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Greetings to the Class of 2014:

May 2014 On behalf of the trustees of the University of Illinois and the 11 million residents of our state whose best interests we represent, I want to congratulate all of you in the Class of 2014.

In the future, when historians write about our time, I hope it will be about you as students and your actions as graduates and about your contributions to our state as alumni. I hope you are proud to be here today, proud to be at the University of Illinois, which is the greatest institution of its kind in the United States.

Nothing is more important to the future of Illinois, our citizens and communities, the health of the economy of this state, our quality of life, and the competitive positioning of this state on the national and global stage than is the University of Illinois.

All of you who are graduating today must be relentless voices for excellence and for the notion that we should be the best in the world at what we do.

We must protect and preserve the pride that everyone who has been associated with the university has in that association. Today, you join the ranks of the largest alumni association in the world.

We want you active, and we want you involved. You have a great legacy, and together, we can build on it.

If you have ideas, reach out to your college dean, the chancellor, the president, the Alumni Association, or the Board of Trustees. We all look forward to working with you.

Christopher G. Kennedy Chair of the Board of Trustees

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Congratulations to the Class of 2014

Just a few short years ago, you were sitting in the Pavilion, listening to convocation speeches, and looking ahead to a tomorrow that was unlike any you’d faced before.

In some ways, it probably seems like yesterday; in others, a lifetime. Your years on this great campus have prepared you for a lifetime of success and happiness, and as you head off today to begin that next chapter, I hope you take time to reflect on everything you’ve accomplished and how much you’ve grown.

Your time here has truly been transformative—uniting your talent and passion with UIC’s world-class faculty and academic programs to unlock the doors to your dreams. It has transformed the arc of your lives, which will be forever guided by the broad-based knowledge, critical thinking skills, and sense of purpose that you nurtured here. Tomorrow, you again face a future of new opportunities and new challenges. But you and the more than 7,000 other members of the Class of 2014 have proven that you are ready to make your mark in our world’s rapidly changing workplace.

Remember the commitment and hard work that brought you here today. Remember everything you have learned. Remember that education is a journey that unfolds for a lifetime. And remember the example of the more than 200,000 alumni who have shown the heights that are within reach with a UIC degree.

Today, we celebrate you, Class of 2014, joined by the proud family and friends who have supported you along the way. Enjoy your day, and come back often. Like the lessons you learned here, your bond with UIC lasts a lifetime. Robert A. Easter President

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Dear 2014 Graduates:

May 2014 Congratulations. On this day you celebrate an enormous achievement. Your family, partners, friends, fellow students, and professors all join me in honoring your hard work and the sacrifices you’ve made to attain your degree. We are proud of you, as you must be of yourselves.

As students you have been serious, eager, and devoted to learning. You are aware and concerned about the world beyond this campus. Many of you are the first in your family to attend college, and many have worked one or more jobs to pay for your education. Today, you reap the benefits of all your hard work.

You are now UIC alumni. As you build your life with your education as a foundation, you remain a part of our community. We want you to feel a lifelong connection to UIC, whether you return to attend cultural and athletic events, mentor students following in your footsteps, or continue your own education. You are an essential part of our growing community. Today, we are here to recognize your achievements. As UIC alumni, I offer you my best wishes on all your future endeavors and I urge you to return to UIC often. Sincerely,

Paula Allen-Meares Chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago Vice President, University of Illinois John Corbally Presidential Professor

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The University of Illinois Board of Trustees

University of Illinois at Chicago Administration

Ex Officio Member

Honorable Pat Quinn, Governor of Illinois

Board Members

Ricardo Estrada, Chicago Patrick J. Fitzgerald, Chicago Karen Hasara, Springfield Patricia Brown Holmes, Chicago Christopher G. Kennedy, Kenilworth (Chair) Timothy N. Koritz, Roscoe Edward L. McMillan, Greenville James D. Montgomery Sr., Chicago Pamela B. Strobel, Winnetka

Student Members

Michael A. Cunningham, Urbana-Champaign Jamaal E. Hollins, Springfield Danielle M. Leibowitz, Chicago

University Officers

Robert A. Easter, President of the University of Illinois Paula Allen-Meares, Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago and Vice President of the University of Illinois Phyllis Wise, Chancellor of the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign and Vice President of the University of Illinois Susan J. Koch, Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Springfield and Vice President of the University of Illinois Jerry L. Bauman, Vice President for Health Affairs (Interim) Walter Knorr, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Comptroller Christophe Pierre, Vice President for Academic Affairs Lawrence B. Schook, Vice President for Research Lester H. McKeever, Jr., Treasurer Thomas R. Bearrows, University Counsel Susan M. Kies, Secretary of the Board of Trustees and of the University Thomas Hardy, Executive Director for University Relations Katherine “Kappy” Laing, Executive Director of Governmental Relations

Paula Allen-Meares, Chancellor John Corbally Presidential Professor Lon S. Kaufman, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Bioengineering Mark Donovan, Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services Mitra Dutta, Vice Chancellor for Research Barbara Henley, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Jeff Nearhoof, Vice Chancellor for Development Michael Redding, Executive Associate Chancellor for Public and Government Affairs Robert Crouch, Assistant Vice President for Human Resources

Officers of University-related Organizations

Thomas J. Farrell, President, University of Illinois Foundation Loren R. Taylor, President and CEO, Alumni Association

Deans

Dimitri T. Azar, College of Medicine Jerry L. Bauman, College of Pharmacy Bette L. Bottoms, Honors College Paul Brandt-Rauf, School of Public Health Mary Case, University Librarian Karen J. Colley, Graduate College Bo Fernhall, College of Applied Health Sciences Steve Everett, College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts Creasie Finney Hairston, Jane Addams College of Social Work G. William Knight, College of Dentistry (Interim) Michael B. Mikhail, College of Business Administration Peter C. Nelson, College of Engineering Michael Pagano, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs Astrida Tantillo, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Alfred Tatum, College of Education (Interim) Terri E. Weaver, College of Nursing

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The University of Illinois Alumni Association is proud to recognize the 2013 UIC recipients of the following awards: The University of Illinois Alumni Achievement Award

Presented to those alumni who have attained outstanding success and national or international distinction in their chosen business, profession, or life’s work.

Naeema H. Al-Gasseer, MS ’87 NURS, PhD ’90 NURS

college degree, Granderson recently donated $5 million to UIC to aid in the development of Curtis Granderson Stadium, which will serve UIC’s baseball team and Chicago’s area youth. The stadium will partner with the Chicago Public Schools’ and MLB’s Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities and Urban Youth Academy.

John H. Laub, ’75 LAS

Assistant Regional Director, Eastern Mediterranean Region

Distinguished Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland

Representative to Egypt, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Nasr City, Cairo

An internationally distinguished member of the nursing profession, Dr. Naeema Al-Gasseer joined the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1998 as a technical officer in Training and Curriculum Development. She quickly rose to become senior scientist for nursing and midwifery at WHO headquarters in Geneva. While there, Dr. Al-Gasseer established global policies for nursing and midwifery development, which were endorsed by the WHO Ministers of Health, three UN international organizations, and six nursing and midwifery international organizations.

Dr. Al-Gasseer represented the WHO director general in Iraq from 2003 to 2010, where she led UN agencies working in Iraq to ensure coordination of all health stakeholders while supporting the Ministry of Health and national institutions working to improve the health of the Iraqi people.

In her current role, Dr. Al-Gasseer is responsible for promoting and implementing strategic planning, effective management, and partnerships in support of sustainable health development, research, production, and dissemination of health and biomedical information, as well as emergency preparedness and response procedures.

Former Director, National Institute of Justice Recipient of Stockholm Prize and Hans W. Mattick Award College Park, Maryland

Crime impacts nearly every aspect of society—from public safety to economic development—and John H. Laub has dedicated his career to studying it.

As the former director of the National Institute of Justice within the U.S. Department of Justice (2010–13), and as distinguished university professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland, College Park, Dr. Laub has conducted extensive research on criminal justice, public policy, the history of crime, and how and why offenders stop their criminal activities.

The coauthor of two award-winning books on crime and criminals, he was named a fellow of the American Society of Criminology, which he also served as president. His various accolades include the 2011 Stockholm Prize in Criminology and the Edwin H. Sutherland Award, the highest honor bestowed by the American Society of Criminology, for outstanding contribution to theory or research in the field.

Curtis Granderson, ’03 CBA Founder and Chairman, Grand Kids Foundation

Outfielder, New York Mets Corona, New York

Curtis Granderson may be just 33 years old, but he already has lots of Grand Kids—that is, the scores of youth who benefit from his Grand Kids Foundation, established in 2007, whose goal is to improve educational experiences for young people and reestablish baseball opportunities for inner-city children.

An All-Star outfielder, Granderson has received several honors in the short decade he has spent in Major League Baseball, where he has played for the Detroit Tigers, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets.

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The University of Illinois Alumni Humanitarian Award

Bestowed upon alumni who have made significant humanitarian contributions to society that have improved or enriched the lives of others and the welfare of humanity.

Anthony S. Rinella, MD ’96 COM Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon

Founder, Illinois Spine & Scoliosis Center

Cofounder, Global Spine Outreach Homer Glen, Illinois

Every year for the past 10 years, Dr. Anthony Rinella leaves the familiar surroundings of his Chicago-area medical practice to help children suffering from spinal afflictions around the world.

In Cali, Colombia—and more recently, Poznan, Poland—Dr. Rinella and his team of scoliosis surgeons, allied health specialists, and volunteers not only offer major surgery to 10 to 15 children with rare spinal conditions but work to educate local medical personnel on how to perform the procedures themselves.

A board-certified, fellowship-trained spine surgeon, Dr. Rinella is the founder of Illinois Spine and Scoliosis Center in Homer Glen, Illinois, and Global Spine Outreach, his medical mission, which makes four weeklong visits annually. For his humanitarian efforts, he has received the 2010 De La Salle Award from Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois, and the 2012 Walter P. Blount Humanitarian Award, the highest honor awarded by the Scoliosis Research Society.

The University of Illinois Distinguished Service Award

Awarded to those individuals who have consistently demonstrated extraordinary commitment, dedication, and service for the advancement of the university.

Emanuel D. Pollack

Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, UIC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Chicago, Illinois

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In addition, Dr. Pollack, who holds faculty appointments in the Department of Biological Sciences and College of Medicine, was instrumental in founding neuroscience as an independently recognized discipline at UIC. A certified university mediator and Honors Fellow of the Year, he has been honored with the INSPIRE and Horizon League Sportsmanship awards.

UIC City Partner Award

The UIC City Partner Award recognizes alumni for outstanding service to UIC or in key areas of urban development identified by the UIC Great Cities Program.

Michael Papka, MS ’94 ENG

Deputy Associate Director, Argonne National Laboratory Lemont, Illinois

At Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois, Dr. Michael Papka provides strategic leadership regarding the use of high-performance computing to further scientific discovery.

A computer science expert in large data analysis and visualization, he serves as deputy associate laboratory director for Argonne’s Computing, Environment and Life Sciences Directorate, as well as heads the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, where Mira, one of the world’s fastest supercomputers dedicated to open science, tackles challenging problems in science and engineering.

As a senior fellow at the University of Chicago/Argonne National Laboratory Computation Institute, Dr. Papka conducts interdisciplinary studies involving multiscale simulation data and investigates ways to manage, process, and analyze data in the computational pipeline in order to uncover crucial information that could lead to scientific breakthroughs.

A computer science professor at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, he also advocates for increased computer science emphasis in high schools and middle schools across the United States.

Emanuel D. Pollack oversees nearly 10,000 undergraduates in the UIC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences but seems to make an impact on every one of them.

As senior associate dean for undergraduate affairs at the college, Dr. Pollack is responsible for all aspects of undergraduate academic life—from admissions to academic advising, curricula, educational policy, and degree completion. He is among the first faces new students see (at LAS Orientation) and among the last to say farewell (as marshal of the college’s graduation ceremony). His focus is on student retention and success; during his nearly two decades at the college, its graduation rate has nearly doubled.

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College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts Lori Felker Department of Art and Design (Moving Image) College of Business Administration Sung-Han Lee Department of Accounting College of Education Daniel Miltner

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

College of Engineering Nantaporn Ratisoontorn

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences—Humanities Mitchel Hendrickson Department of Anthropology Alfred Thomas Department of English College of Liberal Arts and Sciences—Natural/Physical Sciences Joel Brown Department of Biological Sciences Lindsey McQuade Department of Chemistry College of Liberal Arts and Sciences—Social/Behavioral Sciences John D’Emilio Department of Gender and Women’s Studies Katherine Noll Department of Psychology College of Nursing Krista Jones

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ACADEMIC DRESS Academic dress, consisting of cap, gown, and hood, originated about the twelfth century and was worn primarily for warmth. Subsequently, material of the gown and the lining and the shape of the hood represented the economic and social as well as the 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 were originally 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. Material of the gown and hood for the bachelor’s and master’s degree is usually of cotton poplin, and for the doctor’s degree, of rayon or silk ribbed material. 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. The hoods, which differ in length for the three degrees, are lined with the official colors of the university or college conferring the degree, usually with one color forming a chevron pattern over the other. The bachelor’s hood is three feet in length; the master’s hood is three and a half feet, and the doctor’s hood is four feet long. At the University of Illinois at Chicago the lining of the hoods is flame and indigo. For PhD students, the trim of the hood is indigo. For other doctoral students and for master’s students, the velvet trim at the edge of the hood denotes the field of study. UIC graduating seniors do not wear hoods. The mortarboard cap is standard in the United States. Usually all tassels are black, but where the graduating seniors do not wear a hood, as at the University of Illinois, the color of the cap tassel indicates the type of degree earned. Students receiving a bachelor of arts degree wear white tassels; those receiving a bachelor of science degree wear gold. Doctor’s caps may have tassels of gold thread. At the University of Illinois, candidates for degrees wear tassels on the right front quadrant of their caps before degrees are conferred and change them to the left front quadrant after degrees are conferred by the president. Caps are considered a part of the costume. Gold, silver, and bronze cords worn by some graduating seniors signify the three levels of University Honors. Gold cords signify summa cum laude, silver cords signify magna cum laude, and bronze cords signify cum laude. Gold stoles identify graduates who are members of the Honors College. Red cords distinguish students

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who have been recognized for service and/or leadership. Some students also wear cords or stoles signifying their membership in campus organizations or activities. The Jewel of Office and Gold collar, which is worn by the president, was presented to the university by the University of Illinois Alumni Association. It is emblematic of the Office of the President and is worn at all formal academic ceremonies. On the collar are engraved the names of the presidents of the university and their years of service. Trustees of the university are identified by their blue gowns with blue velvet panels outlined in orange cord. For all academic purposes, the colors associated with the different subjects are as follows: Agriculture Applied Health Sciences Architecture and the Arts Business Administration Dentistry Economics Education Engineering Forestry Health Professions Education Journalism Law Liberal Arts and Sciences Library Science Medicine Music Nursing Oratory (Speech) Pharmacy Philosophy Public Administration Public Health Social Work Theology Urban Planning Veterinary Science

Maize Green and Gold Brown

Royal Blue Lilac Lilac Light Blue Orange Russet Gold Crimson Purple

White Lemon Green Pink Apricot Silver Gray Olive Dark Blue Peacock Blue Salmon Citron Scarlet Wedgewood Blue Gray

(UIC does not offer all of these degrees; however, faculty and platform party members may hold degrees in these areas.)

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This program contains official lists of names of graduates who received degrees in summer 2013 and fall 2013 and unofficial lists of names of candidates for spring 2014 graduation. The names of spring 2014 graduates are as accurate as possible. However, due to printing deadlines, the names of some degree recipients may not appear, while names of degree candidates may appear even though they have not completed their degrees. The University of Illinois at Chicago’s official registry for conferral of degrees is the Office of Admissions and Records. The following symbols are used in this program: * College Honors

† Cum Laude

‡ Magna cum Laude

§ Summa cum Laude

|| Graduate College Fellows

# Honors College (undergraduate students who are members of the Honors College)

** Bell Honor Award (College of Engineering)

†† Beta Gamma Sigma (College of Business Administration)

‡‡ Certificate in Evidence-based Mental Health Practice with Children and Adolescents (Jane Addams College of Social Work) O Online Programs (College of Nursing)

P Central Illinois Peoria (College of Nursing)

Q Quad Cities (College of Nursing) R Rockford (College of Nursing)

U Central Illinois Urbana (College of Nursing) 1 Phi Lambda Sigma (College of Pharmacy)

2 Rho Chi (College of Pharmacy)

r RPharm Distinction (College of Pharmacy)

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UNIVERSITY HONORS POLICY The three levels of university honors listed below will appear on UIC transcripts for undergraduate students participating in spring 2014 Commencement ceremonies honoring students who earned degrees summer 2013, fall 2013, or spring 2014. Summa cum laude (“Highest praise”): 3.90 and above grade point average

Magna cum laude (“High praise”): 3.75 to 3.89 Cum laude (“Praise”): 3.50 to 3.74

Please note that transfer students must have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours at the University of Illinois at Chicago with a minimum cumulative grade point average (transfer + UIC) of 3.50 (A=4.00) to earn university honors. In addition, grade point average for UIC courses must be a minimum of 3.50 (A=4.00) to earn university honors. The determination of university honors for spring 2014 candidates for graduation will be based on grades reported through the end of the term prior to graduation. Additionally, transfer students must have completed a minimum of 42 semester hours at UIC at the end of the term prior to graduation and a minimum of 60 UIC hours upon graduation. UIC will reserve the right to make permanent adjustments to the list of students receiving university honors based on final cumulative grade point average information.

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Doctoral (all Doctor of Arts, Doctor of Education, Doctor of Nursing Practice, Doctor of Occupational Therapy, and Doctor of Philosophy) and master’s (all Master of Architecture, Master of Arts, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Education, Master of Health Professions Education, Master of Healthcare Administration, Master of Public Administration, Master of Science, Master of Science in Teaching, and Master of Urban Planning and Policy) degrees conferred by the Graduate College are listed under the respective disciplinary college.

College of Applied Health Sciences Biomedical Visualization Master of Science

Degree Conferred August 2013 Sarah Michelle Hegmann

Degree Conferred December 2013 Caroline Patricia O’Driscoll

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Lisa D’Angelo Tiffany Chante Davis Rachel E. Ducker Audrey R. Gifford Caitlin S. Johnston Cari Renee Jones Lauren L. Kalinoski Dayna Brooke Menken Jessica M. Parmley Abigail Richbourg Amy C. Sojka Rex Edwards Twedt III Melanie Upchurch Audrey-Lorrine Mee Valentine Katie Yost

Disability and Human Development Master of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Kelly Koomler Ellen Beth Landau Sarah Louise Moore Rachel Marie Pearson

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Jillian Politz Kristen M. Salkas

Disability Studies

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred December 2013 Vijay Vasudevan DEVELOPMENT OF A BARRIERS TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS Candidate for Degree May 2014 Katherine Elaine Caldwell║ SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND THE REIFICATION OF SUCCESS

Assistive Technology Certificate Program

Certificates Awarded December 2013 Shauna Gilmore Robyn Jung

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Kathryn Keirans Sarah Marzano Lori Peculis Margi Strombeck Sara Tyburski

Health Informatics Master of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Amy Beth Bledsoe Leo J. Brown Daniel Lozano Ikenna Obioma Nwanekezie Jillene Nicole Schmees Mirsad Skopljak Carol Modlin Walston Mary Ward Adejare Windokun Bryan Yagodzinski

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Mamtha Yajman Bajjappa Donna Grimes Bell Ronald Bryan Blaha Darnel Velasco De Leon Yvette Marie Desmarais Marc B. Djulus Gregory Richard Dolderer Joshua Escario Barbara Ann Gallo My Soi Harris Anjuli Herrington Lynnette Marleen Hessling Debby Huang Alexis Christine Jacobs Binoy J. Joese Namrata Khare Leonard M. Khayet Tony Jerome Lane Timothy Leung Christi Lynn Lower Hanh H. Ly Yeva Y. Madden Rupashree Majumdar Gil Andres Sioson Marquez Bryan J. Miller Marie Muhammad Odet J. Pluviose Roberta Darnez Pope Patrick Salazar Preston Daniel Sherwood Geoffrey Sim Brian Lee Taliesin Okumbunmi Tella Kristle Ann Thayer Carrie Lee Watkins Nicole D. Williams Lillian Denise Winkler Xiaoming Yan Jose C. Yongco Kathleen June Zambito Melissa Lynn Zimmermann Matthew Jacob Zimmie

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Avikar Janardan Vishnu Agrawaal Karen J. Allen Godfrey Amadi Sheryll Christine B. Basa-Chon Christopher Bell Victoria Marie Berge Paula Ann Bobbitt Stephanie M. Boyer Dusty Lynn Brinson Ashley Ann Bruno Betty Jane Buss Gregoire C. Charles Jason Mathew Chathanatt Ajimie Uy Cordon Arlyn Ostonal dela Cruz Helena Thanh Diep Aldin John Fauni Kelly Marie Feehan Aimee Forman Elise Sophia Gordon Mark J. Gutman Arash Jalali Mark Vernon James Joy Hope Jeffers Ellen Jennings Kristina Ann Johnson Karen Anne Kirschbaum Kenneth Alan Krumwiede Monica Carol Lareau Lourdes A. Lopez Gary W. Lucas Pechie Manglicmot Staci Lee Mellinger Sheron Myers Mara B. Poynter Karen Jean Roth Veronica L. Sanderson Eric James Schoenherr Pamela Sue Shirley Margaret A. Silbert Jennifer Skyrm Marianne Smith Catherine Elisabeth Snapp Timothy J. Sobol Janet Sterling Stephanie Marie Trowbridge Emmanuel Lacsina Tuazon Evan Bryant Varga Deepti Verma Joseph Victor Villegas Wendy Pauline Walter Dian A. Weinkauf Anthony Mai Yeates Paul E. Ziesk

IBHE Postmaster’s Certificate in Health Informatics Certificates Awarded December 2013 Morounsayo Abimbola AwosikaOlumo Kelly Katherine Johnson Olivia Kang Andrew Boon Liu David Resch Dhrumil Shah

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John Shumack Linda Marie Villegas Eugene E. Webster Michael George Zambiasi

Candidates for Certificate May 2014 Dana Ellen Groulx Molly Shay Jones Thomas Ku Nancy Butler Pierce Colleen Mary Reese Elle Fernando Rich Lea Serwetman Marina Fowler Slemmons Bessie Mae Tetteh Jane Marie Trudel Brett Jeremy Walker Yu-Ting Yuan

Health Information Management Bachelor of Science

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Melak Birhanemeskel Addis Thomas Alex Starr L. Alston Maritza L. Ayala Manal Aziz‡ Victoria Bursak Victoria Ann Cacciatore Amy Chan Jessica A. Dranka Maribel Fabian‡ Mark Nam Shik Font Timothy Michael Frain Nusaibah Khan Heejin Kim Nataliya Kompanets§ Karolina Anna Ligas§ Kristina Marie Luce Ryan Matthew McCarty† John Mensah Raniem A. Musa‡ Jinal Patel Haris Pervaiz† Dustin J. Phoutharath Mariska Catherine Riollano Navjot Singh Nicole Superits Saleha Vhora† Britney C. Villegas Monica K. Winiarski† Sarah Yankey Frempong Jennifer Elaine Ybarra

IBHE Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Health Information Management Certificates Awarded August 2013 Dennis Joy Navarro Arante Candice Ann Beckford-Wells Claire E. Blondeau Irby Barnett Hunter Jessica Ann Madon

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Certificates Awarded December 2013 Rachel M. Buser Elizabeth Ann Cadwell Jessica Cheyenne Ciccone David James Glick Ruby Yao Lorenzo Matvey Pavlov Marvin Louis Primos Shawn Michael Ruder Anthony Small Xiaoming Yan Candidates for Certificate May 2014 Carolyn Shore Coker Steve J. Kim Christina Liles Rhonda Ann Nash-Taylor Susan J. Valentini

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Master of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Rebecca Ann Conklin Komal Kumar Kukkar

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Andrew R. Arnold Robyn Leigh Kretschy Becker Karia Coleman Kari Anna Hultgren Vikram Singh Somal

Bachelor of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Genevieve M. Belt Jessica L. Beyer‡ Amy E. Cervenka Sara Nicole Cortell Joseph Edward Doose*§# Arthur H. Hawkins Jeanne Ashleigh Herry Marina N. Koval† Anthony M. LaBarbera Gerhard H. Laurich Tony L. Mace Ashley N. Meyer‡ Amanda E. Ouimette Julian C. Penaranda Miranda L. Peterson Jeffin C. Phillip Michelle Ruan Clive Adlus Salvacion‡ Daniel S. Vasilev Gregg E. Voboril Corina Vong

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Cynthia Rose Becker Denise Michele Borrero Ryan Douglas Bruneman§ Dariusz Walter Bzdyk Jeremy Allen Demaria Anthony Steven Di Cristofano Stephanie C. Girton Vanessa Rose Grano Brian J. Grant Christie L. Griffin

Eric C. Hammond Grace L. Hermanowski Anthony George Kelley Melissa M. Lawrence William B. Peterson Michael A. Pietkiewicz Daniel Joseph Robinson§ Marl Vrenn Datoy Salaum Rebekah Yvelis Sotomayor Anisha S. Tailor‡ Jessica L. Thoms Mihaela Aura Tugui† Jebasia Marrie Turner†# Aaron Urbano John-Anthony M. Valle Crystal Vega Bricklin James Welch Michael J. Williams

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Fuad Haytham Abdeljaber Melvin Mohan Abraham Azeez Oluwagbenga Alimi Claudia Alvarado Mauricio Andrade‡ Sandra William Atallah Adebola M. Ayeni Jessica M. Backous† Mohammed Abdul Baig Kierra Burrows Kristen M. Carr Sabbin Sonny Chammachel Geo J. Chemmachel Christina Ciezczak# Charlotte Kristina Cole Tommaso Colella§ Bennett Issac Cornelious Marissa C. Craft Ashley P. Curtis Kamil Czyzewski Fatima Kayed Daghash# Mitchell A. Dela Merced Mariya V. Denisenko§# Michaela D. Dionglay Sebastian Conrad Dorszewski† Molly Doyle Barbara Duda† Donnie C. Dupaya Jacquelyn Marie Fletcher§# Hassan K. Flowers Joshua D. Fox Laura Fetters Shaina George†# Shawn George†# Jillian A. Gice Danielle Lynn Gilbert Alex G. Gockman Adam Edward Gomez Daniela Gonzalez Damien Gresham Mariola A. Gruba† Monika H. Gruba† Elizabeth Ann Gutierrez Melissa M. Halinski§ Liam P. Hayles Joshua James Hector Paul J. Houmpavlis†# Brett Ryan Hudson Kelley Charleen Hukle-Vankirk† Christopher D. Hutcherson Dino V. Infelise Jeffrey Abraham Jacob Robert A. Jass

Rachelle A. Johnson Cristal N. Kawi Mohammed A. Khadeer‡# Julie Knippen Chau Ern Koh Lauren Elizabeth Krantz Allison Joyce Law§ Mario M. Lebinac Christy Mary Manaois Rachel Manlucu Alex Mariscal Seena K. Mathew Jeffrey Ken Mei Rebecca G. Michalak Anthony M. Narcisi Robert Neilson†# Karla Marie Nelson Dallal A. Nijem† Megan Ann Nino Ibraheem Oguntade Ekta K. Patel Khushbu A. Patel Neel C. Patel Rushik Ashokbhai Patel Sonam V. Patel Victoria Perizes MIchael Pileczka Fiona K. Potempa Vanessa Prado Rachel Prochazka Paul Anthony Amante Pulpulaan Gustavo Rangel Laura C. Ramirez† Michael J. Rauwolf Anna M. Rodriguez Tia M. Rosenstein Nuquishma Vetriece Ross Alexander L. Ruiz Susan A. Russin Nicole M. Schaffer Abbey Schroeder Adem Senalan Matthew P. Serrano Darshan M. Shah Vishal M. Shah Matthew Joseph Siroky Elizabeth M. Skender† James Charles Slater Paola Natalie Solis† Puneet N. Soni Olivia Lillian Stoklosa†# Teena J. Thekel Jyothi J. Thipplikat Angelo Tolentino Victoria L. Tomaras Elisabeth M. Toth Sean Tubridy Vincent P. Turrise Ikemsinachi C. Ukeka†# Ervin Velic Rachel Marie Volkl§# Haley Wagman Collin Townsend Weyer‡ Benjamin B. Wu Malgorzata G. Xiarhos Irving Yepez Rolin Yousefyan Takieh Kelsey H. Zakrzewski Abbie E. Zaremba Tony Zhou

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Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Rehabilitation Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Surabhi Bhutani║ ALTERNATE DAY FASTING COMBINED WITH EXERCISE FOR WEIGHT LOSS AND CARDIO-PROTECTION IN OBESE ADULTS Eduardo Esteban Bustamante║ PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTION FOR ADHD AND DBD Neeta Suresh Kanekar║ THE ROLE OF ANTICIPATORY POSTURAL ADJUSTMENTS IN BALANCE CONTROL: EFFECTS OF AGE AND TRAINING

Monica Catherine Klempel ALTERNATE DAY FASTING WITH A HIGH FAT VERSUS LOW FAT DIET FOR WEIGHT LOSS AND CARDIO-PROTECTION Abbi Danielle Lane EFFECTS OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES TO ACUTE, INDUCED INFLAMMATION

Cenk Kaan Pusatcioglu IRON AND CHRONIC INFLAMMATION IN OBESE AND LEAN MEN WITH COLON CANCER: THE LINK WITH HEPCIDIN

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Lisa Gim Chin-Cottongim THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF UNILATERAL VS. BILATERAL SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION ON EYE MOVEMENTS IN PATIENTS WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE Chia-Wei Fan PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES AND DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF CLIENTS USING TWO THEORY-BASED ASSESSMENTS Jessica Anne Longworth BIOMECHANICS OF MANUAL WHEELCHAIR PROPULSION: THE EFFECTS OF SPEED AND EXERCISE

Nutrition

Master of Science

Degree Conferred August 2013 Xianjun Li

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Eleanor Margaret Aggour Grace Chao Deborah Ann Cogan Stephanie Lynn Coogan Jacqueline D. Duca Nicole M. Eells Anna Gabrielle Gacke Esther Kennedy Cassie L. Kerr Kate M. Kloet Ashley M. Lytwyn

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Commencement Melinda Sue Manuel Xiaoxing Ma Allison J. Pigatto Courtney Michelle Reynolds Carla A. Schmitz Kerry L. Weber

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Yolian M. Calvo Kathleen Mary Duffy Yi-Shiuan Lin Danmeng Liu William Bernard McKeever Alexandra Katherine Otwell Heather Ann Riordan Andrew C. Senger Courtney R. Southwood

Bachelor of Science

Degree Conferred August 2013 Fernando Lara

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Nawal Al-Nouri‡ Lela M. Fausze Brittney Ellen Jarvis‡ Maritza Moreno Linette K. Rayahin‡# Candidates for Degree May 2014 Lauren Elizabeth Bedore† Ayah M. El-Beshbeeshy Syeda U. Fatima†# Natalie Gavi Colleen M. Lakota Nava Levia Livne‡ Daniel J. Rotstein Kamil K. Zolnik

Occupational Therapy

Doctor of Occupational Therapy Degree Conferred August 2013 Cynthia L. De Ruiter

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Emily H. Frank Kristin Darice Hildebrand Candidates for Degree May 2014 Elyse Diane Hahn Kira Ann Meskin Baily Zubel

Master of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Elizabeth Marianne Berg Dallas Winston Castillo Kathryn Daniels Rachel Merrin DeMuro Ryan P. Durkin Veronica Esparza Kimberly A. George Alexa Rose Greif Jessica Kristen Heinemeier Brian J. Hovorka Katherine Eileen Johnson Phoebe Kinzie-Larson Kelly L. Krueger Remy Zebrowski Lang Mary Kathleen Maloney

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Melody Lyn Maney Sophia F. Mendoza Bran-Dea Jeanne Metzler Anne M. Nekoliczak Cara E. Newman Rebecca Ellen Nixon Rebecca Marie O’Connell Nicole T. Paneque Monal Ramesh Patel Mary Frances Pearson Diana L. Pedraza Catherine F. Ruiz Janis Schreiber Catherine Jane Taylor Kathryn E. Thomas Ashley M. Umali Jerrie L. Vales Lauren Marie Walker Dairian Monique Washington Margaret Elaine Yates Baily Zubel

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Elaine S. Kayhan Clemens V. Mallari

Physical Therapy

Doctor of Physical Therapy Degrees Conferred August 2013 Andrew P. Moy Nicholas G. Nelson

