Fellows

Davenport College has an active and enthusiastic Fellowship. Davenport’s Fellowship includes Fellows (distinguished Faculty and Staff at the University) and Associate Fellows (often Davenport alum or people who have made important contributions to New Haven and the larger society).

A (1) | B (14) | C (11) | D (5) | E (1) | F (4) | G (11) | H (11) | J (1) | K (8) | L (8) | M (8) | N (3) | O (2) | P (5) | R (6) | S (12) | T (4) | V (3) | W (6) | Z (1)

Peter Salovey

President-Emeritus; Sterling Professor of Psychology

Biography

Before concluding his service in June 2024, Peter Salovey was the twenty-third president of Yale University, appointed in July 2013. He is a Sterling Professor of Psychology, holding secondary faculty appointments in the School of Management, School of Public Health, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, and Department of Sociology.
 
During his presidential tenure, President Emeritus Salovey led the development of new programs and facilities across the schools and departments of Yale, consistent with the vision and strategy he articulated earlier in his presidency. Advancements included restructuring and expanding the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, launching the Jackson School of Global Affairs, transitioning the Yale School of Public Health into a self-supporting independent school from the Yale School of Medicine, and opening two new residential colleges, increasing Yale College enrollment by 15 percent. He also advanced innovative teaching on campus; amplified Yale’s partnerships in Africa, Asia, and other parts of the world; and enhanced multidisciplinary collaboration and entrepreneurial opportunity for faculty and students. President Emeritus Salovey was—and remains—committed to improving access to a Yale education for students worldwide regardless of their financial background.
 
Prior to becoming president, President Emeritus Salovey served as the provost of Yale University from 2008 to 2013. As provost, he facilitated strategic planning and initiatives such as enhancing career development and mentoring opportunities for all Yale faculty members; promoting faculty diversity; creating the Office of Academic Integrity; establishing the University-wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct; developing the West Campus; and overseeing the university’s budget during the global financial crisis. Other leadership roles at Yale have included serving as chair of the Department of Psychology, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and dean of Yale College.
 
After receiving an A.B. (psychology) and A.M. (sociology) from Stanford University in 1980 with departmental honors and university distinction, President Emeritus Salovey earned three degrees at Yale in psychology: M.S. (1983), M.Phil. (1984), and Ph.D. (1986). Since joining the Yale faculty in 1986, he has studied the connections among emotion, health communication, and health behavior, with a special focus on emotional intelligence. He played key roles in multiple Yale programs including the Health, Emotion, and Behavior Laboratory, which President Emeritus Salovey founded; the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS; and the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program.
 
President Emeritus Salovey has authored or edited over a dozen books translated into eleven languages and published hundreds of journal articles and essays. With John D. Mayer, he developed a broad framework called “emotional intelligence,” the theory that just as people have a wide range of intellectual abilities, they also have a wide range of measurable emotional skills that profoundly affect their thinking and action.
 
In addition to teaching and mentoring scores of graduate students, President Emeritus Salovey has won both the William Clyde DeVane Medal for Distinguished Scholarship and Teaching in Yale College and the Lex Hixon ’63 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Social Sciences. He has received honorary degrees from the University of Pretoria (2009), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2014), National Tsing Hua University (2014), Harvard University (2015), McGill University (2018), University of Haifa (2018), and Vytautas Magnus University (2019). In 2013, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine.
 
Peter Salovey received an AB in Psychology from Stanford University in 1980. He went on to receive an AM in Sociology from Stanford University in 1980, an MS in Psychology from Yale University in 1984, and a PhD in Psychology from Yale University in 1986. He was an intern in Clinical Health Psychology at the West Haven VA Medical Center in 1986. 

Interests:

Psychology and Bluegrass Music.

Contact Information:

peter.salovey@yale.edu

Pulin M Sanghvi

Speaker on purpose and meaningful work

Biography

I am a speaker on the topic of purpose and meaningful work based in the San Francisco Bay Area. I led the reimagining of career development at Princeton University and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and created and taught a model of hypothesis-driven self exploration to thousands of students and alumni on the Princeton, Stanford and Yale campuses. In a previous life, I was a management consultant with McKinsey in Palo Alto and an investment banker with Morgan Stanley in New York. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area with my wife Anu, my two children Sarina and Rohan, and our chihuahua Mango. I serve on three nonprofit boards focused on peacemaking and healthcare around the world, and also on the board of Filoli Historic House and Garden. I also have been an active Yale volunteer in many different capacities for nearly 30 years, and treasure every opportunity to visit campus. I welcome conversations with Davenport students on finding a meaningful and fulfilling path after Yale.

Contact Information:

pulins@gmail.com

Martha Schall

Associate Vice President for Institutional Affairs

Biography

My career has spanned time working in finance in New York City, being a development professional at Yale University and as the President of the Connecticut Children's Medical Center Foundation, and now supporting governance at Yale, including as lead staff support to the Board of Trustees. Most proudest Yale affiliation is as the parent of a member of the Yale College Class of 2022. As an undergraduate, I was a member of Proof of the Pudding, including a turn as business manager, and was deeply engaged in the Yale Political Union, including holding a number of leadership positions. As an alum, I have been involved in Yale Club activities, have been an Alumni Schools Commitee interviewer, and have served on the board of The Mory's Association.

