Dining Hall Manager: Greg Geanisis (203) 432-0425
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 Top row: Yolanda Barnes, Evette Faulkner, Stefanie Dickerson, Juanita Jones, Mark Pettigrew Bottom row: Kenneth Bush |  Top row: John Cummings, Marquise Best, Deno Hill, Andrea Cogdell Bottom row: Kecia Ricks, Jonese Webb |
Facilities Superintendent: Kirsta MacLellan (203) 432-0738
Custodial Services (203) 432-6888
Physical Plant - Emergency Repair (203) 432-6888
Left to right: John Clomon, Chris Waselik, Milo Spruill,
Belinda Franklin (Custodial Team Leader),
Kirsta MacLellan (Facilities Superintendent)
Daniel MacPhee, Corrine Wesh, daughter Annah, and son Bennett - E21
Sarah Weiss, Tony Day, and son Sam Day-Weiss - E31
Camille Avestruz is in her second year of the Physics PhD program. She’s originally from
New York, NY, then she went to boarding school in New Hampshire for high school. She
studied physics, mathematics, and dance in undergrad, and is now doing research in computational
cosmology.
Claudia Calhoun is a third-year PhD student in American Studies and Film Studies. She
grew up in Houston, Texas, graduated from Mount Holyoke College, and, after graduation,
worked in nonprofit fundraising in Washington, DC. She spent her junior year abroad in Dublin
and would be happy to talk about her experience studying abroad.
Tao Leigh Goffe is a second year Ph.D. student in American Studies. She is originally from
London but has lived most of her life in the Garden State. After graduating with a degree in
English from Princeton University in 2009, she was a media intern at a Brooklyn law firm that
focuses on immigration. Now she studies literary hauntings and the intersections and interactions
between Asian American Studies and African American studies. Tao is also a sabre fencer
and would be interested in starting a Calhoun club fencing team if students are interested.
Andy Horowitz is in his third year in the History PhD program, focusing on 20th century
American history. Born and raised in New Haven, Andy graduated from Yale College in 2003.
He then spent four years directing the New Haven Oral History Project at Yale, before moving
to Louisiana, where he worked at the public radio program American Routes. He has published
articles on the hamburger and the frozen bagel -- both, he’ll have you know, invented in New
Haven.
Rachel Jamison hails from Rochester, NY, and is a third year student in the School of
Medicine. After graduating from college (CC’08!), she found herself unable to leave Yale, and
enrolled in the MD/PhD program. She is currently doing her PhD work in a type 2 diabetes lab,
where she spends most of her time hanging out with obese rats. In her spare time, she enjoys
hazelnut coffee and YDN crosswords.
Eli Schachar grew up in Dallas, Texas, and is currently a second-year law student. In his two
years between college and law school, he first worked for a development economist in India
and then taught high-school math at a program in New York. Eli is interested in developing
his hip-hop dancing skills and excited to play with Calhoun’s IM soccer team.
Lauren Pearlman is a PhD Candidate in the American Studies and African American Studies
departments. She’s originally from outside of Philadelphia, but has lived in Connecticut
(where she attended Wesleyan a.k.a. the other best college in the state), Austin, Washington,
D.C., and Brooklyn. After college, she worked as a paralegal for a civil rights law firm and at
the Appleseed Foundation, a social justice organization that focuses on immigrant rights.
She ran three marathons last year and qualified for Boston on her third try! She’s happy to
talk to any Hounie interested in grad school, working at a nonprofit, paralegaling, running, or
anything else they’re interested in.
Isaiah Wilner grew up in Seattle, graduated from Yale, and returned to campus last year to
pursue a PhD. in History. After college he was a writer in New York, working for ABC News and
New York Magazine. Isaiah is a coordinator of the Writing History colloquium, which brings in
guest speakers to workshop manuscripts and talk about the craft of narrative. He likes learning
German and practicing yoga, and he’d be happy to speak with students about any or all of
these things, or whatever you’d like to talk about.
Ruthie Yow is a 4th year PhD student in American Studies and African-American Studies.
Ruthie graduated from the University of Virginia with degrees in poetry writing and American
Studies. After college, she spent two years with City Year in Washington, DC, where her work
focused on HIV education and outreach in middle and high schools. She’s a big proponent of
service programs and would love to talk to interested undergraduates about her experiences.
She loves to make pulled pork BBQ and brunswick stew and loves people who appreciate pork
‘n stew.
