About Yale Summer Session

Following her graduation from Baylor University with a B.A. in History, Catherine was employed at Texas State University in San Marcos working in three different departments over 9 years. Though her heart remains in Texas, she has fallen in love with fall in New England. When not at work, you might find her knitting in coffee shops or visiting various fiber festivals around the country. Catherine is responsible for ensuring that all courses are entered correctly into Banner so students are able to register and for ensuring that students are eligible for all of the courses they want to take. She also helps process I-20s for international students studying on campus over the summer.

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.

Alexander Rosas is the inaugural Dean of Pauli Murray College, Head of Summer Colleges, and a faculty member in the Department of Political Science. Dean Rosas' academic interests in political theory and law lie in issues of international human rights law and cultural diversity, theories of justice, and law and society. He is particularly interested in how modern nation-states can and should (or cannot and should not) use law to negotiate between markedly different cultural and religious groups and, more generally, in the complex relationship between law and freedom. Born in Seoul, South Korea, and raised in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, Dean Rosas received his B.A. degree, with honors and distinction, in international relations from Stanford University, and his J.D. degree, Order of the Coif, and his Ph.D. degree in jurisprudence and social policy from the University of California, Berkeley.

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, Serbia, and Russia. 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 with a focus in Higher Education 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 loves multicultural food and traveling (she’s been to 31 countries!), and her favorite things about the summer are warm weather, day trips, and spending time outside!

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!