Department of Psychology

Commencement Celebration
Class of 2020

“The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change.”

– Maya Angelou

Welcome Remarks by
Patricia Reuter-Lorenz Ph.D.

Dr. Reuter-Lorenz is the Chair of the Psychology Department and the Michael I. Posner Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience.

Graduate Student Awards

We will start the recognition of the graduates by highlighting a number of graduate students who have won university and departmental awards.

Outstanding GSI Awards

First we recognize 4 outstanding graduate student instructors (GSI’s) who received this year’s Rackham Outstanding GSI Award or the Department of Psychology Outstanding GSI Award.

Nicole Brass

Rackham Outstanding GSI

Harley Dutcher

Rackham Outstanding GSI

Lilian Cabrera-Haro

Department Outstanding GSI Award

Zachary Reese

Department Outstanding GSI Award

Excellence in Mentoring Award

The Excellence in Mentoring Award is presented to a graduate student who is recognized by undergraduate students for outstanding training, mentoring and support of undergraduate research assistants. This year’s winner is Caitlin Posillico.

Caitlin Posillico

Caitlin is a 4th year graduate student in biopsychology working under the mentorship of Dr. Natalie Tronson. Caitlin has an outstanding track record of mentoring undergraduate students inside and outside the laboratory. She has mentored students in virtually all programs in our department, from summer research students (SROP, BPEndure, SPINES), to UROP students during the semester, to volunteers, to students enrolled in Psych 326 and 422, to honors students, as well as others including UMich PREP students, Neuroscience program rotation students, and her junior peers. The following quote reflects how her students feel about her commitment to mentorship.

“Caitlin isn’t someone you meet and can forget. She has been there for me and in the same manner has been there for every one of the undergraduates in our lab, mentees or not. For this reason, Caitlin epitomizes what it means to be an outstanding mentor. She is someone who goes above and beyond to help, inspire, and challenge others out of the goodness of heart, someone who truly cares about the research she is doing, and someone who loves to take this passion and pay it forward to the next generation of curious minds.”

– Undergraduate student mentored by Caitlin.

Student Diversity Research & Service Awards

The Psychology Diversity Committee is pleased to announce the awardees of the 2020 Psychology Student Diversity Research Awards and the 2020 Psychology Student Diversity Service Awards. These awards are supported by a Faculty Allies for Diversity grant awarded to our department from the Rackham Graduate School.

Janelle Goodwill

Student Diversity Research Award

Channing Mathews

Student Diversity Research Award

Andrea Mora

Student Diversity Service Award

Koji Takahashi

Student Diversity Service Award

Doctoral Degrees

The Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, is the highest degree offered in our Department. Most college degrees are granted to recognize the acquisition of knowledge, the mastery of content. But the Ph.D. is the only degree that is granted to recognize the creation of new knowledge. It represents the accomplishment of five or more years of coursework, teaching, and research, that culminates in a doctoral dissertation. Each of these dissertations represents new knowledge that help advance our understanding of the world. Today we recognize the new doctoral recipients and the dissertations that have moved our science forward.

Remarks by
Todd Chan Ph.D.

Dr. Chan is a graduating student in social psychology. His research examines how people think and behave differently when they feel rejected or lonely, and how people can adaptively cope with these feelings of social disconnection. As well, he studies what behaviors are effective at creating closeness in relationships.

Recipients of the Doctoral Degree

Sammy F. Ahmed, Ph.D.

Advisors: Pamela Davis-Kean & Frederick Morrison

Dissertation: Measuring executive function during early childhood: The utility of direct assessments, teacher ratings, and group-based tasks.

Jeffrey Albrecht Jr, Ph.D.

Advisor: Stuart Karabenick

Dissertation: Educational relevance in adolescence.

Nkemka Ugwuezi Anyiwo, Ph.D.

Advisors: Stephanie Rowley & Daphne Watkins

Dissertation: "We gon’ be alright": Racism, media, and the sociopolitical development of Black youth.

Alejandra Arango, Ph.D.

Advisor: Cheryl A. King

Dissertation: Proximal and distal relations between interpersonal conflict, social connectedness, and youth suicide risk.

Josefina Bañales, Ph.D.

Advisors: Matt Diemer & Stephanie Rowley

Dissertation: Adolescent critical racial consciousness.

Benjamin Blankenship, Ph.D.

Advisor: Abigail J. Stewart

Dissertation: Internalized stigma for concealable marginalized identities: a barrier to group-related political engagement?

Sheila Brassel, Ph.D.

Advisor: Isis Settles

Dissertation: It‘s not just ’bad apples.‘ It’s also about the barrel: Critically analyzing organizational and social factors in sexual harassment rates and outcomes.

Kaitlin Elizabeth Cassady, Ph.D.

Advisors: Thad Polk & Rachael Seidler

Dissertation: Age-related neural dedifferentiation in the sensorimotor system and its behavioral consequences.

Todd Chan, Ph.D.

Advisor: Oscar Ybarra

Dissertation: Modesty or secrecy? The costs of being modest in close relationships.

Hannah Mary Clark, Ph.D.

Advisor: Sandra Graham-Bermann

Dissertation: Cognitive development in the context of trauma: Longitudinal implications of intimate partner violence for women and children.

Vaness Cox, Ph.D.

Advisor: Lucretia Monique Ward

Dissertation: Black women in media: Representations, effects, and social commentary.

Veronica Derricks, Ph.D.

Advisor: Allison Earl

Dissertation: Too close for comfort: Resisting relevance as a lever for persuasion.

Alanna Epstein, Ph.D.

Advisor: Stuart Karabenick

Dissertation: Career identity and profiles of value beliefs in four academic domains in high school.

Peter George Felsman, Ph.D.

Advisors: Joseph Himle & Colleen Seifert

Dissertation: Improvisational theater for psychological health.

Katherine Foster, Ph.D.

Advisor: Sheryl Olson

Dissertation: The role of internalizing symptoms in accounting for intra-and inter-individual variation in alcohol use problems.

Jennifer Frederick, Ph.D.

Advisor: Abigail Stewart

Dissertation: Attitudes about disability and political participation since the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Izzy Gainsburg, Ph.D.

Advisor: Allison Earl

Dissertation: Safe here, but unsafe there? Institutional signals of identity safety also signal prejudice elsewhere.

Arianna Morgan Gard, Ph.D.

Advisor: Luke Hyde

Dissertation: Contextual influences on youth socioemotional and corticolimbic development.

Darwin A. Guevarra, Ph.D.

Advisor: Ethan Kross

Dissertation: Are they real? Examining the regulatory effects of non-deceptive placebos on emotional distress.

Ashley Hajski, Ph.D.

Advisors: Barry Checkoway & Lorraine Gutierrez

Dissertation: Young families in the community: an exploratory analysis of child welfare contact among young mothers and their children.

Amira Halawah, Ph.D.

Advisor: Rona Carter

Dissertation: She resides at the intersections: how race, gender, and sex shape changes in Black girls’ achievement and affect in math and science across high school.

Michelle Joyner, Ph.D.

Advisor: Ashley Gearhardt

Dissertation: Examining behavioral phenotypes of overeating and obesity: environmental, psychological, and neurobiological influences on food motivation and palatable food consumption.

Omari Keeles, Ph.D.

Advisor: Phillip Bowman

Dissertation: Class matters: social class identity profiles of Black students and implications for psychological adjustment to predominantly White institutions.

