HSS Commencement 2022

 

 Department of Sociology

 

Message from Chair

On behalf of all the Sociology faculty and staff, we offer our heartfelt congratulations to all the B.A. and M.A. graduates. We know you have worked hard and we hope you appreciate that you succeeded despite incredible challenges! We are confident that you will take your sociological imaginations with you on your journey forward to make sense of our transformed and shifting reality. To all the family members and friends who supported the graduates through this journey, we acknowledge all the sacrifices you have made to get to this moment. Congratulations Sociology Class of 2022! We celebrate the positive force for good in this world that we know you will be. 
Dr. Berna Torr

 

Student Speaker

Portait of Sophia Briseno (brunnette woman with brown hair and brown eyes).

Sophia Estrella Briseno (she/her)

Sophia Estrella Briseno is a first-generation sociology college graduate graduating with cum laude honors. She has been at CSUF for four years and lived on campus her first year. She held the position of inter-club Council representative for AKD Sociology Club for 2022 and is starting her Master's in Social Work at CSUF this coming fall. She is looking forward to helping underrepresented communities through her future profession.

 

Department Awards/Honors

Undergraduate Student Awards
Distinguished Undergraduate Research Award

Allison Brown


Outstanding Community Leader Award

Sophia Briseno


Outstanding Junior Scholar Award

Elise Cunanan


Outstanding Undergraduate Award

Kiri Oshiro


Academic Achievement and Persistence Award

Giselle Bishop

 

Graduate Student Awards
Distinguished Graduate Research Award

Bailee Blankemeier


Outstanding Graduate Award

Aspen Dyer


Outstanding Graduate Community Leader Award

Stephen Windes

 

Faculty

Anthony Alvarez – Associate Professor/Undergraduate Advisor
Mariam Ashtiani – Assistant Professor/Undergraduate Advisor
Christina Chin – Associate Professor/Graduate Advisor
Dana Collins – Professor
Ed Collom – Professor
Taylor Cruz - Assistant Professor
Jorge Fontdevila – Professor
Christopher Gibson – Assistant Professor
Sharon Kim – Professor
Patricia Literte Associate Professor
Edwin Lopez – Associate Professor
Maria Malagon – Associate Professor/Undergraduate Advisor
Michael Perez – Professor/Faculty Athletics Representative
Carter Rakovski – Professor
Devon Thacker Thomas – Associate Professor/Vice Chair
Berna Torr – Professor/Department Chair
LaTosha Traylor – Assistant Professor
Eileen Walsh - Professor

Diverese group of people smiling. There are two rows of people and a person in a wheel chair in the front.

 Sociology M.A.

Shelby Abrahamian

Alondra Alexander-Hughes

Erik Arroyo

Bailee Blankemeier

Odalys Bravo

Christopher Crawford

Elise Dang

Christian De Los Santos

Aspen Dyer

Christopher Fuentes

Michelle Garcia

Steven Gastelum

William Green

Carlos Jimenez

Peter Kao

I-Jung Lin

Ashley Lowery

Inyssa Perez

Brianna Tate

Maria Telahun

Stephen Windes

Sociology, Sociology of Deviance and Crime B.A.

Ian Baker

Alondra Chavez

Stephanie Garcia Sanchez

Keri Gaydos

Kylee Gomez

Cozette Kim

Kelly Laurean

Andrew Lien

Diego Lomeli Martin

Denise Medina

Gabriel Ponce

Sachini Rajapaksa

Daisy Rosillo

 

Sociology, Health and Social Welfare Concentration B.A.

Brittney Alicea

Miguel Arredondo

Michael Banuelos

Allison Bebout

Saul Bernardino Perez

Ayden Bevan-Hiveley

Shelby Carrel

Arianna Chavez

Alexia Esparza

Claudia Galvan

Genesis Garcia

Maddisen Harmon

Andres Hernandez

Evangeline Laino

Shannon Lance

Sophia Lester

Steven Macias

Jamie Lee Maglalang

Olga Martinez

Brenda Mejia

Jessica Molina

Kenia Olvera

Gaby Pantaleon

Kimberlee Pham

Yohanna Ramos

Shaunte Rice

Aylene Rivas

Odalis Rodriguez-Alcina

Michael Ruiz

Andrea Valdivia

Michelle Vang

Michelle Zaragoza

 Sociology, Social Inequalities Concentration B.A.

