Graduate School
Former Graduate Community Fellows & Programming
Health & Wellness
- Sophia Petrillo, master's student in Public Health
- David Arango, master's student in Public Health
Women & Non-Binary Community
- Catherine Chen, doctoral student in Computer Science
- Michal Golovanevsky, doctoral student in Computer Science
Disability
- Maximilian Conley, doctoral student in History
- Allyson LaForge, doctoral candidate in American Studies
International
- Mamaswatsi Kopeka, master's student in Public Health
- Irene Ma Quilantang, doctoral student in Behavioral and Social Health Sciences
Race, & Social Justice
- Mysia Anderson, doctoral candidate in American Studies
- Jacquelynn Jones, doctoral candidate in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Programming
Women and Non-Binary Faculty Panel
March 21 | 4-5:30 pm | Graduate Student Lounge
Health and Wellness through Mindfulness
Part 1: Dec. 9 | 3-4:30 pm | School of Public Health, Room 375 & on Zoom
Part 2: March 10 | 5-6:30 pm | School of Public Health, Room 375
Resource Packet
Graduate Disability Studies Reading Group
Nov. 17 | 10:30 am - 12 pm | Horace Mann 102 & Online
March 16 | 4:30-6 pm | RI Hall & Online
April 13 | 4:30-6 pm | RI Hall & Online
May 4 | 4:30-6 pm | RI Hall & Online
Platters & Puzzles at the Globe
Nov. 23 | 12-3 pm | Page Robinson 310
Graduate Students of Color Writing Group
Health & Wellness (2 groups)
- Kamari Carter, doctoral student in Music
- Sofia Verba, doctoral student in Slavic Studies
- Brian Kearney, master’s student in Literary Arts
- Nate Gillman, doctoral student in Mathematics
- Megan Chang-Lee, doctoral student in Mathematics
Disability Studies
- Julie Dind, doctoral student in Theatre and Performance Studies
- Max Conley, doctoral student in History
Family Friendly
- Mirjam Paninski, doctoral student in German Studies
- Sara Colantuono, doctoral student in Italian Studies
International
- Dmitrijs Celinskis, doctoral student in Biomedical Engineering
- Sabina Stefan, doctoral student in Biomedical Engineering
Wellness, Race, & Social Justice
In collaboration with Dr. Alycia Mosely Austin, Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, Brown University Graduate School
- Mysia Anderson, doctoral student in Theatre and Performance Studies
Health & Wellness
- Rachel Mealy, doctoral student in Behavioral and Social Health Sciences
- Benjamin Easton, doctoral student in Hispanic Studies
Disability Community
- Allison Peters, master's student in Urban Education Policy
- Laura Goldstein, master's student in Education
- Amira Gee, master's student in Public Health
International Community
- Sabina Stefan, doctoral student in Biomedical Engineering
- Dmitrijs Celinskis, doctoral student in Biomedical Engineering
Race and Political Action
- N'Kosi Oates, doctoral student in Africana Studies
- Mysia Anderson, doctoral student in Theatre and Performance Studies
Student Veterans Community
In collaboration with Kimberly Millette, Program Director, The Office of Military-Affiliated Students
- Jordan Ecker, doctoral student in Neuroscience
Programming
- Virtual Community Cooking Class
Tuesday, November 17 | 6 pm
- Graduate Students of Color Voting Town Hall
Tuesday, October 27 | 4:30-6 pm
- Social: Meet Brown's International Community Fellows and other graduate students in an interactive environment on Gather.
Thursday, January 14 | 9-10 am | Join live via Gather, Password: 2021
- Access Denied: A Panel of Disability Justice in Academia
Monday, February 1 | 5:30-7 pm
- 2021 and Beyond: Building Equitable Futures Panel
Friday, February 12 | 6 pm
Race and Social Justice
- Benjamin Wilks, doctoral student in Biomedical Engineering
- Amanda Ruiz, doctoral student in Pathobiology
- Kiara Lee, doctoral student in Biomedical Engineering
International
- Ramisa Fariha, Master's student in Biomedical Engineering
- Shuai Xie, docotoral student in Engineering
Family-Friendly
- Mirjam Paninski, doctoral student in German Studies
- Regina Pressly, doctoral student in Hispanic Studies
LGBTQ+ Community
- Christopher Lee, doctoral student in English
- Prabhdeep Kehal, doctoral student in Sociology
Programming
April 14, 2020 | 11 am & April 17, 2020 | 3 pm
International Virtual Grad Coffee Hour
March 15, 2020
Family Fun at the Providence Children's Museum
March (date TBA)
A workshop featuring Cass Adair that brings together craft and production practices with a justice-minded queer and trans critical lens.
