Alumni Profiles

Get to know some of our MGS graduates! Like many of our alumni, the people highlighted on these pages have gone on to do important work in public affairs, public policy and gerontology. These profiles can give you an idea of our diverse students and graduates and the many ways they contribute to improving our world.

Alix Cantave

Alix Cantave
PhD in Public Policy 2007
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Jennifer Higgins

Jennifer Higgins
PhD in Gerontology 2003
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Edie Mas

Edie Mas
PhD in Public Policy 2004
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Michelle Portman

Michelle Portman
PhD in Public Policy 2007
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Vanessa Calderón-Rosado

Vanessa Calderón-Rosado
PhD in Public Policy on Aging 2000
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Udaya Wagle

Udaya Wagle
PhD in Public Policy 2005
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Richard Wright

Richard Wright
PhD in Public Policy 2004
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Other Current Alumni

Adam Baacke Adam Baacke
MSPA 2003
Deputy Director, Division of Planning and Development, City of Lowell






Lindsey Baker Lindsey Baker
PhD in Gerontology 2006
NIA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Andrus
Gerontology Center, University of
Southern California





Dr. James J. Bulot Dr. James J. Bulot
PhD in Gerontology 2004
Endowed Professorship in Gerontology,
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Department head of Gerontology,
Sociology and Political Science




Jim Canavan Jim Canavan
MSPA 1986
United Veterans of America, Inc.
Leeds and Pittsfield, Massachusetts







Laney Bruner-Canhoto Laney Bruner-Canhoto
PhD in Gerontology 2004
Project Director, Long Term Care Policy Unit,
Center for Health Policy and Research,
University of Massachusetts Medical School



Garen L. Corbett Garen L. Corbett
MSPA 2000
Deputy Director of The Health Industry
Forum Brandeis University





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