Danielle Labotka, Ph.D.

Advisor: Susan Gelman

Dissertation: Children’s evaluations of interlocutors in foreigner talk contexts.

Seanna Leath, Ph.D.

Advisor: Tabby Chavous

Dissertation: Racial and gender identity beliefs among Black college women attending PWIs: examining developmental trajectories and associations with interpersonal discrimination and college adjustment.

Laura Murray, Ph.D.

Advisor: Luke Hyde

Dissertation: Neural mechanisms of reward processing in antisocial behavior.

Elizabeth Anne North, Ph.D.

Advisors: Kai Cortina & Allison Ryan

Dissertation: Reputations matter: peer expectancy socialization among adolescents in the classroom.

Kyra Phillips, Ph.D.

Advisor: Martin Sarter

Dissertation: Micro-and macro-psychological analyses of attention and the role of cholinergic systems.

Paige Safyer, Ph.D.

Advisors: Richard Tolman & Brenda Volling

Dissertation: M(other) nurture: exploring the influence of maternal care on the development of infant emotion processing, regulation, and the emotional brain.

Erica Marla Schulte, Ph.D.

Advisor: Ashley Gearhardt

Dissertation: Food characteristics implicated in biobehavioral indicators of addiction in vulnerable individuals.

Megan Jo Seymour, Ph.D.

Advisor: Shinobu Kitayama

Dissertation: Well-being and health: evidence that the health benefits of well-being are contingent on cultural and personal factors.

Lauren Adams Tighe, Ph.D.

Advisors: Pamela Davis-Kean & Larry Gant

Dissertation: The income trajectories of college-educated families living in or near poverty: Assessing predictors and outcomes in two national datasets.

Neelima Wagley, Ph.D.

Advisor: Ioulia Kovelman

Dissertation: Language and literacy development as revealed through the bilingual brain.

Sarah Westrick, Ph.D.

Advisor: Ben Dantzer

Dissertation: Understanding behavioral and physiological consequences of variation in maternal care and glucocorticoids.

Elizabeth Yu, Ph.D.

Advisor: Edward Chang

Dissertation: Development of the relational meaning in life questionnaire: Relational meaning in life and well-being

Han Zhang, Ph.D.

Advisor: Kevin Miller

Dissertation: Mind-wandering: what can we learn from eye movements?

Masters Degrees

The Accelerated Master’s Degree Program (AMDP) is an apprentice model program where current University of Michigan, LSA college students work with a mentor during the year after finishing their undergraduate degrees to complete a Masters Thesis and take graduate level courses. Graduates of this program often go on to complete doctoral work at prestigious universities or secure positions in industry, government and non-profit organizations.

Recipients of the Accelerated Masters Degree Program

Anusha Garg, M.S.

Advisor: Chandra Sripada & Priti Shah

Thesis: The Content of Spontaneous Thought: Investigating the Role of Personal Concerns in the Verbalized Stream of Consciousness

Jean Anne Heng, M.S

Advisor: Sheryl Olson

Thesis: Examining Malaysian Mothers’ Ethnotheories of Maladaptive Behavior in Preschool Children

Gabrielle Lowenthal, M.S.

Advisor: Nestor Lopez-Duran

Thesis: Exploring the Relations between Mental Health Outcomes and Academic Resilience in Transfer Students

Claire Novak, M.S.

Advisor: Edward Chang

Thesis: Basic Psychological Need Fulfillment as a Mediator Between Positive Emotions and Positive Adjustment: A Test of the Broaden-and-Build Model of Positive Emotions in Chinese Adolescents

Julia Barron, M.S.

Advisor: Pam Davis-Kean

Thesis: Exploring Associations Among EF Components Across Three Measurement Types

Kristen Cross, M.S.

Advisor: Rosie Ceballo

Thesis: Adolescents, Extracurricular Activities, and Experiences of Gender-Based Harassment

Marissa Keep, M.S.

Advisor: Terri Conley

Thesis: Does Morality Matter in Perceived Risk of STD Contraction?

Juliette Ni, M.S.

Advisor: David Dunning

Thesis: Hypocognition of Mental Health: How is our cultural background and gender affect our understanding of mental disorders?

“There is nothing more beautiful than finding your course as you believe you bob aimlessly in the current. Wouldn’t you know that your path was there all simultaneously, waiting for you to knock, waiting for you to become. This path does not belong to your parents, your academics, your leaders, or your lovers. Your path is your character defining itself more and more everyday like a photograph coming into focus.”
—Jodie Foster

Undergraduate Awards and Theses

The undergraduate programs in psychology are the largest in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Our students represent almost 20% of LSA graduates. We recognize undergraduate students who have received departmental awards as well as undergraduates who have completed theses in their majors.

Undergraduate Awards

The Albert C. Cain Honors Award was established in honor of Professor Cain, former department chair and director of the Honors Program. The award assists students presenting their research at a major scientific conference.

Today, we recognize Alexandra Wormley with the 2019 Al Cain Honors Award. She presented her research on traditional values and disease threat at the annual convention for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in February. Alexandra graduates with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Honors. Congratulations, Alexandra.

Abbey Hamlin is the recipient of the 2020 Al Cain Honors Award to present her research titled “Which aspects of social engagement are most strongly associated with episodic memory performance in older adults?” at the upcoming American Psychological Association conference. Abbey graduates with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Honors. Congratulations, Abbey.

Alexandra Wormley, B.A.

Albert C. Cain Honors Award

Abbey Hamlin, B.A.

Albert C. Cain Honors Award

Logan Burley, B.A.

W.P. Tanner Memorial Award

The W.P. Tanner Memorial Award is an annual prize for an innovative research project conducted by an undergraduate student. The award was created in memory of Wilson Tanner, who started his work at Michigan as a graduate student in 1949.

Logan Burley is the recipient of the Tanner Award for 2019. Logan’s research focuses on how people perceive the gender of faces. Logan graduates with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Honors. Congratulations, Logan.

The Anne Rudo Memorial Scholarship identifies a student with an academic interest in both psychology and biology. The scholarship is given in memory of Anne Rudo, a senior at the University of Michigan at the time of her death.

Giselle Uwera received the 2019 Rudo Award. Her thesis examines the effect of perceptions of food scarcity on attitudes towards food. Giselle is graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience with Honors. Congratulations, Giselle.

Giselle Uwera, B.S

Anne Rudo Memorial Scholarship

Shannon Shaughnessy, B.A.

Martha Muenzer Memorial Award

The Martha Muenzer Memorial Award was established by the parents of Martha Muenzer, who passed away while she was a student in LS&A. The award is given to an outstanding woman in the Psychology Honors Program.

Shannon Shaughnessy is the recipient of this award. This year, she completed her thesis on “Character Strengths and Their Influence on Social Relationships in Children.” Shannon graduates with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Honors. Congratulations, Shannon.

The Lorraine Nadelman Honors Thesis Award in Developmental Psychology was created to recognize exceptional and interesting work produced by an undergraduate student in the last phase of their degree.

Today we recognize Sylvia Gisler with the 2020 Lorraine Nadelman Honors Thesis Award for her thesis titled “Developing Morphological Awareness: Predictive Characteristics of Production Errors.” Sylvia has earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Honors. Congratulations, Sylvia.

