I have been a non-resident pre-med tutor since 2005. My wife and I live just a block from Pfoho, and I have taken advantage of that to try to be an active member of the House. I eat at the House twice a week on the average, and we come to concerts, Pforums and the like. I have also rowed with the Pfoho IM crew for the past three years, and I plan to continue to do that as long as my erg scores are competitive. I am always happy to chat with members of the House, and I hope that anyone who sees me in the dining room will feel free to introduce themselves and join me. I have other interests besides medicine and psychiatry. I am trained both as a psychiatrist and psychologist and I am professionally active. My primary work is at Mass General where I am part of the Law & Psychiatry program in the Department of Psychiatry. I do some clinical teaching, some clinical research, see patients, evaluate a wide variety of people involved with the law—from persons facing a death sentence, to police officers with ptsd, and other problems that arise in a legal or adversarial context. I am also an Associate Medical Director at the Office of Clinical Affairs for Massachusetts Medicaid. I’m involved in a couple of projects there—one on a possible diabetogenic effect of psychotropic medication, and one on the health impact of FDA black box warnings. Lastly I serve as the (very part time) medical director for a substance abuse program in Boston. For most of my working life I have been a public sector psychiatrist, and my enduring commitment clinically is to poor people who are sick and/or in trouble.

Erin (Clifford) Carey graduated from Pfoho in 2001 with an A.B. in cognitive neuroscience. After graduation, she spent six years working at Fidelity Investments in employee benefits administration. She married her high school boyfriend Colin (a B.U. grad) in 2004 and now lives with him and their cat in Clinton, Massachusetts. Erin is thrilled to be continuing her Harvard career as a Ph.D. student in Health Policy, in the economics track. Her academic interests center around behavioral economics - the intersection of psychology and economics - and her long-term goal is to improve access to health insurance coverage in the U.S. As an undergrad at Pfoho, Erin periodically screened movies in the dining hall and was active in intramurals. Ultimate frisbee holds a special place in her heart. She finds the current denizens of Pforzheimer just as friendly as those she remembers from her own halycon days. Stop and say "hi" if you see her roaming the halls!

Hi all! I'm Laurence, your non-res tutor for East Asian Languages and Civilizations. I graduated from the College in 2007 in Music and East Asian Studies as a proud Pfohoser, and I am very excited to continue being a part of this great community. I hail from Knowlton, Quebec (thus the French name) via Binghamton, NY and am currently in my second year in the Regional Studies - East Asia programme here at Harvard. I am interested in all things China, especially relating to the Cultural Revolution and the Mao period more broadly. Outside academics, I have sung with the Radcliffe Choral Society, written for the Harvard Independent and tutored for the Bureau of Study Counsel. I love traveling and learning new languages, and I'm a huge tennis fan. I'd be happy to talk to anyone about the trials and tribulations of joint-concentrations, the headaches involved with learning Mandarin, Mao's third wife, Quebec politics (in French or English), Roger Federer or anything at all. I also hope to have a Chinese and Japanese table on a fairly regular basis and some calligraphy workshops. I hope to see you there!

Hi, I'm Paul. I'm a post-generals (yay!) PhD candidate in the Statistics department. I specialize in computational biology stuff. I'm from Seattle, and I spent time there after college (Wesleyan '2000, Computer Science) doing some work as a programmer and researcher at the Institute for Systems Biology, where I got excited about compbio. I also became aware of the power of statistical modeling. Since high school I've had an interest in modeling complex phenomena like life and society. In college I successively majored in Women's Studies, Computer Science, Complex Systems, and Philosophy. Come visit me and chat. While technically the tutor in Stats (for over 5 years now!), I can also help out with CS (especially programming), and other things. I suspect that I won't fit your preconceptions of a stats tutor -- come test me :) .

Hi Pfoho! I am a graduate of Spelman College, a historically black college in Atlanta, GA and a native of Nashville, TN. While I was a French major at Spelman, I am currently a third year in the department of African and African American Studies with a primary field (kind of like a concentration) in History. I have earned my MA from Harvard in History and my doctoral research focuses on African American women in the 20th century and the history of African American women and feminism. I am happy to talk to those who are considering switching academic fields from undergraduate to graduate education, those who are attempting to combine or straddle different departments at Harvard, and those interested in the graduate school process in general. Outside of school, I enjoy dancing and attending dance performances, watching tons of TV shows of any type, trying new take out food of any kind. I'd be happy to talk to you about all things history, combining history with other fields of study, African American studies, or anything else.