Sarah Anderson

Suraj Chand

Rosa Estrada

Luis Gutierrez

Serena Jordan

Elizabeth Liem

Melissa Mijares

Desiree Mijares

Gabriel Ponce

Maria Roque

Henry Sampson Paiz

Anna Tran

Hien Tran

Jazmine Troncoso

Nicole Van Bouchaute

Jon Wyatt

 Sociology B.A.

Valerie Abarca

Leilani Rhea Abdon

Mariya Abdulmajeed

Whitney Abmalik

Krystalina Acevedo

Kasey Ackerman

Chrystal Aguilar

Karinna Aguilar

Yanet Agustin

Jocelyn Aldape

Michael Alfante

Eman Alquraini

Joana Amezcua

Jasmine Arellano

Maegan Aronson

Janet Arrue

Sydney Ashner

Roberto Baez

Slater Baloff

Crystal Banuelos

Rebeca Barcelo

Maritza Barrios

Sylvia Basurto

Ronique Bean

Katherine Becerra

Brandon Bemis

Michelle Bemmer

Edith Bernardino Vasquez

Andrae Bibbs

Amanda Biggerstaff

Brenna Boeke

Kaitlynn Borjas

Sophia Briseno

Allison Brown

Sarah Brubaker

Consuelo Bruno

Zachary Buchanan

Cindy Cabral

Armando Caldera

Marco Canchola

Axel Cano

Alana Cantu

Hugo Casarrubias

Andrew Castaneda

Raquel Castillo

Esther Castro

Ashley Cazarez

Nora Ceballos Hernandez

Cassandra Cerda

Ashley Cervantes

Danielle Cervantes

Hee Seung Cha

Haley Chiapuzio

Felicia Contreras

Grace Cordero

Kimberly Corona

Vincent Cortes

Dania Cortez

Tillie Cortez

Travis Cox

Emely Cruz

Elise Cunanan

Catalina Curren

Amy Dalgoff

Teona Darjania

Jessica Dassa

Marisa Dauber

Cecilia de la Lastra

Luis De La Riva

Ivan De La Torre

Lisette Del Real

Sabreen Diab

Desiree Diaz

Nhu Dinh

Karla Dominguez

Destiny Duarte

Tuyet Duong

Jennifer Duque

Brooke Earkman

Angie Echeverria

Cindy Elefane

Joanna Enriquez-Juarez

Sarah Ensinger

Lucina Epstein

Katelin Erwin

Gloribella Esquibel

Aref Farahi

Danielle Fasana

Dayanara Favela

Celeste Fekay

Roxanne Fino

Tony Flores

Justin Flores

Courtney Flowers

Huntyr Ford

Justin Fujii

Adaly Gamboa

Alexis Garcia

Stephany Garcia

PATRICIA GARCIA

Arizbeth Garcia

Dulce Garcia

Jaleene Garcia

Bryan Garcia

Karla Garcia Garcia

Lorei Genilo

Stephanie Gomes

Samuel Gomez

Mario Gomez

Emmanuel Gomez-Bojorquez

Evelyn Gonzalez

Mariela Gonzalez

Ursula Gonzalez

Gisselle Gonzalez

Nancy Gonzalez

Terry Goodman

Zachary Gowlett

Shealynn Graves

Connor Grevin

Lee Groover

Jada Gutierrez

Nelitza Gutierrez

Emily Gutierrez

Jazmine Guzman

Leslie Guzman-Ramirez

Ryan Hall

Saraa Hassan

Monica Hernandez

Brenda Hernandez

Roxana Herrera

Ernesta Herrera

Amanda Hilton-Chamberlain

Nicole Hindin

Brendan Hoolihan

Luisa Huitron

Dominic Huizar

Won Ji

Nena Jimenez

Jacqueline Jimenez Bruno

Brittany Johnson

Trevor Johnston

Briana Juarez

Clifford Kampa

Harutyun Kejejyan

Allan Kennedy

Ian Kent

Danielle Khandehroo

Sunah Kim

Laura Kramm

Michael Kruger

Oriana Lainez

Andreas Lamboy

Mike Lee

Vincent Lee

Sarai Leos

Chad Lessman

Marlene Leyva

Joshua Lliteras

Amanda Lo

Lilia Loera

Kennedi Lopes

Demitri Lopez

Karina Lopez

Fidel Lopez

Norelly Macias

Johnette Marmo

Todd Martinez

Oscar Martinez

YVETTE MARTINEZ

Jasmine Martinez

Morgan McCauley

Davina McKnight

Kelli Meadows

Zai Medina

