| Office of International Students & Scholars

Robin (Yajie) Wang

This week, help us welcome Robin (Yajie) Wang to our Orientation Team!

“I hold a B.A. in English Literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University. I was a Yenching Scholar in Chinese Public Policy at Peking University. I also hold a MPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford, UK. At Yale, I am currently a second-year PhD student in Political Science while working on my Masters degree in Statistics. I specialize in political economy and quantitative research method.

Kay Ellison

Today, we introduce you to Kay Ellison, another member of our amazing Orientation Team!

Joanna Chen

Over the next four weeks, we will introduce you to this year's Orientation Assistants (OAs) for our Graduate & Professional Students. Our OAs are here to help incoming G&P students, and will be posting regularly on our CampusGroups page with tips and advice for the new class! Help us welcome each of them to the OISS team.

Mehmet Adin

Our last featured portrait of the summer is of Mehmet Adin, a scholar at the Yale School of Medicine.

“Growing up in a small countryside town in Turkey, I was fascinated with living creatures. Be it observing a caterpillar transforming into a beautiful butterfly, or the body of an ordinary animal, I was always observing and investigating their mystery. In my adolescence, this fervent curiosity about the natural world evolved into a passion for the study of human body.

Stephanie Redden

Today, we are excited to feature the portrait of Stephanie Redden who works as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition.

“I was born and raised in rural Nova Scotia. I came to Yale after finishing my PhD in Political Science and working as a policy analyst for the Canadian government working on mainstreaming gender issues.

Kajetana Bevc

This week, our portrait features Kajetana Bevc, a visiting scholar at the Yale School of Medicine.

“I was born and raised in Ljubljana, Slovenia. After leaving to study Immunology in Vienna, Austria I got the opportunity to come to Yale for a year and work on my thesis.

Tom Reershemius

Today we are featuring the story and portrait of Tom Reershemius, a PhD student at the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Olivia Tan.

In today's portrait we are featuring Olivia Tan. We hope to see you back on campus Olivia!

Urvi Talaty

Today's portrait is of Urvi Talaty, a master's student at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

“As a student at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, I am always thinking of my role in terms of the larger society and the impact that individual and collective action can have on the world. With the pandemic, I'm spending even more time with myself, which has really driven me to think, very closely, about not only my priorities and the things I value, but also the privilege I have and how I can use it to impact others.

Tim Moore

Today's portrait is of Tim Moore, a PhD student from the United Kingdom who's working on his thesis which looks at the intersections between English, History, and Psychotherapy.

“I've spent my academic life in Oxford and London. Yale has been an amazing experience for me - I never had the opportunity to travel when growing-up, and so coming here was the first time I'd been in a non-European country.