Meet the GradFUTURES Team

Staff Members

Evangeline "Eva" Kubu
Associate Dean & Director of Professional Development
Office Phone
Office
113 Clio Hall
Sonali Majumdar
Assistant Dean for Professional Development
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Office
009 Clio Hall
James M. Van Wyck
Assistant Dean for Professional Development
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Office
008 Clio Hall
Nourine Bhimani
Assistant Director of Graduate Experiential Programs
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Office
200 Clio Hall
Amanda Peacock
Graduate Student Professional Development Program Coordinator
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Office
111 Clio Hall
Rebecca Sausville
Graduate Professional Development/Civic Science Fellow

Professional Development Associates

Ipsita Dey, GS, ANT
Professional Development Associate 2023-24
Camila Llerena-Olivera, GS, CEE
Professional Development Associate 2023-24
Pablo Oyler-Castrillo, GS, QCB
Professional Development Associate 2023-24
Mathilde Sauquet, GS, ART
Professional Development Associate 2023-24
Hansen Tjo, GS, CBE
Professional Development Associate 2023-24
Qiqi Yang, GS, EEB
Professional Development Associate 2023-24

GradFUTURES University Administration Fellows

Kimberly Akano, GS, REL
University Administrative Fellow

"With the support of my mentor, James M. Van Wyck, I am eager to coordinate the 'Graduate Education: Then, Now, Next' seminar series with GradFutures. Especially during this time when students, faculty, staff, and administrators are (re)evaluating the efficacy and significance of graduate education, I hope my work will foster honest reflections and imaginative dialogue. I also look forward to cultivating new opportunities for sustained collaboration within and beyond the university."

Dylan Blau Edelstein, GS, SPO
University Administrative Fellow

Dylan Blau Edelstein is a 3rd-year PhD student in the Spanish and Portuguese Department at Princeton University. His research looks broadly at the intersections between literature and psychiatry in 20th-century Latin America, with a particular focus on Brazil. 

Ian Gunady, GS, MAE
University Administrative Fellow

Ian is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering working on experiments studying turbulence within the field of fluid mechanics. Ian is University Administrative Fellow (UAF) in spring 2024 in the GradFUTURES team and led development of the inaugural cohort of Structured Problem Solving like Consultants with Kevin Xu (GS, CBE) and…

Hellen Wainaina, GS, ENG
University Administrative Fellow

"I am determined to be a good steward of my time and the talents I have been granted and those I have nurtured; to author meaningful scholarship in Black literary studies; and to reach back and around to help others in the pursuit of their intellectual inquiry. I am a University Administrative Fellow, collaborating with the GradFUTURES team to launch a new podcast."

James Watson-Krips, GS, EAS
University Administrative Fellow

"I have come to see that there is no single path to academic career development -- skills learned outside the academy can be of great use in one's academic work, and the methodologies we employ as Ph.D. students can similarly help in a variety of careers beyond the academy."

Ke (Kevin) Xu, GS, CBE
University Administrative Fellow

Originally from Beijing China, Kevin is a Ph.D. student in chemical and biological engineering. His work focuses on sustainable, scalable manufacturing of natural products using yeast. Kevin is passionate about supporting graduate students as they explore career options and build core competencies through hands-on experience.