Congratulations to the Class of 2023
Bachelor of Science
Isabelle Allee
Johmmiry Almonte *
Isabel Bousson
Heejin Cho
Luis Anibal De Jesus
Sarah Elliot
Erika Jeanette Favela
Carter Graham
Kasey Jimenez
Louis Moses Joseph Lapsley
Chris Lee
Rochelle Lin
Christine Jane Liu
Kai Nagashima
Ezekiel Park
Tara Rae Tallman
Avigail Teiler
Sharon Tham
Lora Tzolova
Selin Ceren Uzman *
Kunga Wangmo
Wenya Yu
Ariel Zhao
* Student Group Leader
Master of Social Work
Lily Abrahams
Emily Abromowitz
Alexis Acca
Mariel Acevedo
Ellis Adin
Jennifer Aghavian
Ruthba Ahmed
Jamilex Alcantara
Fariza Rachel Alendy
Aysha Aliyar
John Allman
Eric Nathan Almond
Maria Almonte Batista
Mohammed Alzahrani
Naureen Amin
Sharifah Amin
Kei Andersen
Kay-Ann Anderson
Clarissa Christelle Anglade
Kayla Annett
Greisse Aquino
Rose Arditi
Michael Axelrod
Erika Ayala
Arlynn Baer
Isabel Balazs
Amber Banks
Noa Bar
Duncan Barber
Brittany Bartoli
Adriana Bass
Rachel Baumgold
Leann Beard
Luna Becerra-Lewis
Cecille Beckford
Aneesha Behl
Tania Beltran
Maryam Bendary
Molli Ben-Gal
Ellie Benjamin
Bekah Benjamin-Pollak
Tristan Bennett *
Carly Berman
Jayde McLeod Biggert
Natalia Karolina Birecka
Josh Bluestone
Laine Blumenkopf
Mallory Bodker
Ashley Bove
Ashley Erin Breen
Lauren Breitstone
Sarah Teixeira Brenha
Winston Eldridge Brewington, Jr.
Emily Briglia
Barron Brocksmith
Odete Barroso Brown
Rachel Hannah Brown
Ty-Zhayia Brown
Cuerisha N Browne
Zoë Brunn Bail
Maya Buckner
Adrianna Naomi Burgos Torres
Amber Bynum
Julia Angelica Cabanas
Genesis Gabriela Caceres
Lex Cadenhead
Lee Cahana
Julie Cahill
Jennifer Cam
Rebecca Campbell
Rebeca Campos Baccas
Carolyn Anne Cantor *
Kate Denise Cardente
Margaret Mary Carmen
Nataliz Carrasco
Stephanie Carrillo Ramirez
Jennifer Carter
Kate Cashion
Michelle Karina Castillo
Michelle Ann Castro Douglass
Suzanne Ceresko
Jaida Chan
Natalie Chang
Danielle Chanin
Geri Charles
Mavia Cheema
Vincent Cheng
Ruby Analeah Paccay Cheresnowsky
Anna Chopko *
Fauzia Choudhury
Rachel Christensen
Sarah Cicero
Lauren Lisa Cioffi
Nicole Citrin Koch *
Nicole Clark
John Born
Leila Page Clavijo
Marissa Cobeo
Francesca Cobuzzi
Abby Cochran
Angela Coen
Ashley Cohen
Isabel Cohen
Bonnie Coker *
Margaret Colbert
Madeleine Conner
Samarah Cook
Eloise Choate Patterson
Kiara Cortes *
Tatyahna Costello
Caroline Cottam
Noa Cowley
Miah Cronen
Kendall Cronin
Evelyn Cruz-Vazquez *
Tasneem Dadabhoy
Shayla Daley
Ashley Danza
Elliott Day
Elise de Bethmann
Jennifer De Leon
Patrick del Giudice-Walsh
Shuhua Deng
Sharon Derose
Dwyer Derrig
Daniella Deutsch
Julia B DeWitt
JP Diana
Lidia Dias
Alexandra Dickinson
Alex Dickson
Ada Ding
Yixin Ding
Melanie Ann Dobuler
Tracy Dong
Claudia Donofrio
Katherine Dow
Jamie West Downie Jr.
