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As a university, cultivating the mind is our mission, duty, and honor. Our motto – “A cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy” – reminds us of this responsibility to society. To cultivate minds is to help students think in subtle and complex ways, to teach them the scientific method, to spark their interest in the lessons of history and to make them conversant in our own culture and that of others. It means forming the habit of investigation and discovery and practicing skills required for effective communication and leadership. Most importantly, a cultivated mind is one inspired to lifelong learning.

For our graduates, commencement marks a milestone in the development of a cultivated mind. As they begin new lives of accomplishment, we celebrate our graduates’ success and the unlimited possibilities before them.

William Powers, Jr., PresidentThe University of Texas at Austin

The Graduate SchoolSaturday, May 19 Bass Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center

Photo by Marsha Miller

Saturday, May 19 H Lady Bird JohnSon auditoriuM

ProgramProcessional

Welcome and Opening Remarks Robert Hutchings Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs

Presentation of Lyndon Baines Johnson Dean Robert Hutchings Foundation Awards for Academic Excellence

Presentation of the Emmette S. Redford Chandler StolpAward for Outstanding Research Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Presentation of Class Gift Audra Teinert LBJ School Class of 2012

Introduction of Class Speaker Dean Robert Hutchings

Remarks on Behalf of the Class Isabel Marie Longoria LBJ School Class of 2012

Introduction of Commencement Speaker Dean Robert Hutchings

Commencement Address The Honorable Bill Owens Former Governor of Colorado

Recognition of Class of 2012 Dean Robert Hutchings Associate Dean Chandler Stolp

Closing Remarks Dean Robert Hutchings

Recessional

Share your Commencement memories on social media. Send your tweets, photos and videos using #UTGrad to @UTAustin.

Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Class of 2012 Gift:

In recognition of the important role that cultural diversity plays in creating the vibrant campus community we enjoyed during our graduate studies, the Class of 2012 has chosen to raise funds to support a Cultural Diversity Fellowship at the LBJ School. Through this gift we hope to reduce the financial barriers that stand between future policy professionals and graduate school education, and acknowledge the inherent value that the diversity of ideas and experiences brings to our learning environment. By creating and participating in this fundraising opportunity, we show how much we value what the LBJ School has contributed to our lives and demonstrate our investment in its continued success.

We encourage those who celebrate with us today to honor our accomplishments by growing the Cultural Diversity Fellowship and giving back to the LBJ School in a way that is meaningful and sustaining. To donate to the Class of 2012 Gift, please go to: http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/2012classgift.

Bill Owens

Bill Owens served two terms as Governor of Colorado, from 1999-2007, having been re-elected by the largest margin in Colorado history. During his two terms, Owens was committed to improving Colorado’s trans-portation infrastructure, reforming education, and lowering the tax burden for families and businesses.

Owens – called “The Best Governor in America” in a 2003 cover story in National Review – was elected by his colleagues to serve as Chair of both the Western Governors’ Association and the Republican Governors Association.

Prior to his election as Governor, Owens served as State Treasurer for four years where he was responsible for the management of a $4 billion portfolio. He also served on the board of Colorado’s $25 billion pension fund – the Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA). Owens served as a Colorado State Senator from 1989 to 1995 and as a Colorado State Representative from 1983 to 1989. Prior to joining the Colorado House of Representatives, Owens was involved in local planning boards on the community level.

Owens served as non-executive Vice Chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland (Global Banking and Mar-kets), on the consulting staff of the Big Eight firm of Touche Ross & Co. (today’s Deloitte) as well as with the Gates Corporation, and as director of a statewide trade association.

Currently, Bill Owens is Managing Director of Renew Strategies, a Colorado based water and land develop-ment company. He is also a Senior Advisor at PCL Construction Enterprises, Inc., the largest construction company in Canada and the fifth largest construction company in the U.S. Owens serves on the boards of Key Energy Services (NYSE), Cloud Peak Energy (NYSE), Bill Barrett Corporation (NYSE), Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE), and FESCO, a Russian holding company with interests in shipping, railroads and ports which is listed on the Moscow exchange. He is also an advisor to two private equity firms.

Owens earned a master’s degree in public affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas, where he was awarded a two-year fellowship, and he received his Bachelor of Science from Ste-phen F. Austin State University.

Owens is a Senior Fellow at the University of Denver’s Institute for Public Policy Studies.

