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Academic distinctions are projections based on data as of April 1, 2020, and may differ from the final diploma distinction.

Bachelor of Arts

Rene Fernando Acuna

Film and Television

Samantha Marian Asher

Film and Television

Amy Lynn Bailey

Film and Television

Jessica Tricia Beauvais

Film and Television
Magna Cum Laude

Bergen Borer

Film and Television
Summa Cum Laude

Beau Dean Brooks

Studio Art
Magna Cum Laude

Bailey Katherine Brown

Film and Television
Magna Cum Laude With Honors

Kayah Byrd

Art History
Magna Cum Laude With Honors

Natalia Sophia Calvillo

Film and Television

Nathan-Jay Atienza Collantes

Film and Television
Cum Laude

Kaelyn Larae Cooper

Theatre Arts

Anh Minh Dao

Studio Art

Stephanie Michelle Davies

Film and Television

Mia Arianna de Mello

Film and Television

Colleen Devaney

Film and Television

Carly Rose Drobot

Film and Television

Chase Jordan Farache

Film and Television

Marisa Rose Favero

Film and Television

Eric Fine

Film and Television

Jack Judson Fletcher

Film and Television

Aisia Lynne Freitag

Film and Television
Summa Cum Laude

Casey Anne Gajewski

Studio Art
Magna Cum Laude

Alexander Carlos Gallastegui

Film and Television

Kameron Victoria Galvez

Film and Television

Hannah Lee Gammon

Film and Television - Film and Television

Stephen Ray Garcia

Art History

Steven M. Gonzales

Film and Television

Katelynn Natalie Gross

Film and Television
Magna Cum Laude

Jose Gerardo Guzman

Film and Television

Emily Susan Hager

Art History
Cum Laude

William J. Harmon

Film and Television

Emily Virginia Herrera

Film and Television

Nicholas Alois Hoe

Film and Television

Spencer William Ittig

Film and Television

Abbie Annelise James

Art History
Summa Cum Laude With Honors

Charles Spencer Jones

Film and Television

Riley Paul Kimminau

Film and Television
With Honors

Kameron Spencer Kindschi

Film and Television

Joann Hee Kohng

Film and Television
Magna Cum Laude With Honors

Aria Quinn Levin

Theatre Arts
Magna Cum Laude

Stephen Andrey Lull

Theatre Arts

Patricio Guillermo Martinez

Film and Television
Cum Laude

Alyson Wei Mei McDonald

Film and Television
Cum Laude

Oren Elijah Meged

Film and Television

Alanah Matila Moltrup

Film and Television

Leslie Michele Montes

Art History
Magna Cum Laude

Mia Pilar Moyano

Film and Television

Jenny Noel Myers

Theatre Arts

Tess Rose Myers

Theatre Arts
Summa Cum Laude

Taylor Elle Nations

Film and Television
Magna Cum Laude

Xuehan Niu

Studio Art

Alexander N. Olmedo

Film and Television

Francine Poirier

Studio Art

Grant Zangrando Prior

Film and Television

Samantha Dawn Rainer

Art History
Magna Cum Laude

Santana Alexa Ramos

Theatre Arts

Sophia Osuna Rankin

Music
Magna Cum Laude

Gabriele Lynn Schatz

Film and Television
Cum Laude

Su Shen

Studio Art

Natalie Miller Stockwell

Theatre Arts
Cum Laude

Adam D. Stricker

Film and Television

Joshua Dyllon Troyani

Magna Cum Laude With Honors

Erin Christine Vander Maten

Theatre Arts
Summa Cum Laude With Honors

Ryan M. Vanderpool

Film and Television

Jeffery Russell White

Magna Cum Laude

Betty N. Yang

Film and Television

Elena Lauren Yazzie

Theatre Arts
Cum Laude

Laura Anne Zelis

Magna Cum Laude With Honors

Yingxin Zhang

Art History
Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor of Music

Caroline Joy Bell

Performance - Cello
Cum Laude

Kathleen Elizabeth Cluff

Performance - Tuba

Martin J. Constantine

Performance - Voice

Yvonne Denise Cox

Performance - Harp
Magna Cum Laude

Katherine Anne Damon

Performance - Harp
Cum Laude With Honors

Anthony Patrick Elias-Hand

