Convocation
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE
MONDAY, MAY 19, 2014
4:00 p.m.
AVERY FISHER HALL
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
NEW YORK CITY
PRELUDE
Symphonic Brass Alliance
PROCESSIONAL
Symphonic Brass Alliance
“Rondeau” from Suite de Symphonies no. 1
by Jean-Joseph Mouret
“The Prince of Denmark’s March”
from A Choice Collection of Ayres
by Jeremiah Clarke
(arranged by Sir Henry Wood)
“America the Beautiful”
by Samuel Augustus Ward
Ann J. Kirschner, mezzo-soprano
Guests are requested to stand for the singing of
“America the Beautiful.”
PRESIDING
Robin Nagle
Director, John W. Draper Interdisciplinary Master’s Program
in Humanities and Social Thought
WELCOME
Gabrielle L. Royal
President, Graduate Student Government
Master’s Graduate, Department of English
David W. McLaughlin
Provost
Lauren A. Benton
Dean
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
Kathleen T. Talvacchia
Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs
AXINN FOUNDATION/E.L. DOCTOROW FELLOWSHIP
MARGARET AND HERMAN SOKOL
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AWARD
ROSE AND HERBERT H. HIRSCHHORN
THESIS AWARD
DOUGLAS AND KATHARINE FRYER
THESIS FELLOWSHIP AWARD
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE
THREESIS ACADEMIC CHALLENGE AWARD
DEAN’S OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION AWARDS
DEAN’S OUTSTANDING TEACHING AWARDS
CONVOCATION READING
Perri Klass
Professor, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Director, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
MUSICAL INTERLUDE
Symphonic Brass Alliance
“La Rejouissance: Allegro”
from Music for the Royal Fireworks
by George Frideric Handel
Graduates and their families and friends are requested to remain
in the hall for the duration of the ceremony.
PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES
AND HOODING
Roberta S. Popik
Associate Dean for Graduate Enrollment Services
and Graduate School of Arts and Science Administration
DOCTORAL DEGREES
April Killikelly
Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
MASTER’S DEGREES
Sara Ann Storer
Department of Biology
BANNER BEARER
Brooke Bullock Lao
Department of Chemistry
CLOSING REMARKS
Lauren A. Benton
Dean
RECESSIONAL
New York University Pipes and Drums
Symphonic Brass Alliance
“Procession of the Nobles” from Mlada
by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Guests are requested to stand for the recessional.
FACULTY HOODERS
Benoît Bolduc
Associate Professor, Department of French
Chair, Department of French
Bruce Grant
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Anthropology
Carol Shoshkes Reiss
Professor, Department of Biology
Co-Director, NYU Science Training Enhancement
Program (NYU-STEP)
MUSIC
Symphonic Brass Alliance
Robert Susman, Director
New York University Pipes and Drums
Brian C. Meagher, Jr., Pipe Major
PHOTOGRAPHY
Island Photography
ADMINISTRATION
Thomas J. Carew
Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science
Lauren A. Benton
Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science
Roberta S. Popik
Associate Dean for Graduate Enrollment Services
and Graduate School of Arts and Science Administration
Kathleen T. Talvacchia
Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs
David P. Giovanella
Assistant Dean for Graduate Enrollment Services
Director, The Master’s College
A very special thank you to all of our Volunteer Marshals, the Graduate Student
Government, and the Master’s College Program Board for their help today.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE
DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS
Ancient Near Eastern and
Egyptian Studies
Ancient World, Study of the
Anthropology
Atmosphere Ocean Science
Basic Medical Sciences
(Sackler Institute)
Bioethics
Biology
Biomaterials and Biomimetics
Chemistry
Cinema Studies
Classics
Comparative Literature
Computational Biology
Computer Science
Creative Writing
East Asian Studies
Economics
English
Environmental Health Sciences
Ergonomics and Biomechanics
European and Mediterranean
Studies
Fine Arts
French
French Studies
German
Hebrew and Judaic Studies
Historical and Sustainable
Architecture
History
Humanities and Social
Thought (Draper Program)
Irish and Irish-American Studies
Italian Studies
Journalism
Latin American and Caribbean
Studies
Law and Society
Linguistics
Mathematics
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Museum Studies
Music
Near Eastern Studies
Neural Science
Performance Studies
Philosophy
Physics
Politics
Psychology
Religious Studies
Russian and Slavic Studies
Social and Cultural Analysis
Sociology
Spanish and Portuguese
Languages and Literatures
Trauma and Violence
Transdisciplinary Studies
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years,
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
Text by Katharine Lee Bates
HISTORY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
OF ARTS AND SCIENCE
The Graduate School of Arts and Science was founded in 1886 by Henry
Mitchell MacCracken, a professor of philosophy and logic and vice
chancellor at New York University. MacCracken believed that universities
should respond to the needs of modernity by giving unprecedented
priority to advanced research and professional training. Guided by his
vision, New York University became the second university in the United
States to award a Ph.D. on the basis of academic performance and
examination. MacCracken’s new vision of graduate training attracted
ever-growing numbers of young women and men to doctoral and
master’s programs. The first female students entered the University in
1888. Today, women constitute over half of the 2,598 master’s and 2,190
doctoral students enrolled in over 50 degree-administering units.
Mirroring the cultural diversity of New York City, the Graduate School of
Arts and Science is an urban, diverse, and cosmopolitan major research
center, with students from more than 100 countries. The Graduate School
still honors the ideal expressed by Albert Gallatin, the University’s first
president, who articulated the institution’s primary goal: “A private
university in the public service.”