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Arnold, Yanina
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I am a PhD Candidate in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. I specialize in nineteenth century Russian literature and culture, and my research focuses on the interaction between legal culture and literature in late imperial Russia and its lasting impact on Russian attitudes toward law. My "sub-academic" hobbies include reading nineteenth century Russian popular press, collecting caricatures, translating, and drawing. Before coming to Michigan, I earned an MA in English from the University of Idaho, where I also taught college composition for two years. At Michigan, I taught courses in Russian language, designed and taught my own course in Russian Literature titled "Short Masterpieces of the Long Nineteenth Century"(which was an upper-lever writing requirement course), and also served as a graduate student mentor in my home department. Oh, and I forgot to mention: I am a native of Saint-Petersburg (Russia, not Florida). |
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Atias, Daphna dapati@umich.edu [2]
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Daphna is third-year doctoral student in English Language and Literature. Her research centers on American literature written before the Civil War and particularly on the relationship between food, cookery, and literature--a set of interests that she uses to justify frequent snacking and browsing menus, cookbooks, and food blogs. Daphna earned a BA in English and Political Science from the University of Michigan in 2006. In the three years between before returning to Michigan for grad school, she taught tenth-grade English at independent schools in Massachusetts and Manhattan. While at U-M, she has served as a GSI for the English department's British literature sequence, designed and taught a first-year writing course (English 124), and taught in the New England Literature Program. |
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Bonem, Emily ebonem@umich.edu [3]
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Emily is a fourth year doctoral student in the Social Psychology Department. Her research looks at how different types of emotions can affect decisions involving risk. Specifically, she is especially interested in looking at specific emotions like fear, anger, happiness and hope and how they influence appraisals of risky situation. Emily has been a GSI for several different courses in the Psychology Department but her favorite class to teach is Research Methods in Psychology. She is also very interested in incorporating new technology into teaching and assessing the efficacy of new teaching methods. Emily received her undergraduate degree from Williams College with a dual major in Psychology and Music. Some of her other interests include non-academic reading, cooking, knitting and playing the cello in the Life Sciences Orchestra. |
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Cavalcante, Andre
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Andre Cavalcante is a PhD student in the Department of Communication Studies. In broad terms, he researches media audiences and the work of identity. He was recently honored with the 'GSI of the Year Award' (2009) from the Department of Communication Studies. Before coming to Michigan, Andre was an instructor at Suffolk County Community College, Nassau County Community College and Hofstra University in New York, where he taught courses on human and interpersonal communication and acted as faculty advisor to several student organizations. He has also worked in event planning in both entertainment and public relations contexts. |
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Crider, Sara
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I’m a Ph.D. candidate in the Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Sociology. My research interests include intergroup dialogue, identity development, attitude change, and social justice education programs. I’m especially interested in the potential role of dialogue as both an intervention and a pedagogical tool, particularly in the areas of sociology and social work education. I earned my M.S.W. from the University of Michigan in 2008. I’ve worked as a GSI for the department of Sociology (topics including religion, sexuality, and social psychology) and for the Office of Intergroup Relations at UM. I really love teaching, and I always enjoy chatting with others about teaching strategies and techniques. And, in my spare time (what?! I wish!)… Well, I would read some good fiction, travel, play the piano, and take a printmaking class. |
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Engel, Steve
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Steve Engel is a PhD candidate in the Joint Program in English and Education (JPEE). He has taught courses in both the English Department Writing Program and the School of Education. His research interests include teachers' narratives about plagiarism and the challenges and affordances new media place on writing instruction. Prior to coming to the University of Michigan, Steve taught high school English and drama for 14 years in upstate New York. He was named a White House Commission on Presidential Scholars Distinguished Teacher and a New York State English Council Educator of Excellence. |
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Green, Tim
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Tim Green is a doctoral candidate in the English and Education Joint PhD Program, and a Graduate Student Instructor in the English Department. He has been an English teacher for many years, having taught middle and high school students in South Texas, Nicaragua, and Chicago before beginning graduate study. At UM, Tim has taught introductory courses in writing and in literature, helped teach a course on the history of the English language, taught graduate-level academic writing in the summer immersion program at the English Language Institute, and has served as a Graduate Research Assistant (GSRA) at the Sweetland Writing Center. Tim's research focuses on the development of language attitudes in the history of English, with a special focus on the influence of religious belief upon Renaissance-era language debates. He holds an MA in English Literature from DePaul University and earned both a BA in English and History and a Masters of Education from the University of Notre Dame. |
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Herold, Warren
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Warren is a PhD candidate in the Philosophy Department at the University of Michigan. His primary research interests are in ethics, moral psychology, and the history of ethics (especially Adam Smith and David Hume). He is also interested in political philosophy, the philosophy of economics, the philosophy of education, and applied ethics. He has taught undergraduate courses in ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of religion, as well as several introductory survey courses. When he's not thinking about philosophy (and sometimes when he is), he spends most of his time playing with his son and/or riding his bike. |
