2022 Commencement

Graduate Ceremony

University of Detroit Mercy's College of Liberal Arts & Education recognizes the 139th Commencement and Class of 2022. Watch University of Detroit Mercy's Commencement Ceremony for Graduate Degrees for the Class of 2022.

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Undergraduate Ceremony

University of Detroit Mercy's College of Liberal Arts & Education recognizes the 139th Commencement and Class of 2022. Watch University of Detroit Mercy's Commencement Ceremony for Undergraduate Degrees for the Class of 2022.

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Doctor of Philosophy

Brett Elliot Adams

• "The Relationship between Multi-type Childhood Maltreatment, Psychopathology, and the Quality of Life."
  Chair: John Porcerelli, Ph.D.

Rebecca Lynn Kitchens

• "Predicting Level of Personality Relatedness with the MMPl-2-RF PD Spectra Scales."
  Chair: John Porcerelli, Ph.D.

Khrystyna Melnyk

• "Difficult Doctor-Patient Relationship Impact of Childhood Abuse, Doctor, Emotional Health."
  Chair: John Porcerelli, Ph.D.

Ian Jeffrey Moore

• "The Utility of Verbal Incidental Learning Tasks from the WAIS-IV as Measures of Performance Validity."
  Chair: John Porcerelli, Ph.D.

Najat A. Nahshal

• "Arab American Muslim Emerging Adults' Filial Responsibility, Acculturation, and Psychosocial Adjustment."
  Chair: Kristen Abraham, Ph.D.

Rachel Ann Pad

• "Utilizing the Thematic Apperception Test to Predict Borderline Depressive Personality Disorders."
  Chair: Steven Huprich Ph.D.

Shirley Rosario-Perez

• ''The Relationship Between 'Code of the Street' and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Crime Victims."
  Chair: Kristen Abraham, Ph.D.

Monika Joanna Sata

• "Psychometric Evaluation of the Health Insurance Literacy Measure in a Predominantly African American Sample of People with Serious Mental Illness."
  Chair: Kristen Abraham, Ph.D. 

Trisha Nichole Tanis

• "The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Three Types of Coping in a Community Sample of Adults."
  Chair: John Porcerelli, Ph.D. 

Ethan Teng Xiong

• "Personality, Acculturation, and Religious Beliefs and Practices: A Comparative Study of Characteristics Associated to Barriers to Seeking Mental Health Services Among Hmong Americans and Non-Hmong Populations."
  Chair: V. Barry Dauphin, Ph.D. 

Specialist in School Psychology

• Taylor Elise Auernhamer
• Darryl C. Dugans
• Taylor Sky Goulet
• Sarah Nicole Hoef
• Melissa Paige Karbon
• Dana J. Randall
• Amber Raye Szawara
• Annmarie Hazel Taylor
• Erin Paige Watts

Master of Arts

• Shereen Hussein Abdelhak
• Victoria Olakitan Akinboboye
• Karar Hamed Alhashimi
• Ciera Lynn Almanza
• Samah Abdul Altairi
• Latoya A. Anderson
• Dina Baydoun
• Mona M. Baydoun
• Emily K. Bemis
• Vanessa Margaret Burrows
• Nicole Catherine Choinski
• Raven L. Dominguez
• Jordyn Marie Elam
• Lauren H. Engle
• Samantha Nicole Fair
• Kimberly A. Ferns*
• Samantha Elizabeth Fershin
• Ryan Alexander Figueiras
• Susie Ann Garrett
• Abigail Rose Gralewski
• N ashay Eliza Harper
• Fay Hinnawe+
• Liliana Medhat Ismail*
• Amber Liana Jamison
• Madilyn Eileen Johnson
• Christopher Wayne Jordan
• Hannah Joan Kaganac
• Olivia Shantel Kirk
• Morgan Ashley Kruger
• Julie Ann La Tulip-Lazarevich+
• Adam Alexander Mancini*

Master of Arts (continued)

• Anthony Joseph Maxwell
• Nicholas A. Mitchell
• JoAnna Molina
• Elizabeth Lynn Murphy+
• Heather Alanna Nelson+
• Alvin Elijah Nicholas
• Kendall Ellen Payne
• Brogan Victoria Probert
• Glen Antoine Reid, Jr.
• Kara Lynn Rusinowski
• Ornela Shkreli
• Damaris N. Smith
• Chelsi Noble Steen
• Jai Marie Strong
• Dam ya Monique Toney
• Marcus Thomas Trueheart+
• Petar Vesic
• Kiersten Anne Wilde

Master of Arts in Economics

• Cheryl J. Farver*

Master of Arts in Financial Economics

• Cheng Cheng
• Xinyu Feng
• Zerui Feng*
• Yuchen Gu*
• Tyler N. Jamieson*
• Gen Li*
• Jianfei Li
• Matias Ezequiel Lopez
• Di Lu
• Changjiang Ma*
• Jacob Alan Meyers*
• Taolong Qu*
• Lipeng Tian
• Xinrui Wang
• Yanzhi Wang
• Runying Yao
• Ziyang Yuan
• Dingxin Zhang*
• Yuan Zhu
• Jiong Zou*

