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Fall 2021 Graduate Commencement

Summer and Fall 2021 doctoral and terminal degrees

The following list is based on information gathered from the Banner database. Given the number of graduates and evolving status of many prospective graduates' degree status, mistakes and omissions may have occurred. Being listed or not here has no bearing on a student's official graduation status.

Graduate Programs

  • Maya Alapin
    PHD Philosophy
    "The Philosophical Implications of Interpreting Plato Through Musical Analysis"
  • Marwan Alatawi
    PHD Special Education
    "Perceptions of Saudi Recently Graduated Unplaced Special Education Teachers of Students with Intellectual Disability toward their Preparation"
  • Hani Albelihi
    PHD Language, Literacy, & Sociocultural Studies
    "A Corpus-Based Investigation of Phrasal Complexity in L1, L2 PhD Students, and Expert Writers in Education Field"
  • Emily Alden
    PHD Biomedical Sciences
    "Comparative Genomics Methods and Applications"
  • Pavlos Apostolopoulos
    PHD Engineering
    "Demand Response Management in Smart Grid Networks a Two-Stage Game-Theoretic Learning-Based Approach"
  • Biswajit Bairgi
    PHD Engineering
    "Characterization of Foamed Warm-Mix Asphalt for Workability and Moisture Damage"
  • Jeremy Benson
    PHD Computer Science
    "Systems and Methods for Scalable Retinal Screening Programs"
  • Laura Berkowitz
    PHD Psychology
    "Sex Specific Spatial Navigation And Memory Impairment In The Tgf344-ad Rat Model Of Alzheimer's Disease"
  • Josefina Bittar Prieto
    PHD Linguistics
    "Spanish-origin verbal and grammatical borrowing in Paraguayan Guarani"
  • Christina Blankenship
    PHD Communication
    "Moving away from the Alt-Right: How the Proud Boys utilize image-conscious populist media to re-brand white nationalism"
  • Allison Blonski
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Nicholas Blonski
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Kelsey Bourbeau
    PHD Physical Education, Sports and Exercise Science
    "Effects Of Home-based High-intensity Interval Training Versus Continuous Walking On Cognition In Overweight And Obese Women"
  • Andrew Breidenbach
    PHD Sociology
    "Three Essays on Responsibility and the Transition to Adulthood in Comparative Perspective"
  • Zachary Brounstein
    PHD Nanoscience & Microsystems Engineering
    "Explorations and Developments in Multifunctionality, 3D Printing, and Accelerated Aging for Thermoplastics and Thermosets"
  • Jodi Burshia
    EDD Educational Leadership
    "Staying Afloat: Understanding Experiences Of Previously Incarcerated Indigenious Students At A Tribal College"
  • Carlos Carrion Bonilla
    PHD Biology
    "Into the Neotropics: Perspectives on the evolutionary of Neotropical Myotis."
  • Milena Carvalho
    PHD Anthropology
    "Rabbit Exploitation in the Middle Paleolithic of Gruta Nova da Columbeira, Portugal"
  • Anthony Casazza
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Vincent Case
    PHD Language, Literacy, & Sociocultural Studies
    "The Power of Outdoor Learning Experiences: A Narrative Inquiry"
  • Soumyajit Chakraborty
    PHD Economics
    "Essays on Human Capital"
  • Anthony Chavez
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Cheng Chen
    PHD Pharmaceutical Science
    "Preferences For Pharmacogenomic Testing In Polypharmacy Patients: A Discrete Choice Experiment"
  • Nina Cooper
    PHD Communication
    "Sisters Supporting Sisters: Photovoice & Diabetes Discourse among Church-based Women of Color"
  • Kaitlynn Craig
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Daniel Cummings
    PHD Anthropology
    "Aging and gender among the Tsimane: Energy use, physical activity, and horticultural work"
  • James Davenport
    PHD Anthropology
    "Hand of the Potter, Hand of the State: Pottery Production and Control in Tawantinsuyu"
  • Leonel Diaz
    PHD Organization, Information & Learning Sciences
