Wesleyan University Commencement Program
One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth Commencement
May Twenty-Sixth
Two Thousand and Twenty-One
Middletown, Connecticut
MARSHAL OF THE FACULTY
Francis W. Starr, Professor of Physics
VICE MARSHALS OF THE FACULTY
Octavio Flores-Cuadra, Adjunct Professor of Spanish
Kate Mullen, Adjunct Professor of Physical Education
Suzanne B. OConnell, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
ASSISTANT FACULTY MARSHALS
Stephen Angle, Mansfield Freeman Professor of East Asian Studies
Richard S. Grossman, Professor of Economics
Scott G. Holmes, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Tushar Irani, Associate Professor of Letters and Philosophy
William D. Johnston, John E. Andrus Professor of History
Shona Kerr, Adjunct Professor of Physical Education
Amy MacQueen, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Sean McCann, Kenan Professor of the Humanities
Ishita Mukerji, Fisk Professor of Natural Science
Christopher Rasmussen, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Sarah Ryan, Associate Professor of the Practice in Oral Communication
Charles A. Sanislow, Professor of Psychology
Kari Weil, University Professor of Letters
MARSHALS OF THE SENIOR CLASS
Fitzroy Christopher Wickham, President
Han Bin Kwon, Vice President
Carolina A. Montano, Secretary
Paulina Anna Veliky, Treasurer
COLOR GUARD
Darshana Banka ’22
Anissa Findley ’22
Laurel Goulbourne ’24
Anna Nguyen ’22
B.A. RECIPIENT NAMES READ BY
Elise Springer, Associate Professor of Philosophy, and by
Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Jane A. Seney Professor of Greek
GRADUATE DEGREE RECIPIENT NAMES READ BY
Mark Hovey, Professor of Mathematics and Associate Provost
PH.D. RECIPIENTS HOODED BY
Edward C. Moran, Professor of Astronomy and Director of Graduate Studies
PROGRAM
PROCESSION
* The audience is requested to rise as the graduates enter and to remain standing until the graduates are seated.
WELCOME AND PRESIDENT’S REMARKS
Michael S. Roth ’78 ~ President
SENIOR CLASS WELCOME
Bryan Leonard Siu Yeung Chong ’21 ~ for the class of 2021
RECOGNITION OF RETIRING FACULTY
CONFERRING OF MASTER OF ARTS
ad eundem gradum
CONFERRING OF TEACHING PRIZES
Nicole Stanton ~ Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
CONFERRING OF HONORARY DOCTORATES
ADDRESS
Reginald Dwayne Betts
CONFERRING OF DEGREES
It is requested that there be no applause until all degrees have been conferred.
WORD OF BLESSING
Rabbi David Leipziger Teva ~ Director of Religious and Spiritual Life
SINGING OF THE “ALMA MATER” ‡
RECESSION
The audience is asked to remain clear of the aisles until the end of the recession.
* An explanation of academic regalia and the procession is provided later in this program.
† On a rotating schedule, the University’s Jewish, Muslim, Protestant, or Roman Catholic chaplain is selected to speak.
‡ The lyrics of the “Alma Mater” are on the inside of the back cover of this program.
Degrees will be officially conferred by Wesleyan University’s Board of Trustees on May 28, 2021.
Due to printing deadlines, the lists of graduate names in each of the degree sections in this program are not official, and should not be used to determine a student’s academic or degree status. Wesleyan’s Office of the Registrar maintains each student’s permanent academic record.
RECOGNITION OF RETIRING FACULTY
WILLIAM HERBST
John Monroe Van Vleck Professor of Astronomy (2000–2021)
Professor of Astronomy (1990–2021)
Associate Professor of Astronomy (1984–1990)
Assistant Professor of Astronomy (1978–1984)
PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
JOYCE JACOBSEN
Andrews Professor of Economics (2003–2021)
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost (2015–2019)
Professor of Economics (2000–2021)
Associate Professor of Economics (1996–2000)
Assistant Professor of Economics (1993–1996)
PH.D., STANFORD UNIVERSITY
J. DONALD MOON
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Professor in the College of Social Studies (2008–2021)
John E. Andrus Professor of Government (2003–2008)
Professor of Government (1983–2021)
Associate Professor of Government (1977–1983)
Assistant Professor of Government (1972–1977)
Instructor in Government (1970–1972)
PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS
THOMAS J. MORGAN
Foss Professor of Physics (1996–2021)
Academic Secretary (2003–2014)
Professor of Physics (1986–2021)
Associate Professor of Physics (1980–1986)
Assistant Professor of Physics (1973–1980)
PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
ELLEN THOMAS
Harold T. Stearns Professor of Integrative Sciences (2017–2021)
Smith Curator of Paleontology of the Joe Webb Peoples Museum of Natural History (2018–2021)
University Professor in the College of Integrative Sciences (2015–2021)
Research Professor in Earth and Environmental Sciences (2004–2015)
Research Associate Professor in Earth and Environmental Sciences (1992–2004)
Visiting Scholar in Earth and Environmental Sciences (1985–1991)
PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF UTRECHT
KHACHIG TÖLÖLYAN
Professor of English and Letters (2006–2021)
Professor of English (1990–2006)
Associate Professor of English (1981–1990)
Assistant Professor of English (1975–1981)
Instructor in English (1974–1975)
PH.D., BROWN UNIVERSITY
JOHAN VAREKAMP
Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science (2005–2021)
Smith Curator of Mineralogy and Petrology of the Joe Webb Peoples Museum of Natural History (2018–2021)
George I. Seney Professor of Geology (2000–2005)
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences (1996–2021)
Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences (1990–1996)
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences (1983–1990)
PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF UTRECHT
CONFERRING OF MASTER OF ARTS
ad eundem gradum
The honorary degree of Master of Arts ad eundem gradum has been awarded by Wesleyan University since 1894 to those members of the faculty who are not graduates of Wesleyan at the bachelor’s level and who have attained the rank of full professor. The award makes each full professor an alumnus/a of the University.
ERIKA FRANKLIN FOWLER
Professor of Government
BARBARA JEAN JUHASZ
Jeffrey L. Shames Professor of Civic Engagement
HARI KRISHNAN
Professor of Dance
PHILLIP G. RESOR
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
BINSWANGER PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
The Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching is made possible by gifts from the family of the late Frank G. Binswanger Sr., Hon. ’85.
Sonali Chakravarti
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GOVERNMENT
Sonali Chakravarti, associate professor of government, came to Wesleyan in 2009. Her work focuses on questions of emotions, the law, and democratic institutions. Sonali is the author of two books—Radical Enfranchisement in the Jury Room and Public Life (University of Chicago Press, 2019) and Sing the Rage: Listening to Anger After Mass Violence (University of Chicago Press, 2014)—as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles and chapters in publications including Political Theory and the Journal of Law, Culture, and the Humanities. At Wesleyan, she teaches courses including What Is the Good Life?, The Moral Basis of Politics, Transitional Justice, and Acting and Citizenship, among others. She served on the Educational Policy Committee in 2019–20, and on the faculty board of the Fries Center for Global Studies in 2018–19. In 2014, she was awarded Wesleyan’s Baker Memorial Prize. Sonali has been the Ann Plato Post-Doctoral Fellow at Trinity College and Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellow at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. She earned a B.A. in political science from Swarthmore College, and an M.A., an M.Phil., and a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University.
Douglas Arthur Martin
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF THE PRACTICE IN CREATIVE WRITING
Douglas Arthur Martin, assistant professor of the practice in creative writing, joined Wesleyan’s faculty in 2008. Douglas is an author of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and prose, whose books have been translated into Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish. The most recent book, Wolf, is “an anti–true crime novel about abuse, patricide, and Southern working-class life.” Douglas’s first novel, Outline of My Lover, was an International Book of the Year in the Times Literary Supplement, and was adapted in part for the multimedia ballet and live film Kammer/Kammer. It has now been reissued in a 20th-anniversary edition. Douglas’s work also has been recognized with a Lambda Award nomination in the Gay Memoir/Biography category (Once You Go Back) and as a finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award (Branwell). At Wesleyan, Douglas teaches creative writing courses in all genres and currently serves as assistant director of creative writing. Born in Virginia and raised in Georgia, Douglas now divides time between Brooklyn, upstate New York, and Connecticut. Douglas has a B.A. from the University of Georgia Athens, an M.F.A. from The New School, and a Ph.D. from The Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Anna Shusterman
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY
Anna Shusterman, associate professor of psychology, joined Wesleyan’s Psychology Department in 2007. She is co-chair of the College of Education Studies, established in 2020. Anna directs research in the Wesleyan Cognitive Development Laboratories exploring how young children’s experiences change their thinking and behavior. Her research has been published in numerous scholarly journals, including Developmental Science, Cognition, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. At Wesleyan, she teaches courses in developmental psychology, education, early childhood, and cognitive science. Her efforts to connect University-based research to real-world settings include Kindergarten Kickstart, a summer bridge-to-kindergarten program in Middletown; two service-learning courses connecting students to local preschools; and a large project to develop and test research-based math games for early childhood settings. She has held many University service positions, including serving as chair of the Education Policy Committee and as a McNair Research advisor. Anna earned an Sc.B. in neuroscience from Brown University and a Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard University. Prior to teaching at Wesleyan, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard and a science teacher at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn. She has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award and was a finalist for the Campus Compact Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award.
HONORARY DEGREES
Reginald Dwayne Betts
HONORARY DOCTOR OF LETTERS
Reginald Dwayne Betts is the award-winning author of four collections of poetry, a nonfiction memoir, and a powerful body of essays and scholarship that has been featured in such publications as The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post. The founder and director of the Million Book Project, his work has earned him a Radcliffe Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, NEA Fellowships, and a PEN New England Award for poetry, among many other recognitions.
In his National Magazine Award–winning essay “Getting Out,” published in The New York Times Magazine in 2018, Betts explores the central themes of self-reflection and self-actualization, and the effects of incarceration on individuals, families, and communities. A gifted student in elementary and high school, Betts was himself sentenced to nine years in maximum security prison at age 16. During that time, he studied literature and poetry and laid the foundation for a career that has since seen him earn a B.A. from the University of Maryland, an M.F.A. from Warren Wilson College, and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Betts has engaged in wide-ranging speaking engagements and has years of experience in public defense, advocacy, and public service. He has received an appointment from Governor Ned Lamont to Connecticut’s Criminal Justice Commission, the state body that hires all state prosecutors.
Betts is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Law at Yale University and continues to lecture on his formative experiences and the importance that grit, perseverance, and literature have played in his success, as well as the intersection between literature and advocacy. His most recent collection of poems, Felon: Poems (2019), was a winner of the American Book Award and the NAACP Image Award, and a finalist for the LA Times Book Award. He is also the author of A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison and the poetry collections Shahid Reads His Own Palm (2010) and Bastards of the Reagan Era (2015).
