Yale University
Office of International Students & Scholars
Office of International
Students & Scholars
International Center
421 Temple Street
New Haven, CT 06511
USA
Phone: 203.432.2305
Fax: 203.432.7166
email: oiss@yale.edu
Assistants & Fellows
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2009 G&P Orientation Assistants
The International Center G&P Orientation Assistants (OAs), who are current G&P students, assist with OISS orientation programs & events to help our new students settle into the Yale community. New students should feel free to direct questions to them via the Hello Yale 2009 Facebook group.
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Ruth DitlmannRuth Ditlmann is a 3rd year PhD student in Social Psychology. In her research she focuses on the psychology of immigration, diversity and culture. One of her advisors is a political scientist at the Yale Institute of Social and Policy studies and she attends meetings and courses in political science in addition to psychology. Before coming to Yale as a PhD student she completed a Diplom in Psychology at the University of Constance in Germany where she is from. During her studies at the University of Constance she spent one year as a DAAD exchange student and two semesters as a Visiting Assistant in Research at Yale. This fall, Ruth serves as a World Fellow Program affiliate. She is also a member of the graduate council at Saint Thomas More, the catholic church at Yale. She sings in the STM church choir and takes private singing lessons in her freetime. In addition, she likes to rock-climb, snowboard, is currently on the cast of a production of the musical Godspell and a member of the New Haven Fitness gym.
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Charles HarrisonCharles Harrison is entering his second year in the Spanish and Portuguese department's Ph.D. program. A native of South Carolina and a graduate of Emory University, he lived in Brazil and Spain before coming to Yale. In his free time, he likes to take walks, practice yoga, and meet up with his friends for coffee. He also enjoys reading — he's a big fan of Zadie Smith — and baking — all vegan, all the time. charles.harrison@yale.edu
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Jane Wambui MutoruJane Wambui Mutoru is a second year graduate student at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, with a particular research interest in petroleum engineering. She was born and raised in the East African prominent country of Kenya, and came to the United States in 2002 to study at St. Lawrence University in upstate New York. At Yale, she is her school’s representative to the GSA (Graduate Student Assembly) for the 2009-2010 academic year. Besides in Mason lab and Sterling Memorial Library (her favorite of Yale libraries), you are likely to find her jogging around New Haven parks, taking yoga, pilates, and spinning, or in her off-campus studio cooking or reading memoirs. She loves to travel and though she has been to only fifteen countries so far, her goal is to travel to at least one country in each continent by the time she graduates - three down and four more to go in the next three years.
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Tatiana GrigorenkoTatiana Grigorenko will be starting her second and final year in the MFA program in photography at the School of Art. She was born in New York City to Russian parents and has lived and traveled all over the world, including France, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Kazakhstan... Besides art, she loves movies, yoga, good food and red wine!
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McDougal International Fellows
The McDougal Fellows who are current graduate students, plan a variety of programs throughout the year. Most events are free or discounted and open to G&P students, post-docs and their families.
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Markus LabudeOriginally from Germany, Markus is a fifth-year PhD student in philosophy and this is his second year as a McDougal Fellow. When he is not busy conducting philosophical thought experiments, Markus enjoys reading, watching movies, running, and traveling. Markus hopes to visit all 50 American states one day.
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Sophia LeeSophia Lee is a second year PhD student at SOM. Raised in New Jersey and a graduate of MIT, she loves traveling, new cities and fine dining. Sophia enjoys reading magazines so that she can be up-to-date with current events, fashion, innovative ideas and electronic gadgets. At Yale, she is also a board member of the Association of Chinese Students & Scholars (ACSSY). |
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Graduate & Professional Schools Orientation Programs
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