Kudos October 2024
Celebrating Tufts Faculty and Staff
Kudos is a monthly submissions-based roundup celebrating university faculty and staff—awards, honors, thought leadership, new arrivals, and more. Share your own great news or recognize a colleague at go.tufts.edu/kudos.
AS&E Shared: Amory Wakefield, Assoc Dir Career Svcs, Career Services
AS&E Shared: Rebecca Corke, Asst Dir Career Services, Career Services
AS&E Shared: Anthony Pape, Asst Dir Financial Aid, Financial Aid
AS&E Shared: Susana Ferradás, Dir Counsel & Mental Hlth Svcs, Health Services
AS&E Shared: Erica Diaz, Medical Assistant, Health Services
ASE& Shared: Emma Roney, Asst Dir Campus Life, Office for Campus Life
AS&E Shared: Nicholas Ong, Residence Life Coordinator, Residential Life & Learning
AS&E Shared: Michael Walker, Student Services Rep, Student Services Center - A&S
Advancement: Jennifer Knight, Prospect Development Analyst, UA-Advancement Operations
Advancement: Paige Mellman, Asst Dir Travel-Learn, UA-Alumni Relations
Advancement: Laurie Cormier, Sr Dir Devel & Alumni Rel Vet, UA-Cummings Dev & Alumni Rel
Advancement: Vendela Norris, Administrative Coordinator, UA-Dental Dev & Alumni Rel
Advancement: Hunter Jensen, Asst Director Tufts Fund, UA-Fletcher Dev & Alumni Rel
Arts and Sciences: Atoosa Parsa, Postdoctoral Scholar, A&S Faculty Affairs
Arts and Sciences: Fatima Hussain, Assistant Professor, Biology - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Ganapathy Sriram, Lecturer, Biology - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Vivian Gu, Research Tech, Biology - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Danielle Steadman, Sr Research Technician, Biology - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Dennis Meier, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Zhenhuan Zhao, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Brandon McDonald, Assistant Professor, Classical Studies - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Charles Pletcher, Lecturer, Classical Studies - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Alexandra Collins, Assistant Professor, Community Health-A&S
Arts and Sciences: Jordan Jurinsky, Assistant Professor, EP Child Study & Human Dev
Arts and Sciences: Catherine Raeff, Instructor, EP Child Study & Human Dev
Arts and Sciences: Vidisha Wani, Assistant Researcher, Economics - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Allentza Michel, Instructor, Education - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Emily Gatchell, Lecturer, Education - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Alicia Gray, Lecturer, Education - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Nathan Lanning, Lecturer, Experimental College
Arts and Sciences: Brittany Velikaneye, Lecturer, Experimental College
Arts and Sciences: Douglas Smith, Lecturer, Experimental College
Arts and Sciences: Carlos Bracamontes, Lecturer, Experimental College
Arts and Sciences: Raphael Leeman, Lecturer, Experimental College
Arts and Sciences: Rob Grace, Lecturer, Experimental College
Arts and Sciences: Julie Dalton, Lecturer, Experimental College
Arts and Sciences: Mat Rappaport, Professor of the Practice, Film & Media Studies
Arts and Sciences: Tamar Slavitt, Program Manager, Graduate Arts & Sciences
Arts and Sciences: Paul Polgar, Lecturer, History - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Isadora Dannin, Lecturer, History of Art & Architecture
Arts and Sciences: Banafsheh Akbari, Lecturer, Mathematics - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Emily Meehan, Lecturer, Mathematics - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Nima Hoda, Norbert Wiener Fellow, Mathematics - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Seulip Lee, Norbert Wiener Fellow, Mathematics - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Rejane De Musis, Community Music Instructor, Music - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Rane Moore, Music Private Lesson Instruct, Music - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Merve Tapinc, Lecturer, Philosophy - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Jana Grcevich, Lecturer, Physics & Astronomy - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Mordechai Levy-Eichel, Lecturer, Political Science - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Liza Williams, Lecturer, Political Science - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Alon Burstein, Visiting Scholar, Political Science - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Alaina Baker, Lecturer, Psychology - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Anne Fast, Lecturer, Psychology - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Isabela Machado De Oliveira Fraga, Assistant Professor, Romance Studies - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Alfonso Sanchez-Moya, Lecturer, Romance Studies - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Sonal Sharma, Assistant Professor, Sociology - A&S
