CEHC Honors Graduates at 2022 Commencement Ceremonies

Just a week ago, the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC) at the University at Albany proudly recognized more than 300 students at the 2022 University at Albany Commencement ceremonies.

“As an institution of higher education, we look so forward to this time each year,” said CEHC Founding Dean, Robert Griffin. “To be able to celebrate the culmination of our students’ journeys here and help send them off to pursue careers, graduate school, research endeavors or the armed forces is a rewarding experience for everyone at the College.”

CEHC recognized PhD students, graduate and undergraduate students from Thursday, May 12 through Saturday, May 14, respectively. It also hosted a Student Recognition Ceremony for outstanding seniors in advance of commencement on Thursday, May 12.

The Best of UAlbany Commencement 2022

The College honored more than 40 outstanding students nominated by CEHC faculty and staff at a ceremony on the afternoon of May 12. Honorees included:

• Dean's Award for Excellence in Academics, Leadership and Service: Valerie Fullarton and Bariela Capollari
• Academic Achievement: Crystal Baker, Rachel Jeffers, Sayeed Noor and Natalie Zempko
• Distinguished Dissertation: Xiaoyi Yerden, PhD
• Excellence in College Service: Mohammed Alazawi, Sev Oro, Ialiyah Reese, Catherine Trembley
• Excellence in Community Service: Grace Santoski and Nicholas Sturgeon       
• Excellence in Professional Service: Jason Schwartz                  
• Excellence in Published Works: Brian Lopez
• Excellence in Social Media: Kate Iguchi and Sev Oro                
• Excellence in Student Leadership: Joseph LaBarbera
• Excellence in Training: James O'Reilly
• Exceptional Performance in an Online Class: Sue Stone, George Ventura and Allyson Wood
• Exceptional Research Project: Katherine Amoresano, Jocelyn Chan, Mekhi Greene, Jason Schwartz, Zachary Taylor and Nick Waugh
• Internship Excellence: Frankie DiGioacchino, Joan Lauria, Ellis Osterfield and Jay Patadia
• Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI): Savannah Crouch, Harrison Kazer, Andrea Morales Arauz, Andy Xu, Yu (Amber) Zhuang                                                                     
• Peer Educator: Charlotte Allen and Brian O'Dea                                                
• Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM): Briuana Jackson and Emma Mingot

The College awarded seven Information Science, Doctor of Philosophies to the following:

• Mohammed Abdulrazak Alazawi, PhD, Addressing the Scale Issues in Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Crime: An Integrative Framework and Empirical Findings”
• Bahareh Ansari, PhD, “Taking a User-Centered Design Approach to Develop a Data Dashboard for New York State Department of Health and Implications for Improving the Usability of Public Data Dashboards”
• Manuel De Tuya, PhD, “You Can Be Serious - Using Information from Simulation Learning to Inform the Attainment of Project Management Skills”
• Kevin Matthe Caramancion, PhD, “An Interdisciplinary Assessment of the Prophylactic Educational Treatments to Misinformation and Disinformation”
• Emmanuel Sebastian Udoh, PhD, “A Mixed Methods Exploration of Fairness Issues in Algorithmic Policing Systems”
• Ethan Sprissler, PhD, “Cheating Detection in a Privacy Preserving Driving Style Recognition Protocol”
• Xiaoyi Yerden, PhD, “An Investigation of Open Government Data Utilization and Impact: Influential Factors and Stakeholders”

The following CEHC students were part of the 2022 Commencement ceremonies:

Master of Science

Tara Ellen Antolick, Jonathan Efrain Baez, Sarah Elizabeth Beattie, Kathleen D. Bonk, Aaron Michael Bradt, Mary Bucciero, Stephanie Ann Byrne, Kristen Elizabeth Campbell, Mehrab R. Choudhury,  Jill Anne Cofield, Jessica J. Collins, Molly Creveling, Felice Primeau Devine, Leslie D’Onofrio, Stephanie Michele Elio, Gabrielle Esposito, Malloryann Flanagan, Veronica Gaffney,  Neha Singh Gahlot, Alexis Michelle Gordon, Vamsi Krishna Goriparthi, Amanda Lynn Greenwood, Kathryn Jayne Hausch, Lily Josephine Hopkins, Linnea Joan Johnson, Annette Marie Kramer, Hilary C. LaFountain, Thomas McAlister, Crystal Alene Middleton, Andrew Morgan, Maribel Pagan, Sree Vishnu Pathuri, Arjun Paul, Erin Robson, Holly Roe, Ashley Nicole Scotto, Lydia Anna Sheldrick, Kenneth William Struble, Danielle Lezlee Thomas, Nicholas Alexander Waugh, Nislei Nicole Alvarado, Alexandra Danielle Araujo, Lori A. Bennett, Heather Marie Bryer, Melanie Carey Camara, Madison Rose Casillo, Anna Coombs, Savannah R. Crouch, Angela Datri,  Michael Joseph Davis, Francesca Maria DiGioacchino, Erin Patricia Dilorenzo, Arianna Kristen Dookhu, Evan Zachary Essex, Jose Angel Figueroa, Daniel Xavier Fitzsimmons Cruz, Kristen Ann Gagnon, Tamara J. Gaskell, Lauren Geertgens, Sara Beth Gorton, Charles Fitch Harrington, Sandra B. Hogan, Henry Hren, Alexander Michael Klein, Joan Caroline Lauria, Mackenzie L. Macey, Xavier Matos, Dana Merrill, Jo Ann Shirley Mulligan, Joan Mullin, Isabella Giovanna Nocera, Wisdom Orji, Rebecca Cappers Pollack, Angela Pollard, Samantha Pruner, Owais Raza,  Evan Craig Reardon, Kari Rivara-Sturchio, Amy K. Smith, Briana Tiernan, Catherine E. Tremblay, Miguel Angel Valentin, Kristine Elizabeth Welliver, Baylee Rae West, Katherine Whymark,  Allyson Grace Wood,  Natalie Elyse Zempko 

Certificate of Advanced Study in Library and Information Science

Katherine Emma Brent

Certificate of Graduate Study in Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity

Matthew James Alfultis, Shannon Elizabeth Benuscak, Jonathan Benjamin Green, Gavin Michael Grey, Megan Henry, Justin Anthony Permaul, James Conner Wright, Adam Paul Caramanna, Thomas Rock Corcoran, Karen Ilene Martino, Titus Fon Tekwe, Marshall Thomas Winn 

