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Non-Resident Tutors
Sam Abrams
I am a second year graduate student in the Government department and am busy trying to figure out who is going to win the upcoming election. I happy to help with any social science classes and have particular interests in education policy, public opinion, elections, and statistical methodology. Yes- statistical methodology- so please feel free to ask me econometrics questions. When I am not hanging around the Yard, I often roller-blade or cycle the Charles River and am a big fan of the Red Sox and Stanford sports (my alma matter). Please feel free to e-mail me any time with any questions and I look forward to getting to know everyone over the next year!
Emily Balskus
I am a third year PhD student in chemistry, specifically organic chemistry. I work on the total synthesis of biologically and structurally interesting molecules, attempting to develop new reactions along the way. It's a lot like cooking, only with chemicals. I did my undergrad several hours west of Boston at Williams College, with a junior year in the UK thrown in there too. After graduating, I spent another year in England on a Churchill Scholarship. I've also spent a summer working in the Netherlands. When I am not in lab, I enjoy sports (ultimate Frisbee, soccer, running, and skiing), reading, and traveling. Email me if you want to chat about science or have orgo problem set questions!
Jenna Cobb
Hey all! I am currently a 3L at Harvard Law School. At HLS, I have coordinated the annual spring conference for the Black Law Students Association, served as a teaching assistant for a first year Criminal Law class, and worked as a research assistant for Professor Charles Ogletree. Currently, I am serving as Assistant Managing Editor for the Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, on the board of Advocates 4 Education, and participating in a criminal justice clinical. During my first summer of law school, I worked at two civil rights law organizations. This past summer, I worked in Washington, D.C. as a Summer Associate at Covington & Burling and Relman & Associates, a small civil rights firm.
I am originally from Detroit, MI and attended undergrad at the University of Southern California. I love to travel, organize events, play games, and meet people. I look forward to getting to know you and working with you this year!
Kerry Dingle
Hello everyone! I graduated from Cabot House in 2005 and am very excited to be returning this year as a non-resident pre-law tutor. I concentrated in cognitive neuroscience as an undergrad, which entailed lots of fun stuff like playing with monkeys and cutting up a human brain. Somewhere along the way I decided that these experiences would serve me well in law school, so after graduation I spent a year in Washington DC working at a progressive non-profit called the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy. Now I'm a 1L at HLS, immersed in the solemn study of law and anxious for some lively non-torts-related conversation. My other interests include vegetarian cooking, hiking and exploring my fabulous new neighborhood Ð Inman Square. I'd love to chat about any of the above and more - so send me an email or grab me in the d-hall!
Ben Edelman
I'm a third-year graduate student in economics and also a recent graduate from Harvard law school. I
was a Harvard undergrad ('02) concentrating in economics. This year, I'll be advising Cabot economics students -- happy to
help with course selection, research (whether for coursework or thesis), or problem sets. My primary research interest is
industrial organization, with a focus on Internet economics, regulation, and automated data collection.
John Engel
I am from Seattle and attended the University of Washington, where I majored in philosophy. After a few odd jobs I returned to school and obtained a second bachelor's degree in accounting from Central Washington University. I then worked in the accounting department of a men's apparel company for several years before attending law school.
Antoniu Fantana
Hey y'all! This is going to be my second year as a tutor at Cabot, and my sixth as a Ph.D. student in Neuroscience (the official reason for me to be at Harvard). My thesis is focusing on "how we smell", more precisely on why apples and oranges smell differently. Quite recently, I started looking into other fruit as well :) When I'm not in lab, I enjoy playing squash and frisbee, going dancing, playing the flute, going to (good) movies and plays, concerts, and, since the list grows longer by the day, I'll just stop here. I'm really excited to be here, and I'm looking forward to meeting all of you. Just stop by my room (G404) and say "Hi!" or "Guten Tag!", or see me in the dining hall!
Ariel Fox
Hi! I'm excited about my first year as a law student and a Cabot house member --- I lived in Eliot as an undergrad ('05), and
was always a little jealous of the superior Quad house-spirit. In college, I concentrated officially in Hist and Lit, and unofficially in
Let's Go and the Unofficial Guide. I spent my year off living the glamorous life of a New York City Paralegal before deciding to come
back here and live the glamorous life of a law student. If you're feeling uncertain about or dead-set on law school, or if you simply
want to chat about Hist and Lit theses, travel guides, or Manhattan law firms, I'd love to talk with you.