Sylvia Gisler B.A.

Lorraine Nadelman Honors Thesis Award in Developmental Psychology

Cooper Wrona, B.A.

Schwabauer Internship Award

The Schwabauer Internship Award was established with support from Rich and Gwen Schwabauer. This award acknowledges a graduating senior who has demonstrated a remarkable commitment to improving the lives of others through service learning and community engagement.

Cooper Wrona is the recipient of the 2020 Schwabauer Internship Award. Cooper will complete a paid internship at Glacier Hills Senior Living Community in Ann Arbor this summer. Cooper graduates with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Congratulations, Cooper.

The W.B. Pillsbury Prize is awarded to honors students for an outstanding research thesis in the field of experimental psychology. We have two recipients of this award.

The first recipient is Amanda Szczesniak. Amanda’s thesis examined the influence of marital commitment on mate guarding. Amanda is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience with Highest Honors. Congratulations, Amanda.

Our second recipient is Marisa Meyer. Marisa’s thesis explored the role of digital play in child development. Marisa is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Highest Honors. Congratulations, Marisa.

Amanda Szczesniak, B.A.

W.B. Pillsbury Prize

Marisa Meyer, B.A.

W.B. Pillsbury Prize

Undergraduate Theses

We turn now to a special group of undergraduate students who completed theses in their majors. These students worked closely with faculty and graduate students on state of the art research. They each completed a written report of their projects. Each thesis was then reviewed by three faculty, and for many, given a designation of graduating “with honors.”

Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience (BCN) Theses

Elizabeth Ahearn, B.S.

Mentor: Nestor Lopez-Duran

Thesis: DHEA: Moderating Factor of Psychological and Physiological Responses to Stress

Jabir Ahmed, B.S.

Mentor: Natalie Tronson

Thesis: Oral Contraceptives and the Vulnerability to Acute Stress-induced Depression and Anxiety

Adrienne-Denise Bilbao, B.S.

Mentor: Patricia Deldin

Thesis: A Preliminary Study on the Relationship Between Sleep, Depression and Cardiovascular Dysfunction in a 4 Sample Population

Shreya Chandra, B.S.

Mentor: Laura Zahodne

Thesis: Sleep Quality and Executive Function in Diverse Older Adults

Danielle Destiny, B.S.

Mentor: Michael Vesia, Co-Mentor: Taraz Lee

Thesis: Behavioral State-Dependent Brain Stimulation Improves Manual Dexterity

Anthony Edgar, B.A.

Mentor: John Jonides

Thesis: Investigating the Effects of Value-driven Attentional Capture on ADHD and Control Participants

Jordan Gregory, B.S.

Mentor: Jonathan Morrow, Co-Mentor: Jill Becker

Thesis: Sex Differences in the Acquisition of Pavlovian Conditioned Approach and Fear Conditioned Behaviors in Rats

Brooke Huizenga, B.S.

Mentor: Laura Zahodne, Co-Mentor: Neika Sharifian

Thesis: Main Lifetime Occupational Demands, Late Life Cognitive Functioning and the Moderating Role of Gender

Joseph Jackowski, B.A.

Mentor: Susan Gelman

Thesis: The Manifestation of Meaning: How ‘Generic-You’ Emerges in Military Personnels’ Writing

Sumrah Jilani, B.S.

Mentor: Kent Berridge

Thesis: The Role of the Medial Amygdala in Motivation

David Kamper, B.S.

Mentor: Jonathan Brennan

Thesis: N400 Latency Effect in Lexical Access -A Meta-analysis

Sylvia Hyun Jee Kim, B.A.

Mentor: Oscar Ybarra

Thesis: Cognitive Costs of Active Facebook Use

Anna Kittendorf, B.S.

Mentor: Ben Dantzer

Thesis: Effects of Urbanization on the Behavior of Fox Squirrels (Sciurus niger)

Sydney Kornbleuth, B.S.

Mentor: Myles Durkee

Thesis: Impacts of Acculturative Stress and Substance Use on the Mental Health of University of Michigan Students

Zarin Kothari, B.S.

Mentor: William Gehring

Thesis: Longitudinal Study of ERN and CRN in Children: Kindergarten to First Grade

Kyra Lipman, B.S.

Mentor: Thomas Valley

Thesis: Understanding the Family Member Experience in the ICU: Expectations vs. Reality

Mengyuan June Liu, B.S.

Mentor: Taraz Lee

Thesis: The Effect of Subliminal Reward Signal on Reinforcement Learning

Hilary Lowitz, B.S.

Mentor: Susan Gelman

Thesis: Do Young Children Demonstrate a “Reverse” Endowment Effect? Tracking Ownership and Object Preference in Owned Toys Versus Peers’ Toys

Lindsey Meister, B.S.

Mentor: Jacqui Smith

Thesis: Autobiographical Memory in Older Adults: Self-Relevance and the Reminiscence Bump

Charmi Patel, B.S.

Mentor: Kent Berridge

Thesis: Comparing Cortical Excitation and Cortical Inhibition in the Orbitofrontal Cortex hotspot

Sara Pisanelli, B.S.

Mentor: Taraz Lee

Thesis: Functional Connectivity Between Ventral Striatum and Dorsal Premotor Cortex Is Predictive of Reward-Related Enhancement of Motor Skills

Emmanuel Saint-Phard, B.S.

Mentor: Denise Sekaquaptewa

Thesis: Evaluating an Academic Success Program’s Effectiveness in Promoting Sense of Belonging, Sense of Capability, and Academic Outcomes among Black Students

Sarah Samsundar, B.S.

Mentor: Noah Webster, Co-Mentor: Toni Antonucci

Thesis: Age, Gender Roles, and their Association with Mental Health

Tayah Schuette, B.S.

Mentor: Kent Berridge

Thesis: Investigating Corticotropin Releasing Factor Neuronal Circuitry in Positive and Negative Reward Motivation

Kayla Smith, B.S.

Mentor: Elizabeth Duval

Thesis: Spatial Navigation Performance Associated with PTSD and Trauma Type

Zoe Solomon, B.S.

Mentor: Adriene Beltz

Thesis: Examining the Relation Between Big Five Personality and Social Media Use Across Platforms and Populations

Joshua Svinarich, B.S.

Mentor: Kent Berridge

Thesis: Mapping the Anterior Cingulate Cortex for a Hedonic Hotspot. Effects of Optogenetic Stimulation on ‘Liking’ and ‘Wanting’ in Rats.

Amanda Szczesniak, B.A.

Mentor: Stephanie Preston

Thesis: The Influence of Marital Commitment on Mate Guarding

Jean Tyan, B.S.

Mentor: Ada Eban-Rothschild

Thesis: Revealing the Roles of Sleep-Preparatory Behaviors in Sleep Physiology

Giselle Uwera, B.S.

Mentor: Allison Earl

Thesis: Examining Health Behavior Constructs in the Context of Low Food Accessibility

Psychology Theses

Devin Ablow, B.A.

Mentor: Edward Chang

Thesis: Loneliness and Negative Affective Conditions in Polish College Students: Clarifying If and How Feeling Socially Isolated is Associated with Expecting the Worst, Not Expecting the Best, or Both?

Laura Brasseur, B.S.

Mentor: Holly White, Co-Mentor: Priti Shah

Thesis: Validation Study of Cartoon-Based Visual Analogue Pain Scale Towards the Construction of a Novel Pain Scale

Sarah Broner, B.A.

