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Spring 2026 Degree Candidates

Dr. Sonja S. Watson, Dean

Doctor of Philosophy

• Shawn Brendan Devaney (History)
• Renard Andre Doneskey (English)
• Tyler Jean Dukes (English)
• Tristan Scott Graney (Rhetoric and Composition)
• Mary Elizabeth Williams Purcell (History)
• Lucius Caple Seger (History)
• Jason Andrew Smith (English)

Dissertation Titles

• Devaney, Shawn B., Ph.D., History
  “The most vehement passions are now sweeping over the state like a prairie fire”: Anxiety, National Politics, and the Origins of the Republican Party, 1844-1856.
  Major Professor: Dr. Steven Woodworth
  
  
• Doneskey, Renard Andre, Ph.D., English
  Authorizing Time: Linguistic Temporality in Post-WWII American Literature.
  Major Professor: Dr. Daniel Juan Gil
  
  
• Dukes, Tyler Jean, Ph.D., English
  Women, Capacity, and Disability in Early Modern England: Life Writings from the Century of Crisis.
  Major Professor: Dr. Ariane Balizet
  
  
• Graney, Tristan, Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
  Whose Country?: Counter-Mapping Americana and Rhetorical Amnesia in Music's Cultural Memory (1968-1975).
  Major Professor: Dr. Brad Lucas
  
  
• Purcell, Mary Elizabeth, Ph.D., History
  Sacred Labor Amid Crises: Japanese and Japanese American Buddhist Women and the Shaping of American Buddhism, 1900-1945.
  Major Professor: Dr. Rebecca Sharpless
  
  
• Seger, Lucius Caple, Ph.D., History
  Lynching and the Law: An Analysis of Mob Violence in Texas, 1874-1919.
  Major Professor: Dr. Rebecca Sharpless
  
  
• Smith, Jason Andrew, Ph.D., English
  Rigged to Fail: Social Formations and the American Dream Since the 1940s.
  Major Professor: Dr. David Colón

Master of Arts

• Kaitlyn Zay Adams (English)
• Austin James Almeido (History)
• Alexis Jhardé Davis (English)
• Deja Jade Groomes (English)
• Madeline Sterling Gulley (History)
• Selina Fay Humphrey (English)
• Katelyn Leigh McShane (History)
• Lesley Rivera (History)
• Victoria Grace Zahorik (English)

Thesis Titles

• Adams, Kaitlyn Zay, M.A., English
  The Cage Beneath a Colorless Sky: A Speculative Memoir.
  Major Professor: Dr. Lisa Nikolidakis
  
  
• Davis, Alexis J. , M.A., English
  The Mis/Education of Hot Girl Sh*t: Mixing of Toni Morrison, Hip Hop, and Fugitivity.
  Major Professor: Dr. Carmen Kynard
  
  
• Groomes, Deja Jade, M.A., English
  Traversing Time, Myths, and Spirits: Daughterhood in the Black Woman’s Speculative Tradition.
  Major Professor: Dr. Stacie McCormick
  
  
• Humphrey, Selina Fay, M.A., English
  The Dis/Associating Shadow: Feminism and Autotheory in Holistic Scholarship.
  Major Professor: Dr. Lisa Nikolidakis
  
  
• McShane, Katelyn Leigh, M.A., History
  Criminals of a Bluer Nature: The Linguistic Challenge of Prosecuting Prostitution In Washington, DC During the American Civil War.
  Major Professor: Dr. Kara Dixon Vuic
  
  
• Zahorik, Victoria Grace, M.A., English
  Translating Transformation: Classical References In Anne Bradstreet, Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz, and Queen Elizabeth I’s Writings.
  Major Professor: Dr. Ariane Balizet

Master of Liberal Arts

• Joshua Dominick Allen
• Shelbie Allen
• Cade Alan Bennett
• Alex Derrick
• Michael Chase Gonzalez
• Avery Gathers Helm
• Karleigh Renee Hesser
• Elijah Jackson
• Kayla M. Jones
• Dylan Michael Kinney
• Anna Grace Long
• Tomi Catherine Main
• Natalie Lynae Montoya
• Ryan Payson Panitz
• Jacob Kenneth Ryan Pendleton
• Kristie Ann Shaffer-Townsley

Master of Science in Criminology & Criminal Justice

• Katelyn Grace Baker
• Rachel Alana Baldree
• Shawn Edward Callarman
• April Nicole Diem
• Eric Charles Gilbert
• Cassandra Gonzalez
• Ethan Kyle Holland
• Michael Anthony Lopez
• Kathy Pozos
• Clayton Duran Ryan
• Samuel Shelley
• Leah Morgan Sopak
• Janet Victor
• Tyler John Thomas Vinton
• Jessica Erin Wright

