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Graduate Hall Directors




Melissa Boone

Ruggles / Watt / Brownstones Graduate Hall Director (GHD)
School Year: Mailman 2013
Major/Minor: Sociomedical Sciences and Psychology
Campus Activities:Black and Latino Student Caucus, Women in Science at Columbia, Statistical Consulting
Interests:Politics, public health policy, healthcare access, learning languages, music, dancing,  bicycling, reading, video games, Hulu

 

Harkiran Gill

McBain / 548 West 113th Street Graduate Hall Director (GHD)
School Year: Mailman 2012

 

 

Nia Sanchez

Broadway / Hogan Graduate Hall Director (GHD)
School Year: Teachers College 2013
Major/Minor: Biobehavior Sciences and Speech-Language Pathology
Interests: Music, Dancing, Reading, Community Outreach

Community Advisers


Christie Taylor

McBain / 548 W 113th St Community Adviser (CA)
School Year: CC 2013
Major/Minor: Mechanical engineering with Civil minor
Campus Activities: Columbia DI softball team, Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Interests: Shopping, hanging with the block staff, solving Navier-Stokes problems, painting my face for home games
 

Daniel Valella

Broadway / Hogan Community Adviser (CA)
School Year: CC 2012
 Campus Activities: Columbia University Amnesty International, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race Student Advisory Board, Double Discovery Center Tutor
Interests: Reading and Writing, Eating Good Food, Taking Long Walks/Jogs, Watching Movies, Swimming, Working with Young People

Dylan Lonergan

Watt / Ruggles / Brownstones Community Adviser (CA)
School Year: CC 2013
Major/Minor: Philosophy
Campus Activities: University Senate, Jester
Interests: Playing Guitar, Longboarding, Reading, Cooking, Traveling, Watching Movies, Balloon Animals, Most things 4-6 year old children enjoy

Resident Advisers

Broadway


Gray Henry

3rd Floor RA
School Year: CC 2014
Major/Minor: Political Science
Campus Activities: Columbia Clefhangers
Interests: Music, Theatre, Politics, Netflix
 

Victoria Nneji

4th Floor RA
School Year: SEAS 2014
Major/Minor: Applied Mathematics
Campus Activities: EcoReps, Multicultural Recruitment Committee, Community Impact, UChange
Interests: Helping people have access to the internet, Microfinancing, Social Entrepreneurship, Educational Access, Being Eco-friendly

 

Helena (Hao) Wu

5th Floor RA
School Year: CC 2013
Major/Minor: Biochemistry
Campus Activities: Undergraduate Recruitment Committee, AMSA: Women in Medicine Committee, Columbia Science Review, Carnegie Hall Student Ambassador, Science Research at CU Med School
Interests: Running, Skiing, Hiking, Research, Tour Guide, Making Dessert

 

Bowen Qiu

6th Floor RA
School Year: CC 2013
Major/Minor: Biochemistry
Campus Activities: ACM
Interests: Reading, Sports, Video Games, Card Games
 

Rega Jha

7th Floor RA
School Year: CC 2013
Major/Minor: Creative Writing
Campus Activities: Quarto
Interests: Writing, Spoken Word, Music, Swing Dancing

 

Don McKinnon

8th Floor RA
School Year: SEAS 2013
Major/Minor: Operations Researach
Campus Activities: CUTTA, Heights to Heights, Project for the Homeless, Undergraduate Recruitment Committee
Interests: Working with Kids, Computer Science, Having Fun!

 

Helene Barthelemy

9th Floor RA
School Year: CC 2013
Major/Minor: MESAAS, Intellectual History
Campus Activities: Spectator, Ski Team
Interests: Literature, Journalism, Traveling, Debating

 

Alexandra O'Hagan

10th Floor RA
School Year: CC 2014
Major/Minor: Sustainable Development
Campus Activities: Softball
Interests: Softball, Sleeping In, Sustainable Living

 

Aidan Miles

11th Floor RA
School Year: CC 2013
Major/Minor: EALAC
Campus Activities: Global China Connection
Interests: Music, Food

 

Huili Zhu

12th & 13th Floor RA
School Year: SEAS 2012
Major/Minor: Chemical Engineering
Campus Activities: Global Health, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia Medical School Physiology Department
Interests: Jogging, Swimming, Crossing Puzzles, Reading Fiction

