Degree Candidates
Each degree candidate's name links to their personal page, where you can view their photo and/or quote, if submitted, and leave them a video or written message.
Academic distinctions are projections based on data as of December 1, 2020, and may differ from the final diploma distinction.
Bachelor of Arts
Aung Tun Aye
Film and Television
Nicole Borchaloui
Studio Art - Illustration + Design
Kyle Jordan Cota
Film and Television
Hannah Lee Gammon
Film and Television
Luis Fernando Gonzalez
Film and Television
Gabriel Castile Herrera
Studio Art
Rula Issa Marji
Music
Matthew Alexander Milne
Theatre Arts
Rogelio Yasser Perea
Film and Television
Toshihiro Shojima
Film and Television
Juan C Valenzuela
Studio Art
Grant Allen Webb
Film and Television
Bachelor of Music
Anthony Patrick Elias-Hand
Music Education
Han Lin
Performance - Piano
Daniel Perez
Music Education
George Adriel Ramirez
Performance
Jose Daniel Ramos
Performance
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Isabella Lore Bargas
Dance
Benjamin Joseph Cajero
Studio Art
Michael Forrest Cox
Studio Art
Nicholas Dean Grande
Studio Art
Laura Andrea Gutierrez-Muñoz
Studio Art
Noah Ray Hensley
Studio Art
Haoming Lang
Illustration + Design
Shira Elena Maas
Musical Theatre
Henry Aaron McCormick
Theatre Production
Rebecca Lynn Meyerson
Studio Art
Skylar Symonds
Art and Visual Culture Education - Teaching
David Joseph Villaseñor
Studio Art
Trevor Campbell Williams
Studio Art
Master of Arts
Hallye Danielle Becker
Art History
Thesis: Revolutionary Art in the CER: Examining murals and scrapbooks in a Mexico City primary school
Thesis Director: Dr. Stacie Widdifield
Anjana Madan
Art and Visual Culture Education - Community and Museums
Thesis: Soundscapes: A Participatory Project with the Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson's Summer Camp
Thesis Director: Dr. Carissa DiCindio
Nicholas Matty McCullough
Art History
Thesis: The Consorts of Power: State Portrait Costumes of the Wives of the French Monarchs
Thesis Director: Dr. Paul Ivey
Andie Rodriguez
Art and Visual Culture Education
Thesis: Code Catalyst: Digital Storytelling through Illustration and Augmented Reality
Thesis Director: Dr. Ryan Shin
Dorothe Karin Santistevan
Art History
Thesis: Miniature, Precious, Affective: The Understated Power of Wallet Photos in the Construction of Identity
Thesis Director: Dr. Jeehey Kim
Master of Music
Master of Fine Arts
Emigdio Arredondo Martinez
Dance
Thesis: Estudio Esencial de Identidad No. 1 2020 (con Cariño pa' la Gente Diaspórica y pa' Mi Mismo)
Thesis Director: Autumn Eckman
Doctor of Musical Arts
Matthew Mark Crosby
Choral Conducting
Document: Franz Schubert's Use of Harmony To Express the Texts in His Musical Settings of Franz Grillparzer's Poetry
Major Professor: Dr. Bruce Chamberlain
Minjun Dong
Performance
Document: A Comparative Study of Vladimir Leyetchkiss' 1985 Piano Transcription of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
Major Professor: Dr. Daniel Linder & Dr. John Milbauer
Shuo Pan
Performance
Document: Henri Dutilleux's Sonate pour piano, Op. 1 (1947-1948): External Influences on His Idiosyncratic Musical Style
Major Professor: Dr. Rex Woods
Jacob Lewis Ransom
Performance
Document: Use of the Program Ableton Live to Learn, Practice, and Perform Electroacoustic Drumset Works
Major Professor: Dr. Morris Palter
Jeffrey Keith Vanderlee
Choral Conducting
Document: A Rhetorical Analysis of Selected Motets of Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703)
Major Professor: Dr. Bruce Chamberlain
Doctor of Philosophy
Kathy Acosta Zavala
Musiciology
Disseration: Toward a History of the Institutionalization of the Classical Guitar: Vahdah Olcott-Bickford (1885-1980) and the Shaping of Classical Guitar Culture in Twentieth-Century America
Major Professor: Dr. Matthew Mugmon
Elisabeth Marie Blin
Musiciology
Dissertation: Tropic√°lia's Second Generation: Sounding Antropof√°gia and New Gendered Tropes
Major Professor: Dr. Janet Sturman
Dominique Elise Polanco
Art History & Education
Dissertation: Facsimiles of Colonialism: The 1565 Pintura del gobernador, alcaldes y regidores de México and Its Reproductions
Dissertation Directors: Dr. Emily Umberger & Dr. Stacie Widdifield