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
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Nicole Borchaloui
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Illustration + Design
Kyle Jordan Cota
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Alexandra Elizabeth Fallgatter
Bachelor of Arts: Music
Hannah Lee Gammon
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Luis Fernando Gonzalez
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Gabriel Castile Herrera
Bachelor of Arts: Studio Art
Rula Issa Marji
Bachelor of Arts: Music
Matthew Alexander Milne
Bachelor of Arts: Theatre Arts
Rogelio Yasser Perea
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Rafael Armando Reyes-Worman
Bachelor of Arts: Music
Toshihiro Shojima
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Juan C Valenzuela
Bachelor of Arts: Studio Art
Grant Allen Webb
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Bachelor of Music
Anthony Patrick Elias-Hand
Bachelor of Music: Music Education
Han Lin
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Piano
Daniel Perez
Bachelor of Music: Music Education
George Adriel Ramirez
Bachelor of Music: Performance
Jose Daniel Ramos
Bachelor of Music: Performance
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Isabella Lore Bargas
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Dance
Benjamin Joseph Cajero
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art
Michael Forrest Cox
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art
Nicholas Dean Grande
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art
Laura Andrea Gutierrez-Muñoz
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art
Noah Ray Hensley
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art
Haoming Lang
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Illustration + Design
Shira Elena Maas
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Musical Theatre
Devan Rhiann Marin
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Art and Visual Culture Education - Community & Museums
Magna Cum Laude
Henry Aaron McCormick
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production
Rebecca Lynn Meyerson
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art
Skylar Symonds
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Art and Visual Culture Education - Teaching
David Joseph Villaseñor
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art
Trevor Campbell Williams
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art
Master of Arts
Hallye Danielle Becker
Master of Arts: 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
Master of Arts: 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
Master of Arts: Art History
Thesis: The Consorts of Power: State Portrait Costumes of the Wives of the French Monarchs
Thesis Director: Dr. Paul Ivey
Andie Rodriguez
Master of Arts: Art and Visual Culture Education
Thesis: Code Catalyst: Digital Storytelling through Illustration and Augmented Reality
Thesis Director: Dr. Ryan Shin
Dorothe Karin Santistevan
Master of Arts: 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
Walter Callum Robbins-Gennerich
Master of Music: Performance
Major Professor: Professor Timothy Kantor
Master of Fine Arts
Emigdio Arredondo Martinez
Master of Fine Arts: 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
Doctor of Musical Arts: 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
Doctor of Musical Arts: 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
Doctor of Musical Arts: 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
Doctor of Musical Arts: Performance
Document: Use of the Program Ableton Live to Learn, Practice, and Perform Electroacoustic Drumset Works
Major Professor: Dr. Morris Palter
Jeffrey Keith Vanderlee
Doctor of Musical Arts: Choral Conducting
Document: A Rhetorical Analysis of Selected Motets of Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703)
Major Professor: Dr. Bruce Chamberlain
Neal Warner
Doctor of Musical Arts: Composition
Document: Streamer Symphony
Major Professor: Professor Daniel Asia
Doctor of Philosophy
Kathy Acosta Zavala
Doctor of Philosophy: 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
Doctor of Philosophy: Musiciology
Dissertation: Tropic√°lia's Second Generation: Sounding Antropof√°gia and New Gendered Tropes
Major Professor: Dr. Janet Sturman
Dominique Elise Polanco
Doctor of Philosophy: 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