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Congratulations to the 384 students in UMKC’s College of Arts and Sciences named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester. The CAS Dean’s List recognizes excellent academic performance among full-time undergraduate students with a grade point average of 3.85 or higher for the term.

 

Suleka Abdulahi - Psychology BA

Antonio Adamo - Economics BA

Joseph Adams - Environmental Studies BA

Halima Adan - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Iqra Aden - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Maggie Agee - Psychology BA

Jennifer Aktar - Political Science BA

Ruwaida Alabboodi - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Zeina Alaboudi - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Adin Alem - Political Science BA

Nichole Alexander - Political Science & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Nida Ali - Psychology & Languages and Literatures BA

Ahmed Al-Makhazoom - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Brittany Alvarez - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Mahreen Ansari - Political Science BA

Kathryn Antrainer - History BA

Melissa Appelquist - Psychology BA

Omar Arab - Architectural Studies

Bosten Arcand - English BA: Language and Rhetoric

Liam Arciga - History BA

Rebekah Arwood - Liberal Arts BLA

Kellie Askew - Pre-Dentistry, A&S

Mustafa Aydin - Political Science BA

Yusra Azzeh - Political Science BA

Lucy Bahner - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Jayme Balachowski - Liberal Arts BLA

Sindhu Balakumar - Mathematics and Statistics BA

Olaide Bankole - Psychology BA

Alex Barbour - History BA

Zoey Barnes - Art History BA

Gabriel Bartholome - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Brayden Basch - English: Language and Rhetoric & Philosophy BA

Kennedy Bauer - Pre-Dentistry, A&S

Sladjana Bauk - English BA: Creative Writing

Alexander Bearden - Geology BS

Bailey Beauchamp - Psychology BA

Saris Bedard - English & Psychology BA

Steven Beers - Sociology BA

Hannah Begulia - Psychology BA

Laura Behm - Mathematics and Statistics BA

Megan Behrman - Psychology BA

Katelyn Beilsmith - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Kaya Beitz - Political Science BA

Catherine Belcher - Psychology BA

Samuel Bellefy - English: Creative Writing & Communication Studies BA

Erica Bess - English BA

Benjamin Bilyeu - Languages and Literatures: Spanish & Studio Art BA

Mallory Bittner - History BA

Alison Boehmer - Sociology BA

Margaret Boggs - Criminal Justice and Criminology & Psychology BA

Makayla Booker - Studio Art BA

Tristyn Bowling - History BA

Christopher Bown - Studio Art BA

Jacob Boyce - Economics BA

Em Braun - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Madelyn Bremer - Political Science BA

Mariah Brewe - Psychology BA

Kyle Broley - Environmental Science BS

Westin Brown - English BA: Classical, Medieval, and Early Modern Literature

April Brown - English BA: Creative Writing

Camrin Buchholz - Political Science & Economics BA

Alexus Buckert - Political Science BA

Tanner Burke - Psychology BA

Hayden Burnett - Psychology BA

William Burns - Psychology BA

Joseph Butler - Pre-Pharm

Jose Cantu - Urban Planning and Design BA

Marin Carey - Environmental Studies BA

Zarina Carpenter - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Hannah Carr - Psychology BA

Zalyia Carr - Psychology BA

Yessica Casares - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Chase Cassil - Psychology BA

Abigail Castle - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Brianna Catching - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Sydney Cauveren - Psychology BA

Adam Chanliongco - Pre-Pharm

Sierra Chappell - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Mackenzie Clark - Liberal Arts BLA

Rebecca Clemons - Sociology BA

Sarah Clough - English BA

Kiley Collier - Environmental Studies BA

Lindsay Cox - Art History BA

Evelyn Cross - Art History BA

Skylar Crowley - Psychology BA

Robyn Cullen-Bechthold - Psychology BA

Kristina Curlett - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Isabelle Curry - Sociology: Cultural Anthropology & English BA

Emily Daggett - Liberal Arts BLA

Long Hoang Dang - Mathematics and Statistics BA

Dawn Dan-Irabor - Liberal Arts BLA

Mutheera Daud - Mathematics and Statistics BA

Brooke Daugherty - Psychology BA

Nathan Davis - Political Science BA

Sarah Davis - Urban Planning and Design BA

Hallie Dawson - English BA

Izabela Elysa de Ribeiro Carias - Psychology BA

Shiona Deliozar - Economics BA

Chloe Denton - Psychology BA

Devon Dewey - Art History BA

Gisselle Diaz Carrillo - Criminal Justice and Criminology & Psychology BA

Sarah Dirks - Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish

Malak Dkhili - Political Science & Sociology BA

Mitchell Dondlinger - Pre-Law, A&S

Tony Dumas - Liberal Arts BLA

Gina Dwyer - Psychology BA

Natalie Earl - Criminal Justice and Criminology & Psychology BA

Caitlin Easter - Psychology BA

Jacob Eisenhauer - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Anaia Elliott - Psychology BA

Jade Essman - Film and Media Arts

Alma Estrada - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Kassandra Estrada - Pre-Pharm

Amanda Evans - Pre-Law, A&S

Carly Exter - Psychology BA

Adriana Feener - Physics BS: Astronomy

Isabela Felipe dos Guimaraes - Psychology & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Delainey Fenoglio - Liberal Arts BLA

Kaylee Field - Psychology BA

Nayeli Figueroa - Psychology BA

Ashlee Fish - Architectural Studies

Elizabeth Fisher - Studio Art BA

Lauren Fitzpatrick - Environmental Studies BA

Jade Flanders - Psychology BA

Taylor Flemons - Political Science BA

Madison Flynn - Psychology BA

Simone Folsom - Art History & Communication Studies BA

Chase Ford - Political Science BA

Brian Fredrickson - Economics BA

Michael Friedrich - Economics BA

Rachael Fritz - Psychology BA

Bridget Froehlke - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Olivia Gallo - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Daisy Garcia Montoya - Communication Studies: Journalism and Mass Communications & Political Science BA

Anaisa Garcia-Flores - Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S

Jackson Gasho - Economics BA

Rachel Gaydusek - Psychology BA

Wajeeha Gilani - English BA

Alexander Gleason - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Darren Gomez - Psychology BA

Jose Gomez - Studio Art BA

Bryce Graskemper - Political Science BA

Hannah Green - Psychology BA

Jada Green - Psychology BA

Brianna Green - Psychology BA

Dominic Guillen - Mathematics and Statistics BA

Tawnya Guthrie - Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S

Jerald Gutierrez - History BA

Hannah Haake - Urban Planning and Design BA

Ashton Hall - Psychology & Languages and Literatures BA

Andrew Hall - Sociology BA: Cultural Anthropology

William Hart - English BA

Rachael Headrick - Psychology BA

Jesse Heller - Liberal Arts BLA

Lauren Hendrix - Pre-Pharm

Jessica Heniss - Psychology BA

Chloe Higinbotham - Liberal Arts BLA

Madison Hoffman - Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S

Madeline Houx - Psychology BA

Jacob Howard - Languages and Literatures BA: Classics

Ryan Howell - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Chayanne Hubbard - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Penelope Hunter - Languages and Literatures BA: French

Jesse Hunter - Urban Planning and Design BA

Zarifa Imanli - Studio Art BA

Amara Ivancic - Psychology BA

Anna Jackson - Psychology BA

Sydney Janesko - Pre-Pharm

Allyson Jenkins - Mathematics and Statistics BA

Emily Jensen - Liberal Arts BLA

Essence Jewel - Urban Planning and Design BA

Melissa Johnson - Film and Media Arts

Makaylah Jones - Political Science BA

Nikita Joshi - History & English BA

Natalie Juno - Psychology & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Seth Kacich - Mathematics and Statistics BA

Tessa Keeney - Environmental Science BS

Kelsey Keith - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Megan Kelly - Psychology BA

Alison Kendall - Psychology BA

Jessica Kent - Pre-Pharm

Victoria Kenworthy - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Jahan Khavari - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Brittni Kilton - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Hyo Kim - Political Science & Sociology BA

Makenzie Kleist - Sociology & Psychology BA

Luke Knapp - Political Science BA

Daniel Kohl - Liberal Arts BLA

Kaitlyn Korah - Pre-Pharm

Madison Kovarik - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Anabeth Laaker - History BA

