RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY...CONVOCATION May 2018 RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF...

C O N V O C A T I O N

May 2018

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

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School of Communication

and Information

Convocation

May 10, 2018

Convocation Program 2018

ProcessionalClass of 2018

Led by Gonfalonier Kevin EwellAssistant Dean for Student Services

Star Spangled Banner and Alma MaterRutgers Shockwave

WelcomeKaren Hundert Novick, Associate Dean for Administration

Introductions and Graduation MessageJonathan Potter, Dean

SC&I Alumni Association PresentationBen Bakelaar, SC&I ‘10, President, SC&I Alumni Association

Introduced by Mark Aakhus, Associate Dean for Research

SC&I Student Representative PresentationAlexandra DeMatos, SC&I ‘18

Introduced by Dafna Lemish, Associate Dean for Programs

Presentation of Ph.D. CandidatesNames will be read by

Jennifer Theiss, Director, SC&I Doctoral Program

Presentation of Master's CandidatesNames will be read by

Jon Oliver, Assistant Dean for Information Technology

Presentation of Bachelor's CandidatesNames will be read by

Jenny Mandelbaum, Professor of CommunicationLauren Feldman, Associate Professor of Journalism and Media StudiesChirag Shah, Associate Professor of Library and Information Science

Closing

Recessional

Inclusion of a name or notation in this booklet is not a guarantee that a student is graduating or earning the noted distinction.

Photography is provided at this event by Island Photography. Graduates will receive an email with your proofs and information. For questions, contact [email protected].

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Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees

Roman A. Abad ¹*Zenab M. Abdelgany ¹Matthew Abdelsayed ²Namita A. Abraham *Connor P. Accorsi *Cisil Acikay *Kwami A. AdadevohMary J. AdamsAbdul-Zubair O. AdekunleSaheed O. Adigun ¹Kelly F. Afu ¹Hamza A. AghaManahil Ahmad ¹Rahat T. AhmedSyed A. Ahmed ¹Frederick A. Aiossa III *Frank J. Aita ¹Sophia AitmoussaAdeyemi Y. Aladegbami ²Alexandra E. Alarcon LopezSarah M. AlaskarRhianne Kirsten C. Alcantara ˚Bryan J. Alcox ¹Angela M. AldersFuad AliMuhammad U. AliRyan R. AllenTheresa J. Allen *˚Danna C. Almeida *Michael J. AlonzoMoses A. Alvarado ¹Marcella Alvarez *Sumra Alvi *Ryan G. Amann ²Gabriela J. Amaral *˚Louis F. AmbrosiniMariam Aminyar *Dominic J. Amorelli *Samuel O. AmorinAkeen J. Anaele ²Jasmine N. Andrews ²Lily J. Androsiglio ¹Mbiatke-Abasi D. AndySeth C. AnkrahJareth M. AntonaMailen J. Aportela *Muhammad A. ArifDavid M. AronAlexander J. Arrington ²Kiran Arshi *

Crystal J. Attidore ¹*˚Adriana R. Autie ¹Joana Marie S. Avila ¹*Brianna D. Avillo *Annapurna AvvaruJolaolu K. Babalola ²Kruthika Bachali ¹Paul Benjamin G. Baclayon ¹Joseph BaeSusan BaeKaylee A. Baez ²Amy J. BaiSonam D. BajracharyaMatthew L. BakerNicholas A. Baldari ¹Rosemarie BalzanoMichael A. Bandola ¹Jayanth V. BanduBianca I. Banegos ¹Jameel BanguraAnthony P. Barone, Jr.Keith S. Barry *Samantha N. Basciano ¹Matthew J. Batko ¹*˚Poonam M. BavishiShawn E. Bazile ¹Dahnay Bazunu ˚Asia Beamon ²Anthony J. Bedi *Anthony-Joshua E. Belgrave, Jr.Katherine C. Bellaver ²Jeremy E. Benjamin ¹*Ainsley E. Berrigan ²Ashley A. Berry *Joshua BetancurJake W. BezpaKylie M. Bezpa *˚Hassan Bhatti ¹Fady R. BibaouiAshley S. BishopEric H. BitonAndrew BittleChristopher M. Blair ¹Paige M. BlairTaylor L. BlumeAndrew J. Blustein *Theodore O. Bodnar IVJett Bohonko *Christopher Bohorquez ¹Brittany S. Boland


Skyler F. BolkinJennifer G. BollingerAmanda C. BonfontiJustin M. BonhardAbner E. Bonilla *Thomas F. BonillaGrace E. Boyd-DiasChanel M. Bradshaw ²Bruna M. Brady *Harry J. Brafman *˚Jenna R. BrennanDiamond A. Brewer ¹Sara E. Bright *Danielle J. BrooksJames J. Brower IVKelsi E. BrownMatthew C. BrownRonnie C. BrumantMichael A. Bucceri ²Zachary T. BucknerJessica BuenoJilleunice B. Buhain *Tan T. BuiEllamarie Bunsa *˚Ashley A. Burgstresser *Molly E. Burns *Jacob W. Butkus ²Charles A. Butler, Jr. ¹*Kashif S. ButtDominic V. Byfield ²Noelle-Marie S. CabralesRyan M. Cagide ²Samantha M CajiligDavid M. CalderonJulia E. CalifanoMaeve CallaghanJohn D. Callahan *Danica R. CalusinEmily M. Calvo *˚Natalie F. CamargoGustavo A. CampanaAlbert F. Campos ¹Xavier A. CampuzanoAlena K. CapilElana A. Cappel ²*Sarah J. Carl ²Salathia L. Carr ¹*Nicole A. CarrollEvan F. Casey ²Joshua G. Casquejo *