Degree Conferred December 2013 Richard Hershel Markle Candidates for Degree May 2014 Tamara B. Alie Sofia Anastasopoulos Kelly J. Askins Stephanie B. Austin Michael George Bruszer Amy C. Bussman Jessica E. Chapuis Avani Muuesh Desai Tiffany M. Ducato Noelle Andrea Fillmore Holly E. Ford Sarah C. Foulk Alison Rachel Garmisa Theresa Ann Gilsdorf Melanie Anne Goldstick Bret P. Greenberg Julie Brittany Hamby Julio Alejandro Hernandez Luba Khakham John M. Kim Stephanie Rose Korso Valerie S. Kramer Nicholas A. Lefere Leah M. Michelsen Matthew V. Morris Claire Marie Skurka Mysliwy Hang Nguyen Kaitlyn M. Pasquinelli Lars Petersen Alfonso Martin Poma Jenna C. Poulter Jillian M. Proffitt Cherryl Ilaya Rafael Punam D. Rajyaguru Mackenzie Lane Riebel Ryan Rivadelo

Brittany Souder Denise Odessa Toombs Annmarie R. Walkosz Jonathan M. Walmsley Matthew D. Walthers Elizabeth Weamer Jessica M. Webster Julieann T. Webster Michael K. Weiler Michael Wetmore Ned J. Zerwic

Rehabilitation Sciences Master of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Bing Chen Tejal Manohar Kajrolkar Savitha Subramaniam

Degree Conferred December 2013 Oluwabunmi M. Omiyale Candidates for Degree May 2014 Mahrshi K. Patel Mary Rose Szczurek Rini Varghese

College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts Architecture

Master of Architecture

Degree Conferred December 2013 Peter Christopher Overman Candidates for Degree May 2014 Samer Afifi Heather E. Atkins Damian Andrzej Babicz Brandon Jon Biederman Evan W. Bliss Julia Nicole Di Castri Peter John Drezek Rezvan Farahany Emmanuel R. Garcia Brett Gustafson Don C. Kalant Bradley A. Kang Michael A. Kendall Elizabeth Patricia Kivel Lauren E. Kolek Matthew Edward Messner David Joshua Mulder Jeremy M. Pacheco Jessica M. Parmenter Anh K. Pham Pawel Piotr Rachfalski Brian J. Schmitt Katherine B. Simson Maria Jose Tasada Kim Anh Tran-Dinh Alvaro J. Vanegas Aurelija Venckunaite Nazifa Barkat Virani Shifa Virani

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Timothy Cramer Walser Liyan Wan Lauren N. Wiatrek Heather M. Wick

Bachelor of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Marko Dumlija Suroor Z. Khan Patrick J. Spence

Degrees Conferred December 2013 David E. Caburnay Bryan Michael Craig Matthew R. Hamaker Christopher B. Nodarse Christopher Phillip Wilson Johnathan Kenith Wilson

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Radu D. Alexa Borislav L. Angelov*‡ Afshan F. Aqueel Daniel Barrios Matthew David Benson Agustin Bernal* Victor R. Bocanegra Christopher Caro Salvador Cervantes Crystal Michelle Collado Jacob E. Comerci* Rebecca M. De La Torre Emily R. Doom Nisha M. Evans Adam J. Fadie Jaime Alejandro Pacheco Gutierrez Sarang Han Terrence M. Hector*†# Vanessa Marie Hernandez Richard Ignacz*† Maxwell Albert Jarosz* James Robert Johnson Christian Anthony Kisereu Andriy R. Kukhar Jessica Lopez Mariano Lopez Matthew Taylor Madsen Matthew A. Martin Belem Medina Kamil Miskowiec Branden M. Myers Ryan Micheal Odom Alisa M. Penkala* Antonio Pietanza Matthew Paul Price*‡# Justin Quachlaw Agnieszka Rutkowski Elena Salazar Francisco Salgado Erick Omar Sanchez Meghan C. Shanahan Johanna Angelina Spindola Diana K. Stavropoulos Nichole Lynn Tortorici* Ryan Patrick Treacy Andrea Janina Varaneckas Luis Guillermo Vazquez Jacob T. Waas Jana Yeboah*‡

Commencement

Art

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Jeremy M. Garver Nathan A. Miller

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Caroline R. Allen*† Megan Tatiana Convey*‡ Sofia Luz Dorantes*† Laura Jeanne Dunne*‡ Christine Renee Harrison Frei*‡ Miriam Gomez Todd D. Hamamoto Emily Therese Heffelfinger Martin Hernandez*† Christopher S. Humbertson Megan Elizabeth Huntsman Aleksandra Manterys Courtney Ryan McKenna Madison E. Meruvia Obinna Andre Mojekwu Maria Anna Karina Lara Navoa*† Eric A. Perez*†# Terrence Christopher Pitts* Lance K. Ridenoure Stephanie M. Salinas Nancy Sanchez*† Megan Schuch Lucas Maclaine Shaffer*† Donald Stephens*† Allison Joyce Sweeney Abelardo Vazquez Annabel Louise Wheeler*†

Art History

Doctor of Philosophy

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Sarita Kumari Heer RE-IMAGING INDIAN WOMANHOOD: THE MULTIPLE MYTHOLOGIES OF PHOOLAN DEVI SooJin Lee THE ART OF ARTISTS’ PERSONAE: YAYOI KUSAMA, YOKO ONO, AND MARIKO MORI Aleksander Najda║ APOCALYPSE ACCORDING TO VASILY KANDINSKY

Master of Arts

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Jennifer Leigh Pearson Serena B. Washington Sarah L. Yost

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Martyna Anna Klimek Gretchen W. Neidhardt Teresa Erika Silva Cassandra A. Smith Tyler Teegardin

Bachelor of Arts

Degree Conferred August 2013 Julie Carpenter*†

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Eva Marie Eastman* Pawel Michnik Lorelei Ann Paradise Candidates for Degree May 2014 Yvonne Gail Estolas Bermas*‡# Kathryn Emilie Franks Jeffrey Alan Klepper Shelby Jean Lauman Asha C. Leroy Miranda Nichole Lindquist Melissa J. Nunchuck Melissa Elizabeth Romeo*§# Gina Song Rebecca A. Vandusen* Anna P. Waskowski

Design Criticism Master of Arts

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Brandon Jon Biederman Matthew Edward Messner Chelsea Alexandra Ross

Graphic Design Master of Design

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Michaile London Brooks Kahon Hong Anna Jane Keeler Muhammad Nafisur Rahman

Master of Fine Arts

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Juo-Yu Chang Riem Ibrahim Kyulee Kim

Bachelor of Design

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Ellen McKee Abnee Nina Andorf*† Jesse Wade Banwart Jeffery Andrew Barnes Jenna Blazevich*† Nancy Catalan Neal A. Crowley Caroline Claire Dodd*‡ Le My Duong* Emily A. Eggen Ceida O. Elizarraraz*# Julianna Esquivel Alexander Giraldo Deanna K. Grazier Donya Hammad Lauren E. Harnisch*† Alexander J. Hayashi*§ Lauren E. Hecht*† Jackson Robert Hill Diana Huynh† Faruk Jasaragic* Kristina M. Jecius*† Julia Jouravel*† Colleen M. Kane*† Julia L. Kaufman*‡ Asja Lydia Lausevic Devin M. Law*†

Meaghan C. Lee*§ David Lopez-Villanueva Blessing N. Okere Amanda Bianca Ontiveros Malgorzata Pis*† Michelle C. Stypa*† Jamie Tintera*† Analisa Christina Vassallo* Candy Velazquez Noelle Simone Williams Eric Edward Wojnarowski*

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Diana Acevedo Sean Ronald Diller*†

Degree Conferred December 2013 Paul A. Chessare Candidates for Degree May 2014 Stephen J. Denning Malgorzata Popowska

Industrial Design Master of Design

Degree Conferred August 2013 Weixi Zheng

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Haochen Wang Huijie Zhou Andrey Aleksandrovich Zimnyakov║

Bachelor of Design

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Andrew M. Aguinaldo*† Olivia B. Arduini*§ Lauren Burger Steven J. Crissey Ivan De Santiago Brandon M. Deets Glendon Trey Elliott Bryan G. Forsyth Anthony S. Grana Steven Paul Harper Danielle J. Hisle Brittney S. Hopgood*†# Byron K. Johnson Helen Lam*† Lefie Marie Lindokken*# Aleksandra Manterys Alejandro Maravilla Emily A. Michka Michael Peter Napierala Sarah M. Poh*† James Alan Rickel Aubrey A. Sniegowski* Susan Marie Sternal* Danyah Subei*§ Jillian K. Tackaberry*‡# Gerson Armindo Velez Yu-Cheng Yang*†# Bryan Olayres Zoleta

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Degree Conferred August 2013 Sade Adell Ragsdale

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Tracy T. Bell Kyle William Jackson Peter P. Muller

Jazz Studies

Bachelor of Music

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Paul David Casey Shaun Lorell Johnson Jonathon Everett Wenzel

Moving Image

Master of Fine Arts

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Jesse Malmed║ Melissa Myser Courtney Marie Prokopas║ Matthew Patrick Shaw

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Degree Conferred December 2013 Juan O. Villalobos Candidate for Degree May 2014 William Morris Klazura

Museum and Exhibition Studies Master of Arts

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Leonard M. Cicero Gail Ana Gomez Stephanie L. Reynolds Heather A. Robbins Rachel M. Thompson Meghan A. Wingert

Music

Bachelor of Arts

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Christina Sokchuen Chow*† Joshua Daniel Miller Candidates for Degree May 2014 Jacob N. Adams*†# Justin Boyd Andrew Dillon Brown*† David Glenn Brown Thomas Owen Kelleher*† Philip Kwon Yu Lim L. Lee Jessica Nicole Manzella* Sarah Ann Marsh Gloria Fumi Oluyadi Scott William Winter*†

New Media Arts

Master of Fine Arts

Degree Conferred August 2013 John Benjamin Keddy

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Alejandro Toledo Acierto Christopher Michael Little

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Commencement

Performance

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Degree Conferred August 2013 Michael C. Saubert

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Patrick Azipu Agada Rebecca J. Brown*† Tanous Jihad El-Kareh*‡ Trace A. Hamilton*† Anjelica M. Masson Trigney Perkins Morgan Chiagoziem Ugoeze Nwakanma

Bachelor of Music

Candidates for Degree May 2014 August S. Boyne*† Anne Marie Debreczenyi Jessica Elizabeth Martha Klass William E. Wayman

Photography

Master of Fine Arts

Candidates for Degree May 2014 James H. Cofield Colleen Keihm Jonathan Loic Rogers Jenyu Wang

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Jillian Hansen-Lewis Analidia Moran

Studio Arts

Master of Fine Arts

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Astrid Liliana Angulo Cortes║ Macon Reed║ Daniel Oliver Tucker║ Candidates for Degree May 2014 Erik Allen Jordan Robert Anderson David Bodhi Boylan Matthew Kayhoe Brett Elena Paquin Feijoo Timothy Patrick McMullen Hanna Marie Owens Julie Elize Potratz║ Nicholas Chandler Rigger Kyle Schlie

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Katrina M. Mabborang Shawn Elizabeth Rusin

Degree Conferred December 2013 Maria A. Manrique

Theatre

Bachelor of Arts

Degree Conferred August 2013 Ciera A. Alexander

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Degrees Conferred December 2013 Samantha Eileen Charles Brittney Victoria Lutz*† Katherine C. Norton* Candidates for Degree May 2014 Ashley Joi Banks Warren Bernard Baskin Collin A. Davis Rachel E. Ehrenberg*† Aislinn Li Kuen Eng* Christian J. Fernando Neil Ryan Fontano Chance Mario Manzo* John R. Van Ort

College of Business Administration Accounting

Master of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Xiao Feng Lu He Michael Ryan Holpe Pawel J. Szeliski†† Jing Wu Xinhui Yu

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Angela S. Agnew Egidijus Bloze Marco Carriero Yuuki Cheng Felicia T. Cox Hanchao Du Xu Han Jingye Huang Katelyn Maureen Huber Olia T. Huminiak Yushuang Jiang Yumi Kitamura†† Thomas M. Lagor Lixiang Li Pengxiang Li Yuan Li Chufan Lin Lili Ma Christine Marie McGovern Nicholas Andrew Metropulos Felicia Danielle Jadeso Ojo Ashwin Kalyan Pandav Peter Paramadilok Joshua T. Punchur Steven Semerau Olivia M. Sprecher Bennett Matthew Welch Jing Wen Fan Xu Yi Yin Shuo Zhang Wei Zhang Candidates for Degree May 2014 Nazia Ahmed Robert Baggerly Rafael D. Berenguer†† Natalie C. Beutler

Zonglin Cai Yuan Cao Jeffin Kadavil Chandy Chaohui Chang Tzu-Ching Chao Chen Chen Zhuo Chen Ying-Shan Chou Thomas Robert Cronin Andrea A. Cruz Mohammad Danish Yuanyuan Deng Bujing Xu Ding Zhe Du Barbara I. Elder Laila Khaled Elgandoz Matt T. Falvey Zheyu Fang Yang Feng Eugene M. Fula†† Shihui Ge Erin Goodman Rabia Halim Hana N. Hashim†† Yiya He Joseph Charles Hogan Tinghui Hong Hsiao-Wen Hsu I-Hsin Huang Wenming Huang Chunhui Jiang Yuqing Jiang Brittany N. Koshinski Steven Michael Krug Sonny Quoc Lam Rachelle O. Lazar Charles William Lederer Haohao Li Lingkun Li Shiyi Li Xuan Li Yuan Li Xianshuai Liu Xinyuan Liu Yongjie Liu Yue Liu Fong Yin Ma Ryan Thomas Matthiesen Michael Patrick McDonald Denise I. Mendoza Justin Metz Asel Moldousupova Uma M. Mulakala Wenfei Pan Alexandra A. Pielet Magdalena Plonka Jialing Qian Diana Sanchez Guangya Sang Samiyah Haider Siddiqui Andrius Simulis Hang Song Jie Song Steffanie Leigh Spear Xiangran Su Zhaoya Su Cui Xiu Tan Alexis Elaine Tate†† Shuang Tian Dave Simon Tirkel Michael Y. Valenta Andrew D. Walthers#†† Dandan Wang

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Pu Wang Xiaoyu Wang Zhen Wang Cassandra A. Weishaar Chao Wu Jikai Wu Yan Xiong Jin Yan Xiaoyang Yu Lubing Zhang Miaomiao Zhang Naixi Zhang Yilun Zhang Cai Zhao Danni Zheng Huizhang Zhou Qi Zhuang

Bachelor of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Nana Akwasi Aboagye Wei Deng Christopher M. Julius Ashwin Korvadi Regina C. Krenz*† Uma M. Mulakala*† Stephen K. Nzerem Kapil Vijay Parmar Magdalena Plonka*† Andrew D. Walthers*†#†† Yanfen Wu Olga Zyabkina

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Mohammed Ribhi Abdellatif Asma Tawfiq Abusara*† Sarwat H. Ali Joseph Sevilla Alperto Matthew Jeffrey Anzalone Borislava Georgieva Ashikova Maira Alejandra Casillas Shirley Chen Pikyin Cheng*† Daniela Cocoara*††† Kevin De La Rosa Eloisa Flores Anna K. Gorzkowicz Madina Gozieva*‡†† Karen Mayenshka Haleem Jodi B. Hill Yanjun Jiang Alexander S. Kim Kathleen L. Klimara Christopher Hansam Lee Ashley M. Lepcin*‡ Rogelio Loya Luis Miguel Martinez Julia Anne Matheson Tyler P. Mayer Michael J. McAvoy Vivian Moy David S. Neary Raymond A. Olson Arnoldo Orozco*‡†† Kharla Muniz Pacheco Kalpesh V. Patel Nimisha C. Patel Sergio Daniel Pedroza*†† Elizabeth A. Pichardo Piyaporn Purananda James Daniel Rashid Oscar A. Regalado*†

Commencement Andrew Peter Roti Kushal S. Savkur*† Disha S. Sheth Thomas H. Shimp*††† Brian Y. Song Mohammed Ismail Suman Yulia Svechnikova Vatsal J. Thakkar Evangelos S. Theodoropoulos*‡†† Marilu Torices Richard Valimohammad*† Pawel Wasilewski* Daniel C. Weber*† Edyta Joanna Wilk Sara Nicole Wissmiller*† Tina Tingting Xie Sylvia Zadlo Priscilla E. Zayas

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Muhammed M. Abdullah Biann J. Abu-Elreish Mary T. Adeleke Saqib Admani Omar Marwan Ahram Dorota Aksan Aaron Jonathan Archie Jose G. Bailon Fotene Barkonikos Daniel P. Behrens Todd Campbell Budy Josue Carrasquillo Vanessa Chaidez Douglas W. Cleary Justin Coleman Matthew J. Cortese Leigh W. Cunningham Hoan Tam Doan Michael C. Donnelly Bayan Rajeh Elayyan Juan Ricardo Escobar Erelen Ferman Catherine E. Fischer Pathik U. Gandhi# Ariel J. Garcia Carlos A. Garcia Nathan S. Gill Ariel Gonzalez Samantha E. Gordon†† Gustavo Guzman Ye Jin Ha*‡ Ahsun M. Hassan*† Stephen K. Hau Sonia Hernandez Eduardo Herrera Romeisha A. Hickman Dyshida R. Hightower Luke R. Hinchley*‡# Clarissa Jean Horne Tsvetelina Ilarionova*† Joshua G. Jacobson Kunal Jain*‡ Abraham K. Kamara Daniel Tacaca Kear Maha Daoud Khatib Nesiba Kujukovic Tony La Fatima Lakhani Katie L. Lamontagne Montoya Shaundrel Lashley Andrew Le Sang Ah A. Lee Andrew James Lenting

Amatore Loiotile Jose A. Magana Lopez Alejandro M. Lozano Bennett John Lumbera Richard Andre Lyons*‡ Nolan Christopher Mack† Yesenia Arisbeth Malagon Martin Omally Martinez Ricardo Lara Martoccia Kathryn Mateo Palak Mistry†# Tzvi Y. Morgenstern Cierra Morton Oscar Munoz Natallia Navumenka*† Anna L. Nicholas Sebastian Ochoa* Rolando Olvera Nathan O. Otokiti Tom B. Padanilam Angelica Palacios Jaymin Patel Nirali V. Patel*†# Arkadiusz Pekala Tong Qu Holly Richard*† Abigail Richards Cesar Rocha†† Veronica Romero James Larkin Ruane Marlene Saldivar*†#†† Rustam Sehen Josip M. Setka Schwarltcouf Sintim-Aboagye Yamilet Solano Andrew Robert Stancook Ailing L. Sung*§ Olena V. Svyrydenko Emilia Dorota Szczepanik*† Anna Thomas Telson Thomas An Le Tran Bikyin Dawa Tsaering Francisco Varela Gerardo M. Velayarce Daniel Verastegui Totran Vinh Geraldine Vo*† Sarah B. Wald*‡†† Jennifer L. Warner Quinn Adam Williams Beata Maria Wojnar*‡ Wei Wu Narongat Yoongthong Anna Zieba

Business Administration Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred August 2013 James Anthony Downing STRUCTURE, STRATEGIC GROUPS, AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: A STUDY OF EMPLOYEE ENTREPRENEURSHIP Degree Conferred December 2013 Morgan Wilson

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Ekundayo Yetunde Akinlade†† THE DUAL EFFECT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON INDIVIDUAL- AND TEAM-LEVEL CREATIVITY

Jason A. Coupet THE EFFECT OF RESOURCE DEPENDENCE ON QUASI-MARKETS Xiaowei Gong║ AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF LIMIT ORDER BOOK Suqin Gu

Wenyao Ku CURRENCY EFFECTS ON INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PORTFOLIOS: EVIDENCE FROM TAIWAN, HONG KONG, CHINA AND SINGAPORE Chenwei Liao

Master of Business Administration

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Bethany Kendra Allen Mitchell Kenneth Bork Sutanaporn Butsaboon Matthew Bradley Camis Yan Chang Yu-Jiang Chang Monruedee Chanthanadit Jingtao Chen Yi-Hsuan Chen Yu Jung Chen Po-Heng Chiu Thanawalee Chueapanich Jinxin Cui Yingjie Dong Chih-Yuan Fu Chuanjiu Fu Fei Gao Tianhe Geng Sang Woo Ham Michael Ryan Holpe Yingying Hou Yongbo Hua Adam Martin Jendrisak Hye-Seong Jeon Qiuyi Jiang Shan Jiang Dong Hwan Kim Hyun Tae Kim Hyunseung Kim Ji Eun Kim Young Jin Kim Yan Kong Soon-Oh Kwon Seung Jun Lee Wan-Ting Lee Chenxi Li Dalin Li Meng Li Su Li Yu-Hsuan Liao Po-Yu Lien Hsiao-Yin Lin Ziyu Lin Chengcheng Liu

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Dong Liu Ri Liu Yongming Liu Yao Lu Kunlathida Luangthamme Damon Dominic Lucenta Xiaopeng Ma Pilasinee Mayungphong Emi Nishimura Seark Seung Oh Jung Lyun Park Hongyan Pei Peizhi Peng Wei Peng Baiying Qi Yiai Qian Zhuo Qin Shi Qiu Seung Bum Rho Han Song Sara Ann Stind Teeraseth Sujitpitsatham Chao Sun Hailiang Sun Huimin Sun Tianshi Sun Juneshik Sung Kyungmin Sung Tian Tian Mengshi Wang Minhui Wang Xin Wang Zeyun Wei Bo-Yi Wu Keyu Wu Chun Xiao Su Xu Yanzhe Xu Hongliang Xue Shoichiro Yamaji Chen Yao Yao Yao Soonsick You Bojun Zhang Jiexuan Zhang Wenchang Zhang Zihang Zhang Yan Zhao Shichun Zhong Jie Zhou Ling Zhou Siming Zhou Ye Zhu

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Zhaohui An Wayne Joseph Barkley†† Aliah Ghafoor Bhatti Ashley Nicole Brown Yue Chen Yuuki Cheng William Patrick Clegg Kyle Roger Decker Sean Philippe Dougherty Eric Joseph Franklin Iaroslav Golubenko Shalonda Janelle Greaves Feng Guo Xiaoming He Daniel Mark Hogan†† Nicole E. Huff Radhika P. Joshi Benjamin Aaron Lachman

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Commencement Lingwei Li Meng Li Qiaolin Li Zongxu Li Zechong Liu Yan Luo Anthony Mammana-Lupo Anthony H. McClellan Moaz Jawaid Mirza Karnwadee Naruenartwanich Daniel William Aloysiu Parsell†† Shuo Qi Wanyi Qu Joshua Carroll Reed Nawat Samakayanusorn Kristi Lea Schluckbier Noel Louis Albert Schutt Zhenyi Shen Aoxue Sun Qian Sun Theerapong Supavivath Weeraphan Suriyashay Xuxiang Tan Yuan Tian†† Haotian Wang Yu Wu Liu Yang Haifeng Yuan Hannan Zhang Xiaoye Zhu

Candidates for Degree May 2014 John W. Aaron Jae Bum Ahn Zaneta Dunczyk Ahuja Nidhi Arora Kirby J. Atwell Tarun Awasthi Abraham J. Berkley-Vigil Jinming Cao Shanta Marie Cardiel Yuan Chen Tung Chou Yun-An Chou Suwanuch Chuhomchan Jonathan Contreras Lianwei Cui Yun Cui Nicholas Julian Deitch Jason C. Deno Dielle Dsouza Jeffrey Obinna Ebo Zheng Fu Jie Gao Rui Gao Catherine Doonan Gildea Vanessa Sandona Gizzi Fancheng Guo Siyu Hao Shamiah Meana Hayes Jennifer Ann Hinz Yu Ming Huang Catherine Julia Jefcoat Jae Hwi Jun Jin Young Jung Harshwardhan Kaveeshwar Minsik Kong Jacob M. Lee Jung Yong Lee Pang Chun Lee Sang Woo Lee Wen-Hao Lee Yi-Ting Lee

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Chia-Fang Li Fei Li Jingmu Li Zilu Li Fangyu Lin Lan-Chin Lin Ju-Ying Liu Wenbo Liu Xinyuan Liu Yan Liu Zhao Liu Zhihong Liu Quancheng Lu Xiaoming Luo Melanie-Kukana Hingada Maglaya Kandis Leslie Martin Fong Yin Ma Alibaster Jose McDonald Michael Patrick McDonald Elizabeth Harmon Miller Jennifer Edwina Niew Munkhbold Nyambaatar Flor De Maria Fernandez Osorio Heung Seo Park Justin Phillip Patten Darcy Frederick Phillips Ying Qian Robert Edward Rank Jason Rebello†† Coleman Anthony Risch Shizhu Rong Sholanki Sarkar Ribin Seo Mariceli Serrano Na Shang Shilin Shen Megan Amanda Silverstein Carolyn Ann Storozynski Yang Su Vasiliki Thomeas Dave Simon Tirkel Chu-Chu Tung Neeta Kiran Venepalli Michael John Vidmar Fred William Walz Xiaoxi Wang†† Xue Wang Kevin Michael Wasielewski Tylor Leigh Whitt Marcin Wiesyk Tanachat Wijanpreecha Laura Katherine Wright An-Tai Wu Yang Xiang Meng Xie Yujia Xie Runchun Xu Yong Yan Cheng-Yun Yang Jing Yang Wen-Se Yang Yu-Hsuan Yang Huijuan Ye Wanqian Yu Xiaobo Yu Yongnian Yu Frank Anthony Zaborowski Danqing Zeng Hong Zhang Ran Zhang Yanfang Zhang Yi Zhang Zhongrui Zhang

Zhou Zheng Kan Zhou

Bachelor of Business Administration

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Melissa D. Brazdys*† Melanie Brown* Anna Galperina Patrick Arvo Gudat Izabela Nersesyan Kyle W. Oligney Jessica Ellen Polko*‡ Maryna Treciak Jason Scott Whitecotton*† Candidates for Degree May 2014 Melissa Rene Anderson Daniel Butterworth*† Nikita Cromwell Voltaire Anacleto Domingo John Richard Dy Mayumi Yoshikawa Flesner Lisa Marie Gibertini*† Joshua Lee Hayden Robert Emery Holloway Sylvia C. Jones Heather Nicole Lumley Amber Michelle May Brandon Moore Andrew Moses Jeffrey Murrell*† Daniel A. Oh Kyle D. Patrick Kylie Pearson Elizabeth R. Peterson Anna Raymer-Parks*‡ Crystal Santana Florian Paul Otto Schneider Yayoi Dina Takai Lucas Brandon Zavoli*‡

Entrepreneurship Bachelor of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Rene Camarena Andrea Z. Sajewych

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Lukasz Barnas Slyvon L. Blanco John A. Cruz John Michael Dimatteo Gerardo Palacios Candidates for Degree May 2014 Joseph Wayne Allietta Thomas Henry Barton Alexandria Lynn Burek Courtney Lavelle Carter Patryk Dolega Jessica M. Droege Kevin Kneeland Rachel J. Luckett Jeffrey Ma Jacob D. Mager Dayana R. Sheytanova*‡

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

Finance

May 2014

Bachelor of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Denne L. Adams Subasri Dasari Nibiru S. Dashto Farhan Ghassan Fakhouri*†# Patrycja W. Glowacz Sohaib Imran Brenda L. Jimenez Loi Td Le Phu Nguyen*† Tsutomu Nogami Ankur B. Patel Samir S. Patel Aleksandar Radjenovic David Siemek Thomas R. Trench Pavel Yurevich

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Steven Donald Adamaitis Saqib Ahmad Pete Maldonado Alonso Antonio Luis Alvarez Matthew Arnold Blackman*†† Lucas Borges* Jason R. Byrnes Rocky Ruiz Camarillo Ching Wa W. Chan*† Cara Kristina Corcoran Patrycja Joanna Cybruch Jeffrey Michael Czarlinski Ming Du Enkh-Erdene Erdenebaatar Patrick Michael Fitzgerald Philip J. Galounis Alena I. Gifford Maurice R. Goodman Jorge Guzman Israel Hernandez Harim Hong Yunke Hu Jeremy T. James Paul Janeczek*† Zachary B. Kaleta*† Alan Wojciech Koszyk Anna Kowalczyk Karl Gerhard Kraus*† Fadil M. Kulam Palmira Leanos*‡†† Stephanie D. Mendez Lauren M. Mickels Syed Mudassir Trisha A. Nguyen Jingsha Ni*††† Sharon Park*‡ Juan F. Perez Lukasz Piczura*‡ Philip Mario Portanova Thelma Esther Prah Jose Antonio Prieto*† James M. Regan Michael J. Reilly Kevin Roberson Joshua Bonner Ross Brian P. Schneigert Vera P. Setiawan Shahbaz H. Sheikh Che Kuan Shyong Andrew James Sipes Valane Spaulding

Commencement Sudan Tan Robert Gene Tebia-Cirera Konstantin Todorov Jennifer M. Toler Leslie A. Vail Jacquelyn D. Washington David Jong Whang Raynard Keith Woods Sungyong Yoon

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Christopher Abbasi Luis F. Aguirre*† Mohammad Maher Ahmad Ohdye Alabed Vincent M. Angeloni Syed S. Anwar George S. Arida Alevtina Arkhipenko*§# Andres Avalos*† Olivia Bianca Banach Robel A. Belay Nauman Akram Bhatti Natalia B. Blankenship Mahair Chamout Jinseok Chang Kevin S. Choi Carlos A. Coronado Lucerito Delgado Alexander Whitney Dennison Saruul Enkhbat Stephen Paul Feiden Richard Henry Fisher Christopher Fitzgerald*† Maribel Fuentes Daniel S. Gal Reagan Nicole Gant Christina M. Garcia Jaime Garcia Nestor A. Garcia Jorge Gomez Zachary J. Grammer*‡ Jonathon A. Halpert*† Zubair B. Hamid Adam T. Heck* Bryant Jhovanny Hernandez Augustine Kyun Ho Mark Andrew Holzhauser Eric Huang Hilary Huffman Asel Idan Paul J. Impallaria Sarah Anne Ingram*† Devon R. Izard Jillian R. James Mariah L. Johnson Omar S. Judeh Scott C. Jurgerson Adam Warner Kass*† Jaime Alan Kaupie Michael Alan Kilinskis Emily E. Kobel Francis Lam Jacob R. Lance Wun To Leung Renjian Liang Qin Dan Lin*† Sterling Alexander Livingston Anthony Luo Eduardo A. Macz Daniel Patrick Maxwell Ashley Kira Simone McKinnie Jacob McNamara Gonzalo Mireles

Gary Mo Daniel S. Morey Stephen Jeffrey Morris*†# Justin W. Morrison† Mario Nelaj# Ron M. Obdin Isaiah Nana Ogoe Sammy Olayan Jake Anthony Olijar Jessica Marie O’Shea Bayoro Laurence Emmanuelle Ottro Radha Oza Catherine M. Park Jihyun Park Paragi R. Patel Sahishnu Patel Sunny S. Patel Alexander J. Peterson Carmel Polevoy*§ Jose Guadalupe Prado† Joseph James Promisco Guillermo Quezada Sankari Rajaram Marc Ramos Jake A. Ries Courtney Catherine Rinehart Miguel A. Rodriguez Yolixin L. Rodriguez Ivan Ruiz Christian A. Sadi Diego Sandoval Hany S. Shamoun Andrew Tyler Smith Jin Hwan So Colin Dean Spector† Oksana Suden Chi F. Tam Curtis H. Tam Julie T. Tran# Gregory C. Van Heest*† Chang Wang Shuo Wang*‡#†† Brandon Joseph White Zachary Kenneth Wood Daniel Zaragoza Wei Jun Zhang Yan Zhang

Information and Decision Sciences Bachelor of Science

Degree Conferred August 2013 Jose M. Rodriguez

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Colleen Marie Bonner Jeremy L. Dai Brandon Laurence Feld*† Siqi Kang Zeeshan Mohammed Latifi Christopher Malobabic Brian R. Melbye Rafay A. Memon Mason R. Olvera*††† Tiberius S. Silivestru Zhipeng Wan Candidates for Degree May 2014 Ryan A. Allsman Angelene Arito*‡ John W. Clawson Aurelian Calin Craciun

Steve Eun Sara Garcia‡†† Jennifer Rietta Haywood*†# Hoanglan Thi Ho*‡ Padraic Johnson Svenja M. Johnson Lukasz J. Koprowski Lukasz Korzun*‡# David Laska Andrew Le Jessica Loyo Faheem Ullah Murad Trevor Popovits Komal S. Reniguntala Elizabeth Beverly Saathoff Sunny H. Shah Gary Shlahtichman Shuo Wang*‡†† Karina Zizumbo*‡

Management

Bachelor of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Steven Michael Fehrenbacher Seth J. Fuerst Christopher K. Galos Neema Mohammadzadeh Rendi Efstratios Musabelliu James A. Scott Zeeshan A. Syed Gouthami Vanam Da Som Yoo

