Staff
Teresa Salvato
Program Administrator, Center for Public History
Teresa graduated from Tufts with a B.A. in English Literature and a concentration in Italian Literature in 1985. She ran the Center for Cognitive Studies alongside Daniel Dennett for many years before becoming the Program Administrator in the Center for Public History in November 2024. Teresa is an artist—a painter and a potter. She recently built a pottery studio which she uses to make her own pottery, teach, and provide a space for experienced potters to work. Teresa’s daughter graduated from Tufts in 2023 with a BA in Italian Literature and Spanish/Latin American Culture.
Amanda Pepper
Program Administrator, Center for the Humanities
Amanda joined CHAT and CPH after working for Harvard College, where she served as the Administrator of Cabot House. In this role, she managed student housing, events, financial operations and other administrative duties for the student population of Cabot House, part of the former Radcliffe College campus. Prior to that role, Amanda worked for the Leadership Initiative at Harvard Business School, where she supported professors and executive education programs who explored topics related to leadership or leadership development. The support included putting on conferences, developing content for executive education programs, assisting with training of training of executive education staff, program communications, and assistance with the publication of books related to leadership. Amanda holds a master’s degree in Public Policy and Public Administration (MPAA) from Northeastern University, and an undergraduate degree in History and English from Wellesley College. Amanda lives in Lincoln, Massachusetts with her rescue dog, Amelia. She enjoys swimming at Walden Pond, taking walks in the woods, and participating in town events.
Zoe Schoen
Project Manager and Researcher for Slavery, Colonialism and their Legacies
Zoe graduated from Tufts with a BA in Anthropology in 2019. As a student of Dr. Kendra Field, she developed a love of family history and lore, seeing personal storytelling as a powerful entry point into historical and political inquiry. Her work on Russian Jewish migration, eating, lobotomy, and her Great Aunt Miriam is a project she hopes to revisit one day soon. Since the summer of 2020, Zoe has been working for Dr. Field and Dr. Kerri Greenidge as a researcher, and more recently as an administrator for the African American Trail Project. She is honored to learn from these brilliant women historians every day, and to ground the public history work of the Trail Project in a commitment to remember and celebrate those who have come before us.
John Hannigan
Archivist and Project Manager, Slavery, Colonialism, and Their Legacies Project
John is the archivist and lead researcher for the Slavery, Colonialism, and Their Legacies at Tufts initiative, a university-wide collaborative project examining the school's historical ties to enslavement in Massachusetts and beyond, the long presence and experiences of African descended and indigenous students on the university’s campuses, and Tufts' relationships with the historic Black and Afro-Native communities of Charlestown, Medford, Somerville, Boston, and Grafton.