Catherine Coleman Flowers
HONORARY DOCTOR OF SCIENCE
Catherine Coleman Flowers is a renowned environmental health advocate whose work focuses on bringing attention to and developing solutions for failing water and waste sanitation infrastructure in rural areas, and increasing our understanding of how this infrastructure failure perpetuates health and socioeconomic disparities. For her work, Flowers was awarded a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship, also known as a “Genius Grant,” which goes to citizens or residents of the United States who demonstrate “extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.”
Originally from Lowndes County, Alabama, Flowers earned a B.A. from Cameron University in 1986 and an M.A. from the University of Nebraska in 2015, and worked as a high school teacher in Detroit, Michigan, and Washington, D.C., before returning to Lowndes to begin her advocacy work. She is the founding director of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, an Alabama-based policy and advocacy organization devoted to addressing the root causes of poverty in the state and developing multidisciplinary, grassroots solutions and models that can be replicated in rural communities throughout the country. Part of the organization’s work included a house-to-house survey in Lowndes that confirmed more than half of county households were either piping raw sewage into the ground or had failing septic systems, which led to the first open discussion of flaws in onsite water treatment (which previously had been governed under threat of incarceration by the Alabama Public Health Department). She is currently collaborating with The Guardian on a national study to identify and quantify wastewater infrastructure problems throughout the United States.
Flowers is the author of Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret (2020), and has published articles in Anglican Theological Review, Columbia Human Rights Law Review, and American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, among other journals. She is also the rural development manager for the Equal Justice Initiative, a senior fellow for the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, and a member of the board of directors of the Climate Reality Project and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Flowers was recently appointed to the Biden-Sanders Task Force on Climate Change, co-chaired by United States Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and former Secretary of State John Kerry, who is now a special envoy for climate.
Scott Gottlieb ’94
HONORARY DOCTOR OF SCIENCE
Dr. Scott Gottlieb ’94 is a physician, public health and policy advisor and advocate, and a special partner with the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates. He served as the 23rd commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from 2017 to 2019 and is currently a resident fellow at public policy think tank the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).
Dr. Gottlieb’s work spans a great many aspects of health care. At the FDA, he oversaw a record number of generic drugs, novel medicines, and innovative medical devices in two consecutive years, helping to make the regulatory process in those areas more efficient; advanced policies to address opioid addiction; reduced death and disease from tobacco; and guided important progress on drug pricing, food safety, and vaccination. At AEI, he has pursued public health improvements through entrepreneurship and continued to focus on medical innovation and expanding regulatory approaches aimed at patient and physician autonomy.
After graduating from Wesleyan with a B.A. in economics, Dr. Gottlieb went on to earn his M.D. from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and conducted his residency in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center. He serves on the boards of Pfizer, Illumina, Aetion, and Tempus, and was previously a senior policy advisor to the administrator at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and a clinical assistant professor at New York University School of Medicine, in addition to a practicing physician and hospitalist. He is a frequent contributor to CNBC and CBS’s Face the Nation, and has also published commentary and articles in Health Affairs, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, among many others.
DEGREES IN COURSE
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Daniel Christopher Alvey
B.S., The United States Military Academy, 2011
MATHEMATICS
Dissertation: Approximation on Affine Subspaces
Kayla E. Anatone
M.S., University of Rhode Island, 2013
BIOLOGY
Dissertation: Mad Hatters’ Legacy: Drivers of Mercury Accumulation and Genetics of Eastern Blacknose Dace (Rhinichthys atratulus) in the Still River Drainage
Miles William DeAngelis
B.S., State University of New York at Fredonia, 2015
BIOLOGY
Dissertation: An Investigation of Mask and Other loci Required to Choreograph Drosophila Pupal Eye Morphogenesis
Vasileios Drogkaris
B.S., University of Athens, Greece, 2012
CHEMISTRY
Dissertation: Exploring the Self-Assembly of Conjugated Materials and the Utility of the thiol-Michael Reaction in Macromolecular Synthesis
Charlotte Meredith Freeland
B.S., University of Connecticut, 2013
BIOLOGY
Dissertation: Cortical and Subcortical Contributions to Risky Decision-Making under Conditions of Reward Uncertainty
Bardia Hejazi
B.S., Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 2015
PHYSICS
Dissertation: Particle-Turbulence Interactions
Nadeepa I. Jayasundara
M.Sc., New Mexico State University, 2014
PHYSICS
Dissertation: Non-Resonant Pump-Probe Multiphoton Ionization and Strong Quantum Level Dependence of the Radiative Lifetime of Sodium Dimer Shelf States
Chia-Yu Joy Lu
M.A., University of Sheffield, UK, 2006
ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
Dissertation: Theater as a Feminine Space: Music, Gender, and National Politics in Koa-á-hì (Taiwanese Opera)
André Pinto Oliveira
B.A., Manhattan College, 2015
MATHEMATICS
Dissertation: Diophantine Approximation with Restrictions Coming from Different Places
MASTER OF ARTS
Constanza Armes-Cruz
B.F.A., Cornell University, 2014
PERFORMANCE CURATION
Thesis: Arts Workers in Precarity: Organized Responses to the Gig Economy of Performing Arts Worlds
Haley Nicole Brumberger
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Thesis: Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Paulina Lake (Newberry Volcano, OR)
Brenda Fabiola Castaneda
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
PSYCHOLOGY
Thesis: Psychology’s Perspectives on the CSI Effect: A Content Analysis of Recent Publications on a Forensic Media Phenomenon
Colleen Delaney Castro
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
CHEMISTRY
Thesis: Computationally and Experimentally Determining Inhibitors of Heptosyltransferase I
Christina Noel Cauley
B.A., University of Hawaii at Hilo, 2015
EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Thesis: History of Hydrothermal Activity at Paulina Lake, Newberry Volcano, Oregon US
Emma Clarke
B.A., Bard College, 2013
PERFORMANCE CURATION
Thesis: Dance Retrospection and The Museum
Sarah B. Conn
B.A., University of Ottawa, 2008
PERFORMANCE CURATION
Thesis: Layering Strategies: Interdisciplinary Performance Creation as Curatorial Act
Webb Kay Crawford
B.A., Bennington College, 2014
MUSIC
Thesis: Of Blacke Cholor, without Boyling
Megan Marie Delamer
B.S., Queens University of Charlotte, 2017
ASTRONOMY
Thesis: A High Resolution Study of Spectral and Spatial Variations of Dust Properties in the 49 Ceti Debris Disk
Erin Kate Donohue
B.A./B.B.A., The University of Iowa, 2010
PERFORMANCE CURATION
Thesis: Quiet Protest: Minor Gestures in Contested Spaces
James E. Farber
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2015
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
Thesis: Bioinformatic Identification of Putative Enhancers in Mouse Odorant Receptor Loci
Gabriella Iliza Feder
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
PSYCHOLOGY
Thesis: Self and Schizophrenia: Do Schizophrenia Patients Show the Incidental Self-Reference Effect in Memory?
Molly Feingold
B.F.A., North Carolina School of the Arts, 2001
PERFORMANCE CURATION
Thesis: The Fabulous Performativity of Objects: Cunning Enactments of Redress
John Y. Freeman Jr.
M.F.A., Burren College of Art, 2013
PERFORMANCE CURATION
Thesis: Mourning Horizons: Archiving the Present and Envisioning Post-COVID-19 Futures Through Performance
Jamie M. Gahlon
B.S., School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, 2007
PERFORMANCE CURATION
Thesis: Commons-Based Approaches in Contemporary Theatre and Performance: Resisting Twenty-First Century Enclosure at Double Edge Theatre, the Latinx Theatre Commons, and HowlRound Theatre Commons
Jessica Garcia
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2019
CHEMISTRY
Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Pyridine Derived Mn(II)-Based MRI Contrast Agents
Garrett Brenton Groesbeck
M.M., Nagoya College of Music, Japan, 2017
MUSIC
Thesis: Hōgaku Pedagogy: Traditional Japanese Music in the Twenty-First Century Classroom
Devanney Turpin Haruta
A.B., Brown University, 2016
MUSIC
Thesis: Splinters, Ashes, Dirt: Piano Destruction and Creative Opportunity
Jooyoung (Jaye) Jeong
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR
Thesis: Characterization of the Neurogenic Niche in Organotypic Entorhinal-Hippocampal Slice Cultures Derived from Adult Mice
Simone Diana John-Vanderpool
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
PSYCHOLOGY
Thesis: Body Image, Disordered Eating, and Self-Esteem in Black Women: Observing the Influence of the Racial Composition of Both Academic and Social Environments
Charya Khun
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
Thesis: Structural Elucidation of an HU-Junction Complex
Ari Yun Liu
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
PHYSICS
Thesis: Structure and Dynamics of Nanoparticle-Polymer Composites
J. Alex Mathews
M.F.A., Pratt Institute, 2020
PERFORMANCE CURATION
Thesis: Alone Differently: Contemporary Solo Performance in Dance
Emily Wolf McGhie
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
BIOLOGY
Thesis: Investigating the Generation of Apical Radial Actin Filaments in the Drosophila Pupal Eye
Mackenzie Augusta Mitchell
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
Thesis: A Grave Affair: Investigating the Unique Spore Lethality Phenotype of the fpr3Δ zip3Δ Double Mutant
Dmitry Pokushalov
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
Thesis: Investigating the Modularity and Evolution of Adjacent Gene Coregulation
Alma J. Quintana Lazcano
B.A., Escuela Nacional de Danza Clásica y Contemporanea INBAL, Mexico, 2018
PERFORMANCE CURATION
Thesis: Anticolonial Choreopolitics: Feminist Performative Forces to Rewrite Archives and Histories
Cleo Roberts
M.A., American University, 2013
MATHEMATICS
Thesis: A Survey of Thrackles
Guadalupe Jamileth Sanchez
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
BIOLOGY
Thesis: Investigating the Context Dependent Regulation of Rap1 and Its Downstream Target Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Using RNA-Sequencing
Briele René Scott
M.M., University of Delaware, 2016
MUSIC
Thesis: A Journey Towards Standardization: Preserving the Art of Building and Tuning the Steelpan in Trinidad and Tobago
Joshua Alexander Signore
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2019
CHEMISTRY
Thesis: A Collection of Microwave Studies: From Large Amplitude Motions to Large Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Tensors
Yu Kai Tan
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Thesis: Out of Their Shells: An Orphaned Freshwater Mussel Collection Viewed in 3D Illuminates Biogeography
Claire Jing Jing Wang
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
CHEMISTRY
Thesis: The Optimization of Several One-Pot Syntheses of Shaped Palladium-Silver Nanoparticles and Preliminary Catalytic Studies on Their Selective Hydrogenation of 1-Hexyne
Nicholas Graeme Melby Wells
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
CHEMISTRY
Thesis: Predicting Mutational Free Energy Perturbations Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Stuart Elias Wheeler
B.M., Brigham Young University, 2017
MUSIC
Thesis: Making Music by Reading Outloud: John Cage’s Empty Words and Some of the Work of Jackson Mac Low
Tyler John Wyatt
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
BIOLOGY
Thesis: Gypsy Moth Population Outbreak and Low Host-Plant Quality Amplify a Trophic Cascade from Birds to Forest Trees
Hannah Xu
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR
Thesis: Developing a Translational Model of Binge Eating under Principles of Uncertainty and Stress
Qiyuan Zheng
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2020
MATHEMATICS
Thesis: Central Limit Theorems: Proofs and Extensions to Applications in Renewal Theory
MASTER OF ARTS IN LIBERAL STUDIES
Anthony Ikenna Amolo
B.A., Kenyon College, 2017
Thomas Awad
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2016
Patrick Joseph Clare Jr.