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Anastasiya Bezkorovayna* Adrianna K. Czyzewski Kelly T. Diep Anthony A. Farthing*† Diana Marie Fink Gabriela Garcia Federico Hernandez Weili Huang Spencer C. Hunt Odai M. Jaber Charles W. Kaskadden Hyungsik Kim Florin Marcus Benjamin A. Mayberry*† Ashley A. McGivney Alexa Medina Devin A. Miller Joseph P. Militello Michael Mark Mundo Ekaterina Munter Ace I. Nakaoka Lina H. Parekh*††† Philip D. Pedota Nicolas J. Ricchiuto Mariana Rodriguez Alexandra Natalia Savoia Andrew John Sellers Janet Sierra Hugo A. Solorio Frederick E. Soppet Daniel E. Sterczek Ashley Monique Taylor Andi Tole Tanee Traimas Krystal Vargas Siu F. Wu Rain Zhaoying Yu

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Oscar Mauricio Andrino Ingrid Aviles Renee Michelle Bacik Kayla A. Bringelson Salvador Chavez Jose G. Cordero Denisha Nicole Crockett Jimmy Dang Jeremy Jerenard Flowers Thomas C. Fortmann Kelsey B. Foss Ilona Z. Gomez Katsiaryna Halavach Jose A. Hermosillo David A. Huante Joshua Roy Hudson Grzegorz Jarzabek Jacob W. Juhola Ioannis Karahalios Ilana Kazakish Samuel Kirkwood Gary M. Liang Alejandra Lopez*† Marlene Maldonado Maritza I. Mares Jaime E. Martinez Konrad Micun Joseph Militello Hannah R. Mitrovich Nida Naeem Matthew Walter Opfer Graham Michael Pipenhagen Brian J. Ramirez Brian Christopher Shockley Georgia Siourounis Joanna Christina Sourounis Agnieszka Surowaniec Ken Quang Tran Stephanie M. Vazquez Chris Venturini Danielle Ryan Wolf Tony Yung Sydney Marie Zepeda Miroslav Zivak

Management Information Systems Doctor of Philosophy

Candidate for Degree May 2014 Ferdi Eruysal

Master of Science

Degree Conferred August 2013 Jayne Best

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Tuvshinsaikhan Altankhuyag║ Anusha Balasubramanian Meenakshi Peranamellur Chandrasekaran Venkata Ratna Padmaja Duvvuri Sagar Ganapaneni Gopi Krishna Guntupalli John Andrew Highlander Naren Juluri Prabhuranjith Koduri Patrick R. Land Xiaobo Liu Tejaswini Mahadev Sham Marol

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Commencement

Sabarie Mohhan Vijay Muralikrishna Vatsal Nidhi Tapas Dipak Patil Ramaprasannavignesh Ponnuswami Katsiaryna Radziuk†† Vaidyanathan Ramasubramanian Punyashree Bangalore Ramaswamy Hemanthkumar Remala Melroy Salvador Rodrigues Imran Ahmed Shaik Aravind Nurani Venkitasubramanian Krisshnan Venugopalan

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Swaraj Acharya Nitin Agrawal Praveen Venkatraman Batlagundu Manjari Bhadra Shvetha Dhandapani Raj D. Doshi Nikhilkumarreddy Gabbi Mrunmayi Prakash Gadre Aruneraj Radhakrishnan Ganesan Simranjit S. Gill Ankush Gupta Mayank Gupta Swathi Hejeebu Swati S. Iyer Shweta Janardhan Sathish Jayadevan Anirudh Jyothi Muhammad Zia-Ur-Rahman Khan║ Reddychalam Kokatam Jonathan Robert Lestor Rajrishi G. Makur Smriti Mathur Anjali Mehta Faisal Faroz Mohammed Shishir Chandrashekharaiah Nagaraj Sandeep Nannuri Ravikanth Nune Namit M. Patankar Rajwardhan S. Patil Srikanth Perni Yash Chandresh Rasania Rajeev Ravikumar Varun Varma Saripella Namrata Ramesh Sawant Isha Mukesh Shah Janani Sundaresan Lakshmi Narasimha Aditya Trikutam Amit Kumar Tripathy Kumar Vaibhav Malavika Vasudeva Anuj Vohra

Marketing

Bachelor of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Margaret S. Banasik Stephen Richard Gadd Christine N. Jenkins Michael A. Jones Alexander James Kouris Jennifer E. Nicosia Suejin J. Park Boris D. Vagun Feng Xu

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Degrees Conferred December 2013 Shelby E. Anderson Ryan Andrews Diana Marie Bowden Patrick Chojnacki Sara J. Cohen Oscar L. Gaspar Michael J. Greco Mitchell James Gummerson Matthew Ing Jacquelyn M. Jenke† Esther Kim Lok H. Kwan Yisha Liang Robert Jacek Lisak Marcin Makselan Ronnie Dell Nelson Daniel John O’Toole Beata Pajda Bryan Michael Pusateri Cynthia Rimmer Joyce YiChing Suen Stefan V. Tabutov*# Nicole Marie Wilkin Xiaowen Zhao Candidates for Degree May 2014 Shayla Aardsma Elba Aceves Anahi Garcia Acosta Ashley Mahilum Barillas Katherine M. Bauer*† Smita Bedi Paul D. Bianchi Ivie Burk Kwan Yi Chan Alexandra G. Christus Owen Choi Patrick K. Chung Joseph Robert Cristman Cristina Denise Cruz Asra A. Dhorajiwala Zachary D. Diaz Jon E. Donnowitz Alejandra Flores Rachel L. Gallichio*‡ Sara Garcia‡†† Eric Michael Gess*‡ Sandra O. Gonzalez Lisette Guel Dung M. Ha Erwin Hernandez Diana Hotza Samuel T. Johnson Shahreq A. Khan Michael James Kinney Collin B. Kittridge Ryan Klockowski Vineet Kumar Lisa I. Lerma Jared Daniel Levi Qin Dan Lin*†# Prateek K. Maitra*† Joseph E. Maltese Jorian A. Micor Ivana Mijic Michael D. Minogue Natasha Mohiuddin Leticia Montesinos Casey Lyons Murray Seweryn Pawel Nowicki Taylor M. O’Hagan Magdalena Palka

Marta A. Reyes*† Nicholas J. Rice Nicole S. Rigby Andrew Napa Rosete Jonathan P. Ryan Elizabeth Beverly Saathoff Robert Carmen Salerno Nick A. Schiller Sungpil Seo Karl A. Seyhun-Ferrufino Courtney M. Shekleton Sarah Laurin Siderius Isaac Soto Jennifer Layton Strom Kazufumi Terada# Oscar Urbina Courtney Wagner Dustin J. Walters Jacob Michael Winters Matthew Charles Zemater

Real Estate

Master of Arts

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Manuel Resurreccion Doctor Matthew Seth Gorge Candidates for Degree May 2014 Yina Gao Jose Enrique Lopez Yixian Sun

College of Dentistry Dentistry

Doctor of Dental Surgery Candidates for Degree May 2014 Juan Sebastian Abadia Zabihulla Ahmadi Nida Akhter Hussain S. Ali Lauren M. Allegretti Nawar Alnoman Omar H. Alramli Caryn Reizl Ayarzagoitia Alexandria Marie Balich Nicole S. Bartosik Joseph D. Beatty Namrata G. Bhansali Bojana Bojovic Ryan E. Booth Brock A. Booton Akintunde Anane Bowden Marie A. Brown Milena Bulic Brian Jinyoung Choi Christopher J. Colby Julie K. Davis Hala Elkhadra Evan J. Endsley Akshi Gandhi Meredith Ann Gantos Michael Bryan Gilbert Ashley Drew Ginsberg Dustin Jade Goetz Jason Garrett Harrison Arash Hosseini Kyle S. Hunt

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Zainab Hussain Meggan Leigh Keller Rebecca J. Kendrick Darrin Steven King Douglas G. Lee Eun-hee Lee Kashyap Krishna Maddali Mallory Ann Marquie Austin Silvio Martinez Cassandra C. McKenzie Nisha Deepak Mehta Zainab T. Muhammad Kenneth S. Negro Folashade E. Ogunsanya Paul Pamula Krupa J. Patel Cristian I. Pavel Claire N. Pescheret Erin M. Petrik Jacob Philip Laniel G. Razdolsky Michael Jesus Reyes Heather Marie Rybar Mariam Nasreen Saeed Sadaf Safavinejad Stuart Schelkopf John Leonard Schneider Agata Skiba Peter D. Smidt Amanda S. Sonntag Stefania Spilotro My-Han S. Tran Jacob L. Wertz Yvonne Raquel White Simona Ziliute

International Dentist Degree Program

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Zahra Al Rawi Ayesha Nusrat Ali Silvio Arauz Ashu R. Bansal Anas Barakat Ahmed Bilal Alfredo Enrique Torras Ceballos Sandra Chagui Kiranjot K. Chandi Dipti Chandra Ghaith Darwish Melliza George William E. Gordon Monica Kalinowski Igor Kampfer Ziaullah Khan Aita Koopahi Rizwana Yunus Lakhani Chandni Mahindra Keyurkumar Chimanlal Patel Niravkumar Gunvantbhai Patel Sagar Bharatbhai Patel Maria Veera Patrick Rupinderpal K. Purewal Catherine Awuor Rabala Pooja C. Raol Candido Rivera Vivian R. Ruiz Reem Nasir Saeed Myoung Ah Seo Dalvina Schmidt Sharma Hawar J. Sulaiman Arshia Taranum

Commencement Crescencia Marie Sequerra Tejero-Ugay Sara Mohamed Toema Naheed Yasmeen Thiago F. Vinhas Tabassum Touqir Zaidi Mustafa Zakkoom

Oral Sciences

Doctor of Philosophy

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Bojana Bojovic Ariel R. Johnson APOPTOSIS IN WOUND REPAIR

Master of Science

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Suzie Madison Ahn Cleidy Arboleda-Lopez Kathryn Stroud Bullwinkel Michael Andrew Christian Dustin Michael Davis Charles Collins DiFranco Kristina Grace Dragstrem Agata Agnieszka Drozda Jillian Noele Gray Ryan Jacob Haimof Natalia L. Hodge Erica Hsiao Pardeep Kaur Zameer Ali Khan Aram Kim Jiyeon Kim Graham Kyle Meng Andrew Philip Monestero Alexandra Catherine Polus Ashley N. Popejoy Abdelrahman Ibrahim Salem Amarjot Singh Goth Kwo Fung Siu Emiliya Taneva Kristen Ashley Vlagos Patrick Ryan Whittington

Postdoctoral Programs Certificate in Endodontics

Candidates for Certificate May 2014 Ashutosh Kaushik Andrea Venizelos Nunney Cristina Teodora Olarov Richard J. Pasiewicz Ross C. Ryan

Certificate in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Candidates for Certificate May 2014 Edward C. Collins William L. Hull

Certificate in Orthodontics

Candidates for Certificate May 2014 Cleidy Arboleda-Lopez Kathryn Stroud Bullwinkel Kristina Grace Dragstrem Agata Agnieszka Drozda Ryan Jacob Haimof Natalia L. Hodge

Pardeep Kaur Abdelrahman Ibrahim Salem Emiliya Taneva

Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry Candidates for Certificate May 2014 Dustin M. Davis Jillian Noele Gray Zameer Ali Khan Ashley N. Popejoy Amarjot Singh Patrick Ryan Whittington

Certificate in Periodontics

Candidates for Certificate May 2014 Charles Collins DiFranco Andrew Philip Monestero Kate Alexander Quinlin

Certificate in Prosthodontics Candidates for Certificate May 2014 Suzie Madison Ahn Michael Andrew Christian Aram Kim Jiyeon Kim Graham Kyle Meng Alexandra Catherine Polus Goth Kwo Fung Siu Kristen Ashley Vlagos

College of Education

Curriculum and Instruction

Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Ambareen Nasir TEACHERS THEORIZING ENGLISH LEARNERS’ MATH-SCIENCE FUNDS OF KNOWLEDGE THROUGH COMMUNITY ACTIVISM

Joseph Charles Rumenapp RE-POSITIONING ENGLISH LEARNERS IN TEACHER DEVELOPMENT: A LANGUAGE IDEOLOGIES APPROACH TO URBAN EDUCATION

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Sana Gauhar Ansari DECONSTRUCTING COLLEGE-READINESS IN AN URBAN BLACK CONTEXT: IDEOLOGY, DISCOURSE, AND PRACTICES

Elizabeth Anne Birmingham GENERAL ACADEMIC OR DOMAINSPECIFIC VOCABULARY?: THE IMPACT OF WORD SELECTION IN HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY Timothy C. Pappageorge ROLES OF ENGAGEMENT: ROLE PLAYING IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ARGUMENT WRITING AMONG 9TH GRADE

Candidates for Degree May 2014 David Charles Bonner MULTIMODALITY AND LEARNING: EXPLORING CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN A PHYSICS CLASSROOM Dennis Carl Federico

Alexander Radosavljevic MATHEMATICS SOCIALIZATION THROUGH GAMES: A STUDY OF BILINGUAL LATINAS/OS IN AN AFTER-SCHOOL CONTEXT

Mary Ann Rawlins A JOB-EMBEDDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER LEADERS Samuel Robinson

Educational Psychology Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred December 2013 Karen Lee Drill SOCIAL EXPECTANCIES AND COGNITIVE DISSONANCE: PERCEIVING AND RESPONDING TO GENDER Candidates for Degree May 2014 Melissa A. Kelly

Erica Michelle Laforte VALIDATION OF SCORE INTERPRETATIONS FOR THE BDI-2 USING RASCH METHODOLOGY

Florence Hung Manning ON LEVERAGING THE FIRST IMPRESSION: LEARNING, ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION, AND THE DESIGN OF DIGITAL TASKS

Instructional Leadership Master of Education

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Meghan Elizabeth Mulryan Megan A. Ryan

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Kristina B. Adamczewski Nana Kwame Ofosu Amponsah Diana Christine Cadalbert Dominick William Garritano Marva M. Hall Ariel F. Kiken Myisha K. Love Patricia Martinez Rebekah Meta McHugh Portia Newman Annaliese Newmeyer Rafe Pepin Angela Sangha-Gadsden Claire Shanahan Jeffrey Thomas Skoblar Katie Ellen Viernum Shannon Marliese Weinberg William Robert Wolff

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Romaytha Abdullah Ilham Ali Abuzaghleh Vanessa Afre Samantha Brandy Agoos Victoria Renee Alexander Jennifer M. Alger Megan Marie Anguiano Robert Aaron Austin Samantha Jess Baigelman Raymond Patrick Baker Bahar Bakhtiarnejad Sarah Eleanor Bird Christopher Brian Boswell Frank P. Calace Juan Salvador Chara Mostajo Helen M. Chau Lauren M. Chavanne Michelle Tamara Chavez Elizabeth Ashley Christopher Chabrina Derrico Amy L. Desalvo Alissa M. Devaughn Lindsey Gwen Dickerson Polly Dodd-Ehlert Emily Elizabeth Eaton Caitlin Frances Fondessy Amanda Jan Freeman Jonathan Christopher George Martin E. Glass Mel Gonzalez Kevin L. Gordon Roberto F. Guzman Shuheng He John Hermle Jacquelin L. Houren Rabab Ishrati Jasmine Juarez Linda Kamhieh Elizabeth Virginia Kubik Nicole E. Lascelles Latisha Sharun Lewis Bijal Makadia Jenny Yuoiu Ma Marly R. Mathes Mary Frances McGowan Daniel D. McNaughton Elizabeth Mick Anakaren Munoz Dorothy Anna Nieciecki James B. Oren Andrew Phend Mary Elizabeth Phillips Dincy Poulose Marius Puha Tomasz G. Rajski Caren Rawlins Laura Bethany Ross Priscilla Rowe Brian A. Runo Kenia J. Ruvalcaba Kathleen Ann Sfikas Caitlin Quinn Sheehan Hina A. Siddiqui Sylvia Gruber Spicer Thitirat Sriplo Kerrin Staskawicz Lauren K. Theorell Steven Vargas Blair Cameron Wagonheim Jing Wang Marilyn Ruthie Wells Shuo Zhang

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Learning Sciences Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred December 2013 Wenjuan Li SECONDARY PRESERVICE TEACHERS’ MATHEMATICAL DISCOURSES ON GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATIONS

Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics Master of Education

Degree Conferred August 2013 Elizabeth Mary Gates-Ehlers

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Jennifer Maureen Pearson Nicholas Paul Williams

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Sana Ahmed Sarah Kathleen Curry Janet Dinnen Nicole Giunta Cynthia Elaine Johnson Heather Lynn McKim Angela Kelly Miner Chiaka C. Okoroh Joseph Charles Rumenapp Kimberly M. Shay Jayashri Srinivasan Cornelia Margrita Johanna Wagner Emily J. Winchip Natalia P. Zuniga

Policy Studies in Urban Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred August 2013 Kay Fumiko Fujiyoshi THE JOURNEY OF AN URBAN EDUCATOR: GROWING THE SOUL WITH HOPE, LOVE, AND LIBERATION Degree Conferred December 2013 Kathleen Marie Burke LEADERSHIP IDENTITY IN A GENDERED WORLD: AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC JOURNEY

Special Education Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred December 2013 Alicia Joann Wyche ANALYSIS OF SOCIALIZATION BETWEEN STUDENTS WITH MILD DISABILITIES AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PEERS Candidate for Degree May 2014 Michael J. Maiorano USING A DECODING STRATEGY WITH CONSTANT TIME DELAY TO TEACH WORD READING TO CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME

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Master of Education

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Gilberto Aristeo Kate Crawford Gorsky Kristoffer James Grahnke Julie Kay Hill Robert Angelo Maddalozzo

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Hana Ahmad Toymika A. Amos Dustin Alan Deal Daniella Yasmine Delgado Wendy Gonzales Inga Elena Janusas Ryan Foster Kelly Elizabeth Martinez Maricha Danielle Matthews Sara Naziri Candidates for Degree May 2014 Alison M. Eichhorn Sara Elizabeth Henderson Marcos Gerardo Hernandez Rachel V. House Tiffany M. Hujara Megan Ann Merony Olivia Helen Pate Alison E. Patzin Kelly Marie Sheridan Mariana Tsigistras Kari Viano

Urban Education Bachelor of Arts

Degree Conferred August 2013 Carina Casas

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Gusson Z. Abdallah Aide Acuna*† Kyle M. Barys Francesca C. Bertucci Yesenia Cardenas Theresa M. Carrillo Joanne H. Cho Jennifer E. Choi Anjali N. Derhgawen*† Tina N. Eid Yasmeen Elayyan Morgan V. Forrest Liliane Gelacio*† Tremell Goins Sarah Grace Gonzalez*† Widad Hussein*† Arlene C. Imburgia Emma Jeffries*‡ Jacqueline M. Lang*† Barbara D. Lesnicka Veronica A. Lopez Patrycja Mach Lauren Maciag Edina Malagic*† Yessenia Maldonado Miguel A. Melchor*§ Jessica Suarez Nieto*‡ Tania Guadalupe Orozco Fabian Jacob Pagan Mariela Patino*† Liliana Popoca Rebecca Renee Prueitt

Amanda E. Rathan Carlos Romero Caitlyn Marie Rutkowski Samuel E. Sahyouni Lamar Dason Sanders Antoinette Marie Schiffer*§ Juvaria Shamsuddin Emily A. Shazer Sarah Sohn Ariana Thomas Janet Tunzi*† Melissa Valdez*‡ Carla Vazquez Vanessa Vazquez Diana Vidal*‡ Delilah N. Villasenor Joseph Yim Tanya C. Younan Meng Zhang*‡

Urban Education Leadership Doctor of Education

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Peggy Ann Korellis Sussan N. Oladipo Donna L. Serio Victor Simon

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Stephen Christopher Flisk Leonard Harris

Michael C. Lach TEACHER-GENERATED FINAL EXAMS IN HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE: CONTENT, RIGOR, AND ASSESSMENT LITERACY Marie Janiece McManus Nancy Adela Paulette Lamonica Renee Williams

Youth Development Master of Education

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Danielle Ashley Cheatom Mylie Montgomery Maranielly Andrea Vazquez

Degree Conferred December 2013 Sherry A. Fox-Martin

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Travis Foley Bluemling Kerry Theresa Davis Julia R. Goetten Timothy Agne Jones-Yelvington Danny Lee Lambouths║ Alexis Lopez Adam Joseph Love Allegra Miller Estherine N. Morgan Tlaloc Rodriguez Esther Sully Annette Toscano

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

College of Engineering Bioengineering

Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Farnaz Abdollahi║ INTERACTIVE ROBOTIC TRAINING MODES IN SELF-TELEREHABILITATION

Varun A. Bhatia LOADING INDUCED BONE ADAPTATION IN THE DISTAL RADIUS OF WOMEN: INFLUENCE OF MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT

Kimber L. Brenneman DNA-BASED NANOCONSTRUCTS FOR THE DETECTION OF IONS AND BIOMOLECULES WITH RELATED RAMAN/SERS SIGNATURE STUDIES Carson Ingo MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION AND ENTROPY IN NEURAL TISSUE

Jing Ming INTEGRATED CLASSIFICATION OF AMNESTIC MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT USING FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL MRI

Peter Simon 3D FACET JOINT KINEMATICS IN-VIVO AND SPINAL DEGENERATION AND ITS CORRELATION TO THE LOWER BACK PAIN

Hongyu Ying BIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF GLAUCOMA GENE MYOCILIN Amelia L. Zellander║ DESIGNING NOVEL BIOMATERIALS FOR CORNEA REPLACEMENT

Degree Conferred December 2013 Emily M. Mugler INVESTIGATION OF SPEECH FOR COMMUNICATIVE BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE Candidates for Degree May 2014 Golnar Doroudian DELIVERY OF MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL STIMULI TO ADVANCE REGENERATION Seonbyeong Kim

Hsien-Chi Kuo DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF COMPUTERIZED SEGMENTATION ALGORITHM FOR 3D MULTIMODALITY BREAST IMAGES Ajay Shashikumar Kurani Eric K. Lueshen Sujeeth Parthiban

Commencement Benjamin Lincoln Schwartz Yi Sui Pang-Yu Teng Ziying Yin Julia Zelenakova

Master of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Saba N. Ali Rudhram Gajendran Eri Iwasaki Abhishek Apurva Lele Megan Ida O’Connor Rachna Narendra Parwani Sree Poornima Raghuram Dan Yu

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Sagar Krishna Nadimpalli Sweetu Bipinchandra Patel Sathya Subramanian Jacqueline Mary Thomas Candidates for Degree May 2014 Michael Joseph Boyle Jr-Shin Chen Laura Jane Elgass John Grotberg Erik A. Hammes Martin H. Lopez Shreyan Majumdar Michael A. Mkrtschjan Elmira Moslemi Rad Yajur Niranjan Parikh Mruga Dipteshbhai Patel Rachana Vinay Patil Padmabharathi Pothirajan Preeti Pratap Taneka D. Taylor║

Bachelor of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Mazen Chamout Loren Kim Subhi Saadeh Robert Michael Trombley Maher C. Yassin

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Ayesha A. Bhara‡# Maurice M. Chojecki†# Nairyna Constantino Ruchita Gujarathi Amber M. Langston Julie B. McEneaney§** Essam Abe Nassar Candidates for Degree May 2014 Oluwafemi A. Aboloye‡ Rania Alkhazaleh Omar Emad Amer Nickolas D. Anderson† Helen A. Ashaye# Stephanie Nicole Banakis Nikhil Krishna Bommakanti§#** Mark Edwards Carlson† Eiad J. Chamout Andrew Shih-En Chen Fabian Davalos Mariya Dytso Scott A. Franz Cyril M. George

Sarah A. Glenn Nadine Nadim Halabi†# Jon Wilbur Hohol# Tanvishri Jatla# Emil Joseph§#** Johnwesly A. Kanagaraj†# Deepika Kaushik Kyle R. Kempke Karan Kerwell‡# Elena M. Kulikova Melissa Amber Manktelow‡ Demetri Markou Virile M. Medina Sebastian Mestril Noor E. Mostafa Sandy Munoz‡# Robert Pacie Shrikant D. Pandya Madhuri Paravastu Denisse Espino Barros Perez Sebastian Pernal†# Masood Qader# Natasha Kavita Relwani Nancy Rios Melissa A. Robinson Juan C. Rodriguez Rafael Romero‡ Joseph Adam Ryan Shabbir Safri Catherine Santis Mark Jonathan Sciacero Kruti M. Shah Ruchita Moulik Shah†# David Szlachta Johnny Villasenor Katrina M. Weber Ayden Daniel Zarkhah†#

Bioinformatics

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred December 2013 Damian S. Roqueiro║ COMPUTATIONAL METHODS TO STUDY GENE REGULATION USING GENOMIC, EPIGENOMIC AND CHROMOSOME CONFORMATION DATA Candidates for Degree May 2014 Georgi Zhelev Genchev COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES OF MECHANICAL SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN PROTEINS Emma L. Mendonca

Yun Xu PROTEIN DESIGN AND CHROMATIN STRUCTURE: NOVEL COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES

Master of Science

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Bhavisha R. Chapatwala Mathew K. Mani Gurunadh Parinandi Candidates for Degree May 2014 Navya Shilpa Josyula Amira Kefi║ Ankur Naqib

Gobind Singh Raghavee Venkatramanan

Chemical Engineering Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Carolina Gomez║ FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES OF D-BAND TRANSITION METAL ALLOYS

Homa Khosravianghadikolaei SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND SURFACE REACTION STUDIES OF RHODIUM NANOPARTICLES ON SELECTED SUBSTRATES Hao Shen CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF STABLE POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES FOR ORAL DRUG DELIVERY

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Jorge I. Rossero Agudelo Manuela Aseye Ayele Ayee David James Childers Kyung-Hyo Kim

Jingjing Liu║ MANGANESE PROMOTED CO HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS: A STUDY OF METAL PROMOTER INTERACTION EFFECTS Zhenjuan Ni

Vishal Kumar Sharma FORMATION OF TOROIDAL-SPIRAL PARTICLES: TOWARD PARALLEL PATHWAYS FOR SUSTAINED MULTI-DRUG RELEASE Yi Yang FABRICATION OF FERRITE THIN FILM USING LOW PRESSURE METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION

Master of Science

Degree Conferred August 2013 Yuan Zhang

May 2014

Patrick Coan‡ Kunal S. Desai Taras Dykun David Hu Leidy N. Jimenez Monika Jonuskeviciute§#** Michael T. Kramer Nathan Liebmann Amber C. May Andrew Robert McNamara Paulina K. Mlynarska Michael Joseph Nguyen Katarzyna Anna Orbik Collin T. Pearsall Steven Troy Priest Christopher V. Rebolloso Ethan Rendlen Elmar Von Brian Michaud Reyes Ryan A. Rock Patty Ann Rottinghaus Jong Geun Shin†# Daniel P. Sobieski Molly Elizabeth Sompolski Ishai H. Strauss James Ryan Walsh Elizabeth Wilson Wanic Sarah J. Wiersema§** Sandy Younan

Civil and Materials Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering

Degree Conferred August 2013 Kelly Granberg MULTIMEDIA SOURCE APPORTIONMENT OF SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN THE CHICAGO AREA OF INFLUENCE

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Azivy Che Aziz ACCUMULATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF HALOGENATED BIPHENYL AND DIPHENYL ETHERS IN URBAN SEDIMENTS Kamel Babaeivelni Thomas Andrew Brecheisen

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Alejandro Javier Trimarchi Contreras Ross Ransom Rubin Daniel Torf

Qin Chen║ SUSTAINABLE LAST-MILE SOLUTIONS:URBAN FREIGHT CONSOLIDATION AND ECO-ROUTING STRATEGIES

Bachelor of Science

Talisa Mohammadnejad THREE-DIMENSIONAL NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF MAMMALIAN CORNEA TO STUDY MECHANICS OF SPIRALING

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Linda Chikchay Shan Jin Ramune Meskyte Prasanth Narayanan

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Stephanie M. Sampra Ivan Silakov Clint H. Vericker

Andrea Lenart Hicks║

Suriyapriya Vallamsundar║ David Athens Weed

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Justin Wayne Barak§# Jacek W. Blachut

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

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Commencement

Master of Science in Civil Engineering

Degree Conferred August 2013 Preethi Prathapan

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Monica C. Crinion Fernando Diaz Max F. Good Ali M. Razeq Candidates for Degree May 2014 Fadi Alsharif Michael Bejan Bolouri Amine B. Chaoui Nicholas A. Dutler Scott M. Earnest Robert Joseph Fitzpatrick Harris Mohammad Hassan Katherine Hoglund Phuong Nam Huynh Ander Zornoza Indart║ Niko Klarenc Kallco Karmoh Andrew Keili Stoyanka Ivanova Kotorokova Michael V. Lukich Varsha Viswanath

Master of Science in Materials Engineering

Degree Conferred August 2013 Marcus E. Kupfer

Degree Conferred December 2013 Mansoore Ariyan Candidates for Degree May 2014 Kai Yuan Cheng Spencer James Fullam Manasi Hemant Kulkarni Gregory Sparks

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Degree Conferred August 2013 Kadir Gokay Oztimur

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Jesus Alquicira Sartsoontorn Cabe Lina Maria Campuzano Oscar Carvajal Kyle Joseph Catalano Michael Cichecki Russell Coate Ernesto G. Costa Ken J. Drabant Brittany A. Gasiorek Joseph M. Giannini Lynn Hurtado Roberto Ibarra Tamanna Islam Michael John Kenny Alissa M. Kidd Janis Maldonado Ionatan Malutan‡ Marilu Martinez Patrick Z. Masier Andrew Julius Mattson§** Michael Taylor Medsker‡

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Natalia P. Mikolajczyk David Muntean Evelina Perry Shane Michael Plewa Eric B. Rosero Ramsey Salahat Matthew Thomas Schuett Joseph Shapiro Nicholas Steven Synowiecki§ Tomasz Miroslaw Szafranski Minh Truong Nicholas Fransisco Villanueva Ruslan Yedinak

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Khaled Abunijmeh Marian Agamy# Zaher Allababidi Usman Muhammad Bhatti Matthew J. Boladz Charles Boutros† Razvan O. Calin Caleb Owen Carr§ Salvador Carvajal Adam Lawrence Casati Daniel James Dem Nedda Djavid§#** Slawomir Stanislaw Domagala Glen Patrick Duffy Alejandro Flores Luke Eugene Garrett Paul J. Guardi Alexander Huynh Beniamin V. Ilciuc Islam Jaber Paul Raymond Jacobs Zachary Ryan Jaydos Rana M. Kalo John S. Kando† Maciej J. Konczewski Mario Martinez Diana Mejorado Jimenez Carlos D. Munoz Deven Nandamuri Karl P. Novak Victor H. Patino§ Allen Perez Said Saidian John Taner Salihoglu Keith Anton Schell Nadia Ludmila Simek Veronica Josephine Beck Ward Yuriy S. Yatsyshyn Mohammad Anwar Zayed

Computer Science Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Habiba Habiba║ CRITICAL INDIVIDUALS IN DYNAMIC POPULATION NETWORKS Sangyoon Lee SUPERVISED HYBRID EXPRESSION CONTROL FRAMEWORK FOR A LIFELIKE AFFECTIVE AVATAR

Sungwon Nam MULTI-USER CENTERED RESOURCE SCHEDULING FOR LARGE SCALE DISPLAY WALL ENVIRONMENTS

W Michael Petullo RETHINKING OPERATING SYSTEM INTERFACES TO SUPPORT ROBUST NETWORK APPLICATIONS Xiaoxiao Shi║ HETEROGENEOUS LEARNING AND ITS APPLICATIONS

Chayant Tantipathananandh DETECTING AND TRACKING COMMUNITIES IN SOCIAL NETWORKS

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Kalpana Gondi PROGRAM TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES FOR ERASING SENSITIVE DATA IN SEQUENTIAL AND CONCURRENT APPLICATIONS Lifeng Jia ADVANCED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL WITHIN BLOGOSPHERE AND MICROBLOGOSPHERE Leon Oliver Stenneth║ HUMAN ACTIVITY DETECTION USING SMARTPHONES AND MAPS

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Daniel Ayala James P. Biagioni║ Tuan Nhon Dang

Wenxuan Gao SELECTED APPLICATIONS IN DATA INTENSIVE COMPUTING

Bm Mainul Hossain ENHANCING PARALLELISM AND SCALABILITY OF DATABASE-CENTRIC APPLICATIONS IN PRESENCE OF DATABASE DEADLOCKS