Marcella Lampe - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Elizabeth Lavalle - Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish

Logan Lazarczyk - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Nguyen Hoai Nhi Le - Psychology BA

Sammie Jo Leach - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Chae Lim Lee - Psychology BA

Emma Leonard - History & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Hallie Lewis - Film and Media Arts

Tianyi Li - Liberal Arts BLA

Kendrick Lintecum - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Katrina Logal - English BA: Creative Writing

Fontelle Long - Psychology BA

Darlene Lopez - Psychology BA

Mia Lukic - Philosophy BA

Brooke Lysaught - Economics BA

Leah Maass - Criminal Justice and Criminology & Psychology BA

Christina Mackenzie - Architectural Studies

Jackson MacLellan - Political Science BA

Brett Madsen - Studio Art BA

Maryam Mahmood - Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish

Harrison Maksimik - Mathematics and Statistics BA

Reyna Mallory - Communication Studies: Film and Media Studies & Studio Art BA

Kristen Manthei - Urban Planning and Design BA

Kirsten Markley - Studio Art BA

Ariacna Martinez-Andrade - Psychology BA

Katie Mason - Psychology BA

Emily Maupin - Psychology BA

Ryan Maynard - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Mitchell McDonald - Studio Art BA

Logan McFarland - Liberal Arts BLA

Morgan McNally - Psychology BA

Paige McRill - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Shealey Mead - Psychology BA

Samuel Menner - Pre-Pharm

Justin Mennerich - Psychology BA

Nathan Meshau - English BA

Merna Michael - Political Science BA

Amelia Milldyke Gifford - Film and Media Arts

Aden Mitiku - Liberal Arts BLA

James Molloy - Urban Planning and Design BA

Catia Montelongo - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Grisell Montes-Resendiz - Psychology BA

Machia Mullens - Psychology BA

Makenzie Mullin - Liberal Arts BLA

Ayatt Muslet - Pre-Pharm

Lauren Myers - Studio Art BA

Jason Nalley - History BA

Tyler Nguyen - Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S

Sandy Nguyen - Psychology BA

Vitek Novák - Liberal Arts BLA

Alannah Nowak - Pre-Pharm

Slater Oden - Physics BS: Astronomy

Thomas O'Halloran - Philosophy BA

Andra Okoye - Psychology BA

Ida Linnea Olausson - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Jacob O'Neill - Psychology BA

Odindo Opole - Film and Media Arts

Lena Otiankouya - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Max Overshiner - Psychology BA

Randi Owens - Environmental Science BS

Alexis Parke - Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S

Esteban Paz - Economics BA

Ahmad Pazhoohi - Pre-Pharm

Riley Peek - English BA

Enrique Perez - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Mattie Peter - Studio Art BA

Hannah Pham - English & Languages and Literatures BA

Kenny Phan - Environmental Science BS

Morgan Phelps - Six Year Law Scholars

Hannah Phillips - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Josephine Phillips - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Savannah Pleasant - Psychology & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Philip Potter - History BA

Nichole Potter - Psychology BA

Alison Potter - Sociology BA

Hannah Presta - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Noah Price - Psychology BA

Kristin Priest - Art History BA

Jacob Pritchett - Psychology & Economics BA

Monica Propst - Urban Studies BA

Isabelle Pruss - Physics BS

Stephen Quackenbush - Architectural Studies

Laizabeth Quinonez - English BA

Angela Ramirez - Art History BA

Carson Rau - Sociology BA

Darius Rawlings - Pre-Medicine, A&S

Isabel Recker - Languages and Literatures: Spanish & Psychology BA

Julia Reece - Liberal Arts BLA

Grace Reesman - Physics & Mathematics & Statistics BS

Mary Reust - Studio Art BA

Caleb Robbins - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Jade Robichaud - Psychology BA

Gabrielle Robinson - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

William Rodelo - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Stephanie Romero - Liberal Arts BLA

Charlotte Rooney - Environmental Science BS

Kelley Rowe - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Guillermo Rubio - Philosophy BA

Sagi Rudnick - Political Science & Communication Studies BA

Anna Ryan - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Ethan Ryan - Film and Media Arts

Gabhriel Saffier - Studio Art BA

Esra Sahsuvaroglu - Psychology BA

Madeline Sammons - Psychology BA

Elizabeth Sanborn - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Juliana Sanchez - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Jadalyn Scherer - Architectural Studies

Seth Schibler - Political Science & Communication Studies BA

Alex Schmitz - Pre-Pharm

Kaia Schott - Psychology BA

Trey Sebben - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Audrey Seider - English BA: Creative Writing

Alexandra Serafin - History BA

Ahmed Shiekhaden - Psychology BA

Mariah Shipley - Psychology BA

Elizabeth Shockley - Psychology & Biology BA

Madison Sieger - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Rachel Sims - Psychology BA

Avery Singer - Psychology BA

Braelyn Smith - English BA: Classical, Medieval, and Early Modern Literature

Hunter Smith - Psychology BA

Fatjona Sokoli - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Grace Solomon - Political Science BA

Owen Sommerfeld - Economics BA

Clayton Speidel - Political Science BA

Carrine Spinks - Psychology BA

Samantha Sprouse - Psychology BA

Mollie Stanek - Studio Art BA

Gabrielle Stansell - Political Science BA

Reagan Stark - Communication Studies: Interpersonal and Public Communication & English BA

Blake Stark - Psychology BA

Maria Starns - History BA

Lanisha Stevens - Psychology BA

Ronnea Stiles - English BA

McKenna Still - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Kellie Stofac - Psychology & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Abby Strawn - Political Science BA

Chloe Stripling - Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish

Julia Struckhoff - Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S

Christopher Suazo - English BA

Bryce Summerville - Psychology BA

Eros Sustaita - Pre-Medicine, A&S

Julianna Swickard - Film and Media Arts

Marady Tackett - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Enoch Taddese - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Chandler Tarrant - Physics BS

Avery Taylor - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Emma Taylor - Psychology BA

Lillian Taylor - Psychology BA

Lauren Textor - English BA

Ariana Textor - Sociology BA

Jordyn Thomas - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Jaden Thomas - Psychology BA

Serena Thompson - Psychology BA

Abigail Tiemann - Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S

Joeli Toscano - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Lucy Trask - Pre-Pharm

Dashiell Tucker - Political Science BA

Eva Tucker - Studio Art BA

Michelle Turner - Liberal Arts BLA

Kelsey Van Buskirk - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

John Waggoner - Psychology BA

Jack Walton - English BA

Rebekah Ward - Sociology BA

Sara Wartner - English BA: Creative Writing

Abigail Weiler - Political Science BA

Brayan Westergaard - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Thomas White - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Alexandra Whitlow - Philosophy BA

Rowan Wiley - Political Science BA

Alexa Williams - Liberal Arts BLA

Autumn Wilson - Languages and Literatures BA: French

Deion Wilson - Political Science BA

Jacob Wingert - Mathematics and Statistics BA

Brooke Witherby - Liberal Arts BLA

Kelly Woltering - Studio Art BA

Olivia Woods - Urban Planning and Design BA

Leigh Woody - Studio Art BA

Sophie Woycheese - Psychology BA

Austin Wurtz - Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S

Miranda Wyatt - English BA: Creative Writing

Brianna Yacobozzi - Psychology BA

YeaJun Yoon - Liberal Arts BLA

Ayat Youssef - Psychology BA

Jessica Zampardo - English BA

Zackary Zeller - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

 

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Congratulations to the 511 students in UMKC’s College of Arts and Sciences named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2020 semester. The CAS Dean’s List recognizes excellent academic performance among full-time undergraduate students with a grade point average of 3.85 or higher for the term.