Poppy Fry
I'm a G-7 in the history department, finishing up a dissertation on ethnic identity in nineteenth-century South Africa. This year I'll be filling in for fellow Africanist Myles Osborne as the history concentration advisor at Cabot, and I'm also happy to discuss African Studies courses and study abroad opportunities in Africa. Although I've been in Massachusetts almost long enough to call sprinkles jimmies, I'm originally from Seattle, a fact which manifests itself not only in a serious coffee addiction but also a fondness for bad baseball teams and a lingering mistrust of snow. Feel free to email me or stop me in the dining hall if you've got questions about history courses or just want to chat.
Greta Gao
My name is Greta and I am very pleased to have survived my first year of law school! I was born in Wuhan, China and moved for the first time at 3 with my father to Beijing. We lived in Beijing for the next 9 years, where I was educated in the best communist tradition and was a model "Young Pioneer". So imagine my shock when, at the age of 12, I moved across the Pacific Ocean to big capitalist America, changed my first name, and learned an entirely new language. Over the next 6 years, my family and I lived, in rapid succession, in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. My parents finally settled down in Jersey and they still live there now.
I, however, escaped after high school to the Free Republic of New Haven and spent the next four years contemplating becoming a full-time philosopher (read: jobless daydreamer) at Yale, and was being very successful at this before parental pressures forced me to find something more practical to do with my time. With the generous help of the Bosch Foundation, I lived in Germany for a year, teaching English at the University of Potsdam, drinking many, many beers at various beer gardens in Berlin, and consorting with other former communists and wanna-be philosophers. The year of pretending to work, alas, was over too soon, and in 2002 I was (reluctantly) back in the States looking for real work. I found a wonderful stint at a start-up company in New Haven, and before I knew it, was suddenly managing the small staff and flying all over the country facilitating a global issues workshop for high school students, college professors, and corporate employees. This went on for about three years, during which I agonized over whether I wanted to go to graduate school in philosophy, business, or law. After many soul-searching days, I finally decided on law school and hasn't regretted the choice yet.
My law-related academic interests include international andcomparative law, criminal law, and legal theory. I am also interested in ethics, literature, history, and economics. My extracurricular passions include traveling, classical music, Scrabble (and other games), all sorts of puzzles, and anything that has to do with Germany and Germans. I am very excited to meet all of you, and look forward to seeing you and talking to you around Cabot House!
Ben Keller
Hello everyone! This will be
my first experience tutoring in Cabot House, and I look forward to meeting all
of you.
I grew up in a small town outside
of Buffalo, New York, where I saw enough snow in my childhood years
alone to last a lifetime. I did my undergraduate studies at the University
of Pittsburgh, and received three degrees--a BA in History, a BA in
Political Science, and a BA in French. My classroom education in these
subjects was supplemented by several study abroad experiences, including
a summer at Laval University in Quebec City and a summer in Avignon,
France. For me, the best part of studying abroad was learning that thinking
critically about foreign cultures helps bring more clarity to how we
think about our own way of life. I speak French (relatively) fluently,
and always enjoy practicing if anyone is interested
After college I proceeded directly
to Harvard Law School, where I was a member of the International Commercial
Arbitration Moot Team, and also volunteered in New Orleans over spring
break helping provide free legal services to victims of Hurricane Katrina
who could not afford an attorney. I worked this past summer at the US
Attorney's Office in Buffalo, New York, where I actually had the opportunity
to argue in court before a federal judge on behalf of the United States.
I am now a second year student at Harvard Law School, and will be working
this year in a housing clinic that helps provide legal services to low-income
tenants.
Having grown up in the snow-belt, I love skiing, and I also enjoy hiking and playing soccer and volleyball.
Judd Kessler
I'm a second year graduate student in the Business Economics program at FAS and Harvard Business School. I graduated Harvard College in 2004, and I'm currently the Economics Department Undergraduate Advisor to Cabot House, so I'll be signing your study card if you're an Economics concentrator. As an undergrad, I spent countless hours at the Crimson working for the Editorial Board and (full disclosure) was in Adams House. After graduating, I went to study in the UK for a year before returning here, so if you're thinking about post-graduate work in England or if you're applying to fellowships, feel free to email me. Of course, please also email with questions about Economics or, if you play Cabot IM Basketball, questions on how to beat Adams' zone press.