Music Education - Music Education

Jesse Factor

Performance - Tuba

Kai David Felix

Performance - Jazz Studies

Chiara Ferrero

Performance - Violin

Steveland Armando Figueroa

Performance - Trombone

Joshua Nathan Gastelum

Performance - Composition
Summa Cum Laude

Maya Griswold

Music Education
Magna Cum Laude

Alan Honeker

Music Education
Cum Laude

Grace Lorraine Hoskinson

Music Education

David Liam Ingram

Performance - Voice

Daniel Karger-Penalosa

Performance - Piano
Magna Cum Laude

Austin James Kruger

Performance - Composition

Yvette Marie Camou Lanz

Performance - Violin
Cum Laude

Yujia Luan

Performance - Piano
Magna Cum Laude

Jacob Anthony Lythgoe

Performance - Trumpet
Cum Laude

Bridget Elizabeth Marlowe

Performance - Voice
Summa Cum Laude With Honors

Jeremy Luke Meeker-Hackett

Music Education - Music Education
Magna Cum Laude

Bonnie Sue Mitson

Music Education
Magna Cum Laude With Honors

Madeline May Moeller

Performance - Trombone
Magna Cum Laude

Lauren Michelle O’Donnell

Music Education
Summa Cum Laude

David Oregon

Performance - Performance

Haoshen Qi

Performance - Composition

George Adam Rosas

Music Education

Kenneth Roy Saufley

Performance - Trumpet

Maria Christiana Savarese

Performance - Cello
Summa Cum Laude

Cynthia Stella Smalling

Music Education
Summa Cum Laude With Honors

Claire Elizabeth Thorpe

Music Education
Summa Cum Laude With Honors

Diego Armando Urias

Performance - Jazz Studies

Julie Marie Vivaldo

Performance - Clarinet

Hannah Sunseri Whelchel

Music Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Sierra Rae Adamo

Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Cum Laude

Carly Diane Altieri

Studio Art - Illustration and Design

Zayna Hudson Altoubal

Film and Television
Cum Laude With Honors

Therese Marie Glinski Apostol

Studio Art - Photography
Magna Cum Laude

Zachary Dale Austin

Theatre Production – Acting
Cum Laude

Kameryn Reese Baker

3D and Extended Media
Cum Laude

Nathaniel Brody Hyde Barry

Dance
Summa Cum Laude

Emma Diane Bayne

Art and Visual Culture Education - Teaching

Tyler Andrew Berg

Theatre Production – Design/Tech
Cum Laude

Riley Dennis Bliss

Dance
Summa Cum Laude With Honors

Christian Paris Blue

Dance
Magna Cum Laude

Caleb Laine Brown

Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Cum Laude

Eavan Clare Brunswick

Theatre Production - Professional Actor Training Program

Tristan David Caldwell

Musical Theatre

Tristan Roy Carmichael

Studio Art - Illustration and Design

Liana Reubena Carrasco

Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Magna Cum Laude

Delphine Nais Chang

Dance
Summa Cum Laude

Michael Ryan Cochiolo

Studio Art - Illustration and Design

Thomas Alan Cook

Studio Art - Two Dimensional
Cum Laude

Dylan Cotter

Theatre Production – Acting

Michael Forrest Cox

Studio Art - Studio Art

Daniel Lawrance Crowley

Film and Television
Cum Laude

Naphtali Yaakov Curry

Musical Theatre
Cum Laude

Anthony Nicholas Cutrone

Film and Television
Magna Cum Laude With Honors

Paola Renee D’Gyves

Studio Art - Visual Communication

Mason Douglas Day

Film and Television
Magna Cum Laude

Vivianna Elysee DeSantiago

Dance
Summa Cum Laude

Noah Lee Dettman

Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Summa Cum Laude

Gemma Janea Dick

Theatre Production - Design Technical Production

Megan Nicole Donaldson

Dance
Cum Laude

Zoe Annaliese Draznik

Dance
Summa Cum Laude

Ansley Grace Emerson

Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Summa Cum Laude

Uthai Andres Espinoza

Art and Visual Culture Education - Art and Visual Culture Education
Magna Cum Laude

