June 5, 2021

University of Washington

Information School Convocation 2021

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Convocation CeremonyWelcome AddressAnind K. Dey, Dean of the Information School

Keynote SpeakerRena Priest, Poet Laureate of Washington, presented by Humanities Washington and ArtsWA.

Presentation of GraduatesDoctor of Philosophy Information Science (Ph.D.) Adam Moore

Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) Michelle H. Martin

Master of Science in Information Management (MSIM) Hala Annabi

Bachelor of Science in Informatics Amy J. Ko

Student Award Presentations The 21st Century Awards Presented by David Frappier and Jacob Lackner on behalf of the Association of Library and Information Science Students

The Archer Awards Presented by Shivang Dalal on behalf of the Association of Information Management Students

The Eisenberg Award Presented by Aaron Zhao on behalf of the Informatics Undergraduate Association

Faculty Award Presentations The Ruth Worden Award for Student Excellence in Library and Information Science Presented by Michelle H. Martin on behalf of the Information School Faculty

The Faculty Awards for Student Excellence in Information Management Presented by Hala Annabi on behalf of the Information School Faculty

The Faculty Awards for Student Excellence in Informatics Presented by Amy J. Ko on behalf of the Information School Faculty

Reading of the Names Bob Boiko, Mike Doane, Michelle H. Martin, Nam-ho Park, Matthew Saxton, Jason Yip

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Graduates Ph.D. Wes Eli KingA Match Made in Heaven: Queer Christians and Dating Apps

Faculty Advisors: Negin Dahya, Anna Lauren Hoffmann

Wan-Chen LeeOperationalizing Cultural Warrant in Knowledge Organization

Faculty Advisor: Joseph T. Tennis

J. Elizabeth MillsNever the Same Storytime Twice: An Exploration of the Nature and Role of Reflection in Public Library Storytime Assessment

Faculty Advisor: Michelle H. Martin

Jason PortenoyHarnessing Scholarly Literature as Data to Curate, Explore, and Evaluate Scientific ResearchFaculty Advisor: Jevin West

Travis W. WindleharthMental Models, Meaning, & Games: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Player Meaning Making in a Complex STEM Themed Video GameFaculty Advisor: Jin Ha Lee

Annuska ZolyomiGrounded Design of Affective Computing Accounting for Social-Emotional-Sensory Experiences of Neurodivergent AdultsFaculty Advisor: Jaime Snyder

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Master of Library and Information ScienceAndrea AlanizCourtney AlsburyAdrian Jazz ApplinEmma Arata *Adylenne Ascencio *Dillon Brice BakerBethany Barelman *Rachel Ruiz-Beckham *Molly BensonRose Theresa Arce

BookerBrandyn BoydSamantha Bradley *Nicole Breiner Sarah BryanEmma Burbank *Jason CampbellCarolyn Anne CallaghanReagan CallahanKelly CarneyJenifer CarterJoanne Chern *Jennifer Monica ChingCharlotte DaughertyLeah DeSantisTyler DrygHannah Edlund *

Dana K. Garlinghouse *

Anna Gibson *Nick GibsonJessie M. GrayKaitlyn Holly GriffithTasha GrossTaylor Healey-Brooks *Mary HernandezMaureen Hogan *Chloe HorsmaEddie HunsingerSugey IribeTodd IsaacsonQiupan JinKalie JohnsonSara JordanBen Kass *Seth Kurke *Mahlon LandisSeraphim Joohee LeeRenan Leite *Chun LiMichelle Li *Micah Love *Michéal MacManusMaggie Mahoney Katherine McAlister *Rosa McGill *

Charlotte McGrew *Zachary McNayBrian McNeillyCaleb MechemSarah Meidl *Diane M. MelloElizabeth MeyerRebecca MichelsonAlexa MinasianElexa MooreHank True MorganAlexis Mulvaney *Keiko YamamotoSarah NguyễnNancy Nightingale *Nickolia OrtegaLeanne PachecoMarie Peeples *Nicholas Pillsbury Kimberly S. PittmanJamie Sue Finley PoirierTaylor PolsonAndrea QuinnSloane Kincaid RalstonHassna RamadanJamie Marie RamosJ Rea

