Graduate School

Emma Zc.

Emma holds a PhD in French Literature from Harvard University. Previously, she earned her BA and BM, summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Her doctoral dissertation examined the representation of music as a tool of social critique in the modern French novel.

Susan

Susan studied English at Rice and graduated summa cum laude. After serving in Teach for America, she earned her PhD in English at Harvard. She has held faculty positions at Wake Forest and Yale and currently lives in London.

Paul C.

A graduate of Vassar College and Wits University in Johannesburg, Paul completed his PhD in African Studies and Anthropology at Harvard University in 2024. He is a Fulbright-Hayes Program alumni.

Elliot

Elliot earned his BS in Biology at MIT, and his MSc by Research in Clinical Medicine on a Rhodes Scholarshop at Oxford University. Currently, he is an MD/PhD student in the the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program.

Sarah G.

Sarah earned her BS and MS in Physics at MIT. She now studies the interface between quantum theory and gravity as a research fellow at the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT.

Rehana

Rehana holds a PhD in Mathematics (Wesleyan). She has been faculty at several institutions, including Olin College and Harvard, where she recieved the Mentor of the Year Award from the Harvard Graduate Women in Science & Engineering.

Anna S.

Anna holds a PhD in Slavic Languages and Literature (Harvard), an MA in Slavic Languages and Literature (MA), a BA in History and Philology (Russian State University) and a BA in Fine Arts (Pushkin State Museum Art College).

Amulya M.

Amulya is an Anthropology PhD candidate at Harvard University. She earned her Bachelor's in Anthropology from University of Chicago, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

Aditya K.

Aditya is a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Illinois. He received his BS in Computer Science and Applied Computational Mathematics from CalTech and MS in Computational Science and Engineering from Harvard.

Paul W.

Paul holds a BA in History (Yale) and MA in Global Affairs (Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University). A recipient of the Fulbright and Schwarzman Fellowships, Paul is currently a Presidential Management Fellow in Washington DC.

Nathan

Nathan graduated from Princeton University with a BS in Physics and a minor in Applied Math (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). He is currently a PhD student in Physics at Harvard.

Tahseen

Tahseen was a Math major at UVA, where he was an Echols Scholar and graduated with high distinction. After working for a year as a software developer, Tahseen pursued a Master's Degree in Mathematics at NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematics. He recently completed his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Maryland and now works as a postdoctoral fellow in AI at Yale.

Sanjay M

Sanjay is a PhD student in Economics at Harvard. Prior to graduate school, he earned his BA in Applied Mathematics and Economics at Harvard (high honors, Phi Beta Kappa), and worked with Freakonomics co-author Steven Levitt.

Parker

Parker is a writer, filmmaker, and PhD Candidate in Anthropology and Critical Media Practice at Harvard University. He has earned several grants and fellowships, including the Fulbright García-Robles Scholarship, Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Research Fellowship, and the Harvard Film Study Center Fellowship.

Michael M.

Michael holds a PhD and MA in Chemistry from Harvard, and a dual-degree BS in Chemistry and Biology from the University of Maryland. He has over ten years of experience teaching and tutoring chemistry and introductory biology.

Alexander V.

Alex earned his Master's in Musicology from Oxford University and his Bachelor's, with a double major in in Mathematics and Music, from Harvard University. He has been tutoring students for over eight years.

Allison H.

Allison graduated cum laude from Williams College with a BA in Arabic Studies. She accepted a full-ride scholarship to the University of Oxford, where she earned a MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies and graduated with first class honors. She currently works for an international non-profit in Washington, D.C.

Julia Cr.

She completed a PhD at Harvard, specializing in Japanese Buddhism (and Buddhist art). Her academic path continued with prestigious postdoctoral fellowships at Yale and Stanford, where she crafted and taught intimate seminar courses for undergraduate and graduate students, presented at international conferences, and published. In addition to her teaching, Julia has served as an editor for university professors and bilingual publications, peer-reviewed scholarly articles in the US and Asia, and authored several peer-reviewed articles.

Daniel Be.

Daniel is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and author of 5 books of literary nonfiction. He holds an MFA in Fiction (Columbia University), and has taught at Saint Ann's School, Columbia University, and elsewhere.

Sarah Y.

Sarah graduated from Brown with a BA in History & International Relations. She holds a PhD in History from the University of Hong Kong and the University of Pennsylvania.

Mariam R.

Mariam Rahmani is a writer and translator. Rahmani holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from UCLA and an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University, as well as degrees from Princeton and Oxford. She currently serves on the faculty of Bennington College and is a postdoctoral Fellow with the American Council for Learned Societies in 2023-24.

Meghan M.

Meghan an MPhil student in Islamic Art and Archaelogy at Oxford. She holds an MA in Buddhist Art (Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London) and a BA in Art History and International Affairs (George Washington).

Avery W.

Avery holds a BA in Public Policy & Global Health from Duke, and an MPH from Johns Hopkins. After working for Clinton Health Access Initiative and earning her MBA at the University of Michigan, she is now a Strategy and Consulting Manager at Pfizer.

Ellen S.

Ellen majored in English at Williams College and received her PhD in English from Duke University. She teaches American Literature in the History & Literature department at Harvard University.

Ivy D.

Ivy graduated with a BFA in Fine Arts and BAs in Comparative Literature, Anthropology, and French from Cornell University. She's presently a PhD student in Comparative Literature at Harvard.

Sam D

Sam holds a BS in Physics (Cornell) and a PhD in Physics (Harvard). He's now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, studying physical systems and machine learning applications.

Adrienne

Adrienne received her English PhD from Harvard University, her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and her BA from Princeton University. She is a nonfiction writer and poet, and teaches in the Writing Program at Princeton University.

Scott L.

Scott majored in Classics and Spanish at Bates College, where he wrote two theses. After working in several Special Collections libraries, he is completed a PhD in Romance Languages at UPenn.

Eric M

Eric graduated from Oberlin College and Conservatory with a BA in Hispanic Studies and BM in Composition. He then received an MA in Teaching at Boston University, where he was awarded the Future Language Educator Scholarship.

Daniel Fr

Daniel is a PhD candidate in Chinese History at UC Berkeley. He holds a BA in English & French literature and Chinese language (University of Texas), a JD (Yale Law), and an MA in Sinology (University of London).

Gus

Gus is a PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology at Columbia University and is currently completing a doctoral internship at UCLA, conducting psychological research using experimental and survey methods. At Columbia, he served as the doctoral student leader of the Internet, Disclosure & Psychotherapy Lab.

Tong

Thomas earned his BS in Chemistry at Duke. He is currently an MD/PhD at Harvard-MIT. In the Harvard Immunology Program, he is studying how the immune system responds to severe viral infections such as COVID-19

Debbie S.

Debbie is currently a PhD candidate in Classical Studies at Columbia University. She holds a BA in Classics from College of the Holy Cross and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

Tim L.

Tim holds an MA, MPhil, and PhD in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. He earned his Bachelor's in English and Classical Languages from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Alicia C.

Alicia is a PhD student in Linguistics at NYU. She graduated magna cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis, with a BA in Linguistics and Data Science and a BA in Spanish with a minor in Music.

Sheela

Sheela earned her BFA in Vocal Performance and BS in Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University. She earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Vocal Performance from the Royal College of Music and an MSc in Cognitive & Decision Sciences from University College London. She also holds a JD from Yale Law School.

Bill K.

Bill is the bestselling author of seven books. His undergrad degree is from the University of Chicago and his doctorate from Johns Hopkins. History and biography are his fields, but he's helped improve both student and adult writing for twenty years across a wide range of subjects.

Donald L.

Donald graduated with a BS in Physics at California Polytechnic Polytechnic State University. His research in machine learning led to a staff research scientist position at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. He's currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Michigan.

Grey A.

Grey received his BA in English from Reed College, and his MA in French and his PhD in History from Yale. His dissertation, published in French in 2018 and under contract in English with Verso Books, examines the military coup that returned General Charles de Gaulle to power.

Seth S.

Seth earned his BA from the University of Michigan, where his senior thesis on Brazilian welfare politics won the Sahlins Award for best thesis in the Social Sciences. After working as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, he began his PhD in Political Science at Harvard University.

Hudson L.

Hudson earned an AB in Physics from Princeton. Next, Hudson worked as a quantitative trader and researcher at DC Energy. Now, Hudson has returned to studying physics as an astrophysics graduate student at MIT's LIGO labs.

Matthew G.

Matthew holds an AB in Government from Harvard and a PhD in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. He's a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan.

Emily F.

