Convocation Spring 2025
2025 Convocation Ceremony Video:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
2025 Convocation Slideshow
Summer 2025 Undergraduates
Ivanna Gomez
Fall 2025 Undergraduates
Leslie Baca
Raquel Barcena
Evelyn Cisneros
Alena Gonzales
Simona Jayme
Leah Livingston
Mahlan Parker
Jessica Sanchez
Electra Schroeder
Jennifer Torres
Morgan Tracy
Sydney Walker
Spring 2025 Undergraduates
Enrique Armijo
Angelo Arnett
Angelo Arvizo
Daniella Avila-Amezcua
Areya Bevan
Zoe Callan
Mia Casas
Michael Chavez
Bruce Chrisp
Michelle Corral
Javier Cruz
James DeAngelo
Noah Diaz
Maximus Gering
Renata Gonzales
Jess Greer
Emeril Hart
Madison Hogans
Lily Holcomb
Renee Johnson
Orion Lee
Alhana Lewis
Matthew Lineberry
Sama Maadi
Emilia Madrid
Elijah Maestas
Jolee Magoosh
Jazlynn Martinez
Nicholas Mazariegos
Samantha McCalmont
Ariel Menendez
Ashley Miller
Ezra Miller
Laura Nino Martin
Paisley Parker
Jasmine Partain
Savannah Phelps
Analaura Prado
Samantha Ramirez
Nolan Rigg
MJ Robertson
Savina Romero
Sherri Saltzburg-Campos
Brittni Simms
Sicily Smith
Benson Welles
A.J. Wood
Spring 2025 English Minors
Alyssa Begay
Maya Shandra Capuano
Brooke Cisneros
Jackie Davis
Trillium Green
Adrienne Jones
Johnathan La 'Ve
Jolee Magoosh
Nicholas Mazariegos
Keenan Rave
Elijah Ritch
Brayden Thedford
Wavey Villanueva
Jacqueline Wright
Spring 2025 English-Philosophy
Jonah Armbruster
Undergraduate Departmental Honors
Miranda Benson, "Thor Reimagined: Reclaiming a Lost Voice"
magna cum laude
Advisor: Ana June
Michael Chavez, "Effects and Implications of Technological Advancements and Artificial Intelligence in the Field of Second Language Acquisition"
magna cum laude
Advisor: C. Tyler Johnson
Renee Johnson, "Irregular Unions in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice"
summa cum laude
Advisor: Carmen Nocentelli
Leah Livingston, "Partition"
summa cum laude
Advisor: Greg Martin
Cynthia O'Rourke, "One Burque Punk"
magna cum laude
Advisor: Daniel Mueller
Savina Romero, "Limpia"
magna cum laude
Advisor: Greg Martin
Jennifer Torres, "Analyzing Media Framing of Transgender Healthcare Access: A Critical Discourse Analysis"
cum laude
Advisor: Beth Davila
Morgan Tracy, "Toy Box House"
magna cum laude
Advisor: Lisa D. Chavez
A.J. Wood, "Maw"
magna cum laude
Advisor: Andrew Bourelle
Undergraduate Awards
Bank of America Undergraduate Student Award
Kadra Guillermo
Bank of America Returning Student Award
Anna Yarrow
Linda and Arthur John Brender Endowed Scholarship
Eviana Lopez
Elsie and James Demas Scholarship
Renee Johnson
Howard Dean Everett Scholarship
Monika Toledo
Virginia R. Fultz Scholarship
Ariah Romero
Hillerman/McGarrity Scholarship in Creative Writing
Sophia Walker
AJ Wood
Irene B. Kimball Endowed Scholarship
Ruth-Ann Davis
The Dale and Ivan Melada Endowed Scholarship
Maria Fernandez
Leslie Duran
Jacob Garcia
Miriam Reichsfeld
New Mexico Folklore Scholar in English
Anthony Lucero
Katherine G. Simons Scholarship in English
Sarah Massey
Benson Welles
Katherine M. Sims Memorial Scholarship
Ariel Menendez
Joseph B. Zavadil Memorial Scholarship
Nolan Rigg
9th Annual Karen McKinnon Poetry Awards
Kadra Guillermo, 1st Place for "Pinching Wings"
Michelle Corral, 2nd place for “Madre”
Hayley Hunt, 3rd place for "The Words I Swallow for Your Comfort"
Fall 2024 Graduates
AJ Odasso, MA Rhetoric and Writing
Spring & Summer 2025 Graduates
Kani Aniegboka, MFA Nonfiction
Gia Arellano, MA Literature
Joseph Byrne, MFA Fiction
Vera Clyne, MFA Nonfiction
Amy Dotson, MFA Fiction
Emily Graves, MFA Fiction
Gwyneth Henke, MFA Fiction
Julianne Peterman, MFA Fiction
Haley Steffans, PhD American Literary Studies
Bradley Tepper, PhD British and Irish Literary Studies
Cody West, MA Medieval Studies
2025 Graduate Certificate in Technical and Professional Writing
Abigail Campbell
Savannah Sanchez
Graduate Awards
Bilinski Foundation Fellowship
Jessie Bonafede
Haley Steffan
Buchanan-Arms Award in English
Navid Etedali
Graduate Student Award in Rhetoric and Writing
Gabriel Garcia
Phyllis Flanders Dorset Scholarship in English Literature
Wendi Lee
Hillerman - McGarrity Scholarship in Creative Writing
Chandra Lowry
Emma Gannon
Howard Dean Everett Scholarship
Charles Horace
Dr. E.A. Mares Award for Chicano Literature
Joshua Sanchez
Mary M. McDonald Scholarship Fund in English
Darian Wharton
Rudolfo Anaya Fellowship
Julianne Peterman
Vicente Ximenes Scholarship
Madeline Mendoza
TA Teaching Awards
TA Literature Teaching Award
Averie Basch
TA Creative Writing Teaching Award
Julianne Peterman
Outstanding Core Writing Instructor
Ashley Bernardo
Outstanding New Writing Instructor
Darian Wharton
Outstanding Peer Mentor
Julianne Peterman
Best 1110x Assignment Sequence Best 2120 Assignment Sequence
Doaa Omran
Best 2120 Assignment Sequence
Bianca Lucero
