Senior Common Room (SCR)

Carolyn Abbate

Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor
My work focuses on opera, music philosophy, and sound studies. While my writings have been translated into several languages, I’m also myself a translator, which I consider a relaxing hobby. My current academic research centers on mischievous sound...
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Shivi Aggarwal

Resident Tutor
MBA/MS Program
Hello Lowellians! I'm Shivi (Shivani), and it brings me great joy to be part of this community as one of your Resident Tutors, with a focus on Pre-Careers and CARE. I’m currently a first-year MBA student at Harvard Business School, part of the MS/MBA...
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Leila Ahmed

Victor S. Thoms Professor of Divinity
I am Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity, at HDS. I focus on women in religion and on issues of religion, gender and identity in both my teaching and research. My particular research interest is in relation to women and Islam: originally in relation...
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Anna Lea Albright

Non Resident Tutor
Environmental Fellow, Harvard University Center for the Environment
Hi Lowellians! I’m Anna Lea, a former resident tutor. I’m currently an Environmental Fellow at the Harvard Center for the Environment, where I work on making rainfall predictions more reliable and on using weather and climate data to better understand...
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Mary Alexander

Affiliate
Pediatrician, Belmont Cambridge Health Care
I am a pediatrician and mother to Lucy (13) and Susan (11). Before completing my MD at HMS, I worked with Partners In Health on tuberculosis in Peru, earned my MPH and a BA in biology and anthropology at UNC, and survived a wild childhood in NC and...
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Sandy Alexander

Affiliate in Law
Founder of Lowell Speeches Program
By day, I work for Massachusetts as an Assistant Attorney General. This year, I'm leading a team fighting the opioid epidemic, including a suit by our state against Purdue Pharma. By night, I help create our Lowell Speeches. I grew up in North Carolina...
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Alexandra Amati

Instructor, Harvard Extension School
Professor Emerita of Music, University of San Francisco
I am an Italian musicologist, teaching at the Harvard Extension School and a couple of other places. I taught at the University of San Francisco for 25 years, where I created the music program, and am now a Professor Emerita. While I was doing my PhD I...
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Jesse Amato-Grill

Affiliate
Engineering
I am a physicist working on quantum technologies at a startup in Boston. I attended Harvard for my PhD, where I was inexorably drawn into Lowell's orbit by the vibrant and welcoming community. I love talking about science and technology, their effects on...
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William (Billy) An

Non-resident Tutor
DMD Candidate, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Hi everyone, my name is Billy and I’m a third year at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine! I was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and studied Biology and Biomedical Physics at WashU during my undergrad. Between undergrad and grad school, I spent...
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Pol Antras

Robert G. Ory Professor of Economics
I was born in the beautiful city of Barcelona (Spain), but have lived in the Boston area since 1999. I have taught at Harvard since receiving my Ph.D. in Economics from MIT in 2003. My teaching and research fields are international economics, and my most...
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Denis Auroux

Herchel Smith Professor of Mathematics
After growing up and obtaining my PhD in France, I came to the US in 1999. I was on the math department faculty at MIT from 1999 to 2009 and at UC Berkeley from 2009 to 2018 before moving to Harvard in 2018. My research studies the geometry of "symplectic...
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Bes Bajraktarevic

Resident Tutor
Comparative Literature
Arts, Room Reservations
Hellowell! My name is Bes and in addition to the interdisciplinary humanities scholarship of my doctorate, I am interested in woodworking, various creative projects, and hiking/spending time in nature. In Lowell, I manage our room reservations and serve...
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Boaz Barak

Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
I am a professor and the co-director of undergraduate studies for Computer Science. I am originally from Israel, and prior to Harvard I was also a faculty member at Princeton. My work is on the theoretical aspects of computer science, which interface with...
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Robert Barro

Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics
Robert J. Barro is Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard University, a visiting scholar at American Enterprise Institute, and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University...
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Thomas Batchelder

Affiliate
Art History, Architecture
I arrived at Harvard many years ago, have served under four presidents (the first one was named Bok), and have been affiliated with Lowell House for twenty very happy years. As an undergraduate advisor, and stalwart supporter of the Humanities, I find my...
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Max Bazerman

Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration
I am the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. My research focuses on ethics, behavioral economics, and ethics. I am the author or co-author of ten books (including The Power of Noticing, Simon and...
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Aaron Benavidez

Non-Resident Tutor
PhD Candidate in Sociology
Sociology Concentration Advisor
Aaron Brennen Benavidez is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. His research examines institutional and city-level factors shaping community college persistence, trajectory, and completion. Dedicated to undergraduate...
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Graeme Bird

Lecturer, Harvard Extension School
Professor of Linguistics and Classics, Gordon College
I’m originally from New Zealand; my interests include jazz piano, Homeric poetry, and Ancient Greek mathematics. I have given lecture/performances at Oxford, Columbia and Paris on the relationship between Homer and jazz improvisation. I teach a course...
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