Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Julia Apitz, Biochemistry and Biophysics PhD
"Predicting multiple conformations via sequence clustering and AlphaFold2" (fourth author, with H.K. Wayment-Steele, A. Ojoawo, R. Otten, et al.) Nature 625, 832-829 (2024).

Jared Berkowitz, History PhD
"America's First Corporate Person: The Bank of the United States, 1790-1812." Virginia Law and Business Review 17, no. 2 (Spring 2023): 205-244.

Marie Comuzzo, Musicology PhD
"Singing with Whales: Exploring Human and Non-Human Connections." Society of Ethnomusicology Student News, Summer 2023.

Sari Fein, Near Eastern and Judaic Studies PhD
2021; "Part of the Same Miracle: Women and Visual Art in the Dura Europos Synagogue." In Material Culture and Women's Religious Experience in Antiquity: An Interdisciplinary Symposium, edited by Mark D. Ellison, Catherine Gines Taylor, and Carolyn Osiek, Lexington Books (Rowman & Littlefield).

Max Friedman, Music Composition & Theory MFA
"Oy Mamalige!": Mamaliga's "Dos Glidn Bletl": Klezmer msuic review published in In Geveb's blog (February 2022).

Alejandra Gonzalez, Chemistry PhD
"Photoswitchable Binary Nanopore Conductance and Selective Electronic Detection of Single Biomolecules Under Wavelength and Voltage Polarity Control," J. T. Hagan, A. Gonzalez, Y. Shi, G. G. D. Han*, and J. R. Dwyer, ACS Nano 2022.

James Heazlewood-Dale, Musicology PhD
Liner notes for Grace Kelly at the Movies.
Liner notes for the Original Soundtrack CD release of The Calistto Protocol (Decca Records).
"Piranha Plants, Volcanoes, and Turtle Shells: Sound, Sight, and Place in Mario Kart 8's Fantastical Soundworld," Video Games and Environmental Humanities.
Season program notes for Wellesley Symphony Orchestra.

Samantha Leonard and Ann Ward, Sociology PhDs
"Tales from the (disrupted) field: Contemplating interruptions, disruptions, and ethnography amidst a pandemic." Ethnography, December 2022.

Xin Yao Lin, Psychology PhD
Lin, X. & Lachman, M. E. (2021). Associations Between Social Media Use, Physical Activity, and Emotional Well-Being from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Refresher Daily Diary Study. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. Advance online publication.

Elizabeth Mahon, Psychology PhD
"Voice Biomarkers as Indicators of Cognitive Change in Middle and Late Adulthood" (first author, with Dr. Margie Lachman). Journal of Neurobiology of Aging, March 2022.

Teodora Markova, Neuroscience PhD; Claire Ciampa, Neuroscience PhD; and Jourdan Parent, Psychology PhD
"Poorer aging trajectories are associated with elevated serotonin synthesis capacity" (first, second, and third author, respectively). Mol Psychiatry 28, 4390-4398 (2023).

Bibi Najma, Physics PhD
"Competing instabilities reveal how to rationally design and control active crosslinked gels" (first author, with Minu Varghese, Lev Tsidilkovski, Linnea Lemma, Aparna Baskaran, and Guillaume Duclos). Nature Communications, October 2022.

Anja Parish, Politics PhD
"Teaching Social Movements with a Sustained Simulation of Police-Protestor Contention: The Hypothetical Case of the Contested Election of 2024" (third author, with Daniel Kryder and Jamie Morgan). PS - Political Science and Politics, March 2023.

Qianfeng Qiu, Chemistry PhD
Design of Phase-Transition MOST Compounds: Compact Molecules with High Energy Densities. Q. Qiu, M. A. Gerkman, Y. Shi, and G. G. D. Han. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 9458-9461.
Solar Energy Conversion and Storage by Photoswitchable Organic Materials in Solution, Liquid, Solid, and Changing Phases. Q. Qiu, Y. Shi, and G. G. D. Han. J. Mater. Chem. C 2021, 9, 11444-11463.

Gowthaman Ranganthan, Anthropology PhD
"Caste Capital and Myth of Merit: What Stops Dalits From Accessing Western Education." The News Minute, March 2023.

