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Degrees and Enrollment

Master of Fine Arts Degrees Conferred, 2011

  • Manal Elias Abu-Shaheen, Photography
  • Lauren Anne Adolfsen, Graphic Design
  • Njideka F. Akunyili, Painting/Printmaking
  • Juan Astasio Soriano, Graphic Design
  • Gideon Arlie Barnett, Photography
  • Matthew Booth, Photography
  • Keri B. Bronk, Graphic Design
  • Mathew Christopher Bushell, Painting/Printmaking
  • Caroline Wells Chandler, Painting/Printmaking
  • Oscar R. Cornejo, Painting/Printmaking
  • Benjamin Ely Critton, Graphic Design
  • Lorraine Andrea Dauw, Sculpture
  • Abigail Dawn DeVille, Painting/Printmaking
  • Stephen Garrett Dewyer, Sculpture
  • Christian Eric Flynn, Painting/Printmaking
  • Lauren A. Francescone, Graphic Design
  • Manuela Gonzalez, Painting/Printmaking
  • Adam Tyler Gordon, Sculpture
  • Joseph Graham-Felsen, Sculpture
  • Brendan Miles Griffiths, Graphic Design
  • Matthew Samuel Grubb, Photography
  • Barkev Philip Gulesserian, Painting/Printmaking
  • Bona Jeongjoo Han, Graphic Design
  • Peter Harkawik, Sculpture
  • Heyward Glover Hart, Photography
  • Sara Miles Hartman, Graphic Design
  • Victoria Sarah Hely-Hutchinson, Photography
  • Hank H. Huang, Graphic Design
  • Zeynab Izadyar, Graphic Design
  • Zakary Jay Jensen, Graphic Design
  • Matthew Tyler Jones, Painting/Printmaking
  • Erin Nicole Kaczkowski, Painting/Printmaking
  • Myeongsoo Kim, Sculpture
  • Zachary Adam Klauck, Graphic Design
  • Clynton Bryan Lowry, Painting/Printmaking
  • Nancy Marie Lupo, Sculpture
  • Andrew Paul Maas, Sculpture
  • Nicole Marie Maloof, Painting/Printmaking
  • Troy Gene Michie, Painting/Printmaking
  • Michael David Mikulec, Graphic Design
  • Robert Ryan Nava, Painting/Printmaking
  • Mylinh Trieu Nguyen, Graphic Design
  • Lindsay Beth Nordell, Graphic Design
  • Rosa Iliana Ortega Valdes, Painting/Printmaking
  • Christopher Orlando Page, Painting/Printmaking
  • Min Ha Park, Painting/Printmaking
  • Soyoung Park, Photography
  • Hayal Pozanti, Painting/Printmaking
  • Georgios Prinos, Photography
  • Ji-Eun Rim, Graphic Design
  • Francesca Lo Russo, Painting/Printmaking
  • Rachel D. Salamone, Sculpture
  • Rachel Shapira Schmidhofer, Painting/Printmaking
  • Zeinab Shahidi Marnani, Sculpture
  • Brendan Clark Smith, Painting/Printmaking
  • Catherine Telford-Keogh, Sculpture
  • Sarah Mark Thurer, Graphic Design
  • Brandi Jeanne Twilley, Painting/Printmaking
  • Terttu Uibopuu, Photography
  • Brian Scott Watterson, Graphic Design