Emily is an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Utah Tech University, specializing in philosophy and religious studies. After living abroad for several years post-college, she returned to New York - her home state - to earn her PhD in Philosophy of Religion at Columbia University. During that time, she served as a Teaching Scholars Fellow at Columbia and taught several courses in the Philosophy and Critical Thought department at SUNY Purchase.

Wyatt S.

Wyatt holds an AB from Kenyon College and an MA from NYU, both in English. He's currently a PhD student in Harvard's English department.

Udodiri

Udodiri holds a PhD in History of Science at Harvard University; she previously earned a BA in the same field at Harvard College. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Rutgers University.

Davis E.

Davis holds a PhD in Mathematics from MIT. His research focused on the interface between fluid dynamics and quantum mechanics. He previously graduated from Penn State University, earning a Master’s Degree in Engineering Science and Mechanics, and graduating at the top of his class for his Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Science.

Lisa A.

Lisa attended Cornell University where she graduated magna cum laude in Chemistry and Chemical Biology. After Cornell, she worked at Procter and Gamble making your favorite household laundry supplies! She is now a PhD candidate in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology program at Harvard.

Roland

Roland is an award-winning author and illustrator. His biography of Arthur Ransome won a Jerwood Award from the Royal Society of Literature and the HW Fischer Prize from the Biographer’s Club. His illustrations for Lev Grossman’s best-selling Magicians trilogy were published in the New Yorker. Roland is currently writing and illustrating a series of novels for children.

Nathan B.

Nathan is a lecturer in The Writing Seminars, the creative writing program at Johns Hopkins University. He earned his MFA at Hopkins, and also attended Emory University in Atlanta, majoring in English literature and creative writing and graduating summa cum laude.

Nick S.

Nick graduated from Columbia University with degrees in English and Economics. He next earned a teaching certificate and moved to Barcelona to teach English. Since 2003, he’s been teaching all over the world, usually spending winters in Berlin and summers in Barcelona.

Noah S.

Noah graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from West Point. He next studied in the Space Propulsion Laboratory at MIT, receiving a Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics. His work to design and test plasma thrusters for nano-satellites forms the basis of a currently pending patent.

Hamzah

Hamzah is a PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin in the Aerospace Engineering department. His interests span distributed control and planning, game theory, robot safety, and autonomous vehicles.

Smriti K.

Smriti is currently a PhD Candidate at Harvard studying Buddhist philosophy of mind and epistemology. While pursuing her PhD, she has consistently scored above divisional average on overall instructor quality and has earned several Certificates of Distinction in Teaching.

Jadyn

Jadyn is a Physics PhD student at Stanford University. Previously, he earned his MA in Education and BS in Physics from Villanova University.

Diana T.

Diana currently teaches at the Parsons School of Design. She holds an MS in Sustainability Management from Columbia University and an MA in Architecture from Kansas State University,

Arun

Arun is a PhD candidate in Mathematics at MIT. Previously, He he received a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics, and an MS in Mathematics from the University of Virginia, all in four years.

Camille

Camille attended UChicago to earn her BA in Psychology and Economics. She's currently pursuing a dual Master in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School and Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business.

Xavier

Xavier graduated from Yale College in 2019 with a BS in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. He went on to earn his PhD in Neuroscience from Columbia University, where he worked at the intersection of organic chemistry and pharmacology. Currently, Xavier is a scientist at Alpha Genesis, Inc., the largest primate breeding and research facility in the United States, where he advances biomedical research through pre-clinical trials and collaborations with pharmaceutical companies and academic research labs.

Eleanor S.

Eleanor is an MBA/Masters in Computer Science dual degree candidate at the University of Chicago/Booth School of Business. Previously, she received her Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University.

Sam C.

Sam holds an undergraduate degree in Physics from Princeton University and an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She currently works at Frederick Oster Fine Violins, where she repairs, appraises, and sells fine and rare instruments.

Michael S.

Michael graduated with honors from Swarthmore College with a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science. He next acquired a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Virginia, specializing in parallel and distributed systems. He completed his post-doctoral studies at the RENCI Supercomputing Center at UNC Chapel Hill.

William O.

Will is now attending Stanford’s Graduate School of Business for his PhD, studying applications of machine learning, algorithms, and network science to problems in business. He previously double majored in computer science and mathematics at Caltech.

Joe Z.

Joseph is a Cyber Warfare Officer in the United States Army. In 2023, he graduated from Harvard University, earning his MS in Data Science as a member of the Draper Scholars Program. In 2021, he graduated summa cum laude from the United States Military Academy at West Point, earning his BS in Mathematical Sciences along with a minor in Cybersecurity.

William N.

William is a PhD candidate at NYU, writing a dissertation on the philosophy of logic. He previously majored in political science and film production at the Macaulay Honors Program at Brooklyn College, he. His thesis film, “Sugar Packet”, was selected to screen at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and won two awards.

Liz P.

Liz has been a professor at Harvard College (English) and Bates College (Theater and Dance). She holds a PhD and MA in English from Harvard University and a BA in English and Dramatic Art from UNC (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa).

Robert S.

Robert holds a BSc in Physics from Jacobs University and a PhD in Physics from Harvard University. For his work as a Teaching Fellow at Harvard, Robert won the Harvard University Physics Department’s White Prize for excellence in teaching introductory physics

Larisa

Larisa received her BA in philosophy and psychology from Simmons College, an MA in philosophy from Tufts, a PhD in philosophy from UNC-Chapel Hill, and she was a postdoctoral scholar at OSU. Larisa was recently a Lecturer in the Brandeis University Philosophy Department. She is currently working on a book project about responsibility and forgiveness after traumatic wrongdoing.

Julia Ra.

Julia graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University with a major in cell and molecular biology. She is currently a PhD student at MIT studying the interactions between bacteria and bacteriophages, which are the viruses that infect bacteria.

Penelope

Penelope attended the University of Chicago, where she graduated with a major in Comparative Literature. She then completed a Master 1 at the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Comparative Literature. She is currently a PhD candidate in Romance Studies - French at Cornell University.

Emily V.

Emily is a PhD candidate at Harvard University in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology. Currently, she is being funded by the National Science Foundation to research conditions in which the gut microbiome may behave in a way that is adaptive to the host. Prior to graduate school, Emily graduated from Harvard College cum laude with a degree in Human Evolutionary Biology and minor in Chemistry.

Ravi

Ravi graduated from Georgia Tech with a BS in Management. He then was accepted to Harvard Business School’s 2+2 program. He spent three years as a healthcare investor and obtained the CFA designation before matriculating at HBS. He’s since worked for Khan Academy, Flexport, and Chime – the most recent of which he was Lead Data Scientist & Data Engineer. Ravi currently works for Anduril, a defense company.

Rakeeb

Rakeeb graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a degree in Biological Engineering. He then pursued a research position at Johns Hopkins University, where he discovered a passion for immunology that has since led him to become a PhD candidate in the Immunology program at Harvard.

Tarika

Tarika graduated with dual degrees in Philosophy and Biochemistry from The University of Texas at Austin. She then spent a year as a research fellow at the Mayo Clinic Biomedical Ethics Research Program in Rochester, Minnesota before moving to Boston to pursue her MD at Harvard Medical School.

Brandon H.

Brandon currently teaches at Georgetown University. He holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Princeton, a JD from Georgetown University, and an MA and BA in Latin American Studies from UT at Austin.

Max S.

Max has a BA in French from Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD in French Literature from New York University, where he also taught undergraduate language courses. He currently teaches French at St. Andrew's School.

Maya C.

Maya graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Religious Studies and Political Science and minors in French and Conflict Studies from DePauw University. As a Fulbright grantee, Maya taught English to over 200 students in Morocco. She's currently an MPP Candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Fernando

Fernando is a PhD Candidate in Biophysics at Harvard University. Previously, he completed a BS in Applied Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering from John Hopkins University, as well as conducted research in cancer immunotherapy and single-cell microfluidics, earning multiple research awards.

Michae O.

Michael holds a BA in Mathematics and American Studies at Wesleyan University, and a PhD in American Studies at Harvard University. His studies focus on 19th century US history and the history of the life sciences.

James W.

James is currently a PhD researcher at the University of Glasgow, where he is writing a dissertation on a Venetian painter from the late 16th century named Palma il Giovane. He holds an MA in Art History (NYU), an MA in Art Business (University of Manchester), and a BA in Art History (Vassar).

Akhil

Akhil holds a BA and MA in Political Science from Yale University. He is currently pursuing his MS in Comparative Social Policy from the University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar. Following his time in Oxford, he will begin studying for his JD at Yale Law School.

Virginia C.

