CONVOCATIONMAY 17, 2020

PSYCHOLOGY

U N I V E R S I T Y O F I L L I N O I S A T U R B A N A - C H A M P A I G N

TO OUR GRADUATES

Today you are graduates of the University of Illinois. It is a remarkable achievement, and we hope that you celebrate the occasion with loved ones. Commencement is a joyous and deeply symbolic event

for all, including the faculty members and staff who have supported you on your journey. It is profoundly disappointing that we are unable to celebrate it together this spring. The Class of 2020 will long be remembered, however, for not only what was lost, but for your resilience and determination as you finished your degree in the face of one of the greatest challenges in our nation’s history.

Congratulations, and we look forward to learning of your future success.

WELCOME & COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES

WELCOMEWendy Heller, Head, Department of Psychology

GREETINGS FROM THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCESFeng Sheng Hu, Harry E. Preble Dean

PSYCHOLOGY ALUMNI ADDRESS Rebecca Darr, CEO, Wings Program, Inc.

PRESENTATION OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY CANDIDATESNicole Allen, Associate Head and Director of Graduate Studies

PRESENTATION OF MASTER OF SCIENCE: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE CANDIDATESCaroline Tancredy, Director of Master of Science – Psychological Science Program

PRESENTATION OF MASTER OF SCIENCE CANDIDATESNicole Allen, Associate Head and Director of Graduate Studies

BACHELORS ADDRESSGary Wszalek, Head Academic Advisor

ORDER OF EXERCISES

“HAIL TO THE ORANGE”Hail to the Orange, Hail to the Blue,

Hail Alma Mater, Ever so true.We love no other, So let our motto be,

Victory, Illinois, Varsity!

LAS ADMINISTRATIONFeng Sheng Hu, Harry E. Preble Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Angela Graham, Assistant to the DeanBarbara Hancin-Bhatt, Associate Dean for Student Academic AffairsRobert Kessler, Assistant Dean for Finance and Resource PlanningKelly A. Ritter, Associate Dean for Curricula and Academic PolicyDavid H. Tewksbury, Executive Associate Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Area CentersMatthew A. Ando, Associate Dean for Life and Physical SciencesMartin Camargo, Associate Dean for Humanities and Interdisciplinary ProgramsJoan M. Volkmann, Associate Dean for AdvancementIsabel Molina-Guzmán, Faculty Director for Diversity and InclusionW. Brad Petersen, Executive Director of Communications and MarketingDerek Fultz, Director of FacilitiesRandy McCarthy, Faculty Director of ATLAS

PSYCHOLOGY ADMINISTRATIONWendy Heller, Head, ProfessorJane Jukes, Assistant to the HeadMark S. Aber, Associate Head and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate ProfessorNicole E. Allen, Associate Head and Director of Graduate Studies, ProfessorDiane M. Beck, Assistant Head for Information and Communication, ProfessorAmy Cohen, Director of Psychological Services Center, Clinical Assistant ProfessorMonica Fabiani, Assistant Head for Faculty Development, ProfessorBenjamin L. Hankin, Director of Clinical Training, Fred and Ruby Kanfer Endowed ProfessorJohn E. Hummel, Assistant Head for Infrastructure and Operations, ProfessorKathryn Leskis, Clinical Director, Illinois NeuroBehavioral Assessment Laboratory (INBAL), ProfessorAlejandro Lleras, Assistant Head for Diversity and Inclusion, Professor

Academic dress, consisting of cap, gown, and hood, originated about the twelfth century and was worn primarily for warmth. Subsequently, the material of the gown and lining, and the shape of the hood, represented the economic and social, as well as academic status of the wearer.

In the United States, the great majority of the academic costumes now worn are in accordance with the general provisions of the Intercollegiate Code of 1895, which was revised in 1932 and again in 1960. Under this code, the bachelor’s gown has pointed sleeves, the master’s gown has oblong sleeves with an arc at the bottom, and the doctor’s gown has bell-shaped sleeves. All gowns are black, although the adoption of colored gowns by individual institutions in the United States is becoming more prevalent.

The bachelor’s and master’s gowns are untrimmed. The doctor’s gown is faced down the front with velvet and has three bars of velvet across the sleeves. The facing and bars may be black or may be the color of the subject to which the degree pertains. The bachelor’s gown is worn closed; the master’s and doctor’s gowns may be worn open or closed. Women may wear white collars with the bachelor’s gown when no hood is worn.

Hoods are also black. The bachelor’s hood is 3 feet in length, the master’s is 3 ½ feet, and the doctor’s is 4 feet. Hoods are lined with the official color or colors of the college or university conferring the degree. At the University of Illinois, the lining is orange and blue. The colored velvet border of the hood, which is 2 inches, 3 inches, and 5 inches wide for the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctor’s degree respectively, identifies the faculty or field of study to which the degree pertains.

