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Undergraduate Education

North Campus Faculty-in-Residence

The Faculty in Residence (FIR) serve an important leadership role in shaping the intellectual life on North Campus, a hallmark experience for first year students. The FIRs meet regularly with the Director of Faculty Living-Learning Programs and the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education to advise on program elements and enhance essential connections that promote student wellbeing and belonging.

North Campus Faculty-in-Residence:

  • Eilyan Bitar, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Hu Shih Hall 

  • Emily Gier, Associate Professor of Practice and Dietetic Internship Director: Balch Hall 

  • Anthony Hay, Associate Professor, Microbiology; Court-Kay-Bauer Hall

  • Claire Menard, Senior Lecturer, Romance Studies; Mews Hall/Loving House 

  • Nozomi Nishimura, Associate Professor, Biomolecular Engineering; Barbara McClintock Hall 

  • Jed Sparks, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Mary Donlon Hall 

  • Stephanie Thomas, Senior Lecturer, Economics: Low Rise 6 and 7 

  • Kristen Underhill, Professor, Law; Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hall 

For more information about the Faculty-in-Residence program, contact Ethan Stephenson, Director of Faculty Living-Learning Programs