion
Michele Camille Roux Morgan, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Thomas Michael Rozanov, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Tai Lane Ruinsky, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Jane Supha Russo, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Matthew J. Sacco, Communication: Journalism
Dastan E. Sadykov, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Sabrina Segalas Sampson, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Sofia K. Sandoval-Ferriss, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Shanaz Sanjana, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Alec C. Schemmel, Communication: Journalism
Brian R. Schoener, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Sarah Margaret Molloy Schwartz, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Isabel S. Scoliard, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Emily Caroline Seymour, Communication: Journalism
Madeline Eloise Shapiro, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Marc Isaac Shapiro, Communication Studies
Loren Nicole Smith, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Theodora Smith, Communication: Journalism
cum laude
Sydney M. Soltau, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Emily Kathryn Bain Stintz, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Lucas J. Stockslader, Communication Studies
Grace N. Strong, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Zeyu Sun, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Carly Swell, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Jiani Tan, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Omar Tarbush, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Rebecca L. Taub, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Maeve Fitzgerald Terry, Communication: Journalism
Jordan C. Tobias, Communication: Journalism
Aaron Traub, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Arden Tully, Communication Studies
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Zachary Andrew Vallese, Communication: Journalism
Mia Van Allen, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Nicole Via y Rada, Communication: Journalism
Lizaveta Vozjakova, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Colleen Hart Wachenfeld, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
magna cum laude
Karissa Faith Waddick, Communication: Journalism
Interdisciplinary Studies: Communication, Legal Institutions, Economics, and Government
cum laude
Hattie Olivia Wade, Communication Studies
Grace L. Walker, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Performing Arts: Theatre
Kimberly Anne Walsh, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Eryi Wang, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Amanda Michelle Warshaw, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Melissa E. Weinstein, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
Willard Bradley West, Communication: Journalism
cum laude
American University Scholar
Samuel Isaac Whitcomb, Communication: Film and Media Arts
cum laude
Jessica S. Wittich, Communication Studies
Carol L. Wright, Communication: Journalism
Emma Rose Zubiago, Public Relations & Strategic Communication
cum laude
Riley E. Zuschlag, Communication: Film and Media Arts
Justice and Law