Meritt Drake
Nina Dreyfus
Hannah Duke
Stephanie Eberhart
Karina Luzette Elias
Hannah Ellerbeck
Luther Elliott
Molly McNulty Epstein
Erik Erkkila
Violette Espinos
Aimee Estrin
Steven Etienne
Audrianna Evelyn
Angelica Everett
Kicca Fabricant
Virginia Farrar
Lily Farrell
Melissa Farzam
Julia Fassler
Cristina Carmen Favaro
Yidan Feng
Camille Fernandez
Jacqueline Ferrara
Sophia Ferraro
Johanna Stephanie Figueroa
Liz Figueroa
Gabriella Filippetti
Emily Finch
Reilly Fitzpatrick
Michelle Fletcher
Hilli Foguel
Jessica Forem
Ryann Fraser
Angela Joy Freker
Trisha Regine Fajardo Fuerte
Aleya Gaba
Candis Gadson
Victoria Gagliano
Natalia Sofía Galá Coll *
Annagrace Galleno
Shuyao Gao
Jasper Gao
Daniella Marie Giammona
Caroline Gillespie
Cynmar Autumn Jenlene Gilmore
Sami Ginsberg
Abbey Glassman
Kristina Antonia Glavan
Isabel Golan
Stephanie Gomez
Maranda Gonzalez
Irene Noemi González *
Daisy Gonzalez Perez *
Lydia Gordon
Amanda Gordon
Cyn Marie Rebecca Gradilla
Allison A Granger
Ally Grant
Kellian Grant
Sabrina Greco
Natalie Green
Emma Greenberg
Katherine Greener
Beth Anne Gross
Emily Gross
Samuel Gruppo
Marissa Lee Guinn
Wondesha Shanara Gumbs
Natalie Gutierrez
Reed Haber
Catherine Hadlock
Leila Hagopian
Mia Halsey
Alan Harvey
Sam Hason
Emily Hauser
Joshua Hauser
Jiayue (Garyn) He
Xin He *
Timothy Christopher Heck
Sarah Hegarty
Katherine Heidelberger
Ward Hejazi
Emely Hernández
Hilary Laura Hernandez
Lily Hetzler
Emerson Hiller
Brittany Hillyer
Gianna Hiotis
Adeline Hite
Elissa M Holzman
Sydney Hoover
LJ Horowitz
Lizette Huerta
Amanda Hugh
Mary Hunkele
Ivette Hurtado
Andrew Hyde
Nicole Belle Idelson
Judith Anne Ignacio ^
Imani Aliyyah Islam *
Sam Terbeaux Jaffe
Jasmine Jean
Yurou Jia
Shelsey Leean Jimenez
Emily McLean Johnson
Katelyn Johnson
Kayla Jones
Alyson Kanusher
Averi Kaplowitch
Danielle Katz
Ramandeep Kaur
Ad Kavalin *
Yirong Ke
Dawn Keeler
Mackenzie Kelly
Laura Kenny
Angelica Kenworthy
Samantha Kestenbaum
Aleena Khan
Saif Ali Khan
Taelee Kawahinenanea Kimura
Adrianna Virginia King
Kate Pines Kirschner
Sophia Rose Klafter
Olivia Gabriele Kleiman
Eden Kliger
Cailey Marie Klink
Quincy Koffel
Julie Kraisler
Julia Krevat
Ariella Kuhl
Imam Kurniawan
Katherine Kutash
Nia Kuttamperoor *
Spring Kwok
Juliette Lackow *
Lauren Mary Lake
Prabjoot Kaur Lally
Tempe Lampe
Danielle Lardi
Charmian Lee
Caroline Leeolou
Jenna Kayleene Leeson
Brianna Lynne Leith
Zhijia Grace Li
Caitlyn Liao
Samantha Lieber
Jayne Lindamood
Jeffrey Shulsky Lipay
Zara Lipman-Soares
Julia LiPuma
Chana Litenatsky
Carol Marysol Lituma Mendez *
Sabina Liu
Isabel Lodge
Zoë Loewenberg
Audrey Long
Cynthia Long
Michael Longhini
Lydia Sheree Una Looby
Carolina Viduarri Lopez
Gabe Lopez
Austin Luce
Savannah Lust
Alice Lynch
Antonia Ma
Rachel Mackoff
Yasmina Madeira *
Matthew Maher
Stephen A Maher
Sarah Mainzer
Gulkurbon Mamadalieva
Madeline Elizabeth Mandell
Kayla Martin
Emily Martino
Elizabeth Maxwell
Angela Kathryn Mayack
