Staff

John Cisternino

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

John CisterninoJohn joined the Tobin Project in 2008 to cultivate rigorous, problem-oriented research aimed at understanding and addressing some of the most urgent challenges facing American society. He directs the Tobin Project’s research activities throughout our four core initiatives and works with scholars across disciplines to develop new lines of inquiry. He also oversees our graduate student programs and corresponds with policymakers and thought leaders outside of academia to build new avenues for innovative scholarship that contributes to public discourse, policymaking, and civic education. John is the co-editor of New Perspectives on Regulation (The Tobin Project, 2009) with David Moss. He holds a B.A. magna cum laude from Tufts University; a J.D. from Harvard Law School; and an M.A. and M. Phil in philosophy from Columbia University where he taught courses in formal logic, philosophy, and literature.

Email: jcisternino@tobinproject.org

Phone: (617) 301-8923

   

Euriphile Joseph

DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS

Euriphile Joseph

Email: ejoseph@tobinproject.org

Phone: (617) 547-2600 

 

 

 

 

Ethan Larson

CASE WRITER

Ethan Larson

Ethan joined the Tobin Project in the spring of 2021 as a part of its case writing project. Ethan works with leading scholars to research and write new cases and to advance case method teaching at the high school and college level. Ethan received his PhD in East European history at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2020. His dissertation was a history of the Yugoslav diaspora set in the interwar period and spanning multiple continents as it pertained to overseas nation-building, political extremism, travel and leisure, and cultural pluralism. 

Email: elarson@tobinproject.org

Phone: (617) 547-2600 

 

 

 

Ari Mulgay

SENIOR RESEARCH ANALYST

Ari MulgayAri joined the Tobin Project in the fall of 2021 and works on the Institutions of Democracy initiative. Ari graduated, with honors, from the University of Chicago with a major in History, and wrote his honors thesis on a never-realized 1948 proposal by the U.S. State Department to administer post-colonial Palestine under a multilateral UN Trusteeship. He also served as the Senior Editor of the Chicago Journal of History and conducted archival research on political planning and statebuilding for a professor in the History Department. Before joining the Tobin Project, he worked as a paralegal at the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board. 

Email: amulgay@tobinproject.org

Phone: (617) 547-2600