2021 Commencement

University of Detroit Mercy's College of Liberal Arts & Education recognizes the 138th Commencement and Class of 2021. Watch College of Liberal Arts & Education's Commencement for the Class of 2021.

Detroit Mercy Class of 2021 Valedictorian Nurzahan Rahman, English and education major, stands with some of her professors at Detroit Mercy's on campus celebration event.

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Doctor of Philosophy

Ellen Frances Day

• "Stimulus Based Effects and Individual Differences in Eye Movement Behavior When Viewing Ambiguous & Unambiguous Images-An Investigation of Top Down & Bottom Up Components of Visual Information Processing.'
  Chair: V. Barry Dauphin, Ph.D.

Kate Elizabeth Dykhuis

• "Mental Health Service Utilization by Persons with Serious Mental Illness. The Contributions of Social Support and Health Literacy."
  Chair: Kristen Abraham, Ph.D.

Safaa Issawi

• *Adverse Childhood Experiences and Perceived Ethnic Discrimination's Role in Health and Mental Health Outcomes
  in Adulthood."
  Chair: Carol Weisfeld, Ph.D.

Adam Cole Lorincz*

• "Crisis Freedom: Escape Mechanisms & Identity. Development in Emerging Adulthood."
  Chair: Steven Abell, Ph.D.

Brandi Leigh Anna Roelk

• "Diabetes Attachment and Relationship Satisfaction."
  Chair: Carol Weisfeld, Ph.D.

Specialist in School Psychology

• Brianna Sharie-Lafrance Boykin
• Alexandra Knorp Bradford
• Erin Lynn D'Arcy
• Jillian Leigh Davis
• Brittney L. Heikkila
• Alyssa Nicole Margetson
• Devron J. Minor
• Christina Nguyen
• Rana Mohamad Ramouni
• Ileah-Mare Smith

Master of Arts

• Brooklin Marie Adams
• Alexandria N. Antonelli
• Alex Joseph Belanger
• Annie M. Birney
• Samantha M. Boggs
• Brittany Ann Brady
• Tyra A. Burley
• Thomas L. Coon
• Lauren E. Costeiu
• Amanda Rose Coyle
• Paola Delaj
• Darryl Christian Dugans*
• Andre R. Dupret
• Lara Naji Elia
• Samantha Nicole Fair
• Ryan Mackenzie Fila
• Shauni S. Ford
• Grant Spencer Froling
• Michelle Lynn Frolka
• Aaron Frontiera
• Jansen Lee Gontjes
• Abigail Rose Gralewski+
• Marcel Lamar Guyton
• Shelley Denise Hairston
• Ticara Donay Hendley
• Juantonia NeKeshia Hill
• Shelby Howard
• Emily Louise Hurst
• Micaiah Johnson
• Rejillia Lace Johnston
• Hailey Mason Joppich*
• Allison Rose Juif
• Simranjit Kaur
• Jasmine Kay Kavanaugh
• Gregory Ed Kelly
• Arianna Marie Kemp
• Samsuk Kim*
• Nerissa Aurelia Kirkland
• Wyatt Edward Lee
• Emerie Rose Loomis*
• Alexander Lyall
• Hannah Marie Mattina*
• Adam George McLeish*
• Marla Renee Moss*
• Lindsay Danielle Myers
• Nicholas William Nalu

• Brenda Joyce Nimocks
• Bernard Will Norman
• Talysha Nicole Oldham
• Nicholas John Olson
• Gabriela Elena Caterina Oneil Martin
• Anna Kate Orletski
• Israel Urias Lee Ostrander
• Courtney Jane Pallo
• Monica Katlin Riley
• Holly Christine Russell
• Mariam M. Saad
• Micah Ann Socha
• Sarah Elizabeth Stoker
• David Robert Chapin Trombly
• Marcus Thomas Trueheart+
• John Matthew Turner
• Allison Jane Urban
• Rebecca Lynn Weber

Master of Arts in Economics

• Jaclyn Marie Burke
• Kyung Hoon Lee*
• Christopher Raymond Sauerwein

Master of Arts in Financial Economics

• Daniel D. Bartolotta
• Yuzhou Chen*
• Zhenggang Gu*
• Ruiheng Guo*
• Xinyang Huang*
• Hao Wei Lai*
• Wanying Long*
• Joseph Hugh Scherer*
• Shengshao Wang*
• Yang Wang
• Dong Ryung Yoo
• Jingyi Zhu*

Master of Science

• Sarah Brooke Schoenbart*
• David Matthew Teslak

Master of Science in Computer and Information Systems

• Mike Doryen+
• Rebecca Lee Fisher+
• Gloria Green Ford
• Yacoub Iseid*
• Varsha Kalagara*
• Preetham Reddy Katpally
• Niharika Mungara
• Irina Igorevna Slizovskaya
• Jitender Reddy Tummallapally
• Shaoyu Zhu