Arts and Sciences: Dennis Murphy, Lecturer, Urban & Enviro Policy & Plan
Arts and Sciences: Shubham Singh, Postdoctoral Scholar, Urban & Enviro Policy & Plan
Arts and Sciences: Galen Bunting, Lecturer, Women's,Gender,Sexuality Prgm
Central Administration: Katie Bergmann, Assistant Coach Lacrosse, Athletics
Central Administration: Melanie Mandell, Assistant Coach Softball, Athletics
Central Administration: Katherine Rafuse, Assistant Coach XC & Track, Athletics
Central Administration: Allison Mamishian- Rajotte, Occupational Health Nurse, Occupational Health
Cummings: Nicole Gibbs, Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Sciences-Cummings-Vet
Cummings: Amber Silva, Sr Research Technician, Department of Research
Cummings: Angelina (Angie) Calder, Animal Care Attendant, Foster Hosp - Cummings-Vet
Cummings: Elnaz Troiano, FHSA Hospital Administrator, Foster Hosp - Cummings-Vet
Cummings: Selena Miller, Veterinary Assistant, Foster Hosp - Cummings-Vet
Cummings: Kacie Grenier, Veterinary Assistant, Foster Hosp - Cummings-Vet
Cummings: Ashley Christian, Veterinary Technician I, Foster Hosp - Cummings-Vet
Cummings: Marissa Dibari, Veterinary Technician II, Foster Hosp - Cummings-Vet
Cummings: Kobrah Galasyn, Animal Care Attendant, Large Animal Hosp-Cummings-Vet
Cummings: Amelia Rose, Veterinary Technician I, Large Animal Hosp-Cummings-Vet
Cummings: Allison Sedlock, Teaching Technician, Professional Ed-Cummings-Vet
Cummings: Jenny Lau, Administrative Coordinator, Student Services-Cummings-Vet
Dental: Sierra Spargo, Call Center Coordinator, Clinical Operations
Dental: Karina Belussi Asenjo, Assistant Professor, Comprehensive Care
Dental: Parvathy Rajagopal, Radiology Dent Asst II, Diagnostic Sciences-Radiology
Dental: Negin Katebi, Associate Professor, Orthodontics - Dental
Dental: Russell Taichman, Professor & Chair, Periodontology - Dental
Dental: Christine Adams, Patient Registration Coord, Public Health & Comm Service
Dental: Jason Zhao, Administrative Coordinator, Research Administration Staff
Dental: Valerie Ramos, Patient Financial Coordinator, Revenue Cycle Operations
Dining: Riccardo Coluzzi, Assistant Unit Manager, Dewick Dining
Dining: Athanasios Retzios, Second Cook, Dewick Dining
Engineering: Juan Aguilera Moreno, Research Tech, Biomedical Engineering
Engineering: Ewa Sroczyk, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemical & Biological Engineer
Engineering: Ting Zhang, Postdoctoral Scholar, Civil & Envir Engineering
Engineering: Rangrang Zheng, Postdoctoral Scholar, Civil & Envir Engineering
Engineering: Dawn Geraci, Lecturer, Gordon Institute
Fletcher: Christopher Hauptfeld, Administrative Coordinator, Academic Support-Fletcher
Fletcher: Lorinc Redei, Adjunct Professor, Instruction - Fletcher School
Fletcher: Liliya Khasanova, Visiting Scholar, Instruction - Fletcher School
Fletcher: Zhiwei Yang, Visiting Scholar, Instruction - Fletcher School
Fletcher: Emma Stevens, Staff Assistant, Student Services-Fletcher
Friedman: Yarisbel Melo Herrera, Postdoctoral Scholar, Christina Economos Research
Friedman: Bingbing Fan, Postdoctoral Scholar, Dariush Mozaffarian Research
Friedman: Nicole Cunningham-Frisbey, Adjunct Instructor, Instruction
Friedman: Laporchia Collins, Assistant Professor, LaPorchia Collins Research
GSBS: William White, Postdoctoral Scholar, IRACDA Department
HNRCA: Erfei Zhao, Postdoctoral Scholar, Epidemiology-HNRC
HNRCA: Stefaniya Brown, Sr Research Coordinator, Metabolic Research Unit-HNRC
Medical: Neal Darmody, Lab Instructor, DPT Lab Instructors
Medical: Lisa Grant, Lab Instructor, DPT Lab Instructors
Medical: Andrea Patino, Research Administrator II, Dev, Mol & Chem Bio/Medical
Medical: Vanessa Carignan, Sr Research Technician, Dev, Mol & Chem Bio/Medical
Medical: Mary Bland, Admissions Counselor, Graduate Student Services
Medical: Mohammad Karimian Shamsabadi, Postdoctoral Scholar, Microbiology-Basic Sci/Medical
