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 April 1, 2020, and may differ from the final diploma distinction.
Bachelor of Arts
Rene Fernando Acuna
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Samantha Marian Asher
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Amy Lynn Bailey
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Emma Christine Barnes
Bachelor of Arts:
Natalia Sophia Calvillo
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Karlee Kathleen Connors
Bachelor of Arts:
Kaelyn Larae Cooper
Bachelor of Arts: Theatre Arts
Anh Minh Dao
Bachelor of Arts: Studio Art
Stephanie Michelle Davies
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Mia Arianna de Mello
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Colleen Devaney
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Carly Rose Drobot
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Chase Jordan Farache
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Marisa Rose Favero
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Eric Fine
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Jack Judson Fletcher
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Alexander Carlos Gallastegui
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Kameron Victoria Galvez
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Hannah Lee Gammon
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television - Film and Television
Stephen Ray Garcia
Bachelor of Arts: Art History
Steven M. Gonzales
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Jose Gerardo Guzman
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Charity Faye Hansen
Bachelor of Arts:
William J. Harmon
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Emily Virginia Herrera
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Nicholas Alois Hoe
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Spencer William Ittig
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Taylor Imani Jackson
Bachelor of Arts: Art History
Charles Spencer Jones
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Kameron Spencer Kindschi
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Stephen Andrey Lull
Bachelor of Arts: Theatre Arts
Gabrielle Dominique Medina
Bachelor of Arts: Art History
Oren Elijah Meged
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Alanah Matila Moltrup
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Mia Pilar Moyano
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Jenny Noel Myers
Bachelor of Arts: Theatre Arts
Kailee Jordan Nafziger
Bachelor of Arts: Theatre Arts
Xuehan Niu
Bachelor of Arts: Studio Art
Alexander N. Olmedo
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Chelsea Carolina Ortiz
Bachelor of Arts: Studio Art
Francine Poirier
Bachelor of Arts: Studio Art
Grant Zangrando Prior
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Santana Alexa Ramos
Bachelor of Arts: Theatre Arts
Mary Clare Woods Samuels
Bachelor of Arts: Studio Art
Stella Dean Schulte
Bachelor of Arts: Studio Art
Su Shen
Bachelor of Arts: Studio Art
Nicholas Ryan Stanley
Bachelor of Arts:
Adam D. Stricker
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Matthew Cain Strzalka
Bachelor of Arts:
Ryan M. Vanderpool
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Betty N. Yang
Bachelor of Arts: Film and Television
Bachelor of Music
Kathleen Elizabeth Cluff
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Tuba
Martin J. Constantine
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Voice
Caroline Elizabeth Earnhardt
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Tuba
Anthony Patrick Elias-Hand
Bachelor of Music: Music Education - Music Education
Jesse Factor
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Tuba
Kai David Felix
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Jazz Studies
Chiara Ferrero
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Violin
Steveland Armando Figueroa
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Trombone
Grace Lorraine Hoskinson
Bachelor of Music: Music Education
David Liam Ingram
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Voice
Austin James Kruger
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Composition
David Oregon
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Performance
Haoshen Qi
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Composition
George Adam Rosas
Bachelor of Music: Music Education
Kenneth Roy Saufley
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Trumpet
Diego Armando Urias
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Jazz Studies
Julie Marie Vivaldo
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Clarinet
Hannah Sunseri Whelchel
Bachelor of Music: Music Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Carly Diane Altieri
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Emma Diane Bayne
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Art and Visual Culture Education - Teaching
Eavan Clare Brunswick
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Professional Actor Training Program
Tristan David Caldwell
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Musical Theatre
Tristan Roy Carmichael
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Javonte Marquez Carney
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Dance
Liana Reubena Carrasco
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Magna Cum Laude
Michael Ryan Cochiolo
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Dylan Cotter
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production – Acting
Michael Forrest Cox
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Studio Art
Paola Renee D’Gyves
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Visual Communication
Noah Lee Dettman
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Summa Cum Laude
Gemma Janea Dick
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Uthai Andres Espinoza
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Art and Visual Culture Education - Art and Visual Culture Education
Magna Cum Laude
Brady Steuart Ross Fellows
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Summa Cum Laude
Emily Michelle Filener
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Amy Elizabeth Fredrickson
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Photography
Allison Christine Frieders
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Magna Cum Laude
Rebecca Nicole Galcik
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Professional Actor Training Program
Cum Laude
Ryan Gao
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Photography
Lauren Davis Geiselhart
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Gabriela Marie Giusti
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Professional Actor Training Program
Molly Jessica Gluzinski
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Nicholas Johannsen Gonsowski
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Brian Michael Graham
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Design & Technical Production
Carly Nicole Grossman
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Musical Theatre
Devon Marquis Hall
