Office of Residential Programs

Meet the Staff of Carman

 

Tohfa Hasan

Carman Graduate Assistant (GA)
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
College/ Year/ Major: TC 2010, Cognitive Studies
Interests: Dance, going to the parks throughout the city with a good book, people watching!


 

Isabel Broer

Carman Community Assistant (CA)
Hometown: Shrewsbury, MA
College/ Year/ Major: CC 2010, Political science
Campus Activities: Class of 2010 Senior Fund Executive Committee, College Democrats, Undergraduate Recruitment Committee, Columbia College Board of Visitors, Judicial Affairs Advisory Board
Interests: Politics, current events, the New York Times, reading, running, Red Sox, education policy, Teddy Kennedy, fresh fruit, the Netherlands, cleaning


 

Connor Spahn

Carman M&2nd floor RA
Hometown: Freehold, NJ
College/Year/Major: Columbia College/ 2012/ Econ-Philosohpy, Music, and concentration in East Asian Languages & Cultures
Campus Activities: Uptown Vocal: Columbia's premier Jazz acapella group; Columbia Musical Theatre Society; The Varsity Show
Interests: singing; theatre; piano; reading; politics; watching Disney movies


 

Janelle Greene

Carman 3rd floor RA
Hometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan
College/ Year/ Major: CC 2012, Neuroscience and Behavior (Pre-med)
Campus Activities: Field hockey team
Interests: Running in Riverside Park with Jade Noble!


 

Kevin Jiang

Carman 4th floor RA
Hometown: Morris Plains, NJ
College/ Year/ Major: CC/2010/Economics Mathematics Double Major
Campus Activities: URC, Econ Society, Sigma Phi Epsilon
Interests: Sports, Music


 

Laura Leuenberger

Carman 5th floor RA
Hometown: Hershey, Pennsylvania
College/Year/Major: Columbia College 2010, Political Science major, Anthropology Concentration Campus Activities:Barnard-Columbia Undergraduate Public Health Society, Project Health, MyNYC Mentoring
Interests: Public Health, International Relations, Recycling, Baking, Running, and Movies


 

Ali Siddiqi

Carman 6th floor RA
Hometown: Salem, NH
College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2010 / MEALAC / Pre-Vet
Campus Activities: MSA, CU Global Brigades, OPS, Columbia Intramural Basketball
Interests: Sufism, Cooking, Working on a farm in Upstate NY, New England Patriots, The Office and 30 Rock, I would say going to the gym, but I'd be lying...


 

Anna Malkan

Carman 7th floor RA
Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden
Columbia College, Class of 2011, MEALAC (and maybe an art history concentration)
Activities: URC, Academic Awards Committee, Artists Reaching Out
Interests: travel, friends, exploring New York on foot
Random fact: I am a some-time member of the Marching Band, but because I have no musical talent I play the triangle.


 

Andy Liu

Carman 8th floor RA
Hometown:Marlboro, NJ
College/ Year/ Major: SEAS 2011 Computer Science with Pre-medicine Program
Campus Activities: Columbia Economics Society, Taiwanese American Students Association
Interests: Cars, Tennis, Fishkeeping


 

Jade Noble

Carman 9th floor RA
Hometown: Beavercreek, OH
College/ Year/ Major: Columbia College, 2012, Biochemistry Campus
Activities: Columbia Mentoring Initiative, Black Students Organization, Columbia College Student Council Community Service Committee
Interests: Running in Riverside park with Janelle Greene, being outside!


 

Vesal Yazdi

Carman 10th floor RA
Hometown: Australia
College/ Year/ Major: 2011 Economics/Art History
Campus Activities: Resident Advisor, Scholars Program, Kleos Financial
Interests: film, writing, music, sport, the beach and the sun, ... and fresh juicy mangoes.


 

Emily Nagel

Carman 11th floor RA
Hometown: Ridley Park, PA
College/ Year/ Major: CC '12, English with a concentration in Political Science
Campus Activities: Undergraduate Recruitment Committee, Columbia Musical Theatre Society/campus theatre in general, CMUNCE
Interests: theatre, literature, music, writing


 

Claudia Meza-Cuadra

Carman 12th floor RA
Hometown: London, England / Lima, Peru
College/ Year/ Major: Columbia College/ 2012/ Sustainable Development/Math (Undecided)
Campus Activities: CU Sign language Club, electronic music society, CU Surf Club
Interests: playing/listening to music, surfing, traveling, food, soccer, politics/development


 

Melanie Schaschl

Carman 13th floor RA
Hometown: Dublin, Ireland
College/ Year/ Major: CC 2012 History & Psychology Major (Pre-Law)
Campus Activities: Tango at Ten, OLAS, CU Democrats
Interests: Traveling, Languages, Singing, Dance and Theatre