Virginia graduated from Georgetown University with degrees in accounting and finance, obtained her CPA, and went on to work in public accounting and financial consulting in New York City. She is currently pursuing a Master’s in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Connor M.

Connor is a PhD Candidate in Religion at Columbia University; his dissertation focuses on the relationship between religion, science, and technology in contemporary America. He also holds an MPhil and MA in Religion from Columbia, an a BA in Religion from Vassar College.

Amnon

Amnon is a PhD in Computational Robotics and Reinforcement Learning at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been recognized as an Outstanding Teaching Assistant by his university for teaching Artificial Intelligence and Machine Perception.

Max R.

Max holds a PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley, prior to which he received his AB in Mathematics from Princeton University. He has done research across multiple areas of machine learning and statistics, notably natural language processing, fine tuning for neural networks, probabilistic modeling, and statistical theory.

Brian H.

Brian holds a BA in Mathematics from Boston University, and an MS and PhD in Mathematics from Northeastern University. He's now a mathematician with a focus on the algebraic geometry and topology of complex analytic spaces.

Ian D.

Ian holds a PhD in Physics from Harvard University. While pursuing his undergraduate degrees in Physics and Mathematics at James Madison University, he was awarded Most Outstanding Researcher in the Physics Department.

Courtney P.

A recent JD and MSW graduate from the University of Michigan, Courtney currently teaches at the University of Michigan Law School in a human trafficking problem-solving and social innovation lab. She received her BA in Sociology and Religious Studies from Grinnell College with Phi Beta Kappa honors.

Anne S.

Anne is a practicing pediatrician and the Chief Medical Officer of a community health center organization. She completed her residency at UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill. Anne holds an MD from Brown, an MBA from Duke, and a BA from Harvard College.

Lily H.

Lily graduated from Brandeis University with a BS and MS in Neuroscience, summa cum laude and with highest honors. She's currently pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience at Harvard, studying the stinging behavior of anemones and jellyfish.

Hana F.

Hana graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) with a BS in Chemical Engineering. She is currently a PhD student and Dean of Science Fellow at MIT in the Biology department.

Kiran

Kiran holds a PhD from the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. She also holds a Master’s in Latin American Studies from the University of Oxford, and a BA in Political Science from Barnard College.

Kendall G.

Kendall is a doctoral candidate in Politics at the University of Oxford with a specialization in political theory. Before moving to the United Kingdom as a Marshall Scholar, Kendall attended Tulane University, where she graduated summa cum laude in two degrees – a BA in Political Science and a BSM in Legal Studies in Business.

Isaac Jf.

Isaac is a doctoral student at Yale University in the Departments of African-American Studies and American Studies. His research interests include black studies, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, queer theory, and sound studies. Previously, Isaac earned his BA from Columbia University in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, graduating cum laude.

Kirby C.

Kirby holds a PhD in French with a concentration in Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a Senior Lecturer of French at Boston University.

Alex S.

Alex holds a PhD in English Literature and an MA in English from Rutgers. Previously, he graduated from Rice University with a BA in English, magna cum laude. He is now an assistant teaching professor in the English Department at Rutgers.

Alexandra F.

Alexandra holds a BA in Social Studies Education from Miami University and Master of Arts degrees in History from Miami University and University of Reading (UK), where she was a 2019/2020 Fulbright Scholar. She also holds a Master of Arts degree in History of Science from Harvard University, where she is pursuing a PhD in African American Studies.

Anneclaire

Anne Claire is a postdoctoral fellow in clinical child psychology at Stanford University School of Medicine. She holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis.

Alex P.

Alex graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2022 with a degree in Biological Engineering and a minor in Science, Technology, and Society studies. She is now completing a PhD in Biophysics at Harvard University.

Matt M.

Matt worked as a Research Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for two years before going on to earn an MA, MPhil, and PhD in Economics at Columbia University.

Chenguang

Upon graduation from Dartmouth, Chenguang received the James B. Reynolds scholarship to study for an MPhil at the University of Cambridge in Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience. She is now pursuing a PhD at Harvard in Biophysics.

Erin M.

Erin received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Elon University and completed her PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Virginia in 2020. While at UVA, she also received specialized pedagogy training.

Nina P.

Nina is a PhD Candidate in Inorganic Chemistry at Harvard. She was recently awarded the Certificate of Distinction in Teaching by the Harvard Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.

Beck

Beck received their PhD in Chemistry from MIT in 2020, where they designed and applied peptides to deliver large biomolecular drugs. Prior to that, they received a BS in Chemistry with a Biology minor, summa cum laude, from Baylor University.

Hannah L.

Hannah earned her BA from Yale University, where her undergrad poetry thesis won her Yale’s Frederick Mortimer Clapp Fellowship. Hannah got her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2015 and is currently an English PhD candidate at the University of Virginia.

Reggie

Reggie holds an MS in Product Development from Carnegie Mellon University and a BA in Cognitive Science and Computer Science from Bard College. He now works as a computational designer.

Darja

Darja earned her MD/PhD from Harvard/MIT, graduating cum laude. She was a resident in general psychiatry at Yale and is presently a child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at LIJ/NUMC in New York.

Brian Do.

Brian is a PhD student at Columbia University studying Chemical Engineering. Previously, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Statistics, and Chemistry, with a minor in Accounting at the University of California San Diego.

Giselle

Giselle is a Master Lecturer and the Arabic Coordinator in the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Boston University’s College of Arts & Sciences. She holds an MA and a PhD in Applied Linguistics.

Benny S.

Benny received a BA in East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. After graduation, he was awarded a Fulbright to study at Yunnan University before completing his PhD in Social Anthropology and Critical Media Practice at Harvard University.

Victor M.

Victor attended the University of Arizona, where he majored in Microbiology and minored in Biochemistry. He enjoyed research so much that he decided to pursue a PhD in Chemical Biology at Harvard University; he currently works in Andrew Kruse’s lab located at Harvard Medical School (HMS).

Kaitlyn L.

Kaitlyn played D1 softball at Stanford, where she majored in Computer Science (3.8/4.0 GPA). Presently, she is an MD-PhD student at Harvard working on her PhD in Bioinformatics.

Dom

Dom is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Harvard University. Previously, he graduated from the University of Michigan with degrees in Political Science and Statistics.

Farita

Farita earned her BS in Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her MS in Biomedical Engineering at the MIT Media Lab. She is now a PhD Candidate working on the Theoretical Physics of Living Systems at the MIT Media Lab.

Elizabeth Be.

Elizabeth received her PhD in English from New York University, where she specialized in eighteenth-century British literature and Romanticism. Before NYU, she received an MA in Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a BA in English from the University of Central Florida.

Alexandra K.

Alexandra graduated from Caltech with a BS in Physics in 2022, where she worked with four diverse research groups in four years. Alexandra is now a PhD student and NSF GRFP Fellow at the MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science.

Olivia M.

Olivia is a 2016 graduate of Harvard University (cum laude) in English and Mind/Brain/Behavior. She also holds a Master of Studies in English (1900-present) from St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford (2017). Olivia works as both a professional tutor and theatre director in the UK.

Tim Z.

Tim is a PhD Candidate in Physics at MIT. He studied Mathematics, Physics, and Economics at Vanderbilt University, where he received the Underwood Award for the most promising senior in physics, earned highest honors for his thesis, and graduated cum laude.

Adrian L.

Adrian attended Caltech where he earned a BS in Physics in 2022. He now attends Harvard as a PhD student in Quantum Science and Engineering. His research focuses on the intersection of quantum chemistry and quantum computing.

Ryan L.

Ryan is a PhD student at MIT researching material properties and how AI can be used to solve problems in science. Previously, he attended UC Santa Barbara as a physics major where he was part of a small, accelerated program of study designed for highly motivated students.

Yurigrace

Yuri-Grace is presently a Clinical Science PhD Candidate & NSF GRFP fellow at Harvard University. Originally from Peachtree City, GA, she graduated from Harvard College in 2021 with a BA in Psychology (highest honors) and a secondary in Classics.

Ryan E.

Ryan completed her undergraduate studies at Cornell University in Cellular and Molecular Biology. She is currently pursuing her PhD thesis research at MIT, where her work is focused on understanding how proliferating cancer cells reprogram metabolism to maintain the metabolic requirements for rapid cell growth and division.

Prateek

Prateek is a Lecturer and Coordinator of the Center for Arts & Language at the Rhode Island School of Design. He holds a Master’s in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory from RISD and a BA in Architectural Design from the School of Planning and Architecture (New Delhi).

Lauren J.