Mentor: Nestor Lopez-Duran

Thesis: Social Support Moderates the Link Between Familial Risk for Depression and the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal-Axis Stress Response

Logan Burley, B.A.

Mentor: Susan Gelman, Co-Mentor: Victor Mendoza

Thesis: Facial Gender Ambiguity

Rachel Clark, B.S.

Mentor: Nestor Lopez-Duran

Thesis: Is Swiping Bad for You? Dating Application Use and Mental Health Outcomes Among College Students

Michael Falbo, B.A.

Mentor: Daniel Kruger

Thesis: The Influence of Political Party Affiliation on Agreement with Political Statements

Nicole Fraija, B.A.

Mentor: Laura Zahodne

Thesis: The Relationship Between Subjective Age and Three Measures of Episodic Memory

Spencer Gines, B.A.

Mentor: Patricia Deldin, Co-Mentor: Ryan Cardinale

Thesis: How Does Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor Relate to Ketamine Treatment for Depression and Chronic Pain?

Sylvia Gisler, B.A.

Mentor: Ioulia Kovelman

Thesis: Developing Morphological Awareness: Predictive Characteristics of Production Errors

Abbey Hamlin, B.A.

Mentor: Laura Zahodne

Thesis: Social Engagement and Episodic Memory in Black and White Older Adults

Stuart Hannah, B.S.

Mentor: Frederick Morrison

Thesis: Small-Group Composition Effects on Executive Function in Early Elementary School

Riley Jouppi, B.A.

Mentor: Ashley Gearhardt

Thesis: The Great Food vs. Eating Addiction Debate: Effects on Obesity Stigma and Policy Support

Ameera Kamalrudin, B.A.

Mentor: Twila Tardif

Thesis: Using Animation to Facilitate Second Language Learning

William Katzman, B.A.

Mentor: Kate Fitzgerald, Co-Mentor: Julie Premo

Thesis: The Relationship Between Childhood Anxiety and Maternal Attachment Styles

Riley Marshall, B.A.

Mentor: Ramaswami Mahalingam

Thesis: Minority Stress and Sexual Minorities of Color: The Mediating Role of Mastery

Marisa Meyer, B.A.

Mentor: Jenny Radesky, Co-Mentor: Shelly Schreier

Thesis: Exploring the Role of Digital Play in Child Development

Kathleen Nelson, B.A.

Mentor: Kate Fitzgerald

Thesis: Investigating Relationship Between the Error Related Negativity at Ages 4-6 and Anxiety at 7-10

Madalyn Osbourne, B.A.

Mentor: Sandra Graham-Bermann

Thesis: Predictors of Perseverance and Optimism in the Kids’ Empowerment Program

Akari Oya, B.A.

Mentor: Kira Birditt, Co-Mentor: Richard Gonzalez

Thesis: Cardiovascular Reactivity to Interpersonal Stress: The Roles of Race and Chronic Stress

Laraine Pesheck, B.A.

Mentor: Robin Edelstein

Thesis: Together or Not at All: How Shared Interests Between Partners Encourages Stable Self-Definition

Salam Qalieh, B.A.

Mentor: David Dunning

Thesis: Cross-Cultural Variation in Emotional Reasoning and Behavioral Causality in Regards to Depression and Neurasthenia

Miranda Schaffer, B.A.

Mentor: Edward Chang

Thesis: Experience of Sexual Assault and Perfectionism as Predictors of Self-Destructive Behaviors in Female College Students: Distinguishing Between Self-Harm and Suicidal Behaviors

Emma Schillinger, B.A.

Mentor: Daniel Keating, Co-Mentor: Edward Huntley

Thesis: Temporal Associations Between Reasons for Alcohol Use and Alcohol Consequences in Adolescents and Emerging Adults

Shannon Shaughnessy, B.A.

Mentor: Sandra Graham-Bermann

Thesis: Predictors of Character Strengths for Children Participating in the Kids’ Empowerment Program

Hayley Simon, B.A.

Mentor: Susan Gelman

Thesis: To Conceal or To Reveal: Examining What Children Understand About Revealing Their True Identity While Online

Allison Urban, B.A.

Mentor: Fiona Lee

Thesis: “Achievement has no color:” Colorblind Ideologies and Race & Ethnicity Course Selection

Rhianna Vergeer, B.A.

Mentors: Jessica Van Huysse & Ashley Gearhardt

Thesis: Do Eating Disorder Treatment Outcomes Differ for Individuals with Comorbid Substance Use?

Alexandra Wormley, B.A.

Mentor: Joshua Ackerman

Thesis: The Influence of Pathogen Threat on Traditionalism

Jiayin Yuan, B.A.

Mentor: Ethan Kross

Thesis: Loyal Friend or Dutiful Citizen? How Culture Shapes Responses to Moral Violations

Yiwen Zhong, B.A.

Mentor: Audrey Michal, Co-Mentor: Priti Shah

Thesis: The Effect of Anecdotes on Science Evidence Evaluation

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

– Haruki Murakami

Undergraduate Degrees

We now turn to the major event of the day: The graduation of the students receiving bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience. Our undergraduate programs in psychology are the largest in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Over 700 students are graduating today, which represent almost 20% of LSA graduates.

Remarks by
Marisa Meyer B.A.

Marisa is a graduating honors student in Psychology.

Her research examines the impact of digital play on child development. She has received multiple university and national awards during her time at Michigan including the prestigious 2020 W.B. Pillsbury Prize for best thesis and the Best Abstract Award at the 2019 American Pediatric Association Conference.

Recipients of the Bachelor’s Degree in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience (BCN)