Contact Information:

martha.schall@yale.edu

Edward D. Sevilla

Higher Ed Consulting Director, Huron | GG+A Global Philanthropy

Biography

I've worked in higher education and nonprofit consulting for the past two decades. At Bryant University, Stonehill College, and Harvard University I led the marketing and strategic communications groups; and at GG+A Global Philanthropy I have advised colleges, universities, independent schools, museums, arts organizations, and medical and science institutions in the US, Canada, and Europe on fundraising and capital campaigns. Previously I worked in magazine publishing and advertising in New York and Boston. I also served as a US Foreign Service Officer in China, in between college and business school. My wife Terri and I live in Wellesley MA and are now empty nesters. Our daughter Nina married Ned Donaldson, a fellow Bates College alum, in fall 2023. Nina works for the Natural Resources Defense Council and Ned works for Lattice Inc in San Francisco. Our son Teddy graduated from Harvard in 2020 and works in New York for the advertising technology firm EDO Inc., and writes comedy on the side. My Davenport College classmates and I created and manage the Davenport Class of 1982 Cowles Summer Felllowship as a way to support current Davenport College students.

Contact Information:

edwardsevilla88@gmail.com

Bruce Shapiro

Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Biography

I direct the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia Journalism School, an interdisciplinary idea lab and resource center devoted to innovative and ethical news coverage of violence, crisis and tragedy as well as the resilience of news professionals worldwide. I also teach journalism ethics at Columbia. I am a Contributing Editor at The Nation magazine, and since 1994 have been a Lecturer in Yale College teaching a course on investigative journalism. I've lived in New Haven for over 40 years and began my journalism career here.

Contact Information:

bruce.shapiro@gmail.com

Steve Shapiro

Veteran NYC studio vibraphonist, composer, producer, and arranger

Biography

I've recorded with artists such as Steely Dan, Ornette Coleman, Phil Collins, SpyroGyra, Whitney Houston, They Might Be Giants, Pat Martino, and many others. My work has also appeared in hundreds of high-profile projects for television and film, including many related to the biggest Disney/Pixar releases of the last 30 years. I have also released seven recordings as a leader, which feature a roster of talented collaborators. More at http://www.vibraphonic.com. Father, traveler, ski/golf/tennis player, bandleader, skeptic... etc.

Contact Information:

steve@vibraphonic.com

Mark A. Shiffrim

Attorney

Biography

I am an attorney in general practice in New Haven, and I have also taken extensive time during my career for public service in government and nonprofit worlds from City Hall to the White House. My public service has included serving as Commissioner of Consumer Protection of the State of Connecticut; Chairman of the Connecticut Liquor Control Commission; Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Education; a member of the Presidential Transition policy development staff in 1988-89; Co-Chair of the Education Issues Group of the George Bush for President Campaign in 1987-88; and President of the City of New Haven Civil Service Commission. My practice includes Hague Convention International Child Abduction work, and litigation of civil and criminal matters in state and federal courts. I'm a lifelong New Havener, and have been fortunate to enjoy the good fellowship, friendships, and opportunities to interact with students as a Davenport Fellow for the past quarter-century. I pride myself on giving back as a community volunteer, including having been one of the four leaders of the Masks4CT initiative, which provided over 1.5 million masks statewide during the shortage of PPE in the first months of the pandemic under the auspices of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven; current VP for Legal Affairs of Connecticut Yankee Council of Boy Scouts of America; a board member of the B'nai B'rith International Center for Public Policy representing it as an NGO at the UN; a board member of Orchard Street Shul leading restoration efforts at the historic synagogue; and a board member of Liberty Community Services providing services to the chronically homeless. I enjoy art and books, and have developed extensive collections of both, with which I share my loft in Fair Haven. I have also been very involved in political life, including serious work in Presidential, gubernatorial, Senate and House campaigns.

I received my Bachelor of Arts from George Washington University in 1978 and my JD from Georgetown University in 1981.

Contact Information:

mas22@georgetown.edu

David Shimer

Director for Russian Affairs at the White House National Security Council

Biography

David Shimer has worked at the White House National Security Council (NSC) since 2021, where he currently serves as the Director for Eastern Europe and Ukraine. Previously, he was Director for Russian Affairs at the NSC. Before joining the White House, Shimer was a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is the author of the book "Rigged: America, Russia, and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference" (Knopf, 2020), and his writing has appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, Foreign Affairs, and the Washington Post. Shimer is an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He received his doctorate in international relations from the University of Oxford, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and his bachelor's and master's degrees in history from Yale University. While an undergraduate, Shimer was the editor in chief of the Yale Daily News and a proud member of Davenport College.

Wendy K. Silverman

Alfred A. Messer Professor of Child Psychiatry, Director Anxiety & Mood Disorders Program

Biography

I am a clinical child psychologist who specilaizes in child anxiety and mood disorders. I develop and evaluating novel treatment approaches with an emphasis on identifying mechanisms of positive treatment outcome. I am a mother and grandmother. I enjoy running, biking, working out, reading, and traveling.

Contact Information:

wendy.silverman@yale.edu

Albert J. Sinusas

Director Yale Translational Research Imaging Center (Y-TRIC)

Biography

I play leadership role at Yale University and nationally in cardiovascular molecular imaging. At Yale I serve as: 1) Director of Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging, 2) Director of Yale Translational Research Imaging Center (Y-TRIC), supervising the core imaging centers, and 3) Chair of the Yale Radioactive Drug Research Committee (RDRC) and Radiation Safety Committee (RSC). I am board certified in Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, and Cardiac CT, and fully trained in echocardiography. My research is primarily directed at development, validation and application of non-invasive multimodality and molecular imaging approaches for the assessment of a wide range of cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary diseases. I am a grandfather of 4 and enjoy photography and producing beach glass artwork.

Contact Information:

ALBERT.SINUSAS@YALE.EDU