    "Disability Injustice: A Latino¿¿¿s Creative Autoethnographic Testimonio On The Organizational Culture Of Higher Education"
  • Christopher DiLullo
    PHD Physics
    "A Search for the 21 cm Cosmic Dawn Absorption Signal with the Long Wavelength Array"
  • Yuka Doherty
    PHD Sociology
    "Boundaries of Citizenship: Gendered and Racialized Reproduction and Motherhood in Contemporary Japan"
  • Jonathan Dombrosky
    PHD Anthropology
    "Effects Of Environmental Change On Ancestral Pueblo Fishing In The Middle Rio Grande"
  • Renee Dupre
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Lucretia Duran
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Karlyn Edwards
    PHD Psychology
    "The Role of Descriptive Social Norms in Opioid and Other Substance Use Among College Students"
  • Jonathan Esquibel
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Kevin Estes
    PHD Economics
    "An Exploration Of Unintended Effects Of Education Policies In The United States"
  • Akram Etemadi Amin
    PHD Physics
    "Nanoscale Assembly of Dectin-1 and its Glucan Ligand in Immunocyte Membranes and Pathogen Cell Walls."
  • Joslynn Fletcher
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Kathryn Fokas
    PHD Psychology
    "The Trauma, Substance Use, and Crime Connection: Characteristics and Recidivism Outcomes of Adult Offenders"
  • Christopher Ford
    PHD Psychology
    "Of Mindfulness and Men: Mindfulness and Quality of Life of Distressed Prostate Cancer Survivors"
  • Alexandra Fowler
    PHD Biomedical Sciences
    "Using virus-like particles to combat cardiovascular disease and identify an immunogenic target of natural Zika virus infection in humans"
  • Xin Gao
    PHD Statistics
    "Decompositions of Total Causal Effect: A Natural Counterfactual Framework Assessing Mediation and Interaction"
  • Raju Ghimire
    PHD Nanoscience & Microsystems Engineering
    "Fabrication, Characterization, and Simulation of Graphene-Copper Electrical Conductors"
  • Micaela Gilpin
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Jocelyn Gomez
    PHD Communication
    "Re/ Constructing Race And Racism Among Unionized Mexican Immigrants Through Vernacular Discourse"
  • Michael Goodwin
    PHD Economics
    "Three Essays in Development and Environmental Economics"
  • Paige Goodwin
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Victoria Graff
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Jane Graham
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Eric Griego
    PHD Political Science
    "Recruitment Machines, Community Power And Political Return On Investment (proi): Economic Development Policy In The Age Of Amazon"
  • Rafael Guerra
    PHD Anthropology
    "LWD Belize: A Case Study for Rapid Growth Community During the Terminal Classic Period in the Maya Lowlands."
  • Anne Guzman
    PHD Psychology
    "The Role of Perceived Stress in the Relationship between Purpose in Life and Mental Health"
  • Fei Han
    PHD Engineering
    "Measurement of Resilience Performance for Infrastructure Construction Project Delivery"
  • Ryan Harvey
    PHD Psychology
    "Influence of anterior thalamic inactivation on the retrieval of spatial reference memory and working memory in the radial arm maze"
  • Jonathan Hebert
    PHD Nanoscience & Microsystems Engineering
    "Silica Sol-Gel Control with High Voltage Contactless Electrodes"
  • Melissa Henry
    PHD Counselor Education
    "Examining Self-care Practices from a Systemic Perspective: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Hispanic Female Counselors in Rural New Mexico"
  • Daniel Heras Murcia
    PHD Engineering
    "3D Printed Concrete & Polymer Concrete for Infrastructure Applications"
  • Roya Hosseinzadeh Nasimi
    PHD Engineering
    "Cyber Physical Systems For Non-contact Infrastructure Monitoring"
  • Jonathan Houck
    PHD Physical Education, Sports and Exercise Science
    "The Effect of Interval and Continuous Work on Markers of Acute Kidney Injury in a Hot Environment"
  • Lucie Jelinkova
    PHD Biomedical Sciences