Daisy Medina

Rafaela Mejia

Cindy Mel

Jaqueline Mena Garcia

Monique Menchaca

Karen Mendez

Carolina Meza

Zabdy Meza Moreno

Caleb Miller

Serina Misiaita

Michelle Monette

Steven Montejano

Sierra Montenegro

Javier Montes

Terri Moore

Ana Morales

Denise Moran

Tania Morones

Brianna Morris

Fariha Mostafa

Ashley Mucino

Allison Munoz

Jennifer Munoz

Emily Murillo

Lorena Murillo

Alicia Murray

Emily Nava

Yesenia Nava

Esther Navarro

Justin Nghiem

Genevieve Nguyen

Geneva Nguyen

Michelle Nham

Stephanie Nichols

Logan Nielsen

Samuel Noija

Sandra Nunez

Mayra Ochoa

Jennifer Ock

Eduardo Ornelas

Gabrielle Orozco

Oscar Ortiz-Lopez

Kristy Owens

Monica Pacheco

Elden Pamplona

Karla Paniagua

Anthony Pantoja

Luis Payes

Miranda Perez

Joseph Perez

Sandra Perez

Elizabeth Perez

Alissa Perez

Tiffany Phan

Jovany Pichardo

Briana Poma

Jesus Quevedo

Daniel Quintero

Mark Taylor Raquipiso

Alondra Rayo

Troy Recktenwald

Quinn Reid

Crystal Rendon

Stephanie Reyes

Leticia Reyes

Erika Reyes

George Rico

Alejandra Rios

Adriana Robles

Erick Robles Martinez

Crystal Rodriguez

Vanessa Rodriguez

Vanesa Rodriguez

Angel Rodriguez

Janet Roman

Martha Romero

Sarah Rossetter

Camry Rothenberger

Paola Ruiz

Carmen Ruiz

Daniela Ruiz Vazquez

Lina Sabri

Felicia Salas

Jose Salazar-Parker

Arely Samano

Madison Sams

Guadalupe Sanchez

Starlina Sanchez

Miguel Sanchez

Guadalupe Sanchez

Adriana Sanchez

Elena Sanchez

Joshua Schlachter

Lillian Schweighofer

Sarah Segal

Jessica Serrano

Brian Shenas

Emily Sherlock

Maricruz Sida

Antonio Tejeda

Orlando Tilford

Angel Torres

Rolando Torres

Gwyneth Truman

Tina Truong

Diaana Truong

Valarie Tumamait

Mey Lee Ung

Alyssa Valdez

Maria Valentin

Patricia Valenzuela

Esmeralda Valenzuela

Serena Valle

Leslie Valle

Susanna Vallejo

Gabriela Vargas

Linette Vartanian

Rachael Vaughan

Darlisa Vazquez

Evelyn Velasco Luna

Wendy Velazquez

Cynthia Veliz

Omar Veloz

Brenda Venegas

Charles Vuong

Chuan Wang

Madison Wolff

Maria Xhurape

Jon Yates

Aida Yeh

Maritza Zavala

Loreto Zermeno

Lixia Zhang

 Sociology Minor

Jessica Acuna

Bella Ahumada Olivares

Adriana Alvarado

Tania Alvarez-Solis

David Anastasia

Vanessa Andrade-Vivero

Daniel Arellano

Ava Bergman

Ashley Bevan

Dustin Borough

Haley Brown

AnaGoretti Castro

Alma Contreras

Tyler Costa

Jared Cuica

Andrew Delgado Alonso

Anthony Deloya

Melissa Flores

Martin Flores

Katrina Marie Francisco

Alejandra Frutos

Michael Galeas

Maggie Gip

Melissa Guerrero

Lydia Hong

Seif Jarrah

Delilah Juarez

Samuel Lee

Jacklyn Martinez

Zulma Mazariegos Amaya

Timia McDaniel

Alissa Medina

Denise Mendez

Ryan Miller-Meier

Abigail Murillo

Adam Murray

Alexandria Nguyen

Hope Nguyen

Cynthia Nguyen

Maliya Nicanor

Nancy Orozco

Andrea Quiroz

Courtney Ricotta

Bella Rodriguez

Alexys Roldan

Beqsaida Saavedra

Isaura Sanchez

Camille Sanchez

Kaybee Sanchez

Kiana Seow

Jacob Stephan

Stephanie Suarez Solano

Megan Tsu

Alessandra Vazquez

Cristina Yates

Michelle Yu

Natalia Zizumbo