B.A., Wesleyan University, 2019
Aliya Jamelle Cox
B.S., University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2000
William Francis Dore III
B.A., Franklin & Marshall College, 2003
Giovanna Baldwin Fasanello
B.A., State University of New York at Geneseo, 2018
Megan Elizabeth Flagg
B.A., Boston College, 1996
Jessica Fowler
B.A., Central Connecticut State University, 2007
Anne Miriam Getz
B.A., Colgate University, 2020
Catherine Marie Lendler
B.S., Southern Connecticut State University, 1999
E. Gaynell M. Meij
M.S., Washington State University, 1982
Ryan Patrick Mulhern
B.A., Brown University, 1996
Paul Derek Palmore
B.A., Boston University, 2006
Whitney Parker Powel
B.A., Denison University, 2015
Christopher Elliott Pratt
B.A., Colby College, 2014
Riley Bohnenblust Smith
B.S., Fairfield University, 2017
Caleb Treadwell
B.A., State University of New York New Paltz, 2018
Rebecca Karen Veninsky
B.A., Ithaca College, 2017
David Walsh
B.A., Providence College, 1985
Charles Joseph Williams
B.A., Kenyon College, 2013
Elizabeth Jeanne Wulf
B.A., Middlebury College, 2018
BACHELOR OF LIBERAL STUDIES
Michael Braham
John Darrick Bryant Sr.
D. Dana Felt
Troy LaMonte Grant
Joshua Mark Hinman
Clyde Fritzroy Meikle
Andre M. Pierce
Miguel A. Sanchez
Joseph Michael Saveriano
Miles Weston
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Dylan Inish Abramson
Nicole Esi Adabunu
Ethan Peter Addis
Stephanie Ades
Mitzi Rose Adler-Wachter
Jordan Miles Agricula
Ahmed Sultan Aldarmaki
Ana Victoria Alejo Salas
Isabel Rose Algrant
Lena V. Allon
Mo’ath Mohamed Almahasneh
Mohammed Salem Alneyadi
Thomas Alexander Alpert
Daniela Alvarez
Guillermo A. Alvarez
Chase Sydney Ames
Sophia Katherine Andreadis
David Matthew Annex
Jordan Nicole Ansell
Justin Antoine
Nathanyah Antoine
Emily Santina Aoki
Sofie Yeshiemebet Araya
Cobey Arenal
Gianna Marie Argento
Aaron Rusell Arkin
Jace Collin Arouet
Elizaveta Lazykina Atalig
Julia Rose Atkinson
Bryden Tierney Auer
Dmytro Babachanakh
Katelyn Sally Babcock
Trent Jeffrey Babington
Alexander Paul Bachelard-Bakal
Mauricio Baillères Hedo
Camille Auralia Balicki
Gabriel Flores Ballard
Daisy Ailyn Banda
Gabriela S. Banda
Elizabeth O’Farrell Bannan
Jacob P. Barabas
Concepcion Barajas
David Baraka
Nathan Samuel Baron Silvern
Tyler Trippe Barr
Lauren Maya Secundy Barragan
Daniel Jose Barrueco
Faren Michelle Bartholomew
Jack Fox Baum
Austin Richard Beaudette
Annemarie Mariya Bell
Annasophia Bellizzi
Maxwell Heller Bennett
Irmina Salome Benson
Isis India Benson
Hannah Rice Berman
Alexander Berry
Sanya Bery
Liana Lehman Biasucci
Samuel Erik Bidwell
Grace Biggio
Amaya Mishindi Akosua Binns
Matthew Keith Blackman
Michael Evan Planells Bloom
David Tyler Boone
Michael Brandt
Nicholas Brattoli
Alice Clare Brennan II
William Hemphill Briskin
Tess Hildegard Brunner
Clara Luisa Bryan
Parker Emily Bryan
Adam Joseph Bryant
Evelyn Joy Burke
Emily Elizabeth Burstein
Kai Jeanine Burton
Isabelle Nolin Bush
Benjamin Drury Bushnell
Justin Warren Cabral
Connor Bradford Cady
Tamar Cahana
Benjamin Xavier Cahill
Ainsleigh Elizabeth Caldicott
Nicholas Gary Cantin
Kian Alexander Caplan
Alyssa Lea Carlson
Jay Anthony Carter Jr.
Stefano John Castro
Julia Claire Cella
Keane Kaiewa Chan Hodges
Matthew Chase
Alvaro Chavez
Di Chen
Huaiyu Chen
Meiwen Chen
Silin Chen
Tianxin Chen
Kin Wai Cheung
Jia Chi
Ethan Mak Ching
Jungwoo Cho
Sean Sevin Choi
Bryan Leonard Siu Yeung Chong
Maximilien Ching-Sien Chong Lee Shin
Camille Pierre Chossis
Serena Shin-Yun Chow
Niko Maajid Christian
Julia Chung
Candice April Ragasa Cirilo
California Starr Clark
Erica Fiona Clark Gould
Delando Almando Clarke
Ramon Martin Olivares Co
Juliette Rae Hart Cohen
Sophia Hannah Cohen
Elizabeth Mary Anna Colannino
Caroline Rose Colbert
Josef Edward Collins
Angela Sofia Colorado
Eli Benjamin Conlin
Tracy Elizabeth Cooper
Johanna Purcell Copeland
Mackenzie Rose Corcoran
Dylan Phillip Courville
Caitlin Emma Cowan
Imani J. Crews
Olivia Herrin Crowell
Caridad Cruz
Abigail Celia Crystal
Roselini Angelica Infante Cucueco
Katarina R. Cucullo
Hanwen Cui
Yuxuan Cui
Alexis Christine Cummings
Skyler Cummings
Charlotte Blythe Curnin
Jackson D. Curran
Margaret Pearce Curran
Joseph W. Cutler
Alexandra Czaran
Juliet Paige Dale
Carol H. Dalgarno
Nicholas Martin Daly
Zoe Darmon
Alyssa Marie DaSilva
Lauren Parker Davidson
Mae Bennett Davies
Thomas Farley Davoren
Spencer Russell Dean
Diva Morgan de Loayza
Kevin Anthony DeLoughry
Anjali Desai
Ariel Deutsch
Lia Josee Di Bitonto
Sophia Simone Mnookin Dienstag
Alissa Nicole Dobrinsky
Rebecca Julia Downer
Samuel Marlowe Driver
Rusheng Duan
Ruby Paulina Duffy
Francesco Maurizio Andrew Duffy-Boscagli
Angela Duong
Katherine Elizabeth Eaton
Nia Chiane Eddy-Pina
Jacob Thomas Edlebeck
Elizabeth Chatwin Edwards
Ericka Adesuwa Oluwaseun Ekhator
Abdelrahman Uosri Elsayed
Lucas Eras Paiva
Alp Can Eren
Marlen Escobedo
Rose Bingham Esselstyn
Leila Landsiedel Etemad
Kennie Etienne
Rhys Philip Evans
Julio Leonel Evans-Cevallos
Francesca Mandy Fagnani-Coor
Zachary Aidan Farnsworth
Aref Reyad Farraj III
Natasha Wilhelmina Tate Feenstra
Abigail Helena Feitler
Talia Jamie Feldscher
Nia Nyelle Felton
Claudia Jo Ferrara
Safa Serene Figal
Angie Fike
Caroline Scheer Finkelstein
Ana Finnerty-Haggerty
Keizo S. Fish
Zachary Lee Fleischman
Babila Njinuwoh Fomuteh
Jason David Fong
Michael Ty Force
Silja Fia Forstein
Lauren Rebecca Fosnocht
Christopher Franklin
Emily Shijiao Frazer-Abel
Robilee Frederick
Michael Robert Freiburger
Matthew Aidan Frishkoff
Margarita Fuentes
George Louis Fuss
Nacala Naomi Gadsden
Lauren Stephanie Gaffney-Gomez
Shayne Patrick Gallagher
Harper Waits Gambill
Nathan Gregory Gamble
Terra Mae Ganey
Gita Devi Ganti
Haochen Gao
Isabella Garcia
Laura Lynn Garvey
Graciela Gautier-Jusino
Amy Serena Geiger
Logan Colin Geller
Giancarlo Michael Gentili
Sakavarin Gerjarusak
Nima Ghasoor
John Daniel Gilhuly
Stella Dorothy Ginsberg
Claire Glickman
Sarah R. Goldman
Rafael Goldstein
Natalia Maria Gomez Vazquez
Tajah Tyler Gooden
Taylor Elaine Goodman-Leong
Sydnee Marie Goyer
Danielle G. Gozzo
Olivia Grace DiEnno Gracey
Iiyannaa Anisa Graham-Siphanoum
Patrick Dewey Grahling
Harper Lee Graves
Rose Putnam Griffin
Matthew Richard Grimaldi
Jaclyn Pamela Grimm
Joel T. Groves
Jacob Louis Graver Grunebaum
Bachelor of Arts
Bryan Guarin
Xiangyi Guo
Isaac James Guzman
Julia Grace Gyourko
Abrar Habib
Sarina Rose Hahn
Sophia Marianne Hamilton
Cole Joseph Harris
Nour Saida Harzallah
Faith M. Haverty
Maya Stefania Hayda
Sofia Yi-Ya Headley
Meghan Ariel Heffernan
Jackson Elliot Heins
Daniel Lawson Helfman
Andrew Burke Hennessy
Tatsuya Hiki
Drew Timberlake Hill
Kimberly Ho
Leo Morton Holland
Daniel Gardner Holt
Thomas Augustin Horikawa
Yang Hu
Jared Ryan Huennekens
Seth Spatz Hultgren
Jaylah Symone Humphrey
Marguerite Faye Humphrey
Marion Newcomb Humphreys
Shuyuan Hung
Erika Taylin Hunter
Syed Irtiza Hussain
Alma Hutter
Muhammad Aman Ibadullah
Madeline Ikeda
Eric Gray Ingall
Claire Isenegger
Nina Miller Isenstein
Ian Max Jacobson
Ronan Christopher Jacoby
Isabella Jane Jaffe
Pauline Katherine Jaffe
Kayla I. Jaikaran
Plearn Janvatanavit
Samuel Javal
Sam Chase Javellana Hill
Sushraya Shuchie Jay
Do Hyeok Jeon
Shakeel Kadin Jessa
Brittany Jiang
Jin Cheng Jiang
Stella Chapin Jiler
Yihua Jin
Mary Charlotte Johnson
Jack Joseph Jontz
Ashna Abhijit Joshi
Brendan David Joyce
Jodie T. Kahan
Julia Elizabeth Kahn
Akanksha Bhat Kalasabail
Benjamin Victor Kandel-Zasloff
Supavee Kanjanakuha
Harrison Adam Karp
Jeremy Albert Kattan
Garrett John Kaufmann
Brendan Thomas Keane
Rachel Julia Kerr
Kasim Ayub Khan
Shiv Khanna
Dohyung Kim
Jung Woo Kim
Justin Yoon-Ho Kim
Susanna Mina Kim
Gabriela Linda King
Alla Kiperman
Yuke Fadhillah Kirana
Polina Kiseleva
Itai Eren Klaidman-Rinat
Zoe Belle Klass-Warch
Noah Joseph Kline
Kevin Koech
Sophia Jo Korostoff-Larsson
John Peter Kraus
Elia Thelonious Kruger
Connor J. Krusac
Daniel P. Kulick
Tsun Lok Kwan
Han Beom Kwon
Han Bin Kwon
Jenna Patricia Lacey
Thea LaCrosse
Luca Jagger LaFayette
Ivy Katherine Lagerberg
Nyaiah Janice Lamb
Cole Land
Phoebe Jewett Landsman
Dana Olivia Langer
Tallulah Rose Miriam Largent
Julie E. Lawrence
Bofta Tiberh Leakemariam
Tyler Simon Lederer-Plaskett
Joshua Timothy Ledford
Jiwan Lee
John Sang-Yup Lee
Samuel Gaetano Lefante
Emily Caldicott Leggat
Michelle Tiffany Lei
Jolie Nicole Leuchten
Jared Michael Levine
Ezra Moise Levy
John E. Lewis Jr.
