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]
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/
Offers assistance in:
Contact Information:
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.
Interests:
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.
Offers assistance in:
Contact Information:
Jiwoong Shin
Professor of Marketing at the Yale School of Management
Biography
Interests:
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.
Offers assistance in:
Contact Information:
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
Biography
Offers assistance in:
Contact Information:
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.
Offers assistance in:
Contact Information:
Sara Smiley Smith
Assistant Provost for Planetary Solutions
Biography
Sara is the Assistant Provost for Planetary Solutions where she works to cultivate a campus-wide community of engaged problem solvers seeking solutions to the planetary crises we face. She received her Ph.D. in 2016 from the Yale School of the Environment (YSE), and also completed the joint master’s degree program between the School of Epidemiology and Public Health and YSE (2007). During her time at Yale, she has had the opportunity to work as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Research, and Sustainability at YSE, and in the University’s Office of Sustainability. Sara holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Political Science from Middlebury College (2004). She spent her childhood on the remnants of her family’s dairy farm in the small town of Winslow, Maine.
Contact Information:
Judy Spak
Head of Academic Research and Education at Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Biography
Judy Spak is Head of Academic Research and Education at Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. She provides in-depth reference, information, research, and consultation services for medical education professionals and trainees in the Yale health sciences community. She received her MLS from Southern Connecticut State University and a BA in the Humanities from Hofstra University. See her profile page for a detailed biography.
Interests:
Judy enjoys gardening, birdwatching, watching NY Rangers hockey and spending time with family, especially her Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Buddy.
Jessica Spector
The Academy Drinks, CEO Green Robin Farms, owner Yale College, Residential Seminar Lecturer
Biography
Jessica Spector is a cultural historian and former philosophy professor who founded the consultancy firm The Academy Drinks, and runs the experimental agroforestry farm Green Robin Farms. She is interested in the way story shapes identity, and societal taboos around alcohol, sex, and place. She holds an MA and PhD from The University of Chicago, as well as certifications and diplomas from several Scottish Whisky Academies and WSET. She is a member of the American Distilling Institute and the American Craft Spirits Association, and Director of Drink History and Culture at the Museum of Distilled Spirits. Her publications include work on philosophy, the sex industry, and cultural history. For the past several years, she has been teaching about drink culture and ethics in Yale College’s Residential Seminar program.
Offers assistance in:
Contact Information:
Kirie Stromberg
Postdoctoral Associate, ARCHAIA Program for the Study of Global Antiquity, Yale
Biography
Kirie is a humanistic archaeologist. A native of northern Illinois, she first came to Morse College as an undergraduate (class of ‘13) and finished with a double BA in English and Chinese, although she also took courses ranging from Constitutional Law to Opera History. During her undergraduate years, Kirie travelled to China frequently through the Light Fellowship. A Chinese archaeology course she took to fulfil a social science distributional requirement (and a paper she wrote on one particular bronze vessel in the Yale University Art Gallery) began a life-long fascination with East Asian material culture. After living in China for a year after graduation, she pursued a MPhil at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Cambridge. She completed her PhD at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA in 2023, entailing archaeological fieldwork focusing on excavated musical instruments in both China and Japan. She is thrilled to be back at Yale a postdoc and to be part of the Morse community once again.