Spring 2020 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
- Monica Abeyta
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Ans Al Khofi
PHD Educational Linguistics
"Cross-Language Morphological Activation: The Case of Arabic-English Bilinguals" - Wesley Allen-Arave
PHD Anthropology
"The Sociality Of Charitable Giving In An Evolutionary Perspective" - Mohammed Ali M Alshammari
PHD Physical Education, Sports and Exercise Science
"The Relationship Between Coaches¿¿¿ Leadership Behaviors And Organizational Culture In Selected University Soccer Teams In Saudi Arabia" - Stephen Amoah
PHD Biomedical Sciences
"Exosomal Secretion of a Psychosis-Altered microRNA Regulates Glutamate Receptor Expression; Effects of Antipsychotics and Maternal Immune Activation" - Farhana Anwar
PHD Engineering
"Tunneling and Transport properties of Organic and Inorganic Thin film" - Neil Ayala Ayala
PHD Latin American Studies
"How Do Farmers Experience Agroecology In Rural Communities Of Northern Ecuador?" - Molly Bailey
PHD Engineering
"The Effect of Including Pressure within Cracks on Failure Times of Cylinders Subjected to Internal Air Blast Loading" - Anna Bellum
PHD Spanish & Portuguese
"Science Under the Microscope and Legality on Trial: How Female Authors in Latin America Confront and Challenge the Patriarchal Control of Science and Legality in the Representation of Women How Female Authors in Latin America Confront and Challenge the Pa" - 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" - Charles Byrnes
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Dinka Natali Caceres Arteaga
PHD Latin American Studies
"Climate change adaptation in highland Ecuador: intersections of gender, geography, and knowledge in farming communities" - Christian Chavez
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Elva Chavez-Vazquez
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Hao Tien Chiang
PHD Computer Science
"Robot Motion Planning in Dynamic Environments" - Janneth Chumana Suquillo
PHD Educational Linguistics
"Student's Perspectives Toward A Curriculum That Incorporate Their Input" - Emily Dodson
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Yuka Doherty
PHD Sociology
"Boundaries of Citizenship: Gendered and Racialized Reproduction and Motherhood in Contemporary Japan" - Kelsey Edwards
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Emma Elliott-Smith
PHD Biology
"Reconstructing Energy Flow Through Modern And Historical Marine Communities: Insights From Amino Acid Isotope Analysis" - Marcella Ernest
PHD American Studies
"Remixing The Archives: Indigenous Interpretations Of History And The Future Indigenous Interpretations Of History And The Future" - Chanae Esquibel
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Kelli Feeser
PHD Biology
"A Landscape on the Threshold of Change: Patterns of Soil Microbial Ecology along Dynamic Geomorphic and Hydrologic Features in a Polar Desert" - Monserrat Fernandez Vela
PHD Latin American Studies
"Critical Discourse Analysis Of Human Rights Education: Defensoria Del Pueblo Program In Ecuador" - Nathan Flores
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Anne Fox
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Ryan Fresquez
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Elena Friot
PHD History
"Remembering New Mexico's War: Service, Sacrifice, Suffering and the Surrender of Bataan in Wartime New Mexico, 1941-1946" - Barbara Gomez Aguinaga
PHD Political Science
"Hora de las Noticias: The Importance of Spanish-language News Media for US Latinos" - Rachel Granzow
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Colin Hannigan
PHD Political Science
"Four's a Crowd? Side-Taking and Strategic Intervention Decision-Making Among Networks of Third-Party Actors." - Colin Hansen
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Sharon Head
PHD Special Education
"Stories we carry into classrooms: The literacy narratives of teachers of students with complex support needs" - Mary Hershberger
PHD Educational Psychology