Wei Li
Sara Libberton
Isaac Sanger Liebler
Frances Nai Fen Lin
Noa Chang Lin
Yihan Lin
Henry Hong-yi Lin-David
Eric William Lindheim-Marx
Sophie Olivia Linett
Hayley Beth Lipson
Nicholas Jerome Litt
Bingchen Liu
Jianbang Liu
Katherine Rebekah Lynn Livingston
Jamee Elizabeth Lockard
Sydney Nicole Lodge
Cristina Francesca LoGiudice
Zixi Long
Julien Lavalette Loo
Grace Kelly Lopez
Kathryn Lopez
Olivia Wetherill Lopez
Xavier Rene Lopez
Kimberly Lopez Vasquez
Rebecca Nicole Lopez-Anido
Jaclyn Nicole Lore-Edwards
Katherine Anne Louderback
Brittany Lynn Love
Angela Alessandra Loyola Vizcarra
Sarah Beth Lucente
Kate Yuru Luo
Benjamin Warren Lyon
Esme Mayumi Lytle
William Matrone Mack
Nathali Jubilee Madrid
Miguel Armando Madrid Guevara
Kai Basil Magee
Carolina Cecilia Mahedy
Aditi Netra Mahesh
William McCloskey Mahoney
Lola-Mbelu Makombo
Chloe Malushaga
Roby Gardner Mann
Lina Suzanne Marcinczyk
Jesse Matteo Marley
Sophia Mitchell Marra
Andrew Keith Martin
Benjamin Charles Martinez
Nafisa Binte Masud
Madeleine Jane Matz
Theodore Korelitz Matza
Cordray Christina McCann
Casey Elena McClellan
Sara Lindsey McCrea
Benjamin C McDonald
Gem McHaffey
Justin Callel McIntosh
Paul Clayton McLaren
Jake Ryan McMahon
Samantha Ryan Meagher
Ronald Patrick Meehan
Joseph Robert Mescall
Evelyn Blythe Mesler
Jacob Nathanial Meyer
Elizabeth Miller Schai
Payton Andrew Millet
Emma Elizabeth Minges
Erin Tyler Mitchell
Charlotte Sheets Mittenthal
Rachel Alexandra Mondshine
Brenna Nicole Monroe
Iniya Monroe
Dominique Robin Monserrat
Ella Chapin Montague
Carolina A. Montano
Sulma Monterroso
Emily Flora Moon
Ali Mooraj
Douglas Jones Moore
Owen Patrick Moore
Ivanna Gabriella Morales Rodriguez
Nicolas Moran
Kevin Garrett Moriarty
Langston Ralls Morrison
Rosa Jean Munson-Blatt
Hayate Murayama
Sofia Marion Murtaugh
Clara Grace Nachmanoff
Tara Chen Ning-Shi Nair
Alissa Kay Nakamoto
Megan Nally
Kriti Nandini Narayanan
Nehamya Nascimento
Nola Nelson
Emily Anne Newman
Minxuan Ni
Sarah Winslow Bohlen Norden
Andrew Ross Northrop
Samuel Patrick Norton
Maria Christiana Moreira Noto
Kellen James O’Brien
Kathryn Finn O’Connor
Ciara Jeanne O’Flynn
Margaret Elizabeth O’Hanlon
Zoe Oasis
Sarah Aduke Zainab Ohiomah
Corinne Nicole Olson
Tinatin Omoeva
Simon T. Oppenheimer
Katherine Orozco-Hernandez
Giovanni Ortiz
Evan Lute Osofsky
Benjamin Crittenden Owen
Lydia May Paddock
Nicole Olivia Pallat
Ji Yoon Park
Dhruv Jatin Patel
Natasha Jitesh Patel
Maeve Margaret Pattie
Cilicia Francisca Naomi Payne
Anne Gotwals Peartree
Avery Rose Pedell
Indigo Pellegrini de Paur
Sean Christopher Penney
Lauren Shea Peretz
Miguel Perez-Glassner
Neena Perez-Rojas
Cameron Peritz
Thomas Pfefer
Thai An Nguyen Pham
Thao Phan
Arianne Cassandre Philemy
Samuel Michael Phipps
Andrei Lyle Pinkus
Andrew Christopher Pitcher
Eldred Jackson Standing Plumlee
Rachel Shira Pomeranz
Alexander Jace Poppel
Emma Simone Powell
Max Foster Powers
Aditi Prasad
Zoe Janet Pratt
Alma Pres
Donald Lowell Price III
Sydney Prokupek
Nathaniel John Lopez Pugh
Jaivir Puri
Kush Dhruv Puri
Kairui Qian
Quer Qin
Matthew Alexander Querdasi
Eleanor R. Raab
Aidarbek Raev
Vijay C. Ramkissoon
Hadi Cristina Ramos
Katerina I. Ramos-Jordán
Anna-Allegra Ranelli
Chaltu Rashid
Charles Meachen Rau
David Joseph Redfield
Joshua Taylor Reed
Kaci Amanda Juana Reid
Zoe Shu Reifel
Benjamin Shane Reilly
Cole Hansen Reistrup
Mackenzie Wylder Renaud
Emily Elisa Ribatt
Riley Kate Richards
Gabriel Patrick Ridout
Khamil Olivia Riley
Danielle Lynne Rinaldi
Mia Walker Risher
Leon Ristov
Tamara Margarita Rivera
Sadie Melissa Robb
Kyron Ammar Roberts
Lucía Thomas Robinson
Eli Kelly Roche
Camila Rodlauer
Eric Douglas Roe
Malcolm Stewart Roesser
Andrew Timothy Rogers
Adrian Roji Padilla
Grace Eileen Rose
Jordan A. Rose
Arielle Miryam Rosker
Julian Ross
Simon Sayer Rothman
Emma Madelaine Roush
Matthew Nam Rubenstein
Rebecca Johnson Rubenstein
Maia Simone Rubin
Dalia Rubinstein
Deborah Nary Ruiz
Destiny Rosemary Ruiz
Charity Russell
Benjamin Edward Russman
Sophia Mae Ryterband
Matiza Florena Sacotingo
Caroline Anne Salim
Helena Sanchez
Eliana Simone Sanders
Angel Rafael Santana
Kiyo Adelina Saso
Forrest Sassaman
Alessandro Giovanni Sassi
Bachelor of Arts
Joseph Francis Scancarella
Maxwell Julius Scanlon
Amy Leigh Schaap
Cameron Bayard Scharff
Reyna Alexandra Schedler
Benjamin Schneier
Virginia Violet Sciolino
Leah Brianna Seldin
Fatima Ariana Sepulveda
Samuel Allan Serxner
Daniel Joseph Shaheen
Benjamin Harris Shapiro
Emma Florence Shapiro
Bailey Suzanna Share-Aizic
Sarah Shehreen
Alexis Brittany Sher
Tamar Ayala D’vash Shine
Olivia Margaret Siegal
Gabriel Asher Siegel
Simone Chanah Silvan
Jesse Storm Simmons
Fiona Bronwen Skerrett
Jonah Max Skolnik
Dmitri Jaron Slory
Fiona Simone Slusarev
Cameron Esley Smith
Daniel Smith
Emily Frances Smith
Glenn Smith III
SeArah Crystal Smith
Gabriel Barden Snashall
Dominik Roman Sobieszek
Veronica Socorro
Felicia Rose Soderberg
Griselda Solis
Rebekah B Song
Yuke Song
Shantel Sosa
Angie Yosmely Soto Sanchez
Benjamin Jarah Spencer
Frederick Spofford
Benjamin M. Stagoff-Belfort
Claudia Stagoff-Belfort
Grace Leora Stanfield
Lisa Cheryl Stein
Claudia Mathilde Stenbaek
Emma Winston Stern
Theodore Beck Sternlieb
Cole Stevenson
Lauren Anne Stock
Shirley Lynn Sullivan
Shuangqi Sun
Aparna Surya
Grayson Eli Sussman Squires
Alice Catherine Swan
Dara Catherine Swan
John David Swansey Jr.