Daniel Schwartz, English PhD
"The (Not-So-) Private Mind: Why Faulkner's 'The Sound and the Fury' is and is Not a Failure." Partial Answers: Journal of Literature and the History of Ideas, forthcoming (January 2024).
"An Abrahamic Double Bind: An Examination of the Possibility of Faith in 'Crime and Punishment.'" The Slavonic & East European Review, forthcoming.

Hunter Seyforth, Physics PhD
"Macroscopic photonic single crystals via seeded growth of DNA-coated colloids" (third author, with A. Hensley, T.E. Vidabaek, et al). Nat Commun 14, 4237 (2023).

Víctor Manuel Suárez Casanova, Neuroscience PhD
"Juvenile Shank3 KO Mice Adopt Distinct Hunting Strategies during Prey Capture Learning" (third author, with C Groves Kuhnle, M Grimes, GG Turrigiano, and SD Van Hooser). eNeuro. 2022 Nov-Dec; 9(6).
"NDI: A Platform-Independent Data Interface and Database for Neuroscience Physiology and Imaging Experiments" (eleventh author, with D García Murillo, Y Zhao, OS Rogovin, K Zhang, AW Hu, MR Kim, S Chen, Z Wang, ZC Keeley, DI Shin, Y Zhu, L Martin, O Papaemmanouil, and SD Van Hooser). eNeuro. 2022 Jan-Feb; 9(1).

Alexandra Szabo, History PhD
"Sterilizáció a holokauszt árnyékában [Sterilization in the Shadow of the Holocaust]," in Nők a hátországban [Women in the Hinterland], ed. Péter Virányi, Budapest: Kronosz kiadó, 2022.

Mercedes Villalonga, Psychology PhD.
"Keep your finger on the pulse: Better rate perception and gap detection with vibrotactile compared to visual stimuli" (first author, with R. Sekuler). Atten Percept Psychophys 85, 2004-2017 (2023).

Manning Zhang, Sociology and Social Policy PhD.
"Book Review: The Quest for Sexual Health: How an Elusive Ideal Has Transformed Science, Politics, and Everyday Life." Sexualities, 0(0).
"CCL Event Report: Theodicy and the Problem of Meaning."
"CCL Event Report: Belligerent Nationalism."
"Four Questions with Larissa Buccholz."
"Four Questions with Talia Schiff."

Jared Berkowitz, History PhD
"America's First Corporate Person: The Bank of the United States, 1789-1812." Invited presenter, Pauline Maier Early American History Seminar, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA, February 7, 2023.
"Corporate Rights and Personhood from Revolution to Reconstruction: A New Legal History of the Corporation." Organizer and presenter, American Society for Legal History Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, November 2022.

Luke Blackburn, Music Composition & Theory PhD
"Introduction to Eco- and Biomusic." Invited talk at Western Carolina University.

Ethan Borshansky, Musicology PhD
Presentation at North East Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Conference, April 22, 2023.

Marie Comuzzo, Musicology PhD
“Queering Whale Songs: Making Waves Through the Anthropocene,” Invited Talk at Mount Holyoke College, April 2024
“Singing with Whales: Exploring Human and Non-Human Musicalities,” Lightning Talk at AMS-SMT 2023 Conference in the Ecocriticism Study group, November 2023.
“ The Ideal Traumatized Body: Shaping Beauty Standards for Young Women and Genderqueer Performers” within the co-led panel “Surviving Dreams, Living Trauma: The Invisible Barriers That Stand Between Performers and Their Success,” at the Society of Ethnomusicology Annual Conference, October 2023. Panel sponsored by the SEM Section Status of Women (SWW).
"'It's about damn time': Body Liberation in Lizzo's Music." Themus, The Music Society at Temple, March 2023.
"Finding Freedom in Music Analysis: Positionality and Triple Consciousness." "Intersectionality and Analysis" Panel, AMS/SMT/SEM 2022 Conference, November 2022.

