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!

Morse Fellows Sortable List [download]

A (7) | B (9) | C (10) | D (5) | E (2) | F (3) | G (7) | H (4) | K (13) | L (5) | M (11) | N (2) | O (2) | P (7) | Q (1) | R (6) | S (15) | T (2) | V (3) | W (6)

Dinny Wakerley

Happily Retired CPA and Educator

Biography

Dinny spent her career at Price Waterhouse (PW) and then PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), retiring in 2012. Her years were split between providing US tax advice to individuals living and working outside their home countries and designing, developing, and delivering technical training to the 7500 tax professionals at the firm. She also had operational responsibility for a $23,000,000 training budget.

Although she comes from New Haven and lives there now, Dinny spent 15 years in the UK with her husband and two (now grown) children.

Dinny received her BA from Connecticut College in New London and her MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

Interests:

Volunteering, fiction, puzzles, and needlework.

Offers assistance in:

Career advising, Serving as a reader for students preparing CVs and job or fellowship applications
Non-academic advising and mentoring

Contact Information:

dinnyw999@gmail.com
203-623-4943

Brendan Walsh

Senior Associate Provost, Global Strategy

Biography

Brendan has been working in international education and development for over 25 years, and joined Yale as its new Senior Associate Provost for Global Strategy in August of 2024. During his career, he has been a Senior Researcher in international education at New York University, a Senior Program Officer at the U.S. Department of State, and founded Stanford University’s Office of International Affairs in 2011. He earned a B.A. in history, with a minor in German, from the College of the Holy Cross, and a Ph.D. in international education from New York University, where his study on German history textbooks from 1949-1999 earned him NYU’s Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. He was a Fulbright Teaching Fellow in Vienna, Austria, was awarded the U.S. Department of State’s “Superior Honor Award,” and recently received the Scholars at Risk Network’s “Distinguished Service Award.”

Interests:

In his spare time, Brendan writes historical fiction, is an avid cyclist and cook, and continues his international education work as a consultant regarding leadership and organizational development.

Contact Information:

brendan.walsh@yale.edu

Alexis Wang

Assistant Professor & Research Scholar

Biography

Alexis Wang is Assistant Professor of art history at Binghamton University and a Research Scholar at the Institute of Sacred Music. She earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University, specializing in the visual and material cultures of medieval Europe and the Mediterranean basin. Her current research focuses on issues of materiality, cross-cultural exchange, and the intersections of art, science, and devotion in the medieval world. She is currently at work on her book project, The Embedded Object: Intermedial Surfaces in Medieval Mural Decoration, which is the first comprehensive study of the practice of embedding devotional objects, such as relics and painted panels, into monumental mural images in medieval Italian churches. Wang’s research has been supported by numerous grants and fellowships, including from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the Bibliotheca Hertziana, and the Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome.

Offers assistance in:

Advising and mentoring for upperclassmen, Career advising

Contact Information:

awang13@binghamton.edu

Renée Wellman

Deputy Director of International Development

Biography

Renée Wellman is a seasoned fundraising professional, having honed her expertise at some of the world’s leading institutions across higher education, conservation, and arts and culture. Currently, she is the deputy director of international development here at Yale and oversees work with the university’s community in Europe and Israel. Renée studied art history and French at Colgate University, and was a member of the Women’s Varsity Crew team. She completed an MA in Art Business at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London.

Interests:

Renée is a yoga teacher and offers weekly classes at Saraswati’s Yoga Joint in Norwalk. She is also an avid reader, traveler, and cook! 

Offers assistance in:

Advising and mentoring for upperclassmen, Career advising, Serving as a reader for students preparing CVs and job or fellowship applications

Contact Information:

renee.wellman@yale.edu

Kim Weston

Gallerist and Artist

Biography

In the last decade Kim Weston gallerist and artist has shared her spirit photography throughout New England, New York and New Jersey. She’s been featured in numerous exhibitions at the Fitchburg Art  Museum, the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, The Amistad Center for Art & Culture, International Center of Photography, Artspace New Haven, and the Ely Center of Contemporary Art. Yale Morse College holds Weston’s work in a permanent installation. Weston was also awarded the Land Acknowledgment Grant from the Greater New Haven Arts Council in 2022, where they feature her large scale photographs of indigenous dancers in a permanent installation on Audubon Street. She has received coverage in the New York Times, The Boston Globe, The New Haven Independent, and the Arts Paper. Her mentors include the late Maurice Berger, who nourished her love for and interest in spirit photography. 
 
In 2020, Kim began to lay the groundwork for Wábi Gallery in New Haven, which opened for its second round of classes last fall. A home for educational programming and intergenerational learning in the heart of the city.  It is named for the Algonquin word for “see.” an homage to both Weston’s Indigenous bloodline Mohawk and the Quinnipiac land on which the city stands.
 
Kim Weston holds a B.F.A. from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and an M.F.A. in Photography from Bard College. She and her wife, Laura Fuller-Weston, are the proud mothers to six beautiful children. 
 
 

Werner P. Wolf

Raymond Wean Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science, Professor Emeritus of Physics

Biography

Werner Wolf was a Yale professor of Engineering and Applied Science and professor of Physics for 39 years, and retired in 2002. Before that he was at Oxford University for 14 years as an undergraduate, graduate student and as a faculty member. His research field was Condensed Matter Physics (Magnetic materials and low temperatures). Professor Wolf was very active chairman, DUS and DGS for many years and has insight into the differences between Engineering, Applied Physics and Physics. He is also happy to provide insight into the significant differences between studying at Yale and at Oxford.

Interests:

In the past, Prof. Wolf has discussed applications for Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships with students planning to study in the United Kingdom and would be pleased to do that again. He has also traveled extensively in Europe and many other parts of the world, and is always interested in hearing about travel plans. Closer to home he is interested in chamber music and operas.

Contact Information:

werner.wolf@yale.edu