Martyna RebielakCaitlin ReedIan ReinlChelsea RiddleConrrado Saldivar *Evan SchepsJulie SchweckeHeather SeversonRobin SheasleyJane SingerCaitlin Mullaney Snow Angela SponslerLindsay E. SquiresMaddi TeschCharis TobiasElise TomasianAdelina TomovaKelly TookerGinny Trufan *Julie VareeKaren Wang *Marcus Watson-ClarkeChallen Wright *Caroline WrightKat Wyly *Elizabeth YarbroughCindy Chen Yen *

Master of Science in Information Management

Sakshi Agrawal

Akriti

Aftab Alam

James Alexander

Devika Antarkar

Jayanth Kumar *

Saransh Arora

Forrest R. Baker

Srijani Basak

Jordan Bethea

Sahana Bhat

Jayesh Satish Bhatia

Japneet Kaur Boyal *

Josh Breiger

Mohit Jairam Chanchlani *

Chiaoya Chang

Lizzy Chen

Joshua Chestnut

Oindrila Choudhury

Tony Chu

Hannah Chung

Julius Coleman

Emma Cozart

* Denotes student leader

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Jeffrey A Darrington

Alexander Jason Davis

Harsh Desai *

Prathiba Enjeti

Samuel Erickson

Andrew Chase Forman

Ilesha Garg

Ayushi Gaur

Hannah Gavin

Soma Ghosh

Sarita Ghosh

Nandhini Charumathy Giridharan

Juan Carlos Gomez

Fengwei Han

Melissa Henry

Lily Hernandez

Meghan Hutchins Hill

Daphne Hsu

Wennie Hu

Chan G. Im

Sri Iyer

Lipsa Priyadarshini Jena

Colin Keith Johnson

Maxwell J. Kahn

Varun Kandukuri

Shreya Kaul

Krishna Khamankar

Rohan Khurana

Sean Kim

Vishwa Kirti *

Kulraj Singh Kohli

Yulia Korotkova

Neeraj Kulkarni

Divya Suresh Kumar *

Ganapathy Subramanian Lakshminarayanan

Michael J. Lee

Alice Lee

Kielan Lemoine-Kowalski

Jessica Li

Briana Kirsten Lincoln

Matthew Lockwood

Jerissa Lumansoc

Jocelyn Mah

Prathamesh Mahankal

Addison Malone

Arthur Man

Buvaneswari Manibabu

Nandini Mazumdar *

Redeite Moges

Malvika Mohan

Homa Moosavi

Subhiksha Mukuntharaj

Srinivas Murri

Prasanna Muthukumar

Keegan Na

Ankita Naikdalal

Vidya Lakshmi Narasimhan

Aniruddh Nathani

Aditi Nettar

Anthony D Nguyen

Kenny Hoang Nguyen

Joseph NguyenThet Myat NoeMeredith OrrHeet Rajesh PalodMeghana ParabVishwa Maya PardeshiChinar Pathik PatelKshitij PathakVaidehi Tushar PatilAngie PengDuy K PhanMark A. PruittYash Manish RaichuraVaibhav Vasanth RaoDexter RietmanIvey Chanel Robinson Purba Roy *Roshni RoyLinbo RuanPrachi SablaniPriyanka SarafEmil SayahShikhar Bharat ShahAayush ShahSaurabh SharmaMaureen ShaughnessyAki ShibuyaKlaudyna Siewior

Angad Singh

Vineeta SinglaAnsul SinhaMahija SinhaZachary SironNina SlazinikChen SongAdrian SpencerCheng Feng SunDanny TangNatnael TeweldeNatalie ThaoAbby TishKathy TranEddie Tuohy *Sneha Upadhyay *Aaron VorosKrisha WaliAaron WangWindy WangHuan WangMaxwell WeilYonas WoldekidanKevin WuRita WuJoey XuChang XuShengbo XueXinyi YangBob YangAlice “Chien-Yu” YehKaterina YuferevaArzu Yuksel SuzenerWenpei “Peggy” ZhangAnnika ZhangAmbrose Zhi *Mengru Zhou Yuyue Julie Zhu

Yajie (Zoe) Zhu *

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Bachelor of Science in Informatics