Khairee McBath
Matthew McCauley
Christine Michele McMenamin
Florencia Medina-Godoy
Jayne Meiselman
Lauren Menache
Andres Mesa
Zachary Metzger
Nazia Mian
Eliza Milliken
Perry Minella
Natalie Minnerath
Heather Mitchel
Beth Moed-Nelson
Christina Helene Monaco
Kelly Montiel
Jenna Rose Morales
Chanel Morgan
Julia Morrison
Juliana Carolyn Mulligan
Christa Mullins
Madison Muniz
Stephanie Munoz
Sarah Jane Murphy
Atsuko Nadata
Sarah Fatima Naibzada
Meera Nair
Pratishta Natarajan
Elizabeth Nestor
Samantha Elizabeth Newland
Katherine Nicholas
Olivia Nicoletti
Michelle Nizhnikov
Anna Alexia Novogratz
Janessa Isabelle Nunez
Pamella Tah Nyambi
Courtney Jessica Ober
Madison O'Connor
Wyatt Offit
Julia Oliveira
Miguel Angel Onofre
Rosilenny Ortega
Miriam Ortiz
Josh Osborn *
Reagan Osborne
Grace O'Shea
Crissy Oules
Elizabeth Owens
Kelly Pacheco
Sarah Jane Palocko
Emily Caroline Panner
Kristen Parkins
Nicole Pastorino
Ruby Nicole Patton
Elody Divina Paulino
Natalie Irene Paulson
Brett Paxton
Cameron Payne
Nikki Perelman-Prozer
Lauren Peressini
Edelysa Alejandra Perez
Sandra Perl
Sarah Perl
Madeleine Phelan
Marissa Piazzola
Mary Rosy Pichardo *
Raven Laughlin Owen Pierson
Samya Pirani
Andrew Popadics
Deirdre Porte
Peter Potulicki
Lulu Laurette Prat
Eric Pratt
Emily Rhein Price
Christina Pugliese
Deirdre Porte
Tabeer Qazi
Nakita Quinland
Natalia Quintero
Samantha Ramirez
Adam Ramsey
Jordan Ranft
Rachel Rapps
Erica Rawas
Roodline Raymond
Rachel Reisman
Julia Resnick
Sofia Reverendo
Katerina Victoria Reyes
Katerine Ribadeneira
Duncan Richards
Samantha Richetelli
Shea Riester
Angelica Rivera
Stephanie Paige Rizzuto
Jennifer Robertson
Camila Robles
Marlowe Rodda
Lesley Rodriguez
Jenna Rogness
Ema Romberg
Sarah Rongey
Sarah Elizabeth Rose
Andrew Rosen
Briana Rosenberg
Alia Nicole Roth
Alyssa Rothfeld
Kathryn Rouse
Lidziya Rubanava *
Laura Rubio
Brianna Rubow
Johana Ruiz
Natalie Russell
Nardin Saad
Alexandra Sacher
Colette Carson Sachs
Laura Sack
Farwah Sadat
Sanam Tala Sadeghi
Adele Saka
Victoria Saliba
Jessica Sanchez
Sabrina Elise Sanchez
Corisha Sanders
Jillian Red Santana
Monica Rachel Sass
Janna Sayfie
Jonathan F Schwartz
Erica J Schwartzberg
Elizabeth Segal
Caitlin Sheridan Seger
Sean Serrano
Jess Sferro
Lillian Shaffer
Nicole Shalaba
Sarah Clare Sheinkopf
Yvette Sierra-Vignau
Leah Silverman
Akanksha Singh
Kirpa Singh
Elizabeth Six
Evan Slavit
Saphire Small
Hope Smith
Jordan Smith
Joshua Cooper Rosenblum Smith
Kemanna K Smith
Siera Smith
Abby Solomon
Danielle Sontag
Vianca Maricell Soriano
Djeneba Soukouna
Emily K St. Amour
Stefanie Starker
Emma R Stein
Jessica Rose Stern
Margot Stevenson
Lauren Elizabeth Strack
Alena Joy Strobel
Sydney Sturner
Sahyda Sunnah
Shreya Suresh
Declan Taintor
Jada Tarvin-Abu-Bekr
Janele Mae Tating
Caroline Taverna
Anna Tekunova
Antonio Samar Thomas
Jaclyn Thomas
Latoya Thomas *
Allison Tilki
Brooke Tirone
Franco Tomassone
Alyssa B Torres
Lauren Troy