Youstina S. Abdallah, B.S.
Yahya Abdelhay, B.S.
Abdullah Abdullah Al Basir, B.S.
Danielle R. Abraham, B.S.
Yasser Abusabha, B.S.
Angelina Rita Adam, B.S.
Rebecca Margaret Adams, B.S.
Oluwatosin Adeyemi, B.S.
Elizabeth J. Ahearn, B.S.
Jabir Ahmed, B.S.
Nicholas John Akselberg, B.S.
Shafiul Alam, B.S.
Sami Mohamed Alaramy, B.A.
Ranya Abdulaziz Alkhayyat, B.S.
Areanna Allen, B.A.
India Iman Allen, B.S.
Khadiejah R. Almesaibeli, B.S.
Luis Alonzo Villagomez, B.S.
Carisma J. Ayala, B.S.
Mohammad Hamza Azam, B.S.
Vinith Suresh Babu, B.S.
Morgan Fay Baird, B.A.
Srikar Baireddy, B.S.
Allison Marie Bakerian, B.S.
Lauren I. Barbish, B.S.
Alexis R. Barker, B.A.
Hassan M. Bazzi, B.S.
Ali Bazzi, B.S.
Jessica Bebel, B.S.
Margaret P. Becker, B.S.
Noha Mustapha Beleh, B.S.
Hunter Nicole Berger, B.S.
Katherine A. Berlin, B.S.
Jessica M. Bernard, B.A.
Rachel A. Bernstein, B.A.
Prabhnoor Singh Bhatti, B.S.
Adrienne Denise Vea Bilbao, B.S.
Dylan R. Bitensky, B.S.
Ezra Veronica Bogusz, B.S.
Allison C. Boland, B.S.
Cory A. Bolton, B.S.
Brandon C. Bond, B.A.
Stephen T. Bonesteel, B.A.
Julie E. Boniface, B.S.
Lauren Nicole Bos, B.S.
Perry Bower, B.S.
Mikaela R. Bradley, B.S.
Timothy Andrew Braunstein, B.A.
Kaitlyn M. Brown, B.S.
Julia L. Cangialosi, B.S.
Madison Rose Carlson, B.A.
Isabella V. Cavataio, B.S.
Timothy Sungsik Cha, B.S.
Gurliv Kaur Chahal, B.S.
Shreya Chandra, B.S.
Mohammed Charara, B.S.
Madeline Ka Chen, B.S.
Soverno Chen, B.S.
Vivian Y. Chen, B.S.
Annie L. Cheng, B.S.
Sonya Chhabra, B.S.
Hannah M. Chung, B.S.
Caroline R. Cibulas, B.S.
James J. Clarke, B.S.
Nell C. Clasby, B.A.
Parker M. Clement, B.A.
James Michael Close, B.S.
Vianni Chante Cobb, B.S.
Sierra Coleman, B.S.
Brieana Coleman, B.S.
Kiley Macain Collins, B.S.
Rebekah Cone, B.A.
Tara L. Cuckovich, B.S.
Ye Qian Cui, B.S.
Olivia Marie Cunningham, B.S.
Amanda R. Curnow, B.S.
Genevieve L. Curry, B.A.
Emma Czajka, B.S.
Megan N. Dahl, B.S.
Marena J. Dangremond, B.S.
Claire E. Davis, B.S.
Kristjan Deda, B.S.
Christopher J. Denney, B.S.
Brooke Alexandra Desantis, B.S.
Danielle Destiny, B.S.
Mara Jade Dimmick, B.S.
Adreanna R. Doud, B.S.
Andrew Drumheller, B.S.
Ajith Dupati, B.S.
Maria Dziubinski, B.S.
Anthony N. Edgar, B.S.
Max J. Einbinder, B.S.
Chinonye E. Ekwueme, B.S.
Shannon R. Elkins, B.A.
Yara Sherif El-Tawil, B.S.
Varisha Essani, B.S.
Gabrielle Elizabeth Essayan, B.A.
Jackson L. Esterline, B.S.
Madelyn J. Evans, B.A.
Jude Young Eyamba, B.A.
John W. Fabian, B.A.
Amy Zhangluo Fan, B.S.
Zaid Fayyad, B.S.
Noah M. Featherman, B.S.
Ryan Mackenzie Fila, B.S.
Anne Fitzpatrick, B.S.
Ryan Daniel Francetich, B.S.
Rachael Furnari, B.S.
Sahar O. Galal, B.S.
Kayla Ocampo Gallant, B.S.
Molly E. Gallivan, B.S.
Bhavana S. Garapati, B.S.
Jazmine Anne-Marie Gaston, B.S.
Madison M. George, B.S.
Zoe I. Gerndt, B.S.
Mohamed Baqer Hassan Ghandour, B.S.
Riley J. Gideon, B.S.
Olivia Anne Girvan, B.S.
Maya L. Glaser-Kshensky, B.S.
Jack Norton Goldman, B.S.
Steve Gonzalez, B.A.
Ashley Gray, B.S.
Julia F. Greenspan, B.S.
Jordan D. Gregory, B.S.
Tacy Greissinger, B.S.
Avneet K. Grewal, B.S.
Mikaela Nicole Grudzien, B.S.
Emily B. Guagliardo, B.S.
Aashima Gulati, B.S.
Grace L. Haab, B.S.
Madison R. Haas, B.S.
Shannon Mariam Habba, B.S.
Kyleigh Anne Hamacher, B.S.
Rawan Mohamad Hammoud, B.S.
Margaret Elizabeth Handlan, B.A.
Emily Alisse Hansen, B.A.
Halima Khatun Haque, B.S.
Julia Nicole Harbison, B.S.
Andie S. Harris, B.S.
Nyla Monet Hart, B.S.
Jlaina I. Harvey, B.S.
Lauryn A. Hauncher, B.S.
Mohamad Tessir Hazime, B.S.
Simon Herndl, B.A.
Benjamin Hershfeld, B.S.
Nickolas J. Hershman, B.A.
Taylor Dawn Higgins, B.S.
Matthew H. Hilu, B.S.
Reannen McNeil Hogan, B.S.
Ella Holbert, B.S.
Alyssa Holme, B.S.
Olivia Zola Horgan, B.S.
Brooke A. Huizenga, B.S.
Catherine Huynh, B.S.
Irene S. Hwang, B.S.
Gabrielle P. Isaacs, B.S.
Sabrina Aleksandrovna Ivanenco, B.S.
Andrew Jackson, B.S.
Sarah Molly Jacob, B.S.
Bhaghyasree Jambunathan, B.S.
Jovan Singh Jande, B.S.
Kyle Cordell Jarvi, B.S.
Sumrah Jilani, B.S.
Samuel Ross Johnson, B.A.
Ahmad Mohamed Jomaa, B.S.
Fayth S. Kakos, B.S.
Aravinda Kalimi, B.S.
David George Kamper, B.S.
Caitlin Kang, B.A.
