Resident Tutor H-11 Race Relations (Lead), Fellowships, International
Hello! 你好!！ السلام عليكم I'm Naima (pronounced Nye-ee-ma). I'm a third-year tutor at Adams, and in addition to serving as the H-Entryway tutor with my boyfriend Christopher, I'm also a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Government. Before starting my Ph.D., I served as a U.S. diplomat in Egypt and China. I spent my weekdays implementing U.S. foreign policy, my weekends exploring exotic beaches and crowded open-air markets, and a few unexpected days dodging very, very large protests. I'm American-born, but I spent my childhood in Cairo, Egypt.... Read more about Naima Green
Resident Tutor A-13 Careers, Fellowships, What Matters Table
Hello Adams! My name is Samir Junnarkar and I am currently an MBA student at HBS. I am thrilled to be a Pre-Business Tutor at Adams House. Originally from San Diego, I traveled up the California coast to Stanford, where I studied economics. After graduating from The Farm, I was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley, where I focused on tech IPOs. More recently, I was at LinkedIn, where I focused on business strategy for various groups, including our e-learning business, litigation team, corporate development team, and more.... Read more about Samir Junnarkar
Hello! I hail from Pittsburgh (greatest city in America!) and am delighted this year to be returning to Adams House (greatest house at Harvard!) as a third-year resident tutor. I am a PhD student in Biology; before Harvard, I completed a masters in Environmental Policy at Oxford. Before THAT (gosh, I am as old as the hills!), I was an undergrad at Yale, where I spent my free time running track, experimenting with bookbinding, and singing a cappella. Now at Harvard, I run, experiment with bookbinding, and sing a cappella. Much has changed.... Read more about Dakota "Cody" McCoy
Hey Adams! I am a third-year MD-PhD student at Harvard Medical School currently in my first year as a PhD student in Population Health Sciences – Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Originally from Connecticut, I initially tried to escape the Northeast by attending college in California, but quickly transferred back to the coast we all know and love in order matriculate at Yale College. While at Yale, I was fortunate to meet some excellent mentors who introduced me to the world of global public health and epidemiological research, and spent my summers studying infectious disease and maternal health in Romania and Bangladesh. After graduating with a B.A. in History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health, I spent a year in Malaysia studying influenza infection during pregnancy on a Fulbright research fellowship.... Read more about Chelsea Messinger
I'm a sixth(ish)-year doctoral student in the South Asian Studies department researching premodern Tamil devotional poetry. Over the past ten years, I've been back and forth to Tamil Nadu to study these hymns as literary classics and cornerstones of daily religious practice. I'm an animal lover, camping enthusiast, and avid crafter (my thought when I see something cool: how can I make that??). My husband and I welcomed our baby girl, Ada Joan, into the world in April and we are excited for her to become a part of the Adams family!... Read more about Sophia Nasti
