2020 Commencement Celebration
Department of Political Science
Congratulations to Our Graduates!
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies
| Jorge Estefan Abogabir |
| Bridget Brianna Fitzgerald, Cum Laude |
| Caleb William Gore, Magna Cum Laude |
| Harleen Kaur, Cum Laude |
| Caitlin Paige Lambert, Summa Cum Laude |
| Monique Phuong-vy Marshall |
| Soha Souheil Mikdachi, Cum Laude |
| Emily Victoria Millar |
| Armaghan Mosavian, Magna Cum Laude |
| Katherine Jean Simko |
| Karmen Christine Alexander |
| Sophia Celeste Cooper, Cum Laude |
| Danielle Elyse Faust, Magna Cum Laude |
| Natalie Grace Hartzell, Summa Cum Laude |
| Lauren Michelle Hodkey, Cum Laude |
| Meena Ibrahim, Cum Laude |
| Haein Kim, Cum Laude |
| Montana Marie Koslowski, Cum Laude |
| Desiree Brianna Laureano |
| Suryahah Mehjabin |
| Emily Victoria Millar |
| Sanskriti Neupane, Summa Cum Laude |
| Elisa Mariann Nicolini, Magna Cum Laude |
| Mary Rose Supernaw, Cum Laude |
| Darya Temeemi, Cum Laude |
| Abby Catherine Thompson, Summa Cum Laude |
| Gabriel Augusto Aguilar |
| Morgan Simone Alston |
| Sebastian Andrade Tello |
| Eszter Bajnok |
| Robert William Beauchamp, Jr., Magna Cum Laude |
| Caroline Brooks Beaulac, Magna Cum Laude |
| Kalie DePrete Benjamin |
| Andrew William Calandra |
| Christopher Robert Ciullo |
| Justin Sjon Clipson, Cum Laude |
| Sylvia Clare Conner |
| Maria Isabel Davis |
| Elaine Rose DiFrancesco |
| Jessica Ann Dobrowolski |
| Christine Louis Doherty |
| Chloe Marie Drew, Summa Cum Laude, Honors Global Scholar |
| Justin Willis Ecker |
| Caroline C. English, Cum Laude |
| Lars Christopher Erceg-Warner, Magna Cum Laude |
| Gregory Lewis Falls, Jr. |
| Brennan Joseph Gaddis |
| Cameron Anton Galeano |
| Darby Samantha Garner, Cum Laude |
| Mirae Vannesa Heo, Magna Cum Laude |
| Jasmine Petra Hornik |
| Nicholas Clarke Hudson |
| Jenna Elisabeth Humphrey, Magna Cum Laude, Honors Scholar |
| Haley Simone Jessup, Summa Cum Laude |
| Michael Zein Johnson |
| Judy Hajin Kim |
| Bryce Steven Landon |
| John Steven Marin |
| Aubrey Castillo Medina |
| Sidonie Alexandra Medlin |
| Tess J. Megret, Magna Cum Laude |
| Noelle Patricia Muldowney |
| Doreen Ndizeye, Summa Cum Laude |
| Tristen Han Nguyen |
| Heather Crane Nisbet, Summa Cum Laude |
| Sandra Nolasco-Infante |
| Meredith Anne Oakes, Cum Laude |
| Lucas Penovi Orjales |
| Daniel James Owens |
| Joanne Shely Owens |
| Kenyon Diane Page, Summa Cum Laude |
| Kelly Park |
| Riley Stephen Parsons |
| Isaac James Patterson, Magna Cum Laude |
| Trent Houston Patterson |
| Joseph Dominic Provenzano, Magna Cum Laude |
| Taylor Shea Quinlan, Summa Cum Laude |
| Isabel Christina Regehr, Magna Cum Laude |
| Kelsey Alicia Reyes |
| Charlotte Anne Rich |
| Nicole MacLean Richardson, Cum Laude |
| Hassan Riaz Siddiqui, Summa Cum Laude |
| Aidan Christopher Smith |
| Dennis Alexander Trujillo |
| Nathan Andrew Tubman |
| Daniel Dane Vickers |
| Veronica Therese Vogler, Cum Laude |
| Olivia Ann Warner, Magna Cum Laude |
| Blake Criswell White |
| Hayden O'Brien Whitley |
| Taren Mckenzie Woelk, Cum Laude |
| Edward Wu |
| Alexandra Janet Yau |
