# Faculty Deans ## expand\_more Faculty Deans David Laibson and Nina Zipser oversee the House staff and community. They join other Faculty Deans in monthly meetings with the Dean of the College. They live in residence at 50 Holyoke Street and are reachable via email, or by phone. *We love travelling and experiencing different cultural, artistic, religious, and culinary traditions with our 17 year old son, Max. In recent years, we’ve been inspired by trips to China, Japan, and Singapore. We are happiest when we are in nature; biking, hiking, paddling, sailing, and especially swimming/snorkeling. Nina enjoys painting and David loves building sand castles, canals, dams, and other water-based engineering projects with Max. We all enjoy gardening, with Nina planting small meadows of wildflowers, Max farming vegetables, and David trying to encourage moss to grow in every nook and cranny.* [### David Laibson ](/people/david-laibson) Faculty Dean of Lowell House Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics Director, Foundations of Human Behavior Initiative After receiving economics degrees from Harvard (AB), the London School of Economics (MSc), and MIT (PhD), David joined the economics faculty at Harvard where he is currently the Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics. He leads Harvard Universityʼs... ![David](/sites/g/files/omnuum5006/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/lowell/files/laibson.jpeg?itok=4Bei-OwK) [### Nina Zipser ](/people/nina-zipser) Faculty Dean of Lowell House Dean for Faculty Affairs and Planning in the FAS Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics After receiving mathematics degrees from Columbia (BA) and Harvard (PhD), Nina joined the math faculty at MIT. She then joined the Boston Consulting Group, and afterwards became Harvard’s first Director of the Office of Institutional Research. She is... ![Nina Zipser](/sites/g/files/omnuum5006/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/lowell/files/nz-photo-for-fas-leaders-webpage_202x202.jpeg?itok=lZY6SrJ1)