Jenny Factor, English PhD
"Rhyming Rivals: Phillis Wheatley Peters Wins a Poem Game." American Society for Eighteenth Century Scholars.
Presentation on Phillis Wheatley Peters, Society for Early Americanists Conference, June 2023.

Sari Fein, Near Eastern and Judaic Studies PhD
2022: "Conceiving Mothers Without Children in the Hebrew Bible." Delivered at "Conceptions of Motherhood in the Hebrew Bible and Israelite Religion," sponsored by Hebrew Union College and Yale University (virtual).
2021: "'Last of All the Mother Died': Maternal Martyrdom in the Early Jewish Imagination." "When Families Fall Apart" panel at the Association for Jewish Studies Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
2021: "The Pedagogical Power of Maternal Imagery in the Dura Europos Synagogue Paintings." Social History of Formative Judaism and Christianity section of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX and virtual.
2021: "'For Rachel I Will Return the Israelites': Maternal Grief and Loss in the Early Jewish Imagination." Nangeroni Meeting of the Enoch Seminar (virtual).

Max Friedman, Music Composition & Theory MFA
Indiana University Jewish Studies Graduate Student Conference: Paper Presentation: "Musical Yiddishisms: An Investigation of Cultural and Political Self-Conceptualization through the Klezmatics' 'Der Yokh.'" February 2022.

Sarah Beth Gable, History PhD
Presenter, Pauline Maier Early American History Seminar, Massachusetts Historical Society, December 2021.

Hannah Germaine, Neuroscience PhD
"Multiple Spike Sequences Inherent in Random Networks" - Poster Presentation at the Society for Neuroscience 2021 Conference in the Theoretical Network Models theme.
"Anterior Insular Cortex Punctuated Activity Outside of Active Taste Processing Contains Taste-Specific Information" - Poster Presentation at the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) spring 2023 conference, Bonita Springs, Florida.

Daniel Gerth, Musicology PhD
Presentation at Themus, The Music Society at Temple, March 31, 2023.

James Heazlewood-Dale, Musicology PhD
Presented research at The American Musicological Society 2021 Conference.
Presentations at Coolidge Corner Theater, North American Conference for Video Game Music, The National Conference for Popular Culture Association, Music and Moving Image, CMS International Conference, MusiLudens.

Xin Yao Lin, Psychology PhD
Lin, X. & Lachman, M. E. (2021, November). The Relationship Between Social Media Use and Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Social Support. In A. Lothary (Chair), Technology to Support Social, Health, and Wellbeing Outcomes among Older Adults. Symposium presented at Gerontological Society of America, Online.
Lin, X. & Lachman, M. E. (2021, November). Social Media Use and Emotional Well-Being: The Role of Physical Activity. Poster session presented at Gerontological Society of America, Online.
Ebert, J. & Lin, X. (2021, October). The Impact of Routine Schedule on Success of a Habit Formation Intervention to Increase and Sustain Walking in Working Midlife Adults. Symposium session presented at the Association for Consumer Research (ACR) Proceedings. Online.

Elizabeth Mahon, Psychology PhD
"Physiological Disregulation as a Predictor of Cognitive Decline." Poster presentation with Dr. Margie Lachman, Gerontological Society of America Conference.
"Voice Markers as Possible Indicators of Cognitive Aging," Gerontological Society of America.

Daniel Schwartz, English PhD
"An Abrahamic Double Bind: An Examination of the Possibility of Faith in Crime and Punishment." North American Dostoevsky Society's Graduate Panel, November 2, 2022.

Víctor Manuel Suárez Casanova, Neuroscience PhD
"Co-organization of responses to direction, speed and temporal frequency in ferret visual cortex" (with N Lasky-Nielson, K Cheng, R Rodriguez, J Touboul, J Ribot, and SD Van Hooser). Society for Neuroscience; 2022 November; San Diego, CA, USA.

Anna Valcour, Musicology PhD
"Operatic Institutional Responsibility for Sexual Misconduct." American Musicological Society, New England Chapter, February 25, 2023.
Presentations at Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory and Columbia University.