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Enrollment, 2011–2012

Graphic Design
  • Ming Bai (B.A. Central Acad. of Art & Design [China] 2007), Beijing, China
  • Xavier Alejandro Cerrilla (B.F.A. Art Center Coll. of Design 2008), Burbank, Calif.
  • Matthew Dowland Chrislip (B.F.A. Brigham Young Univ. 2007), Oneonta, N.Y.
  • Inva Cota (B.F.A. Pratt Inst. 2008), New York, N.Y.
  • Golnaz Esmaili (B.A. Islamic Azad Univ. 2006), Tehran, Iran
  • Katharine Fera DeWitt (B.A. Oberlin Coll. 2002), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Harry Pollak Gassel (B.A. Oberlin Coll. 2007), New York, N.Y.
  • Njoki W. Gitahi (B.A. Amherst Coll. 2004), Wakefield, R.I.
  • Jang Hyun Han (B.F.A. Hongik Univ. [Korea] 2006), Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Suck Zoo Han (B.F.A. School of Visual Arts 2008), Wonju, Republic of Korea
  • Maxime Harvey-Carriere (B.A. Univ. Quebec [Montreal] 2010), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Kristian A. Henson (B.F.A. Art Center Coll. of Design 2005), Playa Vista, Calif.
  • Tiffany Burr Hockin (B.F.A. Kansas City Art Inst. 2006), St. Croix Beach, Minn.
  • Eric Hu (B.F.A. Art Center Coll. of Design 2011), Temple City, Calif.
  • Marina Mills Kitchen (B.A. Vassar Coll. 2008), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Azusa Kobayashi (B.A. Williams Coll. 2002), Tokyo, Japan
  • Kyong Won Lee (B.A. Univ. California [Berkeley] 2004), Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Min Hee Lee (B.S. Univ. Pennsylvania 2007), Ridgewood, N.J.
  • Esther Lewis (B.F.A. State Univ. New York [Purchase] 2006), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Weiyi Li (B.A. Tongji Univ. [China] 2009), Changsha City, China
  • Andrew James Lister (B.A. Univ. Northumbria [U.K.] 2010), Norwich, Norfolk, England
  • Qiuye Liu (B.A. Tsinghua Univ. [China] 2008), Dashiqiao, China
  • Yen-Wei Liu (B.B.A. National Taipei Univ. [Taiwan] 2006), Banqiao City, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Robert Douwe Matthews (B.A. Univ. Sussex [Brighton, U.K.] 2009), Hurstpierpoint, England
  • Martha Kang McGill (B.A. Yale Univ. 2007), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Gina Moreno-Valle (B.A. Univ. Anáhuac [Mexico] 2010), New York, N.Y.
  • Nontsikelelo Kudzai Mutiti (Dip. Zimbabwe Inst. of Vigital Arts 2007), Harare, Zimbabwe
  • Cecilie Nellemann (B.A. Danish Design School [Denmark] 2010), Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Julia Drummond Novitch (B.A. Yale Univ. 2006), Washington, D.C.
  • Daniel Alberto Pizarro (B.F.A. Univ. California [Los Angeles] 2007), Northridge, Calif.
  • Grace Robinson-Leo (B.A. Barnard Coll. 2009), Minneapolis, Minn.
  • Aurora Robles (B.A. Univ. Southern California 2004), Lawndale, Calif.
  • Heesun Seo (B.F.A. Kookmin Univ. [Korea] 2010), Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Jaewon Seok (B.F.A. Hongik Univ. [Korea] 2008), Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Jessica Svendsen (B.A. Yale Univ. 2009), Provo, Utah
  • Christopher Eric Svensson (B.A. Univ. California [Irvine] 2001), Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Stefan Thorsteinsson (B.A. Danish Design School [Denmark] 2009), Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Ghazaal Vojdani (B.A. Univ. of the Arts London [U.K.] 2010), London, England
  • Ryan James Weafer (B.A. Univ. California [Los Angeles] 2006), San Diego, Calif.
  • Jeseok Yi (B.F.A. Keimyung Univ. [Korea] 2005), Seoul, Republic of Korea
Painting/Printmaking
  • Beverly Dominique Acha (B.A. Williams Coll. 2009), Miami, Fla.
  • Rushern Leslie Baker (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2005), Cheverly, Md.
