>> MEGAN TOMPKINS-STANGE: Greetings, Ford School class of 2020, families, and friends! My name is Megan Tompkins-Stange, and I am an assistant professor at the Ford School. And on behalf of the Ford School faculty, it is my honor to recognize our graduates' formal completion of their degrees with a recitation of their names. So without futher ado, I present to you our 2020 Ford School Graduates. And we'll begin with the candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Receiving a PhD in Public Policy and Sociology, Kennedy A. Turner. Dr. Turner's dissertation is titled "On the Battlefield?: Using Cultural Schemas to Navigate the Racial Terrain of College". Dr. Turner will be starting as the Director of Aspects of Leadership and the graduate school initiative for Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America. Congratulations Dr. Turner! Receiving a PhD in Public Policy and Political Science, Nadiya Kostyuk. Dr. Kostyuk's dissertation is titled "Causes and Effects of Cyber Institutions: Intricate Interdependencies of Domestic and International Politics". Dr. Kostyuk will begin as an Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology. Congratulations Dr. Kostyuk! Receiving a PhD in Public Policy and Political Science, Jieun Lee. Dr. Lee's dissertation is titled "Foreign Multirnationals and U.S. Politics". Dr. Lee will be an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Buffalo. Congratulations Dr. Lee! And receiving a PhD in Public Policy and Economics is Parag Mahajan. Dr. Mahajan's dissertation is titled "Essays on Labor Mobility". And Dr. Mahajan will be an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Delaware. Congratulations Dr. Mahajan and congratulations to all our PhD graduates! And we'll continue with the degree of our Masters of Public Affairs: Dominic Arellano Vanessa Andréa Castro Edward A. Elliott Andrew Gilroy Andrew Harrington Egle Klekere Rachel A. Lawless Inés Jiménez Llorente Michael D. Mendez Gerald H. Nelson Kento Otomo Alla Polishchuk Diego Rodriguez Caceres Gordon L. Rooney Lamiya Sharafkhanova Bo Shi Thamreen Siddiqui Seungyeon Son Stephanie A. White Congratulations to our Masters of Public Affairs graduates! For the degree of Master of Public Administration: Paula Dafne Avila Palomares Gretchen D. Driskell Congratulations Masters of Public Administration! And for the degree of Master of Public Policy: Michael Bachman Matthew Beadle Morgan A. Beeler Malika Begum Kate Bell Elliot D. Berg Allison Inge Bernstein Kaitlyn E. Bimberg Sophie Bright Sean Thomas Burnett Selene Ceja Jennifer A. Chasseur Joshua M. Childs Chua Jiahui, Charmaine Allegra Frumento Damari Chelsea A. Davis Eleanor Delamater Emma Michiko Dolce Megan M. Duffy Rossana Giselle Espinoza Aquino Scott Frederick Estrada Emily Elizabeth Fletcher Callie Furmaniuk Efren Gomez, Jr. Francisco I. González Alissa M. Graff Katie Grover Eric Robert Hanss Sasiphen Hathaichoti Mike Hegeman Karl W. Hoesch Marcella L. Huber Alexandra Grace Husted Marc R. Jaruzel Ali Jawad Charles Kenneth Kargman Kyungwon Kim Tomohiro Kobayashi Samuel Paul LeRoy Wenjie Liu Flavia Lorenzon Gina M. Lucchesi Aprisal W. Malale Alex Maranville Jonatan C. Martinez Jackson James Dailey McCauley Keriann McLoughlin Rachelle Mehdi Hannah Mesa Laura D. Milstead William Henry Minor IV Lucas J. Misera John Lankeu Muteleu Nick Najor Aloka Subha Narayanan Steven James Norton Ashley A. Nowicki Guy C. Packard Monica Comeau Pagani Lingling Peng Emily Pfleiderer Brandan Pierce Sarah Emily Posont Kristin M. Prestel Mark Priebe Anna Martha Pudimat Sheny Diah Puspita Gerson Ramirez Kari Rea Eli M. Reilly Dana E. Robinson Jeremy Rotner Taylor Rovin Ryan Marie Ruggiero David Milton Sernick Alex Serwer Alex Shoap William L. Sims Julie Singh Kyle C. Slugg Leah Squires Atsushi Suehiro Tanvangi Tiwari Andrew Van Horn Ryan C. Van Wie Mai Ze Vang Miranda C. L. Vetter Jennifer Villavicencio Emma Waitzman Shannon Weaver Julia M. Weigand Connor A. Wilkinson Teresa K. Wisner Zhibin Ye John Yim Yusuke Yoshihama Congratulations MPPs! And last but certainly not least, for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy: Bahaa Abazeed Katharine Anderson Brooke A. Bacigal Nathan Baylis Alexis Birge Bianca D. Blanshine Grace Marie Bristol Julian G. Buchwalter Lauren E. Camp Elizabeth T. Chon Sheridan Jayne Cole Hannah Connors Hannah Katherine Davenport Billy Dering Jangul Erlon-Baurjan Miriam Irene Jenkins Ernest Elizabeth Fernandez Christian Ford Jacqueline R. Freeman Caroline E. Frommelt Claire Galligan Christina Gatti Arwa Gayar Liam Geduldig Pranav M. Govindaraju Nadia N. Hakim Noah P. Harrison Kendall F. Hecker Samuel Herwig Lillie M. Heyman Keegan James Hollyer Kysia Jones Priya Choezom Judge Kendall M. Kaiser Cathrine A. Kelly Bernadette King Fitzsimons Jonah Klausner Jacob E. Kopnick Stavroula Rose Kyriazis Nathan R. Lindfors Corey E. Lipton Jingyao Johnny Luo Shayna Lutz Maureen Mahoney Amira Mandwee Nicholas R. Martire Lyla Masri-Zada Lauren E. May Lily E. McLean Andrew M. Mekhail Jena S. Metwalli Katherine Teresa Miner Sophie L. Mishara Natasha O. Nielsen Holli M. Page Charlotte Faye Pierce Brennan Pope Ethan A. Ramer Aleah Rogalski Elise B. Rometsch Carly E. Ryan Rana Shahani Zachary D. Shulkin Ashton Smith Elena C. Smith Sierra Leonie Stephens Finntan R. Storer Bhavya Sukhavasi Keenan Sullivan Evan J. Swinehart Abigail Nicole Takas Nicholas J. Tomaino Olivia Rose Turano Vennela Vellanki Daniel Warner Kate Watkins Brianna Wells Jacquelyn A. Wheeler Christopher James Young On behalf of the Ford School Faculty, it's my great pleasure to invite our graduates to formally mark this monumental accomplishment by moving your tassel to the other side. I'm thrilled and proud to formally introduce for the first time our phenomenal Ford School class of 2020 graduates. Families, friends — please join us in celebrating. Congratulations and forever Go Blue!