We are proud to announce our June 2021 Honors graduates! Congratulations on the incredible strides you've made during your undergraduate career and good luck on your future endeavors -- whether it be employment or graduate school. As you embrace your new adventures, we are excited to see the plans you have for making the world a better place.
Diana Camilla Alarcon
Major: Political Science Thesis: The Political Nature of Tourism. View Thesis. Advisor: Daniel L. Nielson Plans After Graduation: Diana has accepted a position as a Senior Research Support Associate at MIT.
Kayla Blythe Bach
Major: Sociology Thesis: Women of the Scriptures in the Relief Society Magazine: An Analysis of the Role of Language in Establishing and Maintaining Gender Norms Advisor: Amy Easton-Flake Plans After Graduation: Kayla will be attending Harvard Divinity School in the Fall.
Jenica Lexie Barker
Major: Dance Thesis: Tendu to Tango Across the Lifespan: An Argument for Prioritizing Fixed Ballet Instruction as a Contemplative Practice for the Adolescent Mind and Social Dance Instruction for Healthy Aging in the Elderly Population. View Thesis Advisor: Shani Michelle Robison Plans After Graduation: Jenica has accepted a position as a junior litigation paralegal at a law firm in Chicago.
Brian Allan Colgrove
Major: Statistics Thesis: Intermountain West Lichen DNA Reference Library. View Thesis. Advisor: Steven D. Leavitt Plans After Graduation: Brian has pending plans regarding his future career.
Gerardo Gamino
Major: Physiology & Developmental Biology Thesis: Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups are Underrepresented and Underreported in Guideline-informing Heart Failure Clinical Trials. View Thesis. Advisor: Len Novilla Plans After Graduation: Gerardo will attend Medical School at Stanford University
Gabriel Said Ghanadan
Major: Public Health Thesis: Social Determinants of Health Screening and Preventative Care: A Survey to Assist in Linking Patients to Community Resources in Payson, Utah. View Thesis. Advisor: Len Novilla Plans After Graduation: Gabriel will be attending medical school at Georgetown University in the Fall.
Austin Keith LeSueur
Major: Biochemistry Thesis: Exploration of Fluorinated α,β-Dehydroamino Acids and Their Structure. View Thesis. Advisor: Steven L. Castle Plans After Graduation: Austin will attend graduate school at University of Utah in the Fall.
Joshua Tayler Rhead
Major: Neuroscience / Portuguese Studies Thesis: Preventing Alzheimer & Effects of Second Language Acquisition in Older Populations. View Thesis. Advisor: Christopher B. Kirwan Plans After Graduation: Joshua will be applying to medical school.
Leah Kaleleonalani Roberts
Major: Computer Science Thesis: Who Uses Multi-Factor Authentication? View Thesis. Advisor: Casey T. Deccio Plans After Graduation: Leah has accepted a position as a software engineer at Techcyte.
Keaton Blue Shurilla
Major: Electrical Engineering Thesis: Sonic Glass: Display Compatible Aerial Tactile Haptics with Annular PMUTs Advisor: Daniel Elijah Smalley Plans After Graduation: Keton will be attending graduate school at the University of Tsukuba.
Savannah Elizabeth Sorensen
Major: Anthropology Thesis: Landscapes of Medical Culture from the Amazonia of Ecuador. View Thesis. Advisor: Janis Nuckolls Plans After Graduation: Savannah will be applying to law school.
John Spencer Tippets
Major: Statistics Thesis: Risk Management and The Collegiate Real Estate Market during the COVID-19 Pandemic. View Thesis. Advisor: Paul Charles Godfrey Plans After Graduation: Associate Product Manager at Inside Real Estate
Linda Loyda Ida Tovar
Major: Public Health Thesis: Educational Intervention on Rheumatic Heart Disease in Samoa. View Thesis. Advisor: Len Novilla Plans After Graduation: Linda will be pursuing a master's in Public Health at University of Utah in the Fall.
Abbey Johann Whitcomb
Major: Public Health Thesis: The Impact of Emergency Response Trainees During the Ebola Outbreak in Sierra Leone, 2014-2016 Advisor: Evan L. Thacker Plans After Graduation: Abbey will be applying to graduate programs for Public Health.
Ronald Alejandro Zegarra
Major: Biochemistry Thesis: A Fret Flow Cytometry-Based Screening Assay for Multiplex Analysis of Metabolites in T. Brucei. View Thesis. Advisor: Kenneth A. Christensen Plans After Graduation: Alejandro will be attending medical school at the University of Colorado in the Fall.