Ralph Renz CastilloTimothy J. Catalfamo *˚Tianyi ChaiNathaniel S. ChampionKasey ChanAaron Chang ¹Allen Chang ¹Johnnie Chau ²Winnie ChauMonica I. Chavez Espejo de Jimenez ²Elese Chen *Jijing Chen ¹*Jonathan B. ChenPeiran ChenVivian ChenAndy H. ChengEvan CheungAlexander H. ChinLeah M. ChiorelloMadhulika Chitrapu ¹Julia Cho ¹*Alexander ChoiEsther ChoiHanna Choi *Gagan D. Chopra ²Nizar A. ChoudhuryRoman Chowdhury *˚Rhea A. Christmas *˚Tianshu ChuAndrew H. ChunAngelo Ciaramello ¹Matthew E. CilibertoVictoria M. Cilurzo *Ryan C. Cimmino ˚Ashley T. Clark ²Megan E. Coakley *Jamie L. Cofer ¹Audra M. Cohen ¹*Kurtcia C. CollazoLauren R. Colonna ²Bobbi M. ConklinHannah R. ConnerTyler C. ConroyMorgan D. ConstubleJason ContrerasAlexandra M. Cooney ²Eric D. CoopermanBernadette M. Corpuz *˚Patricia C. CortadoMathew A. Cortez ¹*

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Katherine M. Costello ²Aaron M. Costley ¹Chelsea C. Crane *˚Jelani J. CrawfordKabirah CrawfordKyle M. CreamerJenna P. CrisalliSierra A. Crubaugh ²Howard L. Cuff ¹Zhengyang CuiRosanna Curci *Avery E. Czernikowski ˚Aidan S. D'Aiello ²*Alexandra E. DalliAlicia K. DamianoQinghua Dang ¹Sean F. DangananRichard T. Dare, Jr. *Gabrielle F. DaroncoMishu DasBrian L. Dasilva ¹Kylie R. Davidson ¹*Arturo M. Davila-Vanelli ¹*Kory E. DavisJack R. DavittAdrian D. DayritShaine Anne R. De Chavez ¹Edy R. De Leon ¹Walter B. De Paz ˚Kyle P. DebelakKerry J. Deen ¹Catherine J. DeFrank ¹Brooke J. Deines *Aimee M. De La Cruz ¹Lisamarie L. DelfinoGerardo C. Delgadillo ¹Carl J. Del Rosario ¹Savannah R. Demande *˚Alexandra DeMatos *˚Samuel J. Demirjian ²Joseph D. Denfield, Jr.Laura V. DengroveAngela J. De Palma *Regina De Sabatino ²Annalisa Deseno ²Anthony J. DestefanoSarbjot K. Dhillon ˚Atharv Dhir ²*Alexis R. DiazDesire M. Diaz ˚

Tiffany R. DiazChristine M. DiLulloYuan Ding ¹Krista E. DiSalvo ˚Josie J. DiVincent ²Marisa M. Dixon ¹Vitaly Dmitriev ¹Asia A. Dockery ²*Sean P. Doherty, Jr. ²Jhonatan Dominguez MartinezJohn E. Donegan ²Cornelius J. Doornheim ¹Juliana C. Doran ¹Marley Doring *Christine A. Doub ²Naadiya DrakeSaffie I. Drammeh ²Kelly R. Dronne ²Arabella J. Dudzinski ˚Samad A. Dukes ¹Ryan Q. Dunnigan ²Sophia J. Durr *˚Delany A. Dvorak ¹Dana M. Dwyer ²Vailey B. Eberhard ˚Amanda R. EdelmanChandler T. Edwardson ¹Michael K. EhresmannKrystalle K. Eid ²Jenifer L. Elizondo ¹*Amanda S. ElkhatibJordan J. EllerbeHolly Ann R. EspinosaSarah Essa ¹Alyssa E. Evangelista ¹Andrew J. Fafalios *˚Alexandra FaltynDelrina Fan *˚Edwin L. Farmer IVColleen A. FarringtonDanial A. Farrukh *Zahra Faruqi ¹*Ashley C. FaulconAshley A. FearonKylie B. Feldman ²Michael J. Felezzola *Michaela C. Felix *Lawrence W. FengClayton H. Ferguson IDaniella M. Fernandes ²


Catherine FernandezMorgan D. Ferretti ¹Luz-Isania FiguerasJonathan M. FilionEvan M. Finkelstein *˚Cherylynn L. Finklin *Jessica R. Finn ²Austin J. FischerRyan E. Fitzmaurice ¹Kathleen S. FitzpatrickKelly M. Fleming ¹˚Michaela A. FlemingEmma R. Fletcher *Madison E. FletcherEmma Flynn ¹Kristen E. FongAlexandrea Fonseca ¹Brian F. Fonseca ²Taja T. Fooks-ThorntonLauren V. Forsman *˚Kiana FotoohiMelissa C. FottrellCiara C. Francis ¹Kayla R. Frauenheim ˚Alec A. Fray ¹Jack E. FredericksRobert I. FreedmanErica A. Frezza ˚Justin A. Fridman ²Alexander F. Gaensler ²Rodney Akee Q. GainesCarly Galasso *Kelsey A. Gallagher ˚Matthew D. Gamble *Rekha Ganesh ¹Suraj GangulyAlissa C. GarciaDelilah M. Garcia ²Marisol GarciaKyle J. Gatta ²Ambika GaurJaron Z. GeJohn M. GehrAlexa I. Gelfand ²Jordan A. GentileChristopher L. Gerber-VargaMartyna R. GerlachKristine Gers ¹Gedalya J. GerstleRoman A. Gerus ¹*

