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Administration
Erika Christakis
Pforzheimer House Co-Master
pfohomas@fas.harvard.edu
3-9743
All my life experiences – as a teacher, as a public health advocate, as a parent, and even as a former Harvard undergraduate – have led me to Pforzheimer House. I have a longstanding interest in the intersection of health, education, and family, and my professional work has taken me to development projects in Africa and Asia and to preschool classrooms in the Boston area, with many stops in between. I am a Massachusetts-licensed teacher (pre-K through 2nd grade); before coming to Pfoho, I was the director of a progressive preschool in Cambridge. I have master's degrees in diverse fields (from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, the University of Pennsylvania, and Lesley University), and I am happy to talk with students who are interested in teaching, public health, or who are not sure what they want to do “when they grow up.” Having stepped out of the paid workforce for a number of years when our children were small, I have great sympathy for those on a non-linear path. When I'm not in Pfoho, I am addicted to travel and like to spend time with my family as far away from Massachusetts as possible. I love caring for young mammals (children, dogs, bunnies, college students etc. ...) and I enjoy feeding people, which is not quite the same thing as being a great cook. I know from my own Harvard experience that not everyone feels connected to house life. Nonetheless, Nicholas and I feel connected to you. And we are eager to support you on your intellectual, social, and moral journey at this stage of your lives. Best wishes for a wonderful year. And, p.s., I lived in Winthrop House but trust you won’t hold that against me.
Nicholas Christakis
Pforzheimer House Co-Master
pfohomas@fas.harvard.edu
3-9743
Erika and I were happy, and not just honored, when we were asked to be Masters at Pforzheimer House in 2009, because it felt so natural to us to serve in this role. We are so glad to be a part of Pfoho. I have spent my entire career in academia, as a physician, researcher, teacher, and administrator, and I am deeply committed to the idea of learning – as an end unto itself, and as a path to other ends. I am a physician and social scientist with joint appointments at Harvard Medical School (in the Departments of Health Care Policy and of Medicine) and in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (in the Department of Sociology). For many years, I was also a front-line hospice doctor taking care of terminally ill patients; I stopped seeing patients a few years ago, though I occasionally still do a bit of clinical teaching. Nowadays, I run a lab at the medical school (focused on the role of social networks and other factors that influence health – including work on the genetics and mathematics of social networks), and I teach in Harvard College and spend time at Pforzheimer. I want students in Pforzheimer to feel that they can talk to me at any time, about any topic. I am especially interested in getting to know you as people – to know about your individual interests, hopes, aspirations, quandaries. I often can be found distributing candy in the pflibrary and dining hall at midnight. I sometimes have trouble learning names, and the best way to help me (if you are so inclined and if you are still reading this biography) is for you to introduce yourself to me every time you see me, until I use your name three times in a row before you have had to introduce yourself. As a graduate of Yale College, I have distinct memories of residential life in a House system. As a long-time teacher in Harvard College, I have deep respect for undergraduates. And as a researcher, my main objective is to learn how communities form and how they affect our lives. I hope to put all this background to use in helping all at Pforzheimer to have a stimulating and fulfilling experience during their years at Harvard.
Lisa Boes
Allston Burr Resident Dean (on leave spring 2012)
pf-abrd@fas.harvard.edu
5-8176
I didn’t always know that I wanted to be a college administrator and educational researcher, but I cannot imagine that things could have turned out any other way. I‘ve lived most of my adult life in college residence halls, which suits me very well. I grew up in northwest Ohio between the towns of Hicksville and Defiance. (Really. It describes me quite well.) I still have a deep and abiding respect for the Midwest, although the northeast also feels like home.
After college I put my BA in Botany from Miami University (Ohio) to good use as a Residence Hall Director at SUNY Cortland, and then ran a co-op dorm at the University of Maine in Orono. I returned to Miami University to complete a MS in College Student Personnel before I came to the Graduate School of Education at Harvard to study civic engagement and adult development.
I received my doctorate in Learning & Teaching in June 2006. My dissertation, a qualitative study of an undergraduate course at Harvard called "Practicing Democracy," looks at the relationship between the pedagogy and students' developmental perspectives. After I completed my Ed.D., I was a post-doctoral fellow at the Derek Bok Center for Teaching & Learning at Harvard, where I focused on Activity Based Learning and teacher development.
I became the Resident Dean in Pforzheimer in the fall of 2007 and continued my work at the Bok Center for two years. I now have a faculty appointment is as a Lecturer on Social Studies, and teach a House-based seminar on College Student Development in the spring. I also work with the Advising Programs Office on assessment and evaluation projects.
Outside the House I volunteer with an organization in Arlington, MA, The Children’s Room, where I work with teenagers who do community outreach about their experiences of the loss of a parent or sibling.
I’m available to discuss academic or personal issues you have, of course, but if you’re also in the mood to talk about Cape Cod (where I spent most of my summer), beekeeping, gardening, barefoot running, relationships, the humbling experiences of learning to golf or row, mindful eating, yoga, or bargain shopping in Boston...find me!
Sue Watts
House Administrator
swatts@fas.harvard.edu
5-8166
Greetings, Pfoho! I'm happy to be returning for my 7th year as the House Administrator in Pforzheimer. With now six Pfyears under my belt, I have a pretty good grasp now of the who-what-when-where-why of Pfoho. I hope you'll feel free to stop by or email anytime regarding student housing issues, room reservations, special events, or any other general Pfoho questions. Before shifting up this way, I spent a year as the Housing Officer for the College and before that, quite a few years in "another House" (suffice it to say, I knew Ben Rahn back when). I enjoyed the global view of the Houses from my position in University Hall, but ultimately realized that I'm happier in the more community oriented setting of a House. Aside from my Pfoho identity, I studied music as an undergrad and am especially interested in early music. I'm also a big tennis fan and do my best to get into the Blodgett pool as often as possible. I look forward to another great year in Pfoho.
Jason Peoples
Assistant to the Resident Dean
pforz@fas.harvard.edu
5-8176
Greetings Pfohosers! I graduated from Dartmouth in 2000 with a degree in Government and I am currently working on my thesis for an ALM in International Relations here at Harvard. I am also a Master of Architecture student at the Boston Architectural College. This is my sixth year as Assistant to the Resident Dean. If any of you seniors need someone with whom to commiserate about theses that refuse to write themselves, my door is open. My interests include architecture, writing, politics, cultural studies, and obscure public policy issues. My wife and I have a three-year-old daughter named Madeline (like the books), so when I’m not at work or in class in Cambridge or Boston, she makes sure I have no shortage of things to do. In October, we are expecting a boy! I look forward to seeing all of you around Pfoho, and to answering your questions about academic issues, letters of recommendation, the nuts and bolts of your graduate and professional school applications, and all those little pieces of paper that must be shuffled here and there before that day when you will be allowed to don your robes and doff your caps to that statue in the Yard.