  • Thomas Jordan Betthauser (B.F.A. San Francisco Art Inst. 2010), Larkspur, Calif.
  • Julia Ann Bland (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2008), Palo Alto, Calif.
  • Williamson Stanhope Brasfield (B.F.A. Pennsylvania State Univ. 2007), State Coll., Pa.
  • Thomas Pu Chung (B.F.A. San Francisco Art Inst. 2010), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Andrea Elizabeth Cofield (B.A. DePauw Univ. 2008), Brownsburg, Ind.
  • Gabriela Collins-Fernandez (B.A. Dartmouth Coll. 2009), New York, N.Y.
  • Kyle Michael Coniglio (B.F.A. Montclair State Coll. 2010), Wayne, N.J.
  • Claudia Cecilia Cortinez (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2007), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Masoomeh Dehghan (B.A. Alzahra Univ. [Iran] 2005, M.A. Tehran Univ. [Iran] 2010), Karaj, Iran
  • Jessie Yelmi Edelman (B.A. Skidmore Coll. 2008, Cert. School of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2011), Milwaukee, Wis.
  • Daniel Vincent Flaherty (B.F.A. Rutgers Univ. 2010), Summit, N.J.
  • Sonja Laureen Foard (B.F.A. Univ. Tennessee [Knoxville] 2010), Knoxville, Tenn.
  • Kathryn Joan Gegenheimer (B.F.A. Temple Univ. [Tyler School of Art] 2007), Pineville, Pa.
  • Mark Thomas Gibson (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2002), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Austin Lee Gutowski (B.A. Keystone Coll. 2003, B.F.A. Temple Univ. [Tyler School of Art] 2006), Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Maeen Ameela Khan Hasan (B.A. Oberlin Coll. 2009), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Daniel Eliot Coleman Herwitt (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2010), Boulder, Colo.
  • Lucia Hierro (B.F.A. State Univ. New York [Purchase] 2010), New York, N.Y.
  • Kristyn Lilyanna Johnson (B.F.A. California Inst. of Arts 2007), Rocky Point, N.Y.
  • Joyce Kalema (B.F.A. Univ. Oxford [U.K.] 2010), London, England
  • Krysten Marin Koehn (B.A. Univ. Northern Colorado 2001, M.A. Univ. Northern Colorado 2007), Monument, Colo.
  • Doron Langberg (B.F.A. Univ. Pennsylvania 2010), Yokneam Moshava, Israel
  • Sae A. Lee (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2010), Charlottesville, Va.
  • Eric Nathaniel Mack (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2010), New York, N.Y.
  • Carlos-Enrique Martinez (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2010), Plano, Tex.
  • Wayde McIntosh (B.F.A. Maryland Inst. Coll. of Art 2008), Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
  • Romina Meric (B.A. Brandeis Univ. 2010), Istanbul, Turkey
  • Mario Deandre Moore (B.F.A. Center for Creative Studies 2009), Detroit, Mich.
  • Jorge Luis Mujica (B.A. California State Univ. [Bakersfield] 2008, M.A. School of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2010), Chicago, Ill.
  • Evan Ryan Nesbit (B.F.A. San Francisco Art Inst. 2009), Berkeley, Calif.
  • Tammy Vo Nguyen (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2007), Daly City, Calif.
  • Tameka Jenean Norris (B.A. Univ. California [Los Angeles] 2010), Beverly Hills, Calif.
  • Jennifer Marie Packer (B.F.A. Temple Univ. [Tyler School of Art] 2007), Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Jonathan Van Dell Peck (B.F.A. Kansas City Art Inst. 2002), Kansas City, Mo.
  • Ronny Paul Quevedo (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2003), Bronx, N.Y.
  • Kristin Elaine Richards (B.A. Asbury Univ. 2011), Versailles, Ky.
  • Amy Giovanna Rinaldi (B.A. Oberlin Coll. 2009), Albany, Calif.
  • Kenneth Christian Rivero (B.F.A. School of Visual Arts 2006), New York, N.Y.
  • John Denton Szlasa (B.F.A. School of Visual Arts 2005), Ridgewood, N.Y.