Manning Zhang, Sociology and Social Policy PhD
“Unveiling the Impact of Bike Infrastructure on Urban Neighborhood Transformation in the Greater Boston Area.” Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) Conference 2024: Greater Boston’s Annual Insight-to-Impact Summit, Boston, MA, April.
“Boston moving: fitness clubs and community-making practices.” American Sociological Association Community and Urban Sociology Section Virtual Mini-Conference: Building Communities in Research and Practice, virtual, April.
“Tackling the Bamboo Ceiling: Experience of Early-stage Immigrant Asian Women Scholars in the United States.” 2024 Education & Health Research Hub Conference at George Mason University, virtual, February.
“Fit for good: Contested Social Class, Gender and Racial Contexts in the Weight Room.” American Sociological Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, August.
“The Migration Old: explore Chinese senior rural-urban population in the past 30 years with the age-cohort-period model.” Population Association of America Applied Demographic Conference, Annapolis, MD, February.

Luke Blackburn, Music Composition & Theory PhD
Premiere: Menagerie of Endangered Creatures: Blue, Vanishing, commissioned by the Lyra Society, 09/11/2021. Ina Zdorovetchi, harp.
Premiere: Impact, commissioned by Western Carolina University, 03/24/2022, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.
Premiere: Metamorphosis of Plants, commissioned by Boston Musica Viva on 04/02/2022.
Premiere: Menagerie of Endangered Creatures: Georgia Aves, commissioned by ensemble vim, 04/22/2022. St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia.
Premiere: Menagerie of Spectacular Creatures: Insecta, commissioned by Project EcoMusic, 05/06/2022. First Congregational Church of Winchester. Winchester, MA.

Max Friedman, Music Composition & Theory MFA
"The Lake" for voice, trumpet, and piano: performance by Nicholls State University (LA) faculty.
"Exospheres" for full orchestra: premiere by the Brown University Orchestra (November 2021).

Jingmian Gong, Music Composition & Theory MFA
Choral piece "Water Song" commissioned by Lingnan Normal University in China and performed on September 27, 2021.

James Heazlewood-Dale, Musicology PhD
Appearance on 2022 Grammy Award-Nominated Album (Best Immersive Audio): Alain Mallet's Mutt Slang II - A Wake of Sorrows Engulfed in Rage.
Performance: Carnegie Hall with violinist Lily Honigberg as part of the In Response concert series. 
Mehmet Sanlikol at Jordan Hall (NEC), Grace Kelly (musical director and bassist), Berklee Performance Center, April 29, 2023.
National tour of North America with Grace Kelly 
National tour of Japan with the Yuki Futami Quartet Academic and Public-facing
Touring with Mr. Ho's Orchestra, April 11-16, 2023.

Qi Li, Music Composition & Theory PhD
Commission from Sarasa Ensemble.
Commission from Philharmonie de Paris.

Ying-Ting Lin, Music Composition & Theory PhD
Thailand New Music and Arts Symposium Winning Composition Prize, new work commissioned by Tacet(i) Ensemble performed in Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre in 2021-2022.
Liszt Moaned Samsara (2021) for ensemble and electronics premiered in Thailand New Music and Arts Symposium.

Mariel Mayz, Music Composition & Theory PhD
Interdisciplinary performance for the Porto Pianofest "Music in Dialogue" Series (Porto, Portugal) in August 2021, in collaboration with javascript artist Taylor Baldwin.
Commissioned new work for string quartet for the Sarasa Ensemble, with performances in Cambridge, Lexington, and Brattleboro, VT, November 2021.
Piano soloist for the Beethoven Choral Fantasy, Op. 80 with the Greenwich Choral Society.
Performance for the "Música de Camara" concert series in New York City of all Latin American music plus original works (April 1, 2022).
Director and performer for the "Porto Pianofest in New York" gala events for sponsors and supporters of the festival in the US at Yamaha Artist Services in NYC on April 7th, 2022. 
Commissioned work, Symphony Space. March 4, 2023.
Work from Cuban Sketches for Piano. Americas Society/Council of the Americas, March 24, 2023.
Commissioned work, Alliance University Marion B. Howe Concert Series, April 12, 2023.
New composition, Casa de Portugal, Cité Universitaire, Paris, April 21, 2023.