Mario Leon
Building Manager
pfsuper@fas.harvard.edu
617-495-8621
Hola a todos! I was born and grew up in El Salvador. I've been a Cambridge resident since 1991. I received my Associate degree in Architecture at Instituto Tecnologico Centroamericano ITCA, El Salvador. I'm married to my lovely wife, Haydee. We have a seven-year-old boy named Andre who keeps me busy. Both he and I love soccer, so much so that I couldn't drag him away from the TV during the World Cup! We had our second child in 2007 - another boy, named Diego. I also coach the Cambridge Youth under 11 soccer team. As you can tell, soccer is a big part of my life as well as being part of the Pfoho community. Please don't hesitate to stop by and say Hola!
Emily Rosenthal
Acting Allston Burr Resident Dean and Sophomore Advising Coordinator
gerson@post.harvard.edu
The Sophomore Advising Coordinator, Emily Rosenthal, oversees and supports all the tutors who serve as Sophomore Advisers. In addition to organizing the work of Sophomore Advisers within the House, the coordinator helps organize events for sophomores focused on such issues as concentration choice, study abroad, and research opportunities. The Coordinator serves as the hub of communication for sophomore advising and works closely with the House Masters, the Resident Dean, and the Advising Programs Office.
Abby Rahn
House Masters’ Aide
abbyrahn@fas.harvard.edu
Hi Pfohosers! I’m excited to be joining the community this year as the House Masters’ Aide (or House Elf, or Uber Elf, or whatever complimentary title you’d like to give me). I love to cook and bake, organize activities, and try new recipes. I’m looking forward to setting up your Open Houses, and I’d like to hear any suggestions you might have for cuisines or themes you’d like to see.
In addition to cooking, I’m passionate about education and music, particularly band! I hold a Master’s Degree in Wind Band Conducting from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and am in the midst of an additional Master’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Michigan. I earned my Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Michigan, where I was a member of the Michigan Marching Band and the Hockey Band. I have taught band students at the elementary, high school, and college level, and I spent 8 summers traveling the country on a bus marching with (and then teaching) a competitive drum and bugle corps.
I also love scifi/fantasy books, all sorts of television, sailing, college football, and talking about any of those topics. I can often be found hanging out behind the unmarked door in the Wolbach basement or upstairs reading to my niece, Davina.
Come find me if you’d like to chat!
House Fellows
Aviva Presser Aiden and Erez Lieberman-Aiden
Biomedical Engineering and Medicine and Applied Math
aviva_presser@hms.harvard.edu and erez@erez.com
AVIVA: First I'll say I so glad to be here. I'm really looking forward to spending time and learning about you all!
I did my undergrad work in engineering at UCLA, and I finished my PhD in applied math/genomics at Harvard/MIT in November 2009. I've completed two years at Harvard Medical School and I am now on a year of research developing dirt-powered-batteris to power small devices in off-the-grid areas of the world.
I'm really interested in developing technology, especially medical and energy technologies suitable for remote environments, such as those you'd find in parts of the developing world, and medical education. I've had the great opportunity to work on several projects in this arena with Harvard undergraduates over the last few years and I hope to continue the trend. I can also do almost everything with one hand, as the other is frequently occupied by a small and cute boy.
I love baking (I plan that my first sabbatical as university faculty will be to go to culinary school and get a certificate in pastry), ethics discussions, and I'm on-again-off-again writing a novel (about angels) whenever I have a lull in the action, or I get a burst of inspiration. I also aspire to figure out how packing peanuts can be used to solve world problems.
EREZ: I'm currently a fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and Visiting Faculty at Google. I did my undergrad at Princeton, where I studied math, physics, and philosophy; then I got a Master's in History, and finally I came to Boston where I got my PhD at Harvard and MIT in Applied Math and Biomedical Engineering.
I am some kind of combination of an inventor, a mathematician, or a biologist. (In fact if you have a suggestion for what the term should be for this I would appreciate it.) I've worked on things like how to study history quantitatively (you may have played with one of the results, the Google Ngram Viewer, at ngrams.googlelabs.com) and a new technique for sequencing the human genome in three dimensions.
I have experience commercializing science, and I also like to write. Two of my collaborative projects with the duo Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick toured the world and were eventually published as the books 'City of Salt' and 'The Apollo Prophecies.' As a bizarre consequence, I am a published prophet.
Together, Aviva and I run Bears Without Borders, a nonprofit that provides stuffed animals to orphaned and catastrophically ill children all over the world.
GABRIEL GALILEO AKA BABY GAGA: I've always been famous, it's just no one knows it yet. But now you do ;)
YOSHI: I am a Shetland Sheepdog. I like to fetch things a great deal, so please let me know if you need something fetched. Also, if you're not planning on finishing that piece of chicken, I am sure I could put it to good use.
Resident Tutors
Isha Agarwal
Medicine
isha_agarwal@hms.harvard.edu
Hi Pfoho! I am thrilled to be returning to the house this year as a pre-med tutor. I was born in Los Angeles, California; and raised in Egypt and Columbia, Maryland. After spending time in India, Rwanda, and Cambodia during college, I graduated from Harvard in '09 with a degree in chemistry and a passion for global health. I joined the MD/PhD program at Harvard Medical School with the hope of someday becoming a resident tutor (true!). I am now in my third year, about to start my doctoral research in epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. In my free time, I dance with the Boston Bhangra team and I love to talk about gender and health, politics, and travelling adventures. I'd love to chat with you if you are thinking about MD or MD/PhD programs, international travel, public service - or anything else!
Jason Ahn
Medicine
jason_ahn@hms.harvard.edu
Hi Pfoho! I’m thrilled to be returning to the Pfoho community as a pre-med resident tutor this year. I’m from California and graduated from UC Berkeley (’05) with majors in History and Molecular Cell Biology. Between college and medical school I went to Korea on a Fulbright research Fellowship. I am a 5th year student in the MD/MPP program. I was a Zuckerman Fellow while at the Kennedy School. I’m also making a documentary film about Korean American families separated from their families since the Korean War. In the future I hope to bring about positive change in global health for those who need it most. If you are interested in anything I have mentioned or anything else for that matter, I’m excited to be a resource for you. On a different note, I love sports, martial arts, music, languages, traveling and poetry. I’m definitely in a Pfoho state of mind, so please feel free to stop by or drop a line anytime. I am looking forward to a great year and meeting all of you soon!
