He is the deputy political director for the New York Hotel Trades Council, the union for hotel workers. | Jane Wong released her first book, Overpour, in October 2016 (Action Books). She has an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and also completed her doctorate in English at the University of Washington. Jane is a visiting assistant professor at Pacific Lutheran University. She lives in Seattle among the rain and moss.
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Mneesha Gellman recently published, Democratization and Memories of Violence: Ethnic Minority Rights Movements in Mexico, Turkey, and El Salvador.
Theresa Bhoopsingh recently earned her Ph.D. from CUNY, The Graduate Center, in educational psychology. She is currently a practicing school psychologist and director for admissions at the Lang School in New York City. In August of 2016, Theresa and her husband welcomed their second son, Deklan. They are also parents to Liam, 3. Her dissertation “Bully Victimization, Depression, and the Role of Protective Factors among College-Age LGBTQ Students” will be the topic for her presentation at the American Psychological Association conference in 2017. Theresa hopes to open a private practice specializing in psychoeducational testing and counseling for children and adolescents. | Emily Legutko was awarded the David L. Boren Fellowship to study Brazilian Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in April of 2016. The Boren Fellowship provides funding for graduate students for long-term study of languages critical to U.S. national security. Emily will be studying at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro until July 2017.
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Mneesha Gellman ’03 and her daughter are Bardian and Proud.
Tessa Strauss ’07, Micaela, Ever, and Jude. photo Arielle Jackson
’06 Matthew Lawrence Wing and Melissa Dina DeRosa were married in August 2016 in Bolton Landing, New York. Matthew works for Uber in Manhattan, where he oversees public relations for the northeastern United States. From October 2011 to June 2013 he was the deputy communications director for New York City, and from June 2013 to September 2014 he was press secretary for Governor Cuomo, and later became the communications director for the governor’s reelection campaign. He is on both Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation boards.
’02 15th Reunion: May 26–28, 2017 Please come back in May for your reunion. Your classmates and members of the reunion committee Dorothy Albertini, Gabe Blau, Tate DeCaro, and Ava Fedorov look forward to seeing you. For more information, call 845-758-7089 or visit annandaleonline.org. Dorothy Albertini works in academic advising at Bard, and lives, writes, and sews with her husband in Kingston, New York. She’ll be at reunion in May. dorothyalbertini.com | Tate DeCaro lives in Rochester, New York, and works as the director of development at Writers & Books, a literary nonprofit, doing fund-raising and event planning. She also does yoga, is (still) a voracious reader, and goes to a lot of baseball games. She is very excited to see a lot of familiar faces for this year’s 15th reunion!
’04 | Rebecca Favorito received a Ph.D. in history from Ohio State University. | Greg Grinberg, former Philip Livingston Hall Acceleration to Excellence Scholarship and Hutchins Scholarship winner, is the founder of ActualFood. He leads a six-person team providing a same-day grocery delivery service with a mission to make healthy, sustainable eating easy for everyone.
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’01 Liz Homberger and Nick Kramer have been married since 2010 and live in Los Angeles. On October 19, 2016, they became parents to wonderful twin daughters, Adeline and Rose. Nick is an artist represented by the Pit Gallery, Los Angeles. Liz is an objects conservator at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Rebecca Granato, associate dean and visiting assistant professor of history at Al-Quds Bard, gave birth to twin boys, Zayn Gray and Alexander Frank, in February.
’97 20th Reunion: May 26–28, 2017 Please come back in May for your reunion. Your classmates and members of the reunion committee Dana Goswick, Lisa Jarvis, Monica Monroy, Eve Stahlberger, Zubeida Ullah, and Brandon Weber look forward to seeing you. For more information, call 845-758-7089 or visit annandaleonline.org. Shumona Goel won best short film at the London Film Festival in 2015 for codirecting Old Dog’s Diary with Shai Heredia. They were featured artists at the third Kochi-Muziris Biennale earlier this year. | Brandon Weber is the director of research and partner of Signpost Capital in New York City, a long/short equity hedge fund. He and his wife, Vesna Straser PIE ’95, will be celebrating their 15th anniversary on reunion weekend at Bard College. They will have their 7-year-old twin daughters in tow.
’94 Craig Peterson has been named artistic director and deputy program officer for the Abrons Arts Center/Visual and Performing Arts division in New York City.