February 5, 2020
International Graduate Student Welcome Back
Global Brown Center for International Students
December 4, 2019, 5-7 pm
Grad Self-Care Series - De-Stress Fest: Food, wine and an array of fun activitities
Global Brown Center for International Students
November 24, 2019, 10:30 am
Family Fun Day at the Botonical Center
Roger Williams Park, Cranston
November 21, 2019, 6-8 pm
Gender Queeries Series: Dinner and a screening of Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
Global Lounge, Page Robinson 312
November 13, 2019, 5-7 pm
Emotion to Motion: Dance with fellow graduate students
Graduate Student Lounge
October 23, 2019, 5-7 pm
DiversiTeas: A discussion about diversity and inclusion practices
Friedman Hall, Room 108
October 16, 2019, 5-7 pm
Grad Self-Care Series #1: Korean Snack-Making
Global Brown Center for International Students
Race and Social Justice
- Elizabeth Rule, PhD, student in American Studies
- Felicia Bevel, PhD, student in American Studies
International
- Maria Velasco Molina, Master's student in Biostatistics
- Ramisa Fariha, Master's student in Biomedical Engineering
Family-Friendly
- Abigail Bodner, PhD student in Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
- Shanelle Haile, PhD student in Sociology
Wellness and Health
- Adam Spierer, PhD student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Alan Denadel, PhD student in Computational Biology/Applied Math
Master's
- Eunice Gonzalez-Sierra, Master's student in Education
- Michelle Cruz, Master's student in Education
Programming
April 25, 2019, 5:30-6:30 pm
Global Fitness Dance
Nelson Fitness Studio I
April 24, 2019
BWell Workshop: Fueling for a Busy Lifestyle
Barus and Holley, Room 141
April 19, 2019, 5:30-7 pm
U-FLI Graduate Student Mixer
U-Fli Center, 5th Floor, Sciences Library
April 17, 2019, 4-5 pm
BWell Workshop: Sleep Hygiene
Nelson Fitness Studio I
April 13, 2019, 9 am - 5 pm
Graduate Students of Color Writing Retreat
Smith Buonanno Hall
April 9, 2019, 5-6 pm
Cardio Tap
Nelson Fitness Studio I
April 6, 2019, 10 am - 12 pm
Family Day at the Children's Museum
Providence Children's Museum, 100 South Street, Providence
April 5, 2019, 6-7:30 pm
Global Voices & Reception
The Underground (Campus Center basement)
April 3, 2019, 12-1 pm
Heavy Petting: A stress-reduction opportunity to pet and play with dogs
Main Green
March 13, 2019, 12-1 pm
Heavy Petting: A stress-reduction opportunity to pet and play with dogs
Main Green
February 12 & March 7, 2019, 12-1:30 pm
Managing Conflict in Relationships: Children, Partners, and Advisors
Brown/RISD Hillel, 80 Brown St.
December 9, 2018, 10:30 am - 1 pm
Graduate Student and Postdoc Parent Clothes and Toy Swap
Petteruti Lounge
December 7, 2018, 5-6:30 pm
De-Stress Fest
Global Brown Center for International Students, Paige-Robinson Hall
November 4, 2018 | 10 am
Pumpkin Patch Party for Grad Student Parents & Families
Adam's Farm, Cumberland, RI
Race & Social Justice
Tina M. Park, Sociology
Laura Garbes, Sociology
Family-Friendly Community
Sarah Brown, American Studies
Andrea Wright, Anthropology
International Community
Joyce Sunday, Biotechnology
Tanvee Singh, Public Health
Master’s Community
Eulalia (Karina) Santamaria, Behavioral and Social Health Sciences
Tanesha Dudley, Public Health
Health & Wellness
Angela Jarman, Public Health
Kaitlin Goodman, Public Health
Programming
Family-Friendly Initiatives
Grad Family Play Date | Lippitt Park
The Grad Family Play Date in Lippitt Park welcomed graduate student parents and their families to gather at Lippitt Park for a picnic. Grad Parents and their kids connect over various lawn games and snacks provided. The 2018 picnic also hosted a traveling tide pool exhibit by the BIOMES Marine Biology Center (North Kingston, RI).