 

Chale Abad - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Sarah Abney - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Erika Adams - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Joseph Adams - Earth and Environmental Sciences BS: Environmental Sciences

Maggie Agee - Psychology BA

Chaehyun Ahn - Pre-Pharm

Jennifer Aktar - Political Science BA

Mohammed Alabdullah - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Farqad Alaboodi - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Adin Alem - Political Science BA

Nichole Alexander - Political Science & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Nida Ali - Psychology & Languages and Literatures BA

Amanda Allen - Psychology BA

Alexis Allen - Sociology BA: Cultural Anthropology

Sara Alley - Psychology BA

Ahmed Al-Makhazoom - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Abdullah Alrasheed - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Chetanna Amazu - Psychology BA

Melina Ambriz - Psychology BA

Quinton Anderson - Psychology BA

Mahreen Ansari - Political Science BA

Melissa Appelquist - Psychology BA

Cemile Arabaci - Physics BS

Bosten Arcand - English BA: Language and Rhetoric

Cristian Arechiga - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Carter Ascher - Political Science BA

Yusof Asefi - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Kellie Askew - Pre-Dentistry, A&S

Gregory Attard - Physics & Mathematics and Statistics BS

Cristina Aurich - Urban Planning and Design BA

Charlene Badami - Sociology BA: Cultural Anthropology

Romeo Bagunu - Political Science BA

Catherine Bailey - English BA: Creative Writing

Zachary Bailey - Mathematics and Statistics BS

Hayden Baker - English BA: Creative Writing

Jayme Balachowski - Liberal Arts BLA

Sindhu Balakumar - Mathematics and Statistics BS

Alex Barbour - History BA

Zoey Barnes - Art History BA

Rilie Barnes - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Reagan Barr - Environmental Science BS

Mahryn Barron - English: Creative Writing & Communication Studies BA

Brayden Basch - English: Language and Rhetoric & Philosophy BA

Kennedy Bauer - Pre-Dentistry, A&S

Bailey Beauchamp - Psychology BA

Saris Bedard - English & Psychology BA

Steven Beers - Sociology BA

Katelyn Beilsmith - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Catherine Belcher - Psychology BA

Austin Belcher - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Samuel Bellefy - English: Creative Writing & Communication Studies BA

J'aime Bellingham - Psychology BA

Robert Bennett - Political Science BA

Paige Benton - Studio Art BA

Danait Berhe - Sociology BA

Megan Bilkey - Environmental Science BS

Natasha Bills - Psychology BA

Abigail Birkner - Psychology & Chemistry BA

Mallory Bittner - History BA

Madison Bittner - Studio Art BA

Hailey Black - Psychology & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Dalton Blackwell - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Margaret Boggs - Criminal Justice and Criminology & Psychology BA

Makayla Booker - Studio Art BA

Tristyn Bowling - History BA

Christopher Bown - Studio Art BA

Jane Boyd - Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish

Drew Boyet - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Adair Bright - Urban Planning and Design BA

Kelsey Brinkman - Psychology BA

Kyle Broley - Earth and Environmental Sciences BS: Physical Geography

Zachary Brooks - Environmental Science BS

April Brown - English BA: Creative Writing

Jocelyn Brown - Criminal Justice and Criminology & Political Science BA

Brendon Brown - Earth and Environmental Sciences BS: Environmental Sciences

Sierra Browne-Jenkins - Psychology BA

Renee Bruch - Communication Studies BA

Camrin Buchholz - Political Science & Economics BA

Alexus Buckert - Political Science BA

Mason Bur - Psychology BA

Hayden Burnett - Psychology BA

William Burns - Psychology BA

William Burrus - Economics & Languages and Literatures BA

Joel Busch - Mathematics and Statistics BS

Kevin Buzzie - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Sydney Caldwell - Psychology BA

Beulah Calixte - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Enza Cangelosi - Psychology BA

Jose Cantu - Urban Planning and Design BA

Samantha Capkovic - Political Science & Communication Studies BA

Cody Carmack - Psychology BA

Chase Cassil - Psychology BA

Madelynn Caster - Psychology BA

Abigail Castle - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Brianna Catching - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Sophia Caudillo - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Nick Cavazos - Philosophy BA

Alejandro Cervantes - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Adam Chanliongco - Pre-Pharm

Adeta Chareunsab - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Latisha Cheatam - Liberal Arts BLA

Zanab Cheema - Pre-Pharm

Hunyee Choi - Psychology BA

Clara Christenson - Liberal Arts BLA

Lacey Clark - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Mackenzie Clark - Liberal Arts BLA

Sarah Clough - English BA

Cassandra Coffey-Murray - English BA: Creative Writing

George Coggins - English BA

Kiley Collier - Environmental Science BS

Julia Concannon - Psychology BA

Brandon Cooper - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Yarely Corral - Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S

Lindsay Cox - Art History BA

Kyra Crabtree - English BA: Creative Writing

Rachel Crazybear - Psychology BA

Jessica Crets - English BA: Creative Writing

Evelyn Cross - Art History BA

Skylar Crowley - Psychology BA

Lucas Cuni-Mertz - Communication Studies: Journalism and Mass Communications & Political Science BA

Isabelle Curry - Sociology & English BA

Madisen Curtin - Pre-Medicine, A&S

Emily Daggett - Liberal Arts BLA

Amina Dalton - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Victoria Davidson - History & Languages and Literatures BA

Nathan Davis - Political Science BA

Sarah Davis - Urban Planning and Design BA

Shiona Deliozar - Economics BA: Political Economy

Shelby Dennis - Psychology & Environmental Studies BA

Devon Dewey - Art History BA

Elisabeth DeWitte - Political Science BA

Carly Dexter - Sociology BA

Gisselle Diaz Carrillo - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Monica Diaz-Serrano - Psychology BA

Sarah Dirks - Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish

Malak Dkhili - Political Science BA

Abigail Doss - Psychology BA

Domonique Downton - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Mason Dredge - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Paige Dunard - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Gina Dwyer - Psychology BA

Rachel Dwyer - Liberal Arts BLA

Sean Eagan - Economics BA

Natalie Earl - Criminal Justice and Criminology & Psychology & Languages and Literatures BA

Alexa Easley - Psychology BA

Caitlin Easter - Psychology BA

Vera-Clair Eaton - Psychology & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Jacob Eisenhauer - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Audra Elford - English BA: Creative Writing

Elizabeth Elmendorf - Physics BS: Astronomy

Alma Estrada - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Aubrie Evans - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Cyra Evans - Psychology & Languages and Literatures BA

Ciera Farrens - Psychology BA

Savannah Farrens - Philosophy BA

Adriana Feener - Physics BS: Astronomy

Isabela Felipe dos Guimaraes - Psychology & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Lisa Fenn - History BA

Jeanelle Finley - Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S

Shannon Finneran - Liberal Arts BLA

Aliah Fisher - Studio Art BA

Lauren Fitzpatrick - Environmental Studies BA

Cole Flackmiller - Mathematics and Statistics BS

Jade Flanders - Psychology BA

Calvin Flemons - Pre-Pharm

Madison Flynn - Psychology BA

Randell Folden - Environmental Science BS

Chase Ford - Political Science & Environmental Studies BA

Jodi Fortino - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Alexandra Foster - Film and Media Arts & Studio Art BA

Regan Frederick - Criminal Justice and Criminology & Psychology BA

Alejandra Frias Fraire - Earth and Environmental Sciences BS: Environmental Sciences

Michael Friedrich - Economics BA

Rachael Fritz - Psychology BA

Miranda Fritz - Psychology & Languages and Literatures BA

Olivia Funston - Pre-Pharm

Olivia Gallo - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Jordan Galvan - Environmental Studies BA

Cory Gamblin - Architectural Studies

Daisy Garcia Montoya - Communication Studies: Journalism and Mass Communications & Political Science BA

Nurquewen Garciano - Sociology BA

Jackson Gasho - Economics BA

Jake Gesling - Sociology BA

Wajeeha Gilani - English BA

Conner Giles - Earth and Environmental Sciences BS: Physical Geography

Anthony Giordano - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Alexander Gleason - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Samantha Goepfert - Psychology & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Kylee Gomez - Criminal Justice and Criminology & Political Science BA

Ruth Gonzalez - Psychology BA

Bethany Graham - English BA: Creative Writing

Bryce Graskemper - Political Science BA

Hannah Green - Psychology BA

Jada Green - Psychology BA

Hillary Green - Political Science BA

Emera Greenwood - Psychology BA

Carter Groves - English BA

Dominic Guillen - Mathematics and Statistics BS

Garrett Gunderson - Film and Media Arts

Sadho Habib - Economics BA

Sally Hakenewerth - Environmental Studies BA

Ashton Hall - Psychology & Languages and Literatures BA

Garam Han - Mathematics and Statistics BS

Katherine Hanners - History BA

Estelle Hansen - Film and Media Arts

Morgan Hartwig - Geology BS

Jefferson Harwood - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Michael Hauschildt - Political Science BA