Bachelor of Arts

• Giselle Adamariz Alvarado (Economics/Political Science)
• Marco Alvarez (History)
• Melanie Xiomara Astudillo (English)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• James Hardin Barton III (Economics)
• David Berne II (Economics)
  (Cum Laude)
• Scott Mitchell Bonser (History/Political Science)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Presley Gray Brashears (Political Science)
• Camilla Ruth Buchanan (Spanish)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Kristen Marie Buckley (Political Science/Communication)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
• Natalie Marie Camp (History)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Daisy Yvette Carrillo (Comparative Race & Ethnic Studies)
• Lance Cherry (History)
• Michael Malachi Cosse (Philosophy)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Eugene James Ditaranto (History/Political Science)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Sophia Ann Dunn (Spanish)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Collin David Fish (History)
• Eleanor Grace Ford (Spanish for the Professions)
• Jorge Andres Gamez-Gonzalez (History)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Javier Garcia (Economics)
• Samantha Morgan Goldblatt (English)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Viviana Haro (Philosophy)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Roberto Adán Hernández Díaz (Political Science International Relations)
• Eugene Victor Herrmann IV (Political Science)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Eugene Victor Herrmann IV (Economics)
  (Summa Cum Laude) (Departmental Honors, Economics)
• Bradley Johnson (History)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
• Bradley Johnson (Language Studies in German)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
• Martha Lynne Johnston (English/Political Science)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
• Grace Keller (Sociology)
  (Cum Laude)
• Tatum Ashby Keller (History)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Alexis Mae Kunze (Political Science)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Jocelyn Leyva Ramirez (Writing/Studio Art)
• Norah Isabel Lindsay (Political Science/Language Studies-Chinese) (Cum Laude)
• Artemis di Angelo Lopez (Language Studies in French)
  (Cum Laude)
• Margaret Mary Malecek (Political Science)
• Josefine Jasmine Mar (History)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Julianna Rose McCardell (History)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Christian Salvador Mendez (Political Science/Comparative Race & Ethnic Studies)
• Elizabeth Kay Meyer (Political Science)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Sophia Rose Nelson (English/Writing)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Jane Elise Oldham (Political Science)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Pilar Isabella Olivas (English/Journalism)
  (Cum Laude)
• Olivia Karin Pace (Language Studies-Italian)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Christopher Douglas Page (Political Science)
• Maya Elise Parchuri (Political Science/Child Development)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Heather Schlapp Parish (English)
  (Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
• Stephanie Jamileth Parrilla Carrera (Spanish for the Professions)
  (Cum Laude)
• Zoe Elizabeth Paugh (Spanish)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Jake Ragan Rogers (Political Science/Spanish for the Professions) (Summa Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
• Sofia Barroso Martinho Gonçalves Sá (Economics)
• Todd Franklin Sam (Political Science International Relations)
• Camila Sanchez (Economics)
  (Cum Laude)
• Isabella Marie Scherm (Economics/Communications)
• Emilie Davis Schilling (Political Science)
• Reagan James Stephens (Political Science)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Karina Ximena Torres (Spanish for the Professions)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Abigail Ruby Trattner (Political Science International Relations)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Liberty Jade Trevino (Anthropology)
  (Cum Laude)
  (Departmental Honors, Anthropology)
• Yu-Chin Tsai (Sociology)
  (Cum Laude)
• Jeffrey Denton Tubbs-Jimenez Jr. (Political Science/Spanish)
• Eliza Jane Turco (Writing)
  (Summa Cum Laude) (Departmental Honors, Italian)
• Drunen Katherine Audrey Van (Spanish)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
• Jenna Vann (Language Studies-Chinese)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
• Daniel Ventura (Economics)
• Amelia Tran Vu (Economics/Spanish)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
  (Departmental Honors, Economics)
• Amelia Tran Vu (English)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Steven Gregory Wheat (Political Science)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Courtney Elizabeth Wittrock (Sociology/Communications)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
  (Departmental Honors, Communication Studies)
• Amarige Jahanara Yusufji (Language Studies in French)
  (Magna Cum Laude)

Bachelor of General Studies

• Rosemary Ann Archer
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Deniz Atay
• Cole Conrad Cramer
• Garrett Wayne Franks
• Davion J. Hayes
• Sarah Ann Mankivsky
• Melanie Lynn McGann
  (Cum Laude)
• Meghan Elizabeth Mosher
• Jayden Darron Pierre
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Isabel Fifield Regalado
  (Cum Laude)
• Timothy S. Reynolds
• James Parker Stegall
• Marty D. Taylot
• Luke Michael Terrana
• Suzanna Teklehhaymanot Tesfamicheal
• Camron Dylan Thomas
• Tanner Kent Toolson
• Jackson Henry Wendling

