Morse Fellows
Morse College is a vibrant community. We would love to count you among us. The Fellows meet a few times per semester at the Head of College’s House, to interact with friends from all parts of the University and the broader community. Many play the role of Advisor for a student or two. We extend invitations to student functions such as performances and college-wide social events, welcome participation at intramural sports, and provide dining privileges in the college at lunch, all so you can meet with students, faculty, and friends. Please join us - we welcome you!
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Kevin Adkisson

Curatorial Associate, Cranbrook Educational Community
Biography
Kevin Adkisson assists in the preservation, interpretation, and programming across the many buildings and treasures of Cranbrook, an educational community north of Detroit designed by Finnish-American architect Eliel Saarinen. Kevin’s work is focused on the community’s three historic homes, now operated as museums: the Albert Kahn-designed Cranbrook House (1908), Saarinen House (1930), and the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Smith House (1950). He has curated exhibitions on Cranbrook history and legacy of craft, design, and architecture, as well as guiding countless students and visitors through Cranbrook each year. Kevin writes and edits the weekly Cranbrook Kitchen Sink history blog, and teaches an annual course on the history of American architecture.
A native of north Georgia, Adkisson has his BA in Architecture from Yale, where he lived in architect Eero Saarinen’s Morse College and worked in the Yale University Art Gallery’s American Decorative Arts Furniture Study. Adkisson is completing his MA from the University of Delaware’s Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, with a thesis examining the role of postmodernism in shopping mall architecture. Previously, Kevin worked for Robert A.M. Stern Architects in New York as a research and writing associate and at Kent Bloomer Studio in New Haven, where he designed and fabricated architectural ornament. Kevin served as the Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research Collections Fellow from August 2016—June 2019.
Kevin is more than happy to answer any questions about the design and history of Morse College.
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Madeleine Albright (deceased)

Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group and Albright Capital Management; Former U.S. Secretary of State
Biography
Frederick L. Altice

Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health
Biography
Frederick Altice, M.D., M.A., is board-certified in both Infectious Diseases and Addiction Medicine and is Director of Clinical and Community Research, the Community Health Care Van, the HIV in Prisons Program. Professor Altice is also a Senior Investigator at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) and the Global Health Initiative.
Interests:
Prof. Altice is interested in the interface of infectious diseases and substance use disorders, including clinical trials, intervention science development, cohort studies and implementation science, primarily in low and middle income international settings. He is interested in advising and interacting with students interested in global health, health disparities, vulnerable populations such as people who inject drugs, men who have sex with men, female sex workers and criminal justice populations.
Please contact me or my administrative assistant, Paula Dellamura (paula.dellamura@yale.edu) for appointments.
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Tarren Andrews

Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration
Biography
Professor Andrews works on contemporary Indigenous literature and theory, as well as Old English studies. She came to Yale in the Fall of 2023 after finishing her Ph.D. at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Professor Andrews is from the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwest Montana and takes any chance she gets to visit home.
Interests:
Poetry—medieval and modern, board games and puzzles, fishing, and really big dogs.
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Erin Lee Antonak

Artist
Biography
Jaime Arellano-Bover

Lecturer in Economics and Senior Research Scientist
Biography
- You can learn more on his website: https://www.jarellanobover.com/
- Yale School of Management
- Yale Department of Economics
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Sharyar Aziz

Managing Director at UBS Americas
Biography
For over forty years Shary has worked as an Investment Banker covering a wide variety of industries and transactions. In late 2016 he moved to be a Senior Partner within UBS Americas. Prior to joining UBS he was Executive Vice President at Smith Barney, where he was responsible for the firm’s Investment Banking Group. He has held executive positions at The First Boston Corporation, Dillon Read, and Guinness Peat plc. He currently serves on a number of civic boards of directors. His past corporate directorships include Northwest Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Cellular Information Systems. Shary has served on the Yale World Fellows Program regional selection committee for the Middle East and Central Asia. He and his wife, Laura Rose Aziz ‘79, support the Undergraduate Admissions Office outreach program for South Asian students. On behalf of the Admissions Office, he has traveled to India and Pakistan and has provided support for financial aid for international students. He is Chairman of Skillman Associates, the Yale Squash Alumni Association and is a fellow of Morse College. He is Co-Secretary of his Yale College class and was Reunion Gift Chairman for his 25th, 30th, 35th and 40th reunions. He is a member of the President’s Council on International Affairs. Shary earned his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and serves as a member of the HBS Global Advisory Board. His twins Sharyar, Jr. and Alia are graduates of the Yale College Class of 2010. His son Pasha is a member of the Class of 2008. Alia was a Silver Scholar at the Yale School of Management and graduated in 2014.
Catharine (Cat) Balco

Professor, and Chair, of Art and Visual Culture at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine
Biography
Cat Balco is a painter and a Professor, and Chair, of Art and Visual Culture at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine She makes bright abstract paintings that evoke joy, freedom, and physical movement. As an educator, she is committed to helping students develop grounded, individualized artistic practices. She has a special interest in connecting art making to personal and cultural healing, and has founded a number of Arts in Healthcare initiatives that connect students to patients in hospices, nursing homes, and other healthcare environments. Cat also writes about art and culture.
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Ruth Barnes

Thomas Jaffe Curator of Indo-Pacific Art, Yale University Art Gallery
Biography
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Melissa Barton

Curator, Drama and Prose, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Library
Biography
Interests:
Melissa’s research interests include Black theater and performance and the conceptualization and status of archives in the humanities and information science. She loves teaching and spent several years teaching English at the secondary level, in both private and public schools, and she is happy to talk about those experiences with prospective teachers. She still holds a candle for theater production and ultimate frisbee, though increasingly only as a spectator for either. She lives in New Haven with her partner and their kids.