Thomas J. GerwerAlexandra G. Gigantiello ˚Conor T. Gillen ¹Juwan M. GilliamAnn R. Gilligan *Tara A. GiuffreJames F. GivenJade E. Gleason IVAnna H. Gleicher ²*Shannon D. Glenn *Lance W. Glinn *Chantelle Glowacki *Anthony Golaszewski ¹Moises D. Gomez *Corena I. GonzalezLeslie Gonzalez Sanchez ²Hannah M. GoodmanSteven J. GotlibJohn T. Gould ¹Kirthana K. GovindarajuKazmirah M. GratzMarissa A. Gravesande *˚Ashley E. Greene ¹Marcus J. GreySean P. Griffin *Sean T. GriffinChristopher J. Groel ¹Juan P. Guarin-Camargo *Taha GulerSishi GuoClaudia A. GutarraSamantha E. Guzman *˚Tyler J. HaackKeith J. Haas *Kristina M. Hahn ¹Rosa Haleva *˚Noa S. Halff *Mustafa Hammam ¹Richard J. Hampson, Jr.Joshua S. Han ¹Xiao HanXin HanGregory L. HanchukLori A. HanstKennedy G. HartAudrey A. HartmanMargaret C. HaskopoulosOmar A. HassanSikandar Hayat ²Alexander M. Hayda

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Ryan C. HayesXuezhu HeZofia Hecht ˚Thomas R. HeimDeirdre A. HennesseyCarlos A. Herrera *˚Julia L. Herzberg ˚Khaliem C. Hester ²Kaley A. Heuschkel *Joseph B. Hickey, Jr. ²Christopher A. Higgins ²Christopher J. Hilinski *˚Alexis D. HillTaylor J. Hills ²˚Alina Hirji ²Paul B. HislipCourtney HoKayla M. HoaglandPatrick R. Hoagland *˚William J. Hockman *Anastacia D. Hodge ²Johanna B. HofemannKimberly M. HoyosPeter L. Hsiao *Jeffrey E. Hua ¹*Jenny HuangStephen M. HuangXingyu HuangNicholas Huber ¹Natalie A. Hunter ²Tiffany M. HunterSuraiea Hussain ˚Zishan HussainMichael A. Iavarone *Kareem S. Ibrahim ²Shady Ibrahim ¹Grace Ibrahimian ¹*Luis D. Infante ¹Sarah IshaqueDaniel J. IsraelAli J. JafferieScott A. Jagarnauth ¹Aaron J. JamesKautuki S. Jariwala *Jennyfer Javier *Skylar A. Jeremias *Haesuh JiIan JiYani JiaRosario Jimenez

Naomi Joassaint *Dakota D. Johnson ¹Jared A. Johnson ²*Emerson O. Jones, Jr. ¹Megan E. Joseph *Justin H. Joung ¹Marques Jules *Jonathan H. JunTara Jung ˚Kevin M. Justich *˚Alyssa B. Kahn *Ciara B. Kaiser *Anand V. KalolaNishitha Kambhaladinne *Roshni R. KamtaRachel Kandyba *˚Sneha KarlaDaniel KatebiJeremy T. Katz *Amarleen KaurMalcolm S. KeithKenneth M. Kelemen ¹Brianne C. KellyBronwyn R. Kelly ²Shelby L. KennedyNabhan S. Khan ²Safaa KhanZain F. Khan ²Zara KhanFairooz H. Khondker *˚Kai S. KiernanMadison M. Kilduff *Christopher J. KimHaejin V. KimHanna KimJinsil Kim ¹Minji Kim *Minsoo KimRebecca Kim ¹Sharon S. Kim *Tyler S. KimYe Won Kim *Brionna S. Kimpson-Harris ¹˚James D. KingJustin D. King *Thomas KingJillian C. KizmannNicholas J. Konopka *Tsvetan S. Konov *˚Zachary P. Kopec ¹


Nicholas M. Kosko *Andrew B. KovnerTomislav Kristo ²Kyle KrugerSteven A. Krzyszton ²Say Hong Kuay *Kelly R. KuchinskiNitin Kumar ¹Chen KuoKenneth P. Kurtulik *˚Jessica E. Kwok *Mohammed M. KyesDavid D. LaevskyOlivia G. Lafata ²Otandeka K. Laki ¹Anthony D. Lam ¹Steven Lam ¹Rachel D. Landingin ¹Justin R. LaoAustin A. LaportaHannah G. LarkinBrittany K. LashleyConnor R. LavanJoseph F. LavecchiaEdmund LawEvan W. Law *˚Kieran J. LawlorBryan L. LeMicah C. LebowitzZachary O. LeckyAlan K. LeeDeborah Lee *Hong Kyung Lee *˚Jasmina F. Lee *˚Jennifer LeeJessica S. Lee *Lauren A. Lee ¹Nicolas LeeSohyun Lee *Tracy H. Lee ²Kathy Lei *Austin J. Leibowitz *Bruce J. LemyreMatthew J. LeonardKrysti LeongBret S. Levinson ¹Dustin T. Levy ²Lee G. Levy ˚Tyree LewisAndrew L. Li *

Siyu Li *Stan J. Li ²Junyi Liang ¹*Yinxin LiangEunice K. Lim *Isabel Lim ˚Janay Lima ²Cheng Liang Lin *˚John P. LinnCheryl D. Litwinczuk ¹Boyu LiuWeilong LiuZhuxuan Liu *˚Almer A. LjesnjaninLeonardo Llanos *James J. Loftus IVKevin T. Lok ²*˚Kyrstin K. Long ²Peter A. LopezMichele M. Lopresti *John L. Losardo ¹Laura Loy ²Naomi E. Lozy *Peter J. Lu *Cara M. Lubin ²*Alan E. LucySamuel O. Ludescher ¹Patrick Lundell ¹Andrew LundnerJennifer M. LynkAbigail M. LyonChristie N. LyonsThomas R. Lyons ¹Jason C. MaLilianna F. Maciejak ˚John J. Macone III ¹*Stephanie M. Madridejos ¹Surae Magrufkhodjaeva ¹Matthew Makmur ˚Charly S. Makon ²Devam N. MalaviyaGeorgette L. MalitsisMelissa Malrechauffe *Paige E. MamolenChristina D. Manderano *Nicholas Manente III ¹Angelica B. ManosJose I. Manotas ²Shazia Mansuri ²John E. Manzano *˚