Jamie Ciocco
Drama & Computer Science
ciocco@fas.harvard.edu
After three wonderful years here as an undergrad, launching my web programming career from a room in Wolbach and launching my drama career on the dining hall stage, I defected to Adams House to be a tutor. Nicholas and Erika somehow managed to yank me out of retirement to return as your best defense against future Adamsian aggression — That's right, Pfriends, I was the chief composer/lyricist for Adams House in the only event Adams actually won in the Great Pfoho-Adams War.
Aside from writing and performing ridiculous tunes, I also spent my time at Adams building an online facebook from scratch while failing to leverage it into a multi-billion dollar empire (Fun fact: years before Zuckerberg, I tried to buy the domain name "facebook.com"). Since then, I've started an interactive software company (Trendy.com), created a series of odd but entertaining videos on cooking (SlowCookery.com) and produced videos on learning Chinese language for the Two Chinese Characters. If you want to talk about putting on a show, starting a tech business, or how not to live a normal life, talk to me.
Marie Dach
SASH/General Admin
marie_dach@harvard.edu
Neal Dach
Public Service/NRTs
nealdach@fas.harvard.edu
MARIE: Neal and I are so very excited to be here and can't wait to get to know each of you. Currently, I work in the University Provost Office and for the last two years I worked in the College Dean's Office, so, if you're interested, I can tell you all about the ins and outs of central administration here at Harvard. One thing that you should know about me is that I love to organize so come talk to me if you need help getting your things (or your time) in order. I received my bachelors degree in Education with an emphasis in Art, Music, and Theater and a minor in Drama Education. One of my favorite undergraduate courses was Puppet Therapy, and I can tell you with certainty, there is a right and a wrong way to maneuver a finger puppet. =) On that note, Neal and I live on the first floor of Holmes (next to the elevator) and are always around to chat - come see us!
NEAL: Hi everyone, as your adviser, my sincerest hope is that each of you finds deep fulfillment throughout this transformation known as college. If you are having trouble deciding on a concentration or career path, trust me, I know how you feel. It took me eight years to figure out what I want to do, during which time I explored a variety of different career paths, from U.S. Army Bomb Squad to Exotic Animal Trainer. Now, a third year graduate student in neuroscience, I study the process of sleep in an effort to understand what it is. So, if you have ever wondered why you sleep and dream, come talk to me. I love to chat about who/what we are as conscious beings. I also love to talk about life, politics, and all sorts of other random stuff. As this year's public service tutor, if you are interested in connecting with your community by volunteering or through a career in public service, let me know and I'll help you on your way. I love to socialize almost as much as I love food so if you're looking for me, there's a high probability that you'll find me in the D-hall.
David Francis
Romance Languages and Literatures; Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality; Fellowships
dfrancis@fas.harvard.edu
This is my second year at Pfoho, and I will be co-chairing with Andrew Sternlight the Fellowships Committee. I’m a doctoral student in Romance Languages and Literatures (primarily Spanish and Portuguese) with a secondary concentration in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. I received my B.A. in English and Spanish and my M.A. in Spanish from the University of Virginia. I’ve also earned an M.F.A. in poetry writing from Columbia University, and with a year-long Fulbright grant I traveled to Bogotá, Colombia to translate into English a book of poems by José Asunción Silva. I’ve taught creative writing and Spanish, and I’ll be TF-ing for a course on the history of feminist thought this fall. One of my most exciting educational adventures took place on a shipboard study abroad program called Semester at Sea, which took my students and me to ports in eight different Mediterranean countries. I’ve traveled extensively throughout Latin America and Spain, and just recently returned from a summer in Valencia, where I was translating books by two of my favorite poets, Severo Sarduy and José Luis Rey. My travels abroad and studies at Harvard have made me especially interested in queer communities and global human rights. If you’re up for creative writing or translation workshops, fireside conversations and poetry readings, museum trips, LGBT discussions, (gluten free) baking, or chatting about anything else, I’d be delighted to meet you.
Erin Frey
Public Policy
erin_frey@hks.harvard.edu
I may be a “new” Resident Tutor, I certainly am not new to Pfoho! I have been connected to Pfoho in some capacity for the past three years, and I am incredibly excited to be stepping into this new role! I graduated from Harvard College in 2008 with a degree in Environmental Science and Public Policy and a secondary degree in Economics—ironically from our rival, Adams House! After graduation I served as an “Elf” in Pfoho for two years while I (briefly) worked for an environmental consulting company and TFed courses at the College. The “real world” was not my cup of tea, so last year I began my PhD in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, while serving as a Non-Res Tutor in Pfoho. My research currently focuses on behavioral approaches to environmental policy problems in developing countries and draws from a number of disciplines, including economics, political science, psychology and organizational behavior. I have recently become an avid traveler, and I am eagerly looking forward to my next international adventure. I also love staying active--I dance (mostly ballet, though I am hoping to learn salsa and hip hop!) and am a coxswain for local crew teams. I also have been known to bake sugary treats en masse—a residual skill from my Elfing days—which I hope to share with you at study breaks and meetings! I am eager to meet all of you, so please come by Holmes 404 and say hello!
Stephanie Gironde
Psychology
sgironde@fas.harvard.edu
Hi Pfoho! I’m very excited to be returning for my second year as a resident tutor. I’m currently a fifth-year Ph.D. student in clinical psychology. My research uses functional neuroimaging to investigate why people engage in self-injurious behaviors. I’ve completed clinical practica at a number of area hospitals, including Cambridge Health Alliance, McLean Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital, where I also worked as a research coordinator after graduating from Swarthmore College. I’m always happy to talk about psychology, graduate school, and whatever else may be on your mind. I’ve loved exploring Cambridge and Boston these past years, so please find me if you’re looking for ideas of things to do in and around the area (especially those things having to do with hiking, biking, and eating!) I look forward to seeing you all around the house!
Xiaoyu Gu
Law & Business
xgu@mba2012.hbs.edu
Hi everyone! I'm in my fourth and final year in the JD/MBA program at Harvard and am thrilled to be returning to Pfoho as a tutor in law and business! I was born in China, grew up in Cleveland, OH, and graduated from the College in 2005. Outside of studying economics and statistics, my undergraduate time was spent joining two dozen clubs as a freshman and then whittling that down to two by senior year. After graduating, I did some strategy consulting near D.C., and later business initiation/private equity in China, before returning to school. The previous three summers, I've worked at a law firm, a hedge fund, and investment bank. I'm happy to chat about recruiting, finance, law, entrepreneurship, working aboard, as well as cooking and gardening, so see you around!
