Kira Ganga Kieffer, who is married to Aaron Eisman ’23 PhD, ’24 MD, published Unvaccinated Under God: Religion and Vaccine Hesitancy in Modern America in May with Princeton University Press. This is Kira’s first book. She is currently a visiting assistant professor of religious studies at Fairfield University. She received her PhD in religious studies from Boston University and was a dual history/religious studies concentrator at Brown.
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Science & Tech
Aspiring Astronaut
PhD student studies bubbles—in space
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Jun, 2025
The Arts
‘Shift the Vibrations’
In Intro to Rap Songwriting, students learn to listen deeply.
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Aug, 2024
Education
The Anthropology of Homelessness
In ANTH 1301, future doctors and policymakers get immersed in research and realities.
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Jan, 2024
First Person
Climbing the Walls
Five minutes with Samantha Reisman ’28 PhD
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Aug, 2023
Obituaries
Sydney G. Zink ’23 ScM, of Roswell, Ga.; Apr. 4, from complications of Type 1 diabetes. She was proficient in many languages and was working full-time for a U.S. government contractor in the national defense and security industry. At the time of her death, she was within weeks of completing a two-year postbaccalaureate preprofessional program at Thomas Jefferson University in preparation for entrance to medical school, where she hoped to combine her skills with an MD/MPH degree to work in public health.