Hogan


Ryan Cho

2nd, 3rd, & 4th Floor RA
School Year: CC 2013
Major/Minor: Political Science, Biology
Campus Activities: CCSC, Activities Board, Fordham Army ROTC, New York National Guard, Korean Students Association, Lambda Phi Epsilon, Undergraduate Recruitment Committee
Interests: Politics, Watching TV, Learning Languages, Food, Surfing the Web
 

Ashley Shaw

5th, 6th, & 7th Floor RA
School Year: CC 2013
Major/Minor: History and Theory of Architecture
Campus Activities: American Medical Students Association (Public Health Committee), Peer Health Exchange, Barnard-Columbia CoLab
Interests: Dance, Art History, Public Health

McBain


Fang Chu

2nd Floor RA
School Year: CC 2013
Major/Minor: Financial Economics, Political Science
Campus Activities: Columbia China Law and Business Association (Treasurer)
Interests: Classical Music, Swimming, Mountain Hiking

 

Priya Gunaseharan

3nd Floor RA
School Year: CC 2014
Major/Minor: Sustainable Development
Campus Activities: Black Students Organization, Sign Language Club, Charles Drew Pre-Medical Society, Buddhism for Global Peace Campus Club
Interests: Performing and Visual Arts, Singing, Theatre, Travel, Biology, Sustainable Development, Language

 

Jasmine Alves

4th Floor RA
School Year: CC 2013
Major/Minor: Anthropology
Campus Activities: Charles Drew Premed Society, CMI, MRC
Interests: Languages, Dancing, Yoga, Music

 

Nick Parker

5th Floor RA
School Year: CC 2014
Major/Minor: Creative Writing, Mathematics
Campus Activities:
Interests: Jazz, Stand-up Comedy, Tetris

 

Siddhant Bhatt

6th Floor RA
School Year: SEAS 2014
Major/Minor: Financial Engineering
Campus Activities: Engineering Student Council, Dhoom Bollywood Dance, Multicultural Business Association
Interests: Cricket, Swimming, Horseriding, Networking

 

Hedan Zang

7th Floor RA
School Year: CC 2013
Major/Minor: Psychology, Financial Economics
Campus Activities: Chinese Students Club, CSC Connect, Stressbusters, CU Road Runners
Interests: Running, Origami, Watching Community

Olivia Harris

8th Floor RA
School Year: CC 2014
Major/Minor: Music, Creative Writing
Campus Activities: BSO, CU Records, IVCF
Interests: Music, Writing, Poetry, Dancing, Hanging Out

Ruggles


Lisa Mack

1st & 2nd Floor RA
School Year: SEAS 2012
Major/Minor: Chemical Engineering
Campus Activities: ESC, URC, HEAL, KCST
Interests: Running, Free Concerts, Theater, Long walks to find new restaurants
 

Dmitriy Timerman

3rd & 4th Floor RA
School Year: SEAS 2012
Major/Minor: Biomedical Engineering
Campus Activities: Chess Club, Biomedical Engineering Society, Lab for Functional Optical Imaging
Interests: Hiking, Learning, Teaching

 

Hannah Ford

5th & 6th Floor RA
School Year: CC 2013
Major/Minor: Urban Studies
Campus Activities: CU-EMS, CU Swing, The Blue and White
Interests: Reading, Dancing, Globe-Trotting, Painting, Baking Desserts, Russian Literature, Medicine

 

Nathan Lee

7th & 8th Floor RA
School Year: SEAS 2012
Major/Minor: Chemical Engineering
Campus Activities: Undergraduate Recruitment Committee, Water Polo
Interests: Paddlesurfing, Skiing

Watt


Natalie Robehmed

 1st & 2nd Floor RA
School Year: CC 2013
Major/Minor:
Campus Activities:
Interests:

 

James Yoon

3rd & 4th Floor RA
School Year: CC 2013
Major/Minor: Biology
Campus Activities: Health Leads, Uptown Vocal, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
Interests: Music, Health Care, NYC

 

Rachael Esman

5th & 6th Floor RA
School Year: CC 2012
Major/Minor: Psychology
Campus Activities: Kappa Alpha Theta
Interests:

Brownstones

 

Steven Rivera

542 West 114th Street RA
School Year: CC 2012
Major/Minor: Anthropology
Campus Activities: Pi Kappa Alpha
Interests: Basketball, Weight-Lifting

 

Ali Hard

546 West 114th Street RA
School Year: CC 2012
Major/Minor: French, Francophone Studies
Campus Activities: URC, CC Board of Visitors, Barnard Flute Choir, Kappa Alpha Theta
Interests: Cooking, Baking, Writing, Blogging,  Yoga, Trying new Restaurants