Kate Harrington
Education & Music
kate.harrington@gmail.com
Hello Pfoho! I am very excited to join the house community this year as a resident tutor in Music and Education. I graduated from Harvard in 2004 with a concentration in the Comparative Study of Religion (Buddhism, mostly), and then I went directly into the education world as a New York City Teaching Fellow. I taught middle school ESL in the Bronx for three years while earning a Master’s in Education at the City College of New York. Then, I moved to Rwanda to help open a middle school for high-performing girls who could not afford to pay school fees. I moved back to the US about a year ago to teach ESL in the Cambridge Public Schools. As an undergraduate, I was a three-year member of the Radcliffe Choral Society, and for the past year I've been fortunate enough to sing for the Jameson Singers, a Holden alumni-offshoot choir. I love all things musical and I'm very excited to tap into the Pfoho community's musical talent - whether it be conservatory level performance, a capella, or simply a great zeal for karaoke. I’m a fiend for yoga, swimming, singing, baking, and I have a remarkable (4%) record for clearing expert-level minefields. If you have any interest in pursuing a career in education, volunteering with children, working abroad, or showing off your musical talents on our glorious dining hall stage, shoot me an email or join me in the dining hall, and we'll make it happen. Can’t wait to see you around the house!
Brandon Hopkins
Engineering
brandon.j.hopkins@gmail.com
As a pformer Pfoho Harvard undergrad, I love being back and involved with this awesome pfamily. I graduated from Harvard college in 2011 and am currently a PhD-track graduate student at MIT studying mechanical engineering design. I always wanted to be an inventor, and that is what I am doing in grad school! I have designed, built, and tested many machines including race cars, medical devices, and laboratory equipment. My lab focuses on renewable energy technologies, and I am currently designing and building machinery for wave-powered desalination systems and flow batteries for all-electric cars. My passion for inventing is only rivaled by my enthusiasm for the visual and performing arts. I am currently into costume design, improv acting, and break dancing. I am also a health nut and am on the MIT competitive powerlifting team. If you ever need help with physics, math, or engineering, want to create a work of art, or learn proper bench press technique stop by Jordan South 33. I am excited to meet all of you!
Gabriel Katsh
Government
katsh@fas.harvard.edu
3-0492
Hi Pfoho! I'm excited to be back for my third year as a resident tutor. I am in my fourth year of the PhD program in the Government Department, where I study political theory, American politics, and law. I graduated from the college in 2004 with a degree in Social Studies, briefly moved out to Colorado to work on the Kerry Campaign, and then went to Washington, DC, where I spent three years working in politics and civil rights law. As much as I loved DC, I couldn't stay away from Harvard that long, so after a brief stint for a summer as a high school teacher in Korea, I moved back to Cambridge (okay, technically Somerville) two years ago to begin my PhD. I was one of the Pfoho public service tutors last year, and this year I will be one the fellowship tutors (along with John Horton). I am always interested in sitting down over dinner in the dining hall to talk about academics, Harvard, politics, philosophy, public service, your post-graduate or summer plans, or anything else that's on your mind. Also, if I'm around the house, I am always up for a game of ping-pong or Scrabble. Feel free to drop by Wolbach 301 and say hi!
Raquel Kennon
Comparative Literature & Race Relations
rkennon@fas.harvard.edu
Hi Pfoho! My name is Raquel and I am excited to return to the Pfoho community as a resident tutor for my third year. I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and moved up the coast to attend Stanford, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Comparative Literature and Spanish in 2002. In the four years between undergrad and grad school, I worked at a non-profit, a new charter school, and a vascular surgery clinic at UCLA while completing pre-med requirements. I ultimately returned to my first love—studying literature and language—and am currently a sixth-year student in the Comparative Literature PhD program at Harvard. Some of my research interests include 19th and 20th century African American literature, cultural memory, and literary canon debates. Outside of school, I enjoy listening to music, trying new food, discovering New England hotspots and crossing them off my Boston bucket list (since I’m a West Coast girl). Please feel free to come by to chat about literature, writing, juggling various academic interests, school work-life balance or anything else that’s on your mind. I am looking forward to a great year and meeting all of you soon!
Andrey Liscovich
Economics
liscovic@fas.harvard.edu
3-6197
Dear comrades! I have been compelled to disclose that I grew up in the Soviet Union, Ukraine and Russia (in that very order). And that I did my undergrad in Physics and masters in Economics in Moscow. I confess to being a fourth-year PhD student in Public Policy at HKS and an econ res tutor in Pfoho. I am also unable to conceal my involvement in the teaching of a microeconomic theory course (ec1011a) in the fall and a libertarian propaganda course (ec1017) in the spring. Finally, I plead the Fifth on the perennial allegations of being a Russian spy, but if you have any secrets to share, you can always count on my undivided attention. Workers of the world, unite!
Daniel Nedelcu
Molecular & Cellular Biology
nedelcu@fas.harvard.edu
Simona Nedelcu
Molecular & Cellular Biology
tescu@mit.edu
DANIEL: Hi everyone! I’m thrilled to be part of PfoHo and can barely wait to meet you all! I was born and raised in Romania, then studied chemistry and biology at MIT and I am now a sixth year grad student in Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School. My research focuses on how cells communicate with each other, how cholesterol derivatives keep this communication going, and how this mechanism is distorted in brain cancers. When I’m not in lab, I am the “crazy cat lady” on the floor (well, except for the “lady” part). I will be a fellowship tutor, so feel free to stop by for any fellowship questions. I like scuba-diving (mostly in warm waters, but I have also been under ice in frozen lakes). I used to run the Skydiving club at MIT as an undergrad. I’m also an avid photographer - if you see a big camera walking around the house on two feet but without a face, that’s probably me. One of my projects for the upcoming year is to set up a small photo studio in the PfoHo Basement – if you are interested in joining my efforts, if you want to learn more about photography, or if you just want to pet our kitties, feel free to stop by Comstock 10!