2011–2012 Graduates

Marcel Peter DulayDoctor of Philosophy in Public Policy

César Alfredo Martínez EspinosaDoctor of Philosophy in Public Policy

Tanvi MadanDoctor of Philosophy in Public Policy

Alexandra Bella StoneDoctor of Philosophy in Public Policy

Anustubh AgnihotriMaster of Global Policy Studies

Lauren Elizabeth AmesMaster of Public Affairs

Joseph Earl AndersonMaster of Public Affairs

Stephanie Renee BallMaster of Public Affairs

Suzanne Ferris BermanMaster of Public Affairs

Jennifer Anne BiundoMaster of Public Affairs

Eric BordenMaster of Public Affairs

Lynn Marie BrabenderMaster of Public Affairs

Rebecca Kealoha BreedenMaster of Public Affairs

Charles G. BunnellMaster of Public Affairs

Brittany Joy BurnsMaster of Public Affairs

Graham L. BurrowsMaster of Public Affairs

Sophia ChecaMaster of Public Affairs

Caitlin Eileen ChhomMaster of Public Affairs

Zachary Andrew ChildMaster of Global Policy Studies

Karen D. ChungMaster of Public Affairs

Adam Robert ColliganMaster of Public Affairs

Diana Grace CrumleyMaster of Public AffairsDoctor of Jurisprudence

Asha Staudt Dane’elMaster of Public AffairsMaster of Science in Social Work

Patrick DavisMaster of Global Policy Studies

Sarah DecuirMaster of Global Policy Studies

Marcus Christopher DentonMaster of Public Affairs

Jonathan Drew DeyoMaster of Public Affairs

Kathryn Janene DochenMaster of Public AffairsMaster of Business Administration

Edward EastonMaster of Public Affairs

Temitope Eletu-OdiboMaster of Public Affairs

Timothy Keith EubankMaster of Public Affairs

Eric EygesMaster of Public AffairsMaster of Arts in Middle Eastern Studies

Anna Colleen FarishMaster of Public Affairs

James Enrique FarrisMaster of Public Affairs

Eric Jonathan FaulkMaster of Public AffairsMaster of Arts in Advertising

Devin FitzpatrickMaster of Global Policy Studies

Lauren FlemisterMaster of Public AffairsMaster of Science in Community and Regional Planning

William Brady FranksMaster of Public AffairsMaster of Science in Community and Regional Planning

Rachel FuerstMaster of Global Policy Studies

Fedora Olivia GalassoMaster of Public AffairsMaster of Science in Social Work

Aaron Joseph GellhausMaster of Public Affairs

Axel GerdauMaster of Public AffairsMaster of Arts in Journalism

Matthew Edmund GuevaraMaster of Global Policy Studies

Josh HaneyMaster of Public Affairs

John Thomas HarechmakMaster of Public Affairs

Kori Elizabeth HattemerMaster of Public Affairs

Andrea F. HaughtonMaster of Public Affairs

Nicholas R. HawkinsMaster of Global Policy Studies

Todd Aubrey HendricksMaster of Public Affairs

Rebecca Ann Gutow HopkinsMaster of Public AffairsMaster of Arts in Middle Eastern Studies

Christina Marie IannuzziMaster of Global Policy Studies

Paige Megginson JenningsMaster of Public AffairsDoctor of Jurisprudence

Margarita JimenezMaster of Global Policy Studies

Kelly Dawn JoshMaster of Public Affairs

Parteesh KaulMaster of Global Policy Studies

Emily Kate KennedyMaster of Public Affairs

Conor KennyMaster of Public Affairs

Zareen Abbas KhanMaster of Public Affairs

Simon Sunghwan KimMaster of Public Affairs

Heidi Ellen KluberMaster of Public Affairs

Dyan Paige KnappMaster of Global Policy Studies

Charles Milburn KnollMaster of Public Affairs

Anna Marie KoobMaster of Global Policy Studies

Karina Isabelle Lacouture PaciniMaster of Public Affairs

Tanya Josee Holland LavelleMaster of Public Affairs

Jaclyn LeaverMaster of Global Policy Studies

Kristen Elizabeth LeeMaster of Public Affairs

Benjamin LefflerMaster of Public Affairs

Joshua Michael LevineMaster of Public Affairs

Harry Dreyfus LindnerMaster of Public Affairs

Emily Rose LingMaster of Public Affairs

Victoria LippmanMaster of Public Affairs

Isabel Marie LongoriaMaster of Public Affairs

Elizabeth LópezMaster of Public Affairs

Robin Shaw LynchMaster of Public AffairsMaster of Science in Engineering

Daniel Xandru MainwaringMaster of Global Policy Studies

Gregory Robert MandelMaster of Public Affairs

Daniel Suresh MathewsMaster of Public Affairs

Kellyann McClainMaster of Public Affairs

Keri McDonaldMaster of Public Affairs

Claire Thornton McEneryMaster of Global Policy Studies

Jenaya McGowanMaster of Global Policy Studies

Christina MechlerMaster of Public Affairs

Monica Cristina MedelMaster of Public AffairsMaster of Arts in Latin American Studies