Olesia Kellezi, B.S.
Zenani Damali Amiatta Kettle, B.A.
Nora Khanal, B.S.
Vaidehee Gauree Khattree, B.S.
Hyun Jee Kim, B.A.
Amanda J. Kim, B.S.
Dennis Hoyoung Kim, B.S.
Sylee Reddy Kiran, B.S.
Leah Kiros, B.S.
Anna H. Kittendorf, B.S.
Rachel Autumn Klein, B.S.
Eva Josephine Kluting, B.A.
Mia S. Kohler, B.S.
Regena R. Kokales, B.S.
Madalyn Gabrielle Kopmanis, B.S.
Sydney H. Kornbleuth, B.S.
Zarin N. Kothari, B.S.
Sarah K. Landes, B.S.
Abigail Susan Laramie, B.A.
Anna M. Lee, B.S.
Alexandra LeRoux, B.S.
Matthew Lindon, B.S.
Kyra H. Lipman, B.S.
Hilary Julie Lowitz, B.S.
Lauren Leigh Lunsford, B.S.
Hussein A. Mackie, B.S.
Andrew Dennis Macmillan-Ladd, B.S.
Shruthi Radha Mahesh, B.A.
Mackenzie E. Manley, B.S.
Megan Uchechi Manu, B.S.
Rishik Marneni, B.S.
Ian Michael Marsh, B.S.
Sydney Alyson Marten, B.S.
Carly R. Martin, B.S.
Petar D. Martinovski, B.S.
Brooke L. Mccollum, B.S.
Megan Nicole McKenzie, B.S.
Lindsey Marie Meister, B.S.
Nibras Hussain Memon, B.S.
Rebecca J. Mendel, B.S.
Devin Meyrer, B.S.
Andrew P. Mizerowski, B.S.
Yesmeen Mohammad Mohammad, B.S.
Audrey G. Monroe, B.S.
Sally Jo Moon, B.S.
Anisha Moorthy, B.S.
Stephanie Louise Morley, B.A.
Caroline Shepard Muller, B.A.
Trevor Mulrenin, B.A.
Abhinav Nannapaneni, B.S.
Patricia Ramese Ndjouyep-Yamaga, B.S.
Mariah Lanae Newton, B.S.
Michael Williams North, B.S.
Elsy Riyad Nouna, B.S.
Solomiya V. Nysak, B.S.
Fatima Obeid, B.S.
Maia Anne Flore Roxanne Ohiro, B.S.
Brianna T. Osofisan, B.S.
Takahiro Ouchi, B.S.
Jaryd C. Pacis, B.S.
Vikhyathi Pallerla, B.S.
Eesha Mandar Parasnis, B.S.
Jaemin Park, B.S.
Sara C. Parnes, B.S.
Charmi R. Patel, B.S.
Jinal Alpesh Patel, B.S.
Ariana Maria Pavlopoulos, B.S.
Zoe A. Pearlman, B.S.
Sara Pisanelli, B.S.
Catherine Plank, B.S.
Yael M. Plotnick, B.S.
Andrew J. Polis, B.S.
Archana Prabhakar, B.A.
Mikayla E. Pratt, B.S.
Lindsay D. Princer, B.S.
Jaclyn R. Prucha, B.S.
Megan E. Puckett, B.S.
Kevin Joseph Pullukat, B.S.
Kalyani Ramamurthy, B.S.
Ananya Ravi, B.S.
Alexandra H. Reihs, B.S.
Seunghyo Rhee, B.S.
Sarah G. Roarty, B.S.
Lucy Mildred Roberts, B.S.
Maya Lucille Roberts, B.S.
Juliana Rose, B.S.
Chase Montgomery Ruckhaber, B.S.
Madeline R. Rysztak, B.S.
Mariana S. Said, B.S.
Emmanuel Saint-Phard, B.S.
Noor Zaid Saleem, B.S.
Sarah Anita B. Samsundar, B.S.
Emily Ann Sarich, B.S.
Naomi Anne Savas, B.A.
Jane C. Schmid, B.S.
Nicholas J. Schmidt, B.S.
Tayah Elaine Schuette, B.S.
Alexander Schwartz, B.S.
Natissa Kelsey Agnes Scott, B.S.
Natalie Shirin Shabahang, B.S.
Sarika Saniv Shah, B.S.
Amara Z. Shaikh, B.S.
Shivani Shant, B.S.
Ziqian Shen, B.S.
Angela Jia Shi, B.S.
Katherine J. Shipers, B.A.
Madison P. Shivel, B.S.
Sophia Shoha, B.S.
Fatimah S. Shuhait, B.S.
Ashley A. Shultz, B.S.
Naomi R. Silverstein, B.A.
Ilana Rebecca Silverstone, B.A.
Simeon T. Smith, B.A.
Alexis G. Smith, B.S.
Kayla Elizabeth Smith, B.S.
Kimberly R. Snodgrass, B.S.
Zoe S. Solomon, B.S.
Yoohyun Song, B.S.
Stephanie Stan, B.S.
Logan K. Steiert, B.S.
Sophie E. Stempel, B.S.
Liat Sterenfeld, B.A.
Madison A. Stewart, B.S.
Sarah Karlee Stone, B.S.
Kyra Skye Strachan, B.A.
Katherine R. Stroud, B.S.
Abhishek S. Subash, B.S.
Aashika N. Sulabelle, B.S.
Amy Sun, B.S.
Joshua David Svinarich, B.S.
Layeth Sweidan, B.S.
Amanda Louise Szczesniak, B.A.
Celia Tchapda Tafatia-Yomba, B.S.
Elia Maria Telles, B.S.
Udit H. Thawani, B.S.
Natalie L. Toomajian, B.S.
Rebekah Townsend, B.A.
Isabelle Tran, B.S.
Katherine M. Trudeau, B.S.
Jean L. Tyan, B.S.
Matthew S. Uchno, B.S.
Giselle B. Uwera, B.S.
Schuyler C. Van Den Broek, B.S.
Lauren Olivia Vani, B.S.
Simran Wadhwa, B.S.
Aya Z. Wajdi, B.S.
Ashleigh M. Walczak, B.A.
Natalie R. Welch, B.S.
Sarah R. Wendt, B.S.
Anna Marie West, B.A.
Anna Elizabeth Wilgenburg, B.S.
Sarah Carol Wilkins, B.A.
Keshyra Monique Williams Orr, B.S.
Anna Kirchner Wisotzkey, B.S.
Veronica K. Woods, B.S.
Julia M. Wright, B.S.
Annie Wu, B.S.
Ivy Xiang, B.S.
Sabrina Yancey, B.S.
Selene A. Yang, B.S.
Keira Yonclas, B.S.
Amanda Yoo, B.S.
Gabrielle Young, B.S.
Winnie Yuen, B.A.
Nizam Zaher, B.S.
Ariel Elizabeth Zalesin, B.S.
Carol J. Zhang, B.S.
Jeffrey Zhang, B.S.
Maria S. Zhang, B.S.
Anna Zheng, B.S.
Maya Zreik, B.A.