Bachelor of Science

• Ellie Foy Adamson (Political Science)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
• McConnell Russell Albert (Economics)
• Dawson Gray Allen (Political Science)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Esther Lyn Ellefson Allen (Economics)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Graham Courtney Arnold (Political Science)
• Emily Grace Monroe Augustus (Economics)
  (Cum Laude)
• Abdilahi Haji Awad (Economics)
• Olivia Corinne Banks (Political Science/Economics)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
• Sophia Grace Baugess (Sociology)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
  (Departmental Honors, Sociology)
• Bryce Christopher Berger (Economics)
• Strong Powell Beverly (Economics)
• Miguel Alejandro Blando (Political Science/Strategic Communication)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Reese Elizabeth Braun (Digital Culture & Data Analytics)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Rebecca Jane Brennan (Political Science/Economics)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Keira Abigail Brown (Sociology)
  (Cum Laude)
• Jenna Celeste Buchanan (Economics)
  (Cum Laude)
• John Romweber Bukowski (Economics)
• William T Bunch (Economics)
• Daniel Carrasquilla (Economics)
  (Cum Laude)
• Rockney V. Cecil (Economics)
• Landen Cella (Economics)
• Jonathan David Cerda (Political Science)
• Ashley Nicole Chavez (Political Science)
  (Cum Laude)
• Edgar Cicanci (International Economics)
  (Cum Laude)
• Edgar Cicanci (Political Science)
  (Cum Laude)
• William Aidan Coggeshall (Economics)
• Brynn Michael Coleman (Political Science)
  (Cum Laude)
• Peyton C Collier (Political Science)
• Chase Patrick Darlington (Economics)
• Destiny Davis (Political Science)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
  (Departmental Honors, Political Science)
• Jack Michael Di Vito (Economics)
• Mariana Diaz-Garcia (Political Science)
• William Magee Dillon (Economics)
• Marc Nicholas Dziak (Economics)
• Lucas James Engles-Klann (Political Science)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Tate Daniel Falta (Economics)
• Sean Myles Farrell (Economics)
• Frederic RD Faul (Economics)
• Gabriel Fernández Garcia Ramos (Economics)
• Miguel Alejandro Figueroa (Economics)
• Grant Andrew Franklin (Sociology/Digital Culture & Data Analytics)
• Connor Fritch (Economics)
• Jorge Andres Gamez-Gonzalez (Geography)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Clellie Elizabeth Gentry (Economics)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Areti Glinou (Economics)
• Mitchell Brown Glotfelty (Economics)
• Ulenna T. Gonzales (Economics)
• Jose Manuel Gonzalez Jr. (Economics)
• Nicolas Gutierrez (Economics)
• Virginia Ann Harrigan (Political Science)
• Titan Terrell Henderson (Economics)
• Gianni Micheal Henry (Economics)
• Isaac Sebastian Hernandez (Economics)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Lauren Nicole Herrington-Naizer (Political Science)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Jennings Paige Hix (Political Science)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
  (Departmental Honors, Political Science)
• Samuel Edwin Hunter (Political Science)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
  (Departmental Honors, Political Science)
• Titus Wayne Hunter (Political Science)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
• Samuel Wayne Huso (Political Science/Language Studies-Chinese) (Summa Cum Laude)
• Farduus Yuusuf Ibraahim (Digital Culture & Data Analytics)
• Treasure Tamuno Ifiesimama (Sociology)
• Victoria Christian Johnston (Economics)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
  (Departmental Honors, Economics)
• Kara Rae Jones (Economics)
• Annika E Jonson (Economics)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Ned Seamas Kalata (Political Science)
• Grant Lucas Klatt (Economics)
• Kornel Kohalmi (International Economics)
• Matthew John Kelsven (Economics)
  (Cum Laude)
• Andrew Daniel Thomas LaGrande (Political Science)
• Allison Margarita Martinez (Sociology)
• Grant Armstrong Mastin (Political Science)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Christiane Analiese May (Political Science)
• Carol Ann McClendon (Political Science)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Olivia Claire Meyer (Political Science)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Johnny Angel Montoya (Political Science)
  (Cum Laude)
• Isabella Sophia Moravits (Political Science/Psychology)
• Joshua Rene Moreno (Philosophy)
• Ryan William Murray (Political Science)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Allison Sarah NewRingeisen (Political Science)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Summer Grace Owens (Political Science)
  (Cum Laude)
• Stephen Nash Park (Digital Culture & Data Analytics)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
• Vedant Sahadevkumar Patel (Economics/Mathematics)
• Cristobal Pena (Economics)
• Eliot Kay Raimer (Political Science)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Raul J Ramirez (Economics)
• Gabrielle Patricia Reed (Political Science)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• John Ritchie (Economics)
• Claire Michelle Rodriguez (Political Science)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Jett Carson Sample (Political Science)
• Cade Sanberg (Economics)
• Zoe Kylie Sanchez (Digital Culture & Data Analytics)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Kiera Michelle Seay (Sociology)
• Garrett Elias Sharayha (Economics)
• Aaron Michael Smith (Political Science)
• Mason McDade Smith (Political Science)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Amelia Snyder (Economics)
• Maddox Rowe Stretz (Economics)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Maya Gabriele Suresh (Political Science)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
• Logan Matthew Talabock (Political Science)
• Alexander Lee Taurman (Political Science)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Aidan Alexander Taylor (Economics)
• Iain Hunter Taylor (Political Science)
• Elle Alexa Thistle (Economics)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Lauren D Tran (Political Science)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
  (Departmental Honors, Political Science)
• Audrey Marie Turco (Political Science/Youth Advocacy and Educational Studies) (Magna Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
• Jackson Audie Turrentine (Economics)
• Ava Mar Valdes (Sociology)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
  (Departmental Honors, Sociology)
• Ava Mar Valdes (Economics)
  (Summa Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
• Giorgia Vavalle (International Economics)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Henry Hoan Vu (Geography)
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• George Mullen Wallis (Political Science)
• Andrew James Wilson (Political Science)
• Marco Zapata (Economics)
• Karsten Theodore Zimmermann (Geography/Language Studies in German)