SIMONA: Hi there, I am Simona! I am very excited to be part of PfoHo next year and to get to meet all of you! I am originally from Romania, I did my undergraduate studies in biology at Caltech and I am currently a fourth year graduate student at MIT in cancer biology. I have a strong interest and a personal commitment to help cure cancer both by doing research at the bench and also by working directly with patients; therefore, I will go to medical school after I finish my PhD (and be a student for a few more years). I am also very passionate about teaching – I have taught many biology and psychology classes at Caltech and MIT, and this semester I will be teaching LS1a at Harvard. If you want to talk about medicine, biological sciences, teaching or some of my other favorite activities (baking, learning romance languages, traveling) please stop by Comstock 10. I will also be a fellowship advisor and a wellness tutor, so I would be happy to answer any questions you may have about fellowship applications and how to lead a balanced life (which I am also learning how to do alongside my husband and our many cats).
Kathy Paur
Math
paur@fas.harvard.edu
617-383-7848
Ben Rahn
Physics
brahn@fas.harvard.edu
617-383-7848
Davina Rahnpaur
Linguistics & Biomechanics
(My schedule is very busy, please contact Ben or Kathy for an appointment)
KATHY: I finished up my math PhD at Harvard in 2007, focusing on infectious disease modeling, and my interests stretch from development economics and public health to business, technology, and geometry. After learning math, writing, and practical jokery at MIT, I spent a year in Orsay, France apprenticed to a pastry chef. I have studied math in Budapest, written science articles for the Chicago Tribune, done economics research at the Brookings Institution, picked up a working knowledge of political fundraising, and worked for One Laptop per Child. Most recently I managed modeling and analysis at Kiva Systems, a local robotics company, and now I'm a full-time parent to our brave, stubborn, lovable daughter Davina. I love mixing batters and doughs with my hands, Mount Auburn Cemetery in the fall, elegant geometric proofs, robots of all kinds, and talking to people until the wee hours of the morning. I look forward to meeting all of you!
BEN: I graduated from Quincy House (class of '99) concentrating in physics and math. During college I studied neutrinos in Switzerland, taught after-school programs, interned with a consulting company, and stirred up trouble with the Harvard administration over advising, healthcare issues, and the Core. After three years developing theoretical methods for quantum computing and biophysics in pursuit of a physics Ph.D., I went on leave to get involved in the 2004 election -- and never went back! Instead I founded an organization, ActBlue, which has raised $200MM for political campaigns. Since 2009 I've worked on two more internet-based startups. I love movies--though my recent favorites are my iPhone videos of our daugheter, Davina. I love learning about anything from anyone who's excited about what they're doing. Even if you'd rather keep your distance from the science center, I'm interested in hearing what makes your brain churn.
DAVINA: Though broadly interested in shapes and lights of all types, I'm currently focused on getting ahold of the ball on top of the belltower. In my spare time I enjoy speech & debate, sprinting, and demolition.
David Rosenthal
Medicine
dirosent@post.harvard.edu
3-6316
Emily Rosenthal
Health Policy
gerson@post.harvard.edu
3-6316
Emily, David, and Caleb Rosenthal are thrilled to be returning to Pforzheimer House this year for our third year. Caleb is especially excited, as he is excited to meet a whole new group of sophomores! David and Emily met in Kirkland House as undergraduates, where David ('01) concentrated in VES and Emily ('03) focused her studies in Psychology. After graduating, the pair have travelled the country, living in Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco before settling back into New England. Emily has her Masters Degrees in Public Health and Social Work, and held various roles in government and non-profit sectors working on a variety of issues: women's health, homelessness, workplace smoking bans, and most recently domestic violence prevention. She remains committed to social causes and looks forward to talking with students interested in careers in the nonprofit sector. After working on documentary films and teaching elementary school science classes, David finished medical school in Chicago, helped start a Health Informatics Company in San Francisco, and is now working as a Internal Medicine Resident at Brigham & Women's Hospital and Clinical Fellow of the Harvard Medical School. As a non-traditional medical applicant, he is thrilled to advise students who are considering a different track towards and within medicine or filmmaking.
Taz Shahabuddin
Law
tshahabuddin@jd12.law.harvard.edu
Hey Pfohosers! I'm excited to be back in the house as a pre-law and race relations tutor. I am a third year law student at Harvard Law School and graduated from the College in 2006 as a Social Studies concentrator. After undergrad, I ran away to England and studied history at the University of Cambridge, where I routinely wore something that looks a lot like judges' robes to dinner. I also did a LOT of traveling before coming back to the States to work as a management consultant in New York. I'm a proud native of the Jersey Shore and actually went to an engineering high school. I can't provide any useful advice about robots, spaghetti bridges or GTL, but if you ever want to chat about civil / human rights, development, law, consulting, fellowships, and above all television (I watch it all, try me), email or catch me in the dining hall and introduce yourself! I look pforward to meeting you!
Andrew Sternlight
Fellowships
asternlight@mba2012.hbs.edu
Dear Pfoho: I’m excited to return for my second year as a resident tutor, in fellowships and public service. A former three-and-a-half-year inhabitant of Comstock’s 3rd floor, I was evicted with a Social Studies degree in 2007. Pfohomeless, I emigrated to Los Angeles to join forces with two high school friends developing a nonprofit organization that helps lower income public high school students get into and prepare to succeed at selective universities like this one. I also worked in Motion Picture Business and Legal Affairs at Paramount Pictures, after a job offer availed itself following my appearance in the 2007 Miss Pfoho Young Ladies’ Scholarship Competition. Thereafter, I matriculated at Yale Law but, after my first year, resolved to attend Harvard Business School to finally gain access to its exclusive gym before I finish up my legal education at Yale. I’ve had a blast at work and in graduate school and would love to discuss public service careers, entrepreneurial ideas, JDs/MBAs/JD-MBAs, or anything movie-related with you. Other things I adore include IM sports, classical and Reggaeton music, guacamole (preparing and consuming), Brazilian culture, organizing for social change, and Pfohosers. Please feel free to drop by Wolbach 4th floor or shoot me an email at any time, whether you’d like to chat about choosing courses, living far away from home, dealing with medical illness at college, applying for postgraduate fellowships, or inciting inter-house crusades to amplify Pfoho’s campus-adjacent dining privileges.
Non-Resident Tutors
Nathaniel (Tanner) Amdur-Clark
Law & Public Policy
namdurclark@jd13.law.harvard.edu
I'm a joint MPP (masters in public policy) and JD student at the Kennedy School and the Law School. I’m an ’09 graduate of Harvard College where I was a resident of Leverett house and studied Archaeology and English. My academic interests center on processes for strengthening collaborative and cooperative relationships between Native American Tribal governments and state and Federal agencies – essentially the law and policy of international relations in a domestic context. I grew up in Alaska and have also lived in Wisconsin, studied in New Zealand, and worked in French Polynesia. I like outdoorsy stuff, cooking, playing rugby, writing poetry, and the sort of wonderful conversations that naturally occur in Harvard house D-halls.