Recipients of the Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Zoe Aaron, B.A.
Chad B. Aaronson, B.A.
Devin B. Ablow, B.A.
Atiya Iyaan Addie, B.A.
Sriakhila Akula, B.S.
Sommer Albert, B.A.
Brian Matthew Alcenius, B.A.
Bayan Al-Kahalah, B.S.
Sara M. Allen, B.A.
Rosanna L. Ameriguian, B.A.
Alexa C. Anderson, B.A.
Bailey D. Appel, B.A.
Rachel K. Arceri, B.A.
Julia B. Asher, B.A.
Rosa Jazmin Avilez, B.A.
Jamie R. Baer, B.A.
Tianyi Bao, B.S.
Sydney Jordan Baranski, B.A.
Adela Barbura, B.A.
Cara Marie Bares, B.S.
Jenna Marie Barnes, B.A.
Reilly P. Barth, B.A.
Molly A. Bartlett, B.A.
Lorisa Bearup, B.A.
Collin Bernard Beavan, B.A.
Jada A. Bell, B.A.
Nikita Bella, B.A.
Kendall Bennett, B.A.
Dana H. Berkowitz, B.A.
Grace Ella Bianco, B.A.
Tessa Binkley, B.A.
Megan Christine Bizoukas, B.A.
Jarrett W. Black, B.A.
Kayla L. Blackburn, B.A.
Emily W. Bloom, B.A.
Olivia A. Bloomhuff, B.A.
Danielle Boilen, B.A.
Anthony L. Bokshan, B.A.
Marcello Borges, B.S.
Alexandra E. Bowers, B.A.
Elyse Evanne Boyle, B.A.
Kelsey Branch, B.A.
Laura A. Brasseur, B.S.
Ben M. Bredeson, B.A.
Sarah E. Broner, B.A.
Amber Michele Browder, B.A.
Indra J. Bueno, B.A.
Thomas D. Bull, B.A.
Isis Dawn Burgdorf, B.A.
Logan Chanse Burley, B.A.
Brandon Lee Burns, B.A.
Tiffany S. Burton, B.A.
Madison T. Byrne, B.A.
Yajaira Caballero, B.A.
Blake P. Canowitz, B.A.
Denyne J. Carter, B.A.
Elizabeth Gurcharan Chander, B.A.
Ryan T. Chapman, B.A.
Saskia C. Charles, B.A.
Angie S. Chen, B.A.
Angela Cheng, B.A.
Abigail R. Chinn, B.S.
Sanika Chitre, B.S.
Ho Jung Choi, B.A.
Sarah Danielle Christophersen, B.A.
Jen Lyn Chung, B.S.
Grayson Cieszkowski, B.A.
Ashley K. Clark, B.A.
Emma N. Clark, B.A.
Rachel A. Clark, B.S.
Montreal Antonio Clary, B.A.
Brendan Clune, B.S.
Ana Amanda Coterillo, B.A.
Anne Youngers Cowman, B.A.
Sophia Christine Cucci, B.A.
Zanei Curry, B.A.
Madeline R. Daugherty, B.S.
Autumn N. Davis, B.A.
Cameren L. Davis, B.A.
Anna E. Davis, B.A.
Megan Pearl Day, B.A.
Dhriti Deb, B.A.
Gabrielle Dela-Cruz, B.S.
Madeleine J. Delgado, B.A.
Claire M. Denton Grenchik, B.A.
Hannah Derr, B.A.
Jesse James Michael Deucher, B.A.
Alissa Jane Dickerson, B.A.
Delaney S. Dimich, B.A.
Nicole R. Doctoroff, B.A.
Katherine D. Dodge, B.A.
Amanda R. Donovan, B.A.
Lillian Lavoin Dotson, B.A.
Jennifer L. Douglas, B.A.
Kasey Madelyne Downing, B.A.
Emily Brooke Dugoff, B.A.
Brendan J. Dunn, B.A.
Ashley Huyen Duong, B.A.
Emily Eastin, B.A.
Brianna D. Eccleston, B.A.
Ceren Ege, B.A.
Sydney Madison Eisenberg, B.A.
Rachel S. Eisner, B.A.
Elise M. Ellsworth, B.A.
Sabrina M. Epstein, B.A.
Micah Evans, B.S.
Arielle Lavonne Ewing, B.S.
Nicole Fajardo, B.A.
Ali Malek Fakih, B.A.
Michael Falbo, B.A.
Jessica Fasig, B.A.
Rachel S. Ferko, B.A.
Gabrielle Finkelstein, B.A.
Perry David Fischer, B.A.
Kerrigan Nicole Fitzpatrick, B.A.
Michael J. Forrest, B.A.
Giovanna R. Fortuna, B.A.
J’Son Frazier, B.A.
Noa Keren Friedman, B.A.
Ruthie K. Fritz, B.A.
Emily Janice Furtado, B.A.
Yunshan Gao, B.A.
Alexa Jade Garber, B.A.
Daniela Garcia, B.A.
Catherine W. Gardey, B.A.
Anna Gareau, B.S.
Noah A. Gassman, B.A.
Samantha P. Gellert, B.A.
Francesca L. Giacona, B.S.
Spencer Samuel Gines, B.A.
Hannah Ginsky, B.A.
Sylvia M. Gisler, B.A.
Katarina Glavinic, B.A.
Sidney Leigh Grace, B.S.
Colette Greenbaum, B.A.
Benjamin Ethan Greenberg, B.A.
Justin Alexander Gudeman, B.A.
Wenting Guo, B.A.
Xin Ni Guo, B.A.
Marco Eugene Gutierrez, B.A.
Jimin Ha, B.A.
Nina Rose Haley, B.A.
Zachary Tyler Hall, B.A.
Hannah Rose Hamilton, B.A.
Jasmine Kate Hamilton, B.A.
Abbey M. Hamlin, B.A.
Stuart Hannah, B.S.
Neil Jay Haran, B.A.
Michael Patrick Harrington, B.S.
Ashley Christine Harvey, B.A.
Nicklas Michael Helton, B.S.
Sierra K. Hendrix-Williams, B.A.
Breanna A. Hernandez, B.A.
Chloe Ann Hicks, B.A.
Aviva Hirsch, B.A.
Eleanor L. Hoag, B.S.
Jonathan A. Hochberg, B.A.
Aubrey M. Hogan, B.A.
Clare Deborah Hogston, B.A.
Rachel J. Hogue, B.A.
Jessica Danielle Holber, B.A.
Yu Ting Hsu, B.S.
Cathleen Huang, B.S.
Landon P. Hudson, B.A.
Jozlyn Hunt, B.A.
Madison R. Hunwick, B.A.
Daria Latrese Hurley, B.A.
Meagann Elizabeth Ibarra, B.A.
Omar Ibarra, B.A.
Arthur Ipek, B.A.
Matthew M. Jacobs, B.A.
Courtney Leah Jacobsen, B.A.
Jenna M. Jacobson, B.A.
Haley R. Jamieson, B.A.
Parker Janson, B.A.
Kyo Bin Jeon, B.A.
Belinda G. Jiang, B.A.
Arena G. Johnson, B.S.
Rayanda S. Jones, B.A.
Zoey Jopling, B.A.
Riley J. Jouppi, B.A.
Madelyn J. Joyce, B.A.
Mladen Theodore Jurkovic, B.S.
Siti Nurameera Binti Kamalrudin, B.A.
Jaynie L. Karp, B.A.
Natasha Lee Katz, B.A.
Chad A. Katzelnick, B.A.
Olivia J. Katzenstein, B.A.
William Katzman, B.A.
Simranjit Kaur, B.S.
Kayla Fay Keane, B.S.
Morgan A. Kesman, B.A.
Daisy Kim, B.A.
John Hyoshin Kim, B.A.
Lara R. Kimmel, B.A.
Cooper Dune Topol Kirby, B.A.
Sierra N. Kirks-Cler, B.A.
Taylor A. Kleeman, B.A.
Aubrey K. Klein, B.A.
Devon E. Kleinheksel, B.A.
Michael Kraemer Koch, B.S.
Zoe H. Kolender, B.A.
Nina Kirschner Korman, B.A.
Stephanie A. Kostolansky, B.A.
Shreya Koushik, B.A.
Alyssa Leigh Kunkle, B.A.
Jacob Michael Kunnath, B.A.
Anamaria Louise Kurkowski, B.A.
Misu Kwon, B.A.
Yeonsoo Kwon, B.S.
Alexis Lyn LaChappa, B.A.
Rachel Emma Landry, B.A.
Sharon Lang, B.A.
Kathryn Latto, B.A.
Amber Soobin Lee, B.A.
David Y. Lee, B.A.
Heon Yong Lee, B.A.
Keren S. Lee, B.A.
Rachel Jungmi Lee, B.S.
Elana Rachel Leflein, B.A.
