About Yale University

Akhil Reed Amar is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, teaching constitutional law. He has won awards from the American Bar Association and Federalist Society and is frequently cited by Supreme Court Justices. Amar regularly testifies before Congress and has written for major publications like *The New York Times* and *The Washington Post*. He consulted for *The West Wing* and has appeared on shows like *The Colbert Report*. He is the author of several notable books, including *America’s Constitution: A Biography* and *America’s Unwritten Constitution*.

Alan E. Kazdin, PhD, ABPP, is Sterling Professor of Psychology and Child Psychiatry at Yale University. He has chaired the Psychology Department, directed the Child Study Center, and led the Yale University Press Publications Committee. With over 750 publications and 49 books, his work on parenting and child rearing has been featured on major media outlets. Kazdin was President of the American Psychological Association in 2008.

Andrew Metrick is a Professor of Finance at Yale School of Management, joining in 2008. He previously taught at Wharton and Harvard and served on the Council of Economic Advisers in 2009-2010. Metrick is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and directs the Yale Program on Financial Stability. His research focuses on financial stability, systemic risk regulation, and the financial crisis of 2007-2009. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Award from Harvard and the Lindback Award from Penn.

Anees is the Director of The Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital, an Associate Professor in Surgery at Yale School of Medicine, Program Director of the Interdisciplinary Breast Fellowship, and Assistant Director for Global Oncology at Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center. A Canadian, she completed her BSc and MD at the University of Alberta, general surgery residency and MSc at the University of Saskatchewan, and fellowships and degrees at UT M. D. Anderson, Harvard, and the University of Louisville. She built Kentucky's first accredited Breast Center and led Yale to its first NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Northeast. Her recent work is published in the New England Journal of Medicine. She also teaches, mentors, and is the Breast Surgery Section Editor for UpToDate. She completed an MBA in Leadership in Healthcare at Yale's School of Management.

Barry Nalebuff is the Milton Steinbach Professor at Yale SOM, teaching negotiation, innovation, and game theory. He coauthored six books, including *Thinking Strategically*, *The Art of Strategy*, *Co-opetition*, *Why Not?*, *Lifecycle Investing*, and *Mission in a Bottle*. In 1998, he co-founded Honest Tea with Seth Goldman, which grew to over $100 million in sales before being acquired by Coca-Cola in 2011. Nalebuff has advised the NBA, serves on the board of Nationwide Insurance, and holds degrees from MIT, Oxford, and was a Rhodes Scholar and Junior Fellow at Harvard’s Society of Fellows.

Bennett A. Shaywitz, M.D., is the Charles and Helen Schwab Professor in Dyslexia and Learning Development at Yale and Co-Founder/Co-Director of the Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity. A physician-scientist, he combines child neurology and neuroscience to advance dyslexia research and care. His work uses fMRI to explore the neurobiology of dyslexia, uncovering neural signatures and disruptions in brain connectivity. Recent research includes studies on the early reading achievement gap, vocabulary development in dyslexic children, and the impact of dyslexia in adulthood. Dr. Shaywitz has published over 350 papers and received numerous honors, including membership in the National Academy of Medicine and several distinguished awards. He earned his B.A. and M.D. from Washington University in St. Louis and completed his pediatric and child neurology training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Bruce Gordon, formerly a professor at the University of St Andrews, focuses on late-medieval and early modern European religious cultures, especially the Reformation. His notable works include *Calvin* (2009) and *The Swiss Reformation* (2002). He led a major project on Protestant Latin Bibles and is preparing a study on Calvin’s Institutes for Princeton University Press. Gordon teaches Western Christianity and early modern religious history and is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich in 2012.

Dr. Duncan earned his BA from Vanderbilt University in 1968 and his MD from Duke University in 1972. He completed his surgical internship and neurosurgery residency at Duke before joining Yale's faculty and Yale-New Haven Hospital staff in 1977. Board-certified in Neurosurgery since 1979, he became Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Yale in 1978 and was appointed Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics in 1994. He established the state's only dedicated pediatric neurosurgical unit, published over 100 articles, and led research projects, including the Indomethacin Projects for preventing intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants. He directs the Neurosurgery Residency Program and prefers fly-fishing over marathons.

Wright studied piano and music history at Eastman School of Music and earned an M.A. and Ph.D. at Harvard. After teaching at the University of Kentucky, he joined Yale, where he served as chair of the Department of Music and became the Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Music. He teaches popular courses on music appreciation and history, with his “Listening to Music” course highly popular online. His research, initially focused on early music, now includes Mozart and the concept of genius. Wright has received several prestigious awards and fellowships, including the Dent medal, Einstein prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Diana E. E. Kleiner is the Dunham Professor of History of Art and Classics at Yale, Founding Director of Open Yale Courses, and former Deputy Provost. She has authored key works on Roman art, including *Roman Sculpture* (Yale University Press) and *Cleopatra and Rome* (Harvard University Press). Her research includes groundbreaking studies on Roman women and a comprehensive interactive e-book, *Roman Architecture: A Visual Guide* (Yale University Press, 2014). Kleiner has lived in Rome and Athens and traveled extensively across the former Roman Empire.