Marcus O’Bryan Sweeney
Shannon Eileen O’Brien Sweeney
Artur Adam Szopa
Zuzu Taylor Tadeushuk
Sarah Keiko Hatsue Takahashi
Sophia Lily Talcove-Berko
Dick Yee Tan
Harrison James Kai Tan
Yaqian Tang
Avantika Tankala
Tyla J. Taylor
Mason Van Tea
Acadia May Thielking
Tanara Denella Thomas
Isaac Thorman
Nasly Tineo
Kathleen Ann Tizon
Raymond F. Toomer IV
Sophia Townsend
Ekram Mohammed Towsif
Khanh Dan Tran
Emma Winslow Trapani
Alexander Tripp
Zachary Robert Turner
Oriana Ullman
Ivie Eleonora Uzamere
Vishal J. Vaidya
Ty Wightman Vaillant
Maya Sonali Vaishnaw
Simon Alexander Johannes van Baaren
Henry Chester Van Doren
Ricardo Vega
Paulina Anna Veliky
Georgia Nicole Veru
Kyriaki Vetoulis-Acevedo
Alejandra Jannet Villamares
Jolie Lisette Villegas
Ananya Vir
Vanshika Virmani
David Vizgan
Niels Vizgan
Phoebe Tharaka Vlahoplus
Charles DePeyster Vogel
Costel-Tudor Voica
Akaash Waghmode
Henry Burton Pilar Walker-West
Neve Wallace
Margaret E. Walters
Chenjia Wang
Christopher Lee Wang
Fengbeiling Wang
Heran Wang
Jingxu Wang
Hyunwoo Alan Choi Ward
Imani-Ashleigh Monifa Watkis
Molly H. Watstein
Andrew David Weiss
Dayna Rose Weissman
Thomas Francis Whelan
Lucas Charles White
Rylee Aurele White
Isabella Anne Whiting
Fitzroy Christopher Wickham
Marina Williams
Gavin Enver Willis
Patrick William Wolff
Christy Amber Wong
Phillip Wong
Isobel Woodfin
William Wu
Catherine Weng Xi
Guangxuan Xu
Yufan Xu
Rujun Yan
Edward Arthur Yanez
Donglai Yang
Gayon Yang
Alexander Yuan Yao
Christian Francis Yau-Weeks
Timothy Yen
Anna Maria Yeo
Caris Farrell Yeoman
Seth Matthew Louis Younger
Denny Taylor Yu
Hang Yu
Sherwin Yu
Ayan Zamil
Matthew Charles Zandi
Brenda Zaragoza
Elizabeth Zaubler
Kayla Elizabeth Zentmaier
Xiaohan Zhan
Hongjia Zhang
Shuhan Zhang
Xinyue Zhang
Wangyiran Zhou
Alec M. Zhu
Tessa Rose Zitter
Minyue Zuo
PHI BETA KAPPA
The Wesleyan Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was organized in 1845 and is the ninth-oldest chapter in the country. Membership is conferred for high scholastic achievement. Fall election eligibility is based on a student’s grades at the end of junior year; spring election is based on four-year achievement.
ELECTED FALL 2020
Jacob P. Barabas
Kian Alexander Caplan
Julia Grace Gyourko
Do Hyeok Jeon
Harrison Adam Karp
Jack Kwon
Jake Kwon
Kate Yuru Luo
Rosa Jean Munson-Blatt
Sarah Winslow Bohlen Norden
Kellen James O’Brien
Eleanor R. Raab
Olivia Margaret Siegal
Maya S. Vaishnaw
Hongjia Zhang
ELECTED SPRING 2021
Jack Fox Baum
Hannah Rice Berman
Michael Evan Planells Bloom
Tess Hildegard Brunner
Benjamin Drury Bushnell
Kin Wai Cheung
Julia Chung
Tracy Elizabeth Cooper
Charlotte Blythe Curnin
Joseph W. Cutler
Carol H. Dalgarno
Ruby Paulina Duffy
Katherine Elizabeth Eaton
Elizabeth Chatwin Edwards
Lucas Eras Paiva
Talia Jamie Feldscher
Claudia Jo Ferrara
Graciela Gautier-Jusino
Danielle G. Gozzo
Xiangyi Guo
Nour Saida Harzallah
Maya Stefania Hayda
Marion Newcomb Humphreys
Mary Charlotte Johnson
Jack Joseph Jontz
Julia Elizabeth Kahn
Noah Joseph Kline
Emily Caldicott Leggat
Wei Li
Sara Libberton
Frances Nai Fen Lin
Sophie Olivia Linett
Julien Lavalette Loo
Sarah Beth Lucente
Benjamin Warren Lyon
William Matrone Mack
William McCloskey Mahoney
Andrew Keith Martin
Elizabeth Miller Schai
Emily Flora Moon
Minxuan (Kathy) Ni
Andrew Ross Northrop
Ciara Jeanne O’Flynn
Margaret Elizabeth O’Hanlon
Alma Pres
Katerina I. Ramos-Jordán
Lucia Thomas Robinson
Eric Douglas Roe
Simon Sayer Rothman
Matthew Nam Rubenstein
Rebecca Johnson Rubenstein
Cameron Bayard Scharff
Gabriel Asher Siegel
Jesse Storm Simmons
Jonah Max Skolnik
Felicia Rose Soderberg
Lisa Cheryl Stein
Claudia Mathilde Stenbaek
Emma Winston Stern
Lauren Anne Stock
Shirley Lynn Sullivan
Zuzu Taylor Tadeushuk
Harrison Tan
Yaqian Tang
Tyla J. Taylor
Acadia May Thielking
Khanh Dan Tran
Alexander Tripp
Niels Vizgan
Phoebe Tharaka Vlahoplus
Catherine Weng Xi
Donglai Yang
Betsy Zaubler
THE HONORS PROGRAM
Degrees with University Honors
Zoe Shu Reifel
Jonah Max Skolnik
Alexander Tripp
Phoebe Tharaka Vlahoplus
Xinyue Zhang
Degrees with High Honors
Dylan Inish Abramson
Computer Science
Gabriela S. Banda
Art Studio
Jacob P. Barabas
College of Social Studies
Economics
Hannah Rice Berman
English
Italian Studies
Sanya Bery
Government
Samuel Erik Bidwell
Mathematics
Clara Luisa Bryan
General Scholarship
Kian Alexander Caplan
Neuroscience & Behavior
Julia Claire Cella
Sociology
Kin Wai Cheung
Economics
Maximilien Ching-Sien Chong Lee Shin
General Scholarship
Skyler Cummings
Anthropology
Joseph W. Cutler
Computer Science
Carol H. Dalgarno
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Sophia Simone Mnookin Dienstag
Film Studies
Nia Nyelle Felton
Art History
Safa Serene Figal
Sociology
Terra Mae Ganey
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Haochen Gao
Mathematics
Stella Dorothy Ginsberg
Film Studies
Danielle G. Gozzo
Psychology
Olivia Grace DiEnno Gracey
Sociology
Sarina Rose Hahn
General Scholarship
Nour Saida Harzallah
Physics
Maya Stefania Hayda
Art History
Kimberly Ho
Astronomy
Jin Cheng Jiang
College of Social Studies
Harrison Adam Karp
Economics
Jared Michael Levine
Psychology
Eric William Lindheim-Marx
French Studies
Nicholas Jerome Litt
Theater
Bingchen Liu
Physics
Katherine Rebekah Lynn Livingston
English
Julien Lavalette Loo
Economics
Rebecca Nicole Lopez-Anido
Environmental Studies
Madeleine Jane Matz
Anthropology
Sara Lindsey McCrea
College of Letters
Payton Andrew Millet
Music
Ivanna Gabriella Morales Rodriguez
Sociology
Hayate Murayama
Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
Tara Chen Ning-Shi Nair
College of Social Studies
Andrew Ross Northrop
Neuroscience & Behavior
Ciara Jeanne O’Flynn
Art Studio
Avery Rose Pedell
Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Katerina I. Ramos-Jordán
Dance
English
Zoe Shu Reifel
General Scholarship
Riley Kate Richards
Art History
Gabriel Patrick Ridout
English
Simon Sayer Rothman
Physics
Amy Leigh Schaap
Art Studio
Virginia Violet Sciolino
Religion
Olivia Margaret Siegal
Psychology
Jonah Max Skolnik
Government
Medieval Studies
Gabriel Barden Snashall
Environmental Studies
Benjamin M. Stagoff-Belfort
Economics
Claudia Stagoff-Belfort
Science in Society
Lauren Anne Stock
Sociology
Grayson Eli Sussman Squires
College of Social Studies
John David Swansey Jr.
