Hello Eliot, I am excited to be joining the Eliot House with my wife, Ayantu. I am currently an instructor at the Biogen Community Lab. I am also a graduate student at Boston University School of Medicine in the department of Anatomy and Neurobiology. As an undergraduate at Northeastern University, I studied Applied Biology, while working at the Libermann Laboratory at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. I am passionate about a number of things; one being running and just being outdoors the other being chess. I look forward to meeting everyone!... Read more about Alazar Ayele
Hello Eliot! I'm currently a second-year at HMS and doing rotations at Brigham and Women's Hospital. I graduated from Harvard College in 2020 with a degree in... Read more about Julie Sunyoung Chung
Hello domus de Eliot! I am an M3 at Harvard Medical School who is passionate about creating new approaches to mental health. Areas of research that I focus on include addiction, trauma, toxic masculinity, and, most generally, philosophical theories of the mind and brain. Prior to starting medical school, I completed a Ph.D. in philosophy with a dissertation on the metaphysical relationship between intensive and extensive magnitudes, the generation of novelty in nature, and non-teleological ethical systems. I can frequently be seen in the Eliot House gym, library, or d-hall. In addition to medicine and philosophy, I am passionate about art (especially film), baking, and dancing. Please reach out to me if you want to chat about, or share a meal over, any of your own questions, passions or experiences – I would love to hear from you.
Hello Eliot! I’m a computational social scientist working on a PhD in Sociology, and in the house I advise on class diversity and the social sciences. I made way to sociology through interdisciplinary degrees that can be distilled into psychology and computer science, and most of my research pre-Harvard was focused on higher education policy at the intersections of economics, psychology and education. I worked in a range of industries before starting my PhD, and am happy to chat with anyone interested in thinking about non-profit work, higher education administration and/or policy, project management, or a career in research outside academia.
Hi Eliot House!! My name is Elizabeth, and I am thrilled to be joining the community as a resident tutor. I am a fourth-year PhD candidate in Medical...
My name is Bulelani Jili, and I am a Resident Tutor. Currently, I am a PhD candidate at Harvard University, as a Meta Research Ph.D. Fellow. My research interests include ICT development, Africa-China relations, Cybersecurity, Chinese Business Law, Post-Colonial Thought, and Privacy Law.
I am also a Visiting Fellow at Yale Law School, Cybersecurity Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, Futures Fellow at Mercator Institute for China studies, Scholar-in-residence at Electronic Privacy Information Center, and Research Associate at Oxford University. I have supported the Freedom House Africa Program, US Department of State, UK Government, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Human Rights Initiative at large, which investigates the spread of facial recognition technology in Africa. Chiefly my work aims to understand the nature of order that underlies China’s new globalism. Accordingly, I am happy to chat to anybody about these areas of study and more.
Prior to attending Harvard, I earned an M.Phil. from Cambridge University, where I studied as a Standard Bank Africa Chairman’s Scholar. Additionally, I was a Yenching scholar at Peking University, where I received a M.A. in Economics. Studying with Prof. He Yafei, former Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I focused on Chinese global governance strategies and domestic economic approaches.
I was born in Durban, South Africa, but I found myself living and learning in London, Connecticut, Beijing, and Hong Kong. Most importantly, I love poetry, running, and basketball. Planning dinner parties is arguably one of my great talents. A chat over a meal is greatly welcome.
Hi Eliot! I’m excited to start off another year with my wife Lia and our poodle Vera. I’m in my last year of a PhD in Neuroscience, as part of the MD/PhD program. Before that, I did my undergrad at Johns Hopkins, where I studied biology and math and spent the summers volunteering at children’s centers. I also spent two years in the UK studying cancer biology. I have many geographic alliances…I was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, where most of my family still lives, and grew up between Switzerland, Germany, Texas, and New Mexico. I enjoy working with kids in the classroom and the clinic, playing alto sax, watching good movies, and going on runs along the Charles. Come and chat about all things science, medicine, and what makes us act and think the way we do!
Howdy Domus - It's good to be back! I was once a student in Eliot, and I loved every minute of it. I'm now a resident tutor on the pre-med team. I'm originally from New Jersey, and after finishing college I worked as a patient advocate in South Boston before attending medical school at Mount Sinai in New York City. I returned to Boston for residency, and now I'm finishing training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at MGH and BIDMC. I look forward to meeting everyone and rejoining the wonderful community that is Eliot. FDDE, Emmett
Hi Eliot! I’m so excited to re-join the Domus community after graduating from Harvard College in 2020. I’m now entering my second year at Harvard Law...
Resident Tutor Economics, Education Class diversity
My name is Nedra Massenburg and I am one of the Race Relations tutors here in Eliot house, advising in the areas of Economics and Education. After working as a charter school teacher for two years, I currently teach mathematics at the MATCH Charter Public School across the river in Boston. Feel free to drop my N entryway anytime; my husband and I are always game for cooking southern foods, running, talking education reform, basketball, and The Wire. Unless of course, you are a Duke fan...
I’m grateful to return to Eliot House this year with my high school sweetheart Nedra, three old David and baby Lola. Nedra and I hail from North Carolina, where we love sweet tea, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and N.C. Bar-B-Que. My southern heritage also means that I’m never too busy for a chat, wherever or whenever our paths cross. As a college student, I spent four years criss-crossing the campuses of two fierce rivals, UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University as Roberston scholar. I spent my summers teaching in rural Mississippi, volunteering at the Ministry of Public Health in Argentina, doing research here at Harvard and trying to learn flamenco guitar in Spain, culminating in a Bachelor’s degree in Physics. After a youthful fling with astrophysics, I began researching the physical properties of mucus and human lung cilia to better understand Cystic Fibrosis. After these research experiences I was hooked on using science to make the world a better place.
Hi Eliot-- I'm Taylor! I'm a third-year clinical psychology PhD student. I study adolescent suicide, specifically, how close relationships might play a role in the emergence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. I'm originally from Detroit (oh how Ilove the city!). I studied Human Development at Cornell University and took a few years off to work in research at the University of Michigan. I also worked as a licensed pharmacy technician.
In my free time, I enjoy cooking new foods without a recipe (the chaos!), trip planning/traveling, reading, writing, and coming up with one-liners. I'm also happy to talk all things psychology, research, clinical work, and anything else your heart desires!
