PhD Admissions

Jimmy

Jimmy is a PhD candidate in Sociology & Social Policy at Harvard. He holds a JD (Harvard) and BA in English and Social Studies (Harvard). Currently, he is a Lecturer on Law at UCLA Law and a pro bono attorney.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Calvin R.

Calvin holds a BS in Biochemistry from Georgia Tech and a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He is now a PhD candidate in Biology at Johns Hopkins.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Trinh T.

Trinh holds a BA in Political Science from Yale and an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford. She is an incoming JD candidate at Yale Law School.

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.

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.

Faith L.

Faith graduated magna cum laude from the Honors Program at American University with a BA in Environmental Studies and Economics and a minor in International Studies. Faith is also an alum of the London School of Economics and Political Science. At Yale Law School, Faith was OutLaws Co-President, a Submissions Editor of the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, and a Lead Editor of the Yale Journal of Health, Law, Policy, and Ethics. Faith is an NAACP Legal Defense Fund Earl Warren Scholar, WLALA RBG Equity Scholar, and a YLS Connecticut Bar Foundation Fellow.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sasha

Sasha earned her BS in Physics and Mathematics from MIT and her PhD in Materials Science & Engineering from MIT. Her PhD research focused on engineering new energy-efficient magnetic nanomaterials. While at MIT, she completed two research internships in France, worked as a visiting scientist in a German physics institute, and pioneered a new physics education program in Chile.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tara T.

Tara is a PhD Candidate in Biology at MIT. She holds a BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Brown University, and has experience working in life sciences consulting.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Henry L.

Henry is an MPhil Candidate in Latin American Studies at the University of Oxford. Previously, he earned his BA in Spanish and History at Yale.

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.

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.

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.

Sam J.

Sam earned his MBA from the Yale University School of Management, and his BA in Philosophy & Psychology from Wesleyan University as a member of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology. He is currently working as a private business consultant.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jackie

Jackie graduated from Yale with a double major in History and Classical Civilizations. In November 2023, Jackie was selected as a Rhodes Scholar to pursue a graduate degree in the History of Art and Visual Culture at Oxford University.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jeremy E.

Jeremy holds a BA in History from Grinnell College, an MA in Urban Planning from UCLA, and an MA in Urban Planning from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po). He is now working as a freelance consultant in urban development and as a journalist covering European politics.

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.

Devashish

Dave holds a BA in Political Science and Public Policy from Hunter College and an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford. As a Rhodes Scholar, Dave is presently pursuing his MPP at the University of Oxford.

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.

Beck B.

Beck is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Yale University. They previously received their BA in History and English from Amherst College and their JD from The University of Chicago Law School.

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.

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.

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.

Chris G.

Chris holds a PhD in Neuroscience from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, an MS in Neuroscience and Education from Columbia University, and a BS in Biology from St. Francis College.

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.

Louise

Louise is a recent graduate of the University of Oxford, where she read for a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics as a Rhodes Scholar. She previously earned a BS in Biochemistry from Clemson University, summa cum laude, where she was named the College of Science’s Top Graduating Student.

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.

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.

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.

Ally

Ally graduated from Oberlin College, where she studied English and Biology. She recently earned her PhD in English with a designated emphasis in Science and Technology Studies from the University of California Davis.

Madison Ha.

Maddie recently graduated cum laude from Yale University, where she majored in English, minored in Human Rights through a program at Yale Law School. Currently, she is a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, where she studies journalism and how the industry has historically reported on conflicts between Israel and Palestine

Simon

Simon received his JD from Yale Law School and his BA in History and German studies from Brown University. Between law school and college, Simon worked as a magazine editor in New York, in public-policy research at Princeton University, and at a climate-science organization.

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.

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.

Maeve

Maeve attended the Georgia Institute of Technology on the Stamps President’s Scholarship (full ride awarded to the top 1% of the incoming class) and recently graduated with a BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering with Highest Honors. She is currently pursuing a DPhil in Women’s and Reproductive Health at the University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar.

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).

Leah

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

Rob H.

Robert graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University with a BA in Ethics, Politics & Economics. He is a 2024 Marshall Scholar, and he is currently studying towards an MPhil in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy from the University of Oxford.

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.

Nina

Nina is a 2022 Marshall scholar with a BA in English from Pomona College, an MA in English from the University of Exeter, and an MA in Creative & Life Writing from Goldsmiths, University of London. In 2021, she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Pomona, receiving Pomona’s annual creative writing prize for her thesis, a hybrid-genre work about autoimmune illness.

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.

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.

Andrea C.

Andrea holds an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science and Policy with a concentration in political policy. She also earned two master’s degrees from Columbia University in New York—one in International Affairs and the other in Journalism.

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.

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.

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.

Sophiek

Sophie graduated cum laude from Yale University, where she majored in American Studies. She is an alum of Yale's year-long Grand Strategy program and a former Yale Law School Arthur Liman Fellow. Currently, she is completing a Master's program in Comparative Social Policy at the University of Oxford as a Rotary Global Scholar.

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.

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.

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.