The University of Arizona College of Fine Arts
Graduation Convocation
Fall 2021
Degree Candidates
Each degree candidate's name links to their personal page, where you can view their photo and/or quote, if submitted.
Academic distinctions are projections based on data as of October 22, 2021, and may differ from the final diploma distinction.
Bachelor of Arts
Adriana Acedo Campillo
Film and Television | Theatre Arts
Luis Enrique Aranda
Film and Television
Christopher Javier Calleja
Film and Television
Kate Ward Gallagher
Film and Television
Cecelia Blanca Garcia
Art History
Shannon Margaret Harrington
Studio Art
Mackenzie Dee Hughes
Film and Television
Grace Irene Kim
Studio Art
Tiyee A. La Mar
Film and Television
John Jay Tackitt
Film and Television
Martin Alejandro Valdez
Studio Art
Brianna Arleen Velasco
Art History
Bachelor of Music
Diego Reyes Abeytia
Music Education
Daniella Erma Dea Bolin
Performance - Composition
Katherine Anne Damon
Performance - Harp
Morgan J.C. Hardy
Performance - Voice
Antonio Alberto Heredia
Music Education
Erik Matthew Sylliaasen
Music Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Cassandra Suzanne Bauer
Studio Art - Photography, Video and Imaging
Ron Frank Creason
Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Isabelle Yi Martinez Esparza
Studio Art - Photography
Daniela Caridad Gonzalez
Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Sofia Elena Gonzalez
Musical Theatre
Christina Marie Harrison
Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Megan Emily Hazeltine
Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Lia Victoria Hernandez
Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Chelsy Alexandra Mata
Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Hannah Reese Schuer
Studio Art - Photography
Mayra Cecilia Taborda
Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Joshua A. Torres
Studio Art - Photography
China Ann Toto
Art and Visual Culture Education - Teaching
Ethan Wilson
Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Xuxian Zhang
Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Graduate Certificate
Master of Arts
Morgan Elizabeth Byrd
Art History
Thesis: Unbridled Elegance: Photographs of African American Jockeys Who Competed in the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1901
Thesis Director: Dr. Jeehey Kim
Emily Susan Hager
Art History
Thesis: Mapping History: an Object History of UAMA’s Virgin and Child
Thesis Director: Dr. Irene Romano
Devan Rhiann Marin
Art and Visual Culture Education - Community and Museums
Thesis: Fashion and Identity in LGBTQ+ Youth: A Case Study in Conjunction with Mapping Q
Thesis Director: Dr. Carissa DiCindio
Master of Music
Master of Fine Arts
Caitlin Grace Rose
Dance
Thesis: Moldable Memories: an experiential immersion at the Biosphere 2
Thesis Chair: Dr. Suzanne Knosp
Victor Stephen Straub
Dance
Thesis: Two Point View: An Exploration of Movement and Music in The South Lung
Thesis Chair: Associate Professor Elizabeth George-Fesch
Doctor of Musical Arts
Zachary James Bramble
Composition
Title of Composition: Symphony no. 2
Major Professor: Prof. Daniel Asia
Sean Peter Bresemann
Conducting - Orchestral
Document: Representing Gestures with Symbols in a Conductor’s Score: A Score-Marking Method Developed from Frederik Prausnitz’s Score and Podium and Applied to Franz Schreker’s Kammersymphonie
Major Professor: Dr. Thomas Cockrell
He Huang
Conducting - Choral
Expanding the Choral Repertoire of Higher Music Education in China with Selected Nineteenth-Century German and English Partsongs
Major Professor: Dr. Elizabeth Schauer
Daniel R. Hursey
Performance - Bassoon
Document: The League of Composers Wind Quintet: Its Members, History, Works, and Role in Inter-American Diplomacy
Major Professors: Dr. William Dietz and Dr. Sara Fraker
Raphael David Lizama
Performance - Viola
Document: The “Bel Canto” Viola: The Significance of Alessandro Rolla in the Viola Catalog
Major Professor: Dr. Molly Gebrian
Doctor of Philosophy
Michael Barrett
Art History & Education - Art and Visual Culture Education
Dissertation: Boris Nieslony and His Legacy: A Case Study of a Performance Art Mentor
Dissertation Director: Dr. Ryan Shin