| Jared Michael Yee |
| Sung Bin Yoon |
| Ryan Thomas Bass |
| Meaghan Elizabeth Chesley |
| Christopher Joseph Chiechi |
| Devin Christenson, Cum Laude |
| Lila Boak Dubishar |
| Alexander Hunter Earley, Summa Cum Laude |
| Miguel Andres Escudero, Cum Laude |
| Emily Anastasia Ferren, Cum Laude |
| Chase Andrew Fletcher, Summa Cum Laude |
| Sadie Cyrille Fuller, Magna Cum Laude |
| Kyran Danielle Goodison, Summa Cum Laude |
| Ian Nicholas Greear |
| Riley Christopher Harriss, Magna Cum Laude |
| Jared Taylor Kutrieb, Magna Cum Laude |
| Joseph John LaBianca |
| Jaeku Lee, Magna Cum Laude |
| Rouselle A. Ligon |
| Gabriel Elias Lopez, Magna Cum Laude |
| Lindsey Michela Lozoskie, Magna Cum Laude |
| Kiersten E. Margulies, Magna Cum Laude |
| Wyatt Kellen McCranie |
| Emily Victoria McGarey, Cum Laude |
| Oliver Ian McKellips, Magna Cum Laude |
| Erica Jean McLain, Magna Cum Laude |
| Madeline Grace McQuade |
| Suryahah Mehjabin |
| Adam Milosz Olszewski, Summa Cum Laude |
| Nicholas Andrew Racine, Cum Laude |
| Shannon Picard Reilly, Magna Cum Laude |
| Claire Louise Reznicek |
| Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Jr., Magna Cum Laude, Honors Scholar |
| Lauren Ashley Scarry, Summa Cum Laude |
| Jennifer Michelle Schumacher |
| Bobby Lance Sherrill, Magna Cum Laude |
| Sam John Soltis |
| Ethan Jarrett Stone |
| Abby Catherine Thompson, Summa Cum Laude |
| Nastassia Christine Tiangco |
| Sydney Whitman Tinker, Cum Laude |
| Nicholas Robert Uliano, Magna Cum Laude |
| Donald Gaston Van Hook, Summa Cum Laude, Honors Laureate |
| Mark Jason Yanez Wage |
| Samantha Addison Williams, Cum Laude |
| Catherine Garrett Woodward, Summa Cum Laude |
| Andrew Michael Young, Magna Cum Laude |
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
| Julia Owsua Addison, Magna Cum Laude |
| Alejandro Conrado Aguilar |
| Lynet Alemayehu, Magna Cum Laude |
| Jordan Samuel Allen |
| Alyssa Faye Alley |
| Heather Elisabeth Andrews |
| Siria Del Pilar Aparicio |
| Melanie Judith Baca, Cum Laude |
| Andrew Charles Bacso, Magna Cum Laude |
| Ryan Joseph Balluck, Summa Cum Laude |
| Thomas Martin Beirne |
| Maddison Brooke Berlinghoff, Magna Cum Laude |
| Caleb James Blair |
| Garrett Michael Blom |
| Julia Isabel Bolte |
| Parker Wallace Bott |
| Rachel M. Boxwell, Cum Laude |
| Kari Elizabeth Boyd |
| Alexis McKenzie Braswell, Cum Laude |
| Anna Sophie Britt |
| Mallory Mae Britt, Magna Cum Laude |
| Elysia Adjoa Budu |
| Haley Macallan Burnell, Magna Cum Laude |
| Brock Allen Burnette |
| Kaelyn Geneice-Caballero Burton |
| Kathryn Marie Calderone, Cum Laude |
| Giuseppe Calo, Magna Cum Laude |
| Benjamin David Calvert, Cum Laude |
| Sophia Wenying Campos, Summa Cum Laude, Honors Scholar |
| Karl Frederik Canby, Magna Cum Laude |
| Bridgett Marie Cantrell |
| Kathleen Evelyn Chesnutt, Cum Laude |
| Zan Alanis Chin, Magna Cum Laude |
| Reagan Elizabeth Coe |
| Timothy Michael Cognata, Jr. |
| Kathryne Joyce Copp |
| Joseph Andrew Cottone |
| Andrew Franklin Craig |
| Cheyenne Autumn Crigger, Summa Cum Laude |
| Conor Charles Crotty, Magna Cum Laude |
| Henry Thomas Crowell, Cum Laude |
| Caleb Brooks Curfman |