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Danielle Christina Harnsberger
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Dance
Christopher James Harper
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Professional Actor Training Program
Magna Cum Laude
Anne-Rose Jemes
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Three Dimensional
Eric Wojciech Klich
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Dance
Bernadette Joy Lamb
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Summa Cum Laude With Honors
Emma Acuna Lavarias
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Jasmine Mo Li
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Ian Phillip Lowney
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Film and Television
Alexandra Lund
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Two Dimensional
Carl Jansson Lundblad
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Talia Marie Luzzo
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Dance
Annika Elizabeth Maher
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Tyler Jon Mandel
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Photography
Christopher Evans Mason
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Summa Cum Laude
Claudia Jamilett Molina
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Guy Thomson Norris
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Professional Actor Training Program
Magna Cum Laude With Honors
Joseph Christopher Ogren
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Dance
Gabrielle Slade Pattea
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Photography
Paige Rachel Pflueger
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Two Dimensional
Jaime Gabriel Pla
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Professional Actor Training Program
Magna Cum Laude With Honors
Frederick Kyle Reece
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Brandon Reyes
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Musical Theatre
Elana Rose Richardson
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Professional Actor Training Program
Cum Laude
Nathan Douglas Shipp
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Jordan Nicole Solich
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Photography
Alyssa Jasmine Thomas
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Art and Visual Culture Education - Teaching
Delaney Marie Thomas
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Art and Visual Culture Education - Community and Museums
Cum Laude
Kristin Leann Valencia
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Visual Communication
Jessica Anaya Villasenor
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Illustration and Design
Lawrence Anthony Ware
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Theatre Production - Design Technical Production
Tyra Mildred White
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Art and Visual Culture Education - Teaching
Johanna Beth Woods
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art - Visual Communication
Master of Arts
Gustav Meuschke
Master of Arts: Art and Visual Culture Education - Community and Museums
Dr. Amy Kraehe & Dr. Gloria Wilson
Samantha Rodriguez
Master of Arts: Art and Visual Culture Education - Community and Museums
Code Catalyst: Digital Storytelling through Illustration and Augmented Reality
Dr. Ryan Shin
Master of Music
Tad Thomas Biggs
Master of Music: Musicology
Thesis: Julia Perry’s Stabat Mater, Black Historical Memory, and the Lynching of Christ
Dr. Matthew Mugmon
Jennifer Dorothy Brobeck
Master of Music: Music Education
Thesis: A Narrative Case Study of Sight-Singing Philosophies and Practices of Two Secondary Choral Educators
Dr. Dawn Corso
Lucas Carballeira
Master of Music: Theory
Thesis: Metrical Consonance and Dissonance Complementing Formal Structures in the Music of The Dillinger Escape Plan
Dr. John Muniz
Grant Stephen Knox
Master of Music: Musicology
Document: Examining the Double-Consciousness: Portraits of Americana in the Works of Ulysses Kay
Dr. Matthew Mugmon
Eloy Fidel Ramirez
Master of Music: Musicology
Thesis: Queer Theory and Third-Wave Feminism in Pauline Oliveros’s Meditative Work
Dr. Mattew Mugmon
Master of Fine Arts
Elizabeth Ann Eaton
Master of Fine Arts: Theatre Arts - Theatre Design and Production
Costume Design for The Light in the Piazza
Prof. Patrick Holt
Ryan B. Moore
Master of Fine Arts: Theatre Arts - Theatre Design and Production
Costume Design for Two Gentleman of Verona
Prof. Patrick Holt
Rachel Ashley Wilkins
Master of Fine Arts: Theatre Arts - Theatre Design and Production
Costume Director for The Light in the Piazza
Prof. Richard Tuckett
Doctor of Musical Arts
Matthew Mark Crosby
Doctor of Musical Arts: 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
Doctor of Musical Arts: 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
Doctor of Musical Arts: Performance - Piano
Document: The Piano Music of Sharav Byambasuren: Expressing Mongolian Identity Through Piano Performance
Dr. Rex Woods
Christian Charles Giddings
Doctor of Musical Arts: Conducting - Choral
Document: The Poetic Influence of Torquato Tasso on Monteverdi's Madrigals
Dr. Bruce Chamberlain
Benjamin Jason Hansen
Doctor of Musical Arts: Conducting - Choral
Document: Textual/Musical Interrelationships in Five Unaccompanied Works by Ivo Antognini
Dr. Bruce Chamberlain
Yujia Luo
Doctor of Musical Arts: 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
Doctor of Musical Arts: 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
Doctor of Musical Arts: Performance - Percussion
Document: Sticking Categories: A Practical Application in Contemporary Literature for Four-Mallet Marimba
Dr. Norm Weinberg
Sangjoon Park
Doctor of Musical Arts: 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
Doctor of Musical Arts: Performance - Performance
Document: Use of the Program Ableton Live to Learn, Practice, Compose, and Perform Electro-Acoustic Drumset Works
Dr. Morris Palter
Kevin Michael Seal
Doctor of Musical Arts: 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
Doctor of Musical Arts: Performance - Organ
Document: Rhythmic Freedom in Felix Mendelssohn's Six Organ Sonatas, Op. 65
Dr. Rex Woods
Todd Wachsman
Doctor of Musical Arts: 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
Doctor of Musical Arts: Composition - Composition
Composition: Streamer Symphony
Prof. Daniel Asia
Doctor of Philosophy
Faez Ismael Abdalla Abarca
Doctor of Philosophy: Music - Theory
Dissertation: Towards a Theory of Early-Romantic First-Movement Concerto Form: A Study of Felix Mendelssohn and His Contemporaries
Dr. Boyd Pomeroy
Kathy Acosta Zavala
Doctor of Philosophy: Musiciology - Musiciology
Dissertation: 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
Dr. Matthew Mugmon
Sierra Norris
Doctor of Philosophy: Music Education
Dissertation: Private Studio Music Teachers' Attitudes Towards Students with Disabilities: A Descriptive Analysis
Dr. Matt Williams and Dr. Dawn Corso
Kristi Rucker
Doctor of Philosophy: 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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