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Degrees and Enrollment

Master of Fine Arts Degrees Conferred, 2008

  • Ahmed Musa Alsoudani, Painting/Printmaking
  • Bianca Nova Beck, Painting/Printmaking
  • John Dante Bianchi, Sculpture
  • Julian Charles Bittiner, Graphic Design
  • Sascha Taryn Braunig, Painting/Printmaking
  • Matthew Paul Capezzuto, Painting/Printmaking
  • Stina Carlberg, Graphic Design
  • Tomás Celizna, Graphic Design
  • Samantha Hallie Contis, Photography
  • Jennifer Elizabeth Davis, Photography
  • Lindsey Rene Dorr-Niro, Painting/Printmaking
  • Felisa Isabel Funes, Sculpture
  • Petrova Giberson, Sculpture
  • Aaron Joseph Gilbert, Painting/Printmaking
  • Jorge Orozco Gonzalez, Painting/Printmaking
  • Bryan Kenneth Graf, Photography
  • Daniel Joseph Harding, Graphic Design
  • Bradlee Crawford Hicks, Sculpture
  • Hilary Hanlen Irons, Painting/Printmaking
  • Dawn Maria Joseph, Graphic Design
  • Jin-Yeoul Jung, Graphic Design
  • Khalif Jamahl Kelly, Painting/Printmaking
  • Alexis Leigh Knowlton, Painting/Printmaking
  • Andrew Patrick Lane, Painting/Printmaking
  • Emily K. Larned, Graphic Design
  • Sarah Elizabeth Lasley, Painting/Printmaking
  • Evan Drew Levine, Painting/Printmaking
  • Elisheva Levy, Sculpture
  • I-Ling Eleen Lin, Painting/Printmaking
  • Lan Lan Lesley Liu, Graphic Design
  • Elizabeth Marie Livensperger, Painting/Printmaking
  • Thomas Arthur Manning, Graphic Design
  • Vasken Mardikian, Painting/Printmaking
  • Patrick A. McElnea, Painting/Printmaking
  • James Kenyon Meier, Graphic Design
  • Jason Mones, Painting/Printmaking
  • Richard Bartholomew Mosse, Photography
  • Mira Safura O’Brien, Painting/Printmaking
  • Kyungmin Oh, Graphic Design
  • Wilfredo Ortega, Jr., Painting/Printmaking
  • Bradley Louis Peters, Photography
  • Janine Polak, Sculpture
  • Bethany Swain Powell, Graphic Design
  • Nicholas John Rock, Graphic Design
  • Alexandra Rudensky, Photography
  • Michael Edward Smith, Sculpture
  • Stewart Smith, Graphic Design
  • Sarah Rebecca Stolfa, Photography
  • Dhavid Raphael Streicher, Sculpture
  • Robert Lee Vanderpool, Painting/Printmaking
  • Marley Anne White, Photography
  • Elizabeth Bowman Wright, Sculpture
  • Fan Wu, Graphic Design
  • David Lloyd Yun, Graphic Design
  • Suyeon Yun, Photography
  • Roxane Zargham, Graphic Design