Andrew J. Anavim, Kiersten Marie Asher, Crystal R. Baker, Scott Thomas Bogart, Gabriella R. Bucci, Gage T. Cuomo, Scott Gary Defiglio, Connor Doran, Joshua Alpha Garvin, Leonarda Gonzalez, Amanda Guzy, Catherine Elizabeth Hannigan, Michael A. Houlis, Alan Michael Jacobs,  Haoxin Kuang, Thomas J. Mitchell, Jonathan K. Pacheco Reyes, Keshawn Garfield Peters,  Charles D. Rock, Grace Santoski, Michael Joseph Scaldaferri, Nicole Anne Scipione, Ronan Paul Stepney, Nicholas Todd Sturgeon, Eamon Joseph Sweeney, Michael E. Tarasoff, Dylan James Waters, Lawrence Joseph Wesneski, Tyler Jacob Wilk, Yu Zhuang, Charlotte Mary Allen, David A. Araujo, Azalea S. Baker, Alexandra Regina Beiling, Ari S. Bergfeld, Charles Andrew Bernet, Jr., Joseph Anthony Berti, Maya P. Blanchet, Callia A. Boudreau, Peter Juan Brala, Emma L. Burkhart, Paul Burlingame, Andrew Vincent Butkiewicz, Gabriella K. Catozzi, Austin Choong,  Jakob Daniel Clark, Gustavo De La Torre, Kassy D. Desir, Keegan Tylor Deyo, Emil Duda, Tyler Anthony Ferrara, Matthew P. Fertitta, Andrew Flynn, Jake M. Galgano, Samuel Max Gilbert,  Alexandra Noelle Goldfeder, Ethan David Goldmeer, Wyatt Edward Gorman, Alexander Graff, Richard B. Grugan, Caitlyn Eternity Hentnik, Xabier Oshawn Jones, Michael J. Karam, Abigail Kathryn Krause, Joseph P. La Barbera, Bailey Lee  Thomas, Michael Lindstrom, Liam Michael Maloney, Vincenzo Peter Martucci, Paul Joseph Matrecano, Sean Michael McCarthy, Conor J. McEleney, Conor R. McManus, Tyler Michael Mehm, Matthew William Merlini, Sean Moloney  Daniel Moore, Dominique Amber Wood, Moore, Erin Morrison, James Connor Mossman, Rozeena Munir, Jessie A. Navas, Prince Ngwu, Dylan Brett Nilsen, Angela Odero, James Patrick O’Reilly, Summer Rose Osterhout Wojtowecz, Nicholas William Pavelec, Dylan M. Rivera, Zachary M. Rizzo, Juliana Marie Rowe, Stefanie Laura Salamone, David J. Salvadori, Farrah Shae Sanford, Kevin J. Schoenau, Seth Schoenblum, Luke Thomas Shaw, Dylan John Spaulding,  Mason Augustus Stevenson, Klaudia Szewczyk, Jordan Townsend, Nicholas Anthony Uvino,  Ericka Vacaflores, Jonathon Weise, Myles Querin West, Dylan K. Winters

