The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics celebrated the Class of 2024 with a convocation ceremony this spring.

The school recognized 124 undergraduates, 51 master's students, and 24 doctoral students at the ceremony, which took place at the end of the spring 2024 semester. 

This year's convocation speaker was George Reveliotis (BA, ’96, history). Reveliotis is the founder and managing partner of Reveliotis Law, P.C., a property tax and real estate law firm in Park Ridge, Illinois. He serves as the president of the Pan-Arcadian Federation of America and a board member of the Greek American Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He is also on the board of advisors of the PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation.

A strong supporter of the Department of Classics, Reveliotis, in addition to previous gifts that funded teaching assistant and lecturer positions, pledged $1.5 million to set up The George N. Reveliotis Family Hellenic Studies Endowment in 2019. The gift, which Reveliotis pledged over 10 years, was designated to support a lecturer, scholarships, professorships, and graduate fellowships. In 2020, Reveliotis received the LAS Dean's Quadrangle Award, which recognizes extraordinary friends and supporters of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. 

If you missed it, you can watch a recording of this year's convocation ceremony here.

Congratulations to this year's graduates: 

Bachelor of Arts/Science

Classics

• Lily M. Lisnic (Classical Civilizations, +Anthropology)
• Kanu Y. Mahasivam (Classical Languages, +Mathematics)

Comparative & World Literature

• Alexandria M. Stratton (World Literature, +Political Science and Sociology)

Computer Science + Linguistics

• Sahit M. Atreya
• Faraaz A. Baig
• Daniel M. Bargon (+East Asian Languages & Cultures)
• Dhruv Baronia
• Eesha Barua
• Sid Bhushan
• Mohit R. Chhaya (+Brain and Cognitive Science)
• Willie Cui (+Political Science)
• Meghna R. Gaddam
• Neha Gogate
• Riya Gupta
• Owen C. Hayes
• Anish R. Jampana
• Jackson A. Kennel
• Aditi Khanna
• Natasha Kozintseva (+Instrumental Music)
• Sana Madhavan
• Sriya Mikkilineni
• Stephanie L. Patterson
• Aleena I. Rehman
• Aishani Sahoo
• Varun R. Sarabudla
• Rishi Sekhar
• Rahul Setlur
• Dhruv Sundararaman
• Shiv V. Trivedi
• John P. Warzecha (+Spanish)

East Asian Languages & Cultures

• Layla R. Adamee
• Zey Jin
• Diana S. Kirby
• Delilah Massey
• Alexis Rivera
• Lesley G. Sandoval
• Tyler J. Smith
• Addy A. Totka

French

• Moira K. Duffy (French Studies, +Information Sciences)
• Finn Marloft (French Studies)
• Karina Sanchez (French Studies)

Germanic Studies

• Natalia Crane (German Studies, +Political Science)
• Spencer Miller (German Culture and Literature)
• Lane B. Raedle (German Business and Commercial Studies, +Communication)
• William M. Weng (German Culture and Literature)

Italian

• Eleonora Benedetti (+Psychology)

Linguistics

• Dalton S. Ascone
• Jackie L. Becerra (+English)
• Jack A. Bartscher
• Hailee M. Bosek
• Jerry Chen
• Julia Di Marco
• Brianna C. Eckart
• Jayden Forte
• Lauryn G. Henry
• Kelsey D. Jackson
• Jae J. Knecht
• Beth K. Kokal
• Tommy Lee
• Shenshen Lyu
• Eric D. Mattson
• Ren O. Nielsen
• Nadia Pinto
• Jayci M. Reese
• Bryan M. Retallick
• Natalie G. Salazar (+Italian)
• Anna M. Selleck
• Francesco Z. Vial
• Seth A. Wickens-Walther

Linguistics and Teaching ESL

• Carly Gaca
• Caleigh M. Kupferschmid

Religion

• Jowita K. Warias (+Economics)