| Shannon Leigh Dart, Magna Cum Laude |
| William Sterling Deatherage |
| Jacob Alexander Decker |
| Matthew Stephen Del Guercio |
| Sara Christian Derby, Summa Cum Laude |
| Jude Patrick Despian, Cum Laude |
| Sarah Countryman Dickinson, Summa Cum Laude |
| Christopher Dobyns |
| Denashia Elizabeth Dunnaville, Magna Cum Laude |
| Brett Maxwell Ellis |
| James Matthew Erdely |
| Kyle Thomas Ericson, Magna Cum Laude |
| Spencer John Faber, Magna Cum Laude |
| Lily-Ana Fairweather |
| Samuel Joseph Felber, Cum Laude |
| Ben Rudge Ferren |
| Andrew Tyler Field |
| Rebecca Elizabeth Forrest, Cum Laude |
| Sean M. Foutz |
| Carson Elizabeth Gann |
| Michael Colin Getman, Cum Laude |
| Michael Allan Gish III |
| Joseph Leader Gordon |
| Mary G. Gould, Cum Laude |
| Peyton Joseph Green, Cum Laude |
| Daniel William David Hammel |
| Eamon Michael Heaney |
| Margaret Anne Helein, Magna Cum Laude |
| Amy Lynn Hensler, Magna Cum Laude |
| Helen Noble Hickman, Cum Laude |
| Garrett Sean Higgins |
| Alexandra Grace Holland |
| Benjamin Foster Hopkins, Magna Cum Laude |
| Brianna Marie Hughes, Magna Cum Laude |
| Michael Maurice Hukill |
| Maria Eleni Ioakimidis |
| Joseph Chase Jackson |
| Harper Brown Jensen |
| Christopher Isaac Jones |
| Austin Thomas Kassman, Magna Cum Laude |
| Caroline Marie Kelly, Cum Laude |
| Hannah Grace Kelly, Magna Cum Laude |
| James DeWitt Kelly, Cum Laude |
| Brett Allyn Kershaw, Cum Laude |
| Grace Uhnheh Kim, Magna Cum Laude |
| Laurel Alexandra Kirby, Cum Laude |
| Genevieve Margaret Kluck, Magna Cum Laude |
| Matthew David Koehler |
| Thomas Michael Kosar |
| Aidan McDaniel Kuester, Magna Cum Laude |
| Rebecca Elizabeth LaBelle |
| Ryan Chaisson Lacey, Summa Cum Laude |
| Angela Louise Langdon |
| Benjamin Thomas Levitt, Cum Laude |
| Kathryn Taylor Livelli, Cum Laude |
| Zachary David Lovelace |
| Brittany Nicole Mack |
| Michael Joseph Malherek, Magna Cum Laude |
| Kyle Phillip Manuel, Summa Cum Laude |
| Jaclyn Bueno Marmol |
| Alyssa McKenzie Marshall, Summa Cum Laude, Honors Laureate |
| William Keith Matney, Magna Cum Laude |
| Jyssica Laferne McCormick |
| Angela Marie McGlathery |
| Kyle Ronald McIntyre |
| Darrel Awuley Mensah, Cum Laude |
| Olivia Grace Meyer, Magna Cum Laude |
| Emma Braxton Miller |
| Brandon A. Moses, Magna Cum Laude |
| Matthew John Mullin |
| Rachel Nicole Muscher |
| Laura Elizabeth Naccarato, Summa Cum Laude |
| Bruce Eric Naylor, Cum Laude |
| Joshua Michael Oliver |
| Eric Thomas Ottman, Cum Laude |
| Eleanor Grace Kelly Patrick, Summa Cum Laude |
| Paul Michael Pechie |
| William Anthony Pecora |
| Dane Randahl Pedersen |
| Francisca Yohana Perez, Cum Laude |
| Zachary Nicholas Peters |
| Joy Kathryn Pierce, Summa Cum Laude |
| Matthew Robert Powell, Cum Laude |
| Xavier Crescenzi Prevoznik, Summa Cum Laude |
| Justin Allen Price, Magna Cum Laude |
| Matthew Franklin Prillaman |
| Charles Dickerson Pruett |
| Nydia Cameron Pulley |
| Prachi Prakash Punit |
| Zachary Tyler Radel |
| Sarafina Beatrice Ramalho |
| Rebecca Lynn Ramos-Bush |
| Ethan James Richie, Summa Cum Laude |
| Jacob Elijah Robinson, Cum Laude |
| Jermany Daquan Robinson |
