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ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIXTH fpWlgy Brigham Young University Marriott Center Thursday, April 21, 2011 Digitized by tine Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Brigham Young University http://www.archive.org/details/commencementexer201 brig 1 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIXTH Brigham Young University Marriott Center Thursday, April 21, 2011 Contents Order of the Academic Procession 4 Significance of the Academic Costume 4 Program 5 Commencement Speaker 6 Doctoral Degrees 7 Doctor of Philosophy 7 Juris Doctor 10 Master's Degrees 14 Master of Arts 14 Master of Science 17 Master of Accountancy 26 Master of Business Administration 29 Master of Education 33 Master of Fine Arts 33 Master of Information Systems Management 33 Master of Law 34 Master of Music 34 Master of Public Administration 34 Master of Public Health 36 Master of Public Policy 36 Master of Social Work 36 Educational Specialist 37 Certificates 37 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Certificate 37 Baccalaureate Degrees 39 David O. McKay School of Education 39 Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology 41 College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences 44 College of Fine Arts and Communications 51 College of Humanities 55 David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies 58 College of Life Sciences 59 Marriott School of Management 65 College of Nursing 69 College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences 70 Scholastic Recognition 73 Graduates with University Honors 73 Summa Cum Laude 74 Magna Cum Laude 74 Cum Laude 76 Phi Kappa Phi 77 Air Force and Army ROTC Graduates 79 College Convocation Schedule 81 Commencement Committee and Line Marshals 82 Academic Procession ORDER OF THE ACADEMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROCESSION ACADEMIC COSTUME President, Board of Trustees, and The significance of the academic Administrative Officers costume is determined especially by the Official Guests sleeves and hoods. Faculty Doctors wear the round bell sleeve; Candidates for Advanced Degrees the gown is faced down the front and Class of 2011 barred on the sleeves with black vel- vet or color indicating the degree; the doctor's hood is large. The doctor may choose to wear the gold tassel on the cap. Masters wear the long, closed sleeve, with a slit near the upper part of the arm; the master's hood is of more moderate size. Bachelors wear the long or pointed sleeve. The color of the tassel indicates whether the degree is in the field of arts (white), fine arts (brown), music (pink), or science (golden yellow). Program Presiding Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3:00 P.M. Prelude Don Cook, Carillon 3:15 P.M. Academic Procession Color Guard, President, Board of Trustees, Administrative Officers, Official Guests, — Faculty, and Graduates from the Smoot Administration Building to the Marriott Center 3:45 P.M. Processional Douglas E. Bush, Organ 4:00 P.M. Presentation of Colors Air Force and Army ROTC Welcome Elder Cecil O. Samuelson, Member of the Quorum of the Seventy and President of Brigham Young University Invocation Chris Peterson, BYUSA President President's Greeting Elder Cecil O. Samuelson Conferring of Degrees Elder Cecil O. Samuelson and Brent W. Webb, Academic Vice President Induction into the Alumni Association Christian Feinauer, President, BYU Alumni Association Expression from Graduate Paige Crosland Anderson Brigham Young University Men's Chorus "How Firm a Foundation" arranged by Emma Lou Diemer Rosalind Hall, conductor Seth G. Bott, organ accompanist Commencement Address Elder Richard G. Scott Benediction Sterling May, BYUSA Executive Vice President Recessional Douglas E. Bush, Organ Postlude Ian McKinley, Carillon Commencement Speaker RICHARD SCOTT G. Richard Gordon Scott was sustained as an Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 1, 1988. He was called as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy on April 2, 1977, and served as a member of the presidency of that quorum from October 1, 1983, until his present calling. He was born November 7, 1928, in Pocatello, Idaho, a son of Kenneth Leroy and Mary Whittle Scott. At the age of five he moved with his parents to Washington, D.C., where his father served with the Department of Agriculture, later becoming an assis- tant secretary of agriculture. and South Carolina, Virginia, and He graduated from George Washington, D.C., areas until his call Washington University as a mechani- as a Seventy. cal engineer, served a full-time mission Elder Scott received an honorary to Uruguay, and completed postgradu- Doctor of Christian Service degree ate work in nuclear engineering at Oak from Brigham Young University in Ridge, Tennessee. From 1953 to 1965 2008. Elder Scott served on the immediate Elder Scott loves our Father in staff of Admiral Hyman Rickover, Heaven, His Beloved Son, and all of directing the development of nuclear the Father's other children. Elder Scott fuel for a wide variety of naval- and enjoys a variety of special interests and land-based power plants. has a deep love for the natural beauty From 1965 to 1969 he presided of the world. over the Argentina North Mission in He is blessed with a gifted wife, Cordoba, Argentina. Upon his return Jeanene Watkins, to whom he was he worked as a private consultant for sealed July 16, 1953, in the Manti nuclear power companies. Temple. She passed away May 15, He served as a regional representa- 1995. They are the parents of seven tive in the Uruguay, Paraguay, North children. DOCTORAL DEGREES Abigail Hawkins DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY MS, Indiana University Bloomington, 2002 BA, Brigham Young University, 2001 Arley Camargo Bentaberry Major: Instructional Psychology and MS, University of Richmond, 2003 Technology Major: Integrative Biology Dissertation: "We're Definitely on Our Dissertation: Species Trees and Species Own": Interaction and Disconnection in Delimitation with Multilocus Data and a Virtual High School Coalescent-Based Methods: Resolving James Lyle Hillier the Speciation History of the Liolaemus BS, Brigham Young University, 2007 darivinii Group (Squamata, Tropiduridae) Major: Chemical Engineering Xin Chen Dissertation: Pyrolysis Kinetics and Major: Chemistry Chemical Structure Considerations of a Dissertation: Development of Monolithic Green River Oil Shale and Its Derivatives Stationary Phases for Cation-Exchange Moana Lee Hopoate-Sitake Capillary Liquid Chromatography of BS, Weber State University, 2005 Peptids and Proteins Major: Biochemistry Grant Osmond Cook III Dissertation: A Novel Use of Digoxin BS, Brigham Young University, 2006 Immune Fab Fragment in Identification Major: Mechanical Engineering and Isolation of an Endogenous Digitalis- Dissertation: Joining Polycrystalline Cubic Like Factor Found in Preeclampsia Boron Nitride and Tungsten Carbide by Peng Hu Partial Transient Liquid Phase Bonding Major: Chemical Engineering Regis Agenor David Dissertation: Thermodynamic, Sulfide, MS, Brigham Young University, 2007 Redox Potential, and pH Effects on BS, Brigham Young University, 2005 Syngas Fermentation Major: Mechanical Engineering Weisheng Hu DNA Dissertation: Modeling and Testing of MS, Tufts University, 2004 Motion for Nanoinjection Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering David Doty Dayton Dissertation: Development of Single-Chip BA, Brigham Young University, 2001 Silicon Photonic Microcantilever Arrays Major: Counseling Psychology for Sensing Applications Me My Dissertation: Let See Feedback: A Tiffany Zenith Ivins Phenomenological Exploration of PhD, Utah State University, 2010 the Feedback-Receiving Process at a BA, Brigham Young University, 1999 University Counseling Center Major: Instructional Psychology and Eduardo Sanz Garcia Technology Major: Biochemistry Dissertation: Localization of Open Dissertation: Strategies to Resolve the Three- Educational Resources (OER) in Nepal: Dimensional Structure of the Genome Strategies of Himalayan Knowledge- of Small, Single-Stranded Icosahedral Workers Viruses All candidates listed forgraduation will be awarded degrees subject tocompletion of requirements. DOCTORAL DEGREES Michael DeLoss Joner Lei Pel MS, Brigham Young University, 1981 Major: Chemistry BS, Brigham Young University, 1979 Dissertation: Surface Modification, Major: Physics and Astronomy Fabrication, and Characterization Dissertation: High-Quality Broadband BVRI of Silicon, Polymer, and Nanotube Photometry of Benchmark Open Clusters Composite Materials Kilyoung Kim Brian Hogan Pratt Major: Chemistry BS, Brigham Young University, 2005 Dissertation: Supercollision Energy Transfer Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering Studies in Single Collisions Between Dissertation: Analysis and Mitigation of Vibrationally Hot Benzene-Like Molecules SEU-Induced Noise in FPGA-Based DSP and Ground-State Bath Molecules: The Systems Effect of Physical Properties of Donor and Rumtini Suwarno Bath Molecules on Super Collision Energy Major: Educational Leadership Transfer Dissertation: Aligning Instructional Practices Jun won Lee with Content Standards in Junior MS, Tufts University, 2005 Secondary Schools in Indonesia BA, Boston University, 2002 Kim Scott Thayn Major: Computer Science MS, Brigham Young University, 2001 Dissertation: Relationships Among Learning BS, Brigham Young University, 1994 Algorithms and Tasks Major: Instructional Psychology and Chao-Chin Lu Technology MS, University of Utah, 2003 Dissertation: An Evaluation of Multiple BS, University of Utah, 2000 Choice Test Questions Deliberately Major: Sociology Designed to Include Multiple Correct Dissertation: Predicting Marital Dissolution Answers Using Data from Both Spouses Anna Trevifio Yabing Luo MEd, Brigham Young University, 2007 Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering MA, University of Phoenix, 2000 Dissertation: A Correlation-Based Method to BS, Weber State University, 1989 Detect Weak Dependence Major: Educational Leadership Ma Dissertation: Latino Educators of Tomorrow: Jie Culture-Specific Mentoring for the College Major: Biochemistry Dissertation: Human Endogenous Sodium Transition Pump Inhibitors: Measurement, Source, Abigail Christine Ure Synthesis and Regulation BA, Brigham Young University, 2004 Major: Instructional Psychology and Jolene Merica Technology MEd, Brigham Young University, 1987 Dissertation: The Effect of Raters and Rating BA, Brigham Young University, 1985 Conditions on the Reliability of the Major: Instructional Psychology and Missionary Teaching Assessment Technology Dissertation: The Educational Philosophy Feng Zhang and Pedagogical Practices of Eliza R. Major: Chemistry Snow Dissertation: Chemical Vapor Deposition Adam Mousley Moore of Silanes and Patterning on Silicon MS, Abilene Christian University, 2007 DECEMBER 2010 GRADUATES BS, Brigham Young University, 2003 David McKay Boren Major: Marriage and Family Therapy MEd, Brigham Young University, 2006 Dissertation: Relational Diagnosis and Psychotherapy Treatment Cost BS, Brigham Young University, 2003 Major: Educational Leadership Effectiveness Dissertation: Headteacher Visibility, Jacolin Ann Murray Teacher Characteristics, and Headteacher BS, University of Utah, 2001 Trustworthiness: Perceptions of Secondary Major: Chemistry School Teachers in Mukono District, Dissertation: High Flow Air Sampling Uganda for Field Detection Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry