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!

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Veronica Maria Tomasic, Ph.D., J.D.

Lawyer

Biography

Veronica Tomasic received her Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale in 2001. She graduated from Quinnipiac School of Law that same year. As a graduate student at Yale, she TA’d in the English, African American Studies, Film Studies, and (what was then known as) Women’s Studies departments. She also taught English 115A. Ms.Tomasic was a Marcia Brady Tucker Fellow at the Yale Art Gallery. Her doctoral dissertation was titled, Representations of the Inner Life in an Age of Transition: The Work of Edward Hopper, Richard Wright, Jacob Lawrence, James Agee, Walker Evans, and select Hollywood Filmmakers. Alan Trachtenberg was her dissertation advisor.
 
After graduating from law school, she worked as a law clerk for New Haven Superior Court judges. She now practices probate law, representing elderly, mentally ill, and disabled clients in local probate courts. She is frequently a substitute decision maker for patients who are unable to make healthcare decisions for themselves, and she has written about end-of-life matters.

Interests:

Ms. Tomasic is the widow of renowned composer and former faculty and Morse Fellow Ingram Marshall. Her son and daughter-in-law are MD’s and she has 2 fierce granddaughters.

She loves gardens, parks, and public spaces, and she is always up for a walk around campus to admire Yale’s architecture. She speaks Italian.

Offers assistance in:

Academic advising for first-year students, Advising and mentoring for upperclassmen
Applying to law and medical schools

Contact Information:

veronicatomasic@gmail.com
203-789-0874

Rebecca Toseland

Senior Lecturer, Economics; Former Morse Resident Fellow

Biography

Rebecca Toseland is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics and the Director of Research Support at the Tobin Center for Economic Policy. Previously, she was a Research Scholar at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Harvard University. Her research and teaching interests span a variety of domestic policy issues including economic mobility, education, housing, health, and the environment. She received a B.A. in Economics and Environmental Studies from Yale University as a member of the other best residential college at Yale (Timothy Dwight – Ashé!). She also holds an M.A. in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. 

She is one of four Morse affiliates who provides advising and mentoring for upperclassmen through the Yale Department of Economics; an appointment can be booked here.

Interests:

When she’s not working, you can often find her climbing a mountain, scuba diving on coral reefs, or otherwise exploring the world.

Offers assistance in:

Academic advising for first-year students, Career advising, Connecting students to internships or other opportunities

Contact Information:

rebecca.toseland@yale.edu
203-432-3547