Senior Common Room (SCR)

Anna-Sophia Boguraev

Resident Tutor
Medicine, Biophysics/Biochem, English Literature
I'm Anna-Sophia, or A-S, and I'm a sixth-year in the MD-PhD program finishing up my PhD in Chemical Biology. I grew up in NY, studied Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and English Lit as a Yale undergrad, and this trajectory up the New England coast...
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Annie Boniface

Non-Resident Tutor
PhD Candidate in History
History Concentration Advisor
Hi Lowell! I'm a third-year PhD candidate in history at Harvard, and I'm so excited to work with you all! I study American history with emphasis on foreign relations and mental health policy. I grew up outside of Detroit and did my undergrad at...
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Adrienne Boris

Executive Producer and Stage Director, Lowell House Opera
I am excited to join the Senior Common Room through my work with Lowell House as Executive Producer & Stage Director of Lowell House Opera. I received my MFA in Directing from Boston University in 2015 where I have also served as guest director and...
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William Bossert

David B. Arnold, Jr. Professor of Science, Emeritus
Former Faculty Dean of Lowell House
My wife, Mary Lee, and I were Co-Masters of Lowell House for 23 years before turning the House over to Diana and Dorothy in June, 1998. I was born in Missouri and lived there and in Virginia before entering Harvard with the class of ‘59. I lived in Lowell...
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Mary Brinton

Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Emerita
I am the Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology and am also currently the Director of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies. I became fascinated by Japanese society when I was an undergraduate, and pursued a PhD in sociology (with many years...
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Michael Bronski

Professor of the Practice in Media and Activism
I grew up in New Jersey and attended Rutgers University. In high school I engaged in civil rights work and antiwar activism. In 1969 I became involved in the Gay Liberation Movement and since then have worked as an activist and organizer with emphasis on...
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Paul Buttenwieser

Affiliate
Overseer of Harvard College, 2001-2007
My professional life has been divided between practicing and teaching psychiatry and writing novels. In 1988 my wife and I started the Family-to-Family Project to work with families who are homeless. Reflecting my lifelong devotion to music, I serve as...
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Elson Callejas

Building Manager, Lowell House
Area Manager for Adams, Lowell & Quincy Houses
Office at the front gate of Lowell House
(617) 495-2282
I was born in Guatemala where I became a fourth grade teacher at a small elementary school. Due to the civil war, I immigrated to the United States and embarked on a new career in the construction field, obtaining a Hoisting Engineer’s license and a...
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Melani Cammett

Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs
Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
I am a professor in the Government Department in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and I hold a secondary faculty position in Global Health and Population at the Harvard Chan School. My research focuses on the politics of development, religion and politics...
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John Campbell

Morton L. and Carole S. Olshan Professor of Economics
I have taught finance in the economics department since 1994. I am particularly interested in household finance – how ordinary people use or misuse financial products – and I teach a freshman seminar on this subject in which we discuss ideas to improve...
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Andrew Castillo

Resident Tutor
MD-PhD Candidate, Harvard Medical School and MIT
Hello friends! My name is Andrew Castillo, and I grew up in LA county in the city of Norwalk, CA. Over my time at Harvard ('21), I was deeply involved with house life as Lowell House Committee Co-Chair and can confidently say Lowell House is in fact the...
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Alex Chan

Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
I'm an economist working as an Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School. I am a cat, train, manga and Cantonese food enthusiast. I study how market failures occur, how such failures lead to disparities across demographic groups, and how to design...
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Gerald Chan

Co-Founder and Director, Morningside Group
My two Harvard degrees are in medical radiological physics and radiation biology. After a post-doctoral fellowship in pathology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, I left academia and began my career in investments. I was early in investing in the first...
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Joyce Chaplin

James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History
I’m the James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History at Harvard, also affiliated with History of Science, American Studies, and the Harvard University Center for the Environment. In and around my Harvard career, I've taught at six...
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David Charbonneau

Fred Kavli Professor of Astrophysics
I'm passionate about astronomy in general and the search for extrasolar planets in particular. I design and build telescopes to discover and characterize worlds orbiting nearby stars, with the ultimate goal of developing methods to study the atmospheres...
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Hamza Tahir Chaudhry

Non-Resident Tutor
PhD Candidate in Applied Mathematics
Hey all! I'm Hamza. I'm a final year PhD student at SEAS in Applied Mathematics, focusing on the intersection of AI and Neuroscience. During my PhD, I've consulted with big pharma companies for applied AI in drug discovery, Venture Capital firms exploring...
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William Chen

Resident Tutor
Fellowships
Hello Lowellians! I am honoured to be one of your resident tutors this year. I am passionate about learning, discovery, and mentorship. I am Canadian, born and raised in Ottawa, and I completed my doctoral studies in muscle stem cell biology at the...
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Raj Chetty

William A. Ackman Professor of Public Economics
I am a Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and a graduate of Harvard College as well as Harvard’s PhD Program in Economics. My research combines empirical evidence and economic theory to help design more effective government policies. My work on...
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