Jim Beck
Medicine
jamesbeck56@gmail.com
I live just a block from Pfoho, and I have taken advantage of that to try to be an active member of the House. I usually eat at the House two or three times a week, and I come to concerts, Pforums and the like. I have rowed with the Pfoho IM crew for four years, and I plan to continue to do that as long as my erg scores are competitive. Last year I was injured so I coxed Womens’ A—I can see a future as a cox if/when I get too old to row. I raced a single scull in the HOCR in 2009 and am training to race again in 2010. I am always happy to chat with members of the House, and I hope that anyone who sees me in the dining room will not be put of by how old I am, but feel free to introduce themselves and join me. I have been associated with the University almost forever. I was an undergraduate in Kirkland House. I am trained both as a psychiatrist (HMS and Mass Mental Health Center) and psychologist (Yale). Currently, I do some clinical teaching at Cambridge Health Alliance, some clinical research, see patients, evaluate a wide variety of people involved with the law-- persons facing a death sentence, police officers with ptsd, and other problems that arise in a legal or adversarial context. I am also this year the chair of the FAS committee on use of human subjects. For most of my working life I have been a public sector psychiatrist, and my enduring commitment clinically is to poor people who are sick and/or in trouble.
Jon Bittner
Physics
jon.bittner@gmail.com
Hi Pfoho! My name is Jon Bittner and I'm the new (as of fall 2010) non-res tutor in Physics. I'm currently a third-year Physics PhD student studying theoretical astrophysics at the CfA (right next to the quad) with Professor Avi Loeb. My specific interests are in black holes and 21-cm cosmology. I love teaching and have been a TF for two introductory courses at Harvard, and I'd be happy to answer your questions on Physics or Astronomy during Pfoho's Quant Table. I also may be helpful with introductory level math, statistics, computer science, or econ. Between Yale and grad school, I was a strategy consultant for one year in Cambridge, which is an experience I'd be happy to talk about if anyone is interested in that sort of thing. Lastly, I live on Everett St, and enjoy singing, board games, backpacking, philosophy, and bridge (sorry, I'm just terrible at sports).
John Bohannon
Extraordinary Projects
http://johnbohannon.org/
Many people ask me, What exactly does the Nonresident Tutor for Extraordinary Projects do? What constitutes a project? And what makes it extraordinary? These are excellent questions.
If you have to ask, you don’t need my help. But you there, the student secretly working on Fuzzy Qualitative Trigonometry, the Musical. And you there, the closet entrepreneur coding up the augmented reality app that paints colored halos over people’s heads to reveal their dating status. And you, quiet girl organizing a flash mob of 1000 people who will assemble at 2:13 PM on Saturday in Boston Common to waddle en masse to the Charles River, creating an epic human version of Make Way for Ducklings.
You know who you are. I am here to help bring your extraordinary projects to life.
Erin Carey
Health Policy
careyerin@gmail.com
3-5984
After spending 3 years in a health policy and economics Ph.D. program and as a Pfoho tutor, Erin chose to leave GSAS for other pastures. She is currently in her first year as a veterinary student, working towards a D.V.M. at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in North Grafton, MA. Even though she's not living in Cambridge anymore, she's still around the city once in a while and loves to hear from Pfoho students. If you're thinking about a career in veterinary medicine, drop her a line! She won't bite (although some of her patients at the wildlife clinic will).
Joo-Hee Chung
Law
jchung@jd12.law.harvard.edu
Hi Pfoho! I'm a 2005 graduate of Harvard College and as a former resident of neighboring Cabot House, I'm excited to be returning to the Quad as a non-resident pre-law tutor at Pfoho. I studied social anthropology in college and after graduation, I went to live in Beijing for a year where I learned Chinese, taught English, and worked at an NGO for people living with HIV/AIDS. Living in a foreign country with a very different social and legal system got me interested in law and the exciting economic growth that Beijing was experiencing at the time also got me thinking about a career in business. Upon returning to the U.S. and before coming to law school, I worked for two years at a hedge fund in New York focused on investing in the debt of non-investment grade companies. During my 1L summer I worked for the anti-trust practice of a law firm in New Delhi, India and this past summer I worked in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs. My current academic and career interests include business law and finance and I welcome questions about any of my experiences. Outside of school and work, I enjoy backpacking, traveling, outdoor activities, independent film, anything food related, yoga, and meditation. I look forward to getting to know all of you!
Chao Du
Statistics
cdu@stat.harvard.edu
Hi Pfoho! My name is Chao Du. I was born in Xi'an, the ancient capital of China. I graduated from Peking University at Beijing with a B.S degree in math. Now I am a 4th year statistics Ph.D candidate at Harvard. My current research focus on stochastic inference with the application in biophysics. I am a veteran statistics TF who had taught 4 different courses. I am happy to help those who take or might take statistics courses and those who want to know more about statistics. I am also open to talk about anything about China you may find interesting. I kill my free time by reading books, including classic literature, science fiction and fantasy novels (I am a fan of Martin's epic novel, A Song of Ice and Fire.) and would love to share the reading experience with others. Unfortunately, I am not good at sports. So please always forgive my ignorance on anything related to it. I am excited to meet you and to learn about the house life at Harvard. I hope we can all learn from each other!
Trevor Frankel
Economics
tfrankel@post.harvard.edu
Hi Pfoho! As a member of Pfoho's class of 2009, I'm pumped to be back working with the house as a non-res tutor in economics. I live a 10 minute walk away off of Somerville Ave, and my brother's in Pfoho this year, so I look forward to seeing you all at meals and house events. I concentrated in economics and had a secondary in math, with a decent amount of time spent on statistics, as well. I'm now working for a quantitative mutual fund in Boston. Anyone with questions on economics, policy, finance or stat is welcome to seek me out. As a recent grad, I also know what it's like applying for jobs and internships during this recession, so I'm happy to help with resumes, applications and interviews. I love swimming, singing, playing the guitar, and Boston sports teams, and I'm really looking forward to seeing some legendary Miss Pfoho characters this year.
Kiran Gajwani
Economics
kgajwani@fas.harvard.edu
Hello! I'm brand new to Pfoho, coming in as the new Concentration Advisor for Pfoho's economics concentrators. I'm a development economist and received my Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2008. I'm interested in just about any issue facing developing countries, should you ever feel like chatting about anything along those lines; I'm particularly interested in governance, inequality, and women's issues in India, which are my main areas of research. Some of my other favorite things are dogs, tennis, traveling, piano, photography, and family & friends. I look forward to participating in life around Pfoho and getting to know many of you, regardless of your concentration!