  • David Valentine Whelan (B.F.A. Lyme Acad. Coll. of Fine Arts 2008), Marblehead, Mass.
  • Timothy Shawn Wilson (B.F.A. Virginia Commonwealth Univ. 1993), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Photography
  • Marzena Abrahamik (B.A. Loyola Univ. 2001), Park Ridge, Ill.
  • Peter J. Baker (B.A. State Univ. New York [Purchase] 2005), New York, N.Y.
  • Endia Sherie Beal (B.F.A. North Carolina State Univ. 2008), Winston Salem, N.C.
  • Elizabeth Rose Bick (B.F.A. Loyola Univ. 2003), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Johanna Ruth Case-Hofmeister (B.F.A. State Univ. New York [Purchase] 2004), Castleton, Vt.
  • So-Yoon Richard Choi (B.F.A. Art Center Coll. of Design 2009), Saint Joseph, Mich.
  • Thomas Edward Gardiner (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2008), Regina, Saskachewan, Canada
  • Pao Houa Her (B.F.A. Minneapolis Coll. of Art & Design 2009), Lino Lake, Minn.
  • Tommy Kha (B.F.A. Memphis Coll. of Art 2011), Memphis, Tenn.
  • Katie R. Koti (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2010), New Salem, Mass.
  • Michael Barry Marcelle (B.A. Bard Coll. 2005), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Kate A. T. Merrill (B.F.A. Marlboro Coll. 2002), Shutesbury, Mass.
  • Sarah Rachel Muehlbauer (B.A. Sarah Lawrence Coll. 2010), Rego Park, N.Y.
  • Felix Rodriguez Cid (Cert. International Center of Photography 2005), Madrid, Spain
  • Sophie Charlotte Ruspoli (B.F.A. Corcoran Coll. of Art & Design 2009), Middleburg, Va.
  • Justin Phillip Schmitz (B.F.A. Columbia Coll. 2004), Morton, Ill.
  • Maayan Strauss (B.Arch. Bezalel Acad. 2008), Herzeliya, Israel
  • Sadie Marie Wechsler (B.A. Bard Coll. 2007), Seattle, Wash.
  • Rick George Yribe (California State Univ. [Northridge] 2010), Sylmar, Calif.
Sculpture
  • Constance Armellino (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2009), New York, N.Y.
  • Kevin Michael Beasley (B.F.A. Center for Creative Studies 2007), Detroit, Mich.
  • Yoon Jung Choi (B.F.A. Seoul National Univ. [Korea] 2008, B.F.A. School of Visual Arts 2010), Sung Nam Si, Republic of Korea
  • Stephen Miguel Decker (B.F.A. Virginia Commonwealth Univ. 2009), Newport News, Va.
  • Florencia Cecilia Escudero (B.F.A. School of Visual Arts 2010), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Sonia Lee Finley (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2009), New Haven, Conn.
  • Kayla Bree Gibbons (B.F.A. School of Visual Arts 2011), Stratford, Conn.
  • Gustavo Gordillo (B.A. Yale Univ. 2010), Lima, Peru
  • Jennyfer Haddad (B.F.A. Bezalel Acad. [Israel] 2011), Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Joel M. Holmberg (B.F.A. Virginia Commonwealth Univ. 2005), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Thomas Luke Hutton (M.A. Univ. Edinburgh [Scotland] 2006), London, England
  • Peter Francis Moran (B.S. Cornell Univ. 2006), Clay, N.Y.
  • Mathew Muturi-Kioi (B.F.A. Lyme Acad. Coll. of Fine Arts 2011), Nairobi, Kenya
  • Kenya Naila Robinson (Univ. Florida), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Deirdre Jane Sargent (B.F.A. Pratt Inst. 2008), Pawcatuck, Conn.
  • Jeffrey Alan Scudder (B.F.A. Ringling School of Art & Design 2011), Assonet, Mass.
  • Randi Lynn Shandroski (B.F.A. Northwestern Coll. 2009), Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
  • Michael Boynton Sims (Dip. Tufts Univ. [School of the Museum of Fine Arts] 2011), Vancouver, Wash.
  • Karen Lucia Tepaz (B.F.A. California State Univ. [Long Beach] 2010), Downey, Calif.
  • Carlos Emanuelle Vela (B.A. State Univ. New York [Albany] 2006), Bay Shore, N.Y.
  • Shelby Cai Voice (B.F.A. Pratt Inst. 2011), Pasco, Wash.
  • Kit Yi Wong (B.A. Chinese Univ. [Hong Kong] 2006), Yuen, Hong Kong

