THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY...As you leave us, I encourage you to pursue your ambitions and dreams with passion. To improve the quality of life in our nation, we must stay focused

T H E G E O R G E W A S H I N G T O N U N I V E R S I T Y

2020

2020 GRADUATION CELEBRATIONTHE SIXTEENTH OF MAY, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY

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SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2020

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LETTER FROM THE DEAN

Michael J. FeuerDean, Graduate School of Education and Human Development

Dear Graduate:On behalf of the faculty, students, and staff of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development, I congratulate you on this special event, your 2020 GSEHD graduation. This milestone in your academic career represents many hours of work and dedication, and I commend you for your efforts.

As you leave us, I encourage you to pursue your ambitions and dreams with passion. To improve the quality of life in our nation, we must stay focused on high quality education, the nurturing of human talent, and the unflagging commitment to increased opportunity for all our people. We have been a beacon to many other countries committed to high standards of access and performance, and we have much to learn from their efforts and successes, especially as the world becomes more complex and interdependent. I hope you will use your talents, knowledge, and passions to strive for these goals.

We hope you will remain connected; please stay in touch! We want to hear about your accomplishments, we would love for you to visit with us, and we will always turn to you for advice on how to improve our programs.

Welcome to the distinguished ranks of alumni of the George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development!

Sincerely,

Michael J. Feuer

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | 5

STUDENT SPEAKER

Erika McMullenMaster’s, Organizational Leadership and Learning

Erika McMullen Master’s, Organizational Leadership and LearningErika McMullen leads Moxie Consulting Group. Her passion is helping people create high performing teams and diverse and inclusive workplaces. She uses her experience in healthcare and human resources to provide innovative solutions and make an impact. Erika is an organizational consultant, workshop facilitator, and speaker. Recently she has worked with Maryland Hospital Association, The Nature Conservancy, and Vanderbilt University.

Erika is a Society for Human Resource Management Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP). She is completing her master’s degree at the George Washington University in Organizational Leadership and Learning. In addition to graduating cum laude from Florida International University with a bachelor’s degree in Health Services Administration and minor in Marketing, Erika received a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Clinical Research from the University of Cincinnati. You will find Erika and her husband near Richmond, Virginia driving their three kids to dance class and basketball practice.


COMMENCEMENT AWARDS

DEAN'S OUTSTANDING ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Dean's Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award is an annual honor bestowed upon a worthy alumnus or alumna who has made considerable contributions to their chosen field as well as their community. Recipient: Gaetano Lotrecchiano

DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Chi Sigma Iota Outstanding Master’s Counseling Student Award is presented to a Chi Sigma Iota graduate student who has displayed excellence in academics, the field of counseling, and has shown leadership in both the classroom and experiential settings. Recipient: Samara Gelb

Chris Erickson Mental Health Service Advocacy Award was named in honor of Dr. Chris Erickson, a late faculty member who was deeply committed to the provision of quality care to all people with severe mental illness. This recognition is awarded to a graduate of the counseling program who shares her passion for working with these special clients. Recipient: Katherine Bascuas

Clemmont E. Vontress Cross-Cultural Award recognizes a graduating counseling student who is best known for dedication to the promotion of cross-cultural understanding, social justice, and racial harmony. Recipient: Ashlee Demastus

Donald C. Linkowski Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Rehabilitation Counseling is presented to a rehabilitation counseling graduate who demonstrates a commitment to advancing the field through leadership, consumer advocacy, and promoting consumer welfare through vocational rehabilitation services. Recipient: David Leon

Harry Grubb Detwiler Memorial Award recognizes the student who is best known for outstanding achievement, professionalism, and dedication in the field of counseling. Recipient: Cara Hissey

DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY

Corey Hansen Award recognizes students in secondary education who, consistent with Dr. Hansen’s experience, overcame adversity and changed careers in order to teach. The recipients are recognized as collaborative, student-centered, and creative, with a love of the content to be taught, the act of teaching, and the students to be taught. Recipient: Schuyler Hunt

Elementary Education Model Program Award recognizes outstanding development as a graduate student in the field of elementary education. Recipients: Jessica Hurtt, Isabel Scrabis

Sylven Seid Beck Elementary Education Prize recognizes an outstanding student who comes from an underrepresented population and is a leader in the field of elementary education. Recipient: Mehtaab Moazzam