Royce Abuda

Isabella Abulhosn

Jocelyn Afandi

Saksham Aggarwal

Suyash Ahuja

Joseph Altamira *

Olivia An

Shray Arora *

Ibrar Aslam

Cameron Astor

Jordan Auerbach

Haowen Bao

Makenna Jean Barton

Pavel Batalov

Rafael Bayer

Allison Jordan Bennett

Aarushi Bhatnagar

Raksha Bohra

Andrey Butenko *

Andy Cahill

Jove Calimlim

Rajoshi Chakravarty

Andrew Chan

Sonali ChandraJack Lucas ChangShareen Chang *Rani ChangXi Chen (Alice)Haoyang ChenMichelle ChenZiyin ChenNitesh ChetryGideon ChiaKevin ChiuGunhyung ChoMelody ChouSamantha ChowSamuel ChristAlexander T CohenJazmynn Combes-

TroyerRyan DangAna Jorelle De Las Alas *Anish Dhawan * Sukhman DhillonSruthi DikkalaWenqin Ding

Somya DoshiMichael DoyleCarter DrewFran DukicJayson EdwardsMohamed EgalJoyce ElauriaNatalie ErjavecAlexander Escalera

Sanchez *Natnael EshetuGreyson Ward FieldsDamita GomezSalem GordonMichelle GouwWanyu GuanTasnim HasanLin HeJay HouppermansSandy HsiaoSarah HuVivian HuaJimmy HuaKai Huang

Marcus Ta-Gwong Huang

Zixiao Huang

Alejandro Huante

Meesha Hussain

Victoria Huynh

Divit Jawa

Rawuda Jemal

Sharan Jhangiani

Hedy Jiang

Sarah Jin

Jas Johal

Nicola Kalderash

Rahma Kamel

Chandrashree Karnani

Jasmeen Kaur

Jasmine L. Kennedy

Christian Kim

Isaac Kim

Hojun Kim

Jisu Kim

Lia Kitahata

Rebecca Klein

Sherline Ko

Ryan Kobashigawa

Locksley Kolakowski *

Lynzley Kolakowski *

Youssof Kowdan

Nitya Krishna Kumar

Ajay Kristipati

Kyle Kusche

Justin La

Jared Lai

Jennifer Lai

Ashlea Lau

Samuel Lee

* Denotes student leader

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Kayla Un-ju LeeMichelle LeeYutian LeiTrevor LeungLarry LiMengjiao LiKe LiMolly LiWayne LiBeichen LiangJenny LiangBryan LinRiley (Weiran) LinHenry LinVanessa LinDoris LiuJosephine LiuDaniel LuThomas LukAndy LuuZexin (Celia) LyuDarren MaDavid Xuan MaiRaphael Kyle Caoile

ManansalaKendall MarshallJoshua Sadiri MazaAngel McCrary-LupsonMatthew Hyun-nu

McVickerTrey MichaelsBrendan MinamiTow MokaramaneeSaasha MorHaykal MubinMatthew MunAlan NgoKha Nguyen

Anh NguyenClayton NovotneyLiam O’KeeffeGarrett John Olerud Varun PatelJenna PhillipsPhung PhuAnuraag Polisetty Michelle PontingKiran Pradhan *Jessica PrasetyoShruti RajagopalanRanjith Ramkishore *Andi RenErin Harai RochfortWilliam RodriguezHarkiran Kaur Saluja *Divij SatijaJoJo SaundersShravan Seshadri *Liam Matthew SextonAshni ShahHannah Song ShinMarkus Sulyun ShrinerJulia Shull *

Asharaya SilwalPatrin SinteppadonSailesh SivakumarJin Son Zikai SongSiena South-CieroGruvii SreeKyle StevensErika SundstromAshmann Syngle *Joanna TanThomas ThatSofia ThomasErik Thomas-HommerGrady Alan ThompsonZiqin TianRayna Joy TilleyRenato TizonHarsimar TumberJohn TumenbayarAustin UlfersSavannah Umali-JepsonSanjay UnniPaola Vanegas Del ToroSatvik Vats

Toan Thien VoAkoly Vongdala *Jeffrey WangLufei (Maggie) WangSky WangXifei WangYixuan WenKevin WengSophie WernerTiffany WongJudith WongJoanna XiaoTiancheng XuJason YanGrant YangZhiqing (Vanessa) YangChris YeeEva YinHarry T. ZhanYuxuan “Wayne” ZhangMartin ZhangHanzheng ZhangYuheng ZhongAnna ZhouAlice Zhu

* Denotes student leader

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