During the 2015 USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Commencement Ceremony held May 15 in the Tutor Campus Center Ballroom, 112 unique educational journeys—from Gerontology minors to Doctor of Philosophy degrees—were celebrated as part of a multi-milestone year for the school.
Not only does 2015 mark the 40th anniversary of the Davis School and 50 years of the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, it also marks the third year in a row that the Davis School has graduated its largest class ever, said Dean Pinchas Cohen.
In his closing remarks, he told the new alumni that they were not just part of the Trojan Family but also members of a tight-knit community devoted to furthering the school’s mission to improve the lives of older adults.
“You are part of the Davis School family,” Cohen said.
DAVIS SCHOOL RECOGNITION AWARDS
Doctoral Student Award
Marguerite DeLiema
Master’s Student Award
Brandon Glousman
Undergraduate Student Award
Jung-Gi Min
Teaching Award
Associate Professor John Walsh, PhD
Teaching Assistant Award
Elizabeth Hagood
Heinz Osterburg Prize
Chia Wei Cheng, PhD
UNIVERSITY STUDENT RECOGNITION AWARDS
Order of Troy
Nathaniel Hsieh
UNIVERSITY HONORS
Renaissance Scholar
Jung-Gi Min (Prize Winner)
Discovery Scholar
Angelica Fullerton
Daniella Lent (Prize finalist)
Jung-Gi Min (Prize finalist)
GERONTOLOGY MINORS
Nathaniel Hsieh *** (SS)
Jennifer Stone (SS)
Melissa Wong (HS)
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND AGING
Kenneth Akiyoshi (SS)
Alyssa Dunham (SS)
Angelica Fullerton ** (HS)
Raphi Hambartzhumian * (HS)
Natalie Innocenzi (SS)
Daniella Lent *** (HS)
Myra Mendoza (HS)
Jung-Gi Min *** (HS)
Heather Moy (HS)
Kent Oya (SS)
Rishi Raman (HS)
Ashlynn Yoon (SS)
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN LIFESPAN HEALTH
Katherine Duddridge
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN GERONTOLOGY
Cathy Crain
Tamisha Mann
Dorie Mattson
Vanessa Monahan
Raymond Sonnet
Qian Wang
MASTER OF AGING SERVICES MANAGEMENT
Sarah Bentley
Kathleen Bertch
Andrea Brito Arias
Brandy Bruggeman
Monica Castro Σ
Amber Fedosh
Anjeli Gagnon
Elizabeth Giles
Brandon Glousman
Susannah Gressman
Monica Guzman
Ronald Hasso
Jennifer Hubbard
Christine Karapetian
Susan Kazandjian
Xiaoxue Li
Anne McFarland
Hualing Miao
Farzaneh Nabavi Σ
Carol Ornelas
Margaret Owen
Nicholas Persinger
Donna Phillips
Zoya Raskina
Stacey Schwartz
Katherine Silver
Victoria Smith
Elizabeth Stevenson
Karlene Walentiny-Colletti
Genevieve Waterman Σ
Cody Welliver
Angelica Yeh
Bei Zhang
Ruiqi Zhu
MASTER OF ARTS IN GERONTOLOGY
May Chen
Lauren Cook Σ
Rebecca Dean
Sarah Elliott
Marla Feldman
Neerada Garcia
Daniel Gutkoski
Jennifer Harris-Lee
Victor Hudson
Amy Jones
Amber Kraw
Allison Lamphere
Erin Light
Jill Love Σ
Virginia Mabasa
Tania Marroquin
Yaeko Masuchi
Lana Perry Σ
Leslie Peters Σ
Sharon Pewtress
Yasmyn Pirani
Carrie Redman
Claire Rossi
Britni Stafford
Phillip Sweatman
Asthik Termendjian
Jamila Thomas
Catherine Trifilo
Rogena Walden
Elizabeth Wible
Devon Wright
Stephen Zimmerman Σ
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN GERONTOLOGY
Asmaa Albaroudi
Tiffany Chu
Stacy Curiel (MSW)
Charlene Davis (MSW)
Timothy Deal
April Godales
Gabriela Herrera (MSW)
Sonia Hua
Katherine Kennedy Σ
April Kim (MSW)
Nicole Marcione
Javier Armando Melgoza
Kimberlee Michalek
Vanessa Myrie (MSW)
Nicholas Ong-Sun
Tavin Vasuntarapiwat (MSW)
Alexander Woodman
Zuxin Wu
Jae Yoon Yi
Emily Zolfaghari
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN GERONTOLOGY
Marguerite DeLiema
Presented by Kathleen Wilber, PhD
“Using Mixed Methods to Identify the Characteristics of Older Fraud Victims”
Seung-Youn Kim
Presented by Bob Knight, PhD
“The Effects of Wisdom-Related Personality Traits on Caregivers’ Health: An Application of the Resilience Model”
Morgan Levine
Presented by Eileen Crimmins, PhD
“Statistical Algorithms for Examining Gene and Environmental Influences on Human Aging”
RECOGNITION OF AFFILIATED DOCTORATE
Akshat Khanna
Presented by Sean Curran, PhD
“Identifying Novel Roles and Regulators of MAFR-1”
LEGEND
(HS) – Health Science Track
(SS) – Social Science Track
Σ – Sigma Phi Omega
* – Cum Laude
** – Magna Cum Laude
*** – Summa Cum Laude
(MSW) – Dual Degree with Master of Social Work