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Doris and Sam Buchalter Museum Education Prize recognizes graduating students who exemplify a love of learning and teaching. Recipient: Emily D. Crowe

Dorothy A. Moore Award in International Education recognizes outstanding leadership in the field of international education. Recipient: Nicole Carney


COMMENCEMENT AWARDS

Henry Willett Scholarship Award recognizes academic achievement and leadership abilities. To receive this award, students must demonstrate a positive attitude in their leadership goals and maintain a record of academic excellence throughout their program. Recipient: Tamilah White Richardson

Jere Trout Award in Educational Technology Leadership recognizes outstanding work in the field of educational technology leadership. Recipient: Hailey Lee

Marcella Brenner Museum Education Award recognizes merit in encompassing leadership service to graduating students in the museum education program. Recipients: Mary Elizabeth Mueller, Chantal C. Ochoa

Nakyuin Shin International Education Award recognizes outstanding academic and professional contributions to the field of international education. Recipients: Ilham Chelabi, Roric McCorristin

Rossetta A. and Sadie B. Feldman Fellow in Museum Education recognizes academic performance and cultural advocacy, in appreciation of Sadie Feldman’s esteem for education and museums. Recipients: Ariel K. Waldman

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING

Leonard Nadler Leadership Award recognizes students in the organizational leadership and learning master’s program who have demonstrated academic excellence and leadership, and have also contributed to the collaborative learning process both within and outside the classroom. Recipients: Cody Dunn, Yvonne Faisal, Christopher Frasse, Evelyn Nash

DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND DISABILITY STUDIES

Bertice Cornish Award in Early Childhood Special Education recognizes outstanding performance in the early childhood special education master’s degree program. Recipient: Louisa Murphy

Bilingual Special Education Award recognizes an outstanding student in the field of bilingual special education. Recipient: Anna Krughoff

Perry Botwin Award in Special Education recognizes outstanding development as a graduate student in the field of special education. Recipient: Jessica Dawn Shaffer

Rita Ives Award recognizes outstanding performance as a professional in the field of emotional and behavioral disabilities. Recipient: Susan Jaffe


GRADUATES

DOCTOR OF EDUCATION

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONShauna D.A. Knox Donna C. McConnell Sarah G. Sayko

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY STUDIESMark Anthony Blanchard Tanisha Lorenda Bynum Elizabeth C. Dean

Angela R. FlorioMatthew O. FrizzellLaura M. Groth

Michael A. HamlinJohn Charles KrambuhlSebrina Anita Lindsay-Law

Matthew Robert MaloneMatthew S. Sieloff

Tara A. Wilson

HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION Nadine Alamy Richmond L. Hill Martha J. Kwon Lauren B. Philips

HUMAN AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNINGCorey D. AdamsSylvia K. BolticCourtney L. BronsonJing Burgi-Tian

David A. JarrettDarnell A. LeeJulie A. MendosaRita Danielle Meyerson

Folashade Atinuke OyofoTiina K.O. RodrigueEverett T. Shupe IITimothy G. Stover

Douglas Alan SwansonLuis R. VisotCynthia J. Way

Jennifer L. Wong

SPECIAL EDUCATIONBrian William Ernest

Carrie Lauren Masur Gillispie

Adelaide Rose Kelly-Massoud

Emily T. Lehman

Allison Neaves Lushao

Tracee Kim McSwain

Heather Lynn Walter

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

COUNSELINGSarah Durant

Maria C. Hadjiyane

Ariel P. Lewis

Hannah Hofheimer Moss

Quinn K. Smelser

EDUCATION SPECIALIST

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATIONSafeer BhattiAnne Christina BianchiWilliam James Carwin, Jr.Jessica CorniffeMeagan Marie Kerr Cutler*Chanel Lynette Diggs*

Zachary Joseph FerryEric Joseph GaspardStevie Larnell GreenEbonie Latrese Griffin-BurkeKisha April HaleJessica Danielle Halpern

Candace Marie JohnsonStephanie Jeter KaminskyJennifer N. MackPatricia Marie MooreJohn Kinyanjui Mungai*Brian Edward Reilly

Julia SilvestriLacey Courtney SmithLeah Marie TerryAnnmarie ThomasMichelle C. WeechNakisha Yates

HUMAN AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNINGLois Cummins Crooks Ava Kai Epps

*Degrees will be conferred in August 2020 upon those students who complete all degree requirements in the 2020 Summer Sessions.


COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT — MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELINGLeila Adele BarzegarKatherine Marie BascuasElizabeth Duggan BralleyXochitl CastroJessica Doreen Dekker

Robert Lewis EmeryNatalia Pilar GomezEmma GotterElizabeth Anne HaytmanekKatherine Blaine Hurley

Rachel Hannah KlebanovAbigail LofbergNatanya Levia MarcusMalcolm Charles NimickChloe Michelle Pieters

Essam Said QassemVanesa Quispe-ArnezNicholas James TurpeningNancy Y. Zhang

INDIVIDUALIZED MASTER’SMae Cheung

REHABILITATION COUNSELINGZayda Jobair J. AlhothliDenise Clare BozekKeri Marie BrownDan GengJane Erin Griffin-Hagle

Lisa Christine HandkeAmanda Mey HughesEmily Anne LanfordDavid Robert LeonFeiyu Lu

Omar MazharShawna L. McCullahSierra Cassidy MoranPyeong Kang SeoAlex Perry Spangler*

Maureen Jackson SpauldingStewart Lewis Stephenson, Jr.Natalia VolkonskyKaiqi Zhou

SCHOOL COUNSELINGCarly Anna AuthementLouise Prescott ChapmanJennifer Marie ChmielAryn K. DavisAshlee DemastusJennifer Fernandez

Adam M. FultonOliver R. GoodridgeSloane Carlin GuberCara M. HisseyStephanie Scarlett Lemus-OrtizShannon A. Lopynski

Margaret MaxwellAshleigh Nicole McPhersonPaige Elizabeth MorrowFara Rose MoskowitzKristin L. NeilCorinne Partelow

Mengyan RenLacey Miranda RollinsJuliann Miles RossiEmily Blake Wasserman

CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY DEPARTMENT — MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONBeth Ann BarthAmanda Lee D‘Angelo*Lauren A. DelGaudio

Chanel JacksonYaxuan MengAbigail Hoffman Orshefsky

Jessica Maria PapaliaVictoria I. SchmidtLuke David Selover

Yinan SunYing TangEsther Gyanewaa Wiredu

INDIVIDUALIZED MASTER’S Brendan Sullivan

CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY DEPARTMENT — MASTER OF EDUCATION

ELEMENTARY EDUCATIONKintora ChapmanElizabeth Ann CosbyJessica Elizabeth Hurtt

Kristen Emily KorbKatherine Rae MillerMehtaab Moazzam

Valeria Emmanuelle RamirezIsabel Terese ScrabisJiayu Shi

Carrie WillimannMacey Bos Zilberman

GRADUATES



GRADUATES

SECONDARY EDUCATIONHala M. Abdou

Isabella Adrianna Briones*

Mackenzie Mary Fusco

Mingming Hao*

Schuyler Hunt*

Christian McMillian*

Martin Kofi Oko Obeng*

Karl Lee Pederson*

Natalie Anne Plotkin

Lauren Ashley Seibert*

Dijia Sun*

Kara Trammell*

Mia Wallace*

Jiani Wu

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP DEPARTMENT — MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATIONIsmahaan Yusuf Aden*Katie Johnson AdenreleStacy Natasha Indra' Blake DavisJasmine Denise BrownNicole Catherine CannavoGage Stocker DobbinsJaquial DurhamGayahtu Fahnbulleh

Liana Beth GersteinLana Grace HardyBrett Kawika ImamuraDanielle Marie ImhoffAsmaa Mohamed Rabie Nasser Khalifa

Roxana Maria LopezAlexander Matos

Chris H. Miller, IIEmily Gilbert MyhreTitus T PetersonChristian Clayton PolizziSimone RoyalAnthony Rene SchipperAshley Walker StoneAshley Ann Thode

April Thomas*Tiana Richelle ThomasJaycee Wesley TurnquistMonique Charisse Wright-WilliamsJie Yuan