Lauren graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Dickinson College with a BS in Environmental Science and a minor in Biology. She obtained her MS in Marine Microbiology from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) and is now a PhD candidate in Environmental Molecular Science and Technology at the University of Maryland.

Nadia C.

Nadia majored in Environmental Science at UCLA, where she graduated magna cum laude and was awarded the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hollings scholarship. She is now a PhD candidate at Harvard in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science.

Ben Vr.

Ben graduated magna cum laude from Boston University, receiving the Robert E. Bruce prize in Mathematics. He next earned his PhD in Applied Math at UNC and received a fellowship from the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education to conduct research on the fluid mechanics of flooding.

Rob F.

Rob holds an MFA in Fiction from New York University. Previously, he worked for Bain & Company and graduated from Stanford with a major in Political Science. He currently writes poetry, fiction, and art criticism.

James C.

James holds a PhD in Chemical Physics from Columbia and an MS in Chemistry from the University of Chicago. Previously, he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College. He is currently a high school math teacher in the Boston area.

Jinoh

Jinoh attended Columbia University, where he graduated with a Neuroscience and Behavior major with a 3.8 GPA and departmental honors. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Neurobiology at Harvard.

Maggie G.

Maggie is an Associate Professor of English at Skidmore College. She holds a PhD in English from Emory University and a BA in English from Agnes Scott College (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). Her first book, Lyric Poetry and Space Exploration from Einstein to the Present, was released by Oxford University Press in 2023.

Elijah F.

Elijah studied homogeneous dynamics at Yale University, graduating in 2023 with a PhD in Mathematics. Previously, he earned his BA in Mathematics and Biology at Williams College, where he received the Witte Problem Solving Prize.

Kirsten M.

Kirsten is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and PhD candidate at Harvard University, where she studies Psychology with a minor in Data Science. Previously, she earned her BA in Psychology and Cognitive Science at Swarthmore College.

Abdelaziz

Abdelaziz graduated cum laude from Boston University with a BA in Physics. After commencing his PhD program in Physics at MIT, Abdelaziz shifted his focus to astrophysics in his persistent quest to understand dark matter.

Chima

Chima holds a PhD in Astrophysics from the Harvard-Center for Astrophysics, where he studied the atmospheres of planets hundreds of light years away using a technique called transmission spectroscopy. He is currently working as a postdoc at Harvard.

Alan C.

Alan attended Princeton, where he studied Mathematics, focusing on Probability Theory and Machine Learning Theory. He is now a PhD student at Harvard in the Department of Statistics, where he works on establishing mathematical foundations for machine learning tools that have had empirical success.

Danielle J.

Danielle majored in English modified with African and African American Studies at Dartmouth College, where she graduated cum laude with high honors. She is currently a PhD candidate in English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago.

Duncan H.

Duncan attended college at the Georgia Institute of Technology, graduating with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, magna cum laude. Driven by his passion for space, he is now working on a Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering through Georgia Tech.

Johnson E.

Johnson holds an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, a Master’s in International Trade & Finance from the Harvard Kennedy School, and an MBA from MIT. He has worked for Goldman Sachs, the Federal Reserve, and Harvard Business School.

Chris R.

Chris is a PhD candidate at MIT’s Computational and Systems Biology Program. He previously earned his bachelor’s degree in cyber engineering with a minor in mathematics from Louisiana Tech University with a 3.96 GPA.

Amber N.

Amber holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics and an MA in ESL. She has won several national awards for her exceptional teaching skills, and has held teaching positions at a number of esteemed universities.

Olivia W.

Olivia holds an BA in Chemistry from Princeton, and an MSt in General Linguistic and Comparative Philosophy from Oxford. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi with a focus on endangered language documentation and computational linguistics.

Frances

Frances holds a PhD from Harvard in the History of Art and Architecture and a BA in Art History from Bard College. Her research focused on imperial and late Roman memorial art and the “afterlives” of these types of objects.

Mindy

Mindy holds a BA in Computer Science from Brown University. After working as a professional software engineer for 3 years in London, she decided to pursue an MSc in Urban Spatial Science at University College London.

Denisse

Denisse graduated from Harvard College with a BA in Physics. After her gap year, she will start a PhD in MIT's Nuclear Science and Engineering Department.

Alex H.

Alex is currently pursuing a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at MIT. She previously earned her BS in Chemistry at CalTech, where she was recognized with the Merck Index Award.

Brian P.

Brian holds a PhD in English Literature at Rutgers University, where his research was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Modern Language Association, and the Folger Shakespeare Library. His prize-winning personal essays have appeared in Avidly, Literary Hub, TriQuarterly, and Electric Literature.

Tom S.

Tom earned master’s degrees in economics and statistics from the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford. Previously, he completed four undergraduate degrees in mathematics, economics, statistics, and philosophy at Indiana University.

Haleigh

Haleigh is a PhD Candidate in Biomedical Sciences at NYU Medical School. She previously earned her BS in General Science from Pennsylvania State University and her MPH in Environmental Health Science at Columbia University.

Claudia

Claudia is a PhD Candidate in biological anthropology the CUNY Graduate Center. She has taught human evolution and anatomy at Harvard, NYU, CUNY Lehman College, and CUNY Hunter College.

Liam T.

Liam graduated from the University of Pennsylvania summa cum laude with three majors in Physics, Biophysics, and Biochemistry. After obtaining a Master’s degree in Physics, he is now a PhD Candidate in Biophysics at Harvard University.

Albert A.

Albert holds an MPhil in Economics from Oxford, an MFA in Fiction from NYU, and a PhD, focused on the theory of comedy, from the University of New South Wales. He is a published novelist and a playwright.

Cary

Cary graduated from Loyola University Chicago summa cum laude with a BS in Environmental Science and minors in Biology and English. She next earned a PhD from Harvard’s Human Evolutionary Biology Department.

Karina

After graduating from UCLA with triple honors for her BA (summa cum laude, college honors, and departmental honors), she took a gap year, during which she trained in the rigorous Columbia Publishing Course in New York City. She is a fiction writer and PhD candidate in English at Harvard University.

Ryan Ro.

Ryan graduated with a BS in Mathematics from MIT. He is now pursuing a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Chicago.

Maddie El.

Maddie is currently pursuing her PhD in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences department at MIT. Previously, she earned a BA in Neuroscience and Psychology from Smith College, graduating with Highest Honors.

Alina

Alina graduated summa cum laude from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor’s in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. She is currently a Biology PhD candidate at MIT studying chromosome pairing and segregation in reproductive cells.

Emma Mcl.

Emma is a PhD Candidate in Physics at Columbia University. Previously, Emma completed her undergraduate degree at Providence College and completed two masters degrees at Columbia University.

Maryam

Maryam graduated summa cum laude with a BA in History and a Minor in Arabic from Princeton. After her Master’s in Early Modern European History at Oxford, she went on to pursue her PhD in in History and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard. She is now an Assistant Professor of History at Wesleyan University, where she teaches the history of the Middle East.

Elia

Elia graduated from the University of Chicago with a BS in Mathematics and was awarded the Paul R. Cohen prize for achieving the one of the highest academic records in the field of mathematics in his class. Currently, he is completing a PhD in Mathematics at MIT.

Marc

Marc is a PhD Candidate in Anthropology at the University of Chicago. Previously, he earned his MA in South Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania on a full merit scholarship and his BA in Philosophy at Kalamazoo College.

Clara E.

Clara holds BS and MA in Computer Science from Stanford University, specializing in Artificial Intelligence.

Corinne A.

Corinne is a student at Harvard Medical School in the Harvard-MIT MD-PhD program. Previously, she attended the Cleveland Institute of Music, from which she holds a degree in violin performance with minors in music history and chemistry in cooperation with Case Western Reserve University.

Ilana

Ilana graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Middlebury College with a Bachelor’s in Psychology. Currently, she is a fifth-year PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she is actively involved in research and clinical work.

Matthew V.

Matt holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University, a Master's degree in Design Science from University of Michigan, and a Doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Jordan

Jordan studied Engineering Physics at the University of Tulsa, graduating magna cum laude. After interning at a semiconductor company, he continued his education, obtaining his Masters in Engineering Sciences at Harvard University, where he is now working on his PhD in Engineering Sciences.

Ann D.

Ann graduated from UC Berkeley with two degrees, one in Molecular and Cell Biology and the other in Music. They're currently pursuing a PhD in Biology at Johns Hopkins.

Kyra

Kyra is currently pursuing an MPhil in Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. She previously earned her LLM in International Law at SOAS, University of London (Marshall Scholarship) and her BA in History at Stanford University (Phi Beta Kappa).

Jordan Z.