Jonathan Hawley - Psychology & Philosophy BA

Rachael Headrick - Psychology BA

Jesse Heller - Sociology BA

Lauren Hendrickson - Languages and Literatures BA: French

Kendra Henson - Liberal Arts BLA

Griselda Hernandez - Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish

Abigail Higginbotham - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Thy'Tira Hill - Political Science & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Duong Hoang - Physics BS

Tess Hogan - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Dalton Holloway-Rasmus - Political Science BA

Valeczia Hooks - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Cassandra Hoover - Pre-Pharm

Taylor Hough - Criminal Justice and Criminology & Psychology BA

Brigid Hough - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Madeline Houx - Psychology BA

Jacob Howard - Languages and Literatures BA: Classical Languages and Culture

Ryan Howell - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Seth Hudson - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Tessa Huffman - Psychology BA

Ali Hufft - Political Science & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Jonavan Hunley - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Jesse Hunter - Urban Planning and Design BA

Tasneem Huq - English BA

Nursyuhada Huq - Pre-Dentistry, A&S

Marissa Iden - Political Science BA

Madison Ilseman - Political Science & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Iqra Iqbal - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Bria Irvin - Psychology BA

Emily Ivory - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Anna Jackson - Psychology BA

Nicholas Jakubowski - Economics BA

Mahrukh Jamal - Political Science BA

Samuel Jeffers - History BA

Michael Jenkins - Political Science & Philosophy BA

Allyson Jenkins - Mathematics and Statistics BS

Emily Jensen - Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S

Essence Jewel - Urban Planning and Design BA

Sarah Johnson - Studio Art BA

X Zavyon Johnson - English BA: Creative Writing

Morgan Johnson - Psychology BA

Kate Johnston - English BA

Jasmine Jones - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Makaylah Jones - Political Science BA

Nikita Joshi - History & English BA

Natalie Juno - Psychology & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Seth Kacich - Mathematics and Statistics BS

Celia Kaine - Liberal Arts BLA

Brandon Kanoy - Political Science BA

Olivia Kays - Physics BS: Astronomy

Kelsey Keith - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Alison Kendall - Psychology BA

Emily Kennedy - Film and Media Arts

Lukas Kenney - English BA: Creative Writing

Jahan Khavari - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Tracy Khiew - Studio Art BA

Brenna Killen - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Brittni Kilton - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Hyo Kim - Political Science BA

David Kirk - Studio Art BA

Daniel Kirk - Studio Art BA

Makenzie Kleist - Sociology & Psychology BA

Daniel Kohl - Liberal Arts BLA

Summer Koogler - Psychology BA

Kaitlyn Korah - Pre-Pharm

Molly Kordonowy - History BA

Madison Kovarik - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Rhyan Kubik - Psychology BA

Anabeth Laaker - History BA

Jacob Lackey - Economics BA

Bao Lam - Studio Art BA

Brandon Landaverry - Environmental Science BS: Geosciences

Alexander Langston - Political Science BA

Hannah Lassen - Liberal Arts BLA

Nguyen Hoai Nhi Le - Psychology BA

Sammie Jo Leach - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Chae Lim Lee - Psychology BA

Sean Lefler - Psychology BA

Shairry Lene - Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S

Kendrick Lintecum - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Amy Liu - Psychology BA

Katrina Logal - English BA: Creative Writing

Danielle Lonero - Criminal Justice and Criminology & Psychology BA

Darlene Lopez - Psychology BA

Grace Lorey - Art History BA

Vincent Lowry - Studio Art BA

Mia Lukic - Philosophy BA

Jakob Lund - Sociology BA

Christina Mackenzie - Architectural Studies

Jackson MacLellan - Political Science BA

Brett Madsen - Studio Art BA

Harrison Maksimik - Mathematics and Statistics BS

Reyna Mallory - Communication Studies: Film and Media Studies & Studio Art BA

Amanda Malone - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Julio Mares - Psychology BA

Soldenise Martinez - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Kori Martiny - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Karissa May - Pre-Pharm

Matthew Mazza - Urban Planning and Design BA

Caleb McCain - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Keegan McCarthy - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Hunter McDowell - Economics BA

Jared McGee - Geography BS

Michael Mead - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Eduardo Mendez - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Samuel Menner - Pre-Pharm

Carlos Mercado - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Amanda Mercier - Earth and Environmental Sciences BS: Environmental Sciences

Caroline Meyers - Psychology BA

Merna Michael - Political Science BA

Amelia Milldyke Gifford - Film and Media Arts

Emily Moore - Political Science BA

Caroline Moriarty - Political Science BA

Shani Mor-Solomon - Environmental Studies BA

Haley Mwaura - Studio Art BA

Megan Myers - Environmental Studies BA

Lauren Myers - Studio Art BA

Jessica Neely - Liberal Arts BLA

Vi Tuong Ngo - Studio Art BA

Viet Nguyen - Pre-Pharm

Quynh Nguyen - Pre-Pharm

Alex Niner - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Ryley Nolin - Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S

Blake O'Dell - Psychology BA

Slater Oden - Physics BS: Astronomy

Thomas O'Halloran - Philosophy BA

Mariana Oliveira Dalsin - Liberal Arts BLA

Jacob O'Neill - Psychology BA

Silvestre Ortiz-Romo - Environmental Science BS

Kenechukwu Osude - Pre-Medicine, A&S

Loubna Ouaret - Mathematics and Statistics BS

Abbey Outain - English BA: Creative Writing

Randi Owens - Earth and Environmental Sciences BS: Environmental Sciences

Saketh Pachalla - History BA

Deborah Parracervantes - Physics BS: Astronomy

Shivani Patel - Psychology BA

Ahmad Pazhoohi - Pre-Pharm

Josie Pennington - History BA

Enrique Perez - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Cailyn Persinger - Pre-Pharm

Hannah Pham - English & Languages and Literatures BA

Vy Pham - Pre-Pharm

Kenny Phan - Earth and Environmental Sciences BS: Environmental Sciences

Linh Phan - Architectural Studies

Hannah Phillips - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Kacper Piekarek - Economics BA

Maggie Pool - Film and Media Arts

Ashley Popp - Psychology BA

Philip Potter - History BA

Alison Potter - Sociology BA

Kaitlyn Powell - Film and Media Arts

Lydia Powers - Languages and Literatures BA: French

Noah Price - Psychology BA

Gabrielle Probert - Languages and Literatures BA: French

Halena Procopio Ross - Environmental Science BS

Monica Propst - Urban Studies BA

Gina Ptacek - Studio Art BA

Stephen Quackenbush - Architectural Studies

Caitlin Quirk - English BA: American Literature and Cultural Studies

Alexa Radley - Architectural Studies

Angela Ramirez - Art History BA

Tamara Raso - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Carson Rau - Sociology BA

Darius Rawlings - Pre-Medicine, A&S

Isabel Recker - Languages and Literatures: Spanish & Psychology BA

Madeline Reddy - English BA

Julia Reece - Liberal Arts BLA

Grace Reesman - Physics & Mathematics and Statistics BS

Austin Renfrow - Philosophy BA

Timothy Rinker - Liberal Arts BLA

JeNaya Robbs - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Gabrielle Robinson - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

William Rodelo - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Guillermo Rubio - Philosophy BA

Samantha Rucker - English BA

Sagi Rudnick - Political Science & Communication Studies BA

Anna Ryan - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Lauren Ryan - Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish

Rebekah Ryan - Studio Art BA

Jessica Sabio - Liberal Arts BLA

Mykal Sadler - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Gabhriel Saffier - Studio Art BA

Esra Sahsuvaroglu - Psychology BA

Madeline Sammons - Psychology BA

Patrick Sanders - English BA

Mia Santora - Political Science BA

Jared Schild - Psychology & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Madison Schmitt - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Kaia Schott - Psychology BA

Weston Schroeder - History BA

Summer Scott - Psychology BA

Nicole Scott - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Jeffery Scully - Physics BS

Julie Seaton - Studio Art BA

Alexandra Serafin - History BA

Gary Sharp - History BA

Mariah Shipley - Psychology BA

Trevor Short - Economics BA

Madison Sieger - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Dawson Sims - Environmental Studies BA

