🎓 Hail! To the Graduates
Thank you to all the attendees of the 2023 International Institute Graduation Ceremony honoring the graduating students from the Masters in International & Regional Studies (MIRS) and area studies programs.
Congratulations Graduates! Go Blue!
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023
1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Includes all Fall 2022, Winter 2023, and Summer 2023 graduates from the Masters in International and Regional Studies (MIRS) and II Area Studies majors, minors, and graduate certificate programs including the following centers: African Studies Center; Center for European Studies; Center for Japanese Studies; Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies; Center for South Asian Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Global Islamic Studies Center; and Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies.
Graduation Ceremony Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Representative Debbie Dingell
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell represents Michigan’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives
Student Speaker
(Graduate)
Ernesta Cole
Masters in International and Regional Studies, African Studies Specialization
Student Speaker
(Undergraduate)
Emmanuel Orozco Castellanos
Minor, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Remarks by
Pär Cassel
Graduate Studies (Masters in International and Regional Studies) Director; and Associate Professor, History
Remarks by
Mary Gallagher
International Institue Director; and Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor in Democracy, Democratization, and Human Rights, Political Science
Recognition of Graduates by Center Directors and Associate Directors
Omolade Adunbi, Director, African Studies Center & Amal Hassan Fadlalla, Center Mentor, African Studies Specialization
Geneviève Zubrzycki, Director, Center for European Studies
Benjamin Paloff, Director, Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies
Reggie Jackson, Director, Center for Japanese Studies; and Greg Laurence, Director of Graduate Studies, Center for Japanese Studies
Victoria Langland, Director, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
Ryan Szpiech, Director, Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies; and Muzammil Hussain, Associate Director, Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies
Murad Idris, Interim Director, Global Islamic Studies Center; and Muzammil Hussain, Associate Director,Global Islamic Studies Center
Matthew Hull, Director, Center for South Asian Studies
Mike McGovern, Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Ann Lin, Director, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies; and Miranda Brown, Associate Director, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
Graduating Students
African Studies Center
Masters in International and Regional Studies, African Studies Specialization
Nahom Benyam
Ernesta Cole
Eliah Madukuli
Center for Japanese Studies
Masters in International and Regional Studies, Japanese Studies Specialization
Chase Boyer
Christian OKeefe
Jackson Tan
Karen Weldon
Isaac Wittenberg
Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
Bachelor of Arts, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Roseanna Lemrow
Allison Williams
Minor, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Thomas Moffat
Emmanuel Orozco Castellanos
Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies
Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, Middle Eastern and North African Studies Specialization
Ethan Lyman
Andrew Williams
Bachelor of Science, Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Ethan Concannon
Ziad Fehmi
Salma Hamamy
Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies
Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Specialization
Max Shpilband
Andrew Watson
Bachelor of Arts, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Brian Wiltse
Graduate Certificate, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Piper Sigrest
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, Southeast Asian Studies Specialization
Tyler Chen
Gwen McCaw
Global Islamic Studies Center
Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, Islamic Studies Specialization
Islam Jaffal
Ethan Taylor
Omar Masood
Minor, Islamic Studies
Ali Chami
John Griffin IV
Emily Kopp
Anneka Lindsay
Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, Chinese Studies Specialization
Basmah Arshad
Joe Cacese
Tianhe Chen
Hanyu Du
Sofia Reed
Jiaqi Wang
Hongyu Yu
James Zhang
Student Profiles