The black mortarboard cap is standard in the United States. Usually, all tassels are black, but where the graduating seniors do not wear hoods, as at the University of Illinois, the color of the cap tassel indicates the department of study. At the University of Illinois, candidates for degrees wear tassels on the right front quadrant of their caps before degrees are conferred, and move them to the left front quadrant after degrees are conferred. Caps are considered a part of the costume and are customarily removed only during an invocation or benediction, and then by men only.

For all academic purposes, including trimmings of doctor’s gowns, edging of hoods, tassels of caps, and linings of banners, there are different colors associated with the different disciplines. The color for Liberal Arts & Sciences is white.

Caps and gowns were worn for the first time at the University of Illinois Commencement ceremony of 1897. In the early 1900s the Commencement procession marched up Burrill Avenue to the old Armory. After diplomas were received, the procession marched back to the lawn south of Green Street. The seniors sang the State song and “Auld Lang Syne” before they said good-bye to each other and the campus.

ACADEMIC DRESS

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHYMelody Buyukozer Dawkins Evan Garrett Center Alexis Victoria HannaJohn Alexander HarrowFaaiza Fayyaz KhanTania Suet Ling KongRachel LeipowYi LinAnna MadisonSarah Havens SperryJoel Thomas Fransisca Tranggono TingZhiyuan WangAnnie L. WeldonSara Ruth WestbrookKatherine Miller WoodBo Zhang

MASTER OF SCIENCE: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE Ling Lee ChongChristopher Crawford Yadong DaiGabrielle DrongSiqi FengGrace Goodwin Lydia JiangRhyann RobinsonWing Yan SzeDanny VushajJohn Yi

MASTER OF SCIENCEKirk BallewEmily Jade BlevinsGrace ClementsMegan FinneganAuburn JimenezMelinh Lai Anqi LiNicole Alyssa MoralesKenzhane PantinAndi Lee QuasebarthMarissa Danielle SbrilliHaley SkymbaWalter James Venerable, IIIJonathon Whitlock

GRADUATES AND CANDIDATES

The lists are organized by degree. Because of deadlines, lists may be incomplete.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCEOmar Abbadi Ifrina Zainal AbidinJonah AbrahamsJose Gonzalez AbreuNyjah AdamsSaaima AfzalSelin AktunaMuhammad Al-SaqriCelestina AladesuruKylia AlausaDorothy AleksonisFatima AliRida AlikhanFirasat AlikhanAlia AlsikafiSaadia AltafSehr Amer *Abdulraheem AmodiVishesh AnandAlexander AndersonCharenae Anderson

Samantha AndersonMichael AngJacqlyn AnguianoReshma AntonyIsabella ArquillaAngel ArreguinAmairany ArzetaAudrey AshburnPriyanka BahelShiv BajajJanice BakerTong BaoMotahareh (Tara) Barghamadi * Madeline BaroneCynthia BeltranLeah BerloweKimberly BernhardShivani BhatiaKyle BiedronOlivia BievenueStephanie BillermanMadilyn BillingsThomas (Tj) BjorklundMarko BogicevicNate Bouton *

Fenrir BowkerJanae BranchKiley BreenHayden BreigGregory BrightonMaria (Aria) BritoXingyu (Quentin) BuBethany BurgerKatherine BussellMaria CaliAaliyah CamachoCharlie CanedaElena Cannova *Keeley CarducciSofia CarterSharon CastanazaJulie CastellanosVanessa CerdaKelly CernigliaLane CervantesAlexis ChambersBrandon ChanJane ChangJack CharrlinAugustine Chen

GRADUATES AND CANDIDATES

Lifei Chen *Qiaoru ChenRunze (Vivian) ChenTingxiao ChenYichao (Watson) ChenMin ChiMonica ChoAlison ChuSeong ChungIulia CiubotariuJennifer CliftonErin CloseBailey CochranLuna ColonNicole ConnorsKrystal CorcolesChelcy CoronelNicholas CournoyerJack CowartLauren CuasayAlyiah CulpepperPaulina CyganMaya CzerkiesYusang (Daisy) DaiAriana Daneshbodi

Lucy DarrAnkita DattaAdya DaveMarielle DavidsonJohn DeArvilRafal DebskiYao DengGabrielle DerschHenna DhingraAbril DiazGraciela (Aimee) DiazNicole DiazNing DingJasmine DoKenzie DoddsChristopher DolletonMarissa DonatoDelaney DoolinAditi Doshi *Suchi DoshiDaniel DriscollCasey DroskeKevin DuSanaya DukandarLaTianna Dumas

