People Faceted Taxonomy Example
Bridget O'Kelly
bridgetokelly@college.harvard.eduNon-Resident Tutor
Hi all! My name is Bridget and I graduated from Harvard College in 2023 where I concentrated in Human Evolutionary Biology and minored in Psychology. At Harvard, I was a proud member of Winthrop House, a pre-med student, and a rower on the women’s...
Catherine Jeon
HoCo Community Chair 2026
Catherine is a sophomore in Gore interested in biomedical engineering and social studies. She enjoys karaoke, crafts, debating, and playing viola. Going on side quests is her favorite pastime, so she is very hyped to put up House events!
Charlotte Solmssen
charlotte.solmssen@childrens.harvard.eduNon-Resident Tutor
Charlotte Solmssen is a resident physician in pediatrics in the Boston Combined Residency Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center. She graduated from Harvard College in 2017 and received her MD from the Icahn School of Medicine at...
Chinemelu Okafor
cokafor@g.harvard.eduNon-Resident Tutor
Concentration Advisor - Government
I am a third-year Harvard PhD candidate, Graduate Prize Fellow, Karl Deutsch Fellow, and 2024-25 Weatherhead Center Graduate Student Associate. My research lies at the intersection of political economy, development economics, and economic history.
Chloe Williams
HoCo Treasurer 2026
Chloe is from Chicago, Illinois and Atlanta, Georgia. She concentrates in Government with a secondary in Classics. She serves as Winthrop House Treasurer and loves cooking from scratch, concerts at the BSO, and runs on the Charles. Throp on top!
Chris Altizer
altizerchristopher@gmail.comNon-Resident Tutor
Hi ThropStars! My name is Chris Altizer, and I’m thrilled to be returning to Winthrop as a Non-Resident Tutor. I'm originally from Tucson, Arizona, and I graduated from the College in 2021 with a degree in History and Science (with a focus on the...
Ciara Sypherd
csypherd@g.harvard.eduResident Tutor
Hi Winthrop! I'm so excited to be joining the community this year as an RT! My name is Ciara (see-air-uh) and I'm a PhD student in bioengineering. I study animal communication using machine learning and try to answer questions like: "Do chimpanzees have...
Claire Shi
cshi@g.harvard.eduNon-Resident Tutor
Hello! I am a graduate student in Business Economics at Harvard, currently studying public and household finance. I'm super excited to be a NRT and was in Winthrop as an undergraduate (class of '21). Outside of research you can find me playing piano...
Clayton Covington
claytoncovington@g.harvard.eduConcentration Advisor - Sociology
Clayton is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology and Resident Tutor in Kirkland House, and he is excited to join Winthrop House as a Sociology Concentration Advisor. Clayton hails from the suburbs of Kansas City and graduated from Washington...
Curtis Chong
crchong@post.harvard.eduNon-Resident Tutor
Dr. Chong completed his categorical residency in internal medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, his oncology fellowship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and is board-certified in internal medicine and medical oncology...
Dan Small
dan.small@hklaw.comSenior Common Room
Dan Small (HC ’75, HLS ’79, Winthrop House resident and Resident Tutor) is a partner in Holland & Knight's Miami and Boston offices. He practices in the area of litigation, focusing on witness preparation, dispute strategies, government and internal...
Daniel Rodrigues
House Aide
Hi everyone! My name is Daniel Rodrigues. I’m a Currier alum (Class of '22) with a B.A. and M.S. in Computer Science (through the sunsetted Advanced Standing A.B./S.M. program) and a minor in M.B.B. As a full-stack developer and photographer running my...
Daniela Veloza
daniela.a.veloza@gmail.comNon-Resident Tutor
Daniela Veloza is from South Florida and graduated from Harvard College in 2018 with a concentration in Economics and a secondary in Philosophy. During her time in undergraduate studies, she led the Harvard Student Agencies, directed marketing for the...