Medical: Bixi He, Postdoctoral Scholar, Microbiology-Basic Sci/Medical
Medical: Heather Crespin, Program Coordinator, Physician Assistant Program
Medical: Carolina De Sousa Lima Azevedo, Project Administrator, Public Health & Community Med
Operations: Nhut Le, Electrician, Facilities Services - Boston
Operations: Derek Nuzzo, Electrician, Facilities Services - Boston
Operations: Gabrielle Blum, Interior Designer, Office of VP Operations
Operations: Angely Montilla, Campus Security Officer I, Public Safety - Boston
Operations: Joshua Jean-Rene, Campus Security Officer I, Public Safety - Medford
Operations: Elizabeth Smith, Campus Space Planner Grafton, VP Operations Administration
Provost: Charles Almeida, Lab Animal Caretaker, CMS
Provost: John-Paul Haley-Read, Rodent Breedg Svce Supervisor, CMS
Provost: Laura Mcdermott, Sr Research Asst, Office of the Vice Provost
Provost: Kayla Mccabe, Workplace Safety Manager, Office of the Vice Provost
Provost: Sally Johnson, Assistant Archivist, Tufts Archival Research Center
Provost: Hayley Mercer, Records Archivist, Tufts Archival Research Center
SMFA at Tufts: Erica Bello, Lecturer, SMFA
SMFA at Tufts: Valerie Polgar, Lecturer, SMFA
SMFA at Tufts: Cagri Zaman, Lecturer, SMFA
SMFA at Tufts: Tycho Horan, Lecturer, SMFA
Tisch College: Napakadol Kittisenee, Lecturer, Tisch College
Tisch College: Louisa Terrell, Visiting Scholar, Tisch College
University College: Joshua Wilson, Instructor, UC Programmatic Payroll
University Relations: Justin Macdowell, Title IX Investigator, Office of Equal Opportunity
University Relations: Stephen Palermo, Marketing Project Manager, University Comms & Marketing
Riccardo Giacconi, professor of the practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, has been selected as the 2024–25 recipient of the Harvard Film Study Center-LEF Foundation Fellowship.
Justin Hollander, professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at the School of Arts and Sciences, Karen Jacobsen, Henry J. Leir Professorship in Global Migration at The Fletcher School, were awarded a grant from the United States Agency for International Development under its Program for Local and Urban Sustainability to continue their ongoing collaboration with Makerere University on urban development/pollution challenges in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda. Numerous Tufts students have been a part of this work and three graduate students, Elijah Mensah, AG24, Kyle Hammond, A25, AG26, and Sonya Sternlieb, AG23, travelled to Uganda last year. Also, Hollander, Jacobsen, Sternlieb, and Abay Yimere, affiliate at The Fletcher School, alongside colleagues from Woodwell Climate Research Center, authored “Urban policy responses to climate hazards in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia” in the journal City and Environment Interactions.
Sunah Hyun, senior researcher, Peter Levine, associate dean for academic affairs and Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Diane Ryan, associate dean for programs and administration, all at Tisch College, were awarded a 2024 Capacity-Building Grant from Wake Forest University. This grant will enable the team to enhance existing evaluation tools within higher education that assess students’ civic character.
Melinda Latour, associate professor of music, was awarded the Morris D. Forkosch Book Prize for Best First Book in Intellectual History for her book, The Voice of Virtue: Moral Song and the Practice of French Stoicism, 1574-1652, published by Oxford University Press in 2023.
Tareina Rogers, D25, received the Audacity to Dream Leadership Award from the National Dreamers and Achievers Foundation. The award celebrates those who are not afraid to envision a better future and take decisive actions to bring that vision to life. Through her groundbreaking work in leadership roles across organized dentistry and public-health endeavors, Rogers has not only set ambitious goals but has also inspired others to challenge boundaries and pursue their own dreams with courage and conviction, the foundation said.
Oxana Shevel, associate professor of political science at the School of Arts and Sciences, was elected president of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. The Slavic Studies Association in its various incarnations has been the leading international scholarly organization devoted to the region since 1948.