"Social Cognitive Predictors of Academic Success in First-Year College Students" - Ethan Hill
PHD Anthropology
"Ecologically driven changes in subsistence strategies: an examination of bone cross-sectional geometrical properties in hunter-gatherers from Australia and early agriculturists from Belize." - Deborah Huggins
PHD Special Education
"Disability and Belonging in an Inclusive Christian Faith Community" - Ivet Klein
EDD Educational Leadership
"Study to Work, or Work to Study? An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of International Students' Internship Experiences in the United States" - Isaac Klickstein
PHD Engineering
"Target Control of Networked Systems" - Mark Lasota
PHD Physical Education, Sports and Exercise Science
"The Role of Mentorship in Achieving NBA Success: Narratives Told by Nine Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees" - Gabe Lewis-Kraitsik
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Yleana Lucero
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Daniel Lujan
PHD Biomedical Sciences
"Cold-Inducible RNA Binding Protein (CIRP) Impedes Proliferation and Inflammation in The PYMT Mouse Model for Breast Cancer" - Ran Luo
PHD Engineering
"Advancing Elastic Solid Dynamics in Computer Graphics" - Joshua Martin
PHD Physics
"Collective Neutrino Flavor Oscillations in Multiple Dimensions and Scales" - Mitchell Martin
PHD Engineering
"Physical Unclonable Functions Based on Delay Paths and an Interdigital Microstrip Notch Filter" - Rafael Martinez Orozco
PHD American Studies
"Undocumented Youth Challenging Borders: ☐Detentions, Deportations, and Family Separations in the 21st Century" - 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" - Nathaniel May
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Thomas Mayfield
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Neil McFadden
PHD Physics
"Studying The Properties Of XenonDoped Argon and Developing OpticalSimulation Techniques for the LEGENDcollaboration, a for Neutrinoless DoubleBeta Decay Experiment" - Suzanne McLeod
PHD Art History
""Maa-multh-nii" People Who Came Floating In: Analogues between Nuu-chah-nulth and Tlingit with Spanish Colonial Expeditions in the Eighteenth Century" - Kevin Meaney
PHD Physics
"Cherenkov Gamma Ray Detectors on High-Energy-Density Systems" - Justina Montoya
EDD Educational Leadership
"Factors Contributing To Young Men Of Color Dropping Out Of High School And Experiencing Incarceration: What Influenced Their Decision To Return To School And Graduate?" - Hannah Mullaney
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Gopikrishnan Muraleedharan
PHD Physics
"On the complexity of Boson Sampling using atoms in optical lattices" - Courtney Murphy
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Meisam Navaki Arefi
PHD Computer Science
"Data Mining of Chinese Social Networks: Factors That Indicate Post Deletion" - Shanti Kiran Nayak
PHD Engineering
"An Investigation of the Chemistry, Thermodynamics and Catalytic Activity of Molybdenum Carbides" - Patrick O'Rourke
PHD Engineering
"Modeling and Simulation of Stochastic Neutron and Cumulative Deposited Fission Energy Distributions" - Jacek Osinski
PHD Physics
"Dark Matter Production Beyond the Thermal WIMP Paradigm: an exploration of early matter domination scenarios" - Dominique Patterson
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Sangita Paudel
PHD Chemistry
"Excited State Processes in Radical Elaborated Platinum Donor-Acceptor Complexes" - John Pinner
PHD Psychology
"The relationships between brain function, brain structure, and behavior in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder" - Jon Pouncey
PHD Engineering
"Optimizing SWAP for Directed Energy: Detection of Buried Conductors with Low-Energy High-Voltage Pulses" - Ishtiaque Rashid
PHD Biomedical Sciences
"Characterizing DNA Ligase III Protein Complexes Involved in DNA Single-Strand Break Repair" - John Reinert
PHD Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education