Lakshmi Kaligounder Xiangnan Kong Shuo Ma Venkatakumar Srinivasan Guan Wang

Master of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Anudeep Burugula Giorgio Cavaggion Silviu Fodor Daniele Gallingani Neha Jayaprakash Yatin Manohar Karvir Arjun Vankadari Ramesh Kumar Pratik Kamalraj Lala Davide Leonarduzzi Camillo Lugaresi Francesco Marconi Diego Martinoia Shriram Muthukrishnan Gaurav Deepak Purandare Balaprasath Rajan Vengada Karthik Rangaraju Daniele Rossetti Stefano Schiavoni Michele Spagnuolo Renu Srinivasan

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Nikhil Hiriyur Sunderraj Giacomo Antonio Andrea Tagliabue Kevin George Varkey Qianyu Wang

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Naresh Aluri Giovanni Paolo Gibilisco Shabhareesh Komirishetty Ashvitha Venkatesh Kumar Marco Miglierina Brian Mykietka Sruthi Parankusham Nakul Rajankumar Deepan R. Sathyamoorthy Bhavana Singh Arthur Andreyevich Smirnov Ashwath Narayanan Sundaresan Rajeev Reddy Vishaka

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Anshika Agarwal Ritesh Agarwal Kunal Ahluwalia Mohit Arora Subramanian Arumugam Jillian M. Aurisano Abhinaya Balasubramanian Aditya Balasubramanian Aditi Ram Banarse Ankush Bansal Nishanth Bhaktula Saket S. Bhat Ankita M. Bhatia Kailash R. Bysani Tanay Chowdhury Saurabh Dingolia Rizal Zaini Ahmad Fathony║ Mahesh Satish Gadge Rose Mary George Varun Gokulnath Venkata Chaitanya Goli Giric Goyal Marius Horga Mingwei Hu Qi Hu Girish H. Jambagi Jatin A. Kakkad Abhishek Suresh Kanchan Sagar S. Kangutkar Ramya Kannan Mohanakrishnakumar Karunakaran Anokh Kishore Raghavan Krishnasamylakshmanaperumal Gururaj Kudugunti Siddhesh N. Kulkarni Abhinav Kumar Rajnish Kumar Rahul Kushwaha Arnold Huahon Lee║ Mingwei Li Yiting Li Xitao Lv Nianzu Ma Aman Anup Mahajan Aditi Krishna Mallavarapu Chi Wu Mao Mohammadreza Miryani Parth Praveen Mody Amir Shadaab Mohd Mohmednasir Shafiahmed Munshi Preetham Madapura Nagaraj

Commencement Pradeepa Kavindapadi Nagarajan Prasad Rajagopalan Nair Nikhil Nandakumar Navyasree Nidhanapati Arthur James Nishimoto Keith A. Nowicki Praveen Padmanabhan Sai Sundaram Parthasarathi Nisarg Jitendrakumar Patel Vimalkumar Dhirendrakumar Patel Akshay A. Patil Gunesh Satish Patil Gabriele Petronella Anushri Prabhu Simant Mahendra Purohit Sathish Ramadoss Rajath Ramakrishna Venkatarama Subrahmanyan Watrap Raman Karthik Vasishta Ramesh Pavan Kumar Reddy Ashwin V. Sastry Alberto Scolari Venkat Raghavan Ganesh Sekar Balaji Sundar Selvanarayanan Kush Sanjay Shah Neha-Sailesh Shah Pranav Rajiv Shah Rahul Sharma Suraj Jagdish Shetty Balaji Srinivasan Cosmin M. Stroe Sanket Kisan Tajane Aashish Tandon Ajith Nagarathinam Thayanithi Akshay Thirkateh Galen K. Thomas-Ramos Payas S. Tikotekar Sunil Kumar Tilokani Vivek Venkataraman Balachandar Venkataramani Srinivasan Venkatesan Keerthika Venugopal Apurva Shastry Kunjoor Vijaya Prammodh Vijayakumar Sampath Vijayaragavan Yile Wang Lin Xu Niranjan Yadavali Prathyusha Yelleni Nilesh R. Yevle Niko Zarzani Yiwen Zhu

Bachelor of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Ryan K. Bowling Kevin N. Klemm Michael Jordan Kray Matthew A. Ramir Arthur Samuel Yurov

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Ian R. Anderson Adam M. Barr James Patrick Barron Michael A. Cueno Christopher C. Dargis George R. David Ivan De Los Santos Santiago Miguel Herrera§# Brian Joseph Johnson

Abhiram Kadiyala Vijayaprashanth M. Kamaraj Joseph S. Katzin†# Kartikeya Kaushal Maviya Khan Vismantas Laucius Gerard C. Ledda Andrew Joseph Long James Mac Narcis E. Manolache Patrick Z. Masier Sam Melnik Bartlomiej Miczek Matthew Mikhail Jason Eric Moreau Luis M. Palacios Jack G. Petraitis Matthew D. Pfister Kevin J. Richner Tomasz Sebastian Rybiarczyk Mubashir Saad Anthony Spatafora Michael Thompson† Gerron G. Thurman Chukwuemeka Uzoaru

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Yuyang Bai§** Sergio Barajas Sruti S. Bhagavatula Chad M. Bloomfield Andrew E. Brady Michael Brooks Alfredo Castillo Anne Celestino Miguel Angel Chavarria Sohaib A. Choudhry Stephen Daudell Devina Dhawan Zihang Feng Sahil Gupta Joe Huang Kevin L. Katsis Daniel Jacob Keasler† Alan S. Leung Jonathan Eric Levy Shane Scott Lopez Josef M. Lozar Sean P. Lyons Aaron J. Mamparo Thomas R. Phillips Steven A. Rago Vincent S. Recupito Corey E. Richmond Andrew Jacob Harrison Ring† Bradley T. Robinson Felix J. Rodriguez† Devin M. Rusnak Alan Ruvalcaba Sukhdip Sangha Donald Gene Siuchninski Mikael J. Son Nestor Lemus Sotres Sreyaansh Waghray Kendall W. Zettlmeier‡

Electrical and Computer Engineering Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Kun Fang ARCHITECTURE SUPPORT FOR EMERGING MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES Mohamed Salem Hefeida║ COLLABORATIVE CROSS-LAYER DESIGN IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

May 2014

Yongzhi Qu║ DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT ACOUSTIC EMISSION BASED GEAR FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHODS AND TOOLS Arash Rahnamaee Alireza Tajfar Jonathan Alan Waxman║ Ke Xu

Nanzhu Zhang INTERFACE PHONON MODES OF HETEROSTRUCTURES AND QUANTUM DOT/POLYMER COMPOSITE SYSTEM

Jing Huang DISTRIBUTED SIGNAL AND IMAGE PROCESSING: PARTICLE FILTERS, CONTEXT GRAMMARS, AND DYNAMIC GAMES

Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohsen Purahmad NANOMATERIALS, DEVICES AND INTERFACE CIRCUITS: APPLICATIONS FOR OPTOELECTRONIC AND ENERGY HARVESTING

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Benjamin Lee Andrews Shyam Prabu Arokiaswamy Hyunjong Cho Siyao Gu Mayur R. Patel Amulya Shinoj Pattali Nilesh Goraksh Sumb James Michael Thorne

Qun Li MULTILINEAR ALGEBRA IN HIGH-ORDER DATA ANALYSIS: RETRIEVAL, CLASSIFICATION AND REPRESENTATION

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Johnson Jonaris G. Keiriz FROM MICRO TO MACRO: A STUDY OF HUMAN BRAIN STRUCTURE BASED ON DIFFUSION MRI AND NEURONAL NETWORKS

Fatimah Mohammad IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF PATHOLOGIES IN RETINAL TISSUE

Yiwei Song STRUCTURED CODES AND COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES IN WIRELESS RELAY NETWORKS

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Guoguang Chen COMBATING NONLINEAR POWER AMPLIFIER EFFECTS IN MULTICARRIER SYSTEMS Zhiyu Cheng║ Jun Huang Maria Javaid

Kai Ma COMPOUND EXEMPLAR BASED OBJECT CLASS DETECTION AND BEYOND WITH VARIS SYSTEM

Yingying Ma OPTIMAL SPECTRUM SENSING IN COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORKS AND UTILITY OPTIMIZATION IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS Siamak Mehrnami Poh Keong Ng

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Tanim Humayun Adam Thomas Meyer Luigi Pepe Maksym Plakhotnyuk║ Antonello Tartamo Suyu Zhang║

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Uzair Ahmed Poonam Bhide Venkata Geetha Bijjam Yuhui Cao Shao-Lun Chien Servando Cordova Ameya Makarand Deolalkar Julian Duran Pavitra Ganesh Linlin Gao Mingze Gao Andrzej Gawecki Xinghao Gu Nirmit Gupta Payam Habibimehr Utpala Jasti Elbina Joshi Sanjneet Joshi Nihilaa Kamaraj Swapnil Kamble Hongyi Kang Jonathan Kang Ranjit Kaur Switt Kittivittayakul Tejaswi Koduri Pawel Konieczek Tingting Li Xu Li Yuhang Li Zhen Xian Li Hong Lin Mengyun Liu Priyadarshini Madhavan Kevin Mak Mrinal Mathur

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Commencement Mattias Mengoni Michael J. Metzger Abdul Karim Abdul Munaff Gokul Muralidharan Bahare Naimipour Adithya Vardhan Nandakumar Lakshmanan Tirunelai Narayanan Eric M. North║ Tuheen Ojha Soma Sekhara Balaji Panda Dorian Popi Charenraj Prema Jegadeesan Peng Qi Koushik Ramakrishnan Santosh Ravi Sepideh Roghanchi Arihant Sampatlal Singhvi Ziad M. Semaka Moulik A. Shah Priyank Prakash Shah Anurag Sharma Sadgun Srinivas Devanahalli Shashikumar Wenjia Shen Xuechao Shi Vishket S. Shriwas Avinash J. Singh Puneet Singhal Abhijeet N. Solat Aruna Sundar Ravi Shankar Tanikella Prashant Tripathi Alessandro Vallero Ashwin Venkat Prasanna Vetrivel Fernando Visca Yicheng Wang Haochen Wei Dennis Joeseph Wolfe Yi Xie Kaidian Zhang Qing Zhang Fei Zhao

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Brett A. Bush Dariusz Gorczynski Richard J. Gura Piotr M. Krok Timothy E. Palermo Alexander Petrushin Oscar Salazar Shuaib A. Shameem Spencer W. Twaddle Michael Wolbing Candidates for Degree May 2014 Alex Omar Alas Stefan Vasile Carcu Jordan Higgins Kamm Gary Landisch Jae Pil Lee Marc A. Moylan Akeem Olaosebikan Isaac R. Puckett David Tallon Charles Tate Billy Wu Mohammad O. Zeni Kai Da Zhao‡# Zaid B. Zubair

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Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Alexander A. Franzese Austin M. Nutt# Gregory S. Romanowski Marcos Valencia Helena C. Yasmine†#

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Mahmoud Younis Abdelqader Eduardo A. Aquije Freddy Avila Nicholas J. Benninger Kamil Bernatowicz Piotr Brodowski Miguel Bueno Wai Chun Chow Ivon Dass Giuseppe Diprizio Tejumade A. Durowade# Dolores Graciela Fernandez Jesse L. Hendrick Han Hee Jung Amrit Kaur§# Rehan Mohammed Khan Peter G. Ladage Tatanesha Louise Lee Benjamin H. Leska Dalmar Ibrahim Mahamoud Yancarlo A. Maldonado Oscar Marquez Mary Elizabeth McCague Daniel G. Mon Braian A. Ortiz Patrick Jan B. Palanca Kaushal S. Patel Pramel R. Patel Laura Elizabeth Perkins Marc Jacob Pivan Rammy Ramirez Kenneth Reyes Christopher M. Rivera Syed Akmal Rizvi Marxson D. Robles Alejandro Ruiz Gerardas Skeberdis† Alejandro Sosa Kevin D. Spratt Michal Zenon Talarczyk Zhenyao Tan Jeet Arvind Thakkar Justin Thomas Eddie Tsang Xiuyan Zhang§ Candidates for Degree May 2014 Hector Raul Acosta Adam Marshall Balfour Matthew M. Baltazar Ryan Bennett§ Saad Bhatti Jordon M. Birk§ Hersh Chabra Alan Chan Taksen Chin Anthony Colon§ Joseph A. Davis Brian C. Desimone Andrew A. Dwinal Jake William Fanning Carl Thomas Goding Kirill Goldin

Mayank C. Govani Vadim Grinberg William John Guszczo Peter J. Hiero Quan T. Huynh Moath I. Jaber Nicholas R. Jacobs Kenneth M. Kahren Faras Kawar Leonid Krasnov Eunkook Kwak Michael J. Kwan† Hong Kuen Lee Jason Lee David Macedo Christopher Casey Magruder Diaa Marwan Masoud Joseph Robert McLaughlin‡ Syed Mehfooz Henry Moy Thomas James Nixon Robert Peter Obrochta Christian U. Ortega Jedidiah Olasunkanmi Oyeyemi Ravi Sanjay Patel Matthew Alan Pristave Zachary James Quinn James Christopher Redondo Richard Andrew Schumann Daniel William Sellers Komalben Shah# Anthony J. Simmons Alina Cristina Sulici† Scott Wu‡ Dongyeol Yoo Qing Zhang

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering and Operations

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Silvio Humberto Rafael Rizzi VOLUME-BASED GRAPHICS AND HAPTICS RENDERING ALGORITHMS FOR IMMERSIVE SURGICAL SIMULATION Junda Zhu ONLINE INDUSTRIAL LUBRICATION OIL HEALTH CONDITION MONITORING, DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSTICS

Degree Conferred December 2013 Pahola Thathiana Benavides Gallego OPTIMAL CONTROL OF BATCH PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL FUEL UNDER UNCERTAINTY Candidates for Degree May 2014 Yongzhi Qu║ Yong Wang

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Matthew Lawrence Cantwell FEEDBACK CONTROLLED DEFORMABLE MEMBRANE MICROPUMPS FOR FLUIDIC DELIVERY APPLICATIONS

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Arindam Das FUNCTIONAL POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES AND NANOHYBRIDS: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATION

Florentina Marina Gantoi NEW COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR BIOMECHANICAL MULTIBODY SYSTEM APPLICATIONS

Seongchul Jun TRANSPORT PHENOMENA IN MULTIPHASE MEDIA: SLURRIES, FOAMS, BOILING BUBBLY MEDIA AND PULPS

Harish Pandurang Kanchi FLUIDIC CONTROL OF SHEAR LAYER IN DUMP COMBUSTORS USING MICROJETS

Shahrzad Mohammadtalab Khansari BIOPOLYMER-BASED NANOFIBER MATS AND THEIR CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS

Degree Conferred December 2013 Thomas M. Schutzius║ LARGE-AREA COATING AND PATTERNING OF FUNCTIONAL NANOCOMPOSITES: DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION Candidates for Degree May 2014 Ashraf Mahmoud Hamed

Gi Hwan Lee STUDY ON THE PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF NANOFLUIDS Inson Park David Daniel Pelot Temel Kaya Yasar

Master of Energy Engineering Degrees Conferred December 2013 Syed Aman Ahmed Bashar Alsabbar Eric Abram Auerbach Nathan William Bohne Marc Burrell Benjamin Louis Wickes Drake Andrew Daniel Gans Grace E. Pedersen Mark Antony Porfirio Quentin Gene Ratay

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Thomas James Bukovac Donald George Burns Jakub Dzielski Daniel J. Evans Yaroslav Gnatyuk Matthew Kaleta Svetoslav Y. Kostov Satheshku Janardhanan Makayee Lauren Elizabeth Pankowski Sandra Diane Parker Wildivina Rosario Gregory James Studier Gregory R. Swiss Jerad Tintera Sean D. Wynne

Commencement

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering Degrees Conferred August 2013 Mayela Fernandez Oyegoke Abimbola Kale Joshua Adam Reese Chongye Wang

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Robert M. Andrzejewski Prashant Dewangan Angelica Mirela Dontu Kai Min Candidates for Degree May 2014 Pushkar Milind Ambekar Soumil Santosh Ghalsasi Hesham Hussain M. Jawadi Keshav Ramesh Kumar Martin V. Matulyauskas Rohan Milavarapu Prashanth Srinivasan

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering Degrees Conferred August 2013 Sagar D. Bhogle Akshay Kalmesh Bilagi Bhavanarayana Chakka Stefano Chianese Francesco Cipriani Chiara Gastaldi Domenico Geraci Federico Lugnani Davide Pisasale Emmanuel Simeakis

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Wojciech M. Chajec Rajsekhar Savyasachi Gavini Cheng-Lin Hung Shreyas Kapatral Carla Roxana Espinoza Moreira Gavin K. Ng Ashish Bharatkumar Soni Muxuan Wang

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Prashunkumar Pravinbhai Contractor Kevin L. Duel Aakash Ajay Handa Jelani H. Hannah Gamaliel Hernandez Babak Shahian Jahromi Rohit M. Kale Delhiganesh Kuppuswamy Gajendran Xin Li Girish Narayan Ashwin Raghunathan Revanth Kumar Reddy Chenga Reddy Amir Salarifard Shreeraj Vishal Shah Pranshu Sharma Nihar Nitin Sheth Eric K. Tan Cheng-Wen Tsai

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Management Degree Conferred August 2013 Joseph Michael Davey

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Jean-Michel Bellus Erik D. Osland‡#**

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Oscar Raul Aranda Sean Michael Brady Jason Michael Deutsch Adam Kenneth Falk Jan Jaromin Ashleigh Levette Morris Jonathan J. Moser Cruz Humberto Perez Suha Yousif Rajab Krzysztof Rygiel Ryan W. Warner Candidates for Degree May 2014 Danny F. Ball Bernarda Bay Joshua Taylor Blake Avi N. Bromberg Daniel Curyla Leah D. Cuyler‡ Rachel R. Flores Michael R. Gore Lindsey Samantha Hermes Marek Jaromin William Anthony Lema William Joseph McIntyre Michael S. Miszta Ian J. Pierce Andres Salgado Mateusz Scehura Matthew J. Schubert

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Degrees Conferred August 2013 Leonardo J. Donates Garrett Y. Graham Matteo Occhipinti Jose Antonio Ortiz Giuseppe Punzi Billy Clifford Sallie Andy W. Wu

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Michael J. Abma Andrew W. Ashworth Eric J. Breitbach Jennifer Mary Carroll Yunseok Choi Emmanuel Diaz Steven Anthony Ditore Kaila A. Edwards Jennifer Esparza Mohammad Fahad Farooqi Jhonattan P. Freire Jason L. Gaode Paul E. Gorski Belen Hernandez Sanel Horozovic

Jorge A. Izurieta Karey Ann Johnson Ashur S. Joseph Klim Kazimirov Roman Komlev Anna Ky Peter J. Lee Nicanor R. Mandin Joseph M. Marasigan Joseph D. Mergenthaler Octavio Molina Mark Edward Murphy† Michal Murzydlo Alexander Nikolic Brendan Christopher Norton Oleg Ostrovskiy Omar Pantoja Akil U. Patel Adrian M. Rosiles Thomas M. Santoyo Shaineel Chand Sarup Daniel C. Schmidt Brian Patrick Tomko Spencer Robert Urso David G. Zaia Jadwiga Agnieszka Zieba† Jason C. Zukowski†

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Jonathan Alvarez Pedro J. Bahena Matthew John Billo Grzegorz Bugaj Quinn Carlson Victor Alfonso Cueto Patrick John Delaney Kevin Guy Alain Delva Batuhan Eisen Matthew Michael Farley Boris Golub Juan P. Guzman Josiah M. Haines Kyle T. Handlen William R. Hartman Jonathan Bradley Hawley Wade Robert Howard Eric I. Isaacson Miguel Jacob†# Radoslaw Kaczowka Munjal Bharat Kamdar Timothy Kong† Dharman Kothari† Ian B. Link† Nathan Loll Esteban D. Lopez† Michael John McCague Frank Joseph Michalak Thong John Tri Nguyen Peter John Ojeda Beata M. Okruta†# Joshua Thomas Parnell Mohil Divyesh Patel†# James Michael Pena† Edward Robert Randerson Yesenia Rios Luis Sandoval Timothy Paul Seo Miteshkumar Nitinkumar Shah Nathan Smrha Matthew T. Stoch Jonathan R. Strukl Kevin M. Swift Josue A. Tejeda

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Brian Daniel Tinsley Victor Truong Christopher Zborowski Ryan James Zei

Professional Programs Master of Engineering

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Dyanna L. Gregory Paul Lawrence Stalec

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Christopher Austin Anetekhai Guy J. Edelman Natalie Paige Edgar Ginger Lee Emel David Ralph Lipinski Joseph Vega Sachin Yadav Candidates for Degree May 2014 Kiran Kumar Akkineni Michael Asrat Balcha Laura E. Bickers Glen J. Embertson Antonia Maria Finocchio Erik C. Meisner Asma Mustafa Colin Patrick Reid Alexander Rene Sanabria Jason E. Tesar Fanyi Zeng

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences African American Studies

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Candidates for Degree May 2014 Shade Davis Paige Allen Starks Kelly Shauday Wells

Anthropology

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred August 2013 John F. Michels║ WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND GENTRIFICATION IN THE ALMAGUIN HIGHLANDS, ONTARIO Candidates for Degree May 2014 Christopher Sean Davis║ Matthew J. Piscitelli║ Evin R. Rodkey

Master of Arts

Degree Conferred December 2013 Benjamin J. Linder Candidates for Degree May 2014 Krystal L. Britt Rebekah Marie Ciribassi║ Caitlyn K. Dye║ Kimberly P. Garza Walker Ward Good

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Commencement Aubry Anne Kyle║ Lindsey G. Proctor David Aaron Reid William P. Ridge Pamela S. Whyms

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Degrees Conferred August 2013 Paul Joseph Campanelli Kathryn Mary Collis Kelly N. Hause Thomas Eric Panella*† Natalie Rose Perretto Sarai Bernice Redmond*† Marcelina D. Tobar*†

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Timothy V. Arif Kristen Helene Beierwaltes*‡ Min Kyung Chang Nicole L. Cyrier*†# Amy Lynn Doherty Emily Flatt Charise Joy Barroga Javonillo† Hans S. Kim Justin Michael Vlaovic

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Ricardo Alvarado Diana Carolina Arechar Rachael Bayor Jessica Carlisle Laura M. Delgado Alicia Dziedzic Magie S. Fotovatian*§ Marlene Garcia Kelcie M. Gauen Faye N. Goldberg*† Joel Gonzalez Jillian L. Hansen-Lewis Samuel A. Ishikawa*† Stephanie Lear*† Vanessa Lopez*† Jared Lowenthal Karyna Mangusheva*§# William S. Markus Diana D. McClellan Elizabeth Kristin McQueeny Viviana Nava Leona Ruth Quist Jeffrey R. Saba*§# Kevin Shi*‡# Alexander Simeonovski*†# Suleiman-Alexandre Bohlman Tarraf Dan R. Thompson

Biochemistry

Bachelor of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 JPMartin V. Brillo Jonathan Grivas Khaled F. Khatib Loren Kim Kinga Lis Abena Kufour Owusu-Ansah Patricia Magdalena Pernal

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Gus Giannopoulos Daniel R. Marszalek

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Krzysztof Palasiewicz*† Krunal Patel Jerome Rattanaviboune Christine Rus Heewhan Shin# Aadil Y. Vahora

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Lukasz Dariusz Adamczyk*†# Richard H. Ariton Sameera Baig*§ Dhananjay A. Barot Mariette Astrid Breedt Thinh H. Bui Nikhil Chintalapudi Jason J. Cho*‡ Achut Dahal Nhan Phuoc Dang*† Julie Do Bekele Beyene Ferede Kelly A. Flavin Andrew C. Go*‡# Richard Davis Hickey*† Dalia Kawas Katarzyna Kolacz Marta Koterba# Mardin Ghasha Yokhaneh Lelham Trevor Thomas Luman Sameena Nazneen Mashhood Sunyoung Min Michael John Cruz Monleon Jacob Michael Morley*§# Harish Ibrahim Munshi Sean T. Neylon Simbiat Kehinde Olayiwola*†# Zainab Taiwo Olayiwola# An Ngoc Pham Lum Rizvanolli Luis E. Rojas Charles W. Roth*‡# Stephan Rafael Seibert*§# Dave B. Shah*§# Jay B. Shah*†# Margaret Shang*§# Solomiya Shmilyk Annie Situ*‡# Paul Chun Song Theresa Marie Statkus Lizeth Testa Dulguun Uyenbat Varvara A. Vassiliev*‡# Jesus Alberto Lagunas Vazquez Kristin Daoang Viloria# Young Min M. Yang*†# Anna Aneta Zelkowska

Biological Sciences Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Hsiao-Lei Lai THE FUNCTION AND MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF ASXL2 IN THE MAMMALIAN HEART

Szi-Chieh Yu REGULATORS OF SYNAPTIC VESICLE DOCKING AND PRIMING

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Jason Jacoby EXTRACELLULAR PH DYNAMICS OF ISOLATED RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS

Michael C. Jorgensen SYSTEMATIC STUDIES OF POLYDESMIDAN MILLIPEDES (DIPLOPODA, POLYDESMIDA)

Carrie Elizabeth Seltzer║ SEED DISPERSAL AND REGENERATION IN A TANZANIAN RAINFOREST

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Gregory Richard Charles Blass EXTREME RESISTANCE TO HYPERCAPNIAINDUCED PULMONARY EDEMA OF THE AFRICAN NAKED MOLE-RAT Sonny S. Bleicher

Bianca C. Diaconeasa SPECTRIN EXERTS MULTIPLE EFFECTS ON LIPID TRANSLOCATION PATHWAYS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER Amber C. Ismael

Elizabeth Anne Langer BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SYSTEM XC- MUTANT MICE Dragomira Nikolaeva Markova EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF PIF AND PONG-LIKE TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS IN TRITICEAE Andrea Louise McGinley Angenee C. Milton

Jenny Maritza Zambrano Moncada DYNAMICS OF THE TROPICAL TREE POULSENIA ARMATA IN THE FRAGMENTED FOREST OF LOS TUXTLAS Shankar Ramachandran CHARACTERIZATION OF CALCIUM CHANNELS AT INDIVIDUAL PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS OF LAMPREY RETICULOSPINAL AXONS Kalpana Ramakrishnan John Anthony Wilk Emily Rose Wyskiel Zi Yang

Master of Science

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Kesha Ramona Braunskill║ Michelle Marie Frack

Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences Degrees Conferred August 2013 Taha B. Abdullah Adrienne M. Aksnowicz Gaclyn Antar* Aprille Banchoencharoens Angelina E. Diaz# Jeremiah Isaiah Furman Ronak Bharat Gandhi Isabel S. Iklov Jone Anastasia June Anna Kardas Hena Khatoon Ludmila Kolarikova

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Corinne A. Martin Ahmad Wajih Mustafa Mustafa Anish K. Oberoi Nicholas G. Parker Darpan Patel Irfan A. Patel Ryan Ron Patwell Mathew Perez Michael T. Perlin Manpreet Singh Rai Shahram Raoof# Jose Paolo Ticzon Reyes Krupa Sandhinti Jonathan M. Santos Raj Ramesh Savalia Ronak S. Shah Srishti S. Shah Vidhi Atul Shah Napalia S. Shamasa Brian J. Siapno Alissa R. Weiss Samuel Martin Zagone

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Jennifer Nedal Alafnan Patrycja Katarzyna Alberska Crystal Alnaser Jim T. Awofadeju Rosario Bartolomeo Aamna M. Bhatti Patryk M. Boduch Ulysses Capistran*† Jessica L. Celestino Alexander Cherkashin*† Daehan Choi Pinky Choksi Boguslaw Dariusz Chrobak Hena Y. Contractor Alyssa Cooke Jaimie Lee M. Del Rosario Cesar D. Delgado* Shreeyu Sailesh Desai Angie Diaz Oscar Diaz Aubrey Ehrle Sana Fayyaz*† Claudia Mihaela Feraru Franco Rafael Fernandez Yocheved S. Gerstein Aleksandr Golgor Joseph John Groff Jenan Haleem Michelle N. Helton Abir A. Hussain Ronni Ibrahim Tahiya Ismat Arun Jacob Lejini Merin Jacob Natalie Jeung Sobin John Nader J. Karakra Destiny O. Kellam David T. Kim Hyun Ji J. Kim Nicholas A. Kim Soo Chi Kim Christopher Kruzel Radka Kucarova Joanne Sylvia Kuznicki*† Julius Lara Andrew K. Lazo Caroline Ann Lisowski Jennifer A. Luviano

Commencement Gustavo Madrigal Marco Antonio Martinez Tejas Nilesh Mehta Peniel Darge Mekonnen Seyed Hamed Mirzamani# Leticia Cambraia Negreiros Yagya Pandey*‡# Shashank Paritala Tabitha Dian Paroongsup Dhruv K. Patel Falguni B. Patel Mohini C. Patel Tarun R. Patel Sebastian Adam Przybylo*† Natasha Rahman Elizabeth Rodriguez Rubiangeli Rosa Amna Saeed Joab Mikhail Zamora Salvador Fatima Shareef Yasmeen Suheil Shehaiber Sallie Sawal Sinfuego Gurmukh Singh Sachit Kumar Soni Jennifer B. Sotto*‡# Angelise J. Stephens Edward Stoia Armin Tadayyon*‡# Islam Taweil Joy Tepley Erin E. Tofanelli Kelly Patricia Toms Thach Bao Tran Binh N. Truong Angelika Walczyk Ryan J. Williams Justyna M. Wojtanek Olga Alexander Zagariya Linda H. Zantout Lucy F. Zhong*§# Rim Zivalich

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Sabree Abedrabo Abdulla O. Aboagye Bara Muin Abusharara Nasrah Serwaa Acheampong Alejandro Acosta Crystal N. Adamos Oluwabukola Abiola Ajasa Anthony M. Akmakjian Yasmin Alexandra Alarcon Irving Albarran Hassan M. Mohammed Ali Mirza A. Ali Nabia P. Ali Rawan Alkhazaleh Mejd A. Al-Kurdi Alan Alvarez Adam A. Awad Ahmed Awad# Julia A. Aydin Nasihudeen Azizz Mary A. Baier Tania Bajaj*†# Mitchell Thomas Balauskas Nicholas Logan Barlas Neil R. Baumann Avni A. Bavishi*§# Kristina M. Behnke*†# Davis A. Bhagat Alena Saeed Bhatti Sumera Bhatti#

Nicholas P. Bravo*† Agata Beata Brej Marie J. Brikha*‡# Jessica Rose Brown*† Ashley Marie Buchler Bianca Bucio Erin E. Budris*‡# Maria Andrea Jimenez Buenaventura Maham Bukhari Dawid Grzegosz Bula Javeria F. Burney Tiffany Burton Humberto Luis Calero*†# Jesus Callupe Isadora Daphne Garces Calma Francis Manuel Caparroso Daiana Capota*‡ Jeremy B. Capulong Francisco D. Casambre Ena Lizette V. Castillo Fatjona Celepija Flor Maria Cerda Meagan Amanda Chan Sicha Chantaprasopsuk*† Anita Charles Kaitlyn Marie Cheney Nathaniel Chertok# Cyrus Tai On Cheung*‡# Amber Y. Choi Puneet S. Chowdhary*†# Jessica Jiali Chu Nicole C. Collins# Beatriz Contreras Laura S. Corona Ivana L. Costales Kimberly B. Cuaresma Bridgette G. Daich Joseph A. De Corrado*†# Diane A. Delaurentis* Ricardo Delgado Neepa B. Desai Sajan B. Desai*† Bret Michael Deyo Eloy Diaz Herbert D. Diaz*† Melissa Shirley Dobbins Melissa Q. Dominguez Parvaneh Dorestani*‡# Jugal H. Doshi Patricia Dykas*‡# Ossamah M. El-Barbarawi Anne Elias*§ Ban Elias Sinan Elias*§ BoMi April Eom Daniel A. Etrata Mia Heather Fagerstrom Asra Bint Fahsal Milie M. Fang*†# Omar I. Faraj*† Natalie A. Faris Bilal A. Fatemi Ariel Favela# Ana Carolina Hinojosa Felix# Jose A. Flores Joanna Gadomska Jocelin Gamez*‡# Elizabeth Garcia*†# Nancy Patricia Garcia Gerald J. Gaughan*†# Ivo K. Genev*‡# Victoria Eun Gil Piotr Glinko