Grad and Postdoc Parent lunch conversations | Sarah Doyle Women’s Center
Grad and Postdoc parent lunch conversations hosted at the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center welcomed both graduate student and postdoc parent scholars to have lunch and information conversation on topics that impact parent scholars. The 2017-2018 fellows organized the following topics and invited guest speakers: “Caring for your kids: Pediatric Nutrition” with Tracy Bergeron, Nutritionist, BWell Health Promotion, Brown University; “Time Management and Self-Care for Parent-Scholars”; and “Going on the Job Market with a Family or Expecting.” Graduate and Postdoc parent conversations were co-sponsored by the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center.
Grad and PostDoc Family Day at the Providence Children’s Museum
Graduate student and postdoc parents and their children started the day off with light breakfast, juice and coffee in a reserved room at the Museum. After breakfast, families spent the day at the Museum.
Grad Family Toy & Clothing Exchange | Graduate Student Lounge (Charlesfield Street & Thayer Street)
Hosted in the Graduate Student Lounge, the toy & clothing exchange enabled grad parents to connect and exchange gently used toys and children’s clothing with other grad parents. The event included storytime for children, light refreshments, and story books for the first 20 families who attend.
Resources
Brown Grad and Post-doc Parents Facebook group
International Community Initiatives
Global Voices
Organized in collaboration with the International Student Experience Center, Global Voices was a live talk event, which provided international graduate students the space and the stage to share their stories, their journey to the United States and to Brown, their perspectives and experiences as international students. These events were small, informal and intimate, with 4-5 graduate students speaking to small audiences of the faculty, staff and other graduate and undergraduate students. Offered each semester during 2017- 18 academic year, graduate student speakers shared such stories as personal initiatives to provide textbooks to their home country, their experiences teaching in U.S. classroom, experiences in a bicultural family, finding the courage to “speak up” in academic spaces, and the desire to share one’s culture with others at Brown. Community Fellows managed various aspects of the event including speaker recruitment, rehearsal, creation of program, and speaker introductions at the event.
Cultural Café Series
Cultural Café events were a series of one and half hour gatherings that welcome international graduate students to connect over international snacks and cuisine, games, and conversation. Events were held in the Global Brown Lounge (J. Walter Wilson 310), where games and a kitchenette are available for use. In 2017-18, four Cultural Cafe events featured different cuisine from local and regional ethnic cuisine vendors. These events were hosted in collaboration with the International Student Experience Center.
Wellness & Health Community Initiatives
Grad De-Stress Yoga Sessions
These free yoga session offered graduate students the space and time to practice calm and mindfulness during active yoga practice and in daily life. Sessions were followed by snacks and refreshments and time to mingle with fellow graduate students. During the 2017-18 academic year, two free yoga sessions were held at the end of each semester and led by a certified instructor.
Meditation & Breath Workshop
This free workshop, led by a certified instructor, welcomed graduate students to learn and practice meditation techniques.
Graduate Student Cooking Class
Led by Chef Paup of Bon Appetit and organized with Brown Catering and Dining Services and Director of Dining Services at Sharpe Refectory (George Barbosa), this class offered graduate students the chance to learn basic cooking technique and easy to make recipe. This hands-on class was limited to 12 students- each student receives ingredients for the dish of the day, cooking set-up, and group instruction. Graduate Community Fellows manage outreach and coordination of student participants as well as engage peers during the class. The class is held in the Sharpe Refectory Bake Shop.