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Rifath MariaMichael P. MarshMacaulay B. Martinez-Toro ²Brittany J. MartinoAmanda E. MasonJenna M. Mastronardi *Alexander P. Matechak ¹Seiji Matsumoto *˚Chase A. Matthews ²Steven A. Mattia *Cobey L. Maynard ²*Artemisia S. MazziniAndrea B. MazzolaChristian D. MazzoneMark D. McCoyDavante J. McDuffie *˚Brian J. McElgunn ²*Eleanor E. McGarveyRobert McGowanKaitlyn E. McHughPeadar N. McMahonKenneth J. McMurdo IIIEmily C. McNamara ˚Patrick A. McPartland ²Theresa M. Medina ¹Nasir MehdiNedzad MehmedagicHarini G. Mekala *Jashlie A. Melgar ²Scott T. Mendenko ¹Silmari MendezDmitri N. Mendis ¹Cynthia S. Mery ²John C. Messina, Jr.Leah C. MeszarosDanielle H. Mial *˚Joseph C. Michalitsianos ²Dorian V. MillerJoseph C. Miller *˚Kelly C. MillerMackenzie J. MillerBrianna M. Mincieli *Pavel MishinDonald A. Misiak *Allen Mo *Anthony V. Mollica ²*˚Michelle L. MontagnaNatalie C. Montanez *Ayana K. Moody ¹Brianna K. Moonsammy ²

Colin G. Moore *Deanna S. Moore *Angelica MoralesKariss N. Morales *Vitoria Moratti-Duarte ²Hana Y. MorsiNicole M. MosierCaitlyn E. MossMelissa A. Moss ²Paige A. MotuseskyJoseph A. MoussaSaad S. Mughal *˚Dorothy W. Mui *Robert Murgolo ¹*Brenden Murphy ¹*Anne MurrayGriffin J. MurrayNakilah S. Muse ²Tiffany M. NagyMartin A. Nalbandian ²Simran S. Nanwani *˚Johan A. NaranjomateusScott A. NashKara A. NasseJonathan NastashkinSuchitra NatarajanMallory R. NathanMuhammad A. NathooAlana M. NavaroliDovile M. Navickaite ¹*Cheikh D. N'Diaye *Victoria B. Necklen ˚Mary Ann Nedoszytko ¹*Kahang NgauRichie S. Nguyen ¹Asad NiazDanielle M. NisensonSharifa A. Noble *Ashlee M. NolanRyan A. Nordeen ¹Tray'Von K. Norwood ²Lacey J. Nowell ¹Krystian D. Nycz ²Autumn C. Oberkehr *Molly E. O'BrienElorm OcanseyGriselda OchoaRudolph F. Ogawa ¹Cassandra C. Ogbozor *Maduabuchkwu C. Oguonu


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Dennis M. O'HalloranMax D. Ohring *Jeffrey S. Olah *Jaeda C. OlivieriJames V. Orofino ²Jessica P. Osias ˚Sebastian OsieckiEthel M. Osorio *Victor E. OteroMarkim OtteySiddharth V. PadkiAntolina J. PaduaAnchalee Pagsanjan *˚Christopher S. Pak ²Rodrigo A. PalomoDerek PanJack C. PanagosKeshav R. Pandya *Jonathan ParagasChristina M. Paret ¹Priyanka D. Parikh ¹Grace H. ParkJoseph J. ParkYun Jin ParkJillian E. PastorAmit PatelAvanish PatelDarshan R. PatelDhaivat Patel ¹Dhruv S. Patel *Hemil M. PatelKajal N. PatelKaran D. Patel ²*Kinjal J. PatelKrunal PatelKrupa B. Patel ²Naimi P. Patel *˚Neil B. PatelPrakhar Patel *˚Vinay V. PatelAnjali A. PatilDanielle L. Paxton *˚Lloyd N. PearsonOlufunmilola A. PedroAlbert Peng *˚Benjamin W. PerariaDante X. PerezLyner PerezSusana PerezEdon Perezic

Allan M. Persicano ¹Zachary Persichetti *Jennie M. Perullo *Richard D. Peterson *Carina M. Petrillo *Marissa K. Petrullo ²Mykieu K. PhamYash V. PhansalkarKrystel T. Philip ²Christy L. Phillips ¹Julianna R. PicaNathan PierreShania A. Pierre ²Mackenzie E. PittPrince Polley ²Oscar J. PoncianoChristian A. Pozzo ¹Alec M. Prieto *Christa J. Principato *˚Shaida S. ProdhanNicholas Provenzano *˚Tara M. Puccio ˚Darryn M. Pulanco ¹*Jenna Pusillo ²Rachel C. Puzio *Michael PyzikHuanyi Qian ¹*Garrett M. Quigley ¹Sydney K. QuinnMadison L. QuoJustine S. Quow *Ammar U. Qureshi ²Esther RabinowitzDalila RadoncicFarida I. Ragheb ¹Sufian Rahim ²Sikander I. RajaAllyson B. Rakes ²Alyssa N. RamellaFritz D. RamirezCristian RamosKevin Rana ²Neel Rana *Tristan B. Randolph ¹Manasi Rao *˚Lauren E. Raposa *Navya RaviLauren N. Rebovich ¹*Joseph C. Regan *Jan-Andrew R. Regencia ²

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Joanna L. ReillyEric O. Reyes *Jalen V. ReynoldsEdmund J. RichardLauren N. Richardson *Alexa R. RiveraCarly R. RizzaVictoria J. RoRyan D. RobertsMaiya J. Robinson *Robert J. RobinsonJoel G. RodriguesDylan J. RodriguezEmmelie RodriguezJennifer A. Rodriguez ²Kelsey RodriguezCasey A. Roland ¹Brianna Roman ²Edwin Roman ¹Mckayla A. RomanelloCaroline W. Rong *˚Kathryn J. Roque *Morgan N. Rossiter ²*Mitchell E. Rubiano ¹*Xavier Ruivivar ²Olivia R. RuszczykErik R. Sa ¹Tara E. Sabella *Avijeet SachdevApoorva S. SahasrabudheHarshita SahayRyan C. Sahlin *˚Gabrielle A. Sales ²Elan O. Samoohi ²Samaiya J. SandersMichal SaniewskiSatchel A. Sankar *Christopher D. Santos ¹Albertano Santos VelazquezRenz-Aeron L. SaraybaSarthak SarnaCatherine P. SaundersDominick J. Savino *Tyler C. ScaifeAlfred C. ScarpelloGillian C. SchaberRachel M. Schier *Alex R. Schoen ¹Rachel A. SchroederSteven A. Scigowski

Mikayla SciscenteIsabella Sehringer ¹Nishika A. SenRichard A. SeniorMichael S. SennaMaria A. Serghiou ˚Imani C. Seung *Neil Shah *Rushabh K. Shah ²Shirali N. ShahMakenzey R. ShankEmma A. Sherbine *Nicholas R. Sherm ¹Shriaa H. Sheth ¹Stuart E. Shulman ¹Alena T. SiddiquiAllen SidlerDaniel B. SiegelJordan E. SiegelReid D. Siegrist *Michael C. Silverberg ¹Sarah Simon ˚Divij SinghMakhvan SinghSreya Sinha ²Max S. SkopMario A. Sleiman *John A. SloverKenneth J. SmallBenjamin M. Sobsey *Christopher Sodbinow ²Ahmed A. SoherwardyOksana SokolovaSteven M. Sokolowski ²Trinh T. Son ¹Jian SongDevin A. Sorge *Madelen SotoJordan K. SouthardAntonia E. Spano ˚Jacob StaniliousZachary StaryWilliam E. SteidlBranden M. SteinChad J. Stewart *Kylie L. Stewart *Morgan N. Stiles *˚Rachel S. StraussAllison T. Stubin ˚Miguel A. Suriel ¹

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Oscar L. Suris ²Calvin R. SuttonRyan A. Swift ¹Cyril A. Tan ²Yui Tanaka ¹Yunru TangChristopher TangarifeIvanok TavarezChristian TaverasJoy A. TaylorTimothy J. Taylor ¹Luis F. Tenorio-CoronelBenjamin M. Tenzer ¹Henry K. Testrecord ²Tawfiq Y. ThahiruStephen J. ThomasChanta M. ThompsonJoseph J. ThompsonAnthony M. Timbol IIIJulia TobioSteven J. TocyloskiDaniel R. Toczylowski ¹Rahima TokhiDarren M. ToludBen TongDigna N. TorresJuan D. Torres ¹Melanie J. Torres ²Kelly N. TranBeatrice A. TrinidadAaron M. TrioloRashi TripathiBrandon Tu *Zyd Armelo F. Tuazon ¹*Christine M. Tully *Cooper J. TunnardKemoko Turay ¹Fred TurcoCaroline M. TutakBrittney M. Tymczak *Corinne A. TynanSteven A. Tynan *˚Dylan V. Umali *Kristen L. Usui *Domenique J. VallarinoAllan E. Vanterpool ²Kennia A. Vasquez *Tamy Y. Vasquez ¹Christopher M. Veary

Brittney T. VegaValerie F. Ventrone ²*Opal S. Vialva *Samuel E. VictorNicholas A. Vignali ¹Vincent P. VignaliMichael A. VilaTiffany R. Villa ¹Paulina VilladaKevin D. VillalbaIvan Joseph T. VillanuevaMark V. Vinegra ¹Ajeet S. VirkMaia N. Vogel *Matthew E. VolpeNicholas H. Vuono ¹Chris A. Wade ²Donovan K. Waller ¹Chuting WangJiayi WangMiao Wang *Mingan Wang *˚Shuchong WangConnor M. Warakomski ²*Ian A. WardellHayden J. WarshauerQuadree F. WashingtonEric C. Weck *˚Nikki P. Weissman ²Samantha T. WellsAaron T. WentaChristopher WestJames P. WhalenEmily D. White ²Theodore J. White III ¹Tia L. White ²Eric D. Whitted-MckoyDanielle J. Wilson ²Sarah C. WilsonJustin M. Woll ²Ching-Kuen K. WongKevin WongDavid N. Woo *Maria G. WoodKelsea A. Woodley ¹Matthew Wozniak *Armani Wright ²Chu Wu *˚Nelson Wu


Candidates for the Master's Degree in Communication and Information Studies or

Master’s Degree in Communication and Media

Pamela AbbaziaMariam AqeelStephen Adeyemi ArasanyinSukrithi BalakrishnanPriyanka Banerjee Halley Marie Barnes ¹Claribel A. Beltrez ²Elizabeth G. Boyle ²Lorena Whitney CunninghamLynn DeRocco ¹Colin DeVries ²Marline Dumsa EdmondJintao FangArlenis FerreirasRebecca FilgueirasStacey Natasha Greene ¹Ashley Marie GregoryLi GuoLiam Michael Hagen ¹Haoying KeNicole Claire Kopyta ²

Jaclyn M. Kukuch ²Therese LacsonSixuan LiYingchao LiKuei-Chun Liu ¹Yangfan Ma ¹Jacquelyn K. ManyagaCraig Michael McCarthy ¹Vanessa RomanShravana Kumar Sathyanarayana IyerJennifer Attridge SchachtChenyang ShangDiksha Upadhyay ¹Vanessa Roman ²Kevin WangRui WangJamie Youngs WatkinsYiwen Zhou

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1 Indicates January 2018 graduates2 Indicates August and October 2018 graduates* Indicates departmental honors° Indicates candidates for disciplinary honor

society. Note that October 2018 graduates may become eligible for honor societies after this program booklet was printed.