Master of Science in Information Assurance

• Ali A. Ayoub*
• Jermaine Baldwin*
• Kyle Stephen Bansberg*
• Lena Basata
• Benjamin John Blaska*
• Alexis Patrice Carter
• Salman Choudhury
• Arthur Jackson, Jr.
• Nichole Alexandria Lester
• Vanessa Yachuan Liu
• Matthew Ryan McQueen*
• Johnny A. Moussa*
• Anna Marie Pawlak*
• Stanley Pierre-Louis
• Alexander Joffrey Poole
• Zack Rassam*
• Paul C. Rogers
• Cynthia Denise Roney
• Bashar Saado*
• Kwamay Garrick Stanley
• Erica Monique Vaughn
• Tabice A. Ward*
• Troy Robert Wissink

Master of Science in Intelligence Analysis

• Andrea Natalie Ankawi*
• Roderick Barksdale*
• Nicole Mae Beswetherick
• Steven Michael Biter
• Cameron Edward Blue
• Abigail Rose Gralewski+
• Tiffeny Jenise Gripper
• Darrick Lathan Hollowell, Sr.
• Roxhersa Karanxha
• Emma Lee Leszczak

• Daniel Walter Madden
• William Chester Mende
• Heather A. Nelson
• Emily Rebecca Ramos
• Savannah Nicole Sloan
• Marcus Thomas Trueheart+
• Kaitlyn Wandelt

Master of Science in Applied Data Analytics

• Ningxuan Chen
• Ruijia Du
• Jacob Charles Thurston

Bachelor of Arts Honors Program

• Zahraa Maithem Al-Talakani
• Natalia Gomez

Bachelor of Arts

• Krystal Chanel Adams-Macon
• Monica Alkassyonan
• Tristen Michael Barnwell*
• Rima Bazzi*
• Max Joseph Becker
• Benjamin Blazevic*
• Tanaja Kyre Campbell*
• Christina Marie Arras Capling
• Nina M. Carlson
• Ariel Shimon Chesterman
• Sydne Milan Clay
• Cherish Nyaisha Coleman+
• Preston John Cornelius
• Nicholas Richard Cucchi
• Dalonzo T. Curges
• Dash Kevin Joseph Dobar
• Kenneth Wayne Donaldson
• Francis R. Doud
• Olivia Simone Elby
• Giovanni Hennig Fernandez
• Ryan Alexander Figueiras
• Alexis Joy Fleming
• Laura Itzel Garcia*
• Amelia Rose Gallup Glenn
• Noel Gregory
• Andrew James Hamilton
• Wen He
• Tyiesha Lanay Head+
• Rebekah A. Hirschmann
• James Scot Hofmann
• Tianhao Huang

• Alexandra Rita Iaconelli*
• Madilyn Eileen Johnson
• Dazja Jones
• Edwin Florencio Jurado
• Taylor Kalemaj
• Hannah Elizabeth Knisely
• Nolan Richard Kroha
• Taylor Renee LaPorte
• Stephen Alexander Leik*
• Sarah Catherine Lucas
• Guanyi Mao
• Luciano Bogdan Marcon
• Mycah Ver-nae Mattox
• James Douglas McCann
• Devonne William McCullou
• Marlene Louise Nelson
• Avaneesh Sean Ojha+
• Maria E. Parfenov
• Diana Earline Price*
• Nurzahan Rahman
• Alyson Doris Reiff
• Megan Elizabeth Richards
• Mitchell Salhaney II
• Scott Michael Sparks
• Mina Elizabeth Spryszak
• Victoria Helene Taylor
• Sean Michael Vandenbossch
• Haley Rae Walsh
• Isaiah Samuel Warren*
• Benjamin James Westphal*
• Joseph George Zerbst

Bachelor of Science

• Hunter Paul Ballor
• Lindsay Lauren Brandon*
• Chanquell A. Burrell
• Bradley Louis Collins*
• Magdeline Nyjah Duke
• Schanelle Louise Green
• Kyri Lag' jay Jackson
• Patool Hussein Makki*
• Alannah Starr Moffat
• Andre Joseph Moon
• Mikala Elaine Redgate*
• Menachem Mendel Roetter
• Michael Starks Roseman
• Alexandra Sinani*
• Garrett Randal Spach*
• Alexandra Nicole Walker

Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Systems Honors Program

• Thomas Richard Mueller, Jr.

Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Systems

• Raymond Olugbenga Akinribido
• Odie Yvette Boley*
• John David Boyak
• Mario Hakeem
• Cullen Roy Humphries
• Joseph Michael Lietzow
• Andre Palushaj*
• London Marie Emily Range
• Kelvin Riley
• Bianca Simovska
• Jordan E. Todd
• Zachary Paul Turk
• Nathan John Wodwaski*
• Joshua Thomas Wygocki

Bachelor of Social Work

• Rosemary Spence Bonney
• Isabella Mary Calcaterra*
• Jasmine Brittany Clark
• Andre Flowers, Sr.
• Keshia Sharelle-Mary-Lee Funches
• Adriana Guillen
• Michelle Denise Hill
• Lou Ann Jordan Waters
• Hannah Valentine Kohn
• Jennifer Lynn Lafon
• Artyia Mona-Beatrice Millhouse*
• K'leigh Amelia Olsen
• Melissa M. Stein
• Rosalyn Tracey Tansil