Anthropology
Zuzu Taylor Tadeushuk
Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Yaqian Tang
Mathematics
Mason Van Tea
Astronomy
Isaac Thorman
General Scholarship
Neuroscience & Behavior
Kathleen Ann Tizon
English
Alexander Tripp
Music
David Vizgan
Astronomy
Phoebe Tharaka Vlahoplus
History
Molly H. Watstein
Astronomy
Thomas Francis Whelan
Physics
Isabella Anne Whiting
Environmental Studies
Catherine Weng Xi
College of Social Studies
Donglai Yang
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Elizabeth Zaubler
American Studies
Theater
Xinyue Zhang
College of Social Studies
History
Degrees with Honors
Stephanie Ades
English
Isabel Rose Algrant
Theater
Lena V. Allon
American Studies
Mo’ath Mohamed Almahasneh
Economics
Guillermo A. Alvarez
Government
Trent Jeffrey Babington
English
Tyler Trippe Barr
Art Studio
Sanya Bery
Environmental Studies
Michael Evan Planells Bloom
Film Studies
Nicholas Brattoli
College of Social Studies
Italian Studies
Benjamin Xavier Cahill
History
Nicholas Gary Cantin
English
Tianxin Chen
College of Letters
Jia Chi
College of Social Studies
Niko Maajid Christian
College of Social Studies
Candice April Ragasa Cirilo
Art Studio
Ramon Martin Olivares Co
College of Letters
Caroline Rose Colbert
French Studies
Government
Tracy Elizabeth Cooper
Music
Caitlin Emma Cowan
English
Roselini Angelica Infante Cucueco
Film Studies
Alyssa Marie DaSilva
Art Studio
Mae Bennett Davies
College of Letters
Lia Josee Di Bitonto
Anthropology
Rebecca Julia Downer
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Ruby Paulina Duffy
College of Social Studies
Francesco Maurizio Andrew Duffy-Boscagli
College of Letters
Katherine Elizabeth Eaton
English
Lucas Eras Paiva
Anthropology
Alp Can Eren
College of Social Studies
Zachary Aidan Farnsworth
Dance
Caroline Scheer Finkelstein
Government
Harper Waits Gambill
Sociology
Amy Serena Geiger
Sociology
Nima Ghasoor
College of Social Studies
Sydnee Marie Goyer
Economics
Xiangyi Guo
Psychology
Daniel Gardner Holt
Anthropology
Shuyuan Hung
College of Social Studies
Economics
Erika Taylin Hunter
Government
Sam Chase Javellana Hill
Art Studio
Stella Chapin Jiler
Sociology
Brendan Thomas Keane
English
Dohyung Kim
Art Studio
Gabriela Linda King
Film Studies
Itai Eren Klaidman-Rinat
Film Studies
Phoebe Jewett
Government
Noa Chang Lin
Art Studio
Yihan Lin
Anthropology
Eric William Lindheim-Marx
College of Letters
Kathryn Lopez
Film Studies
Sarah Beth Lucente
Film Studies
Benjamin Warren Lyon
Art Studio
Aditi Netra Mahesh
College of Social Studies
William McCloskey Mahoney
Classical Civilization
College of Letters
Benjamin Charles Martinez
Astronomy
Gem McHaffey
English
Samantha Ryan Meagher
Sociology
Evelyn Blythe Mesler
German Studies
Emma Elizabeth Minges
College of Letters
Rachel Alexandra Mondshine
Art Studio
Dominique Robin Monserrat
Education Studies
Langston Ralls Morrison
College of Letters
Rosa Jean Munson-Blatt
Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Science in Society
Hayate Murayama
College of Social Studies
Minxuan Ni
College of Social Studies
French Studies
Kellen James O’Brien
Physics
Nicole Olivia Pallat
Physics
Natasha Jitesh Patel
College of Letters
Indigo Pellegrini de Paur
Government
Lauren Shea Peretz
College of Social Studies
Government
Thai An Nguyen Pham
Art Studio
Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Eldred Jackson Standing Plumlee
Music
Quer Qin
College of Social Studies
Government
Eleanor R. Raab
Government
Cole Hansen Reistrup
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Sadie Melissa Robb
Anthropology
Kyron Ammar Roberts
African American Studies
Art Studio
Lucía Thomas Robinson
Film Studies
Eric Douglas Roe
Art Studio
Andrew Timothy Rogers
Archaeology
Dalia Rubinstein
College of Social Studies
Benjamin Edward Russman
Music
Forrest Sassaman
Film Studies
Cameron Bayard Scharff
Philosophy
Benjamin Schneier
Art Studio
Simone Chanah Silvan
English
Veronica Socorro
Art Studio
Emma Winston Stern
Government
Lauren Anne Stock
Theater
Zuzu Taylor Tadeushuk
English
Raymond F. Toomer IV
Psychology
Ekram Mohammed Towsif
Physics
Ty Wightman Vaillant
Film Studies
Henry Burton Pilar Walker-West
Philosophy
Margaret E. Walters
Film Studies
Dayna Rose Weissman
Art Studio
Edward Arthur Yanez
College of Social Studies
History
Ayan Zamil
Economics
Tessa Rose Zitter
Archaeology
Classical Civilization
ACADEMIC PRIZES & FELLOWSHIPS
GEORGE H. ACHESON AND GRASS FOUNDATION PRIZE IN NEUROSCIENCE
Neuroscience and behavior
Kian Caplan ’21
Ana Finnerty-Haggerty ’21
Andrew Northrop ’21
Fitzroy Wickham ’21
ALUMNI PRIZE IN THE HISTORY OF ART
Art History
Nia Felton ’21
Riley Richards ’21
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ANALYTICAL AWARD
Analytical chemistry
Cole Harris ’21
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY CONNECTICUT VALLEY SECTION AWARD
Chemistry
Emma Shapiro ’21
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY UNDERGRADUATE AWARD IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Inorganic chemistry
Abrar Habib ’21
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY UNDERGRADUATE AWARD IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Organic chemistry
Niels Vizgan ~ GRAD
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY UNDERGRADUATE AWARD IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Physical chemistry
Caitlin Grant ’22
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTS AWARD
Chemistry
Gianna Argento ’21
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOCHEMISTRY HONOR SOCIETY
Molecular biology and biochemistry
Nour Saida Harzallah ’21
Jack Kwon ’21
Shawn Lin ’22
Alex Poppel ~ GRAD
Maya Vaishnaw ’21
AYRES PRIZE
Highest academic standing in the first semester
Mikoto Nakamura ’24
BEINECKE SCHOLARSHIP
Graduate study in the arts, humanities, and social sciences
Zubaida Bello ’22
BERTMAN PRIZE
Physics
Nour Saida Harzallah ’21
Simon Rothman ’21
BEST HONORS THESIS IN SOCIOLOGY AWARD
Outstanding sociology thesis
Julia Cella ’21
Safa Figal ’21
Olivia Gracey ’21
Ivanna Morales ’21
Lauren Stock ’21
BLANKENAGEL PRIZE
German studies
Jenna Lacey ’21
Julian White ’22
BRADLEY PRIZE
Chemistry
Sterre Hesseling ’22
Emma Shapiro ’21
BRIDGE BUILDER AWARD
Service to Wesleyan and Middletown
Ericka Ekhator ’21
Middletown Mutual Aid Collective
CHRISTOPHER BRODIGAN FUND AWARD
Public service or research in Africa
Maximilien Chong Lee Shin ’21
Kevin Koech ’21
ERNESS BRODY PRIZE
African American studies
Khamil Riley ’21
BRUNER FRESHMAN IMPROVEMENT PRIZE
Greatest improvement from first semester
Kayla Jefferson ’23
BUTLER PRIZE
Honors thesis in Third World history
Xinyue Zhang ’21
BUTTERFIELD PRIZE
Character, leadership, intellect, and concern for Wesleyan
Alyssa Carlson ’21
Nour Saida Harzallah ’21
Tyla Taylor ’21
CAMP PRIZE
English
Caridad Cruz ’21
Gabriel Ridout ’21
Zuzu Tadeushuk ’21
CARDINAL CREST AWARD
Leadership in the WSA
Anna Nguyen ’22
CHADBOURNE PRIZE
Outstanding character, conduct, and scholarship in a first-year student
Rachel Wachman ’24
CITATION OF CITIZENSHIP IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
Contributions to Math or Computer Science departments
Sam Bidwell ’21
CLARK FELLOWSHIP
Graduate study in medicine
Kate Luo ’21
DR. NEIL CLENDENINN PRIZE
Excellence in biology and/or molecular biology and biochemistry by an African American student
Babila Fomuteh ’21
Yaje Nshanji ’22
COLE PRIZE
Best first-year student writing
Rachel Wachman ’24
THE CONGRESS-BUNDESTAG YOUTH EXCHANGE FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
One-year fellowship in Germany
Patrick Wolff ’21
HERBERT LEE CONNELLY PRIZE
English literature and unusual ability in nonfiction writing
Ali Banach ’22
Emily Burstein ’21
Elim Lee ’22
DAVENPORT PRIZE
Government and politics
Juliet Dale ’21
Eleanor Raab ’21
DORCHESTER PRIZE
Best English thesis
Katerina Ramos-Jordán ’21
Gabriel Ridout ’21
Kathleen Tizon ’21
W.E.B. DUBOIS PRIZE
African American studies
Arianne Philemy ’21
DUTCHER PRIZE
History
Julia Gyourko ’21
Phoebe Vlahoplus ’21
Xinyue Zhang ’21
EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM OF THE YEAR AWARD
Exceptional campus program
Salvation
WILLIAM FIRSHEIN PRIZE
Molecular biology and biochemistry
Nour Saida Harzallah ’21
Shantel Sosa ’21
FIRST-YEAR LEADERSHIP AWARD
Outstanding leadership
Emma Bella Bass-Lawrence ’24
SUSAN FRAZER PRIZE
French language
Andres Angeles-Paredes ’24
Naya Jorgensen ’24
BEULAH FRIEDMAN PRIZE
Art history
Maya Hayda ’21
FULBRIGHT ENGLISH TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARD
Teaching assistantship in classroom abroad
Ji Yoon Park ’21
Lupita Sanchez ~ GRAD
FULBRIGHT STUDY/RESEARCH AWARD
One year of study at a foreign university
Susannah Greenblatt ’16
Mira Guth ’18
David Vizgan ’21
GAY, LESBIAN, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES PRIZE