Brady Steuart Ross Fellows

Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Summa Cum Laude

Emily Michelle Filener

Studio Art - Illustration and Design

Amy Elizabeth Fredrickson

Studio Art - Photography

Ross James Freeman

Dance
Summa Cum Laude With Honors

Allison Christine Frieders

Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Magna Cum Laude

Rebecca Nicole Galcik

Theatre Production - Professional Actor Training Program
Cum Laude

Ryan Gao

Studio Art - Photography

Lauren Davis Geiselhart

Theatre Production - Design Technical Production

Gabriela Marie Giusti

Theatre Production - Professional Actor Training Program

Molly Jessica Gluzinski

Theatre Production - Design Technical Production

Nicholas Johannsen Gonsowski

Studio Art - Illustration and Design

Brian Michael Graham

Theatre Production - Design & Technical Production

Carly Nicole Grossman

Musical Theatre

Devon Marquis Hall

Studio Art - Illustration and Design

Christopher James Harper

Theatre Production - Professional Actor Training Program
Magna Cum Laude

Thomas Jared Harris

Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Cum Laude

Alayna Kay Hauke

Dance
Magna Cum Laude

Luke Thomas Heberer

Studio Art - Photography
Magna Cum Laude

Talia Jensen Hintermeister

Dance
Summa Cum Laude With Honors

Anne-Rose Jemes

Studio Art - Three Dimensional

Bernadette Joy Lamb

Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Summa Cum Laude With Honors

Lillian Elizabeth Larson

Dance
Magna Cum Laude

Emma Acuna Lavarias

Studio Art - Illustration and Design

Reagen Anne Leimbach

Dance
Magna Cum Laude With Honors

Madelyn Marie Lever

Dance
Summa Cum Laude

Jasmine Mo Li

Studio Art - Illustration and Design

Liuyun Liang

Studio Art - Photography
Summa Cum Laude

Zachary Bruce Lovvorn

Film and Television
Magna Cum Laude

Ian Phillip Lowney

Film and Television

Samuel James Lulloff

Film and Television
Cum Laude

Alexandra Lund

Studio Art - Two Dimensional

Carl Jansson Lundblad

Studio Art - Illustration and Design

Annika Elizabeth Maher

Theatre Production - Design Technical Production

Megan Anne Mahoney

Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Cum Laude

Tyler Jon Mandel

Studio Art - Photography

Allyson Makenzie Mann

Dance
Magna Cum Laude

Christopher Evans Mason

Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Summa Cum Laude

Jessica McGuire

Dance
Magna Cum Laude

Adam Joseph Meilech

Film and Television
Summa Cum Laude

Adrian David Meyer

Film and Television
Magna Cum Laude

Claudia Jamilett Molina

Studio Art - Illustration and Design

Isabel Joan Molla

Studio Art - Photography
Cum Laude

Hannah Anneliese Montague

Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Magna Cum Laude

Alejandro Stefan Mullerdahlberg

Dance
Magna Cum Laude

Tia Ariel Newby

Dance
Cum Laude

Spencer Reid Nichols

Studio Art - Photography
Cum Laude

Guy Thomson Norris

Theatre Production - Professional Actor Training Program
Magna Cum Laude With Honors

Allisonn May O’Neill

Musical Theatre
Cum Laude

Daniel Pacheco

Studio Art - Photography
With Honors

Gabrielle Slade Pattea

Studio Art - Photography

Daniel Enrique Paz

Film and Television
Summa Cum Laude

Tiffany Lynn Pelmont

Studio Art - Two Dimensional
Cum Laude

Paige Rachel Pflueger

Studio Art - Two Dimensional

Jaime Gabriel Pla

Theatre Production - Professional Actor Training Program
Magna Cum Laude With Honors