Group Finals Week Run
This run invited graduate students to stretch their legs and release stress and anxiety built up during finals week. Led by Community fellows, the group run was 3.5 miles in length, starting and ending at the Nelson Fitness Center. Runners were rewarded with post-run water and snacks, compliments of the Community Fellows Program.
Surveys: Health and Wellness Programming Survey
Master’s Community
Master's Community Paint Social at Muse Paint Bar
This community social is open to Master’s students of all academic divisions at Brown University, and offered at the end of the year, as a means to help students de-stress. Arranged with Muse Paint Bar, Brown Master’s students get group instruction from an instructor at Muse Paint Bar. In 2017-18, this event was free to Brown Master’s students and supported by the Graduate Community Fellows Program.
Master's Community: 1st Year Reflections
This workshop is geared for 1st year Master’s students. This workshop guides students through discussions of their first year and offers sharing of resources and strategies on finding good faculty advisors for academic research and career and goal setting for the next year.
Race & Social Justice
Graduate Students of Color Writing Intensive Workshop
In partnership with the Brown Center for Students of Color
Rooted in the understanding that racialized, gender and other identities influence graduate student writing experiences, the workshop provided graduate students at all stages of study the opportunity to learn and develop healthy writing strategies, habits, and skills employed in academic and professional tracks.
Race & Social Justice
Majida Kargbo, American Studies
Jonathan Cortez, American Studies
Initiative/Interests: Deviant Bodies/Deviant Minds Reading Group, meetings and events: deviant bodies, deviant minds
Family-Friendly Community
Lydia Kelow-Bennett, Africana Studies
Kristin Stover, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Initiative/Interests: Graduate family friendly activities and resources
International Community
Selim Sazak, Political Science
Mai Hunt, Hispanic Studies
Initiative/Interests: Scholarly and social engagement of international graduate student community
Master’s Community
Eulalia (Karina) Santamaria, Behavioral and Social Health Sciences
Tanvee Singh, Public Health
Initiative/Interests: Master’s - PhD community connectedness; Master’s student engagement
Health & Wellness
Arjee Restar, Behavioral and Social Health Sciences
Augustine Kang, Behavioral and Social Health Sciences
Initiative/Interests: Graduate student led multidisciplinary scholarly journal on health equity, Equity360
Programming
May 4, 6:00 pm
International Graduate Reading week social
Smith-Buonanno Hall, Lobby
May 4
Deviant Bodies/Deviant Minds Reading Group
Time and location TBD
April 29, 2017, 11:00 am - 1:30 pm
Family Friendly Picnic for Graduate Students with Childen
Lippitt Park (intersection of Hope Street and Blackstone Blvd.)
April 20, 7 pm
Deviant Bodies/Deviant Minds Reading Group: Queer Fantasy & Radical Politics
Brown Center for Students of Color
April 14, 7:30-9:30 pm
International Community Karaoke Night
Boombox Karaoke Lounge, 122 Fountain St.
April 6, 6:30 pm
Deviant Bodies/Deviant Minds Reading Group: Screening and discussion of Appropriate Behavior (2014), Dir. Desiree Akhavan
Sarah Doyle Women's Center
April 6, 6:00 pm
Navigating Graduate School Professional Development & Salsa Social
Robert Campus Center, Petteruti Lounge
March 16, 6:00pm
Deviant Bodies/Deviant Minds Reading Group: The Queerness of Fat
LGBTQ Center
March 10, 6:00-9:00 pm
International Graduate Community Dinner
Sharpe Refectory, Dining Rooms 8 & 9
March 9, 5:30 pm
Deviant Bodies/Deviant Minds Reading Group: Queer Pedagogies (w/ Feminist Pedagogy Reading Group)
Sarah Doyle Women's Center
March 2, 6:30 pm
Deviant Bodies/Deviant Minds Reading Group: Screening and discussion of Spa Night (2016), Dir. Andrew Ahn
82 Waterman St.
February 16, 7:00 pm
Deviant Bodies/Deviant Minds Reading Group: Black Queer Studies
LGBTQ Center
February 4
A day at Providence Children’s Museum. Graduate student parents and children.
Providence Children’s Museum