Graduate Honors Convocation

Graduate and Professional Student Honors Convocation

This invitation-only event celebrates the achievements of graduate and professional students who have distinguished themselves through research, service and leadership. Invitations will be mailed out in March.

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2024 Graduate and Professional Student Awardees

Arranged alphabetically by school and then by student last name. Click gray bar to see each school's honorees.

Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Elizabeth Amarh    
Provost’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Yasmine Anderson    
Provost’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Hannah Assour    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Miranda Bartira Tagliari Rodrigues Nunes Sousa    
Provost’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Lorraine Blatt    
National Academy of Education Spencer Dissertation Fellowship

Candace Burgess    
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Leah Cabo    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Sarah Daiker    
Met Fellowship in History of Art and Visual Culture

José de Gracia    
Latin American Social and Public Policy Fellowship (LASPPF)

Jessica Diaz    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Kristi Dobra    
Department of Defense Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Fellowship

Shirley Duong    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Erin Duricy    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Tracie Ebalu    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Jake Eisensmith    
Kress Foundation History of Art Institutional Fellowship

Abdelrahman ElGendy    
H.J. Heinz Fellowship

Anne-Ketura Elie    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Darrelstan Ferguson    
Provost’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Nicole (Nikki) Fernandes    
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Diana Flatto    
Fulbright Scholarship

Alex Francette    
Provost’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Julia Alexia Gajewski-Nemes    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Sofia Garner    
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Douglas Getty    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Elijah Hall    
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Gilliam Fellows Program
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Veronica Iriart    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Sara Jaramillo    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Rachel Kramp    
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Gilliam Fellows Program

Daniel Labrousse    
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Crystal J. Lara-Santos    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Dafne Lastra-Landa    
Provost’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Sarah Latimer    
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Jeremy Leung    
The Molecular Sciences Software Institute (MolSSI) Graduate Fellowship

Noël Marsh    
AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship

Alyssa Martin    
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Nicene McNeil    
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Iris Medellín    
Fulbright Scholarship

Courtney Medina    
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Olivia (Liv) Medina    
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Boris Mesits    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Luana Moreira Reis    
Provost’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Melanie Moseley    
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Casandra Paiz    
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Joseph Patrick    
David L. Boren Fellowship

Karen Peralta Martinez    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Racheal Pinkham    
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Lucas Proper     
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Giannina Ramirez    
ARCS Scholar Award

Tessa Rhinehart    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Jacob Richey     
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Savannah Roberts    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Faith Rovenolt    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Lisabeth Santana    
Provost’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Julissa Sarmiento    
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Katherine Sharp    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Claire Stout    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Alexander Zinsmaier    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Graduate School of Public & International Affairs

Christianne Accurso  
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Lolia Adoki  
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Sobia Ayub  
Fulbright Scholarship

Jean-Phillip Raphael Banane  
Fulbright Scholarship

Reece Bermudez  
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Caden Breze  
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Isabel Brum  
Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship

Megan Debski  
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Liliana Devia  
Provost’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Jake Dougherty  
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Dastan Sharshenbekovich Imanaliev  
Fulbright Scholarship

Allison Levin  
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Rebeca Nara Nogueira  
Latin American Social and Public Policy Fellowship (LASPPF)

Janae O'Connell  
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Jonah Philipp  
Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program

Kristina Rajakovich  
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Sara Roach  
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Melinda Szabo  
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Lydia Troutman  
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Madison Young  
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business / Graduate School of Public & International Affairs

Dakota Stein
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

School of Computing and Information

Maryam Aldairi    
Saudi Government Scholarship

Abdulrahman Alhaidari    
Saudi Government Scholarship

Mohammed Alharbi    
Saudi Government Scholarship

Aren Alyahya    
Saudi Government Scholarship

Alejandro Ciuba
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Werner Hager
Rickover Fellowship in Nuclear Engineering

Rr. Nefriana    
Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan Award

School of Dental Medicine

Nadine Robert    
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

School of Education

Keanna Cash    
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Benedict Kachietano    
Fulbright Scholarship

Alicia Oglesby    
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Holly Plank    
National Science Foundation Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE) Fellowship

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Paola Esquivel    
Fulbright Scholarship