Frederick Kyle Reece

Theatre Production - Design Technical Production

Brandon Reyes

Musical Theatre

Paulina Reynosa

Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Cum Laude

Elana Rose Richardson

Theatre Production - Professional Actor Training Program
Cum Laude

Joel Manuel Romero

Film and Television
Cum Laude

Aldo Ruiz

Film and Television
Magna Cum Laude

Michael Stephen Schulz

Musical Theatre
Cum Laude

Erin Landis Wilkinson Scott

Studio Art - Two Dimensional
Summa Cum Laude

Nathan Douglas Shipp

Studio Art - Illustration and Design

Emma Katherine Dražić Sinex

Film and Television
Magna Cum Laude

Jordan Nicole Solich

Studio Art - Photography

Martin Alejandro Somoza

Film and Television
Cum Laude

Bailey Casper Stalcup

Film and Television
Magna Cum Laude With Honors

Cassandra Suzanne Strangis

Dance
Magna Cum Laude

Caitlyn Michaela Swift

Studio Art - Two Dimensional
Summa Cum Laude

Julia Marie Taravella

Dance
Summa Cum Laude

Alyssa Jasmine Thomas

Art and Visual Culture Education - Teaching

Delaney Marie Thomas

Art and Visual Culture Education - Community and Museums
Cum Laude

Julian M. Tran

Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Summa Cum Laude

Alyssa Rose Urgo

Film and Television
Magna Cum Laude

Kristin Leann Valencia

Studio Art - Visual Communication

Marianne Margaret Vance

Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Magna Cum Laude

Andrew John Vandermillen

Dance
Magna Cum Laude With Honors

Jessica Anaya Villasenor

Studio Art - Illustration and Design

Savanna Edie Wager

Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Summa Cum Laude

Lawrence Anthony Ware

Theatre Production - Design Technical Production

Tyra Mildred White

Art and Visual Culture Education - Teaching

Johanna Beth Woods

Studio Art - Visual Communication

Tatumn Ann Zale

Musical Theatre
Magna Cum Laude

Aubrey Anna Zimmerman

Dance
Magna Cum Laude

Master of Arts

Khaffi Beckles

Art and Visual Culture Studies
Dr. Amy Kraehe

Gustav Meuschke

Art and Visual Culture Education - Community and Museums
Dr. Amy Kraehe & Dr. Gloria Wilson

Samantha Rodriguez

Art and Visual Culture Education - Community and Museums
Code Catalyst: Digital Storytelling through Illustration and Augmented Reality
Dr. Ryan Shin

Master of Music

Frances Elizabeth Barrows

Performance - Voice
Dr. Kristin Dauphinais

Tad Thomas Biggs

Musicology
Thesis: Julia Perry’s Stabat Mater, Black Historical Memory, and the Lynching of Christ
Dr. Matthew Mugmon

Jared Brayton Bollenbacher

Conducting - Choral
Dr. Elizabeth Schauer

Chelsea Nicole Bravo

Performance - Flute
Dr. Brian Luce

Jennifer Dorothy Brobeck

Music Education
Thesis: A Narrative Case Study of Sight-Singing Philosophies and Practices of Two Secondary Choral Educators
Dr. Dawn Corso

Erika M. Burkhart

Performance - Voice
Dr. Kristin Dauphinais

Lucas Carballeira

Theory
Thesis: Metrical Consonance and Dissonance Complementing Formal Structures in the Music of The Dillinger Escape Plan
Dr. John Muniz

Rachel Elizabeth Clemmer

Performance - Trumpet
Prof. Jason Carder

Jessica Lynn Cunningham

Performance - Violin
Prof. Timothy Kantor

Martin Allen Duarte

Performance - Clarinet
Dr. Jackie Glazier

Alexander Joseph Hunter

Performance - Trombone
Prof. Michael Becker

Crystal Ann Kachevas

Performance - Voice
Dr. Kristin Dauphinais

Grant Stephen Knox

Musicology
Document: Examining the Double-Consciousness: Portraits of Americana in the Works of Ulysses Kay
Dr. Matthew Mugmon

Nicholas Manlove

Conducting - Choral
Dr. Elizabeth Schauer

Ignacio Mondaca-Garcia

Performance - Guitar
Prof. Tom Patterson

Alexander James Pratt

Performance - Saxophone
Dr. Eddie Goodman

Eloy Fidel Ramirez

Musicology
Thesis: Queer Theory and Third-Wave Feminism in Pauline Oliveros’s Meditative Work
Dr. Mattew Mugmon

Rebeckah Resare

Performance - Voice
Prof. Yunah Lee

Walter Callum Robbins-Gennerich

Performance - Performance
Prof. Timothy Kantor

Master of Fine Arts

Jared Austin Baker

The Rip Tide
Prof. Amy Ernst

Erin Renee DiGiovanni

Art
Prof. Cerese Vaden

Elizabeth Ann Eaton

Theatre Arts - Theatre Design and Production
Costume Design for The Light in the Piazza
Prof. Patrick Holt

Kareem-Anthony Gyasi Ferreira

Art
Prof. Aaron Coleman

Kevin Zachary Gotschalk

Art
Cerese Vaden

Teisha Handy

Dance
The New Normal
Prof. Amy Ernst

Tamrin Lee Ingram

Art
Prof. Sama Alshaibi

Dorsey Bromwell Kaufmann

Art
Prof. Ellen McMahon

Mijoung Kim

Art
Prof. Kelly Leslie

Martin Krafft

Art
matriarch
Prof. Joseph Labate

Marisa Lewon

Art
Temporary Structures
Prof. Aaron Coleman

Elena Makansi

Art
The Endless Forest (The End of the Forest)
Prof. Ellen McMahon

Hayley E. Meier

Dance
After the Rain
Prof. Amy Ernst

Ryan B. Moore

Theatre Arts - Theatre Design and Production
Costume Design for Two Gentleman of Verona
Prof. Patrick Holt