I grew up in San Antonio, Texas and am currently a 3L at HLS. I graduated from Harvard College and Pfoho in 2005. During college, I studied Latin American History, watched a lot of TV and spent a semester abroad in Santiago, Chile. After graduation I worked as a paralegal in New York for a year and then spent the summer in Brazil. Being a paralegal can be a painfully boring job, but I’m always willing to talk about it. The summer after my 1L year I worked with a nonprofit organization in Houston. Academically, I’ve enjoyed studying international and constitutional law. During my free time I’m usually either watching TV, relaxing with friends or playing squash in Hemenway. After more than three years away, I’m looking forward to being a part of Pfoho again, so feel free to ask me anything.

I was born and raised in the diamond of the South, Arkansas, the land of Bill Clinton and Wal-Mart. As an undergrad at the University of Arkansas, I majored in Cultural Anthropology and Communication. I came to law school with absolutely no expectation of becoming a practicing lawyer, but with the faith that the training and degree would be beneficial elsewhere. After two years, I am more than confident that I made the right decision, and after a great summer practicing law in a Little Rock law firm, will likely put on my seersucker to join the ranks. In my free time, I love baseball, Ernest Hemingway, new places, and food. Feel free to get in touch if you have uncertainties about law school or are interested in the finer aspects of Southern life. And for anyone in a serious relationship that is curious about balancing the workload of law school, I also am married and have a young daughter. I will gladly talk about that, too.

I’m a 3L. I’d be happy to speak with students deciding between investment banks, private equity, spending two years at Oxford, and law school, since that’s been my path since graduating from Harvard in 2001. Even if you’re not interested in any of those things, when you see me sitting in the dining hall please introduce yourself and keep me company. I grew up in Ohio and lived in Leverett, where I helped organize intramural sports and stein club.

Hello everybody! My name is Thomas Herold. I was born in Nuremberg, Germany, and I have studied in Berlin and Zurich. I have worked and lived in Providence and New York City and I am now in my fifth year as a graduate student at Harvard (German). Come talk to me about classes in the German department (language and literature), German concentration, secondary field, or language citation, study or work abroad – or anything else (Obama in Berlin?). In any case, come to my language table (dates TBA).

I graduated from Harvard College in 2003. As an undergraduate, I lived in Eliot and was a psychology concentrator. I was very involved with PBHA, the Prisoner Education Program, and the (now defunct) Coalition Against Sexual Violence. I am currently a fourth-year Ph.D. student in clinical psychology. I love all sorts of outdoor activities, running, swimming, biking, scuba diving, and yoga. I am happy to talk to students about psychology, graduate school, or anything else.

Hi PfoHo! I'm the new Gov Tutor. I'm a fifth year PhD candidate in the Gov Department. I received a BA in political science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001 and a JD from Yale Law School in 2004, and my primary interests are in contemporary political philosophy and its intersection with moral philosophy and the law. My dissertation is on the problem of global justice: I'm examining how private (non-state) actors including international nongovernmental organizations and private military contractors might help us realize justice on a global scale. I've taught a bunch of courses in political theory at Harvard, I co-taught a course on global justice at Yale Law School in 2007 and I spent the last two years as the Departmental Teaching Fellow for the Gov Department. I also race my bike for the Harvard cycling team - I was a team captain last year and this year I have been elected 'Poohbah' (president) of the Harvard University Cycling Association (the club + race team combined), so if anyone's interested in cycling, let me know!

What a privilege it is to be part of a great community here at Harvard. I am very excited to meet you all! I come from down(wind) east on the rocky coast of Maine, somewhere between urban convenience and hardscrabble solitude. I am a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design with a graduate degree in architecture. Prior to that I attended Tufts University concentrating in Art History and concurrently studying Studio Art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. For several years now I have worked in the Boston area as an architect, and have recently become part of the faculty at the Boston Architectural College, as an instructor of architectural studios. My interests in teaching include conceptual design, the creative process and semiotics. I'd love to meet for dinner, to chat about art and design and learn about your creative pursuits.

