Josh Abram concentrates in Psychology at Harvard University and pursues a secondary field in Economics. He has worked in several social psychology laboratories as a research assistant. He has conducted research under Professor Daniel Schacter on the relationship between sleep and memory and under Professor Joshua Greene on how people make moral decisions.
Aditi Balakrishna concentrates in Neurobiology with a secondary field in Psychology at Harvard University. She serves as the Associate Managing Editor for The Harvard Crimson, where she reported on the Dean of the College. She also served as Managing Editor for Content for The Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal.
Ellsworth Lapham Fersch has taught at Harvard University, in the Medical and Extension Schools and in the College, during the three decades since receiving his J.D. in law and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology there. He has been a visiting faculty member at various colleges and universities, including Boston University, Yale University, and the University of Massachusetts. A licensed clinical psychologist and member of the Massachusetts bar, he served as the long-time director of The Massachusetts Court Clinic and practiced clinical and forensic psychology. He has written about topics at the intersection of psychology and law. As General Editor of this volume, he guided its preparation in his seminar on The Insanity Defense, contributed material, and wrote the Introduction.
Rachel Flynn studies Comparative Religion at Harvard University, with secondary fieldwork in the Dramatic Arts. An active member of the Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club, she has directed, designed and acted in over thirty productions on campus. She completed her religion coursework with a thesis on the construction of social meaning through religious ritual, utilizing the letters and sermons of Martin Luther and the works of theorists Rene Girard and Catherine Bell. She is the 2009 recipient of the Radcliffe Doris Cohen Levi Prize for Musical Theater.
Justin Hall concentrates in Psychology and has received a citation in Spanish at Harvard University. He has worked as a research assistant in Professor Wendy Mendes' Psychophysiology Laboratory studying emotion, health, and stress. He has also been involved in community service with the Big Brother Big Sister Boston program weekly and plays junior varsity basketball for Harvard.
Eesir Kaur studies Psychology at Harvard University with a focus on social and cognitive neuroscience. She has coached the Boston Urban Debate League for three years and is actively involved with the Crimson Summer Academy.
Patrick Lahue concentrates in Psychology at Harvard University, where he has worked in psychology laboratories at both the Business School and the Kennedy School. He has spent much of his time at Harvard singing with his co-ed a cappella group, the Harvard Opportunes, and participating in a variety of English teaching programs in Asia.
Alex Lipton concentrates in Psychology with a secondary field in Economics at Harvard University, where he has worked as a research assistant in Professor Steven Pinker’s Social Psychology Laboratory. For two years he composed the annual show for The Hasty Pudding Theatricals and conducted it and other productions as well. He also serves as a Peer Advising Fellow.
Kevin Mee concentrates in Economics with a secondary field in Psychology and a foreign language citation in German at Harvard University. He is the chair of the Harvard College Events Board and also serves as a coordinator for the Mission Hill After School Program and is a Peer Advising Fellow.
Tara Moross is an English and American Literature concentrator at Harvard University. She is primarily interested in dramatic literature and wrote a thesis on the works of Tom Stoppard, focusing on Arcadia and The Invention of Love. She is also involved in several theatrical organizations including the Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club and The Hyperion Shakespeare Company.
Renée Pastel concentrates in Visual and Environmental Studies in the Film Studies track, with a secondary field in Psychology and a citation in French at Harvard University. She participates in the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club in various roles including actor, director, and dramaturg, and in Cinematic, Harvard’s film journal, as Theory Editor. Her senior thesis involved the editing and manipulation of memory in terms of impact on personal identity as portrayed in film. She has also served as research assistant to Visual and Environmental Studies faculty members David Rodowick and Dominique Bluher.
Joseph Peter Resnek studies Government at Harvard, where he competes on the Mock Trial Team. He also participates in the Model Congress. His principal interest is in contemporary American political theory.
Danielle Schnur concentrates in Sociology with a secondary field in Psychology at Harvard University, focusing on gang violence and juvenile delinquency. She is the director of Franklin After School Enrichment and South Boston Outreach Summer, and serves as an adviser to first year students through the Peer Advising Fellows program.
Eric Schultz concentrates in Psychology with a secondary field in Economics at Harvard University. A former Harvard football player, he played linebacker during all his four years with the Crimson. He is also a member of Veritas Financial Group, a student organization focused on providing financial education for undergraduates through Harvard Business School.
Barry Shafrin is a Psychology concentrator with a secondary field in Dramatic
Arts at Harvard University where he has spent most of his time performing. An active member of the Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club, he has worked on two dozen shows as an actor, director, producer, and dramaturg. Additionally, he has traveled the world with his a capella group, the Harvard Krokodiloes, performed in drag with the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, and taught local middle schoolers with Citystep.
Tracy Spetka concentrates in Psychology with a secondary field in Human Evolutionary Biology and a foreign language citation in Spanish at Harvard University. She is the treasurer of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and the Yardfest Coordinator for the Harvard College Events Board. She has participated as a tutor for English as a Second Language adults and works in Professor Christine Hooker’s Social Neuroscience and Psychopathology Laboratory.
Roberta Steele concentrates in Economics with a secondary field in Government at Harvard University. During her time at Harvard, she served on the Executive Board of the Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business, as well as the Executive Board of her sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta. During her senior spring, she chaired the Senior Gift Campaign for Kirkland House.
Jennifer Sullivan concentrates in Psychology at Harvard University. She has spent three years working Professor Elizabeth Spelke's Laboratory for Developmental Studies, focusing primarily on implicit social bias in toddlers and its relationship to reciprocity. She has also spent time as a child rights advocate in Geneva, Switzerland, and is an active member of the Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club and a member of Harvard Ladies’ Improvisational Troupe.
Camden Vilkin studies Government at Harvard University, with a particular interest in law and public policy. She has served as President of the Harvard College Law Society and as a research assistant to Senator Jeanne Shaheen and the Institute of Politics. She has written a book entitled Profiles in Service: Young Americans Ask What They Can Do for Their Country.
Clement Wright concentrates in English with a secondary field in Psychology at Harvard University. He has worked in Professor Marc Hauser’s Cognitive Evolution Laboratory, studying economic decision making in common marmosets, and has completed a book of original poetry for his English thesis.
