Staff

Anne Moore

Director

Anne Moore received her PhD in English Literature from Tufts University in 2012, where her research focused on serialized storytelling (Victorian novels and prestige television), fandom, and reader response. She served as the head of Scholar Development at Tufts for 12 years, joining Northeastern in 2025. If she were a nationally competitive award, she would be the Truman Scholarship. If she were a Jane Austen character, she would be Marianne Dashwood.

Sara Nelson

Associate Director

Sara Nelson comes to Northeastern from MIT where she spent the past 16 years working in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). In UROP she advised and supported undergraduates and research supervisors; led programming and outreach; worked closely with UROP donors; and more. She also served seven years as the Director of the MIT Amgen Scholars Program – a summer REU in science and biotechnology.

When not working, she can be found playing soccer, planning her next home improvement project, traveling with her family, and drinking a nice hot americano.

Terumi Rafferty-Osaki

Associate Director

Terumi Rafferty-Osaki earned his Ph.D. in history from American University where he served as a Graduate Fellowship Advisor for the Office of Merit Awards. He moved to Florida undertaking the role of Assistant Director for External and Competitive Fellowships and Pre-Health Professions at Rollins College before founding the Office of Competitive Fellowships at Florida Gulf Coast University. His research focuses on the performance and perceptions of masculinity during Nikkei Incarceration as well as sports history. Dr. Rafferty-Osaki has been featured on C-SPAN and published with the NINE, Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, and “Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project.” He is excited to return to the region of his alma mater, Boston College, and dreams of finally completing the Boston Marathon.

Carey Accola-Gavin

Program Coordinator