Elizabeth Roessler MMSc, PA-C is an Assistant Professor and Director of Didactic Education at the Yale School of Medicine’s Physician Associate Program. She has extensive experience in primary care and previously served as clinical director of the Community Health Care Van for the Yale AIDS Program. Roessler is the medical director of HAVEN, Yale’s student-run free clinic, and practices primary care at Fairhaven Community Health Center. She also teaches new PA faculty through the Faculty Skills 101 Workshops by the Physician Assistant Education Association.

Dr. Edens is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. She earned her MD from Johns Hopkins in 2002 and completed her psychiatry residency at Washington University in St. Louis, followed by advanced training and a VA-funded fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry at Yale. Joining Yale’s faculty in 2011, she is the Associate Director of the Addiction Psychiatry Residency and co-director of the VA Interprofessional Advanced Fellowship in Addiction Treatment. Her clinical and research focus includes co-occurring addiction and chronic pain, and improving access to evidence-based treatments for addiction. She also co-directs the VA Opioid Reassessment Clinic, which evaluates opioid use safety and efficacy for Veterans.

Dr. Eva Garen, based at Yale University, has nearly twenty-five years of experience in tropical conservation and development. She has been the Director of ELTI since 2012 and previously advised on REDD+ with Conservation International and worked with USAID as a Science and Technology Policy Fellow. Her postdoctoral research in Panama focused on reforestation and land restoration. She earned her M.E.S. and Ph.D. in social ecology from the Yale School of the Environment.

Dr. Wilson, originally from Connecticut, graduated with honors in biochemistry from Harvard and earned his medical degree from Columbia. After completing his training at the University of Pennsylvania, he received a Master’s in Clinical Epidemiology in 2012. Since joining Yale in 2014, his research focuses on using patient data and advanced analytics to personalize medicine. An accomplished science communicator, his work has been featured on NPR, Medscape, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and the Huffington Post.

Prof. Howard Bloch is the Sterling Professor of French at Yale University. His work spans medieval literature, social history, legal and political institutions, gender, and the origins of Western romantic love. Bloch holds a medal from the Collège de France, is an officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.

Ian Ayres is the William K. Townsend Professor at Yale Law School and a professor at Yale's School of Management. A lawyer and economist, he has authored 11 books, including the best-seller *Super Crunchers*, and over 100 articles. Ayres has contributed to *Forbes*, *Marketplace*, and the *New York Times'* *Freakonomics* blog. He co-founded stickK.com, a goal-setting platform, and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006.

Ian Shapiro is Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University and Director of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. A South African native, he has written extensively on democracy, justice, and social inquiry methods. Shapiro earned both his J.D. and Ph.D. at Yale, where he has taught since 1984. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. His recent books include *Politics Against Domination* and *Responsible Parties*. His research focuses on the relationship between democracy and wealth distribution.

Dr. Jeanette M. Tetrault, MD, FACP, FASAM, is a Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, where she serves as Program Director for the Addiction Medicine Fellowship and Associate Director for Education and Training in the Program in Addiction Medicine. She has led the SBIRT educational initiative at Yale for over a decade, training more than 750 students and residents. A 2017 Macy Foundation Scholar, Dr. Tetrault developed an interprofessional addiction curriculum for Yale's Schools of Medicine and Nursing. Her research focuses on addiction medicine, care models, pharmacotherapy safety, and curriculum design.

Dr. Combellick is a certified nurse midwife and graduate of the Yale School of Nursing, with a master's in nursing/midwifery and a PhD in Global Public Health from NYU. Her research explores the impact of birth interventions on the neonatal microbiome. She completed an Advanced Women’s Health Fellowship at the VA in West Haven, focusing on improving maternity care for high-risk individuals, particularly those with psychological trauma or mental health challenges. Dr. Combellick also investigates care models that support the natural biological and psychological processes during pregnancy and birth.

John Grim is a Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar at Yale University, with appointments in the School of the Environment, Divinity School, and Department of Religious Studies. He co-directs the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology with his wife, Mary Evelyn Tucker. Together, they directed a major project on World Religions and Ecology at Harvard and co-authored several influential works, including *Ecology and Religion* (2014) and *Thomas Berry: A Biography* (2019). Grim teaches courses on Native American and Indigenous religions, world religions, and ecology, and co-produced the Emmy-winning film *Journey of the Universe*.