Bachelor of Science

Yaser Fouad Abdulghani, Haden William Adis, Gary Randall Anderson, Sydney Andrews, Dillon O. Ansong, Ana Joslyn, Aombe Zuri Arrington, Charles Beedy, Dylan Alexander Brown, John Kenneth Burrows, Randy Cardenas, Matthew John Castaldo, Shalome Oshane Clarke, Nicholas Vincent D’Imperio, Joel Kotei Djanie, Matthew Ryan, Dominick Melpomeni, Doutsis Dakoda, Montrell Drummond, Marc-Anthony Flores, Kyle Emmanuel Fraiser, Giovanni Alix Francois,  Jasmine Alexis Franklin, Lukas Graig, Edward Scott Hake, Alec Hansraj, John Francis Heslin,  Miranda Hodge, Daniel Donghoon Kang, Sam Keller, Kyle Koehler, Gyuhaeng Lee, John Henry Lennon, Jordin Lissone, Julia N. Lodato, Dashaun Lofton, Brian Angel Lopez, Nicholas Lotter,  Hariel Mangual, Alex Mani, Elizanel Martínez Moquete, Kyle J. McAlevey, Brandon Medina,  David Morales, Cheki Princess Morvain Woodberry, Corey Edward Norkaitis, Gregory Nowicki,  Matthew Sean O’Connell, Brian D. O’Dea, Katherine M. Onorato, Derek Robert Owens, Sarah B. Owens, Joshua Philip Padgett, Morgan Peters, Brian M. Poltie, Melissa Portalatin, Devaughn Powell, Ialiyah Yashmik Reese, Brandon Ruiz, Steven Sanchez, Jr., Giulio Michael Santorio, Lucas Sauer, Nayyab Shahbaz, Thomas John Shepardson, Olivia Shipley, Kayla Marie Solorzano,  Susanne M. Stone, Michael-Antonio Blasi Tsahalis, Akedra Watson, Benjamin Donald Wheatley,  Stephen Xu, Moses Yehoshua, Teneesha Young, Mohamed Dafaallah Yousif, Jennifer E. Zinszer, Niani Adams, Justin Adolfsen, Julian Adriano, Efemena Philip Ageh, Vishal Bhagwanbhai Ahir, Walter Akstull, Christian A. Amarelle, Katherine M. Amoresano, Armen Avanesian, Ryan J. Bejjih, Jonathan Berganza, Shelby Lynn Blair, Brittany E. Bordeaux, Ramario D. Bradshaw, Malik D. Browning, Jacob Riley Campbell, Nicholas E. Capunay, Jony Castillo, Michael T. Cavotta, Henry Cedillo, Jocelyn Nokjiu Chan, Gianni Charalambous, Daniel Coreas, Alexander William Corkery, Maria C. Cruz, Jake Cuomo, Danielle Claire Decker, Sam Dioume, Oluwaseun Kolawole,     Durosinmi-Etti A’chynee Edmundson, Taryn Alicia Edwards, Nakaela K. Elliott, Jefferson Wayne Villafuerte Esguerra, Olivia Patricia Feeser, Kevin Fernandez, Patrick Joseph Ferris, Jared Nathan Fletcher, Valerie S. Fullarton, Kevin Dylan Goldman, Tyler Jeffrey Graham, Mekhi T. Greene, Cameron R. Gregoire, Jessica Whitney Guerrant, Tanner Scott Guidi, Carlos Antonio Guzman,     Valencia Jacob Hargraves, Gregory C. Hemmes, Cody Hinds, Keelin P. Hollywood, Samuel Marcus Houston, Jack B. Hummingbird, Kate A. Iguchi, Brian Robert Imfeld, Briuana Alicia Jackson, Jaquan Jervis-McKenzie, Armand Juliani, Raphael Ephriam Karger, Harrison A. Kazer, Soo Min Kim, Michael Kline, Seth Robert Kowitz, Kevin James Lacina, Matthew Langley, Katie S. Latko, Albert Lin, Darren Liu Yingwei Liu, Emma C. LoConte, Benjamin Loper, Andrew T. Luciano, Leo Mamachan, Travis M. Mariano, Darian Bravin Marien, Elvi A. Martinez, Daniel Eric Mehu,  Gavin-Paul Metellus, Edens Michel, Nickolt P. Milord, Omar Mohammed, Jhon A. Monroy,  Andrea Nicole Morales Arauz, Peter Moschovitis, Deirdre Tiffany Neider, Nicholas Joseph Nelson, Lilian M. Newton, Bernard Ng  Ethan Ng, Sayeed Ahmad Noor, Joseph Norman, Matthew James Olenick, John James O’Neill, Severina A. Oro, Ellis W. Osterfeld, Dylan James O’Sullivan, Zwade A. Palmer, Briana Parchment, Jaeyoung Park, Sean Parker, Jay Dipak Patadia,  Justin Gary Petzold, Brandon Quinones, Justin M. Rabrich, Umer Raja, Lizmary Mabel Reyes,  Anthony Joseph Roldan, Alexander L. Rousso, Zachary R. Sandora, Jason Andrew Schwartz, Jaskarn Singh Sekhon, Mahmood Selab, Humayara Siddika, Kian C. Sowerby, Christopher Patrick Stewart, Arman Manav Suchdeve, Jorge Luis Tapia, Zachary D. Taylor, Dennis Thomas, Sean P. Tudor, Michael Horatio Velazquez, Monty Velez, Jr., George Ventura, Justin R. Vulfs, Patrick M. Weiss, Gabriel Wersebe, Emma J. Wirth, Andy K. Xu, Keegan Yap, Katherine Z. Zhang, Yilei Zha.

About The College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity

The University at Albany’s first-in-the-nation College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC) brings together people, technology and knowledge to better protect New Yorkers, the nation and the world. Conceived by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015, the College cuts across numerous academic disciplines – including atmospheric science, computer science, criminal justice, digital forensics, informatics, public administration, public health and political science. Classroom work is supplemented by experiential learning and research opportunities where students can put theory to practice in the field. Located in ETEC, CEHC was designated an“iSchool” in July 2018 and is one of UAlbany’s key signature strengths.