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Enrollment, 2008–2009

Graphic Design
  • Lauren Anne Adolfsen (B.A. Skidmore Coll. 2003), New York, N.Y.
  • Nazima Ijaz Ahmad (B.S. American Univ. Sharjah [UAE] 2007), Khorfakan, United Arab Emirates
  • Jensen Kent Barnes (B.A., B.F.A. Univ. Northern Iowa 2003), Albany, Calif.
  • Rachel Claire Berger (B.A. Yale Univ. 2003), Portland, Oreg.
  • Keri B. Bronk (B.S. Philadelphia Univ. 2005), Franklinville, N.J.
  • Ke Cao (B.A. Tsinghua Univ. [Beijing] 2005, M.A. 2007), Beijing, China
  • Yeju Choi (B.F.A. Seoul National Univ. 2005), Seoul, Korea
  • Benjamin Ely Critton (B.A. Hamilton Coll. 2006), West Hartford, Conn.
  • Neil Adam Donnelly (B.S. Carnegie Mellon Univ. 1999), Chicago, Ill.
  • Lauren A. Francescone (B.S. Univ. Virginia 2005), Austin, Tex.
  • Laura Anne Grey (B.A. Dartmouth Coll. 2002, B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2004, M.A. Dartmouth Coll. 2007), Allentown, Pa.
  • Geoffrey Edward Halber (B.A. North Carolina State Univ. 2002), San Francisco, Calif.
  • Lauren Ashley Harden (B.A. Univ. California [Santa Cruz] 2003), Newport Coast, Calif.
  • Luke Jacob Harris (B.A. Brown Univ. 2007), Providence, R.I.
  • Sara Miles Hartman (B.A. Univ. Florida 2005), Jacksonville, Fla.
  • Ian Pierce Jamieson (B.F.A. Alfred Univ. 2001), Manchester Center, Vt.
  • Hyounyoul Joe (B.F.A. Dankook Univ. [Seoul] 2004), Seoul, Korea
  • E Roon Kang (B.F.A. School of Visual Arts 2007), Seoul, Korea
  • Hilla Aspandiar Katki (B.A. Bryn Mawr Coll. 1998), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Tara Tulsi Shah Kelton (B.F.A. Parsons School of Design 2005), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Ely Jin Kim (Art Center Coll. of Design 2004), Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Wolasi Kofi Konu (B.A. Wesleyan Univ. 2004), Legon, Ghana
  • Daniel Robin Koppich (B.A. Univ. California [Los Angeles] 2006), Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.
  • Caspar Yan-Wing Lam (B.F.A., B.S. Univ. Texas [Austin] 2008), The Woodlands, Tex.
  • Melissa Shropshire Levin (B.A. Dickinson Coll. 2003), Bethesda, Md.
  • Alexander Alberto Moulitsas (B.F.A. Ringling School of Art and Design 2002), Chicago, Ill.
  • James Alexander Muspratt (B.A. Swarthmore Coll. 2001), West Roxbury, Mass.
  • Lindsay Beth Nordell (B.A. Yale Univ. 2003), Green Bay, Wis.
  • Kate O’Connor (B.F.A. Nova Scotia Coll. of Art & Design 2003), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • YuJune Gina Park (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2005), Greensboro, N.C.
  • Ji-Eun Rim (B.A. Williams Coll. 2000), Cliffside Park, N.J.
  • Jay Peter Salvas (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2002), Wethersfield, Conn.
  • Steven James Sarkozy (B.F.A. Rutgers Univ. 2007), Kendall Park, N.J.
  • Daniella Spinat (B.A. Brown Univ. 2003), Teaneck, N.J.
  • Yasser Bin Suratman (Dipl. Temasek Polytech [Singapore] 1997), Singapore
  • Mary Elizabeth Voorhees (B.A. Princeton Univ. 2003), New York, N.Y.
  • Ryan Scott Waller (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2003), Brooklyn, N.Y
  • Vance Lee Wellenstein (B.F.A. Minneapolis Coll. of Art & Design 2005), Plymouth, Minn.
Painting/Printmaking
  • Scott Robert Andresen (B.F.A. Hunter Coll. 2000), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Linda Arredondo (B.F.A. Univ. Texas [San Antonio] 2008), San Antonio, Tex.