| Nicole Kimberly Rocha Aguilar |
| Davis Patrick Rosser |
| Emma Rose Ruby |
| Sean F. Russell, Cum Laude |
| Brady Michael Ryan, Cum Laude |
| Benjamin Clay Sanders |
| Ashley Marie Sannicolas, Cum Laude |
| Matthew Joseph Schmidheiser, Magna Cum Laude |
| Braxton Tyler Scholz |
| Sydney Michelle Shaffer, Magna Cum Laude |
| Samantha Nasreen Shamim, Cum Laude |
| Lara Siebrecht, Magna Cum Laude |
| Connor John Skelly, Magna Cum Laude |
| Joseph Edward Slattery |
| Lindsey Elizabeth Slusher, Magna Cum Laude |
| Cameron Spencer Smith |
| Kymberly D. Stallard |
| Emma Clark Stein, Magna Cum Laude |
| Eden Hill Stewart |
| Noah James Streett, Magna Cum Laude |
| Heath Alan Sullivan |
| Allison Noelle Swecker, Summa Cum Laude |
| William Joseph Swiacki |
| Adam Kiernan Thomas |
| Tristan John Thomas, Magna Cum Laude |
| William David Thomas IV, Summa Cum Laude |
| Benjamin Caleb Thompson, Magna Cum Laude |
| Brendan Patrick Thompson |
| Thomas James Thorgersen |
| Ashley Thornton, Cum Laude |
| Xi Tie, Summa Cum Laude |
| Sabrina June Tolbert, Cum Laude |
| Rebecca Michelle Trinh |
| Molly Ann Ullrich |
| Vincent Joseph Vitiello III |
| Jennings Patrick Waddell, Cum Laude |
| John Riordan Walsh, Cum Laude |
| Reagan Elizabeth Wampler, Magna Cum Laude |
| Stephen Albert Webber |
| Seth Christopher Weston, Jr. |
| Emily May White, Magna Cum Laude |
| Hannah Lauren Whiteman |
| Katherine Grace Wiggins, Summa Cum Laude |
| Dylan Edward Wigley |
| Alexa Bryn Williams, Cum Laude |
| Isabelle Morgan Wyerman, Summa Cum Laude |
| Bryce McKinley Yancey |
| Kevin Yang |
| David Mou Yu |
| Lauren Elizabeth Zuchowski |
Master of Arts in Political Science
| Spencer Edward Blankenship |
| Reed Lauren Byg |
| Jason Nathaniel Chavez |
| Rayhan Daudani |
| Jessica Frances Dorsch |
| Kelly Tsiptsis Gee |
| Jacob Anthony Kansco |
| Andres Penovi Orjales |
| Patrick James Riebsame |
| Patrick Thomas Santoro |
| Kyle Michael Schoonover |
| Christopher Davis Seiler |
| David Robert Wolfe |
Awards and Honors
The Bernd Award is in memory of the first chair of the Department of Political Science, and it recognizes excellence in undergraduate research and writing.
Alexis McKenzie Braswell and Sara Christian Derby
The Harris Award is in memory of a founding member of the Department of Political Science. It recognizes distinguished scholarly achievement and an outstanding ability to conceive and execute original research in the discipline.
Joshua Michael Oliver
Madeline Grace McQuade
Lila Boak Dubishar
Congratulations from our faculty and staff!
Courtney Irene
Jennifer Hanratty
University Ceremony
Virtual Ceremony
Watch HokieBird reveals, tassel turns, and inspirational messages from Hoda Kotb and Nikki Giovanni.
Reading of Undergraduate Names
The names of undergraduates can be heard in the Department of Political Science video.
Reading of Graduate Student Names
The names of all master’s degree recipients can be heard on the Graduate School page.
A Note on Dual Majors
Students with more than one major may hear their names read in the video of their primary major’s department.
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