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Highest Ranking Doctoral Degree Recipients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • DOCTOR OF EDUCATION\u2014EdD<\/strong>
    Heather L. Daniel
    Kate Melissa Gousman
    Renae Annette Knowles
    Priscila Weber
    Yinxia Yang<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice\u2014DNP<\/strong>
    Stephanie E. Matulionis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Doctor of Occupational Therapy\u2014OTD<\/strong>
    Kennedy Rae Farrell<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Doctorate in Social Work\u2014DSW<\/strong>
    Jamie L. Nappi
    Mojdeh Rohani
    Tonisha S. Taylor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Highest Ranking Master’s Degree Recipients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Anthropology\u2014MA<\/strong>
      Allison J. Magerr<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Business Administration\u2014MBA<\/strong>
      Kaya Maria Grden<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Clinical Mental Health Counseling\u2014MS<\/strong>
      Caitlyn Ann Burns
      Andrea Angel D\u2019Andrea
      Shanna Marie Haffner
      Samantha Nicole Myers
      Victoria Marie Scala
      Christina Elizabeth Staiger
      Kemberly Faith Torres
      Emma Rose Witkowski<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Communication\u2014MA<\/strong>
      Larissa Victoria Forese<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Computer Science\u2014MS<\/strong>
      Dongyang Wang<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Creative Writing\u2014MFA<\/strong>
      Veronique Lina Manfredini<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Criminal Justice\u2014MA<\/strong>
      Andrew Thomas Gallagher<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Data Science\u2014MS<\/strong>
      Noah Zachary Ferker<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Education\u2014MAT<\/strong>
      Kelly Rose Lambertson
      Maggie McCreesh<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Education\u2014MEd<\/strong>
      Kasturi Biswas
      Ryan James Brady
      Leslie Fuentes
      Christina Nicole Heines
      Lailiane Christie Louzada-Donatti
      Leigh Ann McMahon
      Jillian Neiman
      Kourtney Paige Schaffer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • English\u2014MA<\/strong>
      Zafira Demiri
      Julie Marie Temple<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • History\u2014MA<\/strong>
      Andrew Griffin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Literacy\u2014MSEd<\/strong>
      Lauren Rose Blake<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Nursing\u2014MSN<\/strong>
      Jaclyn Elizabeth O\u2019Leary<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Physician Assistant\u2014MS<\/strong>
      Mary Beatrice Pless<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • School Counseling\u2014MSEd<\/strong>
      Grace Catherine Bucca
      Jessica Ma
      Elizabeth Madden<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Social Work\u2014MSW<\/strong>
      Madison Trudy Chalmers
      Jenna Nicole DeNicolo
      Mackenzie Mary Fitzgerald
      Julianna Grace Gullotti
      Anna Ashley Gwiazda
      Gianna Faith Philippy
      Sydney Laura Seitz
      Zo\u00eb A. Shvedov
      Micaela Fionna Viggiano<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Software Engineering\u2014MS<\/strong>
      Nicholas Matthew Carducci<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Special Education\u2014MSEd<\/strong>
      Tiffany Marie Savarese
      Sloane H. Silverman<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Speech-Language Pathology\u2014MSEd<\/strong>
      Abigail Sheridan Bynoe
      Cailyn Christene Olah
      Nicole Ann Papalia
      Sarah M. Toth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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