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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Sr. Jenn Schaaf
Assistant Chaplain, Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale University
Biography
Sr. Jenn, a native of Washington State, is a Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, New York. She holds a B.A. in Music Education, a Masters in Pastoral Ministry from the University of Portland, Oregon, a certificate in Spiritual Direction from Aquinas Institute of Theology, and a Doctor of Ministry from Seattle University. Before joining the team, she served in campus ministry at Ohio Dominican University where her emphasis was on liturgical music, retreats and developing alternative break programs. Her focus is to engage students in shared leadership and spiritual development. She joined the Saint Thomas More pastoral team in 2013.
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John Schotland
Professor of Mathematics
Biography
John C. Schotland is Professor of Mathematics at Yale. Previously, he was Professor of Mathematics and Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan, where he was also the founding director of the Michigan Center for Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics (MCAIM). He received the MD and PhD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Mathematical physics
Christine Scriabine
Historical Consultant
Biography
Christine Scriabine received her PhD in American Civilization at Brown University. She began her career teaching at Pennsylvania State University but quickly changed her focus upon arriving in New Haven when she had the opportunity to help the University of Hartford ultimately realize a new museum, The Museum of American Political Life. Currently, Professor Scriabine is doing historical consulting and freelance writing.
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Eliza Shaw Valk
Architect
Biography
Eliza is an artist and landscape architect. She works at the landscape architecture firm Reed Hilderbrand and aims to bring design excellence to New Haven’s public spaces. She’s project manager for the Mill River Trail, currently under construction, which travels through the center of the city, connecting East Rock Park to Long Island Sound. Not far from the river Eliza runs an art studio exploring the intersection of light and form in large-scale installations. Through massing and reordering mundane, often rejected, materials, her work explores structure and improvisation, the materials acting as registrations of mechanical processes and the mechanism for capturing transitory events. Eliza holds two master’s degrees, in landscape architecture and city planning, from Penn. She was trained as a dancer and her B.A., from Oberlin, is in visual and performing arts.
Sangini S. Sheth, MD, MPH, FACOG
Obstetrician & Gynecologist Physician / Associate Professor, Yale School of Medicine
Biography
Sangini S. Sheth, MD, MPH, FACOG is associate professor and associate chief for the Division of Gynecologic Specialties, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine. She is the inaugural Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the department and a member of Yale School of Medicine’s diversity officer council. Sangini graduated from Yale University (Morse College) and received her MD and MPH from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her residency training at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Dr. Sheth’s clinical and public health backgrounds have guided her research interests in optimizing reproductive health awareness, access, and care among marginalized groups. Sangini is an NIH and CDC-funded investigator. Her current work focuses on applying implementation science to cervical cancer prevention across the care continuum from uptake of the HPV vaccine, to increasing cervical cancer screening and follow up of abnormal results, and guideline-concordant evidence-based management locally and globally, with projects in New Haven, Mexico and Nepal. Dr. Sheth has been awarded a number of teaching awards and has also been recognized for her patient care.
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Kevin Sheth, MD
Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery; Executive Director of the NNCTU and Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research in the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery. Director, Yale Center for Brain & Mind Health.; Division Chief, Neurocritical
Biography
Dr. Kevin Sheth is a founding Director of the Yale Center for Brain & Mind Health and the founding Chief of the Division of Neurocritical Care & Emergency Neurology. He leads prevention efforts in neurologically vulnerable populations and works towards advancing therapies for acute brain injury such as stroke and brain hemorrhage. In pioneering the development of new strategies to treat brain swelling, his work has changed the fundamental approach to brain injury in the ICU and spurred the creation of new technologies in drug delivery and neuroimaging. Highly collaborative, interdisciplinary efforts from the lab have culminated in the first phase III trial to prevent brain swelling in stroke, the first phase III NIH funded prevention trial in brain hemorrhage, and the deployment of the first portable bedside MRI for brain injury in the world. His team at Yale has served as a national model for academic critical care neurology units.
For full bio: https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/kevin-sheth/
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Jiwoong Shin
Professor of Marketing at the Yale School of Management
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Jiwoong enjoys traveling and immersing himself in new cultures and experiences. He is passionate about discovering new foods and considers himself a dedicated foodie, always on the lookout for exciting culinary adventures and hidden dining spots. Whether exploring a bustling city market or sampling local delicacies, Jiwoong loves to embrace the flavors and traditions of each place he visits.
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Joel Silverman
Director of Academic & Educational Affairs for Yale College
Biography
Dean of Morse College, 2007-2017. Author of The Legal Exhibitionist: Morris Ernst, Jewish Identity, and the Modern Celebrity Lawyer.
Dan Singer
Partner and Leader of the McKinsey & Company Global Sports and Gaming Practice
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Michael Skonieczny
Deputy Director Yale Institute for Global Health
Biography
Michael Skonieczny is Deputy Director for the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) and Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy). Mr. Skonieczny was the director of public policy for Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, where he led the organization’s advocacy efforts focused on expanding U.S. financial support for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Prior to Friends, he was a senior public policy officer at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, where he focused on global AIDS funding, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, pediatric treatment and related issues. Mr. Skonieczny was also a legislative assistant to Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), staffing her on appropriations and health-related issues. He has a B.A. from the Pennsylvania State University and an M.P.A. from George Washington University.