"Academic Resilience in an Academic Setting: A Case Study of the UNM German Summer School The UNM German Summer School: Providing educational equity and the perception of quality in a total immersion environment." - Ana Romero Jurisson
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Saeid Rostami
PHD Optical Science & Engineering
"Mid-IR Optical Refrigeration and Radiation Balanced Lasers" - Kristin Sabbi
PHD Anthropology
"The ontogeny of sex-typed social strategies among east African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)" - Ruth Sarafin
PHD Psychology
"Social Risks as Costly Trait Signals" - Aditi Sarkar
PHD Economics
"The Economic Impact Of Oil And Gas Production In The Permian Basin" - Kritika Sen Chakraborty
PHD Economics
"Essays on human capital, labor, and gender" - Frank Serianni
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Justin Snow
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Claire Spence
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Allison Stansbury
PHD Multicultural Teaching & Child Education
"Elementary Math Teachers' Narrated Noticing: What Occurs Between Teacher Listening and Teacher Response" - Elena Stein
PHD Psychology
"Validation of the Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment Among Diverse Individuals With Alcohol Use Disorder" - Kerstin Strong
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Tefera Entele Tesema
PHD Chemistry
"Charge Transfer and Plasmon-Pumped Molecular Excitation Mechanisms in Surface Enhanced Photochemistry" - Rajani Thapa Magar
PHD Chemistry
"Syntheses and Characterization of photoactive ruthenium and iron polypyridyl complexes" - Blaire Topash-Caldwell
PHD Anthropology
"Neshnab Futurisms: Indigenous Science and Eco-Politics in the Great Lakes" - Soha Turfler
PHD English
"Getting to Denver: Instructor Participation in the Design of Writing Program Assessment Technologies" - Mercedes Van Meter
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Arden Vanderwall
PHD Biomedical Sciences
"Characterization of the cellular mechanisms underlying spinal non-viral interleukin-10 gene therapy formulated with D-mannose for treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain." - Kevin Williams
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Christopher Wilson
Doctor of Physical Therapy - David Wilson
PHD Language, Literacy, & Sociocultural Studies
"Retaining the Power to Teach and Advocate in the Era of "Reform"" - Joan Wilson
PHD Linguistics
"Treatment Intervention for Social Functioning and Social Cognition in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Utilizing Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) at the Right Temporoparietal Junction (rTPJ)" - Carmen Winn
PHD Earth & Planetary Sciences
"Landscape Evolution of the Southern Colorado Plateau using low-temperature apatite thermochronology and detrital zircon and sanidine provenance studies" - Siobhan Yilmaz
PHD Economics
"Adolescent Mental Health in the Developing World: Three Economic Analyses of Stressors, Support, & Coping, and Support"
College of Nursing
- Johanna Bahe
DNP Nursing - Todd Christensen
DNP Nursing - Ryan Levi
DNP Nursing - Cassandra Valdez
DNP Nursing
College of Pharmacy
- Marissa Alcon
Doctor of Pharmacy - Louis Asanga
Doctor of Pharmacy - Matthew Bacon
Doctor of Pharmacy - Hillary Bennett
Doctor of Pharmacy - Wesley Browder
Doctor of Pharmacy - Esteban Burciaga -Tena
Doctor of Pharmacy - Andrea Bustamante
Doctor of Pharmacy - Amanda Cappuccilli
Doctor of Pharmacy - Adriana Carrillo
Doctor of Pharmacy - Dulce Carrillo
Doctor of Pharmacy - Veronica Chacon
Doctor of Pharmacy - Isabella Chairez
Doctor of Pharmacy - Yvanna Chavez
Doctor of Pharmacy - Isabelle Coons
Doctor of Pharmacy - Brenna Darling
Doctor of Pharmacy - Ryan Dow
Doctor of Pharmacy - Chaniece Doyle
Doctor of Pharmacy - Amanda Ferris
Doctor of Pharmacy - Joslyn Gabaldon
Doctor of Pharmacy - Michaela Gallegos
Doctor of Pharmacy - Marcus Garcia
Doctor of Pharmacy - Kaitlin Garrett
Doctor of Pharmacy - Kayla Gibson
Doctor of Pharmacy - Ashley Goehler