    "Developing an Epitope-Based Malaria Vaccine Targeting the Circumsporozoite Protein"
  • Aaron Jones
    PHD Psychology
    "Closing The Loop And Opening The Possibilities: Augmenting Sleep-dependent Consolidation To Improve Long Term Memory"
  • Jessica Jones
    PHD Political Science
    "Crisis, Cooperation, and Coercion: Migration Diplomacy in Europe, 2014-2017"
  • William Kanagy
    PHD Biomedical Sciences
    "A Tale of ITAM Tails: New Insights into the Molecular Mechanisms that Tune Fc¿¿RI Signaling"
  • Morgan Kerschen
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Charles Kettenring
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Alena Kuhlemeier
    PHD Sociology
    "An Intersectional Mixed-Method Examination of Multi-Level Determinants of Adolescent Sexual Minority Health and Substance Use"
  • Yunjeong Kwon
    PHD Chemistry
    "Pt-containing Conjugated Polymers and Small Molecules for BHJ Photovoltaic Devices"
  • Jenny Landen
    PHD Nursing
    "The Nursing Baccalaureate Dual Enrollment Model: Outcomes For A Community College And University Partnership"
  • Gerard Lavin
    PHD English
    "Literacy, Rhetoric, Tradition, and Truth in the Age of Bede"
  • Mikaela Lazar
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Ashlee Lee
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Schuyler Liphardt
    PHD Biology
    "Comparative phylogeography across multiple scales: small mammals, their ecology, pathogens, and drivers of diversification"
  • Mengqi Liu
    PHD Economics
    "Stronger Transition: Coping with Natural Disasters, and Health-economic Investment for Adolescents in Developing Countries"
  • Annie Lowrance
    PHD English
    "Regional Domesticities: Recalling, Rewriting, and Redefining Gender and Domesticity in the Greater Southwest"
  • Reynelle Lowsayatee
    EDD Educational Leadership
    "Transformational Leadership in Meaningful Communication Development in the Zuni Language"
  • Robert Malakhov
    PHD Nanoscience & Microsystems Engineering
    "The Physics of Slot-Die and Gravure Coating Associated with Precision Thin Films and Coating Defects"
  • Zachary Mang
    PHD Physical Education, Sports and Exercise Science
    "The effect of repetition tempo on training volume, heart rate, blood lactate, and muscle oxygenation when time under tension is matched in recreationally-trained lifters"
  • Marina Martinez Jimenez
    PHD Earth & Planetary Sciences
    "Microstructural and Microchemical Studies of Fluid-Chondrule Interactions in a Pristine CR Carbonaceous Chondrite and Apatite in Martian Nakhlites"
  • Abdulaziz Masoud
    PHD Physical Education, Sports and Exercise Science
    "The Effect of Sodium Bicarbonate on Acute Kidney Injury Markers During Physical Work in the Heat"
  • Benjamin Matheson
    PHD Engineering
    "The development of an instrument to measure transdermal hydrogen sulfide as a way to evaluate microvascular health in humans"
  • Anna Medendorp Rautman
    PHD Anthropology
    "Trade-offs in Growth and Development: a life history approach"
  • Perenkita Mendiola
    PHD Biomedical Sciences
    "Regulation of H2S Production and Signaling Within Vascular Endothelium"
  • Heather Mercer
    PHD Biology
    "The role of Toxoplasma gondii dense granule protein GRA24 in signaling and immunity during infection"
  • Tiffany Miner
    PHD Family Studies
    "Exploring the Role of Core Positive Selves with Men Convicted of Child Sexual Offenses: A Character Strengths Initiative"
  • Ryann Montano
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • DeeAnn Mulcahy
    PHD Nursing
    "Practice Development Trajectories of Experienced Nurses: Adaptive Experts, Routine Experts and Non-Experts"
  • Timothy Nagle-Mcnaughton
    PHD Earth & Planetary Sciences
    "The morphology and evolution of transverse aeolian ridges on Mars"
  • Sara Niedbalski
    PHD Anthropology
    "Unique Genomic Architecture in the Descendants of the Beringian Migrant Population: Founder Effects, Natural Selection, and Adaptation"
  • Hanna Park
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Marios Patriotis