Master of Arts in Liberal Studies

• Marion Juaniece Duncan
• Jill Ann Turner
• Jerome Walker

Master of Science in Applied Data Analytics

• Hebah Khaled Alquran
• Kun Chen
• Firas Khater
• Yudong Lou*
• Samuel Spencer Palmer
• Aayush Sethi
• Sindhu Methrukovil Varriam Yiping Wang

Master of Science in Computer and Information Systems

• Manoj Sooraj Kumar Akula
• Sara Derosia
• Sarat Rohan Giri*
• Rajesh Gundla
• Carl Robert Jones
• Renee Danielle Kettering RSM*
• Akhila Mamillapalli*
• Sweta H. Parmar
• Katrina Gallardo Phimsavanh
• Shahana Siddika

Master of Science in Information Assurance

• Popy Aziz
• Terri A. Bal
• Ali Beydoun
• Caitlin K. Carroll
• Andrew Thomas Chapman
• Royd Eugene Coleman
• Perry W. Edgell V
• Kristen Jude Gressley
• Haley Christine Hirzel-Lakatos*
• Joseph Michael Lietzow
• Thomas Richard Mueller
• Victoria O'Hara Powell
• Christian J. Schneider*
• Peter Edmund Shamoon
• Shakela Lanee Webb
• Joshua Thomas Wygocki
• Syed Furrukh Zahedi

Master of Science in Intelligence Analysis

• Steven Michael Biter
• Fay Hinnawe+
• Julie Ann La Tulip-Lazarevich+
• Elizabeth Lynn Murphy+
  Hedieh Nazeri
• Heather A. Nelson+
• Darien Alexander Smith
• Marcus Thomas Trueheart+
• Alexandra Nicole Walker
• Nathan John Wodwaski

Bachelor of Arts Honors Program

• Claire Elise Sandau*

Bachelor of Arts

• Hannah Alexis
• Delaney Noel Alward
• Tania Monae Anderson
• Adrian E. Arrington, Jr.
• Seamona Deniece Bassett*
• Kathryn Anne Bloomer*
• Eva Marie Cardamone
• Camryn Diane Chavis
• Antoine Jakari Davis
• David Marvin Decker+*
• Samantha Rose Dick*
• Kelli Elizabeth Doyle*
• Allison M. Falk
• Claudia Garcia*
• Miranda Mandy Gorges*
• Natalia Anne Grasso*
• Zhenyu Guo
• Airess Alexa Hill*
• Michaelyn R. Hill
• Matthew Raymond Hutnick
• Abraham Jan
• Kaelyn Annese Johnson
• Matt Lamar Johnson
• Mariane Karkaba
• Amal M. Kassem
• Pamela Diana Kelly
• Sara Khalid
• Rawaa Saher Khoshaba
• Justin Matthew Koch*
• Cristina Martinez
• Ray Michael McCallum*
• Julianna M. Noriega
• Anthony Jonathan Occhiuto
• Elise Victoria Pannemann
• Lashante Shree Carter Parker
• Olivia Stuart Parra
• Sulma Jaqueline Perez-Garcia*
• Chengjun Ren
  Timothy Joseph Rheaume
• Emily Michelle Rico*
• Alexzander Ladell Marion Riggins-Greer
• Kurt Joseph Romkema*
• Dwayne Deon Rose, Jr.
• Madelyn Marie Rush
• Rachel Renee Russo
• Loreal Salter-Dodson Dylan Shilly
• Dante Marquise Strother*
• Victoria Helene Taylor*
• Jessyca Michelle Torres-Velazquez
• Angel Vasquez
• Samantha Lynn Vranich
• Lan Wang
• Brandon Michael Wenner
• Zhicheng Yang
• Aysha Jordan Young
• Cole Anthony Zarola
• Allyson Paige Zeigler*

Bachelor of Science

• Alexander Alcantar*
• Katie Marie Crimens*
• Amanda Lea Dean
• Khloe Rita Hamama
• Rebekah Harden*
• Nicole L. Jandreski
• Alexis M. Kirk
• Riley Melissa McCleese*
• Sahvanna Cynthia-Marie McSwain
• Nina Marie Nestorowich
• Michael Starks Roseman
• Thomas Christian Stallworth V
• Jessica Lynn Turner
• Madison K. Tzimas

Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Systems

• Raymond Olugbenga Akinribido
• Nicholas Tyler Blakey*
• Jian-Gabriel Cuico Carreon
• Dominick Stephen Gorsline*
• Nathaniel Kelly

Bachelor of Social Work

• Rosemary Spence Bonney*
• Laysha Monique Cooks*
• Tiarra Monique Dailey
• Maghan Marie Davis
• Diana Lee Devine
• Andre Flowers, Sr.*
• Akilah Legenay Gayton
• Virginia K. Jackson*
• Lou Ann Jordan Waters*
• Isabel Ruth Ryzenga
• Angel Rose Scot
• Hawah Ninee Teah
• Latriece Shantae Toney*