Doctor of Pharmacy - Samir Gul Mohammad
Doctor of Pharmacy - Megan Gutierrez
Doctor of Pharmacy - Charles Hawkins
Doctor of Pharmacy - Aaron Haynes
Doctor of Pharmacy - Maria Hernandez
Doctor of Pharmacy - Cassidy Hitchcock
Doctor of Pharmacy - Shih-Hsuan Huang
Doctor of Pharmacy - Troylyn Knipfing
Doctor of Pharmacy - Jamie Kooiman
Doctor of Pharmacy - Evan Laub
Doctor of Pharmacy - Pauline Lucero
Doctor of Pharmacy - Nestor Macias
Doctor of Pharmacy - Courtney Makens
Doctor of Pharmacy - Jason Martinez
Doctor of Pharmacy - Mercedes Martinez
Doctor of Pharmacy - Victoria Martinez
Doctor of Pharmacy - Dustin Mayberry
Doctor of Pharmacy - Lauren Miera
Doctor of Pharmacy - Ryan Moyers
Doctor of Pharmacy - Avy Nguyen
Doctor of Pharmacy - Caryn Hong Nguyen
Doctor of Pharmacy - Kayla Novick
Doctor of Pharmacy - Zachary Ortiz
Doctor of Pharmacy - Sarthak Patel
Doctor of Pharmacy - Hong Pham
Doctor of Pharmacy - Ashley Powell
Doctor of Pharmacy - Rachel Reise
Doctor of Pharmacy - Cristal Rico
Doctor of Pharmacy - Daniel Rodriguez
Doctor of Pharmacy - Vanessa Romero
Doctor of Pharmacy - Lyndsay Ryan
Doctor of Pharmacy - Laura Salazar
Doctor of Pharmacy - Daniel Sanchez
Doctor of Pharmacy - Evan Sanderson
Doctor of Pharmacy - Rosalia Santillanes Lopez
Doctor of Pharmacy - Jason Solano
Doctor of Pharmacy - Nicole Standiford
Doctor of Pharmacy - William Strickler
Doctor of Pharmacy - Yomi Tadfor
Doctor of Pharmacy - Hong-Trinh Ton-Nu
Doctor of Pharmacy - Iris Toribio
Doctor of Pharmacy - Nam Vo
Doctor of Pharmacy - Kevin Wegener
Doctor of Pharmacy - Danyelle Wesselkamper
Doctor of Pharmacy - Sydney Williams
Doctor of Pharmacy - Cory Zarick
Doctor of Pharmacy
School of Law
- Alexander Adrian
Juris Doctor - Antonia Aguilar
Juris Doctor - Yarrow Allaire
Juris Doctor - Raquel Anakalea
Juris Doctor - Mara Anderson
Juris Doctor - Jared Armijo
Juris Doctor - Peter Armijo
Juris Doctor - Samuel Ashman
Juris Doctor - Richard Azar
Juris Doctor - Joshua Baca
Juris Doctor - Kendall Barnett
Juris Doctor - Lidiya Bayliyeva
Juris Doctor - Lionel Betsch
Juris Doctor - Katheryn Bixler
Juris Doctor - Andrew Bockemeier
Juris Doctor - Pilar Borneo
Juris Doctor - Shane Brill
Juris Doctor - Lindsey Bundrant
Juris Doctor - Rameez Burney
Juris Doctor - Joseph Byrd
Juris Doctor - Nadia Cabrera-Mazzeo
Juris Doctor - Sean Cairns
Juris Doctor - Amanda Carmody
Juris Doctor - Lizdebeth Carrasco Gallardo
Juris Doctor - Danielle Ceballes
Juris Doctor - Alexandra Cervantes
Juris Doctor - Martha Cervantes
Juris Doctor - Daniel Chadborn
Juris Doctor - Brent Chapman
Juris Doctor - Nicholas Chiado
Juris Doctor - Amy Childress
Juris Doctor - Violette Cloud
Juris Doctor - Gary Coffin
Juris Doctor - Andrew Deakyne
Juris Doctor - Paige Diem
Juris Doctor - Naomie Droll
Juris Doctor - Janette Duran
Juris Doctor - Kristen Edwards
Juris Doctor - Gary Elzey
Juris Doctor - Taha Esa
Juris Doctor - Graciela Esquivel
Juris Doctor - Gabriel Gabaldon
Juris Doctor - Adrian Gandara
Juris Doctor - Paul Geisik
Juris Doctor - Collin Gillespie
Juris Doctor - Trei Gilpin
Juris Doctor - Jessica Gonzales
Juris Doctor - Ricardo Gonzales
Juris Doctor - Victor Hall
Juris Doctor - Bridget Hazen
Juris Doctor - Sabrina Hernandez
Juris Doctor - Amber Holland
Juris Doctor - Cassie Holman
Juris Doctor - Tara Hunter
Juris Doctor - Evelyn Ibarra
Juris Doctor - Sheilah Jennings
Juris Doctor - Jazzai Jimerson
Juris Doctor - Morgan A. Johnson
Juris Doctor - Lauren Jones
Juris Doctor - Sean Kinniry
Juris Doctor - Laureana Larkin
Juris Doctor - Renee Lewis
Juris Doctor - Joshua Lilley
Juris Doctor - David Link
Juris Doctor - Joel Lobo
Juris Doctor - Ariel Macmillan-Sanchez
Juris Doctor - Alysandra Martinez
Juris Doctor - Meaghan McHenry
Juris Doctor - Casey McKim
Juris Doctor - Melanie McNett
Juris Doctor - Christopher Molina
Juris Doctor - Ariana Montez
Juris Doctor - Cody Morgan
Juris Doctor - Paige Mowrer
Juris Doctor - Meagan Munoz
Juris Doctor - Amanda Nelson
Juris Doctor - Sharayah Newton
Juris Doctor - Jordan Oglesby
Juris Doctor - Christopher Papaleo