Danielle DunnomAndrew DuranAshley DushmanBrittany DushmanJustin DuvalBrionna EdwardsAustin EichhornMaiah ElliottJohn EngelbertLauren EngelhardNatallie ErvinHyunjung EumJoanna FanellaKristin FarrellTalia Farrell-Rosen *Cassandra FavelaJacob FazziniAlec FecteauEmily FedrigonMichelle FeiglerPaul FernandezOlivia FingoldSydney FinkelsteinMarissa FinleyEmerson Fister

GRADUATES AND CANDIDATES

Jasmyn FlanniganEmma FrankJordan FreerDestiny FrickensmithVictoria FruehHailey GabaBushra GafforQuinn GalindoZijun GaoStephanie GarciaEllen GaydeHaodong (Geverson) GeAnna GerlachJigeesha Ghosh *Sophia Giakas *Seth GilbertJulia GillmeisterAlyson GodboltAmi Goetz *Victoria (Tori) GoldmanKelsey GollXinghan GongEllena GonzalezSilvia GonzalezBrooke Grant

Douglas GrayJessica GruenAlexandrea GuiritanKarla GuzmanMegan HabbalAlec HagerNicholas HahnShazil HaiderAnusha HaidryCaden HallKimberly HallKathryn (Kate) HamblenMary HamiltonErin HarmonLauren HarneyAshley HarrisMadison HarrisJingyu HeJada HeckJonathan HeitzMarga HempelShontasia HendersonTanya HernandezAshley Hernandez-CarrilloZachary Hester

Amber HethSarah HighHeena HiraTyler HixonJessica HoekengaEllee HoldenAmy HongNatalie HongJessica HougstedDominique HrobowskiJiahe (Sophie) HuMengjie HuYingjia HuangZhanchen HuangMorgan HummelJae HurSeveriano HynesGrace Ikenberry *Peace ImarenezorJulia IrleMihika IyerTe’ja JacksonLuke JaegerRitika JainSofia Jauregui

GRADUATES AND CANDIDATES

Buchun JiangShope JimohDale (Dalemarie) JohannessonKendall JohnsonKenneth (Kenny) JohnsonKirstin JohnsonSamantha JohnsonShamonique JonesElias (Eli) JosephEmily KamenIn (Ina) KangMin KangSunaina Karanth *Isaac KarimAbigail KeheBridget KellyBrenda KendzieraBriana KestersonShaan KeswaniHae KimJae Kim *Kyung (Ted) KimMin (Megan) KimRoy KimTiffany Kim

Tia KingMcKenzie KitzmillerCarly KleimanDarian (Daria) KochanekDanielle KocolGeorgianne (Georgi) KokenisMargaret KopoulosAlyssa KorenchanInna KostyshakLucy KovacevicRobert KrissingerIsaac KrutillaAnthony KuoHeena KuwayamaShelby LaffertyAmanda LaiAmanda LamCassidy LancasterMaria LarosDaniel LeeGrace LeeJordan LeeJuliana LeeSarah Lee *Seungyoon Lee

Soo (Scott) LeeSunyoung LeeYounje LeeZoe Lee *Sara LeonEric Lepe *Alexandra LevinDonna LiHong LiJiayu LiLingyue Li *Xinyao LiJunning LiangCathy LiaoChristina LiesLovell LightnerXiaokun LinHaowei LiuZachary (Zach) Lively *Charlotte LockhartSarah LoveIsabella LoverdeDehong LuGrace LucentiAbby Ludwig

GRADUATES AND CANDIDATES

Liwei LuoJerold Macaya IIErin MacIntoshSaul MagdalenoJason MaldonadoIlana MalmanDonovan MaloneyCamilla Manzano-BanksBreanna MarcelinAriana MarkeseAxalli MartinezCindy MartinezMatthew MartinezNicholas (Nick) MartinezBrooklyn MartnerPaulina MarusarzOlivia MasseyAquara MataMadelyn MatzukaJacob MaxiaGuadalupe (Lupe) MayaWilliam McCartyAndrew McCombBrian McFarlinChandni Mehta

Sara Mei *Alejandra MelesioAnastasia (Ana) MenkeSaniya MerchantRebecca MerrithewCassandra (Cassie) MirhakimiSabrina MirzaMorad MislehMaysara MitchellNidhi MittalAlexa MittenthalDarian MorganJacob MorrowKhalifah MuhammadRhea Mundle *Bisma MunirAndres MunozYosra NadhimiSurya NairEmily NavarreteMustafa NaveedAllison NeggersJulia NellamattomNora NevilleYutung Ng

Erynn NicholsonJay NiebruggeMelissa NiemiecJiaying NingMeredith NolanKhansa NoorEwelina NowakJessica (Jess) NowakTrevor NowakSydney NoxonTeresa O’BrienReece O’ConnorEmily OandasanDo OhCharles OkenAntiojaune (A.J.) OliverIfeoma OnyekaJessica OribelloCassidy OsborneJacklyn OvassapianIvana OwonaHans PallanNatalie PalmerPranav PamidighantamAllison Park