    PHD Engineering
    "Reconfigurable Antennas & Matching Networks For Cubesats"
  • Sangita Paudel
    PHD Chemistry
    "Excited State Processes in Radical Elaborated Platinum Donor-Acceptor Complexes"
  • Christian Pearson
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Alexander Phillips
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Sarah Phillips
    PHD Anthropology
    "Energetic Tradeoffs, Infection, And Immunity In Wild Chimpanzees Of Uganda And Tanzania"
  • Francesca Picchi-Wilson
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Amrit Pokhrel
    PHD Chemistry
    ""Spectroscopic and computational investigations of molybdoenzyme models""
  • David Puthoff
    PHD English
    ""The End of One Shall be the End of All": Solidarity in 19th Century African American Texts"
  • Mohammad Mashiur Rahman
    PHD Economics
    "Assessment Of Preference, Health Issues, And Spatial Dependence In A Solid Waste Management System"
  • Mohib Rehman
    PHD Family and Child Studies
  • Melanie Rivera
    PHD Biomedical Sciences
    "Rac1 in ovarian cancer metastasis and tumor microenvironment remodeling: An experimental and computational analysis"
  • Nicholas Romero
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Carmela Roybal
    PHD Sociology
    "Intersectionality, Relational Positionality And The Lived Experiences Of Inequality: Contextualizing Intergenerational Opioid Use And The Constrained Choices Of Indigenous, Latinxa, And White Women Caregivers In Rural New Mexico"
  • Paris Salazar - Hamm
    PHD Biology
    "Breathing can be dangerous: Coccidioides and the diverse community of the lung mycobiome"
  • Judy Sanchez
    PHD Nursing
    "Satisfaction and Willingness to Recommend: Patient Experience in a Southwestern Healthcare Organization"
  • Stephen Sanders
    PHD Physics
    "Fundamental aspects of the interaction between light and nanostructures"
  • Heather Sands
    PHD Counselor Education
    "A Thin Line of Social Justice: Challenges and Changes in Navigating Relations of Power in Graduate Schools of Education"
  • Aditi Sarkar
    PHD Economics
    "The Economic Impact Of Oil And Gas Production In The Permian Basin"
  • James Schlavin
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Gerhard Schoener
    PHD Engineering
    "Soil Moisture Dependent Runoff in a Dryland Region: An Investigation of the Role of Antecedent Conditions, Monitoring, and Modeling Strategies"
  • Teresa Sellstrom
    PHD Nursing
    "Experiences and Perceptions of People Living with Narcolepsy"
  • Kritika Sen Chakraborty
    PHD Economics
    "Essays on human capital, labor, and gender"
  • Kelsey Serier
    PHD Psychology
    "The Efficacy Of Brief Attitudinal Famlism And Body Image Interventions On Diet And Exercise Self-monitoring Adherence In Hispanic/latinx Women"
  • Yoda Shimada
    PHD Biomedical Sciences
    "DNA Tiling Array for Detection, Whole Genome Sequencing, Variant Identification, and Phylogenetic Analysis of SARS-CoV-2"
  • Dimitrios Sikeridis
    PHD Engineering
    "Intelligent Internet of Things Frameworks for Smart City Safety"
  • Krishna Chaitanya Jagadeesh Simma
    PHD Engineering
    "Dynamic HVAC Energy Management Using Commercial Building Occupancy Metrics & Neural Networks"
  • Jerry Simmons
    PHD Psychology
    "The Interaction And Progression Of Adolescent Substance Use And Co-occurring Mental Health Problems And Social Support: A Latent Growth Modeling Approach"
  • Jamie Smith
    PHD Psychology
    "Examination of Intuitive Eating at the Momentary Level"
  • Elena Stein
    PHD Psychology
    "Validation of the Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment Among Diverse Individuals With Alcohol Use Disorder"
  • Chenoa Stilwell-Jensen
    PHD Communication
    "Iina Dziil be' At'iin (On the Path of a Strong Life): Dine (Navajo) Perceptions of Self-Care and Social Support with Diabetes Management"
  • Sara Stromberg
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Tomas Tafoya
    Doctor of Physical Therapy
  • Rajani Thapa Magar