Juris Doctor - Andrew Pavlides
Juris Doctor - Jesse Pecoraro
Juris Doctor - Morgan Reeves
Juris Doctor - Andres Rivera
Juris Doctor - Antonia Romero
Juris Doctor - Dominic Romero
Juris Doctor - Kari Ruma
Juris Doctor - Luis Sanchez
Juris Doctor - Marco Santamaria
Juris Doctor - Justin Schutte
Juris Doctor - Julia Shaver
Juris Doctor - Christian Smith
Juris Doctor - Richard Spradlin
Juris Doctor - Erin Stanton
Juris Doctor - Joseph Stevens
Juris Doctor - Lea Strife
Juris Doctor - Heather Tanner
Juris Doctor - Alexander Tucker
Juris Doctor - Craig Turpin
Juris Doctor - Alicia Ubeda-Harvey
Juris Doctor - Jared Urquhart
Juris Doctor - Eric Valdez
Juris Doctor - Sun Vega
Juris Doctor - Robyn Walker
Juris Doctor - Hayden Wickens
Juris Doctor - Denali Wilson
Juris Doctor - Beth Wright
Juris Doctor - Mara Yarbrough
Juris Doctor
School of Medicine
- Nicole Abeyta
Doctor of Medicine - Timothy Abeyta
Doctor of Medicine - Dane Abruzzo
Doctor of Medicine - Al-Murtadha Al-Gahmi
Doctor of Medicine - Victor Andujo
Doctor of Medicine - Franchelle Aragon
Doctor of Medicine - Anmol Arora
Doctor of Medicine - Clare Arroyo
Doctor of Medicine - Adam Azar
Doctor of Medicine - Anna Baillie
Doctor of Medicine - Clare Batty
Doctor of Medicine - Kimberly Benavidez
Doctor of Medicine - Andrew Bivin
Doctor of Medicine - Zachary Bosshardt
Doctor of Medicine - Clint Brayfield
Doctor of Medicine - Baillie Bronner
Doctor of Medicine - Dani Castioni
Doctor of Medicine - Michael Castle
Doctor of Medicine - Erin Caulder
Doctor of Medicine - Ujwal Chadha
Doctor of Medicine - William Chavez
Doctor of Medicine - Mattalynn Chavez-Navin
Doctor of Medicine - Teal Clocksin
Doctor of Medicine - Anthony Cohn
Doctor of Medicine - Sydney Cooper
Doctor of Medicine - Matthew Davoudzadeh
Doctor of Medicine - Raymond DeKay
Doctor of Medicine - Adam Delora
Doctor of Medicine - Jerad Eldred
Doctor of Medicine - Whitney Elks
Doctor of Medicine - Christa Eussen
Doctor of Medicine - Ariel Faber
Doctor of Medicine - Lauren Faber
Doctor of Medicine - Janette Farrell
Doctor of Medicine - Ian Fletcher
Doctor of Medicine - Rachel Franklin
Doctor of Medicine - Chanju Fritch
Doctor of Medicine - Ricardo Galicia
Doctor of Medicine - Martha Gallegos
Doctor of Medicine - Brennan Gibbs
Doctor of Medicine - Alicia Gonzales
Doctor of Medicine - Jessica Gonzales
Doctor of Medicine - Kylee Greider
Doctor of Medicine - Marisa Griego
Doctor of Medicine - Abraham Guimaraes
Doctor of Medicine - Bethany Gutfrucht
Doctor of Medicine - Meryn Hall
Doctor of Medicine - Troy Hatfield
Doctor of Medicine - Zoe Howell
Doctor of Medicine - Seth Hunter
Doctor of Medicine - Alisa Illescas
Doctor of Medicine - Sulaiman Iqbal
Doctor of Medicine - Yazmin Irazoqui-Ruiz
Doctor of Medicine - John Kavanaugh
Doctor of Medicine - Ryan Keffer
Doctor of Medicine - Anna Kistin
Doctor of Medicine - Hilary Kleinman
Doctor of Medicine - James Maloney
Doctor of Medicine - Christopher Medina
Doctor of Medicine - Claire Melo
Doctor of Medicine - Andrew Moore
Doctor of Medicine - Elise Morosin
Doctor of Medicine - Nikolaus Neudorf
Doctor of Medicine - Huynh Nguyen
Doctor of Medicine - Eric Noel
Doctor of Medicine - Ronald Orozco
Doctor of Medicine - Joseph Pagador
Doctor of Medicine - Ethan Prairie
Doctor of Medicine - Tyler Pratt
Doctor of Medicine - Maria Ramirez
Doctor of Medicine - Priyanka Ravindran
Doctor of Medicine - Gabrielle Rivera
Doctor of Medicine - Mary Rivera
Doctor of Medicine - Bernard Rosal
Doctor of Medicine - Mohammad Salehpoor
Doctor of Medicine - Aaron Scarpa
Doctor of Medicine - Samuel Schrader
Doctor of Medicine - Elizabeth Scripsick
Doctor of Medicine - Casey Smith
Doctor of Medicine - Robert Sutter
Doctor of Medicine - Dathan Tsosie
Doctor of Medicine - Cecilia Valverde
Doctor of Medicine - Arden Vanderwall
Doctor of Medicine - Adarsh Vangala
Doctor of Medicine - Alexander Vold
Doctor of Medicine - Connor Wagner
Doctor of Medicine - Neil Wallace
Doctor of Medicine - Tamara Weddington
Doctor of Medicine - Molly Whitt
Doctor of Medicine - Brian Wilkinson
Doctor of Medicine