GRADUATES AND CANDIDATES

Beomgyu Park *Sooyeon (Soo Yeon) ParkYe Park *Jaunai Parson-MoorePaige PatanoAnjali PatelHirangi PatelPalak PatelPooja PatelReema PatelGwendolyn (Gwen) PaulsenIsabela PelikanMarlene PenaMichelle PerezAlex PetrunicAlexander (Alex) PincsakMarni PineDania Erazo PinedaGarn PiyaKripa-Mariam PoozhikunnelAbbigail PowersGautam PrabhuMasumi PrasadHannah PrestonTaylor Pullen

Sarah PuzKatherine QuainBrendan QuinnJulia RadonSidra RafiKaitlin RaimondiJulia RajanStephanie RamosAnkitha RaoJulia RauschJacob ReidDaniel ReyesBrian RicciChloe RiceEmily RisingerSaul RiveraCarla RodriguezCaroline RodriguezJorge Rodriguez, Jr.Michelle RomoGleanne (Aris) RosalesAdam RudinAnthony RuizCallie RukavinaMeghan Ryan

Morgan SamanicAshley SamuelsohnEli SandsElsa Sangaran *Cristina SantillanAshley SapersteinKomal SapraMichael SassanoSarah ScharfenbergMegan SchmiederKyle SchremmerEthan SchumannMolly SchusterXimena SchwarzEmily SchwefelSimone ScottSang (Isaac) SeoShelley SeongTugba SerbestZhiqing ShaDarya ShahgheibiMaryam ShaikhYujie Shao *Rhea SharmaRucha Shastri

GRADUATES AND CANDIDATES

Patrick ShaughnessyZhenlie (Jenny) SheSaheli ShethCynthia ShevokasSeo ShonAlex SikorskiMelissa SilvesterMatthew SimQueen SimmonsNidhi SinghJasmine SingletonRycki SingletonSamit SinhaLindsey SloanTyler SmileyAvery SneedSarah SommersCamila SorianoNicolette SotirosAnna SpytekPramukh SreeramaAlyssa StandiferKayla StankeSam StearnsAnna Stephens

Alexis StevensonNatalie StonerEllie StorrYueting SuDeeptha SubramanianSneha SubramanianCatherine (Catie) SugrueNimota-Lai SulaimanVanessa SumanoAnna SzymulaTaylor TaghonJiayang (Tim) TanXujie TanAnthony TangJueyu (Amanda) TangErika TanquilutMercedes Tate-BiermanSydney TentonCynthia TerrazasMarilu TerronesLawanda ThomasCameron ToghraeeGeorge Tragoudas *Nolan (Challen) TsaiMeghan Ulrich

Ana Uribe *David ValentineKarina ValentineCharles (Charlie) Van DykeArturo VargasJesty VargheseJasmine VaughanClarissa VelazquezNina VergaraPornchanok (Mye) VilailuckJessica VilaythongDianca VillaAlejandro (Alex) Villalobos *Diana VillalobosNaga VivekanandanCherese WaightAaron WalbertMegan WalkerGrace WangMingzhu (Alex) WangYijun (Yiyi) WangMark Weber, Jr. *Anthony WeddleSarah WeibelMitchell (Mitch) Wells

GRADUATES AND CANDIDATES

Sarah WhitePayton WhittierCara WiemeyerKirsten WileyJocelyn WilliamsKevin WilsonEmily WolfAmanda WolfingherJustin WongOi (Chriselle) WongSeng WooChikira WoodsonColin WordenAngela WuHaipei (Keo) WuYuqi WuRuiwen (Irian) XuYaxian XueJia (Sabrina) YanTianshu YangYanyu Yang *Seon Hye YangYining (Elaine) Ye *Danbie YoonSandy You

Eric YunMatthew ZaryckiAdrian ZavalaJingfeng ZhangXiaochong (Skylar) ZhangXueting ZhaoZhecheng ZhaoKewei (Kiwi) ZhouYunxin (Martina) ZhouNingge (Ashley) ZhuClementine Zimnicki *Nadia ZogbiNatalia Zychowska

* Departmental Distinction

GRADUATES AND CANDIDATES

Degree Information

This program contains an unofficial list of degree candidates for May 2020, as well as a list of graduates who received degrees in August and December 2019. Due to deadlines, names of some degree recipients may not appear while names of some degree candidates who have not yet completed degree requirements may be included.

The University’s official registry for conferral of degrees is the Office of the Registrar, 901 W. Illinois St., Urbana, IL 61801.

THANK YOUA special thank you to all who helped organize this convocation. Thank you to the family

and friends who have supported the graduates throughout their time at the University of Illinois.

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