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Iaconi, Ala iaconi@umich.edu [9]
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I am a 4th year PhD candidate in Social and Administrative Sciences in Pharmacy at the University of Michigan. I studied Pharmacy Administration at The Ohio State University during which I attained my MS degree. My current research focuses on improving medication use among the elderly in the US. At the University of Michigan I have served as a GSI for four graduate courses: Pharmaceutical care I, Introduction to the Health Care Systems and Pharmacy Law, Pharmacy Law and Ethics, and Pharmacy and the US Health Care System. Following graduation I am considering a faculty position that incorporates both teaching and research, with an emphasis on the former. I enjoy very much engaging in various forms of exercise, reading, and watching movies/TV shows with the people I love. |
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Jackman, Dana jackman@umich.edu [10]
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Dana Jackman is a PhD candidate at the School of Natural Resources and Environment and a MA candidate in the Department of Economics. Dana is also affiliated with the Center for the Study of Complex Systems. Her research interests focus on uncoordinated climate policy, cooperative use and management of environmental goods, and policy-induced market and societal transformations. Dana has served as a Teaching Assistant or Graduate Student Instructor for eleven semesters. In that capacity, she has taught calculus, probability and statics, analytical methods, environmental economics, microeconomics, and environmental problems. Before attending the University of Michigan, Dana earned a BA at the College of Wooster and MA at the University of Virgina, both in Mathematics. Her background also includes several years of experience as an actuary and consultant in Washington DC. |
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Jakle, Alex ajakle@umich.edu [11]
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Alex Jakle is a Ph. D Candidate in Political Science and a first-year student at the Law School. He has taught in both the United States and in Wales, and has taught test preparation, political theory, public law... and swim lessons. He is currently training first time Graduate Student Instructors in the Political Science department. He researches compliance and rule-breaking behavior, and is fresh off six grueling weeks of fieldwork on Cape Cod. |
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Patel, Minal minalrp@umich.edu [12]
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Originally from San Diego, California, Minal is a PhD student in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at the School of Public Health. She received her MPH in the same department at Michigan, and her BA in Psychology with a minor in Health Care and Social Issues from the University of California San Diego. Minal’s research interests are in patient-provider communication and chronic disease management, and has been working at the Center for Managing Chronic Disease for the past 3 years on projects related to asthma management. She has been a Graduate Student Instructor in the Department of Psychology and has taught courses in research methods and organizational psychology. |
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Pugh, Melody melodypu@umich.edu [13]
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Melody Pugh is a PhD candidate in the Joint Program in English and Education (JPEE). She has teaches courses in the English Department Writing Program and has worked with Outreach programs to underrepresented high schools through the Ross School of Business and the IDEA institute. Her research interests focus on how students understand the relationship between academic and extracurricular literacy practices. Prior to coming to the University of Michigan, Melody taught writing and literature in a Liberal Arts College and worked in online editorial at a small niche-publishing house. |
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Sampson, Natalie nsampson@umich.edu [14]
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Natalie Sampson is a PhD candidate in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at the School of Public Health. She received her BS from U of M in environmental studies and her MPH from Portland State University (PSU). Her research interests converge at the intersection of public health and urban planning with specific study of public engagement processes, transportation and health, climate change, and environmental health inequities. Reflective of these interdisciplinary topics, she has held several student teaching appointments for courses such as ‘Leadership for Change,’ ‘Global Environmental Change,’ and ‘Health and Society’. Before beginning her PhD, she was also an adjunct lecturer for an undergraduate introductory public health course at PSU. Natalie enjoys facilitating interactive lessons, integrating community engagement and service-learning when appropriate. |
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Smith, George smithge@umich.edu [15]
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George is a fourth year PhD student in the Social Psychology Department. His research deals with issues of identity and academic motivation, specifically, how different framings of identity can be motivating or demotivating for students in school. He is also interested in the impact of role models and the messages they send about the likelihood of different academic outcomes. More recently, he has been doing work on the metacognitive experience of difficulty and how it can foster both disengagement and increased effort by students in school. He also has begun doing research on aggressive behavior and intergroup interactions. He has been a GSI several semesters at Michigan and has teaching experience in other settings as well; his favorite class to teach is Violence in the Media. He received his undergraduate degree from the fantastic University of Florida (Go Gators!). |
Links:
[1] mailto:arnoldy@umich.edu
[2] mailto:dapati@umich.edu
[3] mailto:ebonem@umich.edu
[4] mailto:amcaval@umich.edu
[5] mailto:criders@umich.edu
[6] mailto:sjengel@umich.edu
[7] mailto:timgreen@umich.edu
[8] mailto:waherold@umich.edu
[9] mailto:iaconi@umich.edu
[10] mailto:jackman@umich.edu
[11] mailto:ajakle@umich.edu
[12] mailto:minalrp@umich.edu
[13] mailto:melodypu@umich.edu
[14] mailto:nsampson@umich.edu
[15] mailto:smithge@umich.edu
[16] http://www.crlt.umich.edu/category/tags/gsi
[17] http://www.crlt.umich.edu/category/tags/gtc
