About Yale Summer Session

Jennifer is Yale Summer Session’s Online Education Manager, supporting faculty in the development and delivery of their online courses. Previously, she was an instructional designer at the Yale School of Public Health and a senior editor for online publisher MindEdge Learning. She is also an experienced educator, having taught at Salem State University and in the New York City and Washington, D.C. public school systems. She earned a B.A. in English from Princeton University and an M.A. in English Education from the City University of New York. 

Kelly is Director of Study Abroad and Deputy Director of the Center for International and Professional Experience (CIPE) and is also the Assistant Dean for Assessment in Yale College. He started with CIPE in 2002 and was previously Director of Fellowship Programs and Director of the Light Fellowship. A Californian, Kelly earned a B.A. and an M.A. in English Literature from UCLA. After college, he taught in South Korea and worked with the Fulbright Commission in Seoul. Although he arrived in New Haven in 2002, Kelly still considers sunny Southern California his home base.

Meg Palladino is the Director of Yale Summer Session and a member of Summer Session’s leadership team, where she helps develop strategy and planning oversight for YSS. Meg is responsible for the management and development of all on-campus programs. Prior to Yale, Meg was the Assistant Dean for International Education at Northeastern University in Boston, and taught English as a Second Language. Meg holds a Master of Science degree in Education from the State University of New York at Albany and graduated from Bard College at Simon’s Rock with a BA in Intercultural Studies. She is the Creative Director and a Founding Editor of the University of Venus blog at Inside Higher Ed and co-host of the View from Venus podcast. Tune in.

Victoria loves the calm and quiet of Yale Summer Session after working as the Assistant for 9 different Police Chiefs at the Stamford Connecticut Police Department. Prior to that she worked as the Registrar at the American Institute for Foreign Study. This gave her the expertise and knowledge to handle our International Group Students and the Certificate Program for International Students. She also coordinates the Yale Writers Workshop and the Shafer Students Program. Victoria graduated from Barat Richmond International University in London, England with High Honors in her double major of Business Management and Economics. In her spare time, she volunteers in the community, loves to read, attend plays and concerts and travels extensively.

In Yale Summer Session, Kathy is the liaison for our partner universities who send undergraduate students to study at Yale in the summer. She’s also part of the Study Abroad team, advising students going to the U.K., Ireland, Czech Republic, Croatia, and Russian language programs. She’s been with Summer Session since 2007, after working as a middle school Spanish teacher and a college academic advisor. She holds an M.S. in Counseling from Central Connecticut State University and a B.A. in Spanish from the University of Connecticut. Her year abroad in Granada, Spain boosted her Spanish fluency and helps her identify with international students who are adapting to a new culture. She enjoys multicultural food, traveling (she’s been to 31 countries!), tennis, and yoga.

Kelly earned her B.S. from Cornell University in 2013 and her M.S. Ed. in Higher Education from the University of Pennsylvania in 2015. Since graduating she has worked in Student Affairs at Cornell University and Princeton University, Undergraduate Admissions at the University of New Haven as the Events Coordinator and Cornell University as a Seasonal Admissions Reader (for 4 cycles), and Alumni Relations at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Most recently, she worked in the wedding industry at the Wadsworth Mansion and for a private event planner! In her free time, she is an avid baker and board game player. She is also a member of the Run 169 Towns Society – a club where runners race in every Connecticut town!