Office of Graduate Affairs

Atiqua Prithu, International Economics and Finance master's student, talks about Brandeis's Women in Economics and Finance club, which she co-founded.

Vedanshi Shah, MS’26 in Computer Science, talks about her passion for adventure sports.

Anna Roche, Ancient Greek and Roman Studies master's student, talks about her work with the Classical Studies Artifact Research Collection, Brandeis's collection of ancient Mediterranean artifacts.

Cali McKenzie, Anthropology and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies master's student, talks about their research into the experiences of people outside the gender binary in the kink community.

Haley Talbert, Teacher Leadership master's student, talks about her passion for pickleball.

Emily Ziperman, Chemistry PhD student, talks about her research on directed evolution and collaborating with others in the lab.

Camille Sullivan, Molecular and Cell Biology PhD student, talks about her work facilitating mentorship at Brandeis and why good mentors are so important.

Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs Charles Golden and his team introduce themselves, what they do at Brandeis, and their passions beyond the office.

Daniel Ruggles, Politics PhD student, talks about his dissertation research on the way young conservatives built bureaucratic institutions.

Jin Zhao, Computer Science PhD student and MS’20 in Computational Linguistics, talks about her research, which uses Natural Language Processing to analyze the framing of news stories, and its interdisciplinary implications.

Mike Vivian, Neuroscience PhD student, talks about his passion for science and mentoring others in the field.

Cat Rosch, History PhD student, talks about knitting and dyeing yarn.

Neerja Garikipati, Biochemistry and Biophysics PhD student, talks about their research into enzymes and the fascination of exploring scientific questions.

Jessi Brewer, English PhD student, talks about her community-engaged research into prison abolition and its literary imagination.

Emily Calobrisi, Psychology PhD student and MA’21 in Psychology, talks about her experience as a competitive ballroom dancer.

Antares Brown, Philosophy master's student, talks about their research into the philosophy of disability.

Abichael Belizaire, Chemistry PhD student, talks about his quest to find hobbies for his off hours to help him maintain a good work-life balance.

Lingxuan Liang, Near Eastern and Judaic Studies PhD student and MA’23 in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, talks about her research into Jewish Americans and transracial, transnational adoption and how her project has evolved.

Ali Puskulcu, Music Composition and Theory PhD student, talks about his journey and process as a composer.

The GSAS staff introduce themselves and their passions.

Zachary Curtis, Physics PhD student, talks about his work in the Science Communication Lab and why he thinks clear science communication is so important.

Manning Zhang, Sociology and Social Policy PhD student, talks about her research into gymgoers in the Boston area and how it relates to her interests in culture and health.

Anna Valcour, Musicology PhD student, talks about her immersion in opera as both a performer and a researcher.

Brynna Kilcline, Computational Linguistics master's student, talks about her love of reading and how it helps her de-stress.

Jillian Franks, Psychology PhD student, talks about her research into empathy and the surprising ways her passion for theater has informed it.

Joseph Weisberg, History PhD student, talks about his research on Jewish American relationships to slavery and how he arrived at this focus.

Medha Asthana, Anthropology PhD student, talks about their love for music in all spheres of life.

Ayla Cordell, English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies master's student, talks about her role on the GSAS professional development team.

Anjali Pandey, Molecular and Cell Biology PhD student, talks about science and telling its stories.

Joshua Perlmutter, Mathematics PhD student, talks about watching and ranking movies with friends.

Miranda Peery, English PhD student, talks about her range of teaching experiences.