Jordan is a second-year PhD student in Harvard's Clinical Psychology program. She previously earned her BS from Vanderbilt, where she majored in Cognitive Science and Educational Studies, with a minor in Spanish.

Patricia W.

Patricia holds a BA in French and Anthropology from Hunter College and a PhD in French Literature from CUNY Graduate Center. She has taught French at Fordham University, Hunter College, and The New School.

Gustavo

Gustavo has held teaching positions at CUNY Graduate Center, Lehman College, and UPR-Mayaguez. He holds a BS in Industrial Chemistry and a PhD in Chemistry.

Shurik

Shurik holds a BA in Physics from the University of Rochester and is currently a PhD candidate in the Bioengineering Department at the University of Pennsylvania.

Bowen

Bowen graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, with a joint degree in computer science and statistics. Currently, he works as a researcher in AI for healthcare. He will start a PhD at Stanford in 2024.

Juliet B.

Juliet is a PhD candidate in Biology at MIT. She also holds a BA in Molecular and Cellular Biology with Honors from the University of California, Berkeley.

Aaron A.

Aaron attend Harvard for undergrad, where he studied biology and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. After Harvard, Aaron moved from one Cambridge to another, studying for a Master's in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge as a Harvard-Cambridge Fellow. Aaron is now pursuing an MD at Stanford University as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar.

Jesi

Jesi received her BA in Humanities from Yale University, and her MA and PhD in English from the University of Texas at Austin. She currently serves as the Director of Undergraduate Research at the University of Washington Bothell.

Ashvin

Ashvin earned his BA in Mathematics at Harvard, receiving early election to Phi Beta Kappa, graduating summa cum laude, and winning the David Mumford prize. He also holds a PhD in Mathematics from Princeton.

Olivia L.

Olivia graduated from Boston College with a degree in biochemistry (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). After working as a research assistant at Harvard Medical School, she began her PhD in Chemical Biology at Harvard University.

Anamaria

Ana Maria earned her Bachelor's in Applied Computational Physics, graduating summa cum laude, from New York City College of Technology (CUNY). She next earned her PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics from Harvard University. Ana Maria is now a Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University.

Connor S.

Connor studied Mathematics at Cornell, and is now completing a PhD in Math at the University of Wisconsin Madison, focusing on combinatorics and algebraic geometry.

Julia M.

Julia holds a BA in Economics (summa cum laude) from Harvard College. She is currently pursuing an MSc in Statistical Science at Oxford University.

Adam T.

Adam holds a BA in Physics from Washington University in St. Louis (2013) and PhD in Physics from MIT (2024). He has worked as an engineer and data scientist.

Eugenia

Eugenia is a PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is completing a dissertation. She earned an MA in Humanities at the University of Chicago and a BA in Philosophy at Yale University.

Robert L.

For decades, Robert has been helping students pass tests in the brokerage industry from Series 3 to 87. He's built on a background of regulatory and brokerage experience to augment classroom and tutoring sessions, working with senior executives and those breaking into the field. He holds an MBA (finance track) from NYU Stern and a BA in Economics from Georgetown University.

Clara B.

Clara holds a BA in English from Harvard and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia. She is now an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School.

Victor Od.

Victor double majored in Complex Systems and Mathematics at Cornell, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He starts his PhD in Applied Math at Princeton in September 2024.

Serena S.

With a Bachelor's degree from Hamilton College and a Master’s Degree in Chinese Language Pedagogy from Middlebury College, Serena specializes in teaching Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, and American Sign Language.

Nathan L.

Nathan graduated from Iona University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and minors in Neuroscience and Drug & Alcohol Abuse Studies. He is currently a PhD student in clinical psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Gianni

Gianni is an MD/MBA candidate at Weill Cornell Medicine and Harvard Business School. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University, where he double majored in Public Health and Natural Sciences while double minoring in Financial Management and Entrepreneurship.

Judy

Judy pursued her bachelor’s degree in History of Science at Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She subsequently earned her master of science degree in History of Science, Medicine and Technology from the University of Oxford.

Elle

Elle pursued a Writing Seminars and History double major and a French minor at Johns Hopkins University, graduating with honors for her history thesis and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Currently, she is a student at the London School of Economics pursuing her MSc in Global Media and Communications.

Karen

Karen attended Cornell University, where she majored in Environmental and Sustainability Science and graduated cum laude. She also holds an MPA in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University. Karen currently works as an Environmental Consultant for the financial and manufacturing sectors.

Karl

Karl double majored in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry and Japanese Studies at Middlebury College. After graduating summa cum laude, he became a Fulbright Research Fellow at the University of Tokyo where he developed tools for cell imaging.

Marcus

Marcus holds a Master's in Liberal Studies from Columbia University. He previously graduated summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota with a BA in American Studies.

James F.

James holds a PhD in History from the University of St Andrews, an MPhil in History from the University of Cambridge, and an MPhil in Classics from Trinity College. He is the co-founder of the Institute for the Study of International Expositions.

Cecilia Y.

Cecilia graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2021 with a starred first-class degree in Classics, scoring the year’s highest mark on the Latin and Greek textual criticism exam and graduating third in her class. After obtaining her MPhil in Latin literature the following year, she won a scholarship to study at Harvard for as a Herchel-Smith fellow, an opportunity she used to study American history and English literature.

Benjy F.

Benjy completed his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mathematics at Harvard University, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Mathematics in MIT.

Emma La.

Emma is a PhD Candidate in Psychology at Harvard University. She holds an MA in Psychology form Harvard and a BSc in Biology from the University of St Andrews.

Nick Mu.

Nick holds a BA in Earth Sciences from Boston University and a PhD in Hydrologic Sciences from UC Davis. He is currently a groundwater scientist.

Shaan

Shaan is an advanced PhD student in Clinical Psychology at Harvard University. She previously completed a BA in Psychology at San Diego State University.

Ilani

Ilani is a PhD Candidate in Mathematics at MIT. As an undergraduate at MIT previously, they graduated with a 5.0 GPA and an honorable mention for the Schafer Prize.

Giuseppe

Giuseppe received both his MA and PhD in Classical Archaeology from the University of Texas at Austin (2016 and 2019) and his BA in Classics from Columbia University (2009). He won the Jean Willard Tatlock Prize in Latin Proficiency and the Douglas Gardner Caverly Prize in Classics for best undergraduate thesis, as well as several awards and honors during his graduate education.

Victor W.

Victor holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Brown University, where he was awarded the John Hawkes Prize for fiction. He also earned an MA in philosophy from the University of Miami where he was awarded an Outstanding Teaching Award, along with the Martha S. Weeks Graduate Excellence Award, and the Gerrit and Edith Schipper Award in philosophy.

Rienna

Rienna is pursuing a PhD in Epidemiology and MS in Biostatistics at Harvard. She received a Cancer Research Training Award to complete part of her dissertation research as a predoctoral fellow at the National Cancer Institute. Previously, she attended Johns Hopkins University, where she majored in Public Health and Cognitive Science.

Darrell

Darrell attended Purdue University, where she earned her BS in Physics, Mathematics, and Statistics and graduated with honors and Phi Beta Kappa. She is now a PhD candidate in Biophysics at Harvard University.

Nishanthi

Nishanthi is currently a fifth-year doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at the City College of New York. She holds a Master's in General Psychology from City College and a BA in Psychology from the College of the Holy Cross.

Emilio

Emilio holds an M1 and M2 in Lettres Classiques, an M1 in Classical Philology, and a BA in French. Latin, and Greek Literature from the Université de la Sorbonne.

Jim C.

Jim earned an MA from New York University and a PhD from the University of Michigan. He is on the faculty at Boston University and Tufts University, and he is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.

Gili

Gili holds a BS and MS in Computer Science, both from Stanford University. She has experience in AI, human computer interaction (HCI), computer security, and computer science pedagogy.

Joel

Joel holds a BS in Engineering Physics and an MS in Applied Mathematics from Colorado School of Mines. He is currently a PhD student in Applied Mathematics at MIT.

Sadia

Sadia holds a BA in Social Anthropology from Harvard University. After graduating, she spent two years working in global health advocacy and policy work. Currently, she is pursuing an MD-PhD at UCSF.

Kyra G.

Kyra attended Brown University, where she studied English and Nonfiction Writing and graduated with honors, magna cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Nonfiction Writing at the University of Iowa.

Kathryn W.

Kathryn received her Bachelor of Science from Rutgers University in 2012 for Evolutionary Anthropology. After completing her post-bacc and working in Physical Therapy clinics in Oregon, Texas, and Florida, she received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Rutgers University, School of Health Professions in 2019, as well as an award for clinical excellence.

