Congratulations to the Near Eastern Studies class of 2020.
Doctor of Philosophy
Rama Alhabian (Hama, Syria)
Thesis: “Poetics of Modernity in 19th Century Arabic Maqāmāt”
Bachelor of Arts
Reagan Jennifer Bachman (San Antonio, TX)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies
Karli Madison Berry (Las Vegas, NV)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies
Nico Luigi Capalongo (Ithaca, NY)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies
Jhanae A. Cole (Jamaica, NY)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies
Alexandra Logan Ginsberg (Atlanta, GA)
Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Near Eastern Studies, cum laude
Honors Thesis: “It’s The Economy, Stupid: The First Step Forward On A Path Toward Resolving The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict”
Cristian Andrew Gonzalez (Western Springs, IL)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies and Government
Leah Rose Hoffman (Thornton, NH)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies
Alexia Oria Howell (Marietta, GA)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies
Ryan Joseph Musto (New Canaan, CT)
Bachelor of Arts in History and Near Eastern Studies, magna cum laude
Honors Thesis: “Orientalism at Gallipoli: How the Prevailing Orientalism of the Era Explains Churchill’s Defeat in the Near East”
Thomas Joseph Nolan (Tappan, NY)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies and Government
Choudhury Fahim Rahman (Brooklyn, NY)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies
Olivia Rene Schmalfuss (Spencer, NY)
Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies, magna cum laude
Honors Thesis: “The Political Work of Monumental Structures in Bronze Age Southeast Arabia”
Christine Elizabeth Scott (New York, NY)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies
Ian Alexander Wallace (Cohoes, NY)
Bachelor of Arts in History and Near Eastern Studies, magna cum laude
Honors Thesis: “Rural Rebellion in 1950s Morocco: State Authority and Insurrection in the Middle Atlas and Rif Mountains.”
Near Eastern Studies Minor
Abdul Rahman Al-Mana (Doha Ad Dawhah, Qatar)
Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Studies
Andrew Nicholas Arriz (New York, NY)
Bachelor of Arts in Government
Lauren Sydney Goldstein (New York, NY)
Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies
CC Craft Groves (Rochester, MN)
Bachelor of Arts in English
Hannah Rachel Hyams (Wayne, PA)
Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations
Peter Gordon Glass (Mercer Island, WA)
Bachelor of Arts in College Scholar and Government
Armine Stephanie Kalbakian (Los Angeles, CA)
Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology & Archaeology
Anna Louise Kline (Port Washington, NY)
Bachelor of Arts in History
Barr Lavi-Romer (Rhinebeck, NY)
Bachelor of Arts in Biology
Jonah Gabriel Smart (Stamford, CT)
Bachelor of Arts in History
Toba Fonda Stern (New Rochelle, NY)
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Life Sciences
Jewish Studies Minor
Hannah Jocelyn Luchs (Upper Saddle River, NJ)
Bachelor of Sciences in Biological Sciences
Lauren Sydney Goldstein (New York, NY)
Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies
Cristian Andrew Gonzalez (Western Springs, IL)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies & Government
Frances Elizabeth Dodin (Brooklyn, NY)
Bachelor of Science in Human Biology & Health and Society
Hannah Rachel Hyams (Wayne, PA)
Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations
Arabic Minor
Patrick Campbell (Bethesda, MD)
Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics and Management
Ana Penavic (Smithtown, NY)
Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies & Asian Studies
Ryan Joseph Musto (New Canaan, CT)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies & History
Jhanae A. Cole (Jamaica, NY)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies
Malikul S. Muhamad (Harrisburg, PA)
Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations
Chi Kyu Lee (Seoul, South Korea)
Bachelor of Arts in English
Cristian Andrew Gonzalez (Western Springs, IL)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies & Government
Karli Madison Berry (Las Vegas, NV)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies
Choudhury Fahim Rahman (Brooklyn, NY)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies
Reagan Jennifer Bachman (San Antonio, TX)
Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Studies
