Today is a beautiful day. At last, we get the privilege of celebrating you, the Class of 2020, in person. It is a day we have been eagerly anticipating for 15 months, to recognize your incredible achievements. You are a special breed and in a select group of people throughout the world who can say that you persisted through extraordinary circumstances to complete your degrees. This last year has been collectively shared and individually suffered all at the same time. But you are resilient. You have persevered and we are here now. You did it! Here’s to all the extraordinary things you will accomplish as artists and scholars and to all the remarkable opportunities that lay ahead of you. The work you do has never been more important. We are incredibly proud. Congratulations, Class of 2020!
— Interim Dean Brian Kite
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
THEATER
Jenna Tamimi
FILM, TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA
Aruna Ekanayake
Mohannad Ghawanmeh
Benjamin Uwe Harris
Todd Shiga Kushigemachi
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
THEATER
Robert Charles Arriaga
Michael Bauer
Rogelio Francis Douglas, Iii
Carolyn Maria Gage
Keilani Gleave
Narae Kim
Isaac Ramsey
Kathryn Schott
Ryan Glenn Stevens
Mark Anthony Vallejo
Kristina Billia Vanderhout
Alexa Katherine Weinzierl
Jean Carlo Yunen Arostegui
FILM, TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA
Alexandra Abdrekhimova
Jeff Ainsfeld
Miranda Catherine Allender
Julia Keelan Angley
Jacobo Aparicio Garcia
Myra Jon Fabon Aquino
Benjamin Atkins
James Bentley
Connor Radding Bland
Hanxiong Bo
Raymond Boland
George Patrick Boyd
Vittoria Campaner
Tyler Chatham
Dita Cole
Charles Joseph Carl Copeland
Aaron Dalton
Tyler Danna
Sophie Dawson
Yaoyi Deng
Megan Doyle
Amy Elizabeth Duzinski
Hanadi Naser Abdel Aziz Elyan
Justin John Etheredge
Jessica Yuhan Fuh
Diana Taylor Gateno
Paul Morris Gleason
Christine Nicole Haroutounian
Robert Harrington
Xiang He
Kristi Cin Kay Hoi
Elyssa Jakim
Matthew Johns
Julian Johnson
Nathaniel Grant Johnson
Natasha Joyce
Melissa Kan
Regina Kim
Sanjivi Krishnan
John Adam Krueger
Jessie Lee
Urvashi Vikram Lele
Katie Lemon
Lia Elizabeth Barnes Lenart
Selena Leoni
Yuanqi Liao
Hsing-Che Lin
Amy Michelle Monaghan
Laura Norris
Annissa Omran
Alexandra Elizabeth Overy
Jacqueline Quintanar
Melissa Anne Scicluna
Tyrrell Shaffner
Paul Sprangers
John Strickland
Peggy Anne Sukhia
Brian Vasquez
Gene Wang
Yubo Wang
Catherine E. Wilkins
Mark Skeele Wilson
Jazmyn Wright
Trevor Wynn
Sining Xiang
Liang Zhao
MASTER OF ARTS
FILM, TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA
Marianna Lee Aloisio-Seale
Alexx Apicella
Umber Bhatti
Martin Saul Ibarra-Ramos
Sabrina Rose Lee
Donald Joseph Macdonell
Hana Peoples
Justice Mae Robinson
Nicole Ucedo
BACHELOR OF ARTS
THEATER
Austen Skyler Amparo
Romy Bavli
Emily Marie Beltran
Dean Nagata Bottorff
Sullivan Cyrus Brown
Sabrina Alondra Calderon
Fernando G Cardenas Sanchez
Julian Ceballos
Raven Alexandra Chatt
Ella Chen
Xingzi Chen
Adrian Rey Collen
Benedict Thomas Patrick Conran
Katie Dann
Yingxue Du
Zachary Nicholas Dushenko
Kayla Nicole Erickson
Michael Xavier Fajardo
Toni Page Helen France
Kaitlyn Elyse Gonzalez
Jessie Helen Guthrie
Saul Alejandro Gutierrez
Haleyann Margaret Hart
Elana Paige Hershman
Brandon Hughes
Timothy Nathanael Jones
Maeve Elizabeth Kiely
Oliver Benjamin King
Danielle Frances Koenig
Madeleine Ariadne Koizumi
Maya Lou Krishnan
Zachary Nunn Kumaishi
Ava Lalezarzadeh
Gregory Samuel Nile Linkowski
Aiko Tiani Kiele Little
Charles Quinn Cayabyab Lozar
Austin Jacob Macphee
Irvin Ricardo Mason, Jr.
Tess D. Mcleod
Jacob Tanner Menke
Rachel Lee Arizapa Millena
Kimberly Ann Moore
Lillie G. Muir
Hila Oz
Chase Alexander Page
Benjamin Kelly Pletcher
Ebony Jordan Priddie
Cooper Newton Eagleson Reynolds
Kaylin C. Riebli
Maeve Jane Riley
Viva Rose
Scott Andrew Senior
Naama Shaham
Anusha Shankar
Emily Bianca Bottari Stern
Kayla Nicole Stults
Aliyah Imani Turner
Natalie Faye Utria
Dean Patrick Vicedo
Alyssa-Jazmine D. Villalino
Grace Ann Wall
Laurence Michael Wells Ii
Emma Wenkert
Mira Saccoccio Winick
Minseob Yeom
Dowon Yoon
Yeliz Seda Yoruk
Jaemin Yu
Zoe Zhang
FILM, TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA
Daniel C. Apodaca
Arta Barzanji
Paige Doriana Callan
Emile Bo-Shen-Chan Caton
Brian Paul Francois Cesson
Nicole Corona Diaz
Camila De Los Santos Speed
Edith Elenes
Almarosa Estrada
Yasaman Brigid Ford
Takai Sherrod Sinegal Ginwright
Gabrielle Imani Lee Gorman
Kitty Hu
Taylor Tae Hee Lim
Malcolm Foster Mccarthy
Nora Irene Mccoy
Aerin Liana Moreno
Matteo Guillermo Munoz
Mika Grace Okabe
Annika Danielle Patton
Ezra Sky Peterson Behnen
Victor Morales Rocha
Claudia Symone Rodriguez
Avery Faye Schroeder
Le Seydel
Kaye Speare
Gurparsad Thind
Aya Noni Travick-Best
Sareeta Samon Young
Alexander Antonio Zamora
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