Marlon Kuzmick
- Field: Expository Writing
- Address: 30 Cushing St., Apt 1, Cambridge, MA
- Phone: (617) 233-1271
- Email: mkuzmick@fas.harvard.edu
I am a Preceptor in the Expository Writing Program. The theme of my Expos class is "Humor," and my own research interests involve Anglo-American modernist literature, literary/cultural "theory," rhetoric, and popular culture. I'm happy to discuss any of the writing projects that are currently confronting, absorbing, exciting, or threatening you.
John Lobato
Greetings Cabot House! I am a 3L at Harvard Law School originally from Orange County, California. I graduated from the University of California at San Diego in 2004 with a BA in Political Science and a minor in History. During my time at UC San Diego I was the founder of our pre-law society, a member of the mock trial team, and on the school judicial board. All of that is great, but my true skill was learning to beat the original Super Mario Bros game in less than 15 minutes. I also spent my summers traveling around Europe and a semester studying in Spain.
At the law school, I am a member of the Journal of Law and Public Policy, I am a teaching assistant for first-year legal research and writing, and I am the founder of a social music organization, the Harvard Audiophiles. During my first summer, I returned to San Diego to work at the US AttorneyÕs Office defending the government from lawsuits. This past summer I again went back to sunny California, this time to Los Angeles, where I worked as a Summer Associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
Outside of law school I have rather substantial obsessions with music, technology, traveling, and photography. Despite my crushed dreams of NBA stardom (my lack of height, and, well, skill put an end to those dreams), I still enjoy playing a lot of basketball. I also love talking politics, so if you want to discuss midterm elections, IÕm your man.
Chelsey Simmons
Hey y'all! I just graduated from the College in '06 as an engineering concentrator, and I'm so excited at being able to stay a part of Cabot! My coursework was very engineering-heavy, but feel free to come to me with questions about any math, physics, chemistry, and engineering classes. Randomly, I've got a knack for Latin/Greek Lit Cores like Rome of Augustus and Heroes, so I can help out with studying and papers in those, too. I'm taking a little break from academia to work for Harvard on fundraising for science initiatives before I start my PhD at Stanford in Mechanical Engineering, so if any of that sounds cool, let's talk! I went through the whole fellowship/grad school process, so feel free to flag me down in the d-hall to talk about how that works if you're interested. My interests in careers and research are all over the place, so call if you need anything math, science, engineering, grad school and/or research fellowship related and I'll point you in the right direction. I also like Cabot to win the IM tennis tournament, so if you ever want to practice, call me and we'll hit!
Renzo Weber
Originally from Miami, I am a graduate of Cabot House (class of 2004). I concentrated in Government, was active in the house musical, and was lucky enough to study abroad in Geneva during my junior year. I am currently a Consultant with Alliance Consulting Group in Boston and also manage the firm's recruiting efforts. To that end, I am a resource for anyone interested in Consulting or learning more about the on-campus recruiting process. Feel free to email me with any questions you might have.
Jonathan Wilson
Hi all, this is my first full year as a non-res tutor for Cabot. I'm a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Earth and Planetary Sciences department, and my research is in the rather esoteric field of paleobotany. I grew up in Southern California, was a Johns Hopkins undergrad ('03) in computer science and geology, and I also rowed and coxed for their men's varsity crew team for three years. I've traveled to a lot of different places for research, including Montana and Wyoming, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, the Florida Keys, and Namibia. If you have earth science or evolution questions, grad school questions, sports/academics questions, or just want help planning a cross-country road trip, come talk to me!
David Zimmer
I am originally from Chicago and was a Social Studies concentrator at Harvard, living in Cabot. After graduating in 2004, I spent a year working as a paralegal at a law firm in Los Angeles, and spent last year working in Sierra Leone for the Poverty Action Lab at MIT, which was consulting for a World Bank funded branch of the Sierra Leone government. I am planning on doing a joint degree between HLS and the Masters of Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) at the Kennedy School. I'd be happy to discuss Social Studies, law school, law firms, masters applications, living abroad, Sierra Leone politics, Chicago politics, or basically anything else even if I don't know anything about it.
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