Leila Melanie MelhemMaster of Public AffairsDoctor of Jurisprudence

Jonas Lee MillerMaster of Public Affairs

Nahed A. Mobarak AbdelrahmanMaster of Public Affairs

Nicole Joanne MooreMaster of Public Affairs

Alani Mayela MundieMaster of Public Affairs

Sara Nicole MyklebustMaster of Public Affairs

Ann Kathleen NelsonMaster of Global Policy Studies

Robert NicholsonMaster of Global Policy StudiesMaster of Arts in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies

John NkawMaster of Public Affairs

Julia Marie O’RourkeMaster of Public AffairsMaster of Science in Engineering

Lauren Renee OertelMaster of Global Policy Studies

Rena Elizabeth Pacheco-TheardMaster of Public Affairs

David Harris PaineMaster of Public Affairs

Christian M. PeratsakisMaster of Global Policy Studies

Jessica Tuong Vi PhamMaster of Public Affairs

Benjamin David PiconeMaster of Global Policy Studies

Milad PournikMaster of Global Policy Studies

Amy Suzanne PriceMaster of Public Affairs

Allison Marie RamirezMaster of Public AffairsMaster of Arts in Latin American Studies

Loren Noelle RiemerMaster of Global Policy Studies

Wesley Rodriguez RiversMaster of Public Affairs

Christopher John RodriguezMaster of Public Affairs

Christopher J. RysMaster of Public Affairs

Ella Miriam SchwartzMaster of Public Affairs

Agnes Janina SekowskiMaster of Public AffairsMaster of Arts in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies

Daniel SetiawanMaster of Global Policy Studies

Amin Shams MoorkaniMaster of Global Policy Studies

Caitlin Marie SharpMaster of Public Affairs

Patton SidesMaster of Public AffairsMaster of Science in Community and Regional Planning

Natica Eno SmithMaster of Public Affairs

Christopher Peter Smith Master of Public Affairs

Gabriela Marie SwiderMaster of Public Affairs

Nathan L. TaylorMaster of Public Affairs

Audra Carin TeinertMaster of Public Affairs

Daniel Philip TesfayMaster of Public Affairs

Jessica Powell TibbetsMaster of Global Policy StudiesMaster of Arts in Middle Eastern Studies

Scott Robert TolandMaster of Public Affairs

Raúl David Torres-AragónMaster of Public Affairs

Anna TrelaMaster of Public Affairs

Tiffany Nicole TripsonMaster of Global Policy Studies

Felipe S. UlloaMaster of Public Affairs

Kellee Ann UsherMaster of Global Policy StudiesMaster of Arts in Latin American Studies

Vanessa Victoria ValdezMaster of Public Affairs

Josef Brandon VargaMaster of Global Policy Studies

Jon Wesley Ven JohnsonMaster of Global Policy Studies

Savin Ven JohnsonMaster of Global Policy Studies

Miha VindisMaster of Global Policy Studies

Rachel Deborah WaldMaster of Global Policy Studies

Benjamin Paul WalkerMaster of Global Policy Studies

Priscilla Esquivel WeningerMaster of Public Affairs

Meredith Catherine WhippleMaster of Public Affairs

Katherine Liane WhitehouseMaster of Public Affairs

Austin Hamilton WoodyMaster of Global Policy Studies

Katharine Ann ZamesnikMaster of Public Affairs

Lamine ZarradMaster of Public Affairs

Ksenia ZemlyanovaMaster of Public Affairs

General FacultyJacqueline L. AngelProfessor

Robert D. AuerbachProfessor

Leigh B. BoskeProfessor

Joshua BusbyAssistant Professor

Jennifer BussellAssistant Professor

Benedicte CallanLecturer Sid Richardson Fellow

Michele DeitchSenior Lecturer

Edwin DornProfessor

David J. EatonProfessorBess Harris Jones Centennial Professor in

National Resource Policy Studies

Angela EvansClinical Professor in Public Policy Practice

Kenneth S. FlammProfessorDean Rusk Chair

Peter FrumkinProfessorDirector, RGK Center for Philanthropy & Community Service

James K. GalbraithProfessorLloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. Chair in Government/Business

Shama GamkharAssociate Professor

Francis J. GavinAssociate ProfessorTom Slick Professor of International AffairsDirector, The Robert S. Strauss Center for

International Security & Law

Eugene GholzAssociate Professor

Terri GivensAssociate Professor

Michael H. GranofProfessorErnst & Young Distinguished Centennial Professor in Accounting

Sherri GreenbergLecturerDirector, The Center for Politics & Governance

Charles A. GroatProfessorJohn A. & Katherine G. Jackson Chair in

Energy & Mineral Resources

Carolyn HeinrichProfessorSid Richardson Professor of Public AffairsDirector, Center for Health & Social Policy

