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.
Eduardo L.
Eduardo is a novelist who currently teaches creative writing through the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop and works as a freelance consultant training GenAI models to respond more accurately to human prompts. He has worked as a consultant at Deloitte and has taught with the Princeton Prison Teaching Initiative.
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.
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.
Doug
Doug has enrolled in the UC Berkeley – UCSF Joint Medical Program (JMP), where he will earn an MS in Health and Medical Sciences from UC Berkeley in 2026 and an MD from UC San Francisco in 2029. He also holds a BA in Neurobiology from the College of Wooster.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Stoyan
Stoyan studied at Columbia University, where he was President’s Fellow for two consecutive years, graduating with an MA in Political Science with a focus on mathematical modeling. His research skills made him a top recruit for the Tokugawa Memorial Foundation, in Tokyo, Japan, where he worked on several projects related to American-Japanese relations.
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.
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.
Rienna
Rienna is pursuing a PhD in Epidemiology and MS in Biostatistics at Harvard. Previously, she attended Johns Hopkins University, where she majored in Public Health and Cognitive Science.
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.
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.
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.
Alex C.
Alex graduated from Yale University with a BS/MS in Mathematics and received an honorable mention for the Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for outstanding math research by an undergraduate. Currently, he is completing a PhD in Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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.
Andrew R.
Andrew is an MSc Candidate in Neuroscience at McGill University. Previously, he earned a BA in Biological Sciences at Cornell, graduating magna cum laude.
JT
JT graduated magna cum laude from Yale with distinction in his major of Ethics, Politics, and Economics, alongside a certificate in Statistics and Data Science. Currently, he is a Master’s student at the University of Oxford studying Criminology and Criminal Justice on a Rhodes Scholarship.
Mike P.
Mike is currently a resident dentist specializing in periodontology and dental implant surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Eastman Institute for Oral Health. He received his training and education from New York University College of Dentistry and McGill University, earning his DDS and MSc degrees, respectively.
Emily Sc.
Emily holds a BS in Biology and a BA in Anthropology from Brown University. She received the Fulbright Fellowship to conduct pediatric oncology research in the Netherlands. She then earned her Master's of Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, and has since returned as a medical student.
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.
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.
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.
Cynthia L.
Cynthia holds a BA in Public Policy from Brown. After graduation, she lived abroad in Madrid, Spain for two years pursuing a US Department of State Fulbright Scholarship and a Master’s degree in Marketing. She has worked in the NBA’s marketing department and now works at a sports agency in brand partnerships.
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.
Sonya G.
Sonya holds a BA in Biological Sciences and a BA in Russian from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MA in Regional Studies from Harvard. She's pursuing her MD at Stanford.
Eugenia
Eugenia is a PhD Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is completing a dissertation on contemporary capitalism and dystopian fiction.
Talia
Talia holds a BA in Visual Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and an MS in Quantitative Economics from UCLA. She will next pursue a PhD in Cultural Economics.
Ana Maria
Ana Maria earned her bachelor's degree in Applied Computational Physics, graduating summa cum laude, from New York City College of Technology (CUNY). She is currently a PhD candidate in her final year at Harvard University, where she was awarded the Pierce Fellowship by Harvard’s astronomy department.
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.
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.
Lauren K.
Lauren is a recent graduate of Harvard College, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Chemistry. She is currently studying Pharmacology at the University of Oxford as a US Rhodes Scholar, and hopes to attend medical school afterwards.
Sarah Ha.
Sarah graduated from Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design with a dual degree in Comparative Literature and Painting. After earning her MFA in Painting at Yale, she went on to teach first grade at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn.
Colin M.
Colin attended New York University, where he earned a BA in French (magna cum laude) and an MA in French Studies (cum laude). He then went on to study at Brooklyn College, where he received an MSEd (Special Education - summa cum laude). He is a former middle school special education teacher and department head in the New York City school system.
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.
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.
Ishita
Ishita (she/her) is a PhD Candidate at the University of Washington Information School. Ishita also has a Master's degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Duke University, where she graduated cum laude with distinction.
Sarah H.
Sarah pursued her interest in the western European canon by studying the Great Books program at St. John’s College in Maryland. She then went on to receive her Master’s in Comparative Literature at Columbia, where she focused on the nineteenth-century European novel.
Robert
Robert holds both a BA and MA in Chemistry from Harvard University. He is currently applying to PhD programs in the field. Robert’s research experience is in synthetic organic chemistry, specifically in the field of drug design.
Clara E.
Clara holds BS and MA in Computer Science from Stanford University, specializing in Artificial Intelligence.
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.
Beth G.
Beth earned her BA in Human Biology and MA in Education from Stanford University. She is now in the PhD program in Animal Biology at UC Davis, where she studies the proteins involved in sperm-egg fusion.
Chris C.
Christopher is pursuing a Master's in Urban Planning at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD). Previously, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor's in Computer Science. He completed his MS in Engineering in Data Science at Penn as well.
Nick M.
Nick graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a perfect 4.0 GPA from Harvard College. After graduating from Harvard, he attended Tsinghua University as a Schwarzman Scholar, earning a Master’s in Global Affairs. Now, he is a student at the University of Oxford, reading for a Master’s in Criminal Justice and Criminology.
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.
Aarthi
Aarthi attended Yale University, graduating magna cum laude with a BS and MS in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. She is currently pursuing her MD in the joint Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program.
Walker
Walker earned his undergraduate degree in applied math from Columbia University and later finished a master's degree in statistics from Duke University. He now works for the New York Yankees as a quantitative analyst in their front office.
Erica S.
Erica attended Stanford University, where she majored in International Relations and double minored in Economics and Modern Languages (French and Arabic). As a Marshall Scholar, she completed