Erica V Tsai
Paula Tucker
Oxana Turgiss
Maya Valdoria
Micayla Valentin
Diane Valle *
Ashley Nicole Vaughan
Isel Vazquez-Carbajal
Jesus Vega-Cabrera
Lilia Vidal
Nina Vlatkovic
Solveig Waack
Emily Wallen
Emily Walsh
Bree Walton
Yuchen Wang
Yuying Wang *
Faith Warmhold
Rebecca Wartels
Lindsey Washington
Rezlin Bazett Watson
Essence Weeks
Emily Weinstein
Alexandra Weintraub
Felicity Welch
Sara Whelan
Boots Whitlock ^
Alicia L Williams
Crystal Williams
Dezarey Williams
Joshua Williams
Shadaé Natalie Williams *
Haley Wise
Samantha Wood
Bethany Leigh Wright
Regina Wu
Xiaoheng Xi
Alexa Yacker
Shuo Yang
Remington Anthony Mitchael Yhap
Katie Zaborsky
Megan Elizabeth Zagoric
Sydney Zahn
Anisha Zaman
Naima Zen
Yibei Zhang *
Ruiqi Zhu *
Tianci Zhu
Rebecca Jean Zimberg
Molly Zimetbaum
* Student Group Leader
^ Student Veteran
Doctor of Philosophy
September 2022
Lynden Bond
Dissertation: Behavioral Health Service Use Among People Experiencing Housing Insecurity and Homelessness: A Mixed Methods Study
Chair: Dr. Deborah Padgett
Laura Curran
Dissertation: Utilization of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Among Pregnant Individuals in the U.S
Chair: Dr. Jennifer Manuel
Yangjin Park
Dissertation: Multiple Risk Patterns and Bullying Perpetration and Victimization Among Children
Chair: Dr. Katherine Sullivan
Pa Thor
Dissertation: Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right: A Qualitative Case Study of Hmong Intimate Partner Homicide-Suicide
Chair: Dr. Rohini Pahwa
Sejung Yang
Dissertation: Intergenerational Transmission of Violence: Multidimensional Child Maltreatment and Adolescent Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Victimization
Chair: Dr. Briana Barocas
January 2023
Kristen Gurdak
Dissertation: Stigma in the Context of Communities for Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses: Unpacking the Why, What, How, and Who
Chair: Dr. Rohini Pahwa
Dianne L. Mack
Dissertation: "Don't Blindside Me": A Study of Communication in Foster Parent Retention and Recruitment
Chair: Dr. Victoria Stanhope
Doctorate in Clinical Social Work
Ebonie Brown
Capstone Presentation: Building the EAP Clinician's Toolbox: Strengthening Employees' Resilience in the Absence of More Effective Workplace Bullying Policies
Committee: Dr. Aminda Heckman (Chair), Dr. Victoria Stanhope, Dr. Stacey Gordon
Celena S. Chong
Capstone Presentation: Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Substance Use Treatments
Committee: Dr. Victoria Stanhope (Chair), Dr. Maria Chi, Dr. Victoria Cerone
Erica Marie Davis
Capstone Presentation: Adverse Childhood Experiences: Assessing for Race-based Trauma amongst Black Youth to Promote Early Trauma-Informed Interventions
Committee: Dr. Cora de Leon (Chair), Dr. Kirk "Jae" James, Dr. Gillian O'Shea Brown
Fabiola Desmont
Capstone Presentation: It Takes a Village: A Review of the Significance of Extended and Fictive Kin’s Involvement in Raising Black Children and Addressing Black Families’ Well-being