Yolanda Smith, executive director of public safety, was awarded the Civil Rights Law Enforcement Leadership by Action Award from the National Organization of Law Enforcement Executives in New Orleans.
Noah Stiegler, E25, recently won a Tau Beta Pi Scholarship. This year, 253 engineering students across the country were selected for the prestigious honor from a large pool of candidates. Awardees are chosen for their high levels of scholarship, campus leadership and service, and promise in making future contributions to the engineering profession.
Natasha Warikoo, Lenore Stern Professor in Social Sciences, was named a co-winner of the Award for Public Sociology presented by the American Sociological Association’s International Migration Section and a co-awardee of the Public Sociology Award (Post Tenure Award) from the Eastern Sociological Society.
Jenny Aker, research professor, and Melita Sawyer, program director of the Academic Support Center, both at The Fletcher School, co-authored a VoxDev article “What do we know about literacy learning in adulthood?”
Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, the Julia A. Okoro Professor of Black Maternal Health, is quoted in a Bloomberg article titled “As Rural Hospitals Shutter Maternity Wards, Urban Ones Follow.” Amutah-Onukagha warns that the recent maternity ward closures in rural and suburban areas directly contribute to maternal morbidity.
Denise Bates, dean of University College and professor of history in the School of Arts and Sciences, was part of a group of historians interviewed for the Journal of American History podcast as a follow-up to a panel titled Neither the One nor the Other: The Native South in a Black and White World after 1900 presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting for the Organization of American Historians in New Orleans.
Jessica Bates, associate dean of academic and student affairs for University College, recently co-authored an article in the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education titled “Cultivating Critical Thinking Skills: A Pedagogical Study in a Business Statistics Course.”
Ruby Belle Booth, researcher at the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), spoke with NBC Boston and Barron’s on what factors shape young voters’ participation.
Thomas Qitong Cao, assistant professor of technology policy at The Fletcher School, is quoted in a Financial Times article about Chinese perceptions of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Sean Cash, Bergstrom Foundation Professor in Global Nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, shared information in The Christian Science Monitor about how a tight labor supply during the pandemic has driven up food prices.
Bhaskar Chakravorti, dean of global business at The Fletcher School, profiled Kamala Harris’s record on AI in an opinion piece for Foreign Policy. On the Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast Chakravorti explained Kamala Harris’s approach to AI policy.
Rishabh Chaudhary, graduate student, Luisa Chiesa, professor of mechanical engineering, Robert White, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and Zijia Zhao, Ph.D. candidate, all at the School of Engineering, alongside colleagues from other institutions, authored research titled “Modeling and characterization of gas coupled ultrasonic transducers at low pressures and temperatures and implications for sonic anemometry on Mars” in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Articles about the findings of the research appeared in Popular Science and EurekAlert from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Additionally, White spoke with Across Acoustics, an American Acoustical Society podcast, about his work developing a Mars Sonic Anemometer.
Michael Cohen, instructor, Christopher Preble, affiliate, and Monica Duffy Toft, professor of international politics, all at The Fletcher School, coauthored the Foreign Affairs article “America’s Missed Chance in Afghanistan.” Cohen, Preble, and Toft investigated flaws in American war planning for The Fletcher School’s Center for Strategic Studies’ Afghanistan Assumptions Project, and this essay draws on the project’s findings. Additionally, Toft was one of 10 scholars interviewed for a Responsible Statecraft article.
Laura Corlin, an associate professor of public health and community medicine at the School of Medicine, was quoted in an Indian Express article “Scientists keep finding heavy metals in dark chocolate. Should you worry?” New research shows dark chocolate may contain heavy metals, and Corlin, who was not involved in the research, advises moderation, noting small amounts are safe, but frequent consumption could add risk.
Tom Dannenbaum, associate professor of international law at The Fletcher School, authored “Unforced Error: Article 124 and the Regrettable Caveat to Ukraine’s Proposed Ratification of the ICC Statute” in Just Security. Dannenbaum also authored an article in D+C titled “How ICC is relevant in civil war in Sudan’s Darfur region.”
Mary Davis, senior associate vice provost for education and associate professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, authored a new book, Jobs, Health, and the Meaning of Work. Read more about the book on Tufts Now.
David Delvalle, former Tufts University Prison Initiative of the Tisch College of Civic Life (TUPIT) student and Tufts junior, comments on how TUPIT impacted the culture at MCI-Concord, in The Bay State Banner.
Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation at The Fletcher School, wrote the BBC article “Famine hits Sudan as peace talks fall short yet again” and was quoted in a BBC article titled “Will more stars boycott Dubai after rapper Macklemore?” de Waal also authored the Think Global Health article “The Deep Imprints of Gaza’s Humanitarian Catastrophe.”
Elizabeth Dowling, research professor in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Erin Kelly, professor of philosophy at The Fletcher School, and Jonathan Tirrell, director of the Generous Listening and Dialogue Center and research associate professor at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, attended the Listening and Leading: The Art and Science of Peace, Resilience, and Transformational Justice conference in Kigali, Rwanda. The conference, co-hosted by Aegis Trust, Tufts University, and the University of Rwanda, commemorated the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. It brought together more than 400 scholars, practitioners, policymakers, dignitaries, religious leaders, artists, and community peacebuilders to share lessons and envision a just and peaceful future. Aegis Trust announced the launch of a global center for peacebuilding, the Is?ko Peace Institute, planned to include education, research, and memory work to promote peace and end identity-based violence. Dowling, Kelly, and Tirrell are continuing a research-practice partnership between Tufts and Aegis Trust intended to develop evaluation tools and a theory of change and for the Aegis Trust Peace and Values Education programs, to be amplified and scaled through the Is?ko Peace Institute. The partnership between Tufts University and Aegis Trust, including the hosting of the Listening and Leading conference, is supported by the Templeton World Charity Foundation.
Daniel Drezner, Distinguished Professor of International Politics at The Fletcher School, authored the Foreign Affairs article “How Everything Became National Security” and appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss this essay. Drezner was also quoted in a Financial Times article titled “How national security has transformed economic policy.”
Johanna Dwyer, professor of medicine at Tufts Medical Center, co-authored an American Society on Aging article titled “Food Is Medicine.”
David Ekbladh, professor of history in the School of Arts and Sciences, wrote The Conversation article “No, the world isn’t heading toward a new Cold War–it’s closer to the grinding world order collapse of the 1930s.”
Alex Flynn, E26, and the United States Para Rowing mixed coxed four team earned silver medals at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium at the Paralympic Games in Paris. Read more on Tufts Now. In advance of the Games, Flynn was featured by NESCAC in an article.
Kerri Greenidge, Mellon Associate Professor in the Department of Race, Colonialism and Diaspora, had her book The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family selected as one of three finalists for this year’s Frederick Douglass Book Prize from the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University.
Kevin Grossklaus, affiliate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, John McElearney, graduate research assistant, T. Pan Menasuta, Ph.D. candidate, and Thomas Vandervelde, professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, all at the School of Engineering, authored “Determination of the Complex Refractive Index of GaSb1—xBix by Variable-Angle Spectroscopic Ellipsometry” in the journal Physica Status Solidi (a). Read more about the research on the School of Engineering’s website.
Phil Haydon, the Annetta and Gustav Grisard Professor of Neuroscience at the School of Medicine, sailed to first place in the double-handed division at the 53rd Newport Bermuda Race. Haydon sailed for his charity, Sail for Epilepsy, which he launched in 2019 to help empower people with epilepsy to live fuller lives, educate the public about the condition, and raise funds for research toward a cure. Read more about Haydon and his recent experience competing in the 53rd Newport Bermuda Race on Tufts Now.
Eric Hines, professor of the practice in civil and environmental engineering and Kentaro Tsutsumi Faculty Fellow, joined a panel on NPR’s 1A podcast to discuss promises and address concerns of wind power.
Evan Horowitz, director of the Center for State Policy Analysis (cSPA), is quoted on the impact of the Massachusetts millionaire’s tax in the State House News Service and is quoted in the Boston Globe on failed efforts by the state legislature to address flaws within the unemployment insurance system.
John Howard, lecturer in the Department of English, authored a hybrid creative and critical essay on magic realism in the Cincinnati Review titled “A Magical, Marvelous, or Fantastic Chronicle of Death Not Yet Told.”
Shafiqul Islam, professor of civil and environmental engineering, wrote two op-ed articles for the Daily Star: One about the crucial role that engineering diplomacy can play in effective disaster management, and the other about Bangladesh’s path to principled governance.
Ayesha Jalal, Mary Richardson Professor of History, was quoted in the Geo News article “77 years on, Pakistan’s journey from green and white to grey.”