Adrianne Smiley
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Alexander Swiderski    
Dingwall Foundation Dissertation Fellowship in the Cognitive, Clinical, and Neural Foundations of Language

School of Law

Mariam Pirveli    
Fulbright Scholarship

Logan Polen    
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Alex Rigberg    
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Mirna Solis Perez    
Fulbright Scholarship

School of Medicine

Talia Adi    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Danielle Antos    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Georgia Rae Atkins     
ARCS Scholar Award

Jie Bin Liu    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Isabel Bleimeister    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Adam Brandner    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Alison Butler    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Hannah Butterfield    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Neil Carleton    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Mona Chatrizeh    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Grace Conway    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Samuel Dienel    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

William Dion    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Maria Fernanda Juarez Anaya    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Jeremy Gedeon    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Shohini Ghosh-Choudhary    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Shekina Gonzalez-Ferrer    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Christian Goossen    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Jordan Gregory    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Jasmine Hect    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Victoria Heinrich    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Maria Fernanda Juarez Anaya    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Anna Kirillova    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Nanami Kubota    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Sydney Lamerand    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Caroline Larkin    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Brandon Lehrich   
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Emmanuel León Colón    
ARCS Scholar Award

Tyler Lovelace    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Philip Mannes    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Benjamin Murter    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Olivia Parks    
ARCS Scholar Award and Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

BaDoi Phan    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Rachel Rice    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

April Rich
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Alecia Rokes    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Fnu Sahana    
American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Nathan Schneider    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Alexander Schuyler    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Ari Selzer    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Kellie Spahr    
ARCS Scholar Award

Morgan Spatz    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Christine Tin    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Jordan Warunek    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Claire Weckerly    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Halah Winner    
ARCS Scholar Award

Anne Wondisford    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Megan Yates    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

School of Nursing

Alice Cline
ARCS Scholar Award

Stephanie Helman
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Karina Kraevsky-Phillips
Zoll Foundation Grant

Lauren Narbey
ARCS Scholar Award

Elizabeth Nilsen
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Hector Salazar
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

School of Public Health

Sarah Avina
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Donald Bourne
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Angela Le
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS)

Kailyn Witonsky
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Toni-Ann Yapp
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

School of Social Work

Ana Flores
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Latrice Shannon
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Swanson School of Engineering

Usamma Amjad
ARCS Scholar Award and National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program

Rodrigo Aruaz Sosa
Provost’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Durwash Badr
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Anna Bailes
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Josep-Maria Balaguer Serra
Wings for Life Grant

Victoria Valentina Beltran
Elizabeth U. Baranger Predoctoral Fellowship

Matthew Borrelli
American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Nathan William Brantly
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Christopher Cover
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Paul Cox
University Nuclear Leadership Program (UNLP) Graduate Fellowship

Morgan Egnot
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F30)

Alireza Enshaeian
The American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Fellowship

Lily Farmerie
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program

Jazlyn Gallego
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Camila Garcia
ARCS Scholar Award

Emma Gibbs
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Abigail Gondringer
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Marcela Gonzalez-Rubio
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Anne Gormaley
ARCS Scholar Award and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Sarah Griffin
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Pete Gueldner
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Isabelle Heintz
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Emani Hunter
ARCS Scholar Award

Michelle Karabin
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Katherine Kerr
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Shannon Lamb
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Vincent Lee
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Annabelle Lint
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Jennifer Mak
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Ande Marini
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Shane McKeon    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Tiffany Moreno
K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship Program

Temitope Obisesan
Magee Women's Research Institute Fellowship

Kaylen Ocampo
GEM Ph.D. Engineering and Science Fellowship

Lee Ohayon
American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Amanda Pellegrino
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Adiya Rakymzhan
American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Brittany Rodriguez
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Andrea Sajewski
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Rebecca Segel
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Nathalia Silva de Souza Lima
Fulbright Scholarship

Isaiah Spencer-Williams    
Provost’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship

William Spirnock
University Nuclear Leadership Program (UNLP) Graduate Fellowship

Kevin Stieger
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Seth Strayer
NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship

Sara Trbojevic    
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)

Barbaro Zulueta    
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program