# People ## ABLConnect Team Members [### Catherine Weiner ](/people/catherine-weiner)ABLConnect Graduate Fellow PhD. Candidate in Molecular and Cellular Biology ![Catherine Weiner](/sites/g/files/omnuum4096/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ablconnect/files/kw_headshot_renate_1.png?itok=vfyj_bx0) [### Krupa Patel ](/people/krupa-patel) ABLConnect Graduate Fellow PhD. Candidate in Philosophy ![Krupa Patel](/sites/g/files/omnuum4096/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ablconnect/files/grad_krupa_patel-2017.jpg?itok=B6rmXN7c) ## Founding Members [### Dustin Tingley ](/people/dustin-tingley) Faculty Founder of ABLConnect Program on Experience Based Learning in the Social Sciences, Director Paul Sack Associate Professor of Political Economy ![dustin_mugshot_0_0.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4096/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ablconnect/files/dustin_mugshot_0_0_2.jpg?itok=aCKsnjoT) [### Leslie Finger ](/people/leslie-finger) Co-Founder and Past Project Manager Lecturer on Government and Social Studies. As a graduate student, Leslie Finger co-founded ABLConnect with Dustin Tingley. She is currently a Lecturer at Harvard. Her research focuses on the politics of education. She is also an active teacher of... ![headshot.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4096/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ablconnect/files/headshot.jpg?itok=v_of8G2-) ## Former Team Members [### Adrianna Lucero ](/people/adrianna-lucero) Student Research Assistant A.B. Social Studies '15 Adrianna Lucero is a senior in Dunster House from Carlsbad, CA who studies and is passionate about education and social justice. She wrote her senior thesis about a Harvard General Education course about the K-12 education system... ![adrianna_lucero.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4096/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ablconnect/files/adrianna_lucero.jpg?itok=jvGS_ZU_) [### Craig Brimhall ](/people/craig-brimhall) ABLConnect Senior Research Assistant Ed.M. Candidate in Mind, Brain, and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education Craig left the world of finance to find a different way to make a difference in the world. He is now enrolled in the Mind, Brain, and Education program at the Graduate... ![craig_brimhall.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4096/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ablconnect/files/craig_brimhall_1.jpg?itok=MeHatWYg) [### Danxi Shen ](/people/danxi-shen)ABLConnect Curriculum Specialist Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education ![danxi_shen.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4096/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ablconnect/files/danxi_shen.jpg?itok=DRy2aHBk) [### Donovan A. Livingston ](/people/donovan-livingston-0) ABLConnect Senior Research Assistant Ed.M., Learning & Teaching, Harvard Graduate School of Education ![ablconnect_photo_.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4096/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ablconnect/files/ablconnect_photo__3.jpg?itok=gfGYJC3g) [### Isabelle Byusa ](/people/isabelle-byusa) ABLConnect Senior Research Assistant Ed.M. Candidate in International Education Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education Isabelle Byusa is a Master's Candidate in International Education Policy at HGSE. Prior to joining Harvard Graduate School of Education, Isabelle was leading IDEA for... ![isabelle_byusa.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4096/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ablconnect/files/isabelle_byusa.jpg?itok=CDu41WA1) [### Jenny Fung ](/people/jenny-fung) Student Research Assistant A.B. Anthropology & History of Science '16 Jenny Fung is a Harvard undergraduate student studying Social Anthropology and History of Science. She is passionate about social justice issues and is always interested in learning innovative ways to catalyze... ![jenny_fung2.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4096/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ablconnect/files/jenny_fung2.jpg?itok=iwaQ30nI) [### Jiho Kang ](/people/jiho-kang) Student Research Assistant A.B. Applied Mathematics '16 ![jiho_kang.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4096/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ablconnect/files/jiho_kang.jpg?itok=tNfZ0e13) [### John Girash ](/people/john-girash) Director of Graduate Academic Programs School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard ![john_girash.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4096/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ablconnect/files/john_girash.jpg?itok=Owxdn9s0) [### Julia Hayden Galindo ](/people/julia-hayden-galindo) ABLConnect Curriculum Specialist Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education ![julia_hayden_galindo.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4096/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ablconnect/files/julia_hayden_galindo_0.jpg?itok=BQclQQlA) [### Katherine McConachie ](/people/katherine-mcconachie) ABLConnect Media Curriculum Specialist Ed.M. in Technology, Innovation & Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education ![katherine_mcconachie.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4096/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/ablconnect/files/katherine_mcconachie.jpg?itok=uxbkp-z4)