Kimberly Sims - Studio Art BA

Adam Sisk - Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish

Samuel Sketers - Economics BA

Julia Smith - Studio Art & English BA

Kathryn Smith - Psychology BA

Katherine Smith - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Hunter Smith - Psychology BA

Regan Smith - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Abigail Sobczak - Psychology BA

Joshua Sola - Geography BS

Grace Solomon - Political Science BA

Lajuan Solomon - Environmental Science BS

Paul Sorensen - English BA: Language and Rhetoric

Clayton Speidel - Political Science BA

Annie Spencer - English: Classical, Medieval, and Early Modern Literature & History BA

Carrine Spinks - Psychology BA

Samantha Sprouse - Psychology BA

Madyson St John - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Mollie Stanek - Studio Art BA

Gabrielle Stansell - Political Science BA

Shea Staples - Liberal Arts BLA

Reagan Stark - Communication Studies: Interpersonal and Public Communication & English BA

Lane Starks - Psychology BA

Lanisha Stevens - Psychology BA

Taylor Stewart - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Connor Stewart - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Ronnea Stiles - English BA

McKenna Still - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Serena Stoetzer - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Sophia Straight - English BA

Chloe Stripling - Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish

Erica Sullivan - Psychology BA

Julianna Swickard - Film and Media Arts

Enoch Taddese - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Samir Taheri - Mathematics and Statistics BS

Chandler Tarrant - Physics BS

Lillian Taylor - Psychology BA

Ezekiel Taylor - Studio Art BA

Avery Taylor - Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication

Jesifer Tejada - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Lauren Textor - English BA

Jasmine Thai - Pre-Pharm

Tyler Thario - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Lauren Thomas - Psychology BA

Haleigh Thomas - Sociology BA

Aleena Tofanelli - Psychology BA

Lillian Tollison - Psychology BA

Fatima Towakoli - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Uyen Tran - Studio Art BA

Hanh Tran - English BA

MaryAnn Trapp - Communication Studies: Journalism and Mass Communications & Languages and Literatures BA

Lucy Trask - Pre-Pharm

Chloe Tremain - English BA

Dashiell Tucker - Political Science BA

Alexandra Umbach - Psychology BA

Izabella Vadovicky - Political Science BA

Kelsey Van Buskirk - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Cole Van Tassel - Psychology BA

Jennifer Vanderslice - Physics BS: Astronomy

Eva Vega - Political Science & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Leidy Venegas - Political Science BA

Sophia Vietze - Studio Art BA

Cozette Viles - Liberal Arts BLA

Ashley Vogel - English BA

Sierra Voorhies - Psychology BA

John Waggoner - Psychology BA

Mark Walters - Pre-Medicine, A&S

Kara Walters - English BA: Creative Writing

Jack Walton - English BA

Jasmine Walton - Political Science BA

Rebekah Ward - Sociology BA

Khalia Watson - Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies

Angelique Webb - Psychology BA

Abigail Wendlandt - Studio Art BA

Nathaniel Wendt - Psychology BA

Bailey West - Sociology BA: Cultural Anthropology

Brayan Westergaard - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Samuel Westlake - Psychology BA

Alexandra Whitlow - Philosophy BA

Alexandra Wilcoxon - Psychology BA

Rowan Wiley - Political Science BA

Kelly Williams - Psychology BA

Candace Williamson - Criminal Justice and Criminology BA

Caleb Wilson - History & Political Science BA

Jacob Wingert - Mathematics and Statistics BS

Madison Worley - Psychology BA

Sophie Woycheese - Psychology BA

Emily Wunder - Environmental Science BS

Dontavious Young - Psychology BA

Abdulrehman Yousaf - Pre-Medicine, A&S

Ayat Youssef - Psychology BA

Taylor Yuhas - Pre-Pharm

Zackary Zeller - Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communications

Kendra Zemenye - Economics BA: Urban Economic Development

Samantha Zoellner - Pre-Pharm

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U-News won first place for best overall website and 12 total awards at the Missouri College Media Association (MCMA) awards Tuesday (4/7/2020) night.

The newspaper, which competes in Division 1 against the largest schools in the state, doubled its award total from last year.

The 12 awards won and their recipients are:

• First Place, Website, Sam Capkovic, Ethan Evans, Lucas Cuni-Mertz and Jodi Fortino.
• First Place, Op-Ed page, Lydia Fultz, Carlos Mercado and Alex Fulton.
• Second Place, Op-Ed page, Lydia Fultz, Robert Zimmerman and Mason R. Dredge.
• Third Place, Op-Ed page, Jodi Fortino, Gary Enrique Bradley-Lopez and Mason R. Dredge.
• Third Place, Investigative Reporting, Stephanie Klein.
• Third Place, News Writing, Lukas Kenney.
• Third Place, Feature Writing, Emily Reid.
• Honorable Mention, Feature Writing, Lukas Kenney.
• Honorable Mention, Editorial Writing, Caleb Wilson.
• Honorable Mention, Entertainment Review, Mason R. Dredge.
• Honorable Mention, Entertainment Review, Mason R. Dredge.
• Honorable Mention, Video, Darius Stewart, Abbey Higginbotham, Sam Capkovic and Henry Gamber.

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Congratulations to the 361 students in UMKC’s College of Arts and Sciences named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2019 semester. The CAS Dean’s List recognizes excellent academic performance among full-time undergraduate students with a grade point average of 3.85 or higher for the term.