I'm a composer and piano player and a sort of writer about music (mostly 20th century American and British music) and I've been a non-resident music tutor at Pfoho for a long time. I grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, went to New England Conservatory, lived in England for two years, where I studied with a composer named Peter Maxwell Davies, and then came back to Boston and went to Brandeis. I've been around ever since. After a long, long time, I went back to Brandeis and got my doctorate. I teach at the Preparatory School at New England Conservatory (where some number of current Pfohosers were formerly students of mine) and at Boston University. I was a TF in CORE Music Courses at Harvard (mostly First Nights, but also Chamber Music and The Swing Era) for a number of years and I've also taught in the Music Department. Aside from music, I'm interested in books, movies, and politics, and I like talking about all of them.

Hi Pfoho! My name is Stanley, and I am your non-resident tutor in biology and chemistry, or all things life sciences. I was born in Hong Kong, but my family moved to Vancouver, Canada, where I went to high school and learned how to ski. I then went to Yale as an undergraduate. I majored in molecular biophysics and biochemistry, and on the side, I worked on a campus publication, helped with teaching science at a local middle school, and produced a Gilbert and Sullivan musical. After college, I thought about going into journalism or working at a science museum, but I ended up teaching at Phillips Exeter Academy, a high school in New Hampshire. Besides teaching and living in a dorm with students, I helped with the yearbook and tapped into my many hidden non-talents, when I was asked to coach volleyball and cross-country skiing. Since I left Exeter, I have been a graduate student in Molecular and Cellular Biology. Outside of the lab, I enjoy snowboarding, swimming, cooking, and baking. Feel free to email me if you want to chat or if I can be of help.

Hi there! I am a 3L at Harvard Law and an ’06 graduate of Pfoho. As an undergrad, I concentrated in Social Studies and wrote my senior thesis on heavy metal music in the 1980s. I’ve worked in public interest jobs both in Boston and in DC, and at a firm in Boston doing mostly corporate work, so I’d be glad to help anyone interested in pursuing a job in either the public or private sector. I also tutored students for the SATs for a long time, so I’d be glad to help edit and proofread for you. In my free time, I love playing out on the Quad. I look forward to seeing you soon!

Hi Pfoho! My name is Lisa, and I will be visiting Pfoho to meet with those primarily interested in either consulting or music performance. I'm also available to talk with you about anything in general. I graduated from Pfoho in 2007 with a degree in psychology. While in college, I balanced student life (research projects, papers, reading) with life as a violinist, performing and organizing concerts with friends. For one year after graduation, I explored the commercial world and honed my analytical skills as a private equity consultant. That hiatus from classes gave me the space to appreciate work life, and helped me reconsider my life goals. I ultimately came to the decision to pursue music as a centerpiece to my vocation. I am excited and happy to be coming back to Cambridge, MA where I will pursue graduate studies at the Longy School of Music. My studies this year will include performance studies with the legendary violinist Roman Totenberg, music history, theory, string pedagogy, and musical outreach activities. Feel free to introduce yourself as you see me around the house. Alternatively, you can set up appointments with me via email: lpark@post.harvard.edu. Good luck this year and see you soon!

Hi PfoHo! My name is Sabrina and I'm a fourth year graduate student in Social Anthropology here at Harvard, which means that in a few years I will be officially certified (i.e. have a degree) to talk about...people! However, for someone who studies people and their social activities, I am also spend a lot of time thinking about rocks and ores. My dissertation examines primary resources, and the social and political conditions which allow for their extraction and their circulation in global markets. Specifically, I am doing ethnographic as well as archival work in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the iron mining industry. I am also interested in the comparative cases of countries with exploitable resources who have undergone foreign political intervention, in particular, the very interesting parallels between the Bosnian and Iraqi cases. Be warned: my anthropological roving eye casts a wide net. In the past, I've taught anthro classes on everything from refugees and asylum-seekers to anthropology and film. Last spring I TF'd the anthro Sophomore Tutorial, and this fall I'll be TF'ing Junior Tutorial...so I hope to be seeing PfoHo's anthro concentrators in class again! I grew up in Rijeka, a port city on the Croatian coast followed by high school in Toronto, Canada. I graduated from Dartmouth College in 2003 with a degree in Theater and Russian literature. Before my graduate school nerd-dom, I had a much cooler stint as a set and lighting designer for theater in New York, followed by a brief foray into textile design. I really do hope you will come and see me and that we get to chat about these and many other topics at PfoHo!