Spanish

• Jonathan J. Beaton (+Political Science)
• Josh D. Brown (+Computer Science and Advertising)
• Lisa M. Chasanov (+Anthropology)
• Juliette A. Chavarria (+Communication)
• Storey N. Childs (+Political Science)
• Anneliese H. Cornejo Garcia (+Journalism)
• Noelle K. Daehler (+Chemistry)
• Faith E. Dahman (+Political Science)
• William Dai (+Molecular and Cellular Biology)
• Kevin Esquivel
• Mark A. Frale (+Finance)
• Angie M. Galvez (+Psychology)
• Monse Gonzalez-Gutierrez (+Mathematics)
• Autumn B. Gouge (+English)
• Wayne K. Hardy
• Jaqueline Hernandez (+Economics)
• Lauren J. Horvath (+Mechanical Engineering)
• Amaiya A. Johnson
• Emma S. Jordan (+Political Science)
• Nikhil S. Kapse
• Amy J. Knutson (+Food Science and Human Nutrition)
• Maddie E. Lamphear (+Interdisciplinary Health Sciences)
• Chloe M. Leonard (+Psychology)
• Steph A. Lepak (+Global Studies)
• Wendy Lopez (+Middle Grades Education)
• Lauren K. MaganaH (+Agricultural and Consumer Economics)
• Lauren M. McCoy
• Annemarie B. Novack (+Astronomy)
• Seihla Nunez-Deleon (+Political Science)
• Erin O'Neill (+Global Studies)
• Nina C. Pierce (+Anthropology)
• Paul A. Rampersaud (+Political Science)
• Antonio Rivera
• Melany E. RomeroJ (+Psychology)
• Peter F. Rybinski (+Economics)
• Natalia W. RzepaH (+Speech and Hearing Science)
• Karen M. Sanchez (+Political Science)
• Ellie X. Sander (+Urban Studies and Planning)
• Grace M. Schumacher (+Political Science)
• Krupa H. Shah (+Molecular and Cellular Biology)
• Noelle G. Smagala (+Earth, Society, and Environmental Sustainability)
• Anna Stephanov (+Economics)
• Blake Talwar (+Psychology)
• Tara L. Thrall
• Isela Villasenor (+Molecular and Cellular Biology)

Teaching of German

• Wil M. Schneider
• Macy C. Sherwood

Teaching of Spanish

• Sophia M. Caruso
• Ellie S. ChiganosJ
• Grace L. Crawford
• Sheila Y. Jara Espinoza
• Kaysee Williams

Master of Arts

Classics

• Casey A. Barnett
• Brenden Hay
• Elisa T. Jennings

East Asian Languages & Cultures

• Riley L. Gierat
• James W. Jagiello
• Woohui Park
• Tengyun Zhang
• Xiaoyan Ren

French

• Alix Jean Charles
• Jessica M. Wikle

German

• Joseph J. Medley

Italian

• Costanza Vallicelli

Linguistics

• Majda Layek
• Paul De Nijs
• Yulin Pan
• Isela Silvera

Teaching of English as a Second Language

• Agnieszka J. Bednarz
• Rosana A. Gomez Cayapu
• Ogulcan Durmaz
• Hilal H. Karakorkmaz
• Suhyeon Lee
• Yu-Wen Lien
• Dorothy W. Maweu
• Madison L. McCann
• Jess C. Streepy
• Sophia I. Warnement

Religion

• Nicholas B. Haight
• Turner H. Rives
• Ji Hae R. Robinson

Slavic Languages & Literatures

• August J. Hagemann

Spanish

• Patricia Castillo Calatayud (Spanish Linguistics)
• Angel J. Maison (Spanish Literatures & Cultures)
• Karen D. Pasetto Ovelar (Spanish Linguistics)
• Natalia L. Rigonatto (Spanish Linguistics)

Translation & Interpreting Studies

• Angela M. Agnello
• Sarah L. Attalla
• Clara M. Dunlop
• Amy Gamble
• Lucas R. Haney
• Mary M. Holmes Iacobelli
• Joseph H. Kalmar
• Xuan Li
• Zeyu Liao
• Krista A. Maine
• Karen E. Ogden Araujo
• Daisy B. Orquiola
• Alisha Rice
• Ryan M. Struss
• Yevheniya A. Volkovicher
• Lauren E. Willis
• Fiona R. You

Doctor of Philosophy

Classical Philology 

• Ky Merkley
• Nicholas A. Rudman

Comparative Literature

• Mary S. Casey
• Lizy H. Mostowski
• Stephanie J. Stoeckl

East Asian Languages & Cultures

• Jung Wook Pyo
• Yuefan (Ivy) Wang
• Xinge Zhang

French

• Lisa E. Brittingham (Second Language Acquisition & Teacher Education)
• Amanda N. Smith

Italian

• Francesco Ferrari

German

• John P. Slattery

Linguistics

• Omid Abdar
• Ping-Lin Chuang (Second Language Acquisition & Teacher Education)
• Sarah Clark
• Patrick J. Drackley
• Giang Ha Le
• Gorrety N. Wawire

Slavic Languages & Literatures

• Daria Semenova

Spanish

• Miren E. Anton Lobato
• Irati Hurtado Ruiz (Second Language Acquisition & Teacher Education)
• Arkaitz Ibarretxe Diego
• Lucía Sánchez-Gilbert
• Katie N. VanDyne

This list is based off of a program containing an unofficial list of candidates for graduation in May 2024 and a list of graduates who received degrees in August 2023 and December 2023. The list of May candidates is as accurate as possible; however, because of production deadlines, names of some degree recipients may not appear, while names of degree candidates who have not completed degree requirements may be included.