Class Notes

Gustavo Alonso López, MArch ’07, a flamenco guitarist and composer, released his third full-length studio album, Sonanta Con Metales, in April. Created in collaboration with trumpeter Jay Roulston, the new project presents the flamenco guitar in the context of a brass ensemble.

Yu Araki, BFA ’07, was named to Forbes Japan’s 100 People to Watch. Araki, an artist and a filmmaker, has had many exhibitions and video installations of his work displayed in Japan.

Anne Wynter, AB ’06, won the Texas Institute of Letters’ Brigid Erin Flynn Award for her 10th book, So Many Years: A Juneteenth Story (Clarion Books, May 2025). She also published her 11th book, While We’re Here (Clarion Books, March 2026), which Publishers Weekly called “a powerful view of the ease that can emerge from unstructured time.”

Erin Robinson, BS ’06, MS ’10, graduated in December 2025 with her doctorate in information science from the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research enables place-based organizations — especially field stations — to design and build sociotechnical infrastructure that connects research to the places from which it is derived. 

Steve Resnick, BS ’06, MS ’06, was named principal at Alper Audi. He joined the firm in 2014 and has 20 years of experience as a structural engineer. He previously served as a senior project manager with a focus on diverse projects including multifamily, educational, community, distribution and corporate developments.

Carolyn Kras, AB ’06, was named Emory University’s first Screenwriting Fellow for 2025–27. Previously, she was awarded the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Society and Culture at the University of Alberta. During that time, she wrote a new script and gave a series of TV writing workshops to students.

Faye Raquel Gleisser, AB ’06, was awarded the 2025 Charles C. Eldredge Prize by the Smithsonian American Art Museum for her book Risk Work: Making Art and Guerrilla Tactics in Punitive America, 1967–1987 (University of Chicago Press, 2023). The Eldredge Prize recognizes originality and thoroughness of research, excellence of writing and clarity of method. Gleisser is an associate professor of art history at Indiana University.

Travis Petersen, AB ’04, penned his first novel, The Prayer of St. Francis (self-published, March 2024). The book centers on an ex-convict who helps other ex-cons stay clean and adjust to life outside prison walls. While investigating the disappearance of a former client, he becomes involved in a mystery that puts his sanity, sobriety and life on the line.

Erin Hugger, AB ’04, married Nick Kahn, Sept. 6, 2025, in Beacon, New York. Bridesmaids included Ariel Schiff, AB ’04, Laura Lazarus Schreiber, AB ’04, and Amy Hochstein Wachsberger, AB ’04.

Ben Hodges, AB ’04, is a co-practice group leader of the litigation practice at Foster Garvey. Hodges is a patent attorney and focuses on guiding clients’ intellectual property portfolios and protecting them through litigation when necessary.