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 from 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, provide dining privileges in the college at lunch or dinner, all so you can meet with students, faculty and friends. Please join us - we welcome you!
Joel Flynn
Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics
Biography
Joel Flynn will join the Economics Department at Yale as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2024 after completing a one-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Cowles Foundation at Yale. His research is in macroeconomics and economic theory, with an emphasis on behavioral macroeconomics and mechanism design. He has recently studied how viral economic narratives may cause macroeconomic boom-bust cycles and how cyclical attention to the macroeconomy generates macroeconomic volatility. His mechanism design research has focused on the optimal design of two-sided matching markets and optimal contracting when contracts are incomplete. His research has appeared in the American Economic Review and the Review of Economic Studies. He received his Ph.D. in economics from MIT and his B.A. in economics from the University of Cambridge (King’s College).
Website: joelflynn.com
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Francine Foss
Professor of Medicine
Biography
Dr. Francine Foss, Professor of Medicine in the Section of Medical Oncology at the Yale Cancer Center, is an internationally recognized clinician and clinical researcher with expertise in adult lymphomas and in stem cell transplantation. She has developed and tested therapies that have been used to treat thousands of cancer patients, and her research has substantially impacted the field of stem cell research, benefiting patients at Yale and around the world. In her previous position at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston, she designed, initiated and directed multi-center national clinical trials that led to FDA approval of several novel therapies for lymphomas.
Dr. Foss is a world expert in T-cell lymphomas. She has pioneered several novel therapies for T-cell lymphomas and has been a leader in many national studies. She developed and initiated the first national registry for T-cell lymphomas in the United States and is a founder and co-chairman of the T-Cell Forum, the preeminent international T-cell lymphoma research meeting. She is a co-founder of the United States Cutaneous Lymphoma Consortium and currently serves as its President. In addition, Dr. Foss was one of the early developers and hosts of the Yale Cancer Answers, a weekly program on Connecticut National Public Radio.
Interests:
Dr. Foss is a world traveler, community gardener and foodie.
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Jeff Fuller
Musician, Composer, Educator
Biography
Jeff Fuller graduated from Yale College (’67) and received his master’s degree in composition from the Yale School of Music (’69). Since 1995, he has taught Jazz Composition and led two jazz ensembles at ACES-Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven. He teaches privately and leads the Premier Jazz Ensemble of the Neighborhood Music School, and has long been an integral part of the Connecticut, New York and international jazz scenes. Mr. Fuller has played with jazz masters from all styles and eras and has led ensembles in many jazz venues. He composes and arranges for the acclaimed salsa group, Irazú, and is co-leader of the popular New Haven-based group Sambeleza. He has received commissions from both the New Haven and the Hartford Symphony Orchestras and has twice received project grants from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.
Interests:
Mr. Fuller is well-versed and active in aviation, sports, cycling, basketball, nature, and the business of music.