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Summary of Enrollment

General Summary

Admissions Information, Fall Term 2011
  • Applicants
  • 1,202
  • Applicants admitted
  • 72
  • Matriculants
  • 64
Student Profile
  • Graduate students
  • 124
  • Graphic Design
  • 40
  • Painting/Printmaking
  • 43
  • Photography
  • 19
  • Sculpture
  • 22
  • Preliminary-year students
  • 6
  • First-year students
  • 63
  • Second-year students
  • 55
  • Female students
  • 67
  • Male students
  • 57
  • Age range of students
  • 22–40
  • Average age of students
  • 27
  • Mean age of students
  • 24
  • Undergraduate degrees in fine art
  • 88
  • Undergraduate degrees in other areas, e.g., architecture, English, political science
  • 36
  • Institutions represented
  • 80
  • States represented
  • 25
  • Foreign countries represented
  • 16

Institutions Represented 

One student from each institution unless otherwise indicated.
  • Alfred University
  • Alzahra University [Iran]
  • Amherst College
  • Art Center College of Design (4)
  • Asbury University
  • Bard College (2)
  • Barnard College
  • Bezalel Academy [Israel] (2)
  • Brandeis University
  • Brigham Young University
  • California Institute of the Arts
  • California State University [Bakersfield]
  • California State University [Long Beach]
  • California State University [Northridge]
  • Center for Creative Studies (2)
  • Central Academy of Art & Design [China]
  • Chinese University [Hong Kong]
  • Columbia College [Chicago]
  • Cooper Union (9)
  • Corcoran College of Art & Design
  • Cornell University
  • Danish Design School [Denmark] (2)
  • Dartmouth College
  • DePauw University
  • Hongik University [Korea] (2)
  • International Center of Photography
  • Islamic Azad University [Iran]
  • Kansas City Art Institute (2)
  • Keimyung University [Korea]
  • Keystone College
  • Kookmin University [Korea]
  • Loyola University (2)
  • Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts (2)
  • Marlboro College
  • Maryland Institute [College of Art]
  • Memphis College of Art
  • Minneapolis College of Art & Design
  • Montclair State College
  • National Taipei University [Taiwan]
  • North Carolina State University
  • Northwestern College
  • Oberlin College (4)
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Pratt Institute (3)
  • Rhode Island School of Design (4)
  • Ringling School of Art & Design
  • Rutgers University
  • San Francisco Art Institute (3)
  • Sarah Lawrence College
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago (3)
  • School of Visual Arts (6)
  • Seoul National University [Korea]
  • Skidmore College
  • State University of New York [Albany]
  • State University of New York [Purchase] (4)
  • Tehran University [Iran]
  • Temple University [Tyler School of Art] (3)
  • Tongji University [China]
  • Tsinghua University [China]
  • Tufts University [School of the Museum of Fine Arts]
  • Universidad de Anáhuac [Mexico]
  • University of California [Berkeley]
  • University of California [Irvine]
  • University of California [Los Angeles] (3)
  • University of Edinburgh [Scotland]
  • University of Florida
  • University of Northern Colorado
  • University of Northumbria [England]
  • University of Oxford [England]
  • University of Pennsylvania (2)
  • University of Quebec [Canada]
  • University of Southern California
  • University of Sussex [England]
  • University of Tennessee [Knoxville]
  • University of the Arts London [England]
  • Vassar College
  • Virginia Commonwealth University (3)
  • Williams College (2)
  • Yale University (4)
  • Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts

Institutions represented, 80

Geographical Distribution

One student from each state or country unless otherwise indicated.
United States 
  • California (16)
  • Colorado (2)
  • Connecticut (3)
  • Florida (2)
  • Illinois (3)
  • Indiana
  • Kentucky
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts (4)
  • Michigan (3)
  • Minnesota (3)
  • Missouri
  • New Jersey (3)
  • New York (29)
  • North Carolina
  • Pennsylvania (4)
  • Rhode Island
  • Tennessee (2)
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Virginia (3)
  • Washington
  • Washington, D.C.
  • Wisconsin
  • States represented, 25
Foreign Countries 
  • Canada (3)
  • China (3)
  • Denmark (2)
  • England (5)
  • Hong Kong
  • Iran (2)
  • Israel (3)
  • Japan
  • Kenya
  • Korea, Republic of (6)
  • Malaysia
  • Peru
  • Spain
  • Taiwan
  • Turkey
  • Zimbabwe
  • Foreign countries represented, 16

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