Robert HutchingsDean, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

William C. InbodenAssistant Professor

Bobby R. InmanProfessorLyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy

Ethan KapsteinProfessorTom Slick Professor in International Affairs

Christopher KingLecturerDirector, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources

Alan KupermanAssociate Professor

Jane A. LincoveAssistant Professor

Laurence E. Lynn, Jr.Lecturer Sid Richardson Research Professor

Kenneth MatwiczakSenior Lecturer

Cynthia OsborneAssociate Professor

Francie OstrowerProfessor

Howard T. PrinceClinical Professor in Public Policy PracticeDirector, Center for Ethical LeadershipLloyd Hackler Endowed Chair in Ethical Leadership

Varun RaiAssistant Professor

Sarah Jane RehnborgLecturerAssociate Director, RGK Center for

Philanthropy & Community Service

Lodis RhodesProfessor

Victoria RodríguezProfessorUT Austin Vice Provost & Dean of Graduate StudiesAshbel Smith Professor for Public Affairs

Richard L. SchottProfessor

William SpelmanProfessor

Paul SteklerProfessorChair, Department of Radio-Television-Film

Chandler StolpAssociate ProfessorAssociate Dean for Academic Affairs,

Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

Jeremi SuriProfessorMack Brown Distinguished Chair

for Leadership in Global Affairs

Philip Uri TreismanProfessorExecutive Director, The Charles A. Dana Center

Paul von HippelAssistant Professor

Peter M. WardProfessorC.B. Smith, Sr. Centennial Chair in US-Mexico RelationsPhD Graduate Adviser

David C. WarnerProfessorWilbur J. Cohen Professor in Health & Social Policy

Catherine WeaverAssociate ProfessorMGPS Graduate Adviser

Robert H. WilsonProfessorAssociate Dean for Research,

Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public AffairsMike Hogg Professor of Urban Policy

Pat WongAssociate ProfessorMPAff Graduate Adviser

Adjunct and Visiting FacultyKevin BaconAdjunct Professor

Katherine CanalesAdjunct Assistant Professor

Michael ConroyAdjunct Professor

Sarah EckhardtAdjunct Assistant Professor

Matthew FlynnLecturer

Jefferson David Howell, Jr.Adjunct Professor Senior Research Fellow

Meeta KothareAdjunct Professor

Ron McMullenAdjunct ProfessorDiplomat-in-Residence

Miguel PavónAdjunct Assistant Professor

Lorinc RedeiAdjunct Assistant Professor

William RugerVisiting Professor

Evan SmithAdjunct Professor

Niyanta SpelmanAdjunct Assistant Professor

Alejandro Ibarra YúnezAdjunct Professor

Jay ZarnikauAdjunct Professor

Lyndon Baines Johnson

The thirty-sixth president of the United States, Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27, 1908, near Johnson City, Texas. He attended public school in Johnson City and graduated in 1924. In 1927 he enrolled in Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos, Texas, where he was involved in debate and campus politics and edited the school paper. After obtaining a bachelor of science degree, he began his career as a teacher and taught public speaking and debate in a Houston high school.

Politics soon drew Johnson from the classroom, though. In 1937 he won a Texas Congressional seat, which he filled for nearly a decade. In 1948 he was elected to the U.S. Senate, and he rose through the ranks to eventually become Senate Majority Leader in 1955. In 1960, as vice presidential nominee to John F. Kennedy, Johnson contributed significantly to the victory of the Democratic Party ticket.

Johnson assumed the presidency under tragic conditions, after the assassination of President Kennedy, but in 1964 he was elected president in an overwhelming victory over Senator Barry Goldwater. Responding to Johnson’s vision for a “Great Society” and his call for a “war on poverty,” the 89th Congress enacted a historic domestic reform program that had been unmatched since the Roosevelt years.

Upon stepping down from the presidency in 1969, Johnson returned to Texas where he prepared his memoirs and oversaw the development of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.

As a university, cultivating the mind is our mission, duty, and honor. Our motto – “A cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy” – reminds us of this responsibility to society. To cultivate minds is to help students think in subtle and complex ways, to teach them the scientific method, to spark their interest in the lessons of history and to make them conversant in our own culture and that of others. It means forming the habit of investigation and discovery and practicing skills required for effective communication and leadership. Most importantly, a cultivated mind is one inspired to lifelong learning.

For our graduates, commencement marks a milestone in the development of a cultivated mind. As they begin new lives of accomplishment, we celebrate our graduates’ success and the unlimited possibilities before them.

William Powers, Jr., PresidentThe University of Texas at Austin

The Graduate SchoolSaturday, May 19 Bass Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center

Photo by Marsha Miller