EDUCATION POLICY STUDIESMorgan Brill

Eliza Christie CodyCarl Logan Casey McDermott

Kafilat Olaide Oladiran

Megan A. Ortmeyer

Trevor John Pickitt

Holli E. Selman *

Jessica Lauren Snydman

Catherine Morgan Van Ness

Kristin Watkins

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIPKalif Mustafa Aljami*

David Allan Aponte*

Noah Bickford*

Andrew Robert Crosby*

Beth Angela Douglas

Julia Paige Drewniak

Natalie Gray

Zachary Elton Heebner

Catherine Anne Johnson

Mona Youssef Kassem

Hae Ree Lee*

Lauren Ruth Marold

Jessica Lynn McConnell*

Maria Galindo Parra

Thomas Bernard Perry, III

Dorota Katarzyna Preysnar

DinBomani Akinyemi Quomijah*

Randall Kyle Rogers

Drew Thomas Santorello*Amy Catherine Severson*Adrian Silva

Sara ThermerDevin Marcel ThomasLucas Gaetano Torre*Kathryn Joslin WallingRobert Alexander WilsonShibrie Wilson*

Corinne Renae Witschey*

EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION AND JEWISH CULTURAL ARTSRobert E. Bettmann

Allison Nicole Gerstley

Jessica S. Herrmann

Joshua Max Neirman

Rebecca Bella Powell

EXPERIENTIAL JEWISH EDUCATIONNicole Rebecca Baron

Abigail Emily Kates Beatty*

Moshe Lencer

Christina Lynne Malka

Eliana Marks Coplan*

Peta-Ann Silansky*

Dror Stein

HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATIONThomas Andre Alves de LimaMeghan Elizabeth BalotRicha Jay BhattTagee O‘Neal BlackmanStella Brooks Buckner*Charles David Drummond*

Jennifer Toluwase EkomaJohanna Galt*Anna HertleinRachel JamesKisha M. Manning-Bilal*Kevin Leonard Michael Marbun

Naiyill Morales NunezJackson Kenneth Pickard*Maddy S. Quidzinski*Alexandra Marie SantiagoTyaira Catherine SmithPatrick O‘Shea Sullivan

Hannah Marie WascoVeronica WhittemoreErin Bryant WilkinsRonit Elana Zemel



INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION Mushgan AkbarJanna Lila BabadLyssa Carolyn BevanJennifer Sasha Devi BhiroLindsay Elizabeth BreunigCarly BudzinskiNicole Kristine CarneyIlham ChelabiDavid ChildressAlexandra Marie CroteauMyra Jeanne Engle

Quanchao FanAna Karla GonzalezEmily Elizabeth HallKyle Daniel HallCayla Elisabet HantzschNichole Katherine HutchinsWeijie JiangLyndsi Brooke JonesJiayun LuAvani MackNurzhan Malgeldinov*

Kelsey Marie McClureRoric Jason McCorristinMadelyn Elizabeth McLayKavita Krishna MeegamaAlinah Moselantja Mphofe*

Margaret Carrington Nelsen

Egbert Ospina

Renny Monyvette Osuna

Elizabeth Randolph

Juliette Janice Resendez

Emily Richards

Kimberly Rush*

Heather Ellen Schloss

Kaitlin Schluter

Dagmawit Abayneh Tessema

Siyu Wan

Ainur Yerezhepekova, II

Qin Zhang

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP DEPARTMENT — MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING

MUSEUM EDUCATIONShelby A. Amspacher*

Emily Dolores Crowe*

Laura M. Dickson*

Eleanor Randrup Hein

Hannah Faith Hirschhorn

Shantelle Jonee Jones-Williams*

Anne C. Matlock*

Mary Elizabeth Mueller*

Shelby Lynn Nelsen*

Chantal Christian Ochoa*

Faith Marie Ordonio*

Madison P. Scott*

Ariel K. Waldman*

HUMAN AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING DEPARTMENT — MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

INDIVIDUALIZED MASTER’SChavon M. Onumah Ashley Louise Siems Xian Zhao

ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND LEARNINGKristy Leigh BellVirginia A. BennisAlexia Leih Kime Bishop*Laura Boulay*Megan Willey Brown*Elsbeth Carolyn BucklandYeraldine Cantor AguirreTai G. CochranChristina Marie De Araujo*Michael Cody DunnJargalmaa ErdenebatYvonne M. FaisalJeffrey Michael Fittipaldi*Sarah FoustChristopher John FrasseLorenzo FraustoBrooks GabelRoxanna Marie Garcia MarcusStefanie Marie Giannini*