  • Daphne Helvira Arthur (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2007), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Nathan J. Azhderian (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2004), Sebastopol, Calif.
  • Amy Simone Beecher (B.A. Brown Univ. 2006), New York, N.Y.
  • Arthur Menezes Brum (B.F.A. Univ. Cincinnati 2007), Loveland, Ohio
  • Tracy Ann Cirves (B.F.A. Univ. Wisconsin [Madison] 2008), Mazomanie, Wis.
  • Whitney Caulkins Claflin (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2005), Saunderstown, R.I.
  • David Antonio Cruz (B.F.A. Pratt Inst. 1998), Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Dylan Jonah Reed DeWitt (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2006), Winslow, Ark.
  • Marlon Sherwain Forrester (B.F.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts 2008), Dorchester Center, Mass.
  • Allison Bella Freeman (B.F.A. Concordia Univ. [Quebec, Canada] 2005), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Richard Ryan Galling (B.F.A. Art Center Coll. of Design 2006), Hartland, Wis.
  • Andrew Joseph Gbur (B.F.A. Univ. of the Arts 2007), Lancaster, Pa.
  • Tanya Goel (B.F.A. Maharaja Sayajirao Univ. [India] 2007), New Delhi, India
  • Erik Ryan Gonzalez (B.F.A. Virginia Commonwealth Univ. 2008), Glen Allen, Va.
  • Charlotte Cutler Hallberg (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2007), Waccabuc, N.Y.
  • Justin L. Kuhn (B.F.A. Savannah Coll. of Art and Design 2006), Elizabethtown, Pa.
  • Luke Aaron Lamborn (B.F.A Univ. Colorado [Boulder] 2002, M.F.A. Syracuse Univ. 2006), Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • Catherine Chiao-Ju Lan (B.F.A. Central Acad. of Arts and Design [Beijing] 2003, Dipl. Ecole Nationale Superieue des Beaux-Arts [Paris] 2006), Victoria, Australia
  • Boeun Billie Lee (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2004), Monroe, N.J.
  • Cheon pyo Lee (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2006), Englewood, N.J.
  • Benjamin Charles Lindquist (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2004), Harrisburg, Pa.
  • Kate Elizabeth Mangold (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2005), Winfield, Kans.
  • Hector A. Mendoza (B.F.A. California Coll. of Arts and Crafts 2001), Riverside, Calif.
  • Amy Lanore Morse (B.F.A. School of Visual Arts 2005), Tahlequah, Okla.
  • Annabel Lee Osberg (B.A. California State Univ [San Bernadino] 2007), Upland, Calif.
  • Mary Augusta Reid Kelley (B.A. St. Olaf Coll. 2001), Lexington Park, Md.
  • Cuyler Joel Remick (B.S. Cornell Univ. 2002), Groton, N.Y.
  • Abel Rodriguez (B.F.A. California State Univ. [Long Beach] 2007), Long Beach, Calif.
  • Alan Carlos Ruiz (B.A. Pratt Inst. 2006), Huntington Station, N.Y.
  • Naomi Rose Safran-Hon (B.A. Brandeis Univ. 2008), Haifa, Israel
  • Edgar Serrano (B.F.A. Art Inst. of Chicago 2007), Chicago, Ill.
  • Leslie James Smith (B.F.A. Maryland Inst. [College of Art] 2007), Silver Spring, Md.
  • Margaret Frances Sullivan (B.A. Univ. Virginia 2006), Fairfax Station, Va.
  • Jessica Jing-Ting Tam (B.A. Dartmouth Coll. 2003, B.F.A. Art Inst. of Chicago 2007), Cleveland, Ohio
  • Felandus Thames (B.A. Jackson State Univ. 2008), Jackson, Miss.
  • Jaret Vadera (Dipl. Ontario Coll. of Art and Design [Canada] 1999), Oakville, Ontario, Canada
  • Katayoun Vaziri (B.F.A. Tehran Univ. [Iran] 2005), San Rafael, Calif.
  • Stefanie Caroline Victor (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2004), New York, N.Y.
  • Kathryn E. L. Vida (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2004), Greenwich, Conn.