1 Indicates January 2018 graduates 2 Indicates August and October 2018 graduates


Yiwen XuSpencer YanDaniel B. Yasi *Brian M. Yeh *Corey T. Yelo ²Joy J. YiWanru Yin, Jr.Melissa P. YipDaniel YooJessica YoonHuda YousefZhiyuan Yu *Biwen YuanZiwen YuanAdam G. ZahaJerry J. ZambranoStefani A. ZamoraHaolan ZhangShunhui Zhang ¹Yuhao Zhang

Yuhui Zhang *Edwin Zheng *Yi ZhengZiqiu Zhong ˚Lanni Zhou *Xuyun Zhou *Yushan Zhou *Jiahui ZhuYaxuan ZhuMohammad G. ZiabShannon R. ZignoliDominic R. Zimmerman *Joseph Zuppa

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Leslie Danielle AlbamonteJiHo AnJames Robert Anderson ²Marco Antonio Arias, Jr.Marie Antoinette BaldwinLauren Olga BellAmber Marie Benoit ¹Danielle N. BergenRebecca S. BerkowitzDanielle Kristine Bieler ¹˚Stephen Michael Bloshuk ¹Mary Elizabeth BoccoliniStacy Bernadette BrodyKatherine Lynn BrownHelen M. BusnessBenjamin Michael CannelDaphne Angela Charles ¹˚Kenneth Andrew ChristyErin Collier-Plummer ²Jonathan Robert CornsKristen Marie CrepezziHannah Jane DavisErica M. Deb ¹˚Kristin R. Deleasa ¹Yi DengPatricia Ann DrakeStephen Francis FelleLynette J. Ford ¹˚Andrew Lloyd GearyLisa M. GomezSierra Jae GrataleYang GuoEdward John Hanks ¹˚Imani HardawayJacqueline Hincapie ¹˚Sherri Gila Hinrichs FarberLauren Emily JamesSwetha JinkaJonathan Michael KellyShannon Kidney ¹Sara Victoria Klemowitz ¹˚Beverly KlotzkinSaskia Alexandra Kusnecov ¹Marika Sophia Labash ²Erin Elizabeth LacovaraJessica Laddaga ¹˚Wen-Chi LaiIan Wesley Law

Filip LechElizabeth A. Lyman ²Cara Anne MaddenVerena MankariosJesse Dayton Mann ¹˚Arcadio Matos, Jr.Kristen B. Matteucci ²Melissa Ann McGearyAlison Lee McGreevey ¹John William MckelveyDavid Edward Louis McMahon ¹˚Zackary Chance Medlin ²Meaghan A. Moody StalnakerCherrie Lynn MooreNikita Adriana MycykAllison NazzaroShannon Elizabeth O'ShaughnessyMoses Young PakJulianna Paula PakstisAmy Pressley PalacioMariah Amelia PalmerAkash PandeyJaime Kathleen PfistererRachel Dawn PietersAlexandra Christine Plante ¹˚Gina Marie PolicastroRebecca Lynn PosnaPascale Claire Anne Privey ¹Irina RadevaNicholas RobertsJoy Chérie RobinsonJoshua James RochotteLisa A. Romasanta ²Anina Roseen ²Stephanie Ruland ¹Rebecca Kathryn SandersonNrithya SaravanabhavanShawon SarkarVictoria Ann SaxonMarija L. Skoog ¹˚Bernhard William SpoelstraJonathan Lewis St. Martin ¹Elizabeth Grace StipekRachel Elyssa TalbertMelissa Christina TanLauren N. ThompsonXiqiao Tong ¹Matthew Craig Trowbridge ¹

Candidates for the Master's Degree in Information or Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science

Candidates for Doctor of Philosophy in Communication, Information, and Library Studies*

Sally A. Abdul Wahab ¹Dissertation title: Blogging the Way through Job Loss: A Constitutive Perspective on Coping ProcessesAdviser: Jennifer Gibbs

Sarah Corinne Barriage Dissertation title: Examining the Red Thread of Information in Young Children’s Interests: A Child-Centered Approach to Understanding Information PracticesAdviser: Ross J. Todd

Amanda Mae Carpenter ¹Dissertation title: Information Management as a Behavior Examined through the Context of Mental HealthAdviser: Jennifer Theiss

Dongho Choi ¹Dissertation title: A Study of Information Seeking Behavior: Investigating Exploration Behavior in Physical and Online SpacesAdviser: Chirag Shah

SoeYoon Choi ²Dissertation title: Managing Disclosure in Social Network Sites: A Technology Affordances Perspective on Privacy Boundary ManagementAdviser: Craig R. Scott

Joy Arlene Renee Cox Dissertation title: A Seat at the Table: A Case Study of the Fat Liberation Movement, Identity and Political ActionAdviser: Bernadette Gailliard

Jessica Kathleen Crowell ¹Dissertation title: Women and Informal Work in the Modern Informational CityAdviser: Todd Wolfson

Charles File Dissertation title: Impression Formation and Identity Management in Social MediaAdviser: Marie L. Radford