Best research and writing in gay, lesbian, and sexuality studies
Gabriel Ridout ’21
GIFFIN PRIZE
Religion
Virginia Sciolino ’21
AKIVA GOLDSMAN PRIZE IN SCREENWRITING
Best full-length screenplay
Michael Bloom ’21
GRADUATE STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD
Active leadership in campus life
Naomi Glascock ~ GRAD
GRAHAM PRIZE
Natural science
Kian Caplan ’21
Jack Kwon ’21Kate Luo ’21
Simon Rothman ’21
HALLOWELL PRIZE
Social science
Jacob Barabas ’21
Xinyue Zhang ’21
HAWK PRIZE
Biochemistry
Alyssa Carlson ’21
Carol Dalgarno ’21
Nour Saida Harzallah ’21
Jack Kwon ’21
Jake Kwon ’21Kate Luo ’21
Clara Nachmanoff ’21
Maya Vaishnaw ’21
HEALTH EDUCATION PRIZE
Promotion of healthy lifestyles and disease prevention
Kate Luo ’21
HEIDEMAN AWARD
Service to the Wesleyan CommunityJoel Groves ’21
Abrar Habib ’21
RACHEL HENDERSON THEATER PRIZE
Theater
Isabel Algrant ’21
Nathan Baron Silvern ’21
Julia Chung ’21
HOLZBERG FELLOWSHIP
Psychology
Olivia Siegal ’21
HORGAN PRIZE
Best short story
Caelan Campbell ’22
Caridad Cruz ’21
Henry Lin-David ’21
Samuel Pollak ’22
INGRAHAM PRIZE
Greek
William Mahoney ’21
JESSUP PRIZE
Architecture and design
Benjamin Lyon ’21
Eric Roe ’21
JOHNSTON PRIZE
Physics
John Guillamon ’22
Ian Huang ’24
Rijs Johansongordet ’24
Serena Landers ’24
NANCY KATHAN AWARD
Film
Lu Robinson ’21
LEAVELL MEMORIAL PRIZE ~ MUSIC
World music
Lisa Stein ’21
Alex Tripp ’21
LEBERGOTT-LOVELL PRIZE
Best econometric paper
Joshua Ng ’20
Benjamin Stagoff-Belfort ’21
Elizabeth Vann ’20
LIMBACH PRIZE
Social service to Middletown and/or Wesleyan
Jordan Agricula ’21
Emily McEvoy ’22
LIPSKY PRIZE
Choir
David Baraka ’21
LITTELL PRIZE
Astronomy
Benjamin Martinez ’21
David Vizgan ’21
MANN PRIZE
Romance languages
Hannah Berman ’21
Caridad Cruz ’21
Casimir Fulleylove-Golob ’22
Eric Lindheim-Marx ’21
Tinatin Omoeva ’21
Kiyo Saso ’21
Tyla Taylor ’21
MARTIUS YELLOW AWARD
Excellence in organic synthesis
Sophie Wazlowski ’22
MEYER PRIZE
American history
Benjamin Cahill ’21
JOAN W. MILLER PRIZE
Best College of Social Studies thesis
Jacob Barabas ’21
Xinyue Zhang ’21
SAM MILLER PRIZE
Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance award for outstanding thesis
Jamie M. Gahlon ~ GRAD
MONROE PRIZE
Best sophomore or junior scholarly essay in African American studies
Zubaida Bello ’22
DAVID MORGAN PRIZE
Integrity and commitment to community by a CSS or history major
Catherine Xi ’21
Edward Yanez ’21
PETER MORGENSTERN-CLARREN SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARD
Social justice
Kevonte Payton ’22Mario TorresAstrid Vidal
MOSAIC AWARD
Diversity awareness
Student-Athlete of Color Leadership Council
GERALDINE J. MURPHY PRIZE
Outstanding critical essay focusing on short fiction or novels
Violet Daar ’22
Mosab Hamid ’23
NEEDLER PRIZE
Excellence in Hebrew or Jewish studies
Niels Vizgan ~ GRAD
CAROL B. OHMANN MEMORIAL PRIZE
Feminist, gender, and sexuality studies
Nacala Gadsden ’21
Avery Pedell ’21
Felicia Soderberg ’21
Zuzu Tadeushuk ’21
OLIN FELLOWSHIP
English
Ali Banach ’22
Joseph Cohen ’22
Hunter Julo ’22Elim Lee ’22
Jahnavi Mehta ’22
Jada Reid ’22
Isaac Slomski-Pritz ’22
OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
Service in theater community
Isabel Algrant ’21
Thea LaCrosse ’21
Betsy Zaubler ’21
OUTSTANDING COLLABORATION AWARD
Programming in the spirit of partnership and teamwork
Every Vote Counts
PARKER PRIZE
Public speaking
Sarah Backer ’22
Benjamin Dachman ’22
Magda Kisielinska ’22
PEIRCE PRIZE
Excellence in biology, chemistry, or geology
Sophia Marra ’21
PETERSON FELLOWSHIP
Biochemistry
Nick Wells ~ GRAD
PLUKAS PRIZE
Economics
Jacob Barabas ’21
Kin Wai Cheung ’21
Harrison Karp ’21
Julien Loo ’21
Benjamin Stagoff-Belfort ’21
PLUKAS TEACHING APPRENTICE AWARD
Awarded for excellent performance as a teaching apprentice or course assistant
Mo’ath Almahasneh ’21
Justin Antoine ’21
Tyler Barr ’21
Jack Baum ’21
Philippe Gene Bungabong ’22
Jiaxuan Chen ’23
Johanna Copeland ’21
Norm Cotteleer ’22Bryan Do ’24
Hudson Dore ’22
Laura Garvey ’21
Nikki Gerjarusak ’21
Debbra Goh ’24
Patrick Grahling ’21
Shuyuan Hung ’21
Pauline Jaffe ’21
Edrea Jiang ’23
Keeli Johnson ’22
Ryan Jokelson ’24
Matthew Justh ’23
Sandy Kanjanakuha ’21
Gaelin Kingston ’22
Perry Kleemann ’22
Hannah Landel ’22
Wei Li ’21
Cristina LoGiudice ’21
Ethan Lubin ’23
Griffin Maristany ’22
Andrew Martin ’21
Shannon McLoughlin ’23
Juan Medina ’22
Rose Merjos ’23
Ananya Parthasarathy ’22
Kevonte Payton ’22
Eric Rumsfeld ’23
Emerson Sarni ’22
Ben Shapiro ’21
Mackenzie Sheehan ’22
Haley Slosberg ’23
Zyaire Sterling ’22
Aparna Surya ’21
Christopher Textor ’22
Jess Tran ’21
Ashley Tuen ’23
Flora Yao ’23
Ayan Zamil ’21
Alexa Zhang ’23
GWEN LIVINGSTON POKORA PRIZE
Music composition
Jace Arouet ’21
Jack Kraus ’21
Payton Millet ’21
PRENTICE PRIZE
German
Anna Tjeltveit ’23
SOPHIE AND ANNE REED PRIZE
Poetry
Sahara Sidi ’22
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
Two years of study at Oxford
Fitzroy Wickham ’21
Rice Prize
Mathematics
Haochen Gao ’21
Yaqian Tang ’21
MICHAEL RICE PRIZE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
Excellence in computer science
Joseph Cutler ’21
RICH PRIZE
Orations
Bryan Chong ’21
Jack Jontz ’21
Arianne Philemy ’21
ROBERTSON PRIZE
Mathematics
Jihong Gan ’23
ROBINS MEMORIAL PRIZE
History
Phoebe Vlahoplus ’21
STEVEN J. ROSS PRIZE
Best undergraduate film
Kathryn Lopez ’21
JUAN ROURA-PARELLA PRIZE
Curiosity and general learning
Katerina Ramos-Jordán ’21
Xinyue Zhang ’21
ROBERT SCHUMANN DISTINGUISHED STUDENT AWARD
Academic accomplishment and environmental stewardship
Frances Lin ’21
Catherine Xi ’21
SCOTT BIOMEDICAL PRIZE
Molecular biology and biochemistry
Tyler Boone ’21
Nathan Gamble ’21
Isabella Jaffe ’21
Evan Osofsky ’21
Alex Poppel ~ GRAD
Shantel Sosa ’21
Ekram Towsif ’21
SCOTT PRIZE ~ CHINESE
Excellence in Chinese
Jess Tran ’21
SCOTT PRIZE ~ FRENCH
Excellence in French
Kathy Ni ’21
Matiza Sacotingo ’21
SCOTT PRIZE ~ GERMAN STUDIES
Excellence in German
Evelyn Mesler ’21
SCOTT PRIZE ~ HEBREW
Excellence in Hebrew
Alma Pres ’21
Niels Vizgan ~ GRAD
SCOTT PRIZE ~ ITALIAN
Excellence in Italian
Ariel Deutsch ’21
Cristina LoGiudice ’21
SCOTT PRIZE ~ JAPANESE
Excellence in Japanese
Ella Biehn ’23
SCOTT PRIZE ~ KOREAN
Excellence in Korean
Alexandra Czaran ’21
SCOTT PRIZE ~ PORTUGUESE
Excellence in Portuguese
Asher Edelman ’23
SCOTT PRIZE ~ RUSSIAN
Excellence in Russian
Graciela Gautier ’21
Olivia Siegal ’21
SCOTT PRIZE ~ SPANISH
Excellence in Spanish
Rebecca Rubenstein ’21
Alexis Sher ’21
MARY AND JOHN SEASE PRIZE
Environmental science
Rebecca Downer ’21
Cole Reistrup ’21Andy Tan ’21
SEHLINGER PRIZE
Premedical study
Kate Luo ’21
SENIOR LEGACY AWARD
Leadership in the Wesleyan community
Alice Swan ’21
FRANCES M. SHENG PRIZE
Excellence in Chinese or Japanese
Abdelrahman Elsayed ’21
Casey McClellan ’21
SHERMAN PRIZE ~ MATH
Excellence in first-year mathematics
Rylie Harris ’24
Vibhuv Reddy ’24
RAE SHORTT PRIZE
Excellence in mathematics by a junior
Morgan Long ’22
Cheng Shi ’22
SAMUEL C. SILIPO PRIZE
Most valuable player in the Wesleyan orchestra
Henry Lin-David ’21
Matt Muldowney ’22
SILVERMAN PRIZE
Chemistry
Oliver Cho ’22
Annika Velez ’22
SKIRM PRIZE
Best junior research or writing project in government
Gabriel Snashall ’21
SOCIAL ACTIVIST AWARD
Social activism
Emily McEvoy ’22
SPINNEY PRIZE
Best original essay on Greek or Roman civilization
Tessa Zitter ’21
SPURRIER AWARD
Ethics
Mary Johnson ’21
STUDENT ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR
Excellence in leadership and programming
Ujamaa
TAYLOR SCHOLARSHIP
History
Zubaida Bello ’22
Izzy Salazar ’22
THORNDIKE PRIZE
Psychology
Danielle Gozzo ’21
TISHLER TEACHING AWARD
Best graduate teaching assistant in chemistry
Jeff Keyes ~ GRAD
ELIZABETH VERVEER TISHLER PRIZE ~ ART
Outstanding senior art exhibit
Sarina Hahn ’21
Ciara O’Flynn ’21
DAVID A. TITUS MEMORIAL PRIZE
Summer study for a junior majoring in government, East Asian studies, the College of Social Studies
India Daniel ’22
Maya Gomberg ’22
Natalie Selfe ’22
SHU TOKITA PRIZE
Student of color majoring in literature and area studies
Jasmyn Choi ’22
Jada Reid ’22
TOLOLYAN FUND FOR THE STUDY OF DIASPORAS AND TRANSNATIONALISM
Summer research
Quentin Tan ’22
TRENCH PRIZE
Religion
Lisa Stein ’21
VANGUARD PRIZE
Academic excellence and significant contribution to racial diversity at Wesleyan
Irmina Benson ’21
CeCe Payne ’21
WALKLEY PRIZE
Psychology
Sara Libberton ’21
WELLER PRIZE
Highest academic average for the sophomore year
Charlotte Babbin ’22
WESLEYAN BLACK ALUMNI COUNCIL MEMORIAL PRIZE
Summer independent study or community service related to concerns of Black people
Arnaud Gerlus ’22
Nina Kagan ’23
Leevon Matthews ’23
Kevonte Payton ’22
WESLEYAN GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP
Independent exploration outside the U.S.