Joseph Adams – Earth and Environmental Science BS
Maggie Agee – Psychology BA
Chaehyun Ahn – Pre-Pharm
Jennifer Aktar – Pre-Law, A&S
Kamariah Al-Amin – Languages and Literatures BA: French
Adin Alem – Political Science BA
Nida Ali – Psychology & Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish
Ahmed Al-Makhazoom – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Naomie Alnatas – Liberal Arts BLA
Mahreen Ansari – Political Science BA
Kathryn Antrainer – History BA
Melissa Appelquist – Psychology BA
Cemile Arabaci – Physics BS
Bosten Arcand – English BA: Language and Rhetoric
Liam Arciga – History BA
Cristian Arechiga – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Brent Arnold – Psychology BA
Yusof Asefi – Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication
Lucy Bahner – Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies
Hayden Baker – English BA: Creative Writing
Alex Barbour – History BA
Reagan Barr – Environmental Science BS
Mahryn Barron – English: Creative Writing & Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies
Brayden Basch – English & Philosophy BA
Brianna Bauer – Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communication
Kennedy Bauer – Pre-Dentistry, A&S
Abigail Bavuso – Pre-Pharm
Alexander Bearden – Geology BS
Bailey Beauchamp – Psychology BA
Catherine Belcher – Psychology BA
Jillian Bell – Psychology BA
Michelle Bell – English BA
Samuel Bellefy – English: Creative Writing & Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communication
J'aime Bellingham – Psychology BA
Jerrah Biggerstaff – Physics BS: Astronomy
Abigail Birkner – Psychology & Chemistry BA
Margaret Boggs – Criminal Justice and Criminology & Psychology BA
Christopher Bown – Studio Art BA
Jane Boyd – Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish
Thomas Branson – Architectural Studies
Jeb Brantner – Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies
Grace Brewer – History BA
Kyle Broley – Earth and Environmental Science BS: Physical Geography
Jameson Brown – Economics BA
April Brown – English BA: Creative Writing
Renee Bruch – Communication Studies BA
Camrin Buchholz – Political Science & Economics BA
Alexus Buckert – Political Science BA
Mason Bur – Psychology BA
Hayden Burnett – Psychology BA
Kayla Burns – English BA
William Burrus – Economics & Languages and Literatures BA: French
Isabella Burton – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Joel Busch – Mathematics and Statistics BS
Austin Butler – Art History BA
Kevin Buzzie – Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communication
Bailey Cairns – English BA: Language and Rhetoric
Beulah Calixte – Criminal Justice and Criminology & Sociology BA
Tessa Campbell – Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communication
Crystyn Campbell – Psychology BA
Samantha Capkovic – Political Science & Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communication
Marin Carey – Environmental Studies BA
Cody Carmack – Psychology BA
Rebecca Caro – Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication
Abigail Castle – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Brianna Catching – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Adam Chanliongco – Pre-Pharm
Sarah Chapman – English BA: Classical, Medieval, and Early Literature
Gabrielle Chappelle – Psychology BA
Hunyee Choi – Psychology BA
Lacey Clark – Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communication
Jordan Clarkin – Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication
Sarah Clough – English BA
Cassandra Coffey-Murray – English BA: Creative Writing
Jacob Cooley – Psychology BA
Cameron Cooper – Pre-Pharm
Matthew Corcoran – Liberal Arts BLA
Brooklyn Cornett – Psychology BA
Emily Costelow – Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communication
Lindsay Cox – Art History BA
Kyra Crabtree – English BA: Creative Writing
Haley Crawford – Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish
Rachel Crazybear – Psychology BA
J Robert Crowley – Mathematics and Statistics BS
Skylar Crowley – Psychology BA
Lucas Cuni-Mertz – Communication Studies: Journalism and Mass Communication & Political Science BA
Madisen Curtin – Pre-Medicine, A&S
Emily Daggett – Liberal Arts BLA
Victoria Davidson – History & Languages and Literatures BA: German
Kyler Davis – Economics BA
Hallie Dawson – English BA
Katie Denny – Physics BS: Astronomy
Devon Dewey – Art History BA
Sarah Dirks – Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish
Shaleana Disorbo – History BA
Abigail Doss – Psychology BA
Mairaed Dunda – Environmental Science BS
Rachel Dwyer – Liberal Arts BLA
Gina Dwyer – Psychology BA
Jacob Eisenhauer – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Audra Elford – English BA: Creative Writing
Elizabeth Elmendorf – Physics BS: Astronomy
Tomas Escarpita – Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication
Gretchen Fiebig – Psychology BA
Matia Finley – Psychology & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Shannon Finneran – Liberal Arts BLA
Ashlee Fish – Architectural Studies
Lauren Fitzpatrick – Environmental Studies BA
Jade Flanders – Psychology BA
Madison Flynn – Psychology BA
Victor Folk – Economics & Mathematics and Statistics BA
Alexandra Foster – Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies
Kayla Fox – Psychology BA
Cori Fricke – Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication
Makayla Friedrich – Economics BA
Rachael Fritz – Psychology BA
Miranda Fritz – Psychology & Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish
Sarah Fuentes – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Olivia Gallo – Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communication
Prae Gamel – Pre-Medicine, A&S
Daisy Garcia Montoya – Communication Studies: Journalism and Mass Communication & Political Science BA
Daniel Garcia-Roman – Studio Art BA
Shea Geran – Environmental Science BS
Alexander Gleason – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Kylee Gomez – Criminal Justice and Criminology & Political Science BA
Allanis Gordon – Liberal Arts BLA
Bethany Graham – English BA: Creative Writing
Hannah Green – Psychology BA
Hillary Green – Political Science BA
Emera Greenwood – Psychology BA
Brittany Grindle – Political Science BA
Kyle Grogan – Psychology BA
Dominic Guillen – Mathematics and Statistics BS
Garrett Gunderson – Film and Media Arts
Hannah Haake – Urban Planning and Design BA
Sadho Habib – Economics BA
Madelene Hajer – English BA
Andrew Hall – Sociology BA: Cultural Anthropology
Ashton Hall – Psychology & Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish
Garam Han – Mathematics and Statistics BS
Katherine Hanners – History BA
Estelle Hansen – Film and Media Arts
Alicia Harrington – Psychology BA
Jonathan Hawley – Psychology & Philosophy BA
Naomi Henry – Geology BS
Griselda Hernandez – Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish
Jonathan Hernandez – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Amelia Hess – Psychology & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Lauren Higgins – Physics BS: Astronomy
Valeczia Hooks – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Marika Houser – Political Science BA
Madeline Houx – Psychology BA
Cierra Howe – Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communication
Colton Hrabe – Film and Media Arts
Seth Hudson – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Ali Hufft – Political Science & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Aleister Hughes – History BA
Tasneem Huq – English BA
Nursyuhada Huq – Pre-Dentistry, A&S
Alyx Hutchins – Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communication
Marissa Iden – Political Science BA
Jared Islas – Urban Planning & Design- BA
Michael Jenkins – Political Science & Philosophy BA
Cheryse Johnson – Psychology BA
Kate Johnston – English BA
Nikita Joshi – History & English BA: Creative Writing
Natalie Juno – Psychology & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Medina Kajtazovic – English BA
Franck Kamgain – Communication Studies BA
Kara Kanatzar – English BA: Creative Writing
Brandon Kanoy – Political Science BA
Alexander Keith – Psychology BA
Hannah Kempker – Pre-Pharm
Lukas Kenney – English BA: Creative Writing
Zaal Khazraeinazmpour – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Tracy Khiew – Studio Art BA
Brenna Killen – Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communication
Brittni Kilton – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
David Kirk – Studio Art BA
Daniel Kirk – Studio Art BA
Brenna Kiu – Urban Planning & Design- BA
Makenzie Kleist – Sociology & Psychology BA
Melissa Klotz – Psychology BA
Luke Knapp – Political Science BA
Kaitlyn Korah – Pre-Pharm
Molly Kordonowy – History BA
Michaela Koval – History BA
Carolyn Kovar – History BA
Rhyan Kubik – Psychology BA
Anabeth Laaker – History BA
Gabriella Lavenbarg – Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication
Shairry Lene – Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S
Maria Leno – Film and Media Arts
Emma Leonard – History BA
Lia Lombardini – Liberal Arts BLA
Tyler Lott – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Vincent Lowry – Studio Art BA
Mia Lukic – Philosophy BA
Jennifer Lyons – Liberal Arts BLA
Leah Maass – Psychology BA
Christina Mackenzie – Architectural Studies
Jackson MacLellan – Political Science BA
Brett Madsen – Studio Art BA
Reyna Mallory – Communication Studies: Film and Media Studies & Studio Art BA
Abbie Malm – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Julio Mares – Psychology BA
Caroline Matz – Psychology BA
Emily Maupin – Psychology BA
Caleb McCain – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Keegan McCarthy – Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies
Olivia McCune – Psychology BA
Michael Mead – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
William Meeds – Psychology BA
Samuel Menner – Pre-Pharm
Amelia Milldyke Gifford – Film and Media Arts
Kesi Milligan – Urban Studies BA: Community Development and Housing
Caroline Moriarty – Political Science BA
Madison Murphy – Sociology BA
Lauren Myers – Studio Art BA
Jason Nalley – History BA
Alex Niner – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Ryley Nolin – Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S
Slater Oden – Physics BS: Astronomy
Jacob O'Neill – Psychology BA
Odindo Opole – Film and Media Arts
Silvestre Ortiz-Romo – Environmental Science BS
Kenechukwu Osude – Pre-Medicine, A&S
Abbey Outain – English BA: Creative Writing
Randi Owens – Earth and Environmental Science BS
Saketh Pachalla – History BA
Christine Park – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Shivani Patel – Psychology BA
Ahmad Pazhoohi – Pre-Pharm
Riley Peek – English BA
Josie Pennington – History BA
Enrique Perez – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Cailyn Persinger – Pre-Pharm
Kenny Phan – Earth and Environmental Science BS
Kacper Piekarek – Economics BA
Josilinia Plyman – Political Science BA
Maggie Pool – Film and Media Arts
Philip Potter – History BA
Kaitlyn Powell – Film and Media Arts
Lydia Powers – Languages and Literatures BA: French
Aaron Price – Urban Studies BA: Urban Policy and Management
Noah Price – Psychology BA
Bayleigh Priddy – Psychology BA
Bethany Pritchard – History BA
Halena Procopio Ross – Environmental Science BS
Monica Propst – Urban Studies BA
Stephen Quackenbush – Architectural Studies
Jordan Railsback – Film and Media Arts
Angela Ramirez – Art History BA
Carson Rau – Sociology BA
Isabel Recker – Languages and Literatures: Spanish & Psychology BA
Grace Reesman – Physics & Mathematics and Statistics BS
Mary Reust – Studio Art BA
Zoe Rickman – Film and Media Arts
Jayla Riggins – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Karla Rincon – Psychology BA
Erin Roth – Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communication
Ryan Rowland – History BA
Michaela Roxas – Psychology & English BA: Creative Writing
Guillermo Rubio – Philosophy BA
Sagi Rudnick – Political Science & Communication Studies BA
Anna Ryan – Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communication
Jacob Salas – Mathematics and Statistics BS
Jared Schild – Psychology & Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Jessica Scott – Criminal Justice and Criminology & Philosophy BA
Audrey Seider – Art History BA
Teah Sensenich – Psychology BA
Alexandra Serafin – History BA
Sydney Serrano – Psychology BA
Gary Sharp – History BA
Destinee Shehan – Psychology BA
Mariah Shipley – Psychology BA
Madison Sieger – Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies
Sophie Simes – English BA
Dawson Sims – Environmental Studies BA
Kimberly Sims – Studio Art BA
Adam Sisk – Communication Studies: Film and Media Studies & Languages and Literatures BA: Spanish
Helene Slinker – Political Science BA
Regan Smith – Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communication
Katrena Smith – Psychology BA
Justin Smith – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Hunter Smith – Psychology BA
Joshua Sola – Geography BS
Grace Solomon – Political Science BA
Paul Sorensen – English: Language and Rhetoric
Annie Spencer – English: Classical, Medieval, and Early Literature & History BA
Carrine Spinks – Psychology BA
Samantha Sprouse – Psychology BA
Nichole Stahly – Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication
Mollie Stanek – Studio Art BA
Gabrielle Stansell – Political Science BA
Shea Staples – Liberal Arts BLA
Maria Starns – History BA
Kyleigh Steenrod – Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S
Lanisha Stevens – Psychology BA
Ronnea Stiles – English BA
McKenna Still – Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communication
Sophia Straight – English BA
Abby Strawn – Political Science BA
Robyn Sullins – Psychology BA
Erica Sullivan – Psychology BA
Julianna Swickard – Film and Media Arts
Chandler Tarrant – Physics BS
Ezekiel Taylor – Studio Art BA
Lillian Taylor – Psychology BA
Lauren Textor – English BA
Myo Thai – Mathematics and Statistics BS
Jasmine Thai – Pre-Pharm
Maeghan Thomas – Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication
Scott Thompson – Physics BS: Astronomy
Kristina Thomson – Earth and Environmental Science BS
Aleena Tofanelli – Psychology BA
Fatima Towakoli – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Jessica Tran – Pre-Pharm
Uyen Tran – Studio Art BA
Lucy Trask – Pre-Pharm
Chloe Tremain – English BA
Gregory Troiani – Physics BS: Astronomy
Dashiell Tucker – Political Science BA
Nathan Underwood – Mathematics and Statistics BS
Kelsey Van Buskirk – Communication Studies BA: Film and Media Studies
Cheeia Vang – Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S
Eisa Vasquez – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Cozette Viles – Liberal Arts BLA
Ashley Vogel – English BA
Sierra Voorhies – Psychology BA
John Waggoner – Psychology BA
Kara Walters – English BA: Creative Writing
Jack Walton – English BA
Jasmine Walton – Political Science BA
Julia Weber – Psychology BA
Madison Wellman – Studio Art BA
Brayan Westergaard – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Samuel Westlake – Psychology BA
Emily White – Art History BA
Madison White – Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication
Alexandra Whitlow – Philosophy BA
Rowan Wiley – Political Science BA
Jermeha Williams – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Kelly Williams – Psychology BA
Alexa Williams – Pre-Dental Hygiene, A&S
Abby Williams – Sociology BA
Candace Williamson – Criminal Justice and Criminology BA
Justin Wills – Environmental Science BS
Jacob Wingert – Mathematics and Statistics BA
Sophie Woycheese – Psychology BA
Abdulrehman Yousaf – Pre-Medicine, A&S
Ayat Youssef – Psychology BA
Taylor Yuhas – Pre-Pharm
Mariya-Tereza Zelenchuk – Communication Studies BA: Interpersonal and Public Communication
Zackary Zeller – Communication Studies BA: Journalism and Mass Communication
Samantha Zoellner – Pre-Pharm