Weber

Weber attended Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied finance in the Olin Business School and graduated with honors. He is now pursuing his MBA at University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.

Sam S.

Sam is a PhD Candidate in Religions in North America at Columbia University. He holds an STM from Yale Divinity School, an MA in Religion from the University of Chicago, and a BA in Religious Studies from the University of Missouri.

Max

Max is a PhD candidate in Applied Mathematics at MIT, where they are developing accelerated methods for machine learning, optimization. Previously, Max graduated with a BS in Applied Math and Computer Science from Northeastern University in 2022.

Anna H.

Anna is an Associate Professor of English at Boston University. She holds a PhD in English from Harvard and a BA in English from Yale.

Cal

Cal graduated cum laude from the University of Connecticut with a BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. She was a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow during her PhD in Biological Anthropology at City University of New York, and was an NSF-funded Postdoctoral Researcher at Arizona State University’s Center for Evolution and Medicine.

Philip

Philip graduated summa cum laude from the University of Portland with a degree in English. He next earned a PhD in English at Northwestern University.

Lisa

Lisa earned a BS in Optical Engineering with a minor in Business from the University of Rochester, graduating with a 3.98/4.0 GPA and honors (Tau Beta Pi and Phi Beta Kappa). Currently, she is a second-year PhD student at Stanford Medicine, focusing on ophthalmic device design and assembly.

Tyler

Tyler studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in sociology and creative writing, and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to receive his PhD with distinction in sociology from Penn. For the past three years, Tyler has been a Lecturer at Princeton University in the Writing Program.

Eli Uk.

Eli graduated summa cum laude with a degree in physics and mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh. He has received several awards for both academic and research excellence, and he will be attending Caltech as a Kortschak Scholar Fellow to pursue a PhD in Applied and Computational Mathematics.

Eduardo L.

Eduardo is currently a faculty member in the Minnesota State system, where he teaches interdisciplinary composition, writing, and literature courses in the English department. He has previously worked as a high school English Language Arts teacher in New York City, in the English department at CUNY Queens College, as a business consultant in the Human Capital practice at Deloitte & Touche LLP, and as a consultant and tutor for students of every age and ability. He holds an MA and PhD in Comparative Literature from Princeton University, a BA in English literature, summa cum laude, from CUNY City College of New York, and an MA in Teaching from Relay Graduate School of Education.

Anna M.

Anna holds a BS in Applied Mathematics from Columbia University. She will next pursue her PhD in Applied Mathematics at Princeton University.

Cole

Cole is a PhD student and Ella Pawling Graduate Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, studying observational cosmology by hunting for supernovae, dark matter, and gravitational wave events. He holds an MS in Physics from the University of Cambridge, and a BA in Physics and BS in Astrophysics from the University of Chicago.

Geneva

Geneva received her BA in Anthropology and History from Columbia University. She is currently a PhD candidate in History at Princeton and a JD candidate at Yale Law School.

Robert B.

Robert graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University with a BA in Interdisciplinary Mathematics and Economics with department honors and Theology Religious Studies. Robert joined the PhD program in Economics at Cornell University in 2024, where his primary research interests are in behavioral and experimental economics and industrial organization.

Gabriela

Gabriela holds an MA and PhD in English from Stanford. She is currently a Lecturer at Stanford University for Structured Liberal Education, or SLE, the liberal arts program offered to exceptionally motivated first-year students.

Charley

Charley attended Harvard College, where he graduated cum laude with Highest Honors in Mathematics and Physics. After college, he moved across the country in search of warmer weather and to pursue a PhD in Mathematics at UC Berkeley.

Siqi

Siqi graduated with college honors, departmental honors, and Latin honors in mathematics from UCLA. s currently pursuing a Master's degree in Mathematics under the supervision of Fields Medalist Richard Borcherds and a PhD in Science and Mathematics Education under the mentorship of Felix Klein awardee Alan H. Schoenfeld at UC Berkeley.

Nikole

Nikole studied Chemistry at Davidson College, where she graduated magna cum laude. She is now pursuing her PhD in biology at MIT.

Korinna

Korinna studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley. She will soon be starting her PhD in Computer Science at CMU.

Jacob E.

Jacob is in his fourth year of a physics PhD at the University of California Berkeley. He previously earned a BS in Physics and Mathematics from UC Santa Barbara.

Alexander B.

Alexander is a JD Candidate at Columbia University. He holds a PhD in the History of Art and Archaeology from NYU and a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies from UC Berkeley.

Meilin

Meilin holds a PhD in Biological Engineering from MIT. She previously earned her BS in Biochemistry at Arizona State University.

Brians

Brian holds a BS and MS in Mathematics from Yale University. He is currently a PhD Candidate in Mathematics at UC Berkeley.

Jonah

Jonah holds a BSc in Mathematics from Brown University. He is currently a PhD in Theoretical and High Energy Particle Physics at Columbia University.

Annie U.

Annie is a PhD student in Statistics at UC Berkeley, where her work on fairness and robustness in machine learning lies at the intersection of statistics and computer science. She previously earned her BS from Yale University, where she majored in Applied Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering.

Marc Z.

Marc is a PhD candidate in Chemistry at Harvard University. He previously graduated summa cum laude with a degree in biochemistry from UC San Diego.

Veda

Veda holds an MS in Biostatistics from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. She is next pursuing her PhD at NYU, where she will apply AI and machine learning methods to organize diverse medical data and develop predictive risk stratification algorithms for clinical use.

Victorm

Victor holds a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics and an MS in Computer Science from UNC Chapel Hill. After working for Microsoft, he returned to academia to pursue a PhD in Computer Science (Robotics) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Ethan L.

Ethan attended the University of Pittsburgh, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in Physics. He is now a PhD Candidate in Physics at Princeton, where he is researching topics related to dark matter.

Rikhav

Rikhav holds a Bachelor’s in Mathematics from MIT. He is now working towards a PhD in Mathematics at UC Berkeley.

Andrew E.

Andrew holds a BA in Philosophy from the University of Chicago and an MFA in Creative Writing from the New School. His stories and essays have since been published by the nation’s leading literary magazines. He has also worked as a freelance editor and ghost writer for various book projects.

Alan P.

Alan is pursuing a PhD in Mathematics at UC Berkeley, where he studies number theory and algebraic geometry. Previously he obtained a BS in Mathematics at MIT.

Kirt

Kirt holds a BS in Accounting from Purdue University. He is an active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Indiana and is currently pursuing his MBA at Harvard Business School.

Ainsley

Ainsley graduated from UCSD with degrees in Chemistry and Mathematics. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Rhonda

Rhonda received her BS, MS, and PhD in Mathematics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She moved east to teach, first at Tufts University, and then Bryn Mawr College, where she worked for over thirty years

Kevin C.

Kevin holds a BS in Mathematics from MIT. He is now a PhD Candidate in Mathematics at Columbia University, where he conducts research in algebraic geometry.

David B.

David attended Penn State for his BS in Math and Economics, and MA in Economics. After spending one year each at Yale and Princeton as a research fellow, David began his PhD in Public Policy and Economics at Harvard.

Jenne

Jenne completed a double major in history and mathematics, a senior thesis in European intellectual history, and a PhD dissertation at Princeton in the history of mathematics.

Libby

Libby holds a BA in English from Mount Holyoke (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). She is now a PhD candidate in English at UC Berkeley, where she uses Transpacific literature and film to ask questions about social reproduction, gendered labor, and affective life in the global economy.

Alex U.

Alex holds an BA from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied English and Music and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He holds a PhD in English from UC Berkeley and is currently the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry at Washington University in St. Louis.

Larson

Larson graduated summa cum laude with a BA in English from the University of New Mexico. He went on to earn an MFA in nonfiction writing from the University of Iowa, where he has taught composition, creative writing, and creative nonfiction.

Rumur

Rumur holds a BA in English from Harvard College (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and an MSt from the University of Oxford. He is currently a PhD Candidate in English at UC Berkeley.

Anna B.

Anna is a PhD Candidate in History at Harvard University. She previously spent a year in Poland on a Fulbright US Student grant, working on her research and observing how higher education works in Central Europe. She also holds a BA in Government from Wesleyan University.

Jason B.

Jason attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating summa cum laude and receiving the English department’s citation award, the highest distinction conferred upon a graduating senior. A year later, he returned to UC Berkeley to begin his graduate studies.

Sophia Sc.

Sophia holds a BA in History from Northwestern University and an MS in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. She is now a PhD Candidate in History at Columbia University.