Y. Natalie Jeong, periodontist and chair at the School of Dental Medicine, is quoted throughout the AOL article “Gum disease: causes, risks, prevention and when to see your dentist.” Jeong’s expertise was also recently featured in a Tufts Now article on oil pulling.
Stefania Kapsetaki, research associate in the Department of Biology at the School of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in The Scientist article about research that she authored while she was at Arizona State University.
Barbara Kates-Garnick, professor of the practice at The Fletcher School, spoke to Marketplace about how natural disasters impact utilities costs.
Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, senior director of the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), outlines ways to engage young people and help them grow as voters and leaders “far beyond this election cycle” in a US News & World Report op-ed.
Abby Kiesa, associate director at the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), discusses CIRCLE’s youth voter data in The New Yorker, USA Today, and on the podcast The Gist.
Tanner Kimpel, student at The Fletcher School, wrote an article for The Wilson Center exploring the economic ties between the United States and Vietnam. Kimpel interned at center’s Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition this past summer.
Cynthia Kinnan, associate professor of economics, co-authored the VoxDev article “Pricing health insurance in India.”
Lilly Lee, doctoral fellow at The Fletcher School, co-authored a RealClearWorld article titled “Beijing’s Play for Taiwan’s Young Voices Intensifies.”
Pavel Luzin, visiting scholar at The Fletcher School, is quoted in an inews.co.uk article, in which he describes the Ukrainian incursion into Russian territory and its impact on the Russian psyche.
Jiantao Ma, assistant professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, was a senior author on the study “Epigenetic Age Mediates the Association of Life’s Essential 8 With Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality,” published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Ma is also featured in a Health article discussing his research on the impact of heart-healthy lifestyle habits on biological aging.
Revati Masilamani, assistant professor of medical education at the School of Medicine, discusses in a New England Journal of Medicine podcast why there is a need for a multitiered mentoring program aimed at supporting pathways to biomedical careers for students from diverse backgrounds.
Jen McAndrew, senior director of communications, strategy, and planning at Tisch College, is quoted in the U.S. News & World Report article “How to Vote as a College Student.”
Meredith McLain, assistant professor of political science, authored an article in Political Research Quarterly. Entitled “The Traceability of Presidential Policymaking in the Face of Congressional Sanctioning,” the paper examines an original dataset of executive orders, published memoranda, and unpublished memoranda issued between 1981 and 2020. It demonstrates how presidents can overcome legislative checks by altering the traceability of their unilateral directives.
Alberto Medina, senior communications specialist at the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), discusses Gen Z civic engagement in the Daily Mail Online. Medina and CIRCLE research about youth voters were featured in a Voice of America video.
Chris Miller, professor of international history at The Fletcher School, was interviewed for a CNBC Squawk Box segment where he discussed the state of the U.S.-China chip war, impact on the chip sector, how effective the export restrictions have been, impact on China’s AI capabilities, and more. Miller also discussed U.S.-China competition for an AEI Political Economy podcast episode and was interviewed for a Financial Times’s FT Podcast episode on who is winning the chip war.
Jared Miller, doctoral student at The Fletcher School, explores how an oil price shock impacted Nigerian governance in an article in the journal Environment and Security.
Marcia Moreno-Báez, research professor, and Rockford Weitz, professor of the practice in maritime studies, both at The Fletcher School, authored The Conversation article “As a high school teacher and as governor, Tim Walz has tapped the power of geographic information systems, or GIS, to solve complex problems.”
Dariush Mozaffarian, dean emeritus and director of the Food is Medicine Institute at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Meng Wang, research assistant professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, were authors on new research published in the journal Circulation: Heart Failure titled “Trimethylamine N-Oxide and Related Gut Microbe-Derived Metabolites and Incident Heart Failure Development in Community-Based Populations.” A Medical XPress article about the research was also published. Additionally, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation has recognized Mozaffarian with the NACDS Foundation’s inaugural Cultivating Innovation in Care Award. The NACDS Foundation presented the award at the 26th annual NACDS Foundation dinner, held in Boston during the 2024 NACDS Total Store Expo.
Ethan Murrow, professor of the practice at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, presented his solo exhibition, Twig, at Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York.
Chidi Odinkalu, professor of the practice in international human rights law at The Fletcher School, was quoted in the Financial Times article “The foreign powers competing to win influence in Africa.”
Kenneth Pucker, professor of the practice at The Fletcher School, wrote the Harvard Business Review article “Companies Are Scaling Back Sustainability Pledges. Here’s What They Should Do Instead.”