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1 Indicates January 2018 graduates2 Indicates August and October 2018 graduatesº Indicates candidates for Beta Phi Mu Honor Society. Note that May and October 2018 graduates

become eligible for this honor in May 2019

Candidates for the Master's Degree in Information or Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science

Michelle Grey ValentiAlana Sage VelizXi WangSarah A. Wecht ¹

Melissa G. Williams ¹˚Rachael Lynn Wisniewski ¹Xue Cheng Victor WongKana YamaneKatrina Zwaaf ²

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Debanjan Ghosh Dissertation title: An Empirical Study of Verbal Irony; Identification, Interpretation, and its Role in Turn-Taking DiscourseAdviser: Smaranda Muresan

Stefani E Gomez ¹Dissertation title: In Plain View: Latino/a Teens' Use of ICTS to Construct Privacy in the Family ContextAdviser: Marie L. Radford

Seol Ki ¹Dissertation title: Exploring Communication of Compulsive Gamers and Their Loved Ones: A Tensional ApproachAdviser: Jennifer Gibbs

Sean Timothy Leavey Dissertation title: Turning Trash into Treasure: Reality Television, Media Governance, and Secondary MarketsAdviser: Regina Marchi

Xiaofeng Li Dissertation title: Young People's Information Practices in Library MakerspacesAdviser: Ross J. Todd

Zachariah Lischer-Katz ¹Dissertation title: The Construction of Preservation Knowledge in the Artisanal Digital Reformatting of Complex Visual DocumentsAdviser: Marija Dalbello

Nik Ahmad Rozaidi B. Nik Abdul Rashid ²Dissertation title: Exploring the Affordances of Enterprise Social Media for Ideation and the Influence of Emergent Ideation Networks on Ideation QualityAdviser: Jennifer Gibbs

Surabhi Sahay ¹Dissertation title: Communicative Designs for Input Solicitation during Organizational Change: Implications for Providers' Communicative Perceptions and DecisionsAdviser: Laurie Lewis

Allie Kosterich Salomone ¹Dissertation title: Rapid Institutional Change, Professional Journalists and the Rise of the News NerdAdviser: Matthew Weber

Yuan Yuan ¹Dissertation title: A Gradual Revolution or a Controlled Democracy? Rethinking the Political Impact of Internet Activism In ChinaAdviser: John V. Pavlik

Candidates for Doctor of Philosophy in Communication, Information, and Library Studies*

1 Indicates October 2017 graduates2 Indicates January 2018 graduates* Doctoral candidates completing requirements after April 2018 will be recognized in May 2019.

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About the School of Communication and InformationThe School of Communication and Information is a dynamic center of learning at the heart of Rutgers-New Brunswick on the College Avenue campus. Founded in 1982, the school’s research and teaching focus on communication, social and new media, library and information science, journalism and media studies, and information technology. The School’s competitive and renowned programs prepare students for engaged careers available today and developing for tomorrow. Recent initiatives in the school focus on health and wellness; global media, community, and democracy; social media interaction and collaborative design; and leadership, organizations, and policy.

The school is home to three academic departments—Communication, Journalism and Media Studies, and Library and Information Science. We offer undergraduate programs in Communication, Information Technology and Informatics, and Journalism and Media Studies, all leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree; a minor in Digital Communication, Information, and Media and a minor in Gender and Media; master's programs in Communication and Media and in Information (accredited by the American Library Association); an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Communication, Information, and Library Studies; and continuing education programs. SC&I has offices, classrooms, and laboratories in New Brunswick at 4 Huntington Street, the adjacent DeWitt House at 185 College Avenue, the SC&I Annex and Friedrich House at 192 College Avenue, Huntington House at 184 College Avenue, and Richardson House at 1 Richardson Street. Computer, multimedia, broadcast, information organization, and communication interaction laboratories and facilities are available for the use of its students and faculty.

Among the distinguished faculty of the school have been Fulbright Fellows, Woodrow Wilson Fellows, and Annenberg Scholars; Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Council of Learned Societies; recipients of the Hiet Prize in the Humanities and awards from the Academy of Management, American Society for Information Science, Association of Computing Machinery, the Journal of the American Society for Information Science, and the National Communication Association; and recipients of Rutgers University awards for teaching, research, and service, among other honors.

Our outstanding students have included recipients of dissertation awards from the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), and the National Communication Association (NCA), as well as Beta Phi Mu Dissertation Fellowships; winners of the student chapter of the year awards from ASIS&T and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA); recipients of the Ralph Bunche Fellowship Award, National Research Council Associateships, Rutgers Presidential and Diversity Fellowships, and Johnson & Johnson Fellowships; and hundreds of inductees into disciplinary honor societies.

Fast Facts

• 1,900undergraduatemajors • 410undergraduateminors • 490master’sstudents • 100doctoralstudents • Hundredsofnon-degreestudentsengagedinProfessionalDevelopmentStudies • 65full-timefaculty • 150part-timefaculty • 45FTEstaffmembers • Over22,000alumni • OneofthefoundingmembersoftheiSchoolconsortium

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Administration, Faculty, and Staff of the School of Communication and Information

AdministrationJonathan Potter, Dean and Distinguished Professor of

CommunicationMark Aakhus, Associate Dean for Research and Professor

of CommunicationDafna Lemish, Associate Dean for Programs and Professor

of Journalism and Media StudiesKaren Hundert Novick, Associate Dean for Administration Narda Acevedo, Director of Business and AdministrationRob Eccles, Assistant Dean for DevelopmentRegina Efimchik, Director of Professional Development