Marierose

Marie-Rose is a Rhodes Scholar pursuing her MPhil in Modern European History at the University of Oxford. She previously earned her BA in History at Princeton University, where she graduated magna cum laude.

Nick K.

Nick holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Brown University. He previously earned his BA in English and French at Haverford College. He has taught several courses at Brown and other colleges in Rhode Island, covering the disciplines of Comparative Literature, Academic Writing, French and Italian Language, Literary Studies, and History.

Ians

Ian holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of Iowa and BA degrees in History and Italian Studies from Brown University, where he graduated magna cum laude and was the recipient of the Italian Studies Concentration Prize.

Karl B.

Karl is a published author and has worked as a public policy consultant and policy analyst for a wide range of organizations. He holds a PhD in Sociology from UC Davis and a BA in Philosophy from San Francisco State University.

Sergio

Sergio holds a BS in Physics and Math from Emory University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He is currently a PhD student in Physics at MIT.

Sarah Wh.

Sarah earned a Master of Medical Science in Anesthesiology from Emory University, graduating with highest honors. She is now a practicing CAA, clinical preceptor, and assistant professor in an anesthesiologist assistant program.

Lena

Lena holds a BA in Physiology and Organismal Biology from Barnard College and an MPhil in Biological Sciences from Columbia University. She is currently working on her PhD in Biological Sciences from Columbia University.

Vaithish

Vaithish is an MD candidate at Stanford University School of Medicine. He holds a PhD in structural biology from the University of Cambridge and previously earned bachelor’s degrees in Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology from the honors program at Kansas State University. Vaithish is a recipient of Gates Cambridge, Knight Hennessy and Goldwater Scholarships, and is an elected Fellow at Caius College, Cambridge.

Anu

Anu is a post-doctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University. She holds a PhD in Organic and Materials Chemistry from Northwestern University and a BA in Chemistry and Spanish from the Washington University in St Louis.

Jack H.

Jack double majored in mathematics and economics at Yale, where he published three articles in mathematics journals and won the Charles Heber Dickerman Prize for the best economics thesis. He is now in his third year of his economics PhD at Harvard, working on a variety of problems in theoretical microeconomics.

Gabe S.

Gabe is a PhD student in Economics at Cornell University, focusing on theoretical Microeconomics. He graduated from Haverford College in 2022 with majors in Mathematics and Economics, winning honors in Economics and the Michael M Weinstein Prize in Economics.

Maddie S.

Maddie graduated from Harvard and completed an honors thesis on resting-state functional connectivity in infant macaques, receiving two summer fellowships (HCRP) to fund her research during college. She next earned her PhD in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley.

Jonah G.

Jonah graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude with a BA in Art History from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Currently, he is a PhD student in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, where he studies the intersection of theater history and the history of science between 1500 and 1800.

Conor

Conor pursued a dual degree in Mechanical Engineering and Economics at the University of Maryland and holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech. Last year, he started the Leaders for Global Operations program at MIT, where he is pursuing an MBA and (another) MS in Mechanical Engineering.

Ali

Ali earned his Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, followed by a Master's degree in Biological Science Education at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. He then completed his PhD in Science and Math Education through the SESAME program at UC Berkeley. Currently, Ali is an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UC Santa Cruz.

Danielle Dr.

Danielle received her PhD in Theater and Performance from Columbia University in 2021. Her multidisciplinary research focuses on the intersection of theater, labor, feminist theory, and politics. She also holds an MPhil in Renaissance Literature from Cambridge University and an AB in English from Harvard University. After working as a postdoctoral associate with Kilachand Honors College at Boston University, she is now a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard University in the Theatre, Dance, and Media Department.

Amber S.

Amber holds a BA in Human Evolutionary Biology. She's currently a PhD Candidate in Biological Anthropology at Emory University.

Mason

Mason pursued a dual degree in economics and mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin. After graduating from UT, Mason was a senior research assistant in the International Finance Division of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Currently, Mason is an economics PhD student at Cornell University.

Adam G.

Adam is pursuing a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA at MIT. He previously served as an infantry officer with the historic 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade in Vicenza, Italy, and as a Special Forces (Green Beret) Detachment Commander.

Keerthana

Keerthana graduated with honors from UC Berkeley, majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology and minoring in South Asian Studies. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Biology at MIT studying how bacteria defend themselves against viral attack.

Sydney

Sydney attended the University of North Dakota, double majoring in Physics (with a focus in Astrophysics) and Mathematics, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She went on to receive an MS in Space Systems Engineering at the University of Southampton. She now studies Nuclear Engineering at the University of Cambridge.

Shivam

Shivam earned his BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from Brown University. He is currently a PhD student at Harvard University in the SSQB program.

Rehan

Rehan holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Sussex and an MPhil in Computational Biology from the University of Cambridge. He is now advancing to a PhD in Cancer Research, where he will continue to explore the cutting-edge application of AI in understanding and combating cancer.

Amytess

Amytess is a Rhodes Scholar and PhD candidate in Politics at the University of Oxford. Prior to her PhD, Amytess received her BA in Political Science from the University of Michigan and an MPhil in Politics and Comparative Government from the University of Oxford.

Jackson V.

Jackson earned a BEng in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He is currently a PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.

Sam

Sam graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Grinnell College with a BA in History with Honors, and he was selected as the Charles Payne Scholar in History during his final year. He went on to get his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana.

Yen P.

Yen holds degrees from Harvard, where she studied English and graduated magna cum laude, and from Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar and completed degrees in world literatures and gender studies. Most recently, she attained an MFA in Fiction from the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop as an Iowa Arts Fellow.

Andres

Andres holds a PhD in Algebraic Topology from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Mathematics from Bard College. He will begin as an Isaac Newton Fellow at the University of Cambridge in 2025.

Tes

Tes graduated from the College of William and Mary with a BA in Literary and Cultural studies and then followed her passion for Irish traditional music to Ireland, where she earned an MA in Ethnomusicology from the University of Limerick. After cofounding the Blue Ridge Irish Music School, a nonprofit in Charlottesville, Virginia, she returned to school and received her doctorate in Music from New York University in 2010.

Sarah X.

Sarah attended Columbia University in New York City, where she majored in Chemistry with a concentration in Women’s and Gender Studies. After graduating, she moved across the pond to the United Kingdom to complete an MPhil in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. She is now pursuing a PhD at Harvard University in the Chemical Biology Program.

Matthew D.

Matthew graduated as a Phi Beta Kappa early inductee from the University of Notre Dame with degrees in Honors Mathematics and Physics, and with a concentration in Advanced Physics. He is now a PhD student in Physics at NYU.

Katieh

Katie studied biology at Reed College, where she focused on genomics and evolution and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. She next earned an MPhil in Earth Sciences at Cambridge UniversityPhD in Chemical Oceanography at MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as part of the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, funded by a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG).

Dominik

After completing his undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics with a focus on Computer Science and Economics alongside a Master's in Computational Science at Harvard, Dominik graduated magna cum laude with a 4.0 GPA and Phi Beta Kappa honors. He is now at Oxford on the Von Clemm Fellowship, awarded to one Harvard student annually, where he is pursuing a Master’s in the Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science.

Leah

Leah holds a BA in Literature and History from Bennington College, an MFA from Columbia University, and and MA from California State University.

Avantika

Avantika graduated from Columbia University with a double major in English and Art History. After pursuing an MSt in Medieval Studies at the University of Oxford, Avantika received her doctorate in Art History from Harvard University in 2024.

Maryam H.

Maryam graduated from Harvard College with a BA in Physics and Chemistry. She is currently an MD/PhD Candidate in Biophysics at the Harvard-MIT Health Science & Technology Program.

Emily

Emily majored in Economics and graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a 3.9/4.0 GPA (Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Epsilon). She is now pursuing a PhD in Economics at Princeton University.

Elena

Elena holds a BS in Chemistry from Yale. She is now a PhD student at The California Institute of Technology, where she studies inorganic chemical synthesis for quantum information science and carbon dioxide conversion.

Jessica O.

Jessica holds a BS in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago. Having done three years of research in undergrad, which amounted to numerous research presentations and two awards from the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Students, Jessica decided to pursue a PhD in Harvard’s Virology program, where she is currently a second year.

Anna P.

Anna is a current PhD student at Yale University and graduate of Duke University with a degree in Biomedical Engineering.

Hallie

Hallie combined her love for languages and public health by earning two Bachelor’s degrees from the Ohio State University, a BA in Spanish with a focus in Iberian Literatures and Cultures and a BS in Public Health with a focus in Environmental Public Health. After completing her undergraduate studies she made the move to the big city to get her MPH from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, with a focus in Comparative Effectiveness and Outcomes Research.