David Armitage
david.armitage1@hotmail.comSenior Common Room
History, art and architecture have been passions for me since I was very young. My interest in the arts led me to become a registered architect and to earn an MPhil in the History and Philosophy of Architecture at the University of Cambridge. During the...
David Lebryk
lebryk@msn.comSenior Common Room
I’m spending time at the Kennedy School this year as a Hauser Leader, where I will be leading a study group on government reform. Before stepping down in January, I had a rich and varied 35+ year career at the U.S. Treasury, where I served for the past 10...
David Schaffer
david.schaffer@mgh.harvard.eduNon-Resident Tutor
David Schaffer, MD, is a fourth-year resident physician in Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital. Originally from North Carolina, he studied Biology and Chinese at Georgetown University before attending...
David Selles
david_selles@gsd.harvard.eduNon-Resident Tutor
Hello! My name is David Selles and I'm excited to be a non-resident tutor for Winthrop House. I'm a Masters of Design student at the Graduate School of Design studying a mix of robotics, computational design, and human-computer interaction/collaboration...
David Wing
Senior Common Room
David Wing MD is Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School and an attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sub Specialized in Sports Injury, at Cambridge Health Alliance. Dr. Wing has been in practice since 2013. Outside of work and family life...
Elisabeth Battinelli
embattinelli@bwh.harvard.eduSenior Common Room
Dr. Elisabeth Battinelli holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard University, a MSc. from Oxford University and an MD/PhD from Boston University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center and was a Chief...
Emin Berker
rberker@cs.cmu.eduNon-Resident Tutor
Emin is a recent Winthropian who finished his undergraduate degree in Fall 2022. Having grown up in Istanbul, Emin had a joint concentration on Chemistry and Physics and Mathematics during his time at Harvard, with a secondary in Neuroscience and a...
Ethan Cowan
ecowan@g.harvard.eduNon-Resident Tutor
I’m currently a doctoral student in the Hagley Program in the History of Capitalism, Technology, and Culture at the University of Delaware. I graduated from the Divinity School in May of 2024, where I focused on a combination of Jewish studies and the...
Francine Welty
fwelty@bidmc.harvard.eduSenior Common Room
As a cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, I focus on preventive cardiology which includes treating complex lipid disorders, diabetes and hypertension and use of nutrition in...
Frank White
fwhite66@post.harvard.eduSenior Common Room
Frank White is an educator, space philosopher, and communications consultant. He has authored or coauthored numerous books on topics ranging from space exploration to climate change to artificial intelligence. His best-known work is The Overview Effect...
Gene Freuder
e.freuder@gmail.comSenior Common Room
For a junior high science fair, I built a “machine” that played a variation of Tic Tac Toe. So naturally I went on to a career in Artificial Intelligence. After receiving my B.A. from Harvard, I went down the street to get a Ph.D. at MIT. I spent many...
Gillian Diercks
gillian_diercks@meei.harvard.eduSenior Common Room
Gillian Diercks, MD, MPH is an Instructor in Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School. She completed her residency and fellowship training and MPH at Harvard. For the past ten years she has been an attending pediatric otolaryngologist...
Grant Jones
gmj005@g.harvard.eduResident Tutor
"Hello! My name is Grant Jones, and I am thrilled to be a part of the Winthrop House resident tutor staff. I was born and raised right here in Boston, attended Harvard as an undergrad, and lived in Winthrop House during my college years. It feels great to...
Hakim A
Pantry Steward
Hong Qu
hong_qu@hks.harvard.eduSenior Common Room
Hong Qu is an adjunct lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School teaching classes in data visualization. As a founding engineer on YouTube’s startup team, he designed key features including the channels, video sharing, and skippable ads. He was a visiting Nieman...
Ian Chan
imianchan@gmail.comNon-Resident Tutor
I'm Ian (he/they) and I'm thrilled to be a Winthrop NRT! Born in Hong Kong and raised in Toronto, I graduated from Harvard in 2023, concentrating in Linguistics and Mathematics with a secondary in Music and a Concurrent Master's in Linguistics. As an...