Leah Brooks Netsky

Art
Prof. Sama Alshaibi

Jared Daniel Robison

Art
Prof. James Cook

Marina Shaltout

Art
Prof. James Cook

Kaitlyn Jo Smith

Art
American Standard
Prof. Martina Shenal

James Alex Turner

Art
Blind River
Prof. David Taylor

Kenzie Whitworth Wells

Art
Gradience
Prof. Angie Zielinski

Rachel Ashley Wilkins

Theatre Arts - Theatre Design and Production
Costume Director for The Light in the Piazza
Prof. Richard Tuckett

Doctor of Musical Arts

Jared Aragon

Composition
Composition: Harpsichord Concerto
Prof. Daniel Asia

Matthew Mark Crosby

Choral Conducting - Choral Conducting
Document: Franz Schubert's Use of Harmony to Express the Texts in His Musical Settings of Franz Grillparzer's Poetry
Dr. Bruce Chamberlain

Angelica Marie Dunsavage

Conducting - Choral
Document: Johann Schein, Poet-Composer: Analyzing the Assimilation of Rhetoric and Word Painting in the Diletti Pastorali Collection
Dr. Elizabeth Schauer

Shuree Enkhbold

Performance - Piano
Document: The Piano Music of Sharav Byambasuren: Expressing Mongolian Identity Through Piano Performance
Dr. Rex Woods

Christian Charles Giddings

Conducting - Choral
Document: The Poetic Influence of Torquato Tasso on Monteverdi's Madrigals
Dr. Bruce Chamberlain

Benjamin Jason Hansen

Conducting - Choral
Document: Textual/Musical Interrelationships in Five Unaccompanied Works by Ivo Antognini
Dr. Bruce Chamberlain

Yujia Luo

Conducting - Choral
Document: A New Edition of Anlun Huang's A Requiem in Chinese with an English translation and International Phonetic Alphabet Transcription
Dr. Bruce Chamberlain

Pavel Francisco Meza Peraza

Performance - Guitar
Document: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Sonata Omaggio a Boccherini, op. 77: A Comparison of the Original Score with Andrés Segovia's Standard Edition, Analysis, and New Scholarly Performance Edition
Prof. Tom Patterson

Andrew Paul Morales

Performance - Percussion
Document: Sticking Categories: A Practical Application in Contemporary Literature for Four-Mallet Marimba
Dr. Norm Weinberg

Sangjoon Park

Performance - Piano
Document: Musical Oration: J.S. Bach's Use of Rhetorical Devices in the Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 904, and the Chromatic Fantasia and Fuge in D Minor, BWV 903
Dr. Rex Woods

Jacob Lewis Ransom

Performance - Performance
Document: Use of the Program Ableton Live to Learn, Practice, Compose, and Perform Electro-Acoustic Drumset Works
Dr. Morris Palter

Jakub Rojek

Composition
Composition: Transient Tangents
Prof. Daniel Asia

Kevin Michael Seal

Conducting - Choral
Document: Achieving a Historically-Informed Performance of Johann Christoph Graupner's Church Cantatas: A Conductor's Guide and New Edition of "Wo gehet Jesus hin, GWV 1119/39
Dr. Bruce Chamberlain

William Kullen Thomas

Performance - Organ
Document: Rhythmic Freedom in Felix Mendelssohn's Six Organ Sonatas, Op. 65
Dr. Rex Woods

Todd Wachsman

Conducting - Choral
Document: Stylistic Features of the Compositions of the Modern American Composer Peter Williams, Particularly as Found in His Missa Brevis
Dr. Bruce Chamberlain and Dr. John Brobeck

Neal Warner

Composition - Composition
Composition: Streamer Symphony
Prof. Daniel Asia

Doctor of Philosophy

Faez Ismael Abdalla Abarca

Music - Theory
Dissertation: Towards a Theory of Early-Romantic First-Movement Concerto Form: A Study of Felix Mendelssohn and His Contemporaries
Dr. Boyd Pomeroy

Sierra Norris

Music Education
Dissertation: Private Studio Music Teachers' Attitudes Towards Students with Disabilities: A Descriptive Analysis
Dr. Matt Williams and Dr. Dawn Corso

Kristi Rucker

Art History & Education - Art and Visual Culture Education
Dissertation: An A/r/tographical Examination of the Transformation to Becoming an Art Teacher
Dr. Ryan Shin

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