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On November 15th, during his fall speaking tour, Steve Ellner spoke on the challenges Venezuela is experiencing under President Nicolás Maduro. The event was a combined effort of The Association of Latin American Students (ALAS) worked with the Latino Alumni Student Organization (LASO). Read the full article in the University News…

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Medieval Times, a dinner theater experience loosely based on the 11^th century Spanish court, featured a female ruler for the first time this year. Since its debut in the United States in 1983, the show, which includes a banquet, jousting, swordfights, and stunts on horseback, has been presided over by a king. This year, however, Doña Maria Isabella reigned.

Professor of History Linda Mitchell, who also serves as affiliate faculty in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and as President of the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship, weighed in on this change in a recent Washington Post article. Check out her comments on women in the medieval world and the historical accuracy of Medieval Times here.

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The Association of Latin American Students (ALAS) raised nearly $9,000 in matching scholarship dollars benefiting UMKC’s Latinx first-generation and DACA students. Read the full article in the University News…

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Blackface refers to the cultural practice of covering the face of a white (or black) performer to create a caricature of a black person. Although usually associated with nineteenth-century minstrel shows, blackface can still be found today both in theatrical performances and sometimes also in Halloween costumes.

The debate about the racist implications of blackface continues today. In national news, the NBC "Today" host Megyn Kelly's show was cancelled following her on-air remarks expressing acceptance of blackface. In local news, a registered nurse at St. Luke's was fired after she posted pictures of herself and a friend on facebook in blackface.

UMKC Professor Matthew W. Osborn and UMKC Diversity Director Makini King were interviewed on 30 October 2018 for local television about the history, politics, and ethics of blackface. Their comments aired at 5 PM on KCTV5 and Fox4.

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Congratulations to iPhD candidate Annie Derrell for being selected as a fellow in the Doctoral Scholars Program (DSP). According to the sponsoring Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), “the goal of the DSP is to increase the number of minority students who earn doctorates and choose to become faculty at colleges and universities.”

Since its founding in 1993, the DSP has supported over a 1000 scholars at numerous institutes across the country. It offers direct services for doctoral students such as academic, personal, and motivational support, career counseling, networking, job recruitment, and continued advocacy into their early careers as faculty members. Derrell will be a part of the inaugural cohort of scholars from the University of Missouri System.

One of the most exciting aspects of DSP is the Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, an annual meeting which serves as the largest gathering of minority Ph.D. scholars in the country. The Institute provides workshops as well as recruitment and networking opportunities to give new scholars the tools to successfully complete their doctorates and enter into a faculty career in higher education.

Derrell is “extremely honored and very excited for this opportunity to meet and collaborate with other minority scholars.”

The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) is a nonprofit organization that works to improve education and provide policymakers with reliable data to make sound educational policy decisions. There website is: www.sreb.org.

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Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca (Mowry) Egli on receiving a post-doctoral Residential Fellowship at Linda Hall Library. During her two-month stay, she will conduct research for her current project, "Seeds of Misfortune: Food, Crop Diversity, and the Simplification of American Nature," a history of America’s plant explorers that examines the impact of plant introduction and breeding on agricultural biodiversity and innovation.

Rebecca grew up in Kansas City and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from UMKC's History Department in 2008. She earned a Master of Arts degree in history from King’s College London in 2010 and a doctorate in history from the University of California, Davis in 2018.

Exploring intersections between agriculture, science, and the environment, her dissertation, "The World of Our Dreams: Agricultural Explorers and the Promise of American Science," looks at federal scientists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, exploring developments in plant biology and the ecological consequences of importing non-native plants into the United States.

We are so proud to have Dr. Egli conducting research again in Kansas City!

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A total of 365 students in UMKC’s College of Arts and Sciences were named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2018 semester. The CAS Dean’s List recognizes excellent academic performance among full-time undergraduate students with a grade point average of 3.85 or higher for the term.

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Congratulations to K. David Hanzlick, alumnus of the History iPhD program, on the publication of his book, Benevolence, Moral Reform, Equality: Women’s Activism in Kansas City, 1870-1940, with the University of Missouri Press.

Hanzlick traces the rise and evolution of women’s activism in a rapidly growing, Midwestern border city, one deeply scarred by the Civil War and struggling to determine its meaning. Over the course of 70 years, women in Kansas City emerged from the domestic sphere by forming and working in female-led organizations to provide charitable relief, reform society’s ills, and ultimately claim space for themselves as full participants in the American polity. Focusing on the social construction of gender, class, and race, and the influence of political philosophy in shaping responses to poverty, Hanzlick also considers the ways in which city politics shaped the interactions of local activist women with national women’s groups and male-led organizations.