Gat Rauner, research assistant professor of developmental, molecular and chemical biology at the School of Arts and Sciences, authored The Conversation article “Mammary glands in a dish—what miniature organs reveal about evolution, lactation, regeneration and breast cancer.”
Brian Schaffner, Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies and professor of political science, comments on the strategy behind Kamala Harris’s selection of a vice presidential running mate in The Financial Times.
Kelly Siegel-Stechler, senior researcher at the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), commented on young people’s reactions to Tim Walz in Politico.
Kim Sims Gallagher, dean of The Fletcher School, was quoted in a New York Times article titled “U.S. Election Looms Over Climate Talks with China.”
Camilo Riquelme Guzmán, postdoctoral student of biomedical engineering, David Kaplan, Stern Family Professor of Engineering, and Andrew Stout, entrepreneur in residence research and development, authored a new paper in the journal iScience titled “Unlocking the potential of cultivated meat through cell line engineering.”
Tara Sonenshine, professor of the practice at The Fletcher School, wrote an op-ed titled “Gaza’s fighting pauses for vaccines show power of health diplomacy” for The Baltimore Sun.
David Staskin, associate professor of urology, shares insights on the COURAGE Trial, showing how the medication Vibegron can improve urinary symptoms in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and persistent overactive bladder (OAB).
Sara Suzuki, senior researcher at the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), speaks about young people running for political office in The Financial Times and about the youth vote in Arizona on KAWC.
Kenson Truong, associate director of graduate programs at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, had his exhibition, Usurper, on view at the Boston Sculptors Gallery. An article in Sampan further details Truong’s work.
Abiodun Williams, professor of the practice at The Fletcher School, discussed his new book Kofi Annan and Global Leadership at the United Nations in an International Leadership Association Leadership Perspectives webinar. The book was also reviewed in Passblue. Williams gave the opening lecture in the Global Affairs Series at Pearson College UWC (Vancouver Island) for the college’s 50th anniversary celebration.
Farshid Vahedifard, professor and Louis Berger Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering, is quoted in a Boston Globe story on extreme heat and rail infrastructure titled “When it gets too hot in New England, here’s why you can expect train delays.” Additionally, Vahedifard was awarded a 2024 Senior Scholar Fellowship from Nanjing University in China. The fellowship supports exceptional scholars from outside China to visit the university on a short-term basis and conduct joint academic activities with students and faculty at the university in the spirit of international collaboration. Each year, only three internationally recognized scholars are awarded the fellowship.
Researchers from the Department of Developmental, Molecular, and Chemical Biology at the School of Medicine, the Program in Pharmacology and Drug Development at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and the Program in Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, alongside those from other institutions, authored “A nanobody against the V-ATPase c subunit inhibits metastasis of 4T1-12B breast tumor cells to lung in mice” in the journal Oncotarget. An article about this research appeared in Medical XPress.
Alison Blanchard was promoted to administrative coordinator at the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO).
Luisa Chiesa was promoted to full professor of mechanical engineering.
Michael Chin, has been named dean of the School of Medicine. Chin has been the school’s dean ad interim since July 2023 and director of the M.D./Ph.D. Medical Scientist Training Program since 2020.
Krissy Day was promoted to senior deputy executive associate dean for University College.
Yu-Ting Dingle was promoted to lecturer of biomedical engineering.
Miles Donovan has been promoted to studio manager in the Digital Design Studio at Tisch Library.
Kim Forero-Arnías has been promoted to head of the Digital Design Studio at Tisch Library.
Kelly Sims Gallagher has been named dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Sims Gallagher has been a driving force at Fletcher for more than 15 years, and most recently served as interim dean since July 2023.
Sue Grodberg was promoted to senior project coordinator at the Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences (CABCS).
Mark Hempstead was promoted to full professor of electrical and computer engineering.
Anna Kijas has been promoted to assistant director of digital scholarship and Lilly Music Library.
Liping Liu received tenure and was promoted to associate professor of computer science.
Jill Parlee was promoted to director of programs and operations at the Tufts Gordon Institute.
Rebekah Plotkin has been named the inaugural director for the Center for Professional and Workforce Impact within University College.
Jivko Sinapov received tenure and was promoted to associate professor of computer science.
Brian Timko received tenure and was promoted to associate professor of biomedical engineering.
James Van Deventer received tenure and was promoted to associate professor of chemical and biological engineering.