Samantha GromAnees Tyaba HasnainJohn Isaac HeuislerTaozhen HuangTimothy JacksonDale Quentin JohnsonHillary Jones*Kelly Marie KampZoe KingTyler Marie KinslowKatherine Marie Leavy*Haley Marie LeiterAnna Marie LewekChristian Earl ListFelicia Ann LongKatherine Elizabeth MaldonadoJalana Lashea McCaslandSean Lawrence McEwenBrandon Mcgee

John G. McGonagle

Erika Janet McMullenKeith MiccioAmanda Nicole MillerKatherine A. MistryBriana Rose MurrayEvelyn NashJohn T. Summerville PeiferPetalgay Cherie PennycookeLyle PlueddemanCarter S. PowellJessica M. PowellKrystal RobinsonAnjane RodgersRachel SaathoffAlison Jean SchmiererJason Parker SmithNicole Donielle SmithLindsey Ann Sorensen

Christopher StonerKimberly SuttleMark TorresMeghan Reid TurneyCarolyn Daks WhiteRebecca Elise WoolsonNicole Cassisi Yucht

Rula Zaru

GRADUATES



SPECIAL EDUCATION AND DISABILITY STUDIES DEPARTMENT — MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATIONSarah Abdullah M. Alahmari

Jenna Fleischmann

Apoorva Janardhana

Louisa O‘Brien Murphy

Mia Svendson

Shuting Zhao

INTERDISCIPLINARY SECONDARY TRANSITION SERVICESKelly Williams Brown Veronica Curley Michelle Alicia Kilkenny Jessica Dawn Shaffer

SECONDARY SPECIAL EDUCATIONRichard Chandler Borden

Lee Patrick Dukes II

Angela Hart

Pablo Torres

Sharon Tzioni*

Adriana Lynnette Willis

SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISABILITIESEmma Bailey

Eboni Banks

Guadalupe Hernandez

Maura K. Ingraham

Tiombe Achante Johnson

Larry Kpadehyea

Erin Rutledge

Ioannis Sarantopoulos

SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE LEARNERSMaria Eugenia Acevedo-Rivera

Meghan Eleanor Akins

Hepah H. Asmar

Jeremy Biebel

Jerry Colo

Dominique Amorette Copes

Deanna Gonzalez

Sydni Good

Candace Jade Lai-fang

Glory Francis Cera Lopez

Carlos Luis Marroquin

Nicole Christina Miller

Emmanuel Morales

Margaret Kathryn Peale

Ayleen Rose Santiago*

Adrianne Marie Sethi

Kristin Smoot

Caitlin Torres

GRADUATES


Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this program, it is not an official record of an individual's degree status. The Office of the Registrar of the university maintains the official list of all graduates.


Congratulations Graduate!

Dear Graduate,

On behalf of the GW Alumni Association (GWAA) – Congratulations! Today you join a distinct group of more than 26,000 alumni of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD) and over 300,000 George Washington University alumni from around the world. In recognition of your accomplishment, we are honored to welcome you to the GWAA, an invested community that inspires lifelong loyalty through alumni engagement. As a graduate of GW, your membership to the GWAA is automatic. As you know, you are graduating during an unprecedented time in our country and throughout the world that has challenged and disrupted the very means by which we connect with one another. As you begin a new chapter and pursue your post-academic life and career in such times, please know that the Alumni Association exists, perhaps now more than ever, to foster connectivity among the GSHED and GW alumni community. As alumni, you have access to our lifelong learning opportunities (such as our career webinars, course audit program and library resources) and our many in-person and virtual events to meet faculty and connect with classmates. And, as the most important stakeholders of the school and the university, we hope you will continue our mission to connect by sharing your insights, knowledge, and expertise with our current and future GSEHD students though Career Connect and panel discussions.

Stay in touch with the Alumni Association through our website at alumni.gwu.edu and through our social media channels. Connect back not only with your faculty and cohort, but with the larger GSEHD and GW network around the globe. Thank you for the work you have done and the work that you will do as leaders in education and human development! All of us at GW are proud of your accomplishment and we look forward to hearing the stories of your continued success.

Welcome to the George Washington Alumni Association! Patty CarocciAVP, Alumni Relations & Annual GivingThe George Washington University


ALMA MATER


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THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY...As you leave us, I encourage you to pursue your ambitions and dreams with passion. To improve the quality of life in our nation, we must stay focused