Roman Godzhur*† Jay B. Gosalia*‡ Greta Gregg Sable Juanita Reomie Griffin Ashley Marie Gustafson Dorota Gut*‡ Michelle Habib Zain Habib Leena A. Hamdan*‡ Katherine Marie Hannemann Daniel Eugene Haywood*†# Lisa Madaline Heilenbach Jordan G. Henry Kiah Ambreiel Henry Rawan Yousef Hishmeh# Karen Homsi Natalia Horodenska Estella Y. Huang*†# Anum S. Hussain*† Sana Hussain Yae Lin Hwang Yaewon Hwang Rebecca D. Hyun Jiji Isaac Manar B. Ishwait Tomasz Izbicki Natalia M. Izyk Sameera Jagirdar# Rishika Jain Katherine L. Janda*‡# David Jolly Aubrey J. Jones Sally N. Kabro Rakchanok Kachanthong Arthur A. Kalinski# Kiran Kalsoom Raheel Unis Kapadia*†# Dhruv B. Kavi Thanapol Kawinsangkom Marta Khakhlova Ahamed Abdelnaby Khalyfa*§ Ayesha V. Khan Haris S. Khan M. Faraz Ahmed Khan Mohammad Aamir Khan Rafia T. Khan Shahzaib Khan# Summaya F. Khan Noor Khudeira*†# Jessica S. Khy# Bo Min Kim Chris Seonguk Kim Paul M. Kim*‡# Sylvia Kim Soo Yeon Ko Elaina Kokoris Olha A. Kolesnykova Lauren Lee Krautter Mariela L. Kruthoff*‡# Ankit Kumar*‡# Anjaly Kurian David Matthew Kurian*§# Ibtihale Laghzaoui Amanda Marie Lathe*§# Jimmy Lau Aleksandra Lazic Nhi Y. Le Denise C. Lech*‡ Abby J. Lee Samuel J. Lee*†# Sharmaine S. Lee Nicole Long Edwin Lopez

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Erick Lux Ramneek S. Maan Ayman Atheer Mahdi Nicole J. Majchrzak Krystal Mangulabnan Nelma P. Martin Mabel Mata Bryce J. Mathews Gina M. Mazzone Diana D. McClellan Khushbu Parag Mehta Ramis Memishi*†# Erwin Charles Mendoza Brittany Mitchell Aashna M. Modi Neil Karan Mohindra Joseph A. Moscinski Robert Murillo Nurul Ain Musawwir Ajah C. Myrie Lia Nandi Kezia Jayamala Neetipudi Jimmy A. Nguyen May L. Nguyen Tien M. Nguyen*†# Tuyen Nguyen Peter A. Nielsen Yoshimi Nomura*† Andrew Glen Nowak Cheryl Anne Nowak*‡ William Patrick O’Grady Rebecca Opeyemi Olowu Ian K. Oravec Ozren Orlovic Ponnu A. Padiyara# Phillip Graddy Patacsil Abhishek J. Patel Akash D. Patel*§# Akata Vidyut Patel Arpita A. Patel Dhruv C. Patel Dipali B. Patel Harsh C. Patel*†# Mihir N. Patel Mitali B. Patel*†# Parth R. Patel*†# Rena Kanti Patel Rhea M. Patel*‡# Rina V. Patel Rutu M. Patel Andrew Michael Peterson Seth Mikael Peterson Milita Petrauskaite*† Iryna Petriv Hang T. Pham Taylor Ngoc Pham*† Vicky T. Phan Danielle Y. Pinkowski Marzena M. Pisarczyk John J. Plamoottil Mikhail R. Plaza Akshaj R. Pole# Matthew G. Poozhikunnel Danielle Patrice Poulos Rachel M. Pritza Paul Anthony Amante Pulpulaan Qadija H. Qadri*†# Emmanuel C. Rabaya Aisha F. Rafat Hassan Raja Pawan Nanden Rajaraam Hany Hosny Reyad*‡ Anel Ribo

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Commencement Ashley E. Roberto Caitlin Connie Rodeghier*§# Naomi Roman*§# Ajla Sabanovic Zil E. Huma Sabir Saifuddin S. Saiyed Paulina M. Sambor# Erica M. Sanchez Juancarlos Sandoval Jeanne Santamaria Michael S. Santos Veranika Sasnouskaya*‡ Jessica H. Sathchakham Andriana Scencirro Kevin Schmitz Merve Senalan Yeon Ji Seo Anooj Mahesh Shah Ayush N. Shah*†# Neal Rajendra Shah*§# Timir K. Shah Brittany C. Shambo# Dania M. Shehadeh Avi A. Sheth Anthony J. Shin Lesya Shoorgot Nicholas L. Silas*‡ Jennifer Song James G. Stamos Sean D. Suastegui*†# Talat Mohammed Suleiman*§# Myra Surin Helen I. Sweiss*‡# Diana Szafaryn*† Marjorie G. Tagare Jennifer Tai*‡# Rolin Yousefyan Takieh Samim A. Taraji*‡# Maxter Jones Thai*§ Sarun M. Thundiyil Arista Christen Tischner Nadah Tlemat*§# Kyle Robert C. Torres Izabela Sylwia Towalska Kacper Trampka John Tuan Tran*§# Loc Van Tran Michael M. Tran Malgorzata Anna Tulowiecka*† Michal J. Tutka Yvette Valencia Keila Valle Khai Van Yeyzy S. Vargas Tuyet Vo Keith Andrew Wangler Hamidullah Wardak*† Ashley Elizabeth Welenc Ruby Wilson Chungchi Yao Jane J. Yap SinYu Yeung Julia Yi*†# Paldin Yousef# Coether Mahmoud Yusuf Shamaila Zaheer Maria Zahid Katarzyna E. Zalinski Raheleh Zariffard Daryna Zhadovich Eric Zhuang*†#

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Chemistry

Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Heng Chi STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF DESIGNED PEPTIDES BY SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS: PPII HELICES TO EXTENDED β-SHEETS Ali M. Jawaid SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NON-CADMIUM CONTAINING NANOCRYSTALS

Shabnam Mohandessi DELIVERY OF EXOGENOUS IMAGING PROBES FOR CELLULAR MICROSCOPY

Leah Elizabeth Page RATIOMETRIC SENSING OF UNLABELED ANALYTES VIA QUANTUM DOT/FöRSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER John S. Penczak║ EXPLORING THE INTERACTION OF LIGHT AND MATTER ON AN ULTRAFAST TIMESCALE USING PLASMA SPECTROSCOPY Shan Tao DIFFERENTIAL LIPID BINDING PROPERTIES AND PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF SORTING NEXIN FAMILY PROTEINS Kung-Pern Wang ENYNE METATHESIS (PART I) AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW METHODS FOR FUNCTIONALIZED ARENES (PART II)

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Dimitra Kontokosta THE VERSATILE REACTIVITY OF OXIMES WITH VINYL BORONIC ACIDS AND DEVELOPMENT OF 4-PHOSPHONO-βLACTAMS Aditi Shyam Patil║ SYNTHESIS OF α-OXYGENATED CARBONYL COMPOUNDS VIA DIOXYGENATION, DEVELOPMENT OF FLOURESCENT PROBES

Niladri Patra MULTISCALE MODELING OF SELFASSEMBLY OF NANOSTRUCTURES, NANOMEDICINES, AND FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENES

Ren Sheng LIPID BINDING OF PDZ DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEINS AND ITS CRUCIAL EFFECT ON CELLULAR SIGNALING

Heng-Yen Wang CARBON-CARBON, CARBON-OXYGEN, OR CARBON-NITROGEN BOND FORMATION VIA 3,3- OR 1,3-REARRANGEMENTS OF O-VINYL

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Chhavi Bhardwaj Srivani Borra

Henry Ting-Hei Chan Mikhail Gerasimov Crystalann Jones║

Nam-Kyu Lee ALLENYLSILANE SYNTHESIS AND REACTIVITY OF THEM (PART I) AND GROUP 11 METAL-CATALYZED REACTIONS (PART II)

Zhou Li Zhu Liang║

Huaqing Liu APPLICATIONS OF TRIMETHYLSILYLDIAZOMETHANE IN SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Slobodan Milasinovic Daniel Stephen Mueller Jose A. Ortiz F. Douglas Pleticha Ashley LeAnn Pumphrey║ Anjan Roy

Ke Sun TRANSITION-METAL CATALYZED C-H BOND AMINATION FROM ARYL AZIDE Geovannie Ojeda Torres Christina M. Tyrakowski

Ivan Volchkov║ DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF NEW SPIROKETALIZATION AND ALLYLIC TRANSPOSITION Engin Yapici Qi Zeng Ge Zhang Weiying Zhu

Master of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Dominic A. Esan Ali Mohamadi Weiying Zhu

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Mohammad Rashidi Alavijeh Amy Jacquelynn Burnstine Sereke A. Zerayesus Candidates for Degree May 2014 Avik Banerjee Elisabeth A. Carroll Olesja Koleda Svetlana Pavlovna Kurilova Angeliki Papathanasiou Gulsah Uygur Yue Wei Meng Zhao

Bachelor of Science

Degree Conferred August 2013 Arina A. Kligman

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Russell Lawrence Ford Mary A. Otoo Van B. Pham

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Mena Poonaki*‡# Ikjot S. Suga

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Marilyn S. Gaske*†# Ayoola Moshood Oseni Auralina Alejandra Perez Karen M. Roldan Lawrence Glenn Sanchez*§# Douglas Corbin Yarbrough

Bachelor of Science in the Teaching of Chemistry

Degree Conferred December 2013 Gennaro A. Paolella†#

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Degrees Conferred August 2013 Elizabeth Abiola Awoyemi Brea Bucci Leticia Diaz Calli Marie Eichhorn Yie Ji Lee Gouthami Vanam Alice S. Yim

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Mohammed Abualia*‡ Alfred Sunghoon Kang Hanna Lee Abigail Segura Lubna Mohammad Yousuf Candidates for Degree May 2014 Diana Nazareth Aguirre Josiah D. Ballantine*§# Kristian T. Benig Patsy Young Berko Christina Chen*† Xiao Ling Chen David Chi Tamara Cisowska*†# Christine M. Cosejo Louis J. Dornseifer Simona Du Muhammad A. Farooqui# Steven Gracanin Ikechukwu S. Ileka Stacey Jaimes*‡# Jaehwa Jeong*§ Reem Hussam Jibawi Jelvin L. Joseph# Melvin M. Joseph# Patrycja Kalwajtys Sarah Eunji Kim*†# Yoori Kim*‡ Teresa Lacniak Denny L. Lau Dasom Lee Annie Mo Jesse Moy Therese Erika Quijano Elliott Ramirez Fernando J. Rocha Dena Younes Sahili Syed Yawar Shafi Nichelle M. Simpkins Ye Jin Song Michael Sotelo Jillian E. Stariha#

Commencement Lina W. Suleiman Osama Umar Magellan P. Yadao*†# Haneul Yang

Classics and Mediterranean Studies

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences—Classical Studies Degrees Conferred December 2013 Lillian Claire Moore Kaitlyn J. Peterson Candidates for Degree May 2014 Georgia R. Argyropoulos Brian Lee Moore Rena Georgia Vlahodimos# Aimee K. Waliszewski Luma Z. Zayad*†

Communication

Doctor of Philosophy

Candidate for Degree May 2014 Emilie Lucchesi

Master of Arts

Degree Conferred August 2013 Brad A. Haggadone

Degree Conferred December 2013 Thomas Conner Candidates for Degree May 2014 Bailey S. Kelley Sarah Elizabeth Mansberger Siyuan Yin Wan Zhang

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Degrees Conferred August 2013 John Thomas D’Agostino Margaret S. Shapiro Das Malorie C. Duda Jay Taylor Gabrielsen Jocelyn E. Gryz Amanda Lynn Hudecek Danielle Ingwersen*† Joseph Emmanuel Lopez Calvin Denzel Nichols

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Joshua J. Beard Marissa Christine Cashion Margaret Rose Coffey# Dominick Mario D’Agata Christina De Alba Claire R. Doyle Karie Rose Drucker Lauren M. Fischer Hannah James Gardner Justen C. Garth Natalie Sophia Heller*† Javier G. Hernandez Johnny Hung Soo Hoo Justin Matthew Kavanagh Melissa Lopez Kalee E. McInerney

Peter P. Muller Erin Rosemary O’Connor* Woo S. Park Hiral Patel Marlene Robles Jessica Ann Strait Georgia Tsiabas Alyssa Carley Wuerl Mariah Alexcia Young

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Cindy Acosta Slobodan Aleksov Teresa D. Austin Victoria Gail Barreras*‡ Janel Andrea Brown Marie Rose Carlson Kristin E. Crooks Ashley Rena Currin Abigail L. Czarobski Agata K. Czowicka Mary Sophia Daly Elise Ashley Gallevo DeJesus Peter N. Demars Emily Anne Dion*†# Justin Edward Doebert*†# Caroline Frances Donahue Sydney Marie Donahue Joseph W. Edwards Suzana Estrada Matthew Gregory Fricks*† Katherine C. Gregory Alexandria Griparis*†# Damian Ryan Haggerty Qeshawnda Idatane Haynes Lakema Hickman Holly Marie Hurston Mary Kate Teresa Imrie Leanna Johnson Lejla Jusic Shaifali A. Lalani Ganka Georgieva LeCompte*† Julie Mei Elizabeth Margaret Paluch Brandon Potter Thomas Power Michael M. Queroz Hannah A. Reilly Nicholas J. Schiller Katelyn Claire Six Yaxal Nabil Sobrevilla Ramirez*§# Chelsea N. Sugerman Mala Sury*† Fabiola Sweis Kelly M. Tansor*† Xavier Torres-Valdovinos Mitchell Fredric Valentini Emiliano Vazquez-Parrales*†# Rocio Villasenor William T. Weber Blake Charles Yoksoulian Tania Cristina Zuniga

Criminology, Law, and Justice Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred December 2013 Timothy Allan Lavery TARGETING VIOLENCE PRONE OFFENDERS: EXAMINATION OF AN INTELLIGENCE-LED POLICING STRATEGY

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Daniel Steven Lawrence PREDICTING PROCEDURAL JUSTICE BEHAVIOR: EXAMINING PERSONALITY AND PARENTAL DISCIPLINE IN NEW OFFICERS Juliane Charlene Mescher

Latosha L. Traylor║ THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF MOTHERHOOD AND MOTHERING FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED BLACK WOMEN

Master of Arts

Degree Conferred August 2013 Chalwa Florence Van Der Bogert Degrees Conferred December 2013 Neal Francis Crowley Jacob D. Diederich Marta Kucharczyk Katherine P. Lorenz Fabiola Silvana Arauz Villa Candidates for Degree May 2014 Michelle Nicole Cardiel Luiggi Paolo Francalanci Christopher E. Powell Virginia I. Rodriguez Adnan N. Yarkhan

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Degrees Conferred August 2013 Daniel Baranski Kamil Broda Jeffery William Bryant*† Martin Gadek*§ Raphael Miron Ginzburg Hani Habboub Andy Chen Hickey Cezar Daniel Iordan*§# Josip Jureta Tomasz Kusior*† Joshua J. Ladin Chorlatte Jeanine Mack Jonathan Michael Nilson Angelica N. Preston Vanessa J. Rodriguez Natalie Joseph Saliba Jonathan C. Schuller Katie Elizabeth Shorr*‡ Paul Sioulas

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Noely Alicea*† James Alviso Walter Youaw Atto Francisco J. Bahena Isamar Guadalupe Barrera Inez Biernat-Karbownik Vilma Bumblyte Glenda Catalina Campoverde Richard H. Chang Daniel M. Chavez Amanda M. Debock Andres Delgado Abdel A. Esmaelaich Patrick A. Falson*†

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Ismael Ferrer Brittany N. Ford Derek Fox Vincent Franco Megan J. Gojney Pilar Lind Gutierrez Nadia Hanafi Robert Roy Harshbarger Natalie Sophia Heller*† Diana Humaylo*† Justin August Jahnke* Miguel Angel Jimenez Michelle Ann Knapczyk Magdalena Maria Lipczynski*†# Justin Luis Noriega Carlos Ortiz Carlos Ortiz Alexander C. Papageorgiou Sergio Perez*† Aliaksandr Petushok*† Leslie M. Rodriguez Luis F. Rodriguez Luis Rodriguez Steve Sabu*† Ibtesam N. Saleh Steven Serrato Gerardo Edgar Silva Mannat Singh Scott Andrew Slown Amy Lynne Stein Ulysses U. Valle Alexandra Josephine Vargas Benjamin A. Wilson Gillian R. Wu*§#

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Yesenia Alatorre Christine Lee Allison-Odenbach Jesus J. Almanza Charles Alviso Armando Arreguin Lizzeth Arriaga Bryant Avila*‡ Guadalupe N. Bandillo Natalie M. Barrios Sandra K. Bilandzic*† Adrian Benjamin Bilotti Martin Bogojeski Jennifer Marie Brown Joram Chung Agustin Cuenca Enrique Diaz*† Kevin Darrius Dixon London L. Doggett Caryn Lillian Doyle*† Nicholas James Emerson Magdalena Espinoza Chinyere C. Evulukwu Jewel Villanueva Garcia Harjoot Kaur Gill Frank Joseph Goetz*† Alexandra C. Gonzalez Rosa Linda Gonzalez Yvette Victoria Gonzalez Sameena Nikaya Hicks Kimberly Hoang Isamar Jamaica Sarah A. Kawash Hanifa Khan Mark J. Kim Paul Kim Peter Kim Kelly Leanne Kosiek*†

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Commencement Diem My T. Le Domenica A. Manfredini Vanessa Martha Chase Matus Jonathan Melchers Christos Efstathios Michelis Mark J. Mocny Rafal Mosior Mathew F. Mrowca Nicole Boyd Crossett Murphy*‡ Alejandro Nava Dariusz Stanley Niemiec Vivian R. Ortiz Klaudia Osinska Conor James Ozog Genesis Alexandria Petway Jessica M. Pickett Daniel Jan Postawa Matthew E. Pozo Irene Quinonez Alexis Rachwalski Gustavo A. Rangel Juan S. Rocha Jaqueline Rodriguez Yasnai C. Rodriguez*§# Stephanie Saavedra Jennifer N. Saetia Daniel E. Sanchez Victor M. Sandoval Joseph Redmond Schaberger Arreanna Jazette Scott Adam J. Sewielski Michael J. Siepiora Joseph Robert South Zachary M. Sterling# Rachel M. Story Trivia Shawnta Sumpters Malgorzata Szwajnos Sendi Torres Yazmin Torres Maxwell D. Trage Martha Oralia Trevino Angelo Tzivas Erica Valdez Michael Vazquez Chad K. Webb Sharmeka Shanta Williams

Earth and Environmental Sciences Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred December 2013 Armen Poghosyan GLOBAL GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE OF PERCHLORATE

Candidate for Degree May 2014 Maciej Krzysztof Obryk HYDROLOGICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING OF TAYLOR VALLEY LAKES, EAST ANTARCTICA

Master of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Margaret B. Corcoran Colin C. Smalley║

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Amanda Lynn Damptz Elanor Melissa Heil Katherine Margaret Walther

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Candidates for Degree May 2014 Christopher Andrew Bloszies Ellen Marcia Maley Qianyi Wu

Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences Degree Conferred August 2013 Anna Marie Zinga

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Jorge Barrera Valerie Jane Blomgren* Stephanie Lois Gallo Christine Kochou Frank Joseph Magyar Filip Petrevski Nicholas P. Szymanski Ho Fung “Alex” Yu Candidates for Degree May 2014 Brian A. Lenell Mariano Nunez Ortiz Krikor E. Paylan Kriss Janis Putnins Jessica A. Rowells Jeffrey Robert Schiefelddin Sonia Seifi Alexander Michael Sessa Eric J. Staley Dawn M. Waters*† Kimberly Marie Wolter

Economics

Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Kevin R. Callison VARIATION IN INPATIENT CARE

Hanqing Qiu║ AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF PEER EFFECTS ON FIRMS’ DIVIDEND AND STOCK REPURCHASE POLICIES

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Zeynep Isgor║ ECONOMICS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: DETERMINANTS AND MECHANISMS Binh Thi Nguyen TWO ESSAYS ON HEALTH CARE IN VIETNAM

Xinjie Tu MONETARY POLICY AND THE PREDICTION OF STOCK RETURNS

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Eva Dziadula Brian R. Goegan Suqin Gu Ramona Camelia Krauss║ Carlos Ricardo Villarreal

Master of Arts

Degree Conferred August 2013 Jing Li

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Alexander P. Bollinger Elzbieta Gryncewicz Jingjing Liu Candidates for Degree May 2014 Cynthia E. Cho Katherine Ann Goulde Michael Patrick Kelley Diego Adolfo Legal Canisa║ Megan Beth McGowan Yuhan Nie Sindhura Ponnala Nikhil Saifullah Mohammad Aymen Waqar Xuan Yin

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Degrees Conferred August 2013 Dakita Shaneal Bailey Maciej J. Czernecki*‡ Andrew C. Dahl Steven R. Paschal Joshua Shafer

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Hector F. Chaidez Marek J. Gal*‡# Honore Gatabazi Carine McCall Lee Evan M. Magana Diego Martinez Justin Edward Maxwell Darren Scott Moore Gilberto Moran Rebecca F. Olberding Ekaterina Ovchinnikova Sidney Lamont Owens Brittany C. Pointer Jacob D. Poremba Kristel Merth Aranda Ramos Jennifer M. Russo Jason Michael Ward# Candidates for Degree May 2014 Arjun K. Arya*§# Dennis W. Bingham Daniel J. Botkin Michael T. Cassidy Wenjun N. Chen Bikram S. Chohan*† Jin- Kyu Choi Joshua M. Correa Sony C. Cortes*‡# Kinjal M. Dave Franz Luigi M. De Guzman Jonathan J. Drennan Kyle Eleosida Doris A. Fiallos Jerlesha Kaydean Findlay Zachary R. Fiorella Alexios Fronimos David W. Hoebbel Nicholas J. Hotousiotis Angela Howard Deshaunte D. Hudson Jonathan R. Jeung Brian Michael Kempen Laraib A. Khan Matthew Kurnyta Andrew Lonergan

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Michelle Michalski Hiba Noora Mohiuddin Kevin Murillo Valentina Palmiotti*† Lubomir Petrovsky Michael Stephen Schoolcraft Neel N. Shah Kathryn M. Sharples*‡# Andreas G. Skarpathiotis Anthony E. Staren Kenneth Edward Swanson Kerry Tong Laura G. Ursan Sofi Zharkalli

English

Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Brian Charles Charest DISORGANIZING SCHOOLS: A RADICAL PRAGMATIST’S APPROACH TO SCHOOLING, OR WHY FIXING PEOPLE IS NOT ENOUGH Cynthia Cravens X-RATED: A NOVEL OF MANNERS

Andrew E. Farkas THE IMAGINARY GIRLFRIENDS OF CANADA, A COLLECTION OF SHORT FICTIONS

Surbhi Malik THE DIASPORIC ITINERARY: LITERARY AND CINEMATIC GEOGRAPHIES OF SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORA

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Jennifer Jane Berner║ UNSETTLED Kevin Douglas Smith DIGITAL FILM ART AND THE PERSISTENCE OF THE CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD STYLE

Candidates for Degree May 2014 James Lee Adcox

Mark S. Bennett TERRORISM AND SENTIMENT IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY FICTION: CONRAD TO DELILLO Danielle M. Christmas║ M. Shelly Conner║ EVERYMAN

Smita Das║ Sarah Jean Donovan

Jocelyn Anne Eighan THE LOCAL BLEND

Catherine Bodendorfer Garner TRAVELING TOWARD EMPATHY: AN ANALYSIS OF MOTHERS AND NANNIES IN U.S. LITERATURE POST 1985 Elizabeth Ann McDermott THE SURVEYOR’S PERSPECTIVE

Commencement

Madeleine C. Monson-Rosen DIGITAL HUMANITY: THE NOVEL AND THE COMPUTER IN THE INFORMATION AGE Roxanne L. Pilat Nadya Pittendrigh Jonathan Poore

Master of Arts

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Katelyn Nicole Ksiazek Bryan Christopher Peters Kelly Elizabeth Sherman

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Sarah Adler Michael Anderson Warren Anderson Tyler C. Brown Kelsey Kieser Rithika Ramamurthy Michelle Read Miranda L. Seitz

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Mackenzie Alexander Bleecker† Jacob A. Cayia# Melissa Ann Chavez Grant R. Deliberto Lyuba Dutchak*† Christine Elizabeth Gargano Ivana S. Hill Nina Jelovac Erica Leigh Jensen Marla E. Kougias Claire Elizabeth Lombardo† Nory A. Peters*‡ Kristin Anne Ross Kindra Anne Schaefer Julie S. Shin Erica Sotomayor Alfreda Abeni Talbot-Lovemore Eric A. Tursman Degrees Conferred December 2013 Bushra Abdelhalim Sahar M. Alchammae*† Michael Raymond Azzarello Arlin Charles Kevin K. Clark James Robert Curley Christian E. Davis*‡# Adrian De Jesus*§ Jeffrey A. Debettencourt Mackenzie Lauren Dye*‡# Cory M. Glick Matthew William Happ Jennifer Nicole Hebeisen Mark A. Hinog LaZerrick Marios Kennard Nedim Lapo Agata Lazewska Tasha E. Lower*§ David Lyszkowski Syeda Meryum Emily Anne Mooney*§ Britney Lynn Musial Jennifer M. Pontrelli*†

Patricia Porzezinski Zachary Dennis Poulos*† Tasneem M. Qutub*‡# Erica Easter Ravi Andrea Razo Brian Michael Reese Natalie Rose Reyes Ryan A. Rhodes*†# Chase E. Sanders*‡# Sarah Elizabeth Saweikis Michael Alfredo Scalzitti Melissa Jane Taylor*‡ Jeffrey Ryan Tosch*† Frank J. Tsoukalas Frank Victor Weinert Eric Wozniak*§#

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Ashurina S. Atto Abla R. Awadallah Ryan Walter Baldwin# Jessica L. Boyd Nicolle J. Brown Letrice Buckingham Kristen M. Callahan Joanna B. Chavez Matthew Choma James Allan Ciosek Lauren M. Crisostomo Rebecca Romaine Diak Dana Marie Dionne Edward C. Drogos*† Heather Elawawadh Rayan E. Elkheir Seth Epps* Robert Filca Alanna Jean Flack*† Sean Francis Froelich Brittany J. Gerard Elif Geris*‡ Yoori Ha John Michael Hamamoto Luna Hilal Stephanie L. Holding Obehi Ilenikhena Anna Jane Junko* Zoey Rae Keeney*† Jutin S. Khanna Christine K. Kim Jiha Kim Anita Krupa Chelsie J. Lacny*§ Sandy Leon Xiang Li Zhi Mei Li Sarah M. Luyengi Shrouq Mansour Valerie Annette Martin Eric T. McClure Caitlin Renee McDonald*§# Angie H. Moon Natalia Nalezny Esmeil Naqeeb Matthew Richard Oconnor Dariusz Orbik Jenny Y. Paik Laura A. Paton*† Rebecca Pecura Angelica C. Pena Stephanie Perez Christina C. Piszczor*‡# Niveen A. Saleh Kenneth Patrick Schering

Angela W. Shin Annette C. Sieczka Mariasa Morado Slaughter John Cole Sorensen*†# Natalia K. Sporschill Monika M. Stempniewicz*† Maricel C. Tabalba*† Jesus Manuel Uzueta Melanie M. Vartanian*† Calin William Visser Matthew M. Williamson Pauline Wysocka Susan Yang

Bachelor of Arts in the Teaching of English

Degree Conferred August 2013 Christina Denise Bucaro

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Abigail Boudreau*† Amy Rose Estanislao*† Andrea Kim Erin Lenane Landry*‡ Nicholas James McLaughlin*† Amanda Kay Moorehead Veronica Leigh Parker*† Christopher Anthony Pratscher Zainab Salaheddin Salah*†# Peter Joseph Tavolacci*‡ Justin William Voss Izabela I. Zlotkiewicz*§ Candidates for Degree May 2014 Estela Del-Toral Samantha Fletcher Joshua Michael Lyons Deborah Scott Maxwell Brenda Sarahi Moreno Ramina Odicho*† Nancy Odisho*† Christopher Paul Schroeder Natalia A. Swierczek Tatiana Miryam Torres Alexandra K. Wiesyk*†

Environmental and Urban Geography Master of Arts

May 2014

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Rachel Rebekah Alvarez Elavaeme Homawoo Kristan Karinen*† Maria Rocio Macias*‡ Vanessa Ruiz Candidate for Degree May 2014 Gabriela A. Reno

Gender and Women’s Studies

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Candidates for Degree May 2014 Gregg Christian Alfaro*† Ezra Arreola*† Lisa Lee Arteaga-Leong Aaron M. Eischeid Seyara M. Joiner Michelle E. Lukacs Dionn Michelle McDonald Maggie May Monahan Christy Sickle*† Cassandra Tejeda Matthew A. Tropp

Germanic Studies Doctor of Philosophy

Candidate for Degree May 2014 Kristina Foerster║ DISSOLVING LINGUISTIC BORDERS? CONTEMPORARY MULTILINGUAL LITERATURE IN GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

Master of Arts

Degree Conferred August 2013 Veronika Roth

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Bianca Gavin║ Julia Koxholt Anna Katarzyna Pajak║ Phillip Young║ Szymon E. Zuberek

Degree Conferred August 2013 Nina L. Savar

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences

Master of Arts

Degree Conferred December 2013 Nathan David Becker

French and Francophone Studies Candidates for Degree May 2014 Jane Marie Battisson Carly Lapotre Jessica Thornton Esther Van Dyke

Degree Conferred August 2013 Natalia Elzbieta Gola*‡#

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Jonathan Bryant Casey Kerry Rose Gawne*§#

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Degrees Conferred August 2013 Lindsey P. Brown Suzanne K. Oskouie*§#

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

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Commencement

Hispanic and Italian Studies

Doctor of Philosophy— Hispanic Studies

Degree Conferred August 2013 Luz Bibiana Fuentes║ DEVIANT NARRATIVES: ANOMALOUS SUBJECTIVE POSITIONS IN POST-BOOM LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE

Degree Conferred December 2013 Andrea M. Castelluccio MELODRAMAS DE MOVILIDAD: RELACIONES DE CLASE Y GéNERO EN EL CINE ARGENTINO DE 1937 A 1956 Candidates for Degree May 2014 Shane Ebert║ Diana Gonzalez-Cameron Xabier Granja Melissa Huerta Ruben Perez-Hidalgo║ Martin Ponti Mandy L. Stutenberg

Master of Arts— Hispanic Studies

Degree Conferred December 2013 Daniel Certain

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Hanna Rose Bernstein Magdalena A. Bromberg Juanita Calvo Sara Auxiliadora Fernandez Cuenca Rodrigo Delgado Sara E. Stefanich

Master of Arts in the Teaching of Spanish

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Elizabeth Ann Govertsen Jennifer Rebecca Mary Gruhlke Candidates for Degree May 2014 Jose M. Romero Doris Torres

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences—Spanish Degrees Conferred August 2013 Stefanie S. Curry Alexandra Brigitte Espinoza Monica L. Fetherston Maya Goldie Gejman Aimee Laura Meiman

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Joseph M. Brasher* Esmeralda Bue Esmeralda Flores Krystal M. Fowlkes Leslie J. Herrera De Leon Maria C. Jimenez Veronica Leon Lori Mai Jessica J. Melendez Sandra Karina Molina

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Cristobal Ulises Navarro Sanchez Michal Jerzy Nowicki*§ Natasha Rahman Rosio Serrano Sonia Serrano Sindy A. Tellez

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Lukasz Dariusz Adamczyk*†# Javier Anincer Angela C. Betancourt*‡# Annie N. Calderas Tiffani G. Elmore Ana Milagros Gonzales Rawan Yousef Hishmeh# Katie M. Mattera Marlen McNamara*‡ Antonio Esteban Nieto Medina Araceli M. Moreno*‡ Lucia Pina Monika W. Podgorski*†# Lindsey Marie Schaver Leena P. Vala Brittany Ann Waryjas Eliza Zamora

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences— Spanish Economics Degree Conferred August 2013 Elizabeth Colin

Candidate for Degree May 2014 Fernando Mendoza

Bachelor of Arts in the Teaching of Spanish

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Dagmar Betty Bradac*† Stacy M. Frazer Mariana Gamino Rosaura Garcia*‡ David Pacheco Cynthia Marie Sanchez Xhensilda Shkembi*§

History

Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Daniel P. Harper IN THE SHADOW OF ANTITRUST: COMPETITION POLICY AND THE COAL TRADE OF TORONTO AND CHICAGO, 1888-1940 Michal Pawel Kwiecien║ COMMUNISM, NATIONALISM, AND IDENTITY IN A POLISH-GERMAN BORDERLAND, 1945-1950

Anne E. Parsons║ RE-INSTITUTIONALIZING AMERICA: THE POLITICS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND INCARCERATION, 1945-1985

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Thomas F. Dorrance A NEW DEAL EVERYDAY: CIVIC AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL POLICY IN CHICAGO AND LOS ANGELES DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION Wayne A. Ratzlaff CARL MCINTIRE, THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES, AND THE POLITICS OF PROTESTANT FUNDAMENTALISM