I am currently a 3L at the Law School. I grew up in New York and graduated from Yale in 2005. At Yale I majored in psychology and worked as a research assistant in the Health, Emotion, and Behavior Lab for two years. Before starting law school, I spent a year studying and volunteering in Jerusalem. At HLS, I'm involved in the Harvard Law & Policy Review, the Moot Court Competition, and the Harvard Defenders, which represents individuals at criminal show cause hearings in the Boston area. During college I spent a summer at the Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights working with asylum seekers and last year I worked with asylum seekers and victims of domestic violence at the Greater Boston Legal Services through a Harvard clinic. I have also done litigation work at the New York Legal Assistance Group and at Davis Polk & Wardwell. I am happy to speak with students who are interested in public interest work, students who are not sure if law school is right for them, and just chat about the law school application process in general. Looking forward to meeting you!

I graduated from Pfoho in 2001, spending time as a concentrator in social studies, economics, applied math, and statistics, and finally finishing (accidentally) with a degree in computer science. After graduation I spent four years doing research in artificial intelligence at a think tank in Cambridge, mastering the fine art of using buzzwords and clever acronyms to get the government to fund my research. Some rather dull but pompously-titled publications resulted. I'm now a third-year Ph.D. student in sociology, where I study employment discrimination, urban poverty, and social networks. I'm also on the Sociology Department's committee on undergraduate education, so if you have any suggestions, complaints, or lavish praise for the department, let me know. In my free time, you'll find me producing, spinning, and dancing to electronic music of the Cologne/Berlin/Detroit variety and playing a lot of tennis. I'm excited to be back in the Pfoho community, and I'm here to help the sociology concentrators in any way that I can.

Hi Everyone! My name is Ben Smith and I am a fourth year graduate student in the Physics Department, where I study particle physics. In June 2005, I graduated from Pfoho with a degree in Physics and Mathematics. Before that, I lived in downtown Manhattan, near the financial district, for 17 years. I am currently a part of the ATLAS collaboration, which is one of the experiments being done at the Large Hadron Collider, in Geneva, Switzerland. Outside of physics, I like to cook, watch movies, and play ice hockey. I hope you'll find me if you want to talk about anything from black holes eating the Earth to IM ice hockey.

A pformer Pfoho resident, I studied Government as an undergrad and am especially interested in criminal law and legal theory. At HLS, I'm involved in the Journal of Law and Gender, the Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, and the Prison Legal Assistance Project, which sends students to represent inmates at prison disciplinary hearings. Outside of school, I enjoy running along the Charles, finding good Thai restaurants, attempting yoga, and just hanging out with friends. I'm happy to read your personal statements, take you to class with me, and talk about law school and the application process - or life in Cambridge, or your thesis, or just about anything!

As a graduate student in OEB, I am fond of most things connected to evolution including the history of biology and natural history. My PhD research focuses on the evolution of cooperative mound-building in some rather enchanting mice, and I am especially interested in the evolution of cooperation, cognition and culture. As an undergraduate at Princeton ('05), I studied zebra social systems in Kenya, and spent two terms as a study abroad student in Oxford. At present, I am one of the teaching fellows for the Harvard Summer School courses in Oxford, so if you have questions about study abroad, fieldwork, graduate school, or evolution, please don't hesitate to contact me. I have also TF-ed for OEB 53 (evolutionary biology) and OEB 114 (vertebrate viviparity). Photos from my research and other trips are online at: (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wenfeitong/sets/).

Hi Pfoho! I'm the non-resident tutor in Slavic languages and literatures. I now think of myself as a New Englander (and solid Red Sox fan), having spent most of my life in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. But I'm originally from New York City, and got my undergraduate degree from Princeton. I love music. I sang for 4 years in the Collegium Musicum, and now play violin in the Dudley House orchestra. Before grad school, I worked for a couple of years at the Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project, based at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. I was busy tracking and assisting Russian democratization when Vladimir Putin was elected -- so I gave up and returned to the study of literature. I'm currently finishing a dissertation on the fragmentary notes and narratives of Lydia Ginzburg (known in her lifetime as a literary scholar), a prose that blends autobiography, fiction, historiography, and social science. I love to travel, and my research has allowed me to spend lots of time in St. Petersburg. I have also lived in Prague (Czech Republic) and Almaty (Kazakhstan). I've been a TF for courses on Russian literature (in the Core), and have also been a Tutor in Hist&Lit. I’d be happy to speak Russian or Czech with you, and to talk about Slavic languages, literatures, histories, cultures, or the what the potential new Cold War could mean for Russian Studies. Please email me if you’re interested in a language table!