  • Anahita Vossoughi (B.F.A. School of Visual Arts 1998), New York, N.Y.
  • Natalie Beth Westbrook-DeYoung (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2002, M.A. Univ. Louisville 2004), New York, N.Y.
  • Didier V. William (B.F.A. Maryland Inst. [College of Art] 2007), Miami, Fla.
Photography
  • George H. Awde (B.F.A. Massachusetts Coll. of Art 2004), Westwood, Mass.
  • David M. Bush (B.A. Bard Coll. 2001), Germantown, N.Y.
  • Dru McClaron Donovan (B.F.A. California Coll. of Arts and Crafts 2004), Saint Paul, Minn.
  • Lucas Forest Foglia (B.A. Brown Univ. 2005), Huntington Station, N.Y.
  • Kate Elizabeth Greene (B.F.A. Massachusetts Coll. of Art 2008), Sturbridge, Mass.
  • Tatiana Grigorenko (B.A. Amherst Coll. 2003), Astoria, N.Y.
  • Curran Patrick Hatleberg (B.F.A. Univ. Colorado [Boulder] 2006), Bethesda, Md.
  • Tiffani Sharlene Hooper (B.A. Amherst Coll. 2006), Rahway, N.J.
  • David James La Spina (B.F.A. Rochester Inst. of Technology 2005), Wyoming, Ohio
  • Justin Thomas Leonard (Cert. New England School of Photography 2003), Miami, Fla.
  • Catharine Frances Maloney (B.A. Bennington Coll. 2005), San Antonio, Tex.
  • Rory Patrick Mulligan (B.A. Fordham Univ. 2006), Bronxville, N.Y.
  • Caitlin Teal Price (B.F.A. Parsons School of Design 2002), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Hrvoje Slovenc (B.S. Univ. Zagreb [Croatia] 2000), Zagreb, Croatia
  • Colin P. Smith (B.A. Columbia Coll. [Chicago] 2004), Chicago, Ill.
  • Elaine Marie Stocki (B.S. Univ. Manitoba [Canada] 2002, B.F.A. 2007), West St. Paul, Manitoba, Canada
  • Monika Sziladi (B.A. Univ. Paris [Sorbonne] 2007), Long Island City, N.Y.
  • Ka-Man Tse (B.A. Bard Coll. 2003), New York, N.Y.
Sculpture
  • Noel W. Anderson (B.F.A Ohio Wesleyan Univ. 2003, M.F.A. Univ. Indiana [Bloomington] 2007), Bloomington, Ind.
  • Samantha Ferrell Anderson (B.F.A. School of Visual Arts 2008), New York, N.Y.
  • Aimee Moreau Burg (B.F.A. Pratt Inst. 2005), Lewiston, Me.
  • Eoin Patrick Burke (B.F.A. Univ. of the Arts 2007), Birdsboro, Pa.
  • Ian L. Campbell (B.F.A. Hunter Coll. 2007), Brightwaters, N.Y.
  • Boris David Chesakov (B.F.A. Youngstown State Univ. 2006), Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Kyla Emily Jeanette Chevrier (B.F.A. Concordia Univ. [Quebec, Canada] 2008), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Lourdes R. Correa (B.A. Escuela de Artes Plasticas de Puerto Rico 2000), Loiza, P.R.
  • Alexander Da Corte-Williams (B.F.A. Univ. of the Arts 2005), Haddonfield, N.J.
  • Tamar Ettun (B.F.A. Bezalel Academy [Israel] 2008), Mevaseret-Zion, Israel
  • Peter Harkawik (B.A. Hampshire Coll. 2004), Buffalo, N.Y.
  • Nathan C. Heiges (B.F.A. Univ. Texas [Austin] 2000, B.A. Univ. Texas [Austin] 2001), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Miles Cornwell Huston (Dipl. School of the Museum of Fine Arts 2008), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Meredith Evans James (B.A. Harvard Univ. 2004), New York, N.Y.
  • Sarah Lavae Lassise (B.F.A. San Francisco Art Inst. 2004), Winona, Minn.
  • Katherine A. Levant (B.F.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts 2006), Chicago, Ill.
  • Laura Lee Marsh (B.F.A. Cleveland Inst. of Art 2006), Richmondhill, N.Y.
  • Jo C. Nigoghossian (B.F.A. San Francisco Art Inst. 2003), Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Jacques Louis Vidal (B.F.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts [Boston] 2004), Houston, Tex.
  • Ryan Patrick Wolfe (B.A. Univ. St. Francis 2004), Belleville, Ill.