Bachelor of Science in Criminology & Criminal Justice

• Amarea Melton
• Maria de los Angeles Ayala-Ortiz
• Justus Carl Bedford
• Bella Rose Bradford
• Melaina Isabella Centenio
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Evan Joseph Clouser
• Kyle William Clucas
• Kathryn Douglass Conti
• Alyssa Day
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Madison Leigh Deason
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Ireland Mae Denning
• Kinsley Rivers Drenner
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Uwera Tuyisabe Esperance
• Sophia Grace Flynn
• Kiara Bianca Gomez
• Mia Avagail Govea
• Dylan Alexandra Haley
• Luke David Harless
• Travis Zane Hudson
• Bryn Kennedy Iuliano (Cum Laude)
• Sydney Anais Juszczyk
• Gabriella Nicole Kaas
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Kati Angel Kalenga
  (Cum Laude)
• Matthew Reagan Lowe
  (Cum Laude)
• Kristin Jade Magallon
• Dylan Charles Maier
  (Cum Laude)
• Liberty Ann Marcum
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Mariah Janelle McNeill
• Emily Melendez
• Monroe Louise Melges
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Sydney June Moltrum
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Mailyn Aranza Mondragon
  (Cum Laude)
• Alexa Lyn Nelson
  (Cum Laude)
• Cole Tanner O'Brien
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Grady Martin O'Gara
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Lily Louise Parker
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Grace Perri Pauly
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Isabella Lynne Pavicic
  (Cum Laude)
• Ethan Powell
  (Cum Laude)
• Carson Olivia Radcliff
• Kylee Brynn Ramchatesingh
• Colby Keith Reynolds
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Jackson Robert Richard
  (Cum Laude)
  (University Honors)
• Zoe Faith Robertson
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Louis Rodriguez
  (Cum Laude)
• Sofia Isabel  Sanchez
• Trinity Taylor Sanchez
  (Cum Laude)
• Ryan Sanders
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Shane Michael Davidson
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Jack William Severino
• Hector Napoleon Solis
• Edward James Stuart
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Isabella Katherine Cama Tankersley
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Olivia Carlotta Cama Tankersley
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Tiffany Grace Teichert
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Taylor Ann Tomlinson
  (Summa Cum Laude)
• Karina Ximena Torres
  (Magna Cum Laude)
• Matthew B Villareal
• Haley Jane Wright
  (Cum Laude)
• Ashley Reagan Zabel
  (Magna Cum Laude)

Military Commissions

The following TCU student received a Commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force:

• Henry Vu

The following TCU students received a Commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army:

• Nicholas Burch-Zapata
• Alex Derrick
• Bennett DuVal
• Kayla Fruean
• Nick Galvan
• Riley Kozakar
• Alexis Kunze
• Matt Lowe
• Rocco Ronzone
• Ryan Sanders
• Patrick Sheats
• Logan Talabock

The following TCU student received a Commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army National Guard:

• Matthew Cerda-Malec – Texas Army National Guard

Students listed in the commencement program are degree candidates as of May 8, 2026.  Latin Honors designations in the program are calculated as of the end of the Fall 2025 term.  Official Latin Honors will be calculated after final grades are complete.  Official Latin Honors designations will be printed on the diploma.  Inclusion in the commencement program does not indicate completion of degree requirements of final awarding of the degree.