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

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