Sarina

Sarina graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, summa cum laude, with a BS in Economics from the Wharton School (with concentrations in Business Economics and Public Policy). After graduation, she worked in Bain & Company's New York office for three years. During her time at Bain, she completed a 5-month externship with an election reform nonprofit, which inspired her to pivot into a career in election law. She is currently a 1L at Harvard Law School.

Matt B.

Matt holds a JD from Yale Law School and a BA from Brown University (magna cum laude). After spending three years working as an economic consultant, he is currently pursuing a PhD in Political Science at UC Berkeley.

Grace L.

Grace graduated from Barnard College with a double major in Computer Science and English. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Chicago, where she conducts research at the intersection of AI and Education to better support student learning with new technologies.

Talia

At MIT, Talia was an avid math major and minored in computer science, graduating with a perfect GPA and Phi Beta Kappa. She is now working on her PhD in Mathematics at Stanford University and is sponsored by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Gregc

Gregory holds a BA in Mathematics and Philosophy from Amherst College (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and an Msc in Mathematics from Oxford. He is currently a PhD Candidate in Philosophy at Harvard University.

Maia

Maia is currently an MD/PhD student at UCSF. She graduated from Dartmouth College in 2023, where she studied Biology and Anthropology of Global Health.

Leah F.

After graduating from Yale University with distinction in her major (Theater Studies), Leah worked in marketing and non-profit development before attending NYU-Tisch, earning her MFA in the Dramatic Writing program. Leah next received her PhD in Creative Writing from Georgia State University and her fiction novels, America for Beginners, Mother Land, and After the Hurricane, have all been published through William Morrow.

Gus B.

In just seven semesters at the University of Pennsylvania, Gus earned both a bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Physics. Now a PhD candidate in Astronomy & Astrophysics at Harvard University, he uses computer simulations to uncover how the Milky Way evolved into the galaxy it is today.

Hakim

Hakim attended Boston University, earning his BA in Mathematics, with minors in Philosophy and Spanish. Before continuing to graduate school, Hakim served as an admissions officer and research analyst at MIT, where he worked to recruit, select, and mentor high-achieving STEM students from around the world. Eventually, Hakim went on to earn his MA and PhD in Mathematics at George Washington University, with a focus in logic and computability theory.

Farhad

Farhad graduated from the University of Texas, finishing pre-med and with four majors: biology, history, Middle Eastern studies, and Persian. He next attended the University of Chicago for his MA in Middle Eastern Studies and Harvard University for his PhD in History and Middle Eastern studies.

Erin C.

Erin attended the University at Buffalo; she majored in English and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. After her undergraduate studies, she earned an MA and PhD in English from University of Texas at Austin, where she wrote her dissertation on American literature and silent film. Currently, Erin is a full-time author; her books are published by Simon & Schuster.

Seda

Seda is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in Cognitive Neuroscience at Harvard University, where she recently completed her PhD in the same field. Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, she earned a BA in Psychology from Bogazici University and an MSc in Cognitive Psychology from Koc University.

Robert I.

Robert earned a BSE in Mechanical Engineering and an MSE in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. He is currently employed as an R&D Engineer.

Moira

Moira holds a joint PhD/MPH in Medical Anthropology from Northwestern University and Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, where she was awarded grants by the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health to conduct reproductive health research on a range of topics. She holds a faculty appointment at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.

David O.

David pursued a BS in Biostatistics at Saint Louis University, completing his degree in just five semesters before continuing his studies at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he earned his Master's in Biostatistics.

Eric S.

Eric attended Brown University, double-majoring in Applied Mathematics/Economics and Education Studies. After college, Eric became a research fellow in the Economics of Education at Yale University, where he started his PhD in Economics two years later. Eric hopes to become a professor after his PhD and is excited to teach and advise students of the future.

Nick

After graduating from Lehigh University with a BS in Industrial Engineering, Nick joined the analytics team at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center. In his 12 years at MSK, he worked throughout the hospital, using data science to solve problems ranging from long-term facilities planning, to predicting surgical complications, to optimizing scheduling so that cancer patients could access treatment faster. In the middle of all of this, he received a MS in Operations Research from Columbia University.

Jie

Jie (pronounced like "Jay") grew up in New Jersey and completed his undergraduate studies in Cell Biology and Neuroscience at Rutgers University. Afterwards, he worked at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, where he developed a strong interest in computational biology. He returned to school, completing a Biomedical Informatics Masters at Columbia University before joining the Biomedical Sciences PhD program at Mount Sinai.

Saml

Sam holds a First Class Degree in Philosophy and Modern Languages from Oxford University and an MFA in Creative Writing from UC Irvine. He has been a full-time lecturer at UC Irvine, NYU, Bard College, and Rhode Island School of Design, teaching courses in composition, literature, philosophy, multi-disciplinary writing and studio practice.

Michael

Michael received his bachelor’s degree from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) with a 4.0 GPA, majoring in Physics and minoring in Aerospace Engineering. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Physics at Caltech.

Damilola

Damilola graduated as the salutatorian of her high school class of 600 students before earning her BS in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University, where she researched iron-oxidizing bacteria for mining applications. She then earned an MS in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Virginia, completing her master’s thesis on phase field modeling of the solidification of high-temperature alloys during additive manufacturing. Currently, she is a PhD candidate and Department of Defense (DoD) National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studies the gelation and fracture mechanics of 3D-printable hydrogel composites.

Andrewc

Andrew attended Columbia University, graduating summa cum laude with a major in Chemical Engineering and minors in Biomedical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. They are now pursuing their PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, where they investigate the mechanics of embryonic development using fruit fly embryos as a model system.

Aimee

Aimee is pursuing a DPhil in Criminology at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. She is a graduate research assistant with the Oxford Death Penalty Research Unit, where she conducts research under the supervision of its director.

Victoria W.

After graduating summa cum laude from Brandeis University, Victoria went on to complete a PhD in English at Columbia. After Columbia, she returned to the Boston area to teach as a Lecturer at Harvard’s History & Literature program. She has since joined DePauw University as an assistant professor.

Jennam

Jenna is a second year Physician Assistant student at Duke University School of Medicine. Prior to graduate school, Jenna studied health sciences at Northeastern University (summa cum laude) and worked as a medical assistant.

Daphne

Daphne earned her BA in 2019 from Yale University, where she double-majored in Classics and the History of Art. She has since gone on to be awarded a PhD in Classics from the University of Cambridge, working as a senior team member for two archaeological excavations in Greece.

Connorw

Connor is a third-year PhD candidate in high-energy theoretical physics at Brandeis University. Previously, he earned his BA in Computer Science ad MS in Physics from Case Western Reserve University.

Elvin

Elvin earned an MSc in Applied Digital Health and is now completing a second MSc in Clinical Medicine & Global Health at Oxford. He graduated with a BSc in Neuroscience from Indiana University Bloomington on a full-ride scholarship.

Eve H.

Eve is a Research Fellow at St John’s College, Cambridge, where she is writing a book about sixteenth-century fiction and the beginnings of the English novel. She holds a PhD from Yale University, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and a BA from Yale College.

Colin B.

After graduating with a degree in Chemistry from Fruman University, Colin started his PhD at the Tri-Institutional Program in Chemical Biology offered by Weill Cornell, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Rockefeller University. He now works to engineer chemical tools to understand protein interactions that drive disease progression.

Elliot

Elliot received his BA (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) in Philosophy from Princeton University in 2017, his MPhil (with distinction) in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge in 2018, and his PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University in 2024.

Josh A.

Joshua received his BA from Washington University in St. Louis in Political Science and American Cultural Studies (summa cum laude), before starting graduate school at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He recently completed his JD at Yale Law School. Currently, Joshua is PhD Candidate in History and African-American Studies at Yale.

Julio

Julio holds a PhD in Biology from Stanford University and an MD from Harvard Medical School. He is a now a dermatology resident at UC San Diego.

Adam S.

Adam finished his PhD in English at Cornell University, where he completed his graduate coursework in English, psychology, sociology, history, and political science. An interdisciplinary scholar, his first book, "That Book Is Dangerous! How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing," will be published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press and distributed by Penguin Random House this fall.

Ben M.

Ben studied chemistry at Brandeis University. He is currently a graduate student in the Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology in New York City, studying cancer at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Sarah M.

Sarah graduated from Tufts University with her BA in English, French, and Dance (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). She next earned her PhD in English Language & Literature and graduate certificates in College Teaching and Gender & Sexuality Studies from the University of Chicago.