    PHD Chemistry
    "Syntheses and Characterization of photoactive ruthenium and iron polypyridyl complexes"
  • Virginia Thompson
    PHD Biology
    "Submerged Aquatic Macrophytes: Ecosystem Engineers in New Mexico Streams"
  • Juliana Todescan-Clark
    PHD Spanish & Portuguese
    "Disrupting The (post) Neoliberal Order In Latin America Through The Representation Of Fictional Corporate Office Narratives In Argentina And Mexico (2007-2010)"
  • Jeanne Tonelson de Montlaur
    PHD Language, Literacy, & Sociocultural Studies
    "A Matrilineal Ethnohistory of S¿¿o Paulo"
  • Zoltan Vaci
    PHD Earth & Planetary Sciences
    "Petrology and Geochemistry of Evolved Achondrites: Planetesimal Mantles and Crusts"
  • Shreya Vemuganti
    PHD Engineering
    "Pseudo-ductile 3D Printed Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites"
  • Sebastian Vittardi
    PHD Chemistry
    "A Compendium of Inorganic Photochemistry: Synthetic and Spectroscopic Discoveries"
  • Lenell Walton
    PHD Special Education
    "African American Female Caregivers' Perceptions, Experiences, and Expectations of the Special Education Process."
  • David Walwark
    PHD Nanoscience & Microsystems Engineering
    "The Profound Photophysical Effects Of Organic Chromophore Connectivity And Coupling"
  • Krystal Ward
    PHD Educational Psychology
    "Goal Orientation, Regulation of Motivation, and Academic Achievement in Pharmacy Students"
  • Lauren Weiss
    PHD Special Education
    "Effects of Inclusive Social Skills Training on Preschoolers"
  • Andrew Wells
    PHD Physical Education, Sports and Exercise Science
    "Facemask Use During High Intensity Interval Exercise In Temperate And Hot Environments."
  • Adam Wilson
    PHD Psychology
    "The role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the link between physical activity and psychosocial recovery from alcohol use disorder"
  • Simin Yan
    PHD Biomedical Sciences
    "Mitochondrial Oxidant Signaling in Chronic Hypoxia-induced Pulmonary Hypertension"
  • Kunlun Yin
    PHD Chemistry
    "Mitochondrial Proteins In Mediating Colon Cancer And Potential Theraputics"
  • Jesse Young
    PHD Biomedical Sciences
    "Arginine-rich Polypeptides Are Potent Inhibitors Of Human Papillomavirus Infection And Powerful Tools To Investigate Viral Attachment And Entry"
  • Nicholas Zarasua
    Doctor of Physical Therapy

College of Nursing

  • JoAnne Clinton
    DNP Nursing

School of Law

  • Caroline Andrews
    Juris Doctor
  • Val Day-Sanchez
    Juris Doctor
  • Jordan Farrell
    Juris Doctor
  • Danny Jaynes
    Juris Doctor
  • David Kolb
    Juris Doctor
  • Joseph Lugo
    Juris Doctor
  • Brittney Poirier
    Juris Doctor
  • Travis Shimanek
    Juris Doctor
  • Paige Terpstra
    Juris Doctor

School of Medicine

  • Dylan Brownell
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Jaylee Caruso
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Isabella Cervantes
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Gabriela Chacon Palma
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Chrys Djatche de Kamgaing
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Eliana Garcia
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Danielle Gutierrez Rivera
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Clement Jose
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Alyssa Justus
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Katina Kassicieh
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Bridgette Love
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Paulina Majewska
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Katie Myers
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Paul Ratmeyer
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Adam Rooks
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Toshiyuki Shiina
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Hank Spellman
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Mike Tompkins
    Doctor of Medicine
  • Lucas Winter
    Doctor of Medicine