Rodney Lister
Music
lister@fas.harvard.edu
I'm a composer and piano player and a sort of writer about music (mostly 20th century American and British music) and I've been a non-resident music tutor at Pfoho for a long time. I grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, went to New England Conservatory, lived in England for two years, where I studied with a composer named Peter Maxwell Davies, and then came back to Boston and went to Brandeis. I've been around ever since. After a long, long time, I went back to Brandeis and got my doctorate. I teach at the Preparatory School at New England Conservatory (where some number of current Pfohosers were formerly students of mine) and at Boston University. I was a TF in CORE Music Courses at Harvard (mostly First Nights, but also Chamber Music and The Swing Era) for a number of years and I've also taught in the Music Department. Aside from music, I'm interested in books, movies, and politics, and I like talking about all of them.
Will Marra
Law
will.marra@gmail.com
Hi Pfoho! My name is Will, and I'm very excited to join the house as a pre-law tutor. I hail from Queens, NY, and graduated from Harvard College (and Currier House) in 2007. In college I was a government concentrator, and spent many of my hours as a reporter and editor for The Crimson. After graduation, I spent two years in New York City, working first as a reporter for ABC News, and then as an associate consultant for Bain & Company. I am currently a 3L at HLS. While at law school, I’ve worked for a litigation firm in Washington D.C. Outside the classroom, I enjoy rooting for the Yankees; playing tennis and squash; talking about politics, art, and movies; and plotting U.S. Soccer's 2014 World Cup triumph. If your favorite movie is Slumdog Millionaire, there's a good chance we will be best friends. I look forward to getting to know many of you, and I hope you will approach me with any questions on law school, consulting and business, journalism, or anything else you'd like to talk about!
Shila Mekhoubad
Molecular & Cellular Biology
smekhoub@mcb.harvard.edu
My name is Shila and I am the new MCB/SCRB tutor. I’m originally from Israel but I grew up in California and went to UCLA (Go Bruins!). I took a little time off after I graduated, I travelled a bit, and then continued to work in a lab until I came to grad school. I am now a fifth year MCB graduate student and my research focuses on epigenetics in stem cells. I enjoy teaching and I’ve been a teaching fellow for a few MCB classes and I’m also involved with the Harvard high school outreach program. When I have free time I try and spend as much of it as I can outdoors and I love all sorts of outdoorsy activities. I also have a small (and adorable) dog named Rocky that comes often to the Quad to play around. Please feel free to stop by my table or email me if you have any questions about pretty much anything. I look forward to meeting you all :-)
Joelle Milov
Law
jmilov@jd12.law.harvard.edu
Hello, Pfoho! My name is Joelle, and I will be one of the pre-law tutors for the 2011-2012 academic year. I am originally from Orlando, Florida, and I graduated from Princeton University in 2009. At Princeton, I majored in Art History and received a certificate in Women and Gender Studies. I am a 3L at Harvard Law School, and I spent my first and second summers during law school working at a human rights organization in Argentina and a law firm in New York City, respectively. I enjoy traveling, art, baking, competitive swimming, and running. I'm happy to speak to any of you about law school or anything else. I look forward to meeting you!
Venice Monagan
Law
vmonagan@jd09.law.harvard.edu
Hi! My name is Venice and I am happy to rejoin the Pfoho community as a pre-law tutor this year. I am from Iowa (go Hawkeyes!) and went to Princeton for undergrad, where I majored in Politics and got a certificate in Spanish. College highlights included doing track, cross-country, and theater, studying abroad in Ecuador and Spain, and writing my thesis. I worked in the performing arts following college and then graduated from Harvard Law School. Aside from school I like to travel, practice my Spanish whenever possible, cook, and have fun with friends. I look forward to meeting everyone and would be happy to discuss any questions about law school, studying abroad, non-traditional careers, thesis-writing, fun things to do in Boston, or anything else.
David Mou
Medicine
David_Mou@hms.harvard.edu
Hi everyone! I was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, where I attended the Seven Hills School. I graduated from Harvard College as a neurobiology major in 2008, and as a proud Quadling (Cabot). During college, I spent a good deal of time in lab (including a summer of research in Tokyo). I took the following year 'off' and conducted neuroscience research in Paris. Currently I am a second year student at Harvard Medical School. Within the past year, I've gotten more interested in health care policy issues. Last summer, I worked for a biotech venture capital firm, where I got to witness firsthand how the fruits of bench science get spun into drugs for patients. Apart from work, I enjoy classical piano, ultimate frisbee, and conversations on any and every topic. If you have questions about premed, med school life, research, taking time off, and/or traveling, let's get in touch!
Dan O’Brien
Law
dobrien@jd12.law.harvard.edu
Hello Pfoho! My name is Dan, and I’m in my last year at HLS. I’m excited to be part of the Pfoho community. I graduated in economics from Dartmouth in 2007. Languages had always interested me, and I deferred law school for two years to live in Italy, France, and Morocco. Thank you patient admissions officers! I taught English in Rome, completed a fellowship project on colonial law in Rabat, and volunteered with the homeless in Paris. It was a very unplanned two years and the spontaneity of it was exhilarating. At law school, I’ve spent a J-term in Milan researching technology transfer offices and have worked at a Wall Street law firm. Give a holler if you’d like to talk about deferral, adventuring abroad, or what being a lawyer entails. Outside of school, I enjoy squash, foreign cookbooks, and excursions to Boston. I’m looking forward to meeting you!
Roedolph Opperman
Engineering
roedolph@gmail.com
Hi Pfoho! My name is Roedolph Opperman. Originally from South Africa, I am still adjusting to the snow and winter that occurs during December as opposed to June. I've been in the U.S. 3 years now and just graduated with a dual Master's degree from MIT in Aeronautics & Astronautics and Technology & Policy. My research had to do with Astronauts losing their fingernails while in space! (Come say hi to find out more) I am currently working for Aurora Flight Sciences, a Cambridge-based aerospace company collaborating with MIT, while preparing to pursue a PhD in space biomedical engineering. I love airplanes, space, spaceflight, the outdoors and extreme sports. My interest in flight drove me to follow a career in engineering and I would be happy to help fuel your passion for the field as well. I look forward to meeting all of you and even if your major isn't science/engineering, come say hi and I'd be glad to chat about my research, grad school, life, etc. and maybe even tell you about my experiences of being attacked by a lion, charged by an elephant, and harassed by a monkey ;)
David Page
Law
dpage@jd11.law.harvard.edu
I’m a student in the JD-MBA program offered by the business school and the law school. Professionally, I’ve had a broad range of experiences, including working at a venture capital firm, at the Department of Justice, and at a law firm. Outside the classroom, I’m interested in almost all sports (go Twins and Vikings!) and love being outside. Some of my favorite activities including playing golf, skiing, biking, and going on hikes. I’m also passionate about music and have sung with groups at both the business and law schools. I graduated from Princeton in 2007.
