Meet Your GUE Colleagues: Summer 2026

Associate Director, Graduate Student Professional Development
Career Advising & Professional Development

My role: I create and deliver programming for graduate students to support their professional development, in collaboration with partners across the Institute.
Years at MIT: 5
Favorite hobbies or DIY projects: I enjoy travel, writing, houseplants, photography, and writing letters & cards.
Last great book you read: A Hungarian novel (in translation) called Temptation, by János Székely.
Music or musicians/bands/groups you love: I’m a GenXr, so I love some older stuff like U2. I also love Harry Styles (inexplicably), and Christine and the Queens. My Spotify “liked songs” is rather eclectic.
Favorite sports team(s): I support Fulham in the Premier League. It was hard not to love the Scotland team during their World Cup moment.
Famous person (living or dead) you’d love to meet, and why: I’d say Greta Thunberg, but I wouldn’t want to take up any of her time!
What was your first job? My first “real” job after college was makin’ copies at Kinko’s. Then I got a real real job at Reed College in Portland, OR.
Proudest moment in your life: Finishing my PhD.

Assistant Director, Academic Programs
MIT-WHOI Joint Program

My role: I manage the academic and operational aspects of the MIT-WHOI Joint Program from the MIT ‘side’ of things, from student support, to budgetary matters, to day-to-day logistics.
Years at MIT: 14.5
Favorite hobbies or DIY projects: Music is a massive special interest of mine; reading; sewing; hiking; baking.
Last great book you read: Dungeon Crawler Carl (I’m almost finished with book 8! Fellow Crawlers, please come yell about this book series with me).
Music or musicians/bands/groups you love: Manic Street Preachers, Blind Guardian, Bruce Springsteen, Sleep Token, Hozier, Billy Idol, Placebo.
Best Halloween costume you’ve ever had: Miss Frizzle (and my dog Maisey was the Magic School Bus).
Guilty pleasure: Don’t feel guilt about the things you enjoy!
If I won the lottery, I would: I wouldn’t say anything, but there would be signs (a big property in the woods with lots of dogs and a library with a rolling ladder).

Assistant Director, Early Career Engagement
Career Advising & Professional Development

My role: I give career advice and lead CAPD’s programming for first-years and sophomores.
Years at MIT: 5
Favorite hobbies or DIY projects: Trying new recipes, baking sourdough bread, hand embroidery, miniature kits, and more recently, working with polymer clay.
Favorite food or cuisine: Korean fried chicken.
Best Halloween costume you’ve ever had: Pink Power Ranger.
Proudest moment in your life: Giving birth to my daughter, June.
What was your first job? Bagging groceries and pushing carts at my local Stop & Shop.
Favorite dessert or treats: Mint chocolate chip ice cream.

Associate Director for Graduate Student Teaching
Teaching + Learning Lab

My role: I oversee, design, and teach (along with colleagues) all of our graduate student teacher training program, from TA training to teaching certificates to Teaching Development Fellows.
Years at MIT: 8
Favorite hobbies or DIY projects: Singing in choirs, cooking/baking projects, and homebrewing! Last year I started growing my own hops!
Favorite movie: The Fellowship of the Ring.
Favorite sports teams: Minnesota United Football Club (Go Loons!)
Proudest moments in your life: When I married my wife in 2015, when my son was born in 2022, and when I was ordained a Catholic deacon in 2025.
What was your first job? Produce department at a local grocery store. 5:30 am shifts were not great as a high-schooler.
Favorite desserts or treats: If any kind of gummy candy is open, I am constitutionally unable to not eat the entire bag. I also really like very hot brownies with very cold ice cream..