Brooke Elyse Lennox, B.A.
Alexa Leon, B.A.
Maria Nunzia Leopardi, B.A.
Madison Carly Levine, B.S.
Emma Lewis, B.A.
Joyce S. Li, B.S.
Yuwei Liu, B.S.
Gabrielle Nomi Lowenthal, B.A.
Wenxi Lu, B.A.
Maria L. Luciani, B.A.
Tiana L. Luton, B.A.
Dorothy F. Ma, B.A.
Natalie N. Maas, B.A.
Christine Angelica Mackenzie, B.A.
Allison C. Madigan, B.A.
Lauren Magreta, B.A.
Nicole Heather Mah, B.A.
Maria Paula Maldonado, B.A.
Alexandra S. Manaila, B.S.
Akhila Sunita Manu, B.S.
Riley A. Marshall, B.A.
Luke Martin, B.A.
Lindsey Y. Mason, B.A.
Sydney Mckinstry, B.A.
Alison K. Mclean, B.A.
Selena Melendez, B.A.
Hannah P. Meloche, B.A.
Vanessa Jane Mammen Merritt, B.A.
Ashley V. Messinger, B.A.
Marisa L. Meyer, B.A.
Kimberly K. Mier, B.A.
Danica J. Miller, B.A.
Alazia Wonett Mitchell, B.A.
Coriana Sharee Mitchell, B.A.
Kellen M. Mitchell, B.A.
Leighton M. Moore, B.A.
Marissa L. Moore, B.A.
Payton McCall Moore, B.A.
Lily E. Morris, B.A.
Paris Rose Morris, B.A.
Kayla Mossanen, B.A.
Nabil Marcus Muallem, B.A.
Sari M. Muallem, B.S.
Istvan Nagy, B.A.
Kendra L. Nash, B.A.
Erin Rose Neaton, B.A.
Kathleen K. Nelson, B.A.
Tin Chi Ng, B.A.
Florina Nicaj, B.A.
Abigail Nutter, B.A.
Taylor Nicole O’Connell, B.S.
Hope Noel O’Neill, B.A.
Susana Ortega, B.S.
Madalyn Blaire Osbourne, B.A.
Akari Oya, B.A.
Temitope Elizabeth Oyelade, B.A.
Giulia Pairone, B.A.
Tiahna Pantovich, B.A.
Jessica B. Pantowich, B.A.
Gabriella R. Pascual, B.A.
Laura E. Pasquale, B.A.
Alicia J. Peckham, B.A.
Jose Eulogio Penaloza, B.A.
Juan Humberto Perez, B.A.
Jessica Peterkins, B.A.
Saleen Picard, B.A.
Nyah V. Pierson, B.A.
Alexandra Plosch, B.A.
Annie Polson, B.A.
Salam Qalieh, B.A.
Aravinth Ravithas, B.S.
Sarah Anne Richman, B.A.
Jordyn M. Richman, B.A.
Tyler Riese, B.A.
Ceili Ray Rinaldi, B.A.
Emily E. Roat, B.S.
Amanda M. Roberts, B.A.
Katherine E. Robertson, B.A.
Andrew R. Robson, B.S.
Michaela Rochow, B.A.
Katherine M. Romero, B.A.
Ravi Lev Rosen, B.A.
Anne Julia Rosenberg, B.A.
Jillian Paige Rosenblum, B.A.
Alexis Leah Rosenstrauch, B.A.
Benjamin J. Rosof, B.A.
Danielle Rachel Rothstein, B.A.
Donald Nathan Sachman, B.A.
Siti Nur Sarah Binti Samberi, B.A.
Isabella Rose Sanders, B.A.
Thea Philline Santiago, B.A.
Caroline E. Sarno, B.A.
Emily Saturno, B.A.
Alexis May Schachter, B.A.
Ashley Morgan Schaf, B.A.
Miranda R. Schaffer, B.A.
Alexis Schenker, B.A.
Emma Simone Schillinger, B.A.
Alandra Schiro-Meade, B.A.
Mackenzie Taylor Schmidt, B.A.
Christopher Schwarzenegger, B.A.
Dylan Austin Scott, B.A.
Margaret Ann Semprevivo, B.A.
Jocelyn Serrano, B.A.
Pooja Shah, B.S.
Pooja H. Shah, B.S.
Neda Shanawani, B.A.
Fangxi Shang, B.A.
Shannon M. Shaughnessy, B.A.
Kazuma Shimanaka, B.S.
Nur Sarah Binti Shuhaizan, B.A.
Molly V. Shulan, B.A.
Alyssa Shumaker, B.A.
Hayley M. Simon, B.A.
Lindsey Carner Simon, B.A.
Rohini Sinha, B.A.
Amanda R. Sivin, B.A.
Rebecca Skinner, B.A.
Katherine Jane Slajus, B.A.
Catherine M. Smeal, B.A.
Melanie B. Smith, B.A.
Katherine Helen Smith, B.A.
Rachel M. Sodokoff, B.A.
Madison Ann Soffer, B.A.
Brianna V. Spears, B.A.
Jessica A. Springstead, B.A.
Sarah Dawn Stanz, B.A.
Shelby Diane Steverson, B.A.
Kathryn Jean Stone, B.S.
Autumn Ciera Stowe, B.A.
Scott S. Straetmans, B.A.
Anna Claire Strahlman, B.A.
Wendi Tang, B.S.
Yicheng Tao, B.A.
Brooke Ashley Taylor, B.A.
Victoria L. Taylor, B.A.
Jazmine M. Thomas, B.A.
Ralph L. Tiglao, B.A.
Morgan I. Todtfeld, B.A.
Grace A. Toll, B.A.
Rachel N. Tomai, B.A.
Corey Jekim Townsend Jr, B.A.
Curtis Allen Townsley, B.A.
Taggert Ezra Trottier, B.A.
Sarah J. Trugerman, B.A.
Allison J. Urban, B.A.
Rhianna R. Vergeer, B.A.
Kyriacos Theodore Vlachos, B.S.
Carly Wagatha, B.A.
Samantha Bennett Wahlman, B.A.
Tianbo Wang, B.A.
Katherine Elizabeth Weber, B.A.
Annamarie Grace Wehby, B.A.
Jessica Lily Weinstock, B.A.
Casey R. Werman, B.A.
Allison Westra, B.A.
Tiffany D. Wheeler, B.A.
Pierra Sharda White, B.A.
Hannah Petawagezhig Whiteye, B.A.
Brendan R. Whitney, B.A.
Jestin Devon Wilder, B.A.
Nathan Oliver Willette, B.A.
Justin Williams, B.A.
Dominique Be’Ate Williams, B.S.
Adam Joergen Sebastian Winborg, B.A.
Bridgette A. Wolf, B.A.
Alexandra Saleem Wormley, B.A.
Kendal Marie Wright, B.A.
Cooper Wrona, B.A.
Yuanyao Wu, B.A.
Raymond Wu, B.S.
Jia Xu, B.A.
Chunlu Yang, B.A.
Geoffrey M. Yang, B.A.
Vivian C. Yang, B.A.
Jennifer Yang, B.S.
Lucy Yang, B.S.
Emma R. Yergin, B.A.
Sydney R. Yormack, B.S.
Jiayin Yuan, B.A.
Ho Shek Peter Yuen, B.A.
Amy Zhang, B.A.
Fengya Zhang, B.A.
Xuehan Zhang, B.A.
Yijia Zheng, B.S.
Yiwen Zhong, B.A.
Michael Zlonkevicz IV, B.A.
Hannah M. Zurcher, B.A.

As the Chair of the department, it is my duty to close out today’s ceremony. But before I bring this celebration to a close, let’s recognize the parents and family members who have supported our graduates throughout these years, paying the bills, doing the laundry, sending care packages, packing and moving the stuff, drying the tears, giving the hugs and encouraging words, and all the many things that made this day possible for our graduates. This celebration is also our way of thanking you for supporting our graduates and for trusting us — the Department of Psychology — with your graduate’s education. Thank you!

It is my distinct honor and privilege to congratulate the psychology graduating class of 2020! GO BLUE!

– Patricia Reuter-Lorenz Ph.D.