Michael Regan
Law
mregan2345@gmail.com
As a 2009 graduate of Pfoho I am excited about returning to the house in this capacity. I majored in History and Science with a focus in Human Evolutionary Biology while at Harvard and afterwards spent 9 months living and volunteering in Peru. I went through the thesis writing process as a senior, so any thesis writers should feel free to contact me for any tips or advice. I am currently living in Harvard Square and entering my second year at Suffolk Law so the whole application process is still very fresh in my mind. I will also have some good insights about weighing offers from schools and dealing with scholarship possibilities. I'll save my best advice for any fellow Boston sports fans out there! Looking forward to seeing everyone around the d hall and at house events!
Briana Sprick
Law
bsprick@jd12.law.harvard.edu
I am a third year at HLS and I am super excited to join the Pfoho community as a non-res pre-law tutor. I graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in biology and then joined Teach for America. I taught high school biology and integrated science in Chicago before coming to HLS. I am now involved in nearly everything at the law school -- journals, student practice organizations, academic writing, the public interest auction, you name it -- and would be happy to discuss any of it with you. I also love cooking, baking, trying new restaurants -- basically anything involving food. I'm looking forward to meeting you!
Brian Timko
Chemistry
bptimko@gmail.com
Hi Pfoho! This is my first year as a tutor, and I’m very excited to meet all of you. I graduated from Harvard in 2009 with a PhD in chemistry. Before that, I studied chemistry and chemical engineering at Lehigh University, which is not so far from my hometown near Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. Now I’m a posdoc at MIT in the Langer and Kohane laboratories. Research-wise, I studied nanowires and their interfaces with living cells and tissues in grad school, and now I’m exploring new ways to use nanostructures in drug delivery and tissue engineering applications. I taught physical chemistry at Harvard, and mentored several students in the laboratory. Outside of work, I enjoy running, cooking/barbecuing, watching the Red Sox, or just about anything else. I’m more than happy to answer questions about chemistry or engineering, offer advice about careers and grad school, or chat about anything else that might be on your minds. I look forward to meeting you soon!
Katy Yang
Law
kyang@jd12.law.harvard.edu
Hi Pfoho! I’m excited to be joining you all as a new non-res pre-law tutor. I’m a 3L at Harvard Law School and I spent this past summer working in the New York and Hong Kong offices of a law firm. Last summer, I worked for a New York nonprofit helping victims of domestic violence achieve immigration status. I grew up in a quiet suburb of Houston, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2009 with a dual degree in the Business Honors Program and the Plan II Honors Program (a liberal arts honors program whose contraception-evoking name forces its students to give this slightly awkward explanation). Some high points of my college experience include studying abroad in Spain (and gallivanting around Europe), spending a week in Panama working with a girls’ shelter on a microenterprise and writing my thesis on social entrepreneurship. I enjoy traveling, reading, crossword puzzles, cheering for the Texas Longhorns and trying out new restaurants. I’d be happy to chat with you about law school, going straight through vs. taking time off, feminism and other social justice issues, social entrepreneurship, studying and traveling abroad and anything else you might be interested in. Looking forward to meeting all of you!
Senior Common Room
House Committee
Matt Chuchul '13
HoCo Co-Chair
mchuchul@college.harvard.edu
Christine Hu '13
HoCo Co-Chair
christine.hu@college.harvard.edu
Laura Derouin '13
Treasurer
lderouin@gmail.com
Elizabeth Harvey '14
Secretary
eaharvey@college.harvard.edu
George Fu '13
Social Co-Chair
gxfu@college.harvard.edu
Emma Templeton '13
Social Co-Chair
emma.templeton@college.harvard.edu
Audrey Anderson '13
Publicity Co-Chair
audreyanderson@college.harvard.edu
Tracy Lu '14
Publicity Co-Chair
tlu@college.harvard.edu
Nix Maasdorp '13
Photographer
maasdorp@college.harvard.edu
Benjana Guraziu '13
Stein Club Co-Chair
bguraziu@college.harvard.edu
Jordan Tung '13
Stein Club Co-Chair
jtung@college.harvard.edu
Christine Shrock '13
Quartermaster
rescls@yahoo.com
Antonio Sweet '13
Design Chair
antoniosweet@college.harvard.edu
Pforzheimer Representatives
Annie DeAngelo '12
Resource Efficiency Program
aedeang@fas.harvard.edu
Hey Pofoho!! My name is Annie DeAngelo and I’m the Pfoho Resource Efficiency
Program representative, or REP for short. I’m super psyched to be the REP in
Pfoho because I love the Pfoho community and am pumped to make Pfoho the
new green with you all! I am a junior government concentrator, with a secondary
in Environmental Science and Public Policy, FOP leader and Strong Women
Strong Girls mentor. In my limited spare time, I love playing guitar, hanging
out with my friends, throwing the Frisbee, riding my bike, surfing (poorly) and
dabbling in squash. Please come find me if you have any eco ideas, issues with
environmentalism or just want to chat! Let’s win Green Cup!!
Andrew Lorey '13
IM Athletics
alorey@college.harvard.edu
Hi Pfoho! As Pfoho's Intramural Athletics Representative, it is my responsibility to get members of the Pfoho community involved in sporting events of all kinds. In addition to vanquishing opponents on the soccer, football, and frisbee fields, I am a junior who is concentrating in Anthropology, pursuing a secondary field of concentration in Human Evolutionary Biology, working at the Harvard Map Collection, and participating in a tutoring program assisting students in Dorcester. I'm an avid hiker, and I also enjoy playing the guitar and the saxophone. Opportunities exist during the fall, the winter, and the spring to play (almost) any sport imaginable, and all Pfoho affiliates are welcome to participate! If you have any questions or would like to learn more about Harvard's IM program, please consult the "IM Athletics" page, which is listed under the "House Life" tab above. I look forward to seeing you on the field!
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