John Joseph Rosen GUARDIANS OF THE BLACK WORKING CLASS: LABOR, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND RACIAL POLITICS IN POSTWAR SAN FRANCISCO

Master of Arts

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Jennifer A. Boone Sarah Ruth Koning

Degree Conferred December 2013 Kyle T. Hickman Candidate for Degree May 2014 Johanna Marie Fernandez

Master of Arts in the Teaching of History

Candidates for Degree May 2014 John Charles Hansen Maureen L. Kattah Laura Evelyn Koroski Jenna Kaitlin McIntyre Luke Anthony Staszak

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Degrees Conferred August 2013 Jennifer Cuevas Hena Khatoon Lucas H. Waldron*

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Samantha L. Ally*† Frances Arceo Vanessa M. Azra Ivica N. Bajic Nicholas K. Berggren Charles W. Bouse Donelle Rene Brown Ulysses Capistran*† Brittni Lynn Hill Farhana R. Hoq Cameron G. Jones Julieth Andrea Pineros*† Richard Charles Purpura Jose Antonio Ramirez Lucina Salinas Robert Walter Stec Ana K. Trevino Peter J. Tucic Erica Elizabeth Wasinski Ahmed M. Yaghi

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Adam Marcin Aksnowicz Humaira K. Ali Felix V. Banda Andrew Blood Lea E. Crowley*‡# Allyson Julia Czadowski Zane R. Elward*‡ Samuel Z. Fajerstein*† Nicholas Fortman William L. Gename Barrett Reid Goldflies*† Christian Edsgardo Gomez Chase Haberer Andrew Ryan Hietschold Pharlicia James Daniel D. Jeon Amber M. Kaeseberg Nick G. Karavolos Piotr Kikolski Molly R. Koehler Emil Kurtovic Hayley Elisabeth Maher Steven L. Maichel Martin Olegov Mavrov Alexandru T. Nicolae*§ Theodora O. Okiro Taylor Pajkos*†# Brigid Potter James Joseph Scheid Rebecca A. Schultz*‡ Daniel W. Song Sylwia P. Szmigiel*† Kara Elizbeth Tasharski Catherine D. Valdez*† Morgan Williams Valenzuela*†# Joel Villafuerte Christina Marie Wright*§ Muneer Zegar

Bachelor of Arts in the Teaching of History

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Irene R. Haller Carlos Marquez*† Monica B. Patel David A. Schroeder*§ Candidates for Degree May 2014 Margarita Castillo Nicolette M. D’Amico Ivan Guzman Bryan W. Kennedy*†# Guadalupe M. Villa Manzano Monica Mota Aneri D. Patel Joseph E. Rottman Liseth Salgado Ryan Michael Staudt

Commencement

Latin American and Latino Studies Master of Arts

Degree Conferred December 2013 Laura Lynn De Los Santos║ Candidates for Degree May 2014 Marisol De La Cruz Cecilia Maria Cuevas Loehle Ramon A. Moran Amanda Pinheiro De Oliveira Rigoberto Robles║

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences

Degree Conferred December 2013 Claudia Lucero-Mead*†

Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Doctor of Philosophy— Mathematics

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Matthew Joseph Bourque A POLICY IMPROVEMENT ALGORITHM FOR SOME CLASSES OF STOCHASTIC GAMES Andrew Leland Brasile ESSENTIAL SPUNNORMAL SURFACES VIA TROPICAL GEOMETRY

Dimitrios Ioannis Diochnos║ ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS IN LEARNING THEORY AND NETWORK ANALYSIS OF KNOWLEDGE BASES

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Luis Dominguez Alatorre Ivan De Jesus Minerva M. Glosniak Adriana Gutierrez Gabriela Mancera Betty Michelle Plaza Dolores Concepcion Ponce De Leon Stephanie Myra Rodriguez Eliana Franchesca Triche AnnaMarie Valencia

Bradley Williams Groff SPLITTINGS OF RELATIVELY HYPERBOLIC GROUPS

Doctor of Philosophy

Hao Liang EQUATION PROBLEM OVER CENTRAL EXTENSIONS OF HYPERBOLIC GROUPS

Learning Sciences

Degree Conferred December 2013 Wenjuan Li SECONDARY PRESERVICE TEACHERS’ MATHEMATICAL DISCOURSES ON GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATIONS Linguistics

Master of Arts

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Nisreen Mohammed Ahmad Mark E. Augustine Sally Louise Finders Muyassar Y. Kurdi Christina Martinez

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Ksenija B. Ajdinovic Lindsay Bost Anci Cao Rachel A. Coldewey Saja Elshareif Lita Brusick Johnson Cindy Anne Ralston Oscar Sandoval Ilana Erin Jane Seidman Patrick Charles Sviokla

Elizabeth Ann Gross║ ALGEBRAIC COMPLEXITY IN STATISTICS USING COMBINATORIAL AND TENSOR METHODS Holly Christine Krieger PRIMITIVE PRIME DIVISORS FOR UNICRITICAL POLYNOMIALS ║

Luigi Lombardi║ DERIVED EQUIVALENCES OF IRREGULAR VARIETIES AND CONSTRAINTS ON HODGE NUMBERS Xue Luo║ AN NOVEL ALGORITHM TO SOLVE THE NONLINEAR FILTERING PROBLEMS IN REAL-TIME Paul Michael Reschke║ COHOMOLOGICAL INSIGHTS FOR COMPLEX SURFACE AUTOMORPHISMS WITH POSITIVE ENTROPY

Davender Singh Sahota BOREL COMPLEXITY OF THE ISOMORPHISM RELATION FOR O-MINIMAL THEORIES

William D. Simmons COMPLETENESS OF FINITE-RANK DFFERENTIAL VARIETIES

Matthew A. Wechter DIFFERENTIAL OPERATORS ON FINITE PURELY INSEPARABLE EXTENSIONS Hexi Ye COMPLEX DYNAMICS: SCHWARZIAN DERIVATIVES AND MEASURES OF MAXIMAL ENTROPY

Jiewei Zeng OPTIMAL DESIGNS FOR MULTIEXPONENTIAL MODELS WITH COVARIANCE STRUCTURE

Degree Conferred December 2013 Tu Xu NEW DEVELOPMENTS OF MINIMUM CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE: THEORY AND METHODOLOGY Candidates for Degree May 2014 Chih-Chi Chou Jeffrey R. Cooper║ INDEPENDENT SETS IN SPARSE HYPERGRAPHS

Cristina Alina Haidau A STUDY OF WELL POSEDNESS FOR SYSTEMS OF COUPLED NON-LINEAR DISPERSIVE WAVE EQUATIONS

Hsin-Hsiung Huang INFORMATION EXTRACTION FOR VIRUS CLASSIFICATION AND ROBUST DIMENSION REDUCTION Cesar Adrian Lozano Huerta BIRATIONAL GEOMETRY OF THE SPACE OF COMPLETE QUADRICS Marc Pierre Kjerland Jing Wang

Zhifan Zhang PORTFOLIO CHOICE WITH GENERAL PRICING KERNEL

Doctor of Arts—Mathematics Degree Conferred August 2013 Emily S. Cilli-Turner PROOF CONSTRUCTION AND COLLABORATIVE REVISION IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS

Master of Science—Mathematics Degrees Conferred August 2013 Richard Jerome DeJonghe║ Tuo Li Geoffrey John Lindsell Bo Ling Elizabeth Malczewski Eric Mathew Malitz Daniel Nghiem Weiying Zhu

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Eleanor A. Dannenberg Shuyang Lin Kara J. Neely Shan Sun Xuan Yin Hui Zheng Candidates for Degree May 2014 Jonathon David Abernethy Nathan R. Bliss Kyle E. Helfrich Joseph Ansel Hoisington Matthew Christopher Kaplan Maria Lamberton

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Maxwell S. Levine Yile Wang

Master of Science in the Teaching of Mathematics Degree Conferred August 2013 Robert Wayne Storm

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Maria Del Carmen Andrade Jason Flood Brian Richard Fries Annette Lyn Kebr Megann R. Krysa Jessica Lauth Lori Jean Niersbach Jerome M. Novy Margaret M. Rigney Dorothy R. Rock Richard Joseph Rodriguez Michael F. Rohl Amy A. Rosenhagen Jennifer Lynn Szablewski Camille M. Vasquez Marcy Wegner Candidates for Degree May 2014 Joyce Gajda Elizabeth Irons Johnson Ellen McCullagh Lauren O’Connor

Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences—Mathematics Degrees Conferred August 2013 James Matthew Jasper Shikhar H. Shah*†#

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Miguel Barnes Jennifer Bollas Marija Cakic Comarla Timothy Robert Cope Reem Y. Eid*†# Alan Kuang Aaron Thomas Lopez Arron Matthew Mezey William Michael Mitchell Jennifer M. Russo Nicholas Paul Schmidt Dave Shin Eleanor O’Kelley Smith Sam Q. Tomasello Daniel Villegas Cecelia Carlson Weisman Daniel K. Yoshiba Candidates for Degree May 2014 Ricardo Arias*‡ Stephanie A. Batio*† Alan J. Benedict Courtney Caussyn Block*‡ Sara Elizabeth Bollman Jorintas Butkus*† Hanh P. Cao*‡# Casey D. Craig Jesse James Cross Vannessa Dang Allen Diaz Kelsey L. Dipietro*§# Xiaojie Fang

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Commencement Adam J. Gilbert Eliya Gwetta* Morgan Nicole Herreras# Aarika E. Homan Amanda Kathleen Hussey*‡ James Elvis Iverson Benjamin J. Kahn Maliha Khan Moses Kim Ihor Kohut*§# Alice-Gray Lewis# Valentina Palmiotti*† Taylor Ngoc Pham*† Sarah Ann Pomatto Caesar B. Sanchez Neal Rajendra Shah*§# Vy T. Theologidy Kevin Thomas Pipat Tienchai Yulun Wu Fan Jessica Yang Ganna Zou*‡#

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science

Degree Conferred August 2013 Dorin Iacob

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Justan Anthony Fee Summer Nudrat Hasan Farhan Khan Matthew Ramirez Mateusz Wojcik

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Ricardo Aguilar Sarah M. Ahmad Kostadinka Stefanova Bozhilova* Imran Zafar Choudhry*† Maksym Kmit*† Braden Scott Lenz*‡ Nathalie A. Martinez Matthew Daniel McDonagh Sufyan M. Mohammed Daniel P. Murphy*† Mahfouz N. Sammour Katie Terpay*‡ Yuan Zhou

Bachelor of Science in Statistics and Operations Research Degree Conferred December 2013 Hyunchul Lee Candidates for Degree May 2014 Jean Francois Aka*†# Van T. Dang Afif U. Khaja*†# Paul Youngkwang Kim Xiaoming Li*† Steven Gregory Popilov

Bachelor of Science in the Teaching of Mathematics

Degrees Conferred December 2013 David Alm Kristeen E. Anthonsen Lucas Joy Chemmachel

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Patrick James Dugan Tenzin Paldon Langchung Bradley D. Springer*†

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Marck Castellanos Emma Kathleen Lodesky*§ John Adam Lovejoy*‡ Azahara C. Tello Gargi S. Vaghmare*§# Mario R. Viramontes

Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred December 2013 Michael H. Alpert║ CALCIUM-DEPENDENT DENDRITIC SIGNALING PROPERTIES IN LAMPREY SPINAL NEURONS DURING LOCOMOTION Candidate for Degree May 2014 Jackson J. Cone

Bachelor of Science

Degree Conferred August 2013 Suzanne K. Oskouie*§#

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Sarah P. Banday Erica Yvonne Engel Marieli De Jesus Guzman*† Clarizza Rocel Mendoza Samiyah Nazeer Anirudh Ramachandran*‡# Hussam A. Saras Maliha Syed Ruth Zelin Tangonan*§# Candidates for Degree May 2014 Ashley A. Akkal*‡# Obaida F. Dairi*‡# Arash D. Darbandi Beelet Noel Dawood Colleen Therese Fitzgerald Nabiha E. Haider Mariam Hassan Syed K. Hassan Madiha Khan Thomas R. Kohs# Inez Joanna Korzun*‡# Kevin Patrick Koster Deanna Victoria Malkin Mauricio Antonio Melendez Vivian Y. Oyegunle Brett A. Palmer*‡ Adil D. Patel Vikas M. Patel Alexandra C. Perez Pranusha Pinna# Nabiha F. Quadri*§# Arpita Rathore Jamila Lyka Z. Salvador Neha D. Sharma Afra M. Syed Joshua R. Trif Zachary Michael Tyrrell Robin R. Varghese Rena Georgia Vlahodimos#

Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy

Candidate for Degree May 2014 Keziban Der

Master of Arts

Degree Conferred August 2013 Kei Hotoda

Degree Conferred December 2013 Marcello Daniel Grigolo

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Whitney Garwood Amanda Kay Moorehead Rianne E. Westman Nicholas Adam Woytek Evon Youkhana Candidates for Degree May 2014 Sidney T. Dawsey Raquel Briette Gomez*† Steven Gerard Herbst Nicholas P. Kelly*† Gabriel Julian Manalansan Cristin M. Mathew Nicole Dianne Young Melicor Hetan Patel Sarvateet C. Patel Jerry Delano Roberts Jerry Brandon Ross*† Jordan Seaver Afra M. Syed Emeka Charles Umeadi

Physics

Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Joel Adam Berger║ ULTRAFAST ELECTRON MICROSCOPES: DESIGN CRITERIA, ELECTRON SOURCES, AND COLUMN MODELING Richard Jerome DeJonghe║ REBUILDING MATHEMATICS ON A QUANTUM LOGICAL FOUNDATION

Kimberly Ann Frey║ THE NATURE OF QUANTUM TRUTH: LOGIC, SET THEORY, & MATHEMATICS IN THE CONTEXT OF QUANTUM THEORY Poopalasingam Sankar TABLETOP ULTRABRIGHT KILOELECTRONVOLT X-RAY SOURCES FROM XE AND KR HOLLOW ATOM STATES

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Kopinjol Baishya FIRST PRINCIPLES STUDIES OF ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL EXCITATIONS IN NOBLE METAL AND TITANIA CLUSTERS

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Qiao Qiao ATOMIC SCALE STEM/EELS AND FIRST PRINCIPLES STUDIES OF OXIDESEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES Alejandro Federico Rebola║ FIRST PRINCIPLES STUDIES OF COMPLEX OXIDES FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONS

Runzhe Tao CHARACTERIZATION OF NB SUPERCONDUCTING RADIO FREQUENCY CAVITIES BASED ON IN-SITU STEM AND EELS

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Eric Colegrove FUNDAMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CDTE DEPOSITED BY MBE FOR APPLICATIONS IN THIN-FILM SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS Yi Yin║ QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS

Hao Yu THE INFLUENCE OF ELECTRIC FIELDS ON THE ORDERING OF LIPID MONOLAYERS AND LIPID-PROTEIN BINDING

Master of Science

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Peihong Man Shuang Zhou Candidates for Degree May 2014 Li Ge Nicholas James Macholl Tadas Paulauskas Jayashri Srinivasan Julian Starr Hallie C. Trauger

Bachelor of Science

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Thomas Samir Bsaibes Glenn R. Hanlon# James M. Lave Dennis Jay Michalak Stuart W. Parkhurst

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Candidate for Degree May 2014 Alexander Michael Sessa

Political Science

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred August 2013 Clifford Devin Deaton THE CITY CANNOT BE OCCUPIED: URBAN MOVEMENTS AND REVOLUTIONARY MEMORY IN PARIS, PRAGUE, AND TEHRAN

Commencement

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Ryan C. Maness COERCIVE ENERGY POLICY: RUSSIA AND THE NEAR ABROAD

John H. Van Benthuysen║ MANUFACTURING LEVIATHAN: INTERNATIONAL ORDER, STATES, AND FAILED STATES

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Anika Bishka║ AT THE MARGINS OF SOVEREIGNTY: POLICIES, POLITICS AND ACTORS IN POST-CONFLICT KOSOVO Shawn Paul Healy

Master of Arts

Degree Conferred December 2013 Aviral Pathak Candidates for Degree May 2014 Huan Chang Rita L. Nassar Alicia Marie Race

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Degrees Conferred August 2013 Audrius C. Aleksiunas Christian Xavier Cannady Tyler L. Coleman Michael F. Flynn Omar Hafeez Nathan Charles Hurde Philip J. Mancini Tyler J. Smith Amanda Kathleen Young

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Osama Jamil Abbasi Olanrewaju Joseph Abiola Joseph James Adolfino Adriana Cesario Alexander James Chorak Michelle Czabala Hady Akram Esily Caroline Alice Foret Stephanie Estelle Garcia Alec J. Gast Peter P. Gountanis Robert Keith Kern Justin C. McMahon Darren Scott Moore Charles F. Nash Andrea Ramirez-Gudino Harleen K. Singh Juan Miguel Soliz Gary Robert Soper Jacqueline Patricia Stout*† Robert Kenneth Targosz Nicole Joia Trufant-Wade Jose E. Vera Jonathan Michael Zarate*‡ Candidates for Degree May 2014 Ahmed K. Ali Edgar Lamont Anderson Natalia Anuszkiewicz*§ Roberto C. Arellano

Raschelle Nicosia Barnes Adrienne Bobby Bartkowiak Alexis M. Bedford Ricardo Brambila Anthony A. Buccola Adam Vincent Burke Sylvia M. Chrzanowski*† Erin Sue Dowland Jillian Ianthe Duncan-Poole Trevor J. Engstrom Alicia M. Gonzalez Ivan Vesselinov Guechev Chase Haberer Adham M. Hammad Asma Hammadi Marc K. Hebbard Kara Ann Highfill*† Dennis Hong Kush Kumar Jha Khadijah Maryam Johnson*‡ Amena U. Khan Suhail Khan Michael Lee Krenzer Victoria Ann Latus Kian Mahini Alyson Martin*‡# Kelly R. McKevitt*‡ Ritta A. Merza Michael D. Milstein Colin J. Pochie*† Violeta Podrumedic# Medzit Redzepi*‡# Richard E. Roberts Christian Rodriguez Robert Hirsch Scotese Kyungwon Seo Urooj K. Shuaib Ibrahime Sow Elisa Tenorio Hugh D. Vondracek*§# Heather Lynn Weatherwax*† Chanel Iman West Avi N. Yudkowsky

Psychology

Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Lisa M. Alvy CONTEXTUALIZING LESBIAN BODY IMAGE: COMPARISONS WITH HETEROSEXUAL WOMEN AND LESBIANSPECIFIC FACTORS

Peter J. Colvin PATTERNS OF ANXIETY, STRESS, AND SUBSTANCE USE DURING ADOLESCENCE

Anna-Maria D’Cruz║ EVENT-RELATED FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING OF REVERSAL LEARNING IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS Steve N. Du Bois EXAMINING PARTNERSHIP AND HEALTH IN MULTIPLE SAMPLES OF GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN Stephanie R. Ebner║ DISSOCIATING REWARD PREDICTION FROM ACTION SELECTION: DISTINCT ROLES FOR NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS INPUTS

Stephen Krauss GROUP INFORMATION SHARING: TRUE ADVOCACY AND THE IMPORTANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION Brady D. Nelson DO INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN REWARD AND THREAT SENSITIVITY PREDICT FAMILY HISTORY OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY?

Traci Lynne Weinstein THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE ELL TEACHER WORK STRESS

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Jennifer Elizabeth Anderson VISUAL FIELD ASYMMETRIES: THE EFFECT OF CONFIGURATION AND LOCATION

Catherine M. York EXPLORING THE DIFFERENCES IN DRINKING MOTIVES AMONG ADOLESCENT BINGE AND NON-BINGE DRINKERS

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Shanika Blanton║ Anjuli Monika Singh Bodapati Joanna C. Bovee║

Ashley Rebecca Braun BINGE DRINKING’S COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL CORRELATES: A MULTIDEFINITIONAL INVESTIGATION Ebony J. Burnside║

Reality Canty INTERPRETING FUNCTIONS OF ONEDIMENSIONAL KINEMATICS

Lauren L. Drogos Michelle A. Goldwin Andrew F. Jarosz║ Sarah Kate McGowan

Melanie Joy Nadell║ DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SMOKING, AND MOOD IN HIGH-RISK YOUNG ADULTS Ashmeet Kaur Oberoi ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AMONG MUSLIM ADOLESCENTS ATTENDING PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS Melissa Ponce-Rodas║

Randi Melissa Schuster A SITUATIONAL EXAMINATION OF NEUROCOGNITION WITH SIMULTANEOUS CANNABIS AND TOBACCO USE Tamara D. Springle║ Daniel C. Wisneski║ Keith J. Zander

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

Master of Arts

May 2014

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Natania A. Crane║ Claudia Liana Peter-Hagene Jared Timothy Ramsburg Hillary L. Rowe Carlos R. Salas Rannveig Sigridur Sigurvinsdottir Corrina D. Simon Alexander William Sokolovsky Degrees Conferred December 2013 Brittany Elyse Hanson Brittany Rachel Myers Amy Peters║ Timothy Bruce Tasker Candidates for Degree May 2014 Spencer J. Campbell Ana G. Genkova Grace E. Giedgowd Michael Kobel Keutmann Rebecca D. Lakind Andrew R. Taylor

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Degrees Conferred August 2013 Arnulfo Acosta Olutomi Mary Adesanya Yasmeen Akashe Lizandra Anzo Maritza Rosario Arcos Ashley A. Ballard Joseph Robert Betcher Benjamin Paul Borck Ryan M. Boss Anna Boykova Julius Quindara Castro Abigail Cobos Jeanine J. Czubek Maria C. De La Torre Joseph Edward Doose*§# Sehrish A. Ebrahim Adaora Chidubem Enemuo Andreea A. Faur Rena Ronit Finkel Tiffany Franklin Emily Barbara Gniatczyk Sammy Hamad Bethany Marissa Harris Hana Hasan Jeslyn M. John Parfait Kanam Caroline G. Layous Annie S. Lee Anam Majeed Christy Mecher Daniel Alexander Medina Irene Axida Morell Anish K. Oberoi Bijal K. Patel Harnisha N. Patel Ripal N. Patel Marissa Patricia Pierce Debra N. Quinn Angelica Rusilowski Kelly Alexandra Santoyo Alyssa W. Signore Stephany S. Small*† Kelly Kathleen Smith

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Commencement Maria Christine Tanner Annabel Torres*‡# Elizabeth Torres Rose M. Velarde Sarah Colleen Welch Moses Archibald Woods Natalia Arielle Zaretsky*‡ Allen A. Zemlekov

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Teresa M. Aguilar Ahnas Gamal Ahmed*† Javeria Ahmed*† Sagar S. Amin Concetta Maria Anemone Santo Joseph Antony Harish Avula Anna Agnieszka Bacik Floria BL Banks Christina Michelle Barocio Sara M. Benavides Shelby Lynn Bieneman Angelique Alta Bodine*†# Ewa Boufal Rocio Bucio Alexander E. Buckley Shanee D. Butler Kevin Christopher Carey Phanethia Joyce Carter Jinyoung Chang Min Kyung Chang Diana Cheng Kelly Ga Eun Chung Nicole Connors Carissa Carmina Corral Kristen Lee Crawford Leahna Suk Crawford*† Gabriela Da Silva Stephanie Patricia Dalton Lauren S. Daniels Mitesh P. Desai Petia Detchevska Lauren Dickens*†# Luis Alfredo Disotuar Julija Djordjevic Monika L. Dolejs Magdalena J. Dylag Mahboubeh Ekhtera Victoria Lynn Ellin Elizabeth L. Fischer Esmeralda Flores Skyler A. Flores Krystal D. Flowers Samantha Grace George Christian Gomez Leroy D. Gordon Melissa Sue Gschwendtner Mariana E. Guerra Laura F. Guerrero Maria E. Guerrero Lauren S. Hasan Julio Cesar Hernandez Laura Ester Hernandez Liliana Hernandez*† Isabel Herrera Brandon Romel Homere# Zachary Dominic Horton*‡ Sophia Gianna Hountalas Carmen Viridiona Huerta Edith Ibarra*† Luiza Franchini Idalino Adersh James Emily Lauren Jilka

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Brittany C. Kappel Jaeson M. Kaylegian Nida P. Khan Daniella Kim Gaeun Kim Hye Soo Kim John Dole Kim Torian T. Knox Jennifer Jihong Lee*‡# Daisy Lemus*†# Eva Li Rebecca R. Lopez Yarelin Martinez Kristen Abrille Milsap Maria R. Morales*† Amer Natour Roxanna Ocampo Karla Rebeca Ocana Edward Ortiz Andrea C. Pacheco Michelle Alexis Palios# Nicole Lee Patterson Reynaldo Perez Justin Paul Phillips Taras Popovych Samantha J. Pozzie Courtney R. Quigley# Zane I. Qureshi*§# Rugile Ramoskaite*†# Dana Ashley Ratzek Amanda E. Rivera Aeriel A. Robinson Amanda A. Rodriguez Karina L. Rodriguez*†# Perla Rodriguez Genesis Romo Jae Yeon Ryu Jacqueline O. Santos Nabeel M. Sayeed Alyssa Marie Secreto Jaymeen Vijay Shah Eric D. Shea Urte Siaulyte*† Mirza Mohammed Sibqatulla Paulius Smulkys*† Ikjot S. Suga Jeanette Tapia Nisargi B. Thakkar Brittany K. Tolar*†# Gianna Marie Tricarico Dina Turkmani Taylor H. Turner Crystal Vega Alyssa A. Vivoli Shannon E. Vogel*‡ Dennis Waclawik Sidra Wali Jan Lukasz Walkosz Jinise P. Whiteside Gregory R. Wilhelm Amber M. Wolz Rachel A. Wotaszak Sajid G. Yousuf Sandy Yuan Ariel R. Zilist Elizabeth Ann Zitzka

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Feras M. Abbas Janeen Muneer Abedrabo Emmanuel Olaseyi Abidemi Seifalddien Mohd Abu-Hashish Amani I. Aburomi

Lanah Agha*‡ Ahmad Rasem Ahmad Sarah M. Ahmad Ingrid Albarran Alan C. Alcesto Cesar Alfaro Soubhi Alhayek Stephanie A. Allegretti Cynthia Evelyn Alvarado Karina Garcia Alvarez*‡# Kevin-Ryan I. Alvarez Maria E. Alvarez Rose Alwardi Mia Ivona Amos Jasmine Rae Anders Ashle’ Danielle Anderson Sarah C. Anderson Nicole M. Antczak Estrella Y. Arauz Evanthia Anastasia Arianas# Alessandra D. Arreola# Haaris H. Awan Fadia Zaki Ayad Salma Ayaz*§# Kelly J. Barry Felipe Bastos Eliana Ysabel Beatty Marybeth Beitzel*† Alana Jane Bendersky* Konrad Biedron*† Amanda C. Bielman*‡ Lea Big Martyna Bobka John Charles Boharic Simone Valentine Bolack Randy A. Boley*‡# Mark R. Bonafede Sneha Bontu*§# Carlos Alejandro Botello Jamila F. Broachwala Arkadiusz Tomasz Bryja*§# Wojciech Bryniak Samantha Brzuskiewicz Ariel Marie Butzine Mark J. Calandra Elizabeth Calderon Evelyn Camacho Yuwool Yoon Cammon Kathryn M. Campbell Bryan M. Carey Jacob Burton Carmany Jazmin Nicole Carranza*§ Margarita Castillo Anita Chander*† Diana C. Chang Sicha Chantaprasopsuk*† Maria Abigail Chappell Arooba S. Chaudhry Jasmin Chavez Rebecca Chavez Alexandra M. Chesna*§ Edward J. Cho Jiwon J. Choi Angela Chung Justyna K. Ciechonska Kali E. Cimmarusti Diana Contreras Sara Guadalupe Cruz Mico Miguel Quimson De Leon Ana Isabel Del Rio Konstantine N. Diakonis Dulce Diaz*†# Eloy Diaz

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Lily Diego-Alvarez*† Catherine Dion*‡ Daria Disch*‡ Kylie N. Doorn Shana Stephanie Dubinsky Alyssa M. Dupont Nabiha Durrani Beata Helen Dziedzic Kinza Ejaz Afia A. Ekra John Raymond Ellasos Ali M. Elrehaimy*† Moriah N. Elusta Brian S. Engels# Danielle Ennis Claudia V. Espinosa Abelino Estrada Rabeal Faiz-Mohammad Karilyn Marie Falardeau Cristina D. Fausto*‡ Aimee Rebecca Fizor*§# Marcos Flores Natalie Flores Frank Christian Floski Kelly Lauren Flynn*†# Ioannis K. Fountas Shannon M. Fuhrman Jessica Marie Fuks Rosio P. Galarza Samantha Hope Gallegos Gabrielle Elena Galloway Cynthia Ivette Galvez Gil Niklaus F. Garchitorena Jenny Garcia Lucero R. Garcia Kelsey M. Garr Gabrielle Alexandra Garren Kiesha L. Garrett Jennifer M. Geiman*†# Angelica Christine Gervasio*‡ Justin E. Getlin Christina Gonzalez Elena V. Gonzalez Idalia Gonzalez*‡ Jorgina Gonzalez Maria Gonzalez Jessica Bianca Grant Dorota Gut*‡ Swata V. Hajari Jessica Lane Hall Steven E. Hall Courtney Marie Hamill*† Nicholas A. Hansen Elizabeth A. Haptonstahl*† Rachel Kimberly Harris*‡# Emma Harvey Jesse F. Heng Erin C. Herndon Devorah E. Hershkovich Justin A. Higginbotham Nehal Shawqi Hindi Jantel Jana Hines Justin B. Hinton Karine L. Ivy Joanna Marie Jardine Gina Ivana Jarding Kathleen Heather Morgan Jones Orapan Kaewken Brittany A. Kainovic Aleksandra M. Kapustka Angelos Karkalis*† Humaira Khalid Shahzaib Khan#

Commencement Julie Khuu Jennifer D. Kim Paul M. Kim Sharon Y. Kim Soyeon Julia Kim Susie Yura Kim Ariella Kleinman*† Ji Won Kong Alvin Jose Kudilil*† Myungkook K. Kwak*† Amanda M. Lambie Juana L. Lara Anthony Lat Jennifer Ann Lechman Joseph Lee Sae Bom Lee Alison C. Legrand Monika Leja Yannina Lema*† John Thomas Leverso*§# Linda Lin John Wade Linatoc Ronalyssa R. Loiseau Alexa Nicole Loney*‡ Celeste Lopez Maria E. Lopez Melissa Judith Lottich Gregory James Loumos Valerie Lupella*† Meghan Elizabeth Lyons Phillip Andrew Maciaszek Syed T. Madani Samantha G. Maddela Lauren Ann Madia*† Nicholas Madia Monika Magierska# Natasha E. Malles Brian-Jeffrey Gutierrez Manadero Rebekka Martin Taylor Jean Martinelli*† Seena K. Mathew David Maya*†# Kate L. McGovern Meaghan Michelle McMahan*† Johanna Ivette Melgoza Magaly Mendiola Magali Mercado Brooke Janette Metz*§# Heli B. Modi Shahzad M. Mohiuddin Alyssa Mary Monteiro Jeanette Angelica Mora Daniela Mota Ryan A. Muench# Annayeli Munoz Kaluki Kweti Musau Shravya T. Nadella Essies K. Nagra Kerri Ann Nash*† Stephanie M. Nereppil Wajdey Tony Nesheiwat Chelsea L. Newton Lashone D. Nichols Joan Noble Reau O. Norberte Marco Nuno Joanna M. Obrochta*† Linda R. Oceguera*† Mary Elizabeth O’Donnell*†# Justyna Anna Odrobina*‡ Kaori S. Ogden*§ Chika M. Okoro Sylwia Adrianna Olechno

Kara Marie Olson Cleidy Evelyng Ortiz-Greene Maab Ismail Osman Faith K. Ostrowski Rachelle Lynn Pacchini*† Rhea Pande Derek Stephen Panosh Erika Parga Isha B. Parikh*§# Shrutva S. Parikh Jihyun Park Marlene Parra Apeksha D. Patel Axita H. Patel Biren N. Patel Ishan C. Patel Janki M. Patel Neelam Kaushik Patel Nilay Patel Radhika A. Patel Rhea M. Patel*‡# Vaidehi D. Patel Sehar Paya Cecilia Pedroza Emilsa Johana Perez Julie Anne S. Pizarro Dagmara M. Platek*† Humberto Ponce Aswin Prakash Katherine M. Prosowicz*† Carla Cecilia Pulido*† Nabeela Rabbani Ada M. Rafalowicz Syeda Asna Rahman Ariana Ramirez Karen Veronica Ramirez# Hira Rehman*† Brenda Lopez Reyes Julius Celso Gatpayat Rivera Sana Fatima Rizvi Nicole Rose Robinette Gwendolyn Ruth Robinson Fransely Robles*‡# Emilio Rodriguez Genesis Rodriguez Ricardo Rodriguez Sylvia Virginia Rodriguez Jerzy Roginski Nicole Olivia Rokita April Joyce Romero Jennifer Romero Elizabeth Lizzette Rosario Natalie A. Ross*§ Patrick J. Ruckman Brenda Salgado Jenny C. Sampras*§# Cindy San Salvador Sanchez Alexandra A. Sarich Debjit Sarkar Stephanie M. Schweitzer*† Olivia June Seagraves Shachi Shah Rucha B. Shastri Vrusha L. Shastri Dania M. Shehadeh Ami D. Shishodia Sarah Lynn Short*†# Nikita S. Shroff Joyceann Mutuc Simmons Alexandria A. Simms Mona Singh Christopher A. Sirota