Committee: Dr. Linda Lausell Bryant (Chair), Dr. Wen-Jui Han, Dr. Kanako Okuda
Jennifer DiBiase
Capstone Presentation: Trauma-Informed Care for Patients with Serious Illness
Committee: Dr. Susan Gerbino (Chair), Dr. Abigail Nathanson, Dr. Tamara Cadet, Dr. Shari Bloomberg
Krystal Folk
Capstone Presentation: Racial Trauma and the School to Prison Pipeline: A Call for Abolitionist School Social Work
Committee: Dr. Kirk "Jae" James (Chair), Dr. Linda Lausell-Bryant, Dr. Marina Badillo-Diaz
April Grigsby
Capstone Presentation: Gendered Decolonization: Implications for Social Work Practice with People of African Descent
Committee: Dr. Doris Chang (Chair), Dr. Michael Gomez, Dr. Adeyinka Akinsulure-Smith
Abigail Levites
Capstone Presentation: Abolition Social Work in Schools: Students & the Criminal Legal System
Committee: Dr. Diane Mirabito (Chair), Dr. Kirk "Jae" James, Dr. Steven Kuchuck
So Lan Liang
Capstone Presentation: Knowledge is Power: Promoting Empowerment of College Students and of Survivors of Domestic Violence
Committee: Dr. Briana Barocas (Chair), Dr. Diana Franco, Dr. Peggy Morton
Brittany Lynch
Capstone Presentation: Examining the Evolution & Eyeing the Future of Anti-racist Social Work Education
Committee: Dr. Nicholas Lanzieri (Chair), Dr. Jeane Anastas, Dr. Kirk "Jae" James
Linda Mathew
Capstone Presentation: Racism Not Disrupted Becomes Racial Trauma Transferred
Committee: Dr. Susan Gerbino (Chair), Dr. Jeane Anastas, Dr. Penny Damaskos
Gabriella McBride
Capstone Presentation: From Practice to Praxis: Advances in Social Work Education
Committee: Dr. Linda Lausell Bryant (Chair), Dr. Peggy Morton, Dr. Dayna Sedillo-Hamann
Francine Mendelowitz *
Capstone Presentation: The Creative Arts and Social Work: An Innovative Approach to Practice
Committee: Dr. Linda Lausell Bryant (Chair), Dr. Nisha Sajnani, Dr. Jessica Chock-Goldman
Alana Pudalov
Capstone Presentation: Innovative integration and application of trauma-informed and positive psychology best practices to support youth in achieving their potential
Committee: Dr. Wen-Jui Han (Chair), Dr. Kendall Atterbury, Dr. Kristin Pleines
Susan Sonya Resek
Capstone Presentation: Relational Trauma During Childhood as it Emerges in Clinical Social Work Practice With Couples and Individuals: A Psychoanalytic Perspective
Committee: Dr. Theresa Aiello (Chair), Dr. Eric Thurnauer, Dr. Steven Kuchuck
Vanessa Smith
Capstone Presentation: A New Grand Challenge? The Magnitude of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Committee: Dr. Wen-Jui Han (Chair), Dr. Kathrine Sullivan, Dr. Lena Green
Brian William Zampella
Capstone Presentation: Interventions for Justice-Involved People with Serious Mental Illness – Implications for Social Work Practice
Committee: Dr. Briana Barocas (Chair), Dr. Jennifer Manuel, Dr. Elizabeth Ford
* Student Group Leader