Monday: 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm, by appointment on zoom or in person, https://calendly.com/makda-assefa/history-peer-advising-oh
Hi everyone! My name is Makda, and I’m a junior in TD. I’m originally Ethiopian, but was born in Maryland and grew up in Nairobi, Kenya. I’m pursuing a double major in Global Affairs and History, with a concentration in Empires & Colonialism. My academic interests include postcolonial African history, genocide/ conflict studies, development in the global south (mainly Africa & Latin America) and global migration trends. Outside of the classroom I work as a Student Assistant at the Afro-American Cultural Center, and am involved in YIRA and WYBC (Radio). I have really enjoyed the history major so far, and look forward to serving as a peer advisor this year! If you have any questions about double majors, the Empires & Colonialism concentration, or just want to chat, please reach out!
Hi! I’m Anna, a senior in Pierson from just outside Boston. As a History major on the global track, I focus on the 20th century, especially the cultural, social, and political impacts leading up to and following World War Two. I’m also interested in African American history, specifically during the antebellum period, and do research with a professor in that topic. I’m excited to answer any questions and can’t wait to meet you all!
Hi everyone! My name is Eliza Daunt. I am a junior majoring in History on the Global track, and I am also pursuing a certificate in French. I enjoy taking a diverse range of classes, but my academic focus is fascist regimes in 20th-century European history, drawing parallels between these regimes and contemporary politics. I am a Managing Editor of The Politic, Yale’s undergraduate political journal, where I have written several history-centred research articles. Most recently, the cover story on press censorship after the Guatemalan Civil War. The History department is one of my favourite things about Yale and I am really looking forward to meeting others in the major!
Hi everyone! My name is Will, and I’m excited to be a History Peer advisor this year. I am a senior in Davenport from Brooklyn, New York, and am a History major on the Politics, Law, and Government pathway. I am also on Yale’s Undergraduate Moot Court Team, serving as one of the team’s captains this past year, and am a member of the Progressive Party of the Yale Political Union. After graduation, I’m planning to attend law school with a focus on public interest. I’m currently working on a thesis about the 1981 Hunger Strikes in Northern Ireland, and I have also taken several courses on American and Eastern European history. Outside of class, I enjoy going on long runs around New Haven. If you have any questions about the major, or want to discuss your own interests or research in history, please reach out!
Hi everyone! My name is Ted Shepherd and I’m excited to be a peer advisor for the History Department. I’m a rising senior in Pierson College, and I’m originally from Atlanta, Georgia. I’m double-majoring in History and Global Affairs and I’ve earned the Certificate of Advanced Language Study in Russian. I enjoy learning about almost any area of History, but I’m especially interested in early American history, including the early National Period, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction Era. I love learning about our country’s experience with nation-building and re-building, especially the legal and political decisions we made along the way. I’m also Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Historical Review, where I enjoy reading and editing student publications in History. After graduation, I hope to pursue graduate studies in History so that I can continue studying early American History. I’ve loved being a history major and I’ve chosen to take just about every course not required for my distributional requirements or second major in the history department. So feel free to ask me anything!