William Briskin ’21
Grace Lopez ’21
Indigo Pellegrini de Paur ’21
WESLEYAN LIBRARY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PRIZE
Creative use of Wesleyan library resources
Evelyn Burke ’21
Ori Cantwell ’22
Lexa Krebs ’23
WESLEYAN MEMORIAL PRIZE
Outstanding character, leadership, and scholarship in a junior
Anna Nguyen ’22
WHITE FELLOWSHIP ~ GOVERNMENT</4>
Excellence in government
Faren Bartholomew ’21
Taylin Hunter ’21
Syed Hussain ’21
Jack Jontz ’21
Angela Loyola ’21
Shea Peretz ’21
Andrei Pinkus ’21
Emma Roush ’21
Alexis Sher ’21
Jonah Skolnik ’21
Felicia Soderberg ’21
Emma Stern ’21
Alice Swan ’21
WHITE FELLOWSHIP ~
History
Excellence in history
Zubaida Bello ’22
WHITE PRIZE
Economics
Jacob Barabas ’21
Jack Baum ’21
Kin Wai Cheung ’21
Harrison Karp ’21
Wei Li ’21
Julien Loo ’21
William Mack ’21
Wilson Mccloy ’22
Jess Tran ’21
Shiyu Zhu ’22
WILDE PRIZE
Excellence in economics
Harrison Karp ’21
WINCHESTER ENGL 201 ESSAY PRIZE
Best essay written in a section of ENGL201
Alice Dauchez ’23
WINCHESTER FELLOWSHIP
Postgraduate work in English
Nicole Adabunu ’21
Isaac Guzman ’21
Mina Khan ’20
Raphael Linden ’15
Katie Livingston ’21
Avigayl Sharp ’17
WINCHESTER FIRST-YEAR ESSAY PRIZE
Best essay written by a first-year student in English
Anna Hauser ’23
WISE PRIZE
Best essay on moral science
Henry Walker-West ’21
GRADUATE DEGREES AT WESLEYAN
Wesleyan has granted graduate degrees for more than 125 years. Aaron Treadwell, Class of 1888, received the first such degree, an M.S., at the graduation exercises of 1891. He went on to earn a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago and to serve as a professor of biology and zoology at Vassar College from 1900 to 1937.
The granting of unearned master’s degrees to alumni was a common practice in American higher education through most of the 19th century. Three years after obtaining the B.A., a Wesleyan graduate who had “sustained a good moral character” could obtain the M.A. by payment of “the customary fee of five dollars.” Upon recommendation of the faculty in the late 1880s, the trustees terminated this practice. The last such degrees were dispensed in 1891.
The awarding of honorary master’s degrees at Wesleyan began with the first Commencement. In 1833, the Rev. John Foster, principal of Wesleyan Academy (now Wilbraham & Monson Academy), was so recognized by the University. Foster was a self-educated Methodist circuit rider who came to this country from England in 1823. One hundred and five years later, Wesleyan’s M.A. was the first honorary degree received by another largely self-educated man, Frank Lloyd Wright.
In 1894, the M.A. ad eundem gradum was first granted to “permanent members of the faculty who are graduates of other colleges.” As the Latin phrase suggests, this degree went to those who held a degree of at least the same grade from another institution. Among the “permanent” or full professors thus brought into the Wesleyan alumni ranks in 1894 was President Bradford P. Raymond, the first president of the University to hold a Ph.D.
Commencement ceremonies from 1954 to 1976 included the awarding of Master of Arts in Teaching degrees. In 1955, Wesleyan’s Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program, the earliest of its kind in American higher education, produced its first eight graduates.
THE MUSIC
Singing of the “Alma Mater” and Wesleyan “Fight Song” will be led by members of Wesleyan singing groups.
PROCESSIONAL MUSIC
Taiko Drumming Ensemble
Directed by
Fumi Tanakadate ’12, Visiting Instructor in Music
Shuyuan Hung ’21
Daniel P. Kulick ’20
Midori Larsen
Barbara Merjan
Khanh Dan Tran ’21
Hang Yang ’22
ACADEMIC REGALIA AND THE PROCESSION
The Wesleyan University Commencement honors the successful completion by the graduates of the various prescribed courses of study. The Commencement is one of the few public events at which the University celebrates the academic purposes and accomplishments of members of the Wesleyan family. In symbolic recognition of these achievements, the trustees, administrators, faculty, and recipients of degrees are attired in academic costume for this occasion. In 1997, Wesleyan began the practice of inviting the parents of Wesleyan students who serve as educators, either teachers or administrators, to don academic regalia and march as a division in the procession.
Please note: Due to safety protocols on campus during the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Commencement procession has a limited number of participants (other than graduates). In addition, the recession will not be held.
Traditionally, the Wesleyan procession* is arranged by academic degrees, lowest to highest. Within each group of degree recipients, the graduates are ordered alphabetically. The faculty, administrators, trustees, and parent-educators are arranged by date of receipt of the first, or bachelor’s, degree, youngest first. The platform party is composed of those Wesleyan officers with Commencement duties: the chair of the Board of Trustees, the president, the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, the director of Continuing Studies and Graduate Liberal Studies, and the vice president for Student Affairs. The recession, including only those seated on Denison Terrace, is in reverse order.
The procession is led by the marshal of the faculty, whose function derives from a keeper of the horses in the medieval royal household. As a badge of office, the marshal carries a mace that has evolved from the spiked staff used in battle in the Middle Ages. Wesleyan boasts a mace designed and constructed by the late Professor of Art John Risley to mark the University’s Sesquicentennial in 1981. Made of redwood, the mace depicts the Wesleyan seal surmounted by the cardinal. Incorporated in the design are paintings by Professor Emeritus of English Joseph Reed of Willbur Fisk, Wesleyan’s first president; Victor Butterfield, president from 1943 to 1967; the University seal; and South College, the oldest building on campus.
The procession begins on the incline of Foss Hill with the formation of an aisle of honor by the faculty, the trustees, the platform party, the honorary degree recipients, and the parent-educators. Through this aisle proceed the members of the graduating class to receive applause and congratulations from the other participants.
At the base of the hill, the procession moves to its seats on Denison Terrace and Andrus Field in the following order: faculty marshal, color guard, senior class officers, seniors who received University honors, the rest of the senior class, recipients of earned graduate degrees, parent-educators, faculty and trustees, retiring faculty, recipients of the M.A. ad eundem gradum, award winners, honorary degree recipients, and the platform party.
Wesleyan seniors first presented themselves for graduation in caps and gowns at the Commencement of 1892. This custom had appeared at a few American colleges in the 1870s. It became a regular practice on this campus in 1897. Faculty did not adopt this practice until a few years later. A Methodist newspaper reported in 1902 that faculty assembled on the Commencement platform wore “all sorts of fashion in clothing, from the dignified and appropriate Prince Albert coat, with its fitting accompaniments, down to a gray sack suit and red necktie.” The reporter thought even John Wesley would have disapproved of this disarray and urged faculty to join the seniors in wearing academic garb. Acting upon a faculty recommendation made several months later, Wesleyan’s trustees decided that the practice of professors processing in academic regalia should begin with the Commencement season of 1903. Those festivities included celebration of the Wesley Bicentennial “with much dignity and impressiveness.”
The trustees themselves completed this trend to academic attire in 1917. That Commencement in Memorial Chapel was the first held on Wesleyan’s campus. The site for almost all prior Commencements had been the First Methodist Church in Middletown.
The academic costumes of the degree recipients and the other participants represent an evolution of robes worn centuries ago. No longer are gowns worn during instructional periods or for warmth. Now the regalia merely symbolize the academic degrees of the wearers and the universities and colleges awarding those degrees.
Though the traditional headwear is the mortarboard, many schools now opt for the soft Tam o’ Shanter-style cap. The tassel is generally black, but holders of the doctoral degrees may wear gold tassels. The custom of moving the tassel from right-front to left-front at the time a degree is awarded has practically vanished.
Black gowns are acceptable for all institutions, but some universities have adopted optional colors for gowns. For example, Yale gowns are Yale blue; Harvard, crimson; Columbia, light blue; Princeton, black with orange trim. In recent decades, the B.A. recipients at Wesleyan have worn cardinal red gowns. The velvet panels down the front and around the neck of doctors’ gowns may be colored, depending on the faculty awarding the degree: philosophy for the Philosophia Doctor, dark blue; law for the Juris Doctor, purple; medicine, green; education, light blue; science, golden yellow; theology, scarlet; arts, letters, and humanities, white. The three bars on the sleeve of a gown signify a doctor’s degree; four, the president.
A hood indicates the level of the degree, the faculty in which the degree was awarded, and the university awarding the degree. The length of the hood and the width of its velvet trim signify the level. Masters’ hoods are three-and-one-half feet long, with velvet trim three inches wide; doctors’ hoods, four feet, with a five-inch width of velvet trim. The velvet trim on these hoods, like the optional trim colors on the doctor’s gown, is colored according to the faculty awarding the degree: philosophy, dark blue; law, purple; etc. Since 1895, the colors of the lining have indicated the institution awarding the degree: Harvard has adopted black lined with crimson; Yale, Yale blue; Princeton, orange with a single black chevron; Williams, purple; Amherst, purple with a single white chevron. Wesleyan’s colors, displayed on hoods worn by recipients of the Ph.D., M.A., M.Phil., and M.A.L.S. degrees, are cardinal red with a single black chevron.
The South College Bells, traditionally played before and after the Commencement ceremony, were installed in December 1918 as the gift of the Class of 1863. Members of that class were “possessed of unusual intellectual ability. . . . They were jolly good fellows. Everybody liked them, even the president and some of the professors,” according to the December 1918 Wesleyan University Alumnus magazine. “They were a musical class,” fitting for the donors. The original 11 copper-alloy bells were cast in 1916 by Mears and Stainbank, founders, of London, in business since 1570. Special permission of the War Bureau was required to bring them into the country during the Great War. During restoration in 1966, facilitated by an anonymous contribution (by President Butterfield, it turned out), five bells were added. In 2005, an additional eight bells, donated by Wesleyan friends, alumni, and parents, were installed. This new addition upgraded the South College Bells from the status of a chime (10 to 22 bells) to that of a carillon (23 or more). The bells are played by a direct action keyboard of wooden peg-like keys, and, according to a 1974 Wesleyan Argus article, they are “hung on hickory beams to add to the mellowness of the tone.”
Come, Raise the Song
Words by F. L. Knowles, Class of 1894
Music by W. B. Davis, Class of 1894
Come, raise the song for Wesleyana,
Till Night and Echo send it back;
Come, gather around the dear old banner,
Emblazoned with the Red and Black!
We’ll all be young again together;
Life’s short—then fill with joy its span!
The home of joy is Alma Mater,
Then hail! All hail to Wesleyan!
Chorus: Chorus: O ivied walls! O storied halls!
O shrine of long ago!
The altar fires our fathers lit
Shall still more brightly glow.
Come, throw away all thoughts of sorrow,
And give the night to mirth and song!
If care must come, it comes tomorrow;
Today our hearts are bold and strong.
Our song is for the dear old college!
Join hands and praise you while we can!
Time ne’er shall shake our deep devotion,
Our deathless love for Wesleyan!
Chorus
The “Alma Mater,” revised June 1977