K. David Hanzlick is Director of Program and Development for Sheffield Place, a treatment and transitional living program for homeless mothers and children. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Nonprofit Leadership Program at Rockhurst University and the Hauptmann School of Public Affairs at Park University.

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Prof. Diane Mutti-Burke, Chair of the History Department, was quoted in an article in the New York Times on 6. August 2018 entitled "On a Civil Rights Trail" because of her research into the history of slavery in Missouri.

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The cost of higher education is an issue, and one the University of Missouri-Kansas City is addressing.

As part of the four-campus University of Missouri System, UMKC has had one of the lowest rates of tuition increase in the U.S. during the past decade. And despite this year’s tuition increase of 1 percent, efforts to keep the overall cost of education are continuing, and are working.

For example, in June 2017, the University of Missouri-Kansas City joined UM System in the Affordable & Open Educational Resources (A&OER) program to save students money on textbooks and other course materials.

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Affordable housing has been a hot topic in the Kansas City community for decades, and more recently due to new downtown housing developments and the continued revitalization of Troost Avenue. As city officials develop new housing policies, students from the University of Missouri-Kansas City have played a significant role in the community conversation.

A group of seven urban planning undergraduates spent the spring semester researching the city’s housing affordability issues as part of their final project in professor Stephanie Frank’s planning and design studio class. Seniors Sean Thomas, Dave McCumber, Billie Hufford, Thomas Kimmel, Taylor Vande Velde, Rawya Alrammah and Alexander Gilbertson put together a comprehensive planning study on housing affordability in Kansas City. Each student researched and wrote one chapter in the study. They recently sat down to discuss the background and recommendations included in their study.

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The Urban Planning + Design program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City has earned accreditation from the Planning Accreditation Board, which accredits university programs in North America leading to bachelor’s and master’s degrees in planning.

“We are very pleased that the Planning Accreditation Board has recognized the quality of teaching and learning in our program,” said Michael Frisch, Ph.D., AICP, associate professor and director of the program. “It signifies that our program has been rigorously reviewed by national experts in urban planning, and found to produce graduates who meet the expectations of the planning profession.”

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Unhindered by juvenile glaucoma that took his sight at age 17, David Westbrook (B.A. ’71) has proven that vision has nothing to do with one’s ability to see. He founded Corporate Communications Group, a communications and public relations firm he sold before taking his talent and dedication to longtime client Children’s Mercy.

Westbrook attributes his lifetime of success to his parents and to the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His alma mater awarded him with an honorary doctorate at the 2018 College of Arts and Sciences commencement ceremony, and he gave the address to the graduating class at Swinney Recreation Center on campus.

“This is not a defining moment, this is a moment of celebration,” said Westbrook, who holds bachelor’s degrees in English and psychology from UMKC. “Defining moments are with your professors and your friends.”

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Faculty in two nationally recognized performing arts programs at the University of Missouri-Kansas City have voted in support of a merger of the Conservatory of Music and Dance and the Department of Theatre.

The proposed merger is designed to strengthen both programs by opening up new and expanded opportunities for performance, composition and research at the University that for decades has been designated as Missouri’s Campus for the Visual and Performing Arts by the University of Missouri System.

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Hannah Lofthus, who received Bachelors of Arts in Philosophy and Political Science from UMKC in 2007, has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the UMKC Bill French Alumni Award. Each year, the UMKC Alumni Association recognizes individual alumni and one family with top honors.

UMKC will honor Lofthus and other outstanding alumni at the 2018 Alumni Awards event on Friday, June 15. The reception is one of UMKC's largest events, with proceeds going to support student scholarships. In the last decade, the Alumni Awards event has garnered more than $1 million in scholarships and immediate aid for students.

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Two College of Arts and Sciences alumni have been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award to continue their research and scholarship. Sydney Harvey, who received her Bachelors of Arts in Philosophy and Film from UMKC in 2016, will study in the United Kingdom; and Marc Reyes, who received his Master of Arts in History from UMKC in 2014, will study in India.

Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has given more than 380,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists, professionals and scientists the opportunity to study, teach, conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.

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The National Headquarters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has put a little more “ease” into the UMKC At Ease Zone. The VFW recently presented student veterans with a much-desired couch for the space, along with a new coffee maker and a networked printer.

The UMKC At Ease Zone, located on the second floor of Cherry Hall on UMKC’s Volker Campus, supports UMKC student veterans as they transition into community and campus life. The At Ease Zone is a collaboration between the College of Arts and Sciences’ School of Social Work and the UMKC Dean of Students.

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Two UMKC French alumni, Katy Foudree Owens and Brandi Pruente have been awarded Fund for Teachers Grants to attend the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) congress in Martinique this summer.

The AATF convention is an immersion opportunity allowing educators to work on their French language skills while learning more about teaching practices.

“We in the Foreign Languages and Literatures Department, particularly in French, are thrilled for their success,” said UMKC French professor Dr. Kathy Krause.

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Dr. Virginia Blanton, professor and chair of the UMKC Department of English Language and Literatures, recently received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. She is the only 2018 recipient in the state of Missouri.

“I have a big job ahead,” said Blanton, who joined the UMKC faculty in 2002. Her awarded project is a book-length study on the lives of saints in medieval England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

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Professor Frances Connelly, Ph.D., a professor in the UMKC Department of Art and Art History, will serve as a Visiting Fellow at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in June 2018. While there, she will lead a seminar as part of the “Van Gogh Museum Visiting Fellow in the History of Nineteenth Century Art” program.

The Van Gogh Museum’s program, now entering its 12th year, brings foreign scholars annually to the Netherlands to teach a seminar in 19th century art to graduate students and professionals. Connelly’s seminar is entitled The Grotesque in Late Nineteenth-Century Art. It will explore the workings of the grotesque in this unsettled and unsettling period and explore why it is a particularly powerful means to grapple with its social upheavals and cultural shifts.

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Dr. Joseph Hartman, Assistant Professor in the UMKC Department of Art and Art History and Latinx and Latin American Studies program, recently received an internationally competitive grant from the Graham Foundation, one of the most significant funders in the field of architecture. Hartman was one of only 74 proposals selected out of over 600 applicants worldwide.

“This award will surely go down as one of the proudest moments of my career,” Hartman said. “To gain recognition from a world-renowned architectural organization like the Graham is affirming not only to the quality of my research but also to the rising visibility and importance of Caribbean, Latin American and Latinx communities."

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The University of Missouri-Kansas City’s History Department is proud to announce that Dr. John Trygve “Tryg” Has-Ellison will be serving as a Guest Professor for the 2018-19 academic year.

Dr. Has-Ellison is the current Non-Immigrant Visa Chief at the U.S. Consulate General in Monterrey, Mexico. Prior to this post, he was Vice-Consul in Sao Paulo, Brazil and Desk Officer for European Issues of Congressional interest in Washington D.C. His visiting appointment at UMKC coincides with his participation in the Command and General Staff Officers Course at Ft. Leavenworth, KS.

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The Routledge volume Perception and Agency in Shared Spaces of Contemporary Art, co-edited by UMKC Art History Professor Cristina Albu, was recently published.

The book calls for a situational approach to art, which is informed by the intertwining of art theory, phenomenology and cognitive sciences. It offers an interdisciplinary inquiry into the mutability of art experience, showing that it is contingent on an array of deeply entangled biological, cultural, political and social systems. The volume gathers 18 chapters by senior and emerging scholars.

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UMKC Theatre’s next graduate student production, “The Storytelling Project,” has something for every theatre fan – drama, intrigue, music, dance, comedy and originality.

“The Storytelling Project” is a devised theatrical show featuring the UMKC second year MFA actors, MFA designers and undergraduate production staff.

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A total of 369 students in the UMKC College of Arts and Sciences were named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2017 semester. The CAS Dean’s List recognizes excellent academic performance among full-time undergraduate students with a grade point average of 3.85 or higher for the term.

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English Professor Hadara Bar-Nadav recently published a new collection of poetry, The New Nudity, which shocks everyday objects to life. In these chiseled, electrically-charged poems, a ladder, a wineglass and a spine ignite into being. With a nod to Francis Ponge, Gertrude Stein and Pablo Neruda, Bar-Nadav’s poems have a heartbeat all their own, small miracles that haunt and heave.

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