Graduate Fellows Alumni
Ron Berna
Medicine
Ron Berna studied Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania. He is also a graduate of Villanova University
Karl Hahn
Philosophy
Karl Hahn was doctoral student in philosophy at Villanova University. He specializes in the history and philosophy of German Idealism, with a concentration in the philosophy of religion.
Jacque Faylo
Chemistry
Jacque was a Ph.D Candidate in Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a National Institutes of Health Fellow in the Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics program. Her research focused largely on the structural biology of enzymes synthesizing medicinally important products. She completed her B.S. in Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, where her research in the department of immunology revealed the regulatory mechanism of pro-inflammatory proteins in cancer.
Fariba Kanga
French and Francophone Studies
Fariba Kanga was a PhD student in the Department of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Before coming to Penn, she completed her undergraduate and master’s in French at the University of Kentucky. Fariba’s research interests are in late medieval/early Renaissance hagiography and religious performance.
Devin Creed
History
Devin Creed was a Masters student in History at Villanova University. He studies modern European history with a focus on the British Empire and Ireland. Before Villanova he completed degrees in English and Economics from Hillsdale College. His research interests lie in the intersections between Catholic thought, postcolonial theory, and Marxism. He loves cooking, hiking, learning languages, and traveling.
Chris Fite
History and Sociology of Science
A PhD student in History and Sociology of Science at Penn, Chris also completed a Graduate Certificate in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. His research focuses on botany and gardening in early modern Europe. More broadly, Chris is interested in the historical and theoretical entanglements of science, magic, and religion. In his spare time, he tends a small garden in South Philly and reads comic books. Find him online at www.chrisfite.com.
Eammon Hart
Mathematics
As an undergraduate Eammon double majored in math and philosophy, while also taking several courses in ancient history including a course on theological development in the fourth century. He then studied mathematics at Drexel University, where he continued to enjoy exploring his interests in philosophy and history. His main areas of interest within these fields are classical antiquity, philosophy of time, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of free will. He is active in the St Agatha-St James Newman community.
Bryn Ford
Ancient History
Bryn Ford was a PhD student in the Ancient History program within Penn's Department of Classical Studies. His work focuses on the emergence of the literary ideal of the Italian countryside and its relationship with the political and agricultural ruptures that followed Rome's conquest of the peninsula. Originally from Australia, he earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University of Sydney; his research there examined the image of the North African desert from the Roman era to the early Christian period, with a particular focus on the Desert Fathers of Egypt. When not thinking about antiquity, he enjoys baking, watching birds, and reading across an excessive variety of genres.