StudiesKevin J. Ewell, Assistant Dean for Student ServicesJon L. Oliver, Assistant Dean for Information Technology Brenda Sheridan, Director of Strategic CommunicationsSharon Stoerger, Assistant Dean for Instructional Support

and Assessment

FacultyDepartment of CommunicationGalina Bolden, Associate ProfessorErin Christie, Teaching InstructorMarya L. Doerfel, Professor R. Richard Dool, Teaching Professor and Director of the

Master’s ProgramKathryn Greene, ProfessorAlexa Hepburn, Research ProfessorBrian Householder, Assistant Teaching Professor and

Director of Undergraduate StudiesVikki S. Katz, Associate ProfessorJeffrey Lane, Assistant ProfessorLaurie Lewis, Professor Nikolaos Linardopoulos, Assistant Teaching Professor

and Coordinator of the Public Speaking ProgramMatthew Maddex, Instructor and Debate CoachJenny S. Mandelbaum, Professor Matthew Matsaganis, Associate ProfessorLisa Mikesell, Assistant ProfessorHartmut B. Mokros, Professor Katherine Ognyanova, Assistant ProfessorBrent D. Ruben, Distinguished Professor and Director of

Rutgers’ Center for Organizational Development and Leadership

Craig R. Scott, Professor and Department ChairLea P. Stewart, Professor and Livingston Campus Dean Jennifer Theiss, Associate Professor and Director of the

Ph.D. ProgramJennifer R. Warren, Assistant ProfessorMatthew Weber, Associate ProfessorItzhak Yanovitzky, Associate Professor

Department of Journalism and Media StudiesMelissa Aronczyk, Associate ProfessorNeal Bennett, Teaching InstructorJack Bratich, Associate ProfessorMary D’Ambrosio, Assistant Professor of Professional PracticeLauren Feldman, Associate ProfessorJuan González, Professor of Professional PracticeDavid Greenberg, ProfessorAmy Jordan, ProfessorSusan Keith, Associate Professor and Department ChairRachel Kremen, Teaching InstructorChenjerai Kumanyika, Assistant ProfessorDeepa Kumar, Associate ProfessorRegina Marchi, Associate ProfessorSteven Miller, Director of Undergraduate StudiesJohn V. Pavlik, ProfessorCaitlin Petre, Assistant Professor

Khadijah White, Assistant ProfessorTodd Wolfson, Associate Professor

Department of Library and Information ScienceMarc Aronson, Assistant Teaching ProfessorNicholas J. Belkin, Distinguished Professor Kaitlin L. Costello, Assistant ProfessorMarija Dalbello, Associate ProfessorMichael Doyle, Lecturer and Interim Director of the

Undergraduate ProgramSuchinthi Fernando, Teaching InstructorGoUn Kim, Teaching InstructorSunyoung Kim, Assistant ProfessorMichael Lesk, Professor Lilia Pavlovsky, Associate Teaching Professor and Director

of the Master’s ProgramMarie L. Radford, Professor Rebecca B. Reynolds, Associate ProfessorCharles Senteio, Assistant ProfessorChirag Shah, Associate ProfessorVivek K. Singh, Assistant ProfessorAnselm Spoerri, Assistant Teaching ProfessorRoss J. Todd, Associate Professor and Chair Joyce Valenza, Assistant Teaching Professor Nina Wacholder, Associate Professor

Faculty with School-Wide AppointmentsMary Chayko, Teaching Professor and Director of

Undergraduate Interdisciplinary StudiesClifton Lacy, Distinguished Professor of Professional Practice

StaffJoseph Bae, Research Program CoordinatorJohn Bowen, Web and Application DeveloperElizabeth A. Ciccone, Business/Grant SpecialistHester Coan, Assistant Director of Student Services for

Career ServicesFrancine Corcione, Administrative CoordinatorLinda Dondero, Faculty Support AssistantKathryn Frauenheim, Facilities CoordinatorCecilia S. Gal, Research Project Coordinator Nella Gonzalez, Administrative Assistant to the DeansJan Hempel, Proposal WriterMeghan Ingstrup, Student CounselorStephanie Jones, Student CounselorNatalia Kouraeva, Instructional Design and Technology

SpecialistDanielle Lopez, Coordinator of Student ServicesErica Lucci, Canvas Migration CoordinatorAllison Machiaverna, Student CounselorJodi Marcou, Development SpecialistNoraida Martinez, Business AssistantCharity McDonald, Unit AdministratorMelissa Mitas, Marketing WriterMaureen Newman, Administrative CoordinatorTina Pappas, Information Technology ManagerMichael Pavlichko, WRSU Broadcast AdministratorCarol Heher Peters, Public Relations SpecialistMarisol Porter, Faculty Support AdministratorAndrea Sacco, Administrative Assistant, Student ServicesMichael Souren, System AdministratorJay Stefanelli, Associate Director of Student ServicesYvonne Sultan, Research Program CoordinatorMaryanne Surowiec, Professional Development Studies

Program CoordinatorMargo Weber, Masters Programs CoordinatorVicki White, Administrative CoordinatorOmari Williams, Budget AnalystDanielle Yglesias, Faculty Support AssistantGeorge Yu, Unit Computing Manager

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On the Banks of the Old Raritan(The Rutgers Alma Mater)

Written by Howard Fuller, 1873

Verse I

From far and near we came to Rutgers,And resolved to learn all that we can;

And so we settled down, In that noisy college town,

On the banks of the old Raritan.

Chorus

On the banks of the old Raritan, my friends, Where old Rutgers ever more shall stand,

For has she not stood Since the time of the flood,


Verse V

Then sing aloud to Alma Mater, And keep the scarlet in the van;

For with her motto high, Rutgers' name shall never die,


Chorus

On the banks of the old Raritan, my friends, Where old Rutgers ever more shall stand,

For has she not stood Since the time of the flood,


C O N V O C A T I O N

May 2018

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

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