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Summary of Enrollment

General Summary

Admissions Information, Fall Term 2008

Applicants

1,151

Applicants admitted

65

Matriculants

56

Student Profile

Graduate students

119

 Graphic Design

38

 Painting/Printmaking

43

 Photography

18

 Sculpture

20

Preliminary-year students

7

First-year students

55

Second-year students

57

Female students

59

Male students

60

Age range of students

22–42

Average age of students

27

Mean age of students

26

Undergraduate degrees in fine art

102

Undergraduate degrees in other areas, e.g.,

 architecture, English, music, philosophy

17

Institutions represented

83

States represented

26

Foreign countries represented

10

Institutions Represented 

One student from each institution unless otherwise indicated.
  • Alfred University
  • American University [UAE]
  • Amherst College (2)
  • Art Center College of Design (2)
  • Bard College (2)
  • Bennington College
  • Bezalel Academy [Israel]
  • Brandeis University
  • Brown University (4)
  • Bryn Mawr College
  • California College of Arts & Crafts (2)
  • California State University [Long Beach]
  • California State University [San Bernadino]
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Central Academy of Art & Design [China]
  • Cleveland Institute of Art
  • Columbia College [Chicago]
  • Concordia University [Canada] (2)
  • Cooper Union (2)
  • Cornell University
  • Dankook University [Korea]
  • Dartmouth College (2)
  • Dickinson College
  • Ecole Nationale Superieur des Beaux Arts
  • [France]
  • Escuela de Artes Plasticas de Puerto Rico
  • Fordham University
  • Hamilton College
  • Hampshire College
  • Harvard University
  • Hunter College (2)
  • Jackson State University
  • Maharaja Sayajirao University [India]
  • Maryland Institute [College of Art] (2)
  • Massachusetts College of Art (2)
  • Minneapolis College of Art & Design
  • New England School of Photography
  • North Carolina State University
  • Nova Scotia College of Art & Design
  • Ohio Wesleyan University
  • Ontario College of Art & Design [Canada]
  • Parsons School of Design (2)
  • Philadelphia University
  • Pratt Institute (3)
  • Princeton University
  • Rhode Island School of Design (8)
  • Ringling School of Art & Design
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Rutgers University
  • St. Olaf College
  • San Francisco Art Institute (2)
  • Savannah College of Art & Design
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago (7)
  • School of Visual Arts (4)
  • Seoul National University [Korea]
  • Skidmore College
  • Swarthmore College
  • Syracuse University
  • Tehran University [Iran]
  • Temasek Polytech [Singapore]
  • Tsinghua University [China]
  • Tufts University [School of the
  • Museum of Fine Arts] (4)
  • University of California [Los Angeles]
  • University of California [Santa Cruz]
  • University of Cincinnati
  • University of Colorado [Boulder]
  • University of Florida
  • University of Indiana [Bloomington]
  • University of Louisville
  • University of Manitoba [Canada]
  • University of Northern Iowa
  • University of Paris [Sorbonne]
  • University of St. Francis
  • University of Texas [Austin] (2)
  • University of Texas [San Antonio]
  • University of the Arts (3)
  • University of Virginia (2)
  • University of Wisconsin [Madison]
  • University of Zagreb [Croatia]
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Wesleyan University
  • Williams College
  • Yale University (2)
  • Youngstown State University
  • Institutions represented, 83

Geographical Distribution

One student from each state or country unless otherwise indicated.
United States 
  • Arkansas
  • California (11)
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut (3)
  • Florida (3)
  • Illinois (6)
  • Indiana
  • Kansas
  • Maine
  • Maryland (4)
  • Massachusetts (4)
  • Minnesota (3)
  • Mississippi
  • New Jersey (8)
  • New York (28)
  • North Carolina
  • Ohio (3)
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania (7)
  • Puerto Rico
  • Rhode Island (2)
  • Texas (5)
  • Vermont
  • Virginia (2)
  • Wisconsin (3)
  • States represented, 26
Foreign Countries 
  • Australia
  • Canada (5)
  • China
  • Croatia
  • Ghana
  • India
  • Israel (2)
  • Korea, Republic of (3)
  • Singapore
  • UAE
  • Foreign countries represented, 10

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