Daniel R. Skubic Alyssa Grace Sobotka Sonia Soto*‡ Mayra Sotomayor Sabrina Spikes*† Jennifer M. Spreadbury*§ Olivia Spyra Kathleen A. Stevens Cassie M. Studler*‡# Gabriela Sofia Suarez-Cano*‡ Daria Anna Swedzikowski*† Helen I. Sweiss*‡# Octavious Sylvester Talbot Rosemary P. Talento Vincent Tam Sandra A. Tarasiewicz*† Kara Elizbeth Tasharski Danisha K. Taylor Baian A. Tbakhi Hana Tbakhi Kelly Tedeschi Rosie I. Tellez Alina Thomas Gabriella I. Thompson Aileen Tobias Brandon Samuel Torres Luz M. Torres Rosalia Torres Loc Van Tran Mary E. Trolia Tamara Alexandria Turner Riana N. Uddin Imaobong P. Udonkang Ashleigh Marie Ulrich Siddiqa Unnisa Guadalupe Vallecillos Sumana R. Vardhan*‡# Maria Vargas Jesse Vazquez William G. Vergados*§# Henna Kauser Vohra Danielle C. Wash Charles Peter Weinberg Brittany Lee Weinreis Jill Weisman Diane Mary Wielgos Brianna Kyrstyn Wills Kathryn Elizabeth Witrzek*† Julia Yi*†# Angie L. Youssef# Edith Zarco William Zeng Laura Zocchi Letty Zuniga

Slavic Languages and Literature

Doctor of Philosophy

Candidate for Degree May 2014 Yelena Zotova║ ENVY AS AN OBJECT OF ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION IN RUSSIAN MODERNIST PROSE: IURII OLESHA, KONSTANTIN VAGINOV, ALEKSANDR GRIN

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences—Polish Degree Conferred December 2013 Marek J. Gal*‡#

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences—Russian Degree Conferred December 2013 Maria Kathleen Parham*‡ Candidate for Degree May 2014 Mikhail Y. Berlin

Sociology

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred August 2013 Xue Wang PARENTAL INFLUENCES ON ADOLESCENT FRIENDSHIP PAIRINGS Candidates for Degree May 2014 Rachel C. Allison║ Kiana Marie Cox║

Juan Martinez║ THE SUBURBAN VILLAGE: WHITES, LATINOS AND NEIGHBORHOOD RELATIONS

Master of Arts

Degree Conferred December 2013 Laura Lynn Landers Candidates for Degree May 2014 Jody C. Ahlm Jorge D. Ortiz

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Degrees Conferred August 2013 Capria B. Berry Haley Nicole Craig Estefania Michelle Delgado Elizabeth Dewey David Jeon Iliana Elisa Krehbiel* Gabrielle Nicole Neace Alexander Mark Ou Luis Jesus Perez Michael Anthony Stumpf

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Vanessa Andrade Sanjana Jennifer Bandrapalli Angelique Alta Bodine*†# Tiera Rashaun Booker Christine Dixon Roxana Dubon Jacqueline Flores Crystal Kay Gebre Nicholas Ghezavat*‡# Dvoira L. Goldbloom Wataru Inoue Cara Michelle Ketcham Wasi U. Khan Steven H. Nguyen Hema Gautam Patel Ian-Daniel R. Peele Cassie Kinidra Ramsay David C. Renar*† Katelynn Marie Reyes Perla Rodriguez Jasmine Hillary Santiago*†# Emily A. Stuhrberg Jennifer Szafian

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Commencement

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Zaineb Abdulla# Vanessa Aceves Martha M. Amo Cynthia M. Aynilian*§ Kelsey Barlow Alyssa F. Benitez Mary E. Brewer Tubanur Ciftci Alexis Contreras Shanita S. Crosby Kathryn Davis Rhiannon Denise Davis Jacquelyn Delgado*‡# Maja Despot*‡ Timothy David Ekeren-Schultz Nathan Isaac Ellis Denisa Janel Gilligan Lucero Gonzalez Michele Goodwin* Alekya Gummi Armond Harold Kali V. Henderson Allison Hyatt*† Karen Ibarra Milissa R. Jordan Dawn Frances Love Antonio Esteban Nieto Medina Stephanie N. Metido Jeffrey R. Moy*‡# Melissa Joanna Nunez Indira G. Orozco*‡# Amanda Piehl Ashley Marie Powers Veronica C. Ruiz Susan Samara Nicole Edythe Sammartino Michael J. Stanevicius Karine Rocha Moreira Vale Marco Vang Maria Borrero Veaz Elizabeth A. Velazquez Kaitlyn Marie Ver Haar*‡ Genesis L. Villarreal*†# Darrin Dewayne Williams Ebonee L. Woodfork

College of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine

Degree Conferred August 2013 Samantha J. McCurties

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Haydee Cantu Sanjaya Dharmapuri David Robert Mitchell Nancy Rios Anish Nitish Shah Ann Vilan Tran Shan Shan Xie Candidates for Degree May 2014 Ivy Elizabeth Abraham Fida Abuisneineh Neha T. Agnihotri Ifeoma Vanessa Aguanunu Yousuf A. Ahmed Iman Al-Saden Michael Jason Alexander

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Amanda Patrice Allison Martin Aramburu Favin S. Babu Brian Charles Bamberger Emily Chou Barrett William Joseph Beeler Rachel Kathryn Bernard Lillian Rochelle Berns Michael A. Blasco Samantha Ghanayem Bouikidis Mary B. Brennan Leah Marie Ann Bruno Matthew Robert Burns John K. Byun Ruben Cardoso Tiana M. Carrillo Calderon Priscilla Medeiros Carvalho Edwina M. Chang Michael Charles Thomas Chen Shan Susan Cheng Claudia Christman-Skieller Mateusz Kamil Ciejka Joseph Daniel Cooper Patrick Michael Couture Shirley Cueva Robert James Czuprynski Sheeraz A. Daudi Johnmark Derryberry Abdulrahman Dia Nicole Marie Diaz Christine Pei- Yi Ding Innessa Michelle Donskoy Khushboo Ranjit Doshi Katherine Ann Duffy Mary Kathryn Duncan Jonathan Graves Dunlop Gary Robert Edwards Joseph Leonard Einhorn Melinda Anne Eshelman Joseph Raymond Esparaz Olubadewa Adeyemi Fatunde Andrea Michelle Feijoo Shiraz Salim Fidai Krystle Alexis Flowers Christina Ofelia Foreman Elizabeth Ruth Friedman Cassy Kristina Friedrich Xochil Galeano Victor Osorio Gappmaier Laura Christine Giegler Ekua Baidua Gilbert-Baffoe Alessandra Glaser Phillip Joseph Glivar Lila Gollogly Glotfelty Adam Bradley Gluskin Aaron Louis Goldstein Reyna Teresa Gonzalez Sean Zigmas Goodin Ameera Sa Diyya Haamid Daniel Hawthorne David Henry Heimberg James Bouchard Hendele Matthew Carse Hernandez Christopher Hicks Robin Ann Holmes Ruth Hsiao Zubair M. Ilyas Jacob K. Jensen Can Jiang Anneka Michelle Johnson Veronica Renee Johnson Amanda Lynn Joseph

Suchal Karkera Asrar Ahmed Khan Sumanth Kidambi Martin Kosztowski Daniel J. Lee David Taehee Lee Ina Han Lee Sylvia Wei Li Mariko May Limpar Brian Jen-Chi Lin Jered Diego Linares Amanda Christine Lipon Cassandra Marie List Jennifer M. Loeb Hercules Demetrios Logothetis Jana Zawadzki Longtine Anthony David Lucero Elisa M. Lunde Grace L. Maloney Nicole Katherine Mandich Anita Mathew Eben Eno Mbei Mary Katherine McCauley Vanessa Curragh McFadden Matthew G. McKnight Danielle Lorraine McNeil Sarah Anne Mihalov Sachin Moonat Amanda Rebeca Munoz Chisalu Tessa Nchekwube Junior Chideralum Nwobodo Tamara Elizabeth O’Neal Kichul Pak Neil Panchal Neel Kaushik Pancholi Paul John Park Ahmad Parvinian Kushal Patel Milan N. Patel Mohini Pathria Paige Penrod Eric Perez Erin Elizabeth Perkey Amber Nicole Price Pablo Nicolas Quintana Anisa Fatima Rahman Keerthi Baskar Ranganath Catherine Marie Rim Luis Lomeli Rivera Emilie Catherine Robinson Lizbeth Rodriguez Lauren Rogowski Faith Patricia Rohlke Rachel Elizabeth Rosenfield Jessica Caryn Roth Samuel M. Rubinstein Danil Alexandrovich Rybalko Yusuf M. Salah Sheena Singh Samra Anand K. Sandesara Daniel Savage Jeffrey Schechtman Jacob Richard Seiler Jason P. Shah Vikram John Sharma Elizabeth Cynthia Shay Aurora Shehu Andres Eduardo Silva Brittany Ann Simmons Lillian Keshun Soong Jenna Caroline Spencer Amanda Lynne Stephenson Daine Richard Stevens

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Elizabeth M. Strom Tyler Jonathan Surma Monique Bridgette Sutherland Breana Lynese Taylor Noor Mohammed Tazudeen Hatim Thaker May Kyaw Thazin Corey Joseph Thompson Jaime Torres Thalia Andrea Torres Sergey Y. Turin Sabrina Uddin Crystal Unzueta Lawren Vandevrede Albert Chia- Le Vien Brandon Lee Walker Garth Nyambi Walker Christina Victoria Warner Jonathan Alan Waxman║ Kirsten Carly Webb Frank Donald Weinberg Asher Ben Weisberg Natalyn Garmun Wong Grace Melinda Wu Jonathan Yin Dawen Zhang Lisa Beiwei Zhang Brian J. Zider

Anatomy and Cell Biology Doctor of Philosophy

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Matthew Robert Burns THE ROLE OF CASEIN KINASE 2MEDIATED FAST AXONAL TRANSPORT DYSREGULATION IN HEREDITARY SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA Robstein Lovejoy Chidavaenzi║

Amy Hebert TARGETED KILLING OF PROGENITOR CELLS FOLLOWING TMEV INFECTION LEADS TO A REDUCTION IN OLIGODENDROGENESIS

Master of Science

Degree Conferred August 2013 Sun Kyong Lee

Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred August 2013 Kristin Dionne Ivy THE ROLE OF HUMAN COPPER TRANSPORTER 1, HCTR1, IN COPPER AND CISPLATIN ENTRY IN MAMMALIAN CELLS

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Mustafa Nazir Okur INTERSECTIN (ITSN) REGULATION OF EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR (EGFR) UBIQUITYLATION

Commencement SUMEYYE YAR║ CARDIAC TROPOMYOSIN D137L MUTATION DECREASES STRUCTURAL FLEXIBILITY TO CAUSE SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION Wan-Ni Yu THE EFFECT OF AKT ISOFORMS IN TUMORIGENESIS AND GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS IN VIVO

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Aaron Michael Ambrus║ E2F TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS ARE CRITICAL REGULATORS OF THE CELL CYCLE, APOPTOSIS AND MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION Ya-Ting Chang REGULATION OF TELOMERE MAINTENANCE BY THE SHELTERIN COMPLEX IN FISSION YEAST SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE

Maoyu Peng THE ROLE OF PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE 6 (PTK6) IN THE MAMMARY GLAND EPITHELIUM AND BREAST CANCER

Chun-I Wu WNT/β-CATENIN PATHWAY FUNCTIONS BY INACTIVATION OF TCF7L1 PROTEIN

Health Professions Education Master of Health Professions Education

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Ereny Bassilious Paul Francis George Lester James Nixon

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Vijay John Daniels Cheryl Lynn Holmes Claire Elizabeth Touchie Candidates for Degree May 2014 Nadia Masood Bajwa Eve Ruth Colson Amy Barbara Fraser Gregory Gruener Marie-Eve Lebel Kittisak Sawanyawisuth

Microbiology and Immunology Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred December 2013 Goutham Pattabiraman INNATE APOPTOTIC IMMUNITY: CHARACTERIZATION OF MACROPHAGE RESPONSES

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Thessicar E. Antoine║ HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INFECTIVITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THERAPEUTICS AGAINST VIRAL INVASION

Lila Gollogly Glotfelty ENTEROPATHOGENIC E. COLI ESPG1/G2 PERTURB MICROTUBULES AND IMPEDE TIGHT JUNCTION REGULATION AND RECOVERY Vanessa Curragh McFadden TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS BIOSYNTHESIS BY BILE ACIDS AND FOXA FACTORS

Oneil M. Shand HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INFECTIVITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THERAPEUTICS AGAINST VIRAL INVASION

Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Natalie N. King G PROTEIN SIGNALING IN AUTISTIC ENDOPHENOTYPES

Ina Han Lee THE ROLE OF SPECIFIC C-JUN NTERMINUS KINASE ISOFORMS IN HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE PATHOGENESIS

Sachin Moonat THE ROLE OF AMYGDALOID CHROMATIN AND SYNAPTIC REMODELING IN ANXIETY AND ALCOHOLISM Lawren Vandevrede NITRATE CHIMERAS: A NEW CLASS OF DISEASE MODIFYING AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Adrian Zhubi

Pathology

Doctor of Philosophy

Candidate for Degree May 2014 Brittany Mihelich

Patient Leadership Safety Master of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Lauren Birkel Erika Lynn Dunson Deborah Olive Eastwood Catherine Johnson Dalibor Kubelik Theresa Kimura Yip

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Ellen Marie Belanger Sam B. Bhayani Khara Jane Breeden Kathryn Lorraine Carson Elizabeth A. Chapin Laura Lee Collier Leesa M. Deal Kathryn A. Garner Katarzyna Anna Hall Janee Marie Klipfel Joanna Lucja Kmiecik Sara Katheryn Meier Katherine Elizabeth Riley

Genevieve Bernadette Sicuranza Danielle Nicole Washington Anesta Beryl Williams

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Leila Ali Cherara Darrin Ferguson Leah Lambert Gibbs Gwendolyn Cherese Godlock Patricia Anne Gramlich Misty Jo Jensen Akwete Kershaw Marguerite Ann Langlais Stephen Frederick Meth Suzanne Lee Miller Anna Marie Pilkington Julie Kay Sengstacken Ronald W. Stahl

Pharmacology

Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Xiaowen Liu║ THE ‘GO’ AND ‘STOP’ MECHANISMS FOR NEUTROPHIL MIGRATION Adam Wieschhaus DEMATIN REGULATES CALCIUM MOBILIZATION AND SIGNALING IN PLATELETS

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Erin Elizabeth Kohler║ THE ROLE OF NANOG IN WNT SIGNALING-MEDIATED ENDOTHELIAL CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION AND NEOVASCULARIZATION Luiza Rusu MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF VWF SECRETION

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Farnaz Rose Bakhshi MECHANISM OF CAVEOLIN-1 DEGRADATION Alejandra Maria Chavez Michael Keegan Delaney║

Shalina Lashae Taylor REQUIREMENT OF MYELOPEROXIDASE FOR NEUTROPHIL SPATIAL SENSING

Physiology and Biophysics Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred December 2013 Jill Bennett GATA4 AND GATA6 ARE ESSENTIAL FOR FOLLICULOGENESIS, OVULATION, CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION & FEMALE FERTILITY

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Julie Jamil Mouannes TROPONIN I INHIBITORY REGION’S ROLE IN CARDIAC MUSCLE REGULATION AND TROPONIN STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS Tanganyika Wilder║

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

Surgery

May 2014

Master of Science

Candidate for Degree May 2014 Mustafa M. Omami

At Peoria

Doctor of Medicine

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Brian James Andonian Sam Zafar Awan Thelben A. Burrell Brant Clatterbuck Benjamin Claytor Larisa Coldebella Mindy Cheree Colgrove Geoffrey Crandall Brendan Daley Matthew K. Fischer Lisa Fosnot Michelle Sy Go James Joseph Gullo Joseph Van Hanovnikian Hans J. Henriquez C. Charles Jain Laurence Jiang Adam Kahn Theodore Kim Jason William Lang Franklin Lee Kayla Renee Miller Meghna V. Motiani Ganesh Nagaraj Cara Coughlin O’Brien Abimbola Olayinka Bradley Ryan Oliver Anand Anil Oroskar Ryan David Overmeyer Angelo Perino Jr. Kristina Marie Prus Daniel S. Rossi Rasleen K. Saluja Deepak Sambhara Andrei Scumpu Maulik B. Sheth Shalimar Small Deepika Ratna Sriram Obada Subei Toral Bharat Trivedi Joanna Stephanie Troulakis Eric Velazquez Christopher Verdick John Yerkes Timothy J. Young Huayi Zhang

At Rockford Doctor of Medicine

Degree Conferred August 2013 Niki Cora-Angeline Tsuruta

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Jason P. Alvarado Theresa Libo-On Kowalski Lauren Ashley Wallace Candidates for Degree May 2014 Jason Paul Alvarado Michelle Lynn Apple

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Commencement Caesar J. Arturo Rashi Bamzai Todd Vernon Bierman Maxwell Hirsh Busch Anne Elizabeth Catalano Christopher Adam Chesnut David Wei-Yun Chiang Jessica Chiang Carlos De La Cruz Concepcion Emmett Hughes Culligan Denisse Diaz David Joseph Dorsa Adam Foreman Duley Eric Christian Elleby Andrew Ward Grim Eran Christopher Gwillim James Jong Min Han Patrick Joseph Holland Jenny Minjung Jun Mallory Jean Kelly Michael Robert Kennedy Joshua Michael Lawrenz Joon Kyu Lee Scott William Lotz Mackenzie Stunson Lowery David A Morales Lolita Tina Ontiveros Jordan Kenneth Orr Samantha Katherine Pabich Kunal S. Patel Joseph Ronald Puetz Hayley Anne Ralph Allison Kate Retzer Jessica Juliette Richardson Schon Colby Roberts Nicholas J. Royal Jefree James Schulte Michael Thaddeus Stanek Karla M. Talavera Rick Wang Laura Jean Watt Susan Marie Wcislak Chris Byung Yoo Fatima Nazneen Zaheer

Medical Biotechnology Master of Science

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Shruti Bhise Indira Maheshwari Elangovan Hyerihwa Kim Allison K. Palmer Jake A. Rashid Tiffany Heather Schmidt Smita P. Tanpure

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Souresh Banerjee Stacy B. Bartholomew Gregory M. Botting Terrianne Erickson Lance Kasper Diane Konopa Prathu Raj Singh Kushwah Timothy Alan Morris Yue Pan Bhavesh Pant Christopher Thomas See Dhara Ketul Shah Manohar Reddy Shambannagari Caleb Michael Shearrow

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Shijie Wang Zhaoqi Yan

At Urbana Doctor of Medicine

Degree Conferred August 2013 Karen E. Shafer

Degree Conferred December 2013 Wanda Alicia Averhart

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Thomas Michael Anderson Brent C. Beenders David George Cervantes Andre L. Culpepper Claudia Gabriela Nevarez Flores Philip Heinrich Goering Alejandro Jose Hernandez Evelyn Huang Chenara A. Johnson Acacia Christine Lamb Stefani Michelle Martin Claire Margaret Miller Oluwasegun Samson Osholowu Alexander A. Parent Nicholas J. Riley Jasmine Saleh Paul Dennis Simonson Sylvia Soo Justin S. Stano

College of Nursing

Doctor of Nursing Practice Degrees Conferred August 2013 Mary Theresa Meadows Catherine A. Rogers

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Mary Ann Zervakis Brent Susy K. Cherian Melissa Murphey Beth Anne Phelps Eleanor M. Russell Ruth E. Schumacher Barbara S. Shaw Candidates for Degree May 2014 Sheila Burke Kristin J. Elwart Janet Fansler Kathleen Mary Fisher Denise Katherine Fleig Tamara L. Harker Mary Teresa Johnson Monica Lee Jennifer L. Moraga Joobong June Park Oh Bansari S. Patel Mary Elisabeth Royce

Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Elizabeth Ann Florez║ PERCEIVED THREAT OF A HEART ATTACK AMONG MEXICAN AMERICANS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK

Diana Linda Jere CONTEXTUAL FACTORS, SUBSTANCE USE AND HIV RISK AMONG YOUNG RURAL MALE WORKERS IN A MALAWIAN MARKET

Cynthia Marie Lafond CHILDREN’S PAIN: PICU NURSES’ BELIEFS AND RESPONSES TO VIRTUAL HUMAN VIGNETTES

Chia-Kuei Lee PROPERTIES OF POSSIBLE SELVES AND THE SOCIAL CONTEXT: DETERMINANTS OF RISKY BEHAVIORS IN ADOLESCENTS Paveenapat Nithitantiwat THAI COLLEGE STUDENTS: UNWANTED PREGNANCY AND ABORTION Maria Lucille Palu║ UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISM INVOLVED IN IMMUNE-MEDIATED COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING

Natthananporn Sanguanklin JOB STRAIN, SOCIAL SUPPORT, COPING STRATEGIES, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AMONG PREGNANT THAI WOMEN Karen Mary Vuckovic DYSPNEA IN HEART FAILURE WITH A PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION

Degree Conferred December 2013 Hyunjoo Na THE EFFECTS OF CYBERBULLYING VICTIMIZATION ON PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENTS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Kayla Marie Lampe MOVING PAST REALITY SHOCK: A MODEL FOR NEW GRADUATE NURSE ENGAGEMENT So Hyun Park║ FAMILY INFLUENCES AND HEALTHY WEIGHT FOR KOREAN-AMERICAN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

Maria R. Reyes THE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN DIAGNOSED WITH CORRECTABLE FETAL ANOMALIES PARTICIPATING IN PERNATAL I-TEAM COUNSELING Jessica Elizabeth Shore EXPLORING THE LIVED-EXPERIENCE OF ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN

Master of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Ekaterina Barachkova Sally A. Berko Ernest Jorrel Bituin Carolyn Ann CalhounP Liza W. Capodilupo Christina I. Lopez Sushma Thapa Neupane

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Jennifer Anne Spendlove Amanda M. Yip

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Loryn Ann Ashton Gillian R. Brautigam Katherine Teresa Bucciantini Crystal Lynn Cole Kristen Carroll EricksonU Natalie Farrer Michelle Kathleen Folkert Sarah Catherine GreskR Sandra Lynn Hutchinson Shannon Leigh Jeffery Ting-Ting-Rachel Jiang Songquan Jiang Yvette M. Johnson Jessica Leigh JohnstonQ Melissa Nicole Lara Maria Bernice LaRosa Jeana Louise LynallP Maryann Elizabeth Morse Kristen Nicole NeilsP Blessy Palli Malgorzata L. Pietruczuk Sara Renee SnarrP Amy Faye Thomas Halley Gail Weiner Lisa G. Young Kerry Anne Zannoni

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Bernie M. Aguilar Kayla Albers Sarah Christine Alley Olaniyi Ayomide Alli-Balogun Melinda Sue AllisonQ Norma Elizabeth Alvarado-UrrutiaQ Yorleni Ambrosio Nicholette Marie Andrews Giovanna Antonelli Jessica L. Antoni Emelia Baasiwah Appiagyei Tegist Zeyen AyalewP Anna Bacsik Stephanie Jean BarkleyQ Leslie E. Bassell Joanna Marisa Bauer Erin Nicole Beavers Sharon E. Beckman Jennifer H. Benters Sarah R. BerU Jessica Lasak Bernardi Nicole Ann BindlR Malgorzata Barbara Boksa Amanda Marie BrocksieckQ Jeanette Marie BroganU Katherine Lee BrowneQ Laura Jayne Cailler Jennifer Lynn CalderalaR Kathryn Amanda Carey Jeanna Marie Carlson Julia Elizabeth Chevron Robert James CobertQ Lori Ann CooperU Laura M. Cordaro Miriam G. Correa Kimberly Marie DubackQ Ashley Ebert Elizabeth Yvonne Echols Kathryn Endress Amanda Joy Erman Ahdab Faisal Eskandar

Commencement Nicole Lee FedeleQ Haley D. Filinson Emily Dennehy Fitzgerald Elizabeth Ann Flege║ Jennifer Paola FlorentinoR Amanda L. FoitQ Samantha H. Friedman Marie Ann GonzalezR Kelly Mae GuzlasU Elizabeth Shawne Hamrick Renita Jiselle HardenR Danielle HarrisP Elyse M. Headtke Jamie Elizabeth Henry Stephanie L. Hetrea Kelly A. HeynenR Leila Shirin Hinshaw Julie Hoang Sara Anne HormigR Christine Horne Rachel Danielle Hoselton Awatef Bakr Ibraheem Ivy-Lou V. Iraula Jessica Ittner Robin Elizabeth Jacobs Jennifer Marie Jaume Ting Ting Rachel JiangU Gregory Michael Johnson Michelle Danette JohnsonP Casey Maureen KimlerP Jacqueline Carly Kofod Dana A. Kroop Kristen Kay Lampe Renee Ann Landa Kathleen Elaine Lang Grace G. Larson Michelle Caparas Leal Julie Gahlie Leung McKinzie Regan LikesP Carly E. Madon Ashley M. MartinP Leslie Joy MartinU Marilyn MathewR Sarah Louise MaysQ Meredith Taylor McClure Elise Marie MeffordP Michael Meister Graciela Mejia Claire N. Michelsen Emily Christine MolsR Christina Tevington Monico Angela C. Moore Thomas F. Moore Tonya Renee MooreP Tangee X. Moscoso Sean P. Murphy Maryam Janola Mustafaa Saori Nakagawa Anne Naliwajko Sarah Marie Nelson Nina Lian Nicholas Noel N. NorupR Obiajulu P. OnwuekweU Mary Madeline Pasquinelli Laura Marie Petrando April Kay Phillips-NohlP Morgan Ashley Pick Amanda Marie Plac Jessi PrenticeP Debara Preston Sarah M. Preston Noreen Pulte Shauna L. Quevedo

Tiffany J. RadkeP Jennifer Lee RainesP Carolyn Anne Read Rachel Suzanne Reichlin Natalie N. RevelsU Jenna Rezzardi Andrew Delisle Richardson Mary E. Rigoni Jacqueline Rincon Brooke A. Rittenberry Aryn Noel Robelia Destiny Francine SadoskiR Melissa Salgado Melissa H. Salgado-Bellin Robin W. Scaife Andrea Elizabeth SchierR Claudia SchindlerR Christine Erin SchweminR Leora E. SheinU James Quincy Simmons Anu Simon Hayedeh Sanandaj Sohrabi Sergio A. Sosa Kate Louise StamerQ Pamela Julie Stefango Cristin Catherine Steinmetz Kristina M. Stevens Diane Svensson Wendy Elizabeth SwayneP Anna Szkoda Emily Louise Templeton Dorothy Clare Tessman Nikki Tiedje Rochelle Marie Tinman Baotran Buu Tran Katherine Ann Trimble Dawn Marie Vanek Tisha M. VargheseP Stacy M. Vucich Krystal L. WagnerP Frances C. Walker Roderick Leo Warren Erika Renee Weinketz Karen Ida Wennerberg Stephanie Wickman Cynthia Elizabeth Williams Celia Caroline Wolf Libby S. Wolf Michelle Lau Woo Jonathan Michael Woywod Jennifer YeagerR Cassidy M. Ziemke

Bachelor of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Karlo Vincent Buenconsejo BenigO Allison Jo BoyerO Courtney Marie CassidyO Jinny Hwang ChoO Courtney M. DalyO Jennifer KimO Danebell O. LiggonsO Laura MacielO Desiree MartinezO Cassandra Lynn Shaffar*O Deepa ShresthaO Susan TruongO Degrees Conferred December 2013 Roxanne L. Alldredge*O Amanda Jean Alongi*O Howard Simon Anton*O

Sarah Jane Bell*O Joyce Chouinard*O Joseprimo T. Del Alcazar*O Anthony Joseph GaudioO Mia Ellen GraffO Floria M. Jhang*O Ceres Moukadi KangouO Kristina Marie Koeppl*O Michael Ladd*O Benjamin F. Lantow*O Catherine Marie LawlerO Cara Renae Martin*O Jasmina Milenkovic*O Elsbeth Morgan MillerO Jennifer Suzanne OkonmaO Lorraine OngyacoO Sendy PazO Kerry Jo Pham*O Chotirot RaweesriO Dawn M. ThorpeO Katie E. WardO Kellie Rae Wilson*O Jaime Lucille Witt*O

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Terence Fon Akebe Peter S. AkpaluU Ivy Chinaemerem Akpotu# Christine C. Aleta† Rabia S. Ali Claire Kathleen Anastos†U Jennifer E. ArchilU Tanya Faith ArganosaO Richard Dean Arnold*O Tessa C. Audo†U Stanley Bania*§ Tiffany Michelle BarnesU Lauren E. BellU Jasmine E. Beltran† Nicole Kristen Benedetto Lauren Nicole Bergdahl*‡U Jessica Leigh Berkovich‡ Monica Elizabeth Blanchette‡U Ramie R. Boyer†U Susan Joyce Bray Sarah Bremer† Colleen M. Brennan Angeline Louise Brooker*O Ashley Kaylene BrunsO John Anthony Cesario†# Patricia J. Chagares Marie Clare Cheslik Evelyn H. Chou†U Karolina K. Cikowski† Jayro Gabriel Cortez Andrea Gorecki Cox*O Lindsay K. Czyz† Kelly Marie Del Valle*§U Collin Timothy Dent‡ Kristopher D. Deters†U Jennifer A. Dimasi Anna DomenickO Lawrence Scott Zerrudo Doruelo# Michelle Ann DuPreyU Jessica A. Elefano Marcella Embree*O Danny EngU Daphne Jan Erpelo‡U Kelly A. Flavin Andrea Lea FlennikenO Marisa M. Florkowski*§# Taylor L. FranzenU Erin Meredith Furmanek‡U

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Jessica Kathrine Gajewski Victoria Panganiban GandiaO Ian Matthew Gatton Lauren E. Gay Aaron Jake Y. Go†# Leticia Gomez Elizabeth M. Gorbach‡ Janie Yesenia Gosch*O Gabrielle L. Guido Anna M. Gustavson† Christine G. GutierrezO Mikayla E. Guzdziol*§ Yasmeen Hamarshah*§ Sun Jung HanU Mariam Faiz Hassan Melisa Sue HicksO Erika N. Holmes Tracy Huang Jessica Marie Hughes*O Kelly C. Hukle-Vankirk Fahima Y. Husein*† Osasumwen Ovbokhan Igbinoba# Anne Elizabeth JeleU Susan Jo†O Lorna M. Johnson*§# Ineta Jokubaitis† Taylor A. Kappesser Danielle Kelly Victoria Elizabeth KenneyU Lili Ghiday Ketema Fatir Khan Wali Sajjad Khan Gina K. KimU Abby E. KlausU Theresa KleinO Micah Joel Kloppmann Shauna Antonette KohlrusO Nataliya Kovdryn Veronika KulikovskaO Ulana Kuryluk‡# Colleen A. Larkin*O Judy C. LeongU Na LiO Nayeli Y. Liberato Elizabeth Michele Loper*§ Patricia Luevano‡ Mariusz LysikO Jasmine N. Macabulos*§ Nimeh O. Mahmoud Megan K. Maloney‡U Allison K. MangunU Natalie H. MarchalU Natalia Elizabeth Marcinkowski Yanila Martinez Rizanne Abad MarzanO Claribel Matias Montina N. McCord Megan E. McCoy‡U Taryn Martine McCoy†U Scott Mechanic Gegham V. MelkonyanU Marta Elena Mendoza† Julia Alice Mickelson*§U Merrell V. Misayah Mohammad Jamal Mohammad‡U Alison MoyU Meredith A. Mueller† Bryan Bernard Mullaney* Carlos Luciano Munoz William S. Myroniak‡ Ashley Nicole Naccarato† Ivan Malachi Njuba Kirsten Eileen ObrienU

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Commencement Brittany E. O’BrienU Matthew S. Ocepeck†U Cheryl Ann O’Grady-RitchieO Maria J. OrozcoO Matthew S. PabloU Jonathan Oliver PacholikU Scott Spencer PadolinaU Chaula J. Patel†# Sajida Ismail Patel‡ Jessica L. Petrisko‡U Chelsea L. Pfeiffer†# Nhi Xuan Phan Susan M. PlankeyO Samantha Leigh PlotnickU Angelica M. Porras†U Zoe Psanis Abigail RabacaO Abigail A. Rachwalski‡U Andrew Reichard*§# Victoria Precious Jewel Reisinger†U Anna Marie Renardo*†U Maryanne P. Reyes Luiza V. Rikhman†# Ana Karen Rodriguez† Erin C. Rohde Lana Sophia Romano†U Jennifer L. RoundtreeU Cindy Ruan Susan Ruan†U Elizabeth A. Russeau‡U Mark Trevor Ryan† Kristina Sagaitiene Mariana Salas† Benjamin Salazar*‡ Joslyn Marie Saleda‡U Jamilec Sanchez‡ Maria J. Sanchez† Roshani Rani Saraiya*‡# Debbie Lee Schiltz*O Lillian E. SheppardU Amy M. Slana*§#U Anna Slota*‡ Lisa E. Smith† Laura E. Sokolowski†#U Alina G. Stancovici*O Sara Jean Stanford*O Desislava Ivanova Staykova*§ Lynnette Abigail StonebockU Jennifer Lynn Storer*O Melissa M. Stout*§# Megan Brittany Sturgeon* Haley Vivian TaftU Donna Marie Timmons*O Felipe Torres Anne E. Tracy*§U Cynthia Tsou†U Haley S. Vandervate Maritza Villanueva† Melanie Lynn Waszak† Jennifer L. Weber*‡#U Kelly C. White†U Tierra N. Williams Zainab Ademide Williams David V. Winters*†U Katarzyna Wrobel# Joanna Wudarczyk† Carly N. Wylde†U Jamie Lynn Zysko†U

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College of Pharmacy

Doctor of Pharmacy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Puay Hoon Lee Sejal Ritesh Patel Beatka A. Szczechowicz

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Natania Bashar Abdelfattah† Sherif Abdou† Yana Sara Adanin§2 Yetunde Adebusayo Ademoyo Mayowa Morenike Agbaje-Kehrein†2 Shally S. Alendry† Akwasi Boakye Amankwah Zahabiya Aziz Farah Ali Barada Devin Beattie2 Sonya Becker Jennifer Marie Belczak Elizabeth Marie Berthel†1 Brenton Bialik Alia Birdwell Michael Andrzej Bogdan† Joseph Richard Boudreau Juanita Elizabeth Bruce Afreen Bukhari Kelly Ruth Burke§2 Pamela H. Cabrera† Anna D. Cao1 James Francis Carbo‡2 January Stephanie Carrillo Ciby O. Chacko†1 Tiffany Nicole Chaddick§2 ChingHsien Chen2 Elizabeth Barbara Chrzanowska† Sooyoung Cho Fiona Shui Ting Chu Mackenzie Ann Clemens§2 Binky Cooc‡2 Robert Michael Cortez Vincent Tai Minh Dang Phuong Hong Dao‡12 Eyllen Rose De Jesus1 Jonathan R. De Rosales Kristofer Kenneth Dempsey§2 Jessica Tyrene Eggen Andre Rafael Esparza Paula Michelle Farina Sumaiya Fatani Nahome Tezera Fisseha Yuliya Genkina‡2 Michelle Renee Goekingr Alexandra Goncharenko§2 Kyle P. Gordon Lora Gould Mallory Erin Greenwood‡2 Elena Mishel Guerra Pooja Haney Patricia Lee Hartke§2 Holly Ann Heckert‡2 Thu Nguyen Hoang John E. Holmes† Caroline Lorraine Hudoba† Lisa Seon Hutchinson† Arsany Ibrahim Nadine Y. Isho Kristin Diane Jarrell Diane Santos Javier1 Keleya Mia Jefferson

Kelsey Eugene Johnson‡2 Ahmad Zaki Joudeh Nicole Ann Joyce1r Haram Kang Chi Hye Kim David Ho Kim Ginnie Monica Kim† Heesue Kim Jong Woo Kim Kelly Kinder† Rachel Klein Sarah Kramerr Jeffrey Wayne Krueger1 Sylwia Kulik Kenneth John Kurek† Noelle Yuen Woon Kwan‡2 Natasha Ladhani Fania Lazarov‡ Annie Huynh Le§2 Elzbieta Karolina Lebiecki Alice Lee Hyung Sup Lee Juhae Lee1r On Ki Angela Lee† Rebecca I. Lee Sara Jane Lee‡2 You Fen Lei§ Vivian Lin1 Michael L. Long Ciara M. Macenas Kausika Naga Maddali† Jason Michael Mann Mary Ann Paloma Marcos† Alan Martinez Brian Matthew Maynard† Cassidy McDonald Marc Ryan McDowell Lori McGuire Morgan Michalek Maris Dalyn Miller Nicole Gabrielle Miller Esther Moon1 Kristin Alyne Moyse‡2 Rola Mseeh Jacqueline Suzanne Munn Vin Cci Ng§ Van Minh Nguyen‡2 Adeola Oluwinners Benedict B. Omoraka Evans Serebour Opoku† Estera Opris Joseph Chukwudi Orameh Zhen Ming Ou Vysakh Varughese Padiyara† Samuel M. Paik David Park Min Young Park† Atit M. Patel† Puja Patel‡2 Roshani D. Patel Trent Morgan Pedigor Naraily Pedraza Rosemary Pfau Elias Christos Pittos§2 Abigail Dorothy Polley§2 Raihan Shafi Pothigara Christopher James Radunz‡2 Rachel Grayce Ralph† Masooma Razvi† Brittany Ann Rehm† Amanda Devon Reising Evana Tabassum Robbani Garrett H. Rompelman1 Lauren Kirsten Rothrock†

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Raminder Singh Saini Ahoo Sammak Zivile Seamons Amy Michelle Secord† Songwoot Serriodom Dipa V. Shah† Kinjal R. Shah Pratik Rajendra Shah Shivali Digant Shah§2 Bibek Shrestha1 Matt K. Siemiawski‡2 Monica Sirichotiratana† Cesar Robert Sison Anthony Michael Skelly† Katy L. Skowronski‡ Jennifer Marie Snyder† Linda Sok1 Loriel Jardyne Solodokin Eun Joo Song Vinay Soni‡2 Jie Lin Soong§ Jennifer Marie Steffensen Cassie Marie Stromayer‡2 Renata Sutter Lakkana Suwannoi† Kathy Tang Maria Christina Tangonan1 Theresa Lynn Terpstra† Alvin Mathew Thomas Margaret Rae Thomas‡2 Jamie Lynn Tidabackr Jami Lynn Tieman Steven R. Tran Tan Quang Tran† Joseph T. Truong Quanglong N. Truong Tsz Yee Tsui§2 Janelle Elizabeth Eunja Turner Janeth Valadez Anuja Vallabh‡2 Sandra Cecilia Villatoro Bonnie Vu Tuan Duc Vu Monika Ewa Walaszek§2 Ashley Elizabeth Welcome Elizabeth Daniela Weller Steven Weng† Jessica Eda Wills† Lucia Yan Wu1 Jian Xin Xie Mark Frederick Yastrab† Brook Yohannes Xin Zhang§2

Biopharmaceutical Sciences Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred August 2013 Suhair Sunoqrot║ A MULTI-SCALE HYBRID NANOPARTICLE PLATFORM WITH CONTROLLED CELLULAR INTERACTION AND TARGETING KINETICS Degree Conferred December 2013 Yang Yang║ INTERACTIONS OF DENDRITIC NANOMATERIALS WITH SKIN LAYERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN TOPICAL DRUG DELIVERY

Commencement

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Mi Suk Bae

Fatima Alzahraa Khaja║ A NOVEL TARGETED SMALL INTERFERING RIBONUCLEIC ACID (SIRNA) NANOMEDICINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF FIBROSIS

Melanie Koellmer MULTILINEAGE DIFFERENTIATION OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FOR CELLBASED TISSUE ENGINEERING

Mary Ellen Molloy NOVEL SELECTIVE ESTROGEN MIMICS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PKCαOVEREXPRESSING BREAST CANCER Ryan M. Pearson║

Forensic Science Master of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Jennifer Lynn DePirro Marissa Suzanne Garbacz Nicole Lynn Hall Katelyn A. Hargrave Brittany Heaton Katrina M. Klochan Haydee C. Lara Jaimee Moeller║ Madelyne Weismantel

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Brittany N. Beyer John R. Keinath Rochelle S. McDonald Peter L. Nguyen Danielle K. Silletti║ Megan M. Wargolet Candidates for Degree May 2014 Melissa L. Gross Samantha J. Huntsman Brittney T. Riordan Charles Allen Steele

Medicinal Chemistry Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Bradley Thomas Michalsen SYNTHESIS AND BIOACTIVATION OF SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS (SERMS)

Aditya Sudheer Vaidya║ SYNTHESIS, PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING STUDIES, BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF PHOTOREACTIVE PROBES FOR HDAC2 AND 8

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Hazem M S Abdelkarim Suzanne M. Quartuccio║

Mayfern Toh║ IDENTIFICATION AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PROGESTINS FROM BOTANICALS IN VITRO AND IN VIVO

Nan Zhang DRUG METABOLISM IN EARLY STAGE DRUG DISCOVERY AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT

Master of Science

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Shuyi Cao Antonett P. Madriaga

Pharmacognosy

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred August 2013 Linlin Dong ANALYSIS OF CAROTENOIDS USING LCMS-MS WITH ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY AND PHOTOIONIZATION Degree Conferred December 2013 Pulkit Gupta║ NASCENT PEPTIDE AND SMALL MOLECULE MEDIATED TRANSLATION REGULATION Candidates for Degree May 2014 Rene Francisco Ramos Alvarenga║

Geping Cai CLOSING THE IN VITRO / IN VIVO GAP IN TUBERCULOSIS DRUG DISCOVERY Brian Joseph Wright

Tian Zhu DRUG DISCOVERY AND DESIGN OF INHIBITORS OF BACTERIA N5-CAIR MUTASE AND HEPATITIS C VIRUS NS3 PROTEASE

Master of Science

Degree Conferred August 2013 Courtney S. Snelten

Candidate for Degree May 2014 Siddharth Jindal

Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes, and Policy Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred August 2013 Fang-Ju Lin║ CONDITION SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS FOR THE VALUATION OF HEALTH

Master of Science

Degree Conferred August 2013 Garima Sharma

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Wei-Han Cheng Anurag Mohan Kun Peng Shishir Chandra Sarangpur Shraddha P. Shinde

College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs Public Administration Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred December 2013 Eunjung Shin EXCLUSIVE SHARING OF GENETIC MATERIALS IN U.S. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH: ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES Candidates for Degree May 2014 Jennifer Melissa Benoit Bryan Marla Alexia Parker

Master of Public Administration Degrees Conferred August 2013 Yoav Diamond James Edwin Eisenhauer John W. Frizzell Sean I. Jacobs Joseph C. Miller Jobeth Robison

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Alyson Merritt Ackerman Rita Maria Bieliauskas Shatha M. Dweik Sarah Noreen Falconer Jennifer R. Jones Joseph K. Kelly Anne Neri Kostiner Mary Elizabeth Lanier Eunae Lim Katrina Lopez Linsey Nicole Maughan Sean R. McNally Jennifer Helen Mielnicki Chester J. Mikucki Albert Miliauskas Alexandra Padrul Jason Patrick Petros Robert Franklin Rebecca Adam E. Rowe Jiadong Wang Amanda Wilkins Aaron Hill Zivic Candidates for Degree May 2014 Eric Michael Adams Tiara R. Beecham Lizanell Benitez Kesha M. Butler Michael Carl Dropka Sean Patrick Halloran Alexis Aguilu Hernandez James Michael Hurley Rory Coleman Joyce Bethany Rose Lang Rodrigo Lopez Luz M. Luna Martin P. Manov Ryan C. Martin Michael E. Mesce Jennifer A. Nordin Alyson Paige Nutter Amanda Marie Quirk

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Clint Sabin Emily Melinda Smith Yu-Hsuan Sung Cecilia S. Tobias Zhi Wang Amanda Kristin Williams Scott R. Zalatoris

Urban and Public Affairs Bachelor of Arts

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Hilary E. Arther Johnathan R. Chance Julian D. Collins Eduardo A. Munoz Colunga Ross David Hubball

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Pardeep Singh Deol Alison Ellise Redenz

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Felicia Latrice Clay Suzana Estrada Angeline G. Farugia Katherine E. Feekin§# Andrea Gonzalez‡ Kara Ann Highfill† Daniel Lokic Martin Macias Kyle F. Ryan Gabrielle Brice Bigelow Schreiber Natalia Skvirblys Matthew M. Wong Andrea Lyn Zeritis Stephanie Diane Zito

Urban Planning and Policy Doctor of Philosophy

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Carrie Elizabeth Menendez Marina Toneli Siqueira

Master of Urban Planning and Policy Degrees Conferred August 2013 Andres Acosta Brittany Bagent Thomas Anthony Bellino Sunny J. Bhatt Nathan M. Carley Sonya Lisa Eldridge Kasey Evans Ruben David Feliciano Timothy Gardner Huff Antonia Lalagos Jennifer Eugenia Nalbantyan Shallie T. Pittman Christopher D. Poulos Emily Estella Robinson Angela B. Sims Ian Michael Tobin

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Malek Abdulsamad Kyle Stanley Bardo║ Emily Zucker Burns Jason David Duba Benjamin James Fenton Peter Kalenik

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Commencement Michael David Kaplan Zachary A. Koutsky Scott P. Presslak Ryan Schmitt April Dawn Schneider Temple Ann Schultz

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Danilo Isaac Aguilar Carmen A. Aiken Farah N. Ansari Jessica Michelle Baas Kaitlyn Elizabeth Baffoe Alireza Bahramirad Adam Michael Barnum Michael R. Blauvelt Patricia Bon Marcella Bondie Ute K. Brantsch Lindsay Broughel Ashley B. Butler Michael Derek Calomese John T. Carlisle Cecile Marie Carroll║ Elizabeth Castaneda Romina N. Castillo Danielle R. Chiarottino Jessica Veuoak Choi William Coblentz Jesse L. Davis Denise DeArmond David Michael Degroot Brendan John Dodge-Hayakawa Emily Anne Egan Shelby C. Egan Martin Daniel Wallace Ellinger-Locke Sara Marie Ellis Christopher M. Fahey Spencer Jamaal Ferguson Shirese Sharon Renee Franklin Jason M. Gabel Katie Elizabeth Gallagher David H. Gleicher Sarah Skilken Gold Mary Elizabeth Huber Nusrat Jahan Jennifer Ashley Kane Arnold Kasemsarn Samantha McIntosh Kearney Sarah Kellerman Jacob C. Kosior David Martin Kosturik Stephanie L. Krivus Jonathan Stamm Lehman Carrie Leverett Zhaolong Li Liyu Liang Alexander Linares David Matthew Mahler Douglas Maisey Dean A. Massey Alexandra Chaustre McNally║ Rosamond Clare Meerdink Andrew J. Meindl Martin Robert Menninger Ada Mae Morgan Jackson C. Morsey Katherine Amanda Mount Kevin Nicholas Nester Donald Seanoa Nielsen Charles Efetobo Oyibo║ Anthony E. Pelikan Alejandra Piers-Torres

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Kelsey A. Pudlock Maria D. Ramos-Cuaya Andrew J. Rohan Jacob G. Rueter Andreas G. Safakas David Vincent Sakala Ashley M. Sarver Andrew Joseph Shook Kelly C. Siegel Douglas Elson Stepnicka Jacob Benjamin Stern Ariel Stouder Erika A. Strauss Nathan Francis Taylor Alma Tello Claire M. Thomison Irene Tostado Jacob Wayne Trimble Thomas Andrew Watson Justin Robert Wier Jane Carol Wilberding Matthew Ahmad Williams Matthew D. Wilson John Wise Anna Nicole Wolf Yan Yin Michelle Marie Zehnder

Graduate College Neuroscience

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred December 2013 Michael H. Alpert CALCIUM-DEPENDENT DENDRITIC SIGNALING PROPERTIES IN LAMPREY SPINAL NEURONS DURING LOCOMOTION Candidates for Degree May 2014 Jackson J. Cone

Natalie N. King G PROTEIN SIGNALING IN AUTISTIC ENDOPHENOTYPES

Ina Han Lee THE ROLE OF SPECIFIC C-JUN NTERMINUS KINASE ISOFORMS IN HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE PATHOGENESIS

Sachin Moonat THE ROLE OF AMYGDALOID CHROMATIN AND SYNAPTIC REMODELING IN ANXIETY AND ALCOHOLISM Lawren Vandevrede NITRATE CHIMERAS: A NEW CLASS OF DISEASE MODIFYING AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Adrian Zhubi

Jane Addams College of Social Work Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Brian L. Kelly SUPERMAN IN THE SMALLEST SPACE: EXPLORING A MUSIC STUDIO FOR YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS

Camille R. Quinn║ EXPLORING GENDER DIFFERENCES IN JUVENILE OFFENDERS: UNDERSTANDING GIRLS ON PROBATION

Nancy Marie Rolock PREDICTORS OF STABILITY FOR FORMER FOSTER CHILDREN IN ADOPTIVE AND GUARDIANSHIP HOMES Rachel Marie Venema║ POLICE OFFICER DECISION MAKING IN REPORTED SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES

Master of Social Work

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Anne Catherine Knack AnnMarie Ashley Serpa

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Selena Henry Stephanie Syverson

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Stacey Charla Adams Enisa Maria Alicea Ekaterina B. Andreeva Giovanni Lina Aviles Lindsey Juliette Bailey Stephanie Lana Balog Danielle Morgan Banks Ciera E. Bates-Walker Angel Maxine Beecham Priscilla Kelly Beecham-Joseph Ryan Matthew Belk Nikole Renee Bennett Joshua Sidney Berman Shanequia S. Berry Anna Elizabeth Beyer Dominika Bielinska Skye Lucianna Bierton Anthony William Borchardt Sarah Whitney Boulton Natalie A. Brady Kassandra Alexandria Braswell Elizabeth Alice Brice Cristina Maria Brici Diane Denise Britton Jasmine Jenay Brownfield Melissa E. Burian Carla L. Cabrera Gabrielle Calmy Ali Kay Cannedy Cassandra Edwina Carrasquillo Tajmar D. Carter Diana Nathali Castillo Ferzana Chavda

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Amanda Kelsey Coots Georgina Corona Taylor Elise Correale Jennifer Nicole Craven Grace E. Cua Zachary J. Cutts Bianca Z. Cuyun‡‡ Brenna L. Cyr Jeremy Dalessio Elizabeth L. Darcy Tamaya Davis Sharon Yajahira Delgado Kelly C. Dewey‡‡ Jacqueline Dorantes Weronika Dorman Angel M. Downie Elizabeth Clare Duffey Emily Rose Dunbar Charisse D. Eschmann Rita Espinoza Heidy Tatiana Fajardo Judy Rose Felder-Heithmar Julie Elizabeth Field Rebecca Dawn Flattery Shawn Marie Flynn Sabina A. Gancarczyk Ashley Michelle Gardner Michelle Marie Garvey Kimberly Ann Genian Shanda Marie Gilligan Maria Juanita Green Rikkell Kathleen Green Jenelle Nicole Greene Michael Griffin Derek Edward Gruen Carla Rosa Gutierrez Erin Weir Hageman‡‡ Emmaleigh L. Halweg Eileen Renee Hanson Ashley P. Harris Julia M. Hasten Kelly Elizabeth Henkels Amanda Marie Henschel Yesenia Hernandez Meredith Bailey Hershner Kiley J. Heth Kelly N. Horn Catherine H. Huang Jamie Ann Iovino Amalia Chanel Jones‡‡ Saiyd Amir Joyce Jillian Marie Justice Stacey H. Kaplan Carolyn Marie Kata Samina Kausar Mollie R. King Joyce Klein Karolina Kocol Zoe Anna Kolon‡‡ Simona Eva Kovacic Hannah Marie Kralovec Kara Lynn Kroculick Samantha Ione Kurtenbach Christine M. La Pak Latia Katherine Lane Kelly Beth Larson Amy A. Leahy Jessica Lebeau-Richman Irina Lelik Katarzyna Loniewska Bridget K. Looby Lissette Lucero Kristin Eileen Mains

Commencement Olivia M. Mansour Bryce Elizabeth Marable Shenita Lynna Mardis Maggie Anne Marincic Elisa M. Martinez Alexandra Dominique Mason Serina Elaine Mathena Theodora Elise McClain‡‡ Brian Peter McIntosh‡‡ Mary Alice Meckes Amanda Lynn Medina Joseph Thomas Metler Tiffany E. Micek Melissa Ann Michaels Kate Sarah Minkus Bridget Briody Mitchell John T. Mitchell Robert O. Motley, Jr. Jill Murphy Lauren Margaret Nagle Patrick J. Needham Erica Patricia Negrete Maija Grace Noll Hannah I. Nordwall Colleen Therese Norwell Lukasz Obrochta Emily Elaine O’Kelly Flynn Mallory Okner Stephanie Irene Olafson Maria Oprea Laura Tatiana Ormaza Kathryn A. Padula Katherine M. Palmer Alexis Danielle Panico Joan Monique Paradis Lauren Lenair Perez Aaron Patrick Petersen Jessica Pino Alexandra Michele Pinotti Caroline Lynn Pittman Jennifer Poole Candice Monique Pooran Utah Erika Powell Nicole Louise Preucil Melissa Dawn Quijano Lydia M. Quinones Delilah Quintana Casandra Caroline Quiram Evelyn Ramos Jordan Ramsdell Andrew Ian Repp Kenya Simone Richardson Diane Marie Ritchie Catherine E. Robinson Staci Elizabeth Robinson Laura Roche Victor E. Rodriguez Erin E. Rohan Alejandra Victoria Romo Alexis Blair Rosen Nicole L. Rosene Martha E. Ruiz Aubrey M. Runyan‡‡ Beth A. Sackett Stephanie Lynn Samudio‡‡ Kelly Norinne Scafidi Lucy Cushing Turner Schoyer Carly Marie Segal Melissa Corinne Senger Sheila Odoso Sewe Parvaneh C. Shidnia-Smith Theresa Christine Shore Tessa P. Simpson Brooke Victoria Sloan

Margaret C. Smith Diana Carolyn Spathis Melissa Maria Stoyko Carolyn Mae Stypka Megan Elizabeth Swaback Katherine D. Swedberg LaToya D. Tanniehill‡‡ Gabrial S. M. Taylor Alexander Oritseweyimi Tedeye Paula L. Thigpen Aubrey Emma Thornton Marilena Toritto Griselda Valdes Katherine Elaine Valenta Shalini Jasmine Van Ecka Gregory Douglas Vanduan Eric Vicens Clara F. Villasenor Fatima Villasenor Kannan Vinaitheerthan Danielle Sharte Vinson-Tucker Julia Vladimirskiy Paige Elizabeth Webber Laura Weidner Megan Lindsey Weinstein‡‡ Rachel Anne Wennmaker Taylor Wessel Elizabeth Kay White Ericka M. Whitley Carl G. Wiley Blake W. Wilkinson Lita K. Wimbley Alexa Kathleen Wohlfort Alejandro Cortez Woods Brianna L. Yates Easter Mae Young Alexandra Lynn Ziskind

School of Public Health Community Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Lisa Aponte-Soto║ THE IMPACT OF PUERTO RICAN MATERNAL-FEEDING PRACTICES ON CHILD OBESITY PREVENTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Sarah R. Redman║ MEDIA INFLUENCE ON HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE DECISIONMAKING BEHAVIOR

Degree Conferred December 2013 Erin Jean Starzyk NEONATAL MALE CIRCUMCISION: EXAMINING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS’ PRACTICES Candidates for Degree May 2014 Mayra Lorell Estrella║

Camille Autumn Fabiyi EXPLORING NORMATIVE INFLUENCES AND NATIVITY DIFFERENCES IN BREASTFEEDING AMONG MIDDLE-CLASS BLACK WOMEN

Syeda Fatima Naqvi

Elena Navas-Nacher SECOND HAND SMOKE EXPOSURE AND CIGARETTE SMOKING AMONG LATINO ETHNO-CULTURAL GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES

Catherine Jane O’Brien TESTING A MODEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND LIFESTYLE VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH COGNITIVE HEALTH AMONG OLDER ADULTS Thomas Horton Riess EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MALE CIRCUMCISION AND SEXUAL RISK COMPENSATION IN KISUMU, KENYA

Master of Public Health

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Johanna Lucinda Goderre Jones Kelly L. Stempinski Alison Noel Wathen Degrees Conferred December 2013 Melissa K. Martin Cammeo R. Medici Nadja C. Millare Erin B. Ryan

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Adrienne G. Banks Abigail S. Banks-Golub Sally Berko Sara A. Buck Jessica Cataldo Rebekah Marie Ciribassi║ Michelle Crawford Caroline Cyndee Cua Samantha L. Curry Ninna Damrongsan Richa Aggarwal Dhawan Brittany DeAnna Doxie Sharyn Kaye Dyer Nancy Isabel Espana Kimberly P. Garza Danielle L. Heide Abigail C. Holicky Michele Hom Marissa Anja Hoover Imade Olive Ihianle Samiya R. Jabir Lauren B. Jackson Jasmine E. James Clayton E. Johnson Zaynab Kadhem Andrew Peter Kelly Stephanie Mae Kessl Kristine Kim Kathleen Koprowski Tamara Andrea Kozyckyj Aubry Anne Kyle║ Melanie-Kukana Hingada Maglaya Kandis Martin Nicholas Dangelou Martin Chelsea R. Matthews Caitlin Nicole Mazurek DarLisa Lynette Meaders Regina Guadalupe Meza-Jimenez Sonia M. Narvaez Xenia Okalibe Michael Owolabi

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May 2014

Kerry Rose O’Rourke Mary Taylor Parsigian Daniel Robert Perry Rachel Anne Perry Esther Ruth Ramos Rebecca Samra Rapport Rachel Suzanne Reichlin Alison M. Roeder Lisa A. Roeder JuaQuetta Denise Ross Melissa Salgado Melissa H. Salgado-Bellin Talia Salzman Kimberly J. Schaefle Amanda Jean Schmidt Marcee Schoenbach Jessica L. Schwiesow Katya Lynn Seligman Pooja A. Solanki Katrina Ann Stumbras Kevin Michael Wasielewski Brittanie Marie Wilczak Tiffany Alexi Williams

Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred August 2013 Kristin Marie Osiecki GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM METHODOLOGIES AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS IN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISPARITY Candidate for Degree May 2014 Alfreda Timberly Holloway-Beth

Master of Public Health

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Harris Habib Cynthia Ann Meyer Abhilasha Shrestha

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Fabian Bahena Ashley Nicole Brown Audrey De La Cruz Patience O. Oladeinde Ujwala Ramchandra Wani

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Fatai A. Ali Preeth Thomas Alumkal Arlicia Corley Vinodinee Dissanyake Hebah Simon Kassem Melanie-Kukana Hingada Maglaya Mailee Moua Stephanie Wei-Guun Ngan Janet Quynh Nhu Nguyen Benjamin A. Rabin Molly Katharine Tran Lyndsey Uyen Vu

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Master of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Frank J. Pagone Brian Joseph Staehlin Felipe J. Tendick-Matesanz Thomas James Vroman

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Quincy A. Coleman Jordan Hepler Katelynn Tonn Ember Vannoy Candidates for Degree May 2014 Jorge Antonio Castellanos Brian Chin Brian R. Czarnecki

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Doctor of Philosophy

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Abigail Silva ASSESSING RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITIES ALONG THE BREAST CANCER TREATMENT CONTINUUM

Matthew Westercamp POPULATION-LEVEL IMPACT OF A MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION PROGRAM TO PREVENT HIV INFECTION: KENYA 2008-2011

Nelli Westercamp SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, HEALTH, AND MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION IN NYANZA PROVINCE, KENYA

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Mark David Grant THREE STORIES OF ISCHEMIC STROKE: AGING DEPENDENCE, CAROTID PROCEDURES, AND ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID DISEASE

Katrine L. Wallace PROCEED PILOT STUDY (PROSTATE CANCER STUDY OF ETHNICITY, EXERCISE AND DIET)

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Derrick Gregory Kaufman MULTIVARIATE SURVIVAL ANALYSIS OF MACROVASCULAR EVENTS IN VETERANS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES Anissa Therese Lambertino HORMONE DISRUPTION, BONE MINERAL DENSITY, AND PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN Weihan Zhao STATISTICAL METHODOLOGIES FOR GROUP COMPARISONS OF BRAIN CONNECTIVITY USING MULTIMODAL NEUROIMAGING DATA

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Master of Public Health

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Oluwatunmise Adewale Adejumo Benjamin J. Baer Joseph Baker Ahmed N. Chaudhry Benjamin D. Katz Samuel Byeongmoo Kim Mike B. Nguyen Tracy F. Nicholson Degrees Conferred December 2013 Larisa A. Burke Kelly Lyn DeBaene Joseph Charles Deutsch Keely Laurie Szilagyi Candidates for Degree May 2014 Scott Evans Battle Yun-An Chou Danielle S. Chun Whitney Johnson Clegg Heather L. Davis Andrew Kuster Hennenfent Nicole Elizabeth Hovey Patricia Ann Huetteman John Jay Lalomio Boluwatiwi Kehinde Oye Kalyan Ray Parashette Zachary Pope Alicia Lauren Roston Laura Elizabeth Tourdot Ariel Janelle Willingham Sarah Yang Won Guang Yu Lindsay Paige Zimmerman

Master of Science

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Mylove Mutia Mortel Trang Ngoc Doan Pham║ Yamin Wang

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Christopher Roger Kabir Christopher Michael Quinn Candidates for Degree May 2014 Ying Gao Rachel Nordgren Elinore Sheryka Charles Killian Spanbauer Qiang Zhao

Health Policy and Administration Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Conferred December 2013 Jessica M. Mazza RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF A SUBSTANCE CRAVING SCALE: TESTING INVARIANCE ACROSS SUBSTANCES Candidate for Degree May 2014 Samsriyaningsih Handayani FACTORS INFLUENCING BROTHELBASED FEMALE SEX WORKERS’ SELF-PERCEIVED RISK FOR HIV INFECTION IN SURABAYA

Master of Healthcare Administration

Degree Conferred August 2013 Miroslav Crnjakovic

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Maria Alvi Matthew Michael Lauck

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Elizabeth N. Budzik Adaeze N. Chuma-Okorafor Haroun Qader Dada Jeffery Allen Dahl Alexander Garrett Grabko Keisha Lee Hankerson Sarah Ann Lax Erika L. McDonald Jennifer L. Money Ayesha Nawaz Brenden Michael Duhig Pilcher Nikita R. Pradhan Olga Rivera Omar S. Salim Sarah Michelle Siazon

Master of Public Health

Degrees Conferred August 2013 Cynthia A. Bracy Yvette Danielle Castaneda Julie Anne Chodacki Sodabeh Etminan David William Hertha Hira T. Khan Dana Marie Madigan Saritha Murugan Amelia Fitz Ryan

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Ninna Damrongsan Danielle J. Meyer Candidates for Degree May 2014 Sara Alexandria Agate Ifeoma Vanessa Aguanunu Farooq Akbar Titilope Oluwatobi Akinlose Brian Charles Bamberger Melishia Bansa Timothy John Barreiro Anne Fahey Boesen Christine Bucheit Kathy Lee Cabrera Dana A. Casalino Nadia Daneshvar Shandella Darring Daylan D. Dufelmeier Mark Adrian Faasse Christina Foreman Sarah Jayne Franseen Mary Gabis Britinia R. Galvin Katrina Theresa Gordon Kristina Ashley Hamilton Marcia Lynne Harris Catherine Julia Jefcoat Kristen Kipping-Johnson Elise Nicole Lauer Kathleen M. McElwee Jeanita Moore Mary K. Morin

UIC University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2014

Salman S. Moti Tiara Dayona Muse Elizabeth Leonard Otter Melissa A. Patel Krishna Hemant Patharkar Pamela Roper Dino Peter Rumoro Diana Elena Rusz Maimuna Sayyeda Raven S. Smith Claudia M. Telles

Master of Science

Degrees Conferred December 2013 Julie Ann Justo Michelle A. Kominiarek Candidates for Degree May 2014 Edith Nutescu Heather M. Prendergast Santosh Lumdas Saraf

Public Health Bachelor of Arts

Candidates for Degree May 2014 Aneta Gil† Gabriela A. Illa Jovana Ljuboje Jamesetta Suah Mator Matthew B. Moy Sharon May Andisi Mwale Aderoju Modupe Oshodi Isabel Ruvalcaba Christina Michelle Yang

Commencement

May 2014

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America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates

O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!

The Star-Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key

O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Printed on recycled paper with soy ink.

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