Spotlight on GSAS Students and Alumni

PhD Candidate Explores Lebanese Politics

Kelly Stedem, a PhD candidate in the politics department, discusses the current protests in Lebanon and her dissertation, which explores clientelism in the country. Stedem recently coauthored an article for the Washinton Post's Monkey Cage blog about the protests.

Russian Punk Rock from the 1970s to Pussy Riot

In this episode of the Highlights Podcast, Alexander Herbert, a PhD candidate in the history department, discusses his book, "What About Tomorrow?: An Oral History of Russian Punk from the Soviet Era to Pussy Riot."

Musicologist Investigates Shostakovich's Musical Language

PhD candidate Matthew Heck first fell in love with Shostakovich as a young violinist. He has spent his time at Brandeis investigating the nuts and bolts of Shostakovich's musical language—an area that he feels has been somewhat neglected by anglophone theorists.

Can Machine Learning Solve the Challenges of Cloud Computing?

Ryan Marcus, PhD'19, discusses the challenges associated with cloud computing and the ways that machine learning may be able to address them.

PhD Student in Chemistry Investigates Turing Patterns

Chris Konow researches the impact of growth on Turing patterns in the Epstein Lab. Turing patterns are named after the British mathematician Alan Turing, who proposed a mechanism for how differentiation can occur within a homogeneous system. The Epstein and Fraden labs at Brandeis have provided experimental support for Turing's predictions and are currently performing research to improve our understanding of the Turing mechanism.