Lynch 2020 & 2021 Award Recipients
Congratulations Class of 2020 and 2021
The following award recipients include graduates of the Academic Year 2020 and 2021. These awardees were nominated and selected by the Lynch School faculty, staff, and program directors.
Congratulations to all winners - we are proud of your success and accomplishments!
Undergraduate Award Recipients
2020 Recipient: Walter Haracz
2021 Recipient: Catherine Murphy
2020 Recipient: Amanda Amorosi
2021 Recipient: Sarah Findeisen
2020 Recipient: Francesca Pellegrini
2021 Recipient: Alexia Kovatsis
2020 Recipient: Cassandra Wesner
2021 Recipient: Brianna Cupps
2020 Recipients:
Diana Hernandez
Madeline Reed
2021 Recipient:
Megan Kern
2020 Recipients:
Zhongyu Cheng
Kelly Mahalik
2021 Recipient:
Kira Patel
2020 Recipient: Julia McTigue
2021 Recipient: Mia Mercurio
2020 Recipient: Brooke Canno
2021 Recipient: Sarah Keffer
2020 Recipient: Robyn Beatty
2021 Recipient: Allison Onken
2020 Recipient: Virginia Mahoney
2021 Recipient: Amanda Frost
2020 Recipient: Ellen Fantozzi
2021 Recipient: Stephanie Bianco
2020 Recipient: Olivia Eastwood
2021 Recipient: Sophia Shieh
2020 Recipients:
Meghan Boyer
Taylor Chodash
Isabella Johnston
Emily McConnell
Francis Hess
Claire Wilson
Alexandria Carchedi
2021 Recipients:
Alannah Iacovano
Ashley Yung
Theodore O'Brien
Sarina Paolillo
Isabel Poznanski
Abigail South
2020 Recipients:
Emily Solimini
Emma Riemer
Gabriella Berritto
Sarah Bertschmann
2021 Recipients:
Kelsie Drown
Ariana Griffin
Margaret Hennelly
Lourdes Macaspac
2021 Recipient: Justine Barry
2021 Recipient: Theresa Constantine
2021 Recipient: Emma Farnham
2021 Recipient: Jacob Kelleher
2021 Recipient: Jacob Kelleher
2021 Recipient: Allison Lardner
Cara Harrington '15
Sarah Lang '10
Patricia Noonan '07
2021 Recipient: Si Min (Amy) Li
2020 Recipient: Clare O'Connor
2021 Recipient: Elizabeth Congiusta
2020 Recipient: Elizabeth Roehm
2021 Recipient: Morgan Tobin
2020 Recipient: Olivia Barbieri
2021 Recipient: Erin Lade
2020 Recipient: Cassandra Kunkle
2021 Recipient: Jacob Kelleher
2020 Recipient: Julia Buben
2020 Recipient: Sera Stotelmyre
2021 Recipient: Eva Ottum
Graduate Award Recipients
Presented to Severe Special Needs graduate students who have provided distinguished service to the servere special needs population, in honor of all those who dedicate themselves to our children at the Campus School, with heart-felt appreciation, and validation.
2020 Recipients:
Michael Sampson
Marlena DiMattia
Brian Eagan
Courtney Turner
Jennifer Mega
Meghan Dove
Amanda Brennan
Elizabeth Keane
2021 Recipients:
Elisa Crawley
Rebecca Krane
Marisa Etre
Presented to graduate student teachers who have distinguished themselves through their ability to instill confidence, create a community of learners, use a conceptual knowledge base, model ethical behavior, and reflect deeply on school and classroom culture as well as on their own teaching.
2020 Recipients:
Meridith Galang - Early Childhood Graduate
Gabriella Carreiro - Elementary Education Graduate
Ruoxi Guo - Elementary Education Graduate
Carly Caveny - Moderate Disabilities Graduate
Tess Duryea - Moderate Disabilities Graduate
Elena Heiland
Hannah Judd - Moderate Disabilities Graduate
Judy Kim - Moderate Disabilities Graduate
Julia Murphy - Moderate Disabilities Graduate
Vaniecia Skinner - Moderate Disabilities Graduate
Kaitlyn Moran - Reading/Literacy Education Graduate
Bailey Stine - Reading/Literacy Education Graduate
Andrea Mauco - Secondary Education Graduate English
Paul Cunningham - Raymond Secondary Education Graduate English
Caroline Roy - Secondary Education Graduate Chemistry
2021 Recipients:
Joseph Aguilera
Anthony Docanto
Henrietta Goelet
Bryan Paula Gonzalez
Michael LaChimia
Julia McTigue
Micaela Ryan
Sara Vargas
Erin Walsh
2020 Recipient: Juan Cristobal Garcia-Huidobro S.J.
2021 Recipient: Lori Dunn
The George Madaus Graduate Student Research award honors a founder of the department and a major figure in educational assessment and evaluation. It is awarded annually to a graduate student in recognition of outstanding research that contributes to one or more of the following topical areas: advancing the quality of educational and psychological assessments; enhancing the practice of program evaluation; or contributing to reducing the negative impact of test use on students, teachers and society-at-large.
2020 Recipient: Katherine Reynolds
2021 Recipient: David Bamat
Presented to an incoming graduate student who has demonstrated creativity, patience, and curiousity in developing special relationships with children with disabilities while engaged in volunteer service, and who has shown leadership through quiet competence, organizational skills, and enthusiasm for inspiring others.
2020 Recipient: Courtney Turner
2021 Recipient: Stephanie Hunstein
The Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Boston College established the Kelsey A. Rennebohm Memorial Fellowship in 2013. The fellowship will be awarded each summer in her memory to a Boston College student, undergratuate or graduate, whose proposed research or activist scholarship is located at the intersection of psychology, mental health, gender, social justice, and human rights.
2020 Recipient: Alisha Nguyen
2021 Recipient: Non-Lynch Student
Presented to a graduate student who has demonstrated excellence in the area of Special Education.
2020 Recipient: Amanda Brennen
2021 Recipient: Elisa Crawley
Presented to a talented graduate student in the field of Counseling Psychology.
2020 Recipient: Rui Du
2021 Recipient: Alexandra Bailey
Presented in honor of Professor Emeritus of Higher Education Kinnane to a master's or doctoral degree student in Higher Education for academic excellence and the embodiment of the Jesuit ideal of service to others.
2020 Recipients:
Amaris Benavidez (M.A.)
Nicole Barone (Ph.D.)
2021 Recipients:
Amaris Benavidez (M.A.)
Nicole Barone (Ph.D.)
2020 Recipients:
Kevin Cherbow
Whitney Erby
2021 Recipients:
Helen Hailes
Patrick Conway
2020 Recipients:
Chris Ceccolini
Ariadne Nelson
Lindsey Caola
Megan Coughlin
Sydney May
Jasmin Alvarado
2021 Recipients:
Katrina Borowiec
Alexander Corbitt
Michael Di Bianca
Kathy Rohn
Trang Le
Sidney May
Presented to graduate students who have shown excellence in the teaching of undergraduate students.
2020 Recipients:
Lindsey Clements - Teaching Fellow
Lori Dunn - Teaching Fellow
Katherine Reynolds - Teaching Fellow
Lisa Unangst - Teaching Fellow
Meaghan Coughlin - Teaching Assistant
Josephine Cuda - Teaching Assistant
2021 Recipients:
Stephanie Carroll
Michael DiBianca
So Lim Kim
Claudia Kruzik
Olivia Szendey
Awarded within the Curriculum and Instruction Doctoral Program in honor of the many contributions of María Estela Brisk to the study of bilingualism, literacy, teaching and learning. The award is presented to a member of the C&I doctoral graduating class who exhibits excellence, like Dr. Brisk, in practice-based research that seeks equitable outcomes for children and youth in today’s schools, especially in marginalized contexts. The recipient also shows a commitment to supporting their multilingual colleagues within the C&I doctoral program.
2020 Recipient: Renata Love Jones
2021 Recipient: Zhongfeng Tian
View Lynch School Commencement Exercises
Doctoral Robing Ceremony
May 23, 2021
Graduate Degree Ceremony
May 23, 2021 | 1:30 p.m.
Undergraduate Degree Ceremony
May 24, 2021 | 11:30 a.m.
“Thanks to all of you for the hard work that you've done, I hope that you will go out into the world and take the knowledge and skills you've learned, as well as the character you have developed here, and serve your communities, do something for others, and foster their development in positive ways.”