The English Department was pleased to hold its first in-person Convocation Ceremony in May 2023 after three years of online and Zoom convocations. Palpable energy and excitement was felt in Rodey Theatre since we could once again gather and celebrate the achievement of our students face to face. We had an excellent alumni speaker, Brian Jones (class of 1989), who, with his BA in English, became the biographer of some major American cultural icons, publishing five bestselling books. We recorded the entire ceremony, which can be viewed on our YouTube channel and on our website. Congratulations to all of the recent graduates! We encourage you all to keep in touch, as we greatly enjoy celebrating the many accomplishments of our students, faculty, and alumni/ae through our newsletters and blog. If you would like to feature your accomplishments in our next newsletter as well as on our website, please fill out and submit this form for our Alumni Spotlight, or email us at english@unm.edu.
Fall 2022 Graduates
Andrea Borunda, PhD BILS
Spring and Summer 2023 Graduates
Laura Anderson, MA Language & Literature
Tania Balderas, PhD ALS
Averie Basch, MA Medieval Studies
Kimberly Blake, MA Language & Literature
Sunnie Clahchischiligi, PhD Rhetoric & Writing
Todd Cronkhite, PhD ALS
Alexander Henkle, MA Language & Literature
Sinae Kang, PhD BILS
Emma Mincks, PhD BILS
Ruben MirandaJuarez, MFA Fiction
Tyler MortensenHayes, MFA Poetry
JoAnna Neveda, PhD Rhetoric & Writing
Evelyn Olmos Ontiveros, MFA Poetry
Charles O’Melia, MFA Fiction
Joshua Sanchez, MA Language & Literature
Cyrus Stuvland, MFA Non c on
Sofia Tarabrina, PhD Rhetoric & Writing
Jared Valdez, PhD ALS
Summer 2022 BA English Studies
Catherine Collier
Solana Harris
Summer 2022 English Minors
Hannah Beck
Jacquelynn Gutierrez
Fall 2022 BA English Studies
Marcos Balido Romero
Charles Berlowitz
Callan Buday
Gage Davis
Meranda Feagin
Benjamin Fowler
Isabel Gastelum
Angel Jones
Julia Langeway
Katherine Love
Candra Lowery
Bianca Lucero
Karina Ortiz
Justine Pennington
Ana Rios
Grace Saiz
Rosanna Samudio
Alesha Sanchez
Brigid Shaski
Gabriel Simmons
Elizabeth Smith
Fall 2022 BA English-Philosophy
Angela Walters
Fall 2022 English Minors
Haneen Ame
Andrew Brackeen
Somiya Dunnum
Carina Gutierrez
Sarah Masica
David Romero
Dorian Sugg
Spring 2023 BA English Studies
Ariel Alexander
Gia Arellano
Sara Aslami
Robin Babb
Anneshka Barbone
Christian Calloway
Abigail Campbell
Jaron Chavez
Andrea Chin-Lopez
Grace Drew
Samantha Erreguin
Katie Fields
Karine Franco Perez
Ravyn Garcia
Charlotte Gates
Ariana Green
Sierra Martinez
Calista Monzingo
Natalya Mora
Jessica Rose Nunez
Jaquelin Pacheco-Marquez
Elija Padilla
Taylor Parsons
Alexis Pierce
Angelina Pompeo
Elizabeth Raaff
John Scott
Alexander Self
Samantha Sena
Nicole Sjoblom
Andrew Sowers
Catherine Sturgess
Christian Walker
Ethan Ward
Jocelyn Ware
Cheyenne Weaver
London Wilder
Spenser Willden
Joshua Williamson
Dionna Wright
Spring 2023 BA English-Philosophy
Ran Hilgendorf
Benjamin Ramirez
Spring 2023 English Minors
Rebecca Atkin
Arian Baca
Fiona Mae Balasuit
Amanda Baquera
Janessa Bowekaty
Jonathan Cain
John Coss
Emily Garrity
Nathan Gonzales
Sabina Griebel
Mariah Jake
Clayton Longfellow
Cara Marin
Christina Norton
Stanley Pickett
Jenna Rhoades
Luke Sheppard
Madison Villareal
Brooklyn Woods
Elizabeth Zellner
Undergraduate Departmental Honors
Gia Arelllano, “The Female Perspec ve in Alfred Lord Tennyon’s The Lady of Shalo and Contemporary Young Adult Adapta ons”
cum laude
Advisor: Sarah Townsend
Robin Babb, “Fictional Boyfriends”
magna cum laude
Advisor: Greg Martin
Tamara Decker, “TraumaInformed Shakespeare Pedagogy: A Scholarly Memoir”
magna cum laude
Advisor: Marissa Greenberg
Benjamin Fowler, “Madness and Longing”
magna cum laude
Advisor: Daniel Mueller
Charlotte Gates, “Forming a Truth—A Memoir”
magna cum laude
Advisor: Greg Martin
Ethan Ward, “People and Endings”
magna cum laude
Advisor: Amaris Ketcham
Spenser Willden, “Raton”
magna cum laude
Advisor: Greg Martin
