South Campus Team Leaders

Kristi Shorter, M.Ed.

Interim Assistant Director (AD) and Area Coordinator (AC)

Hello all, and welcome to South Campus.  I'm happy to be your AD/AC!  I'm about to start my sixth academic year at Cornell, and my third year on South Campus.  I have my M.Ed. in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Kutztown University.  I am also a big fan of Crime Shows, reading, and anything Halloween. :)

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Sydney Paluch

Residence Hall Director (RHD)

Sydney Paluch (she/her/hers) is very excited start the new Academic Year at Cornell! She received her masters in gender studies from Dartmouth and NYU, and is passionate about queer issues, building alternative communities, and structures of care. Her most recent role was serving as the Title IX Programmer, lead for queer programming, and Coordinator of Residential Engagement at Drew University. In her free time she can be found reading, sewing, or at a show- and is always happy to do any gender affirming alternations for any students in need!

Joe Giliberto

Graduate Resident Advisor

I am excited to continue my role as the Graduate Resident Advisor in Schuyler House this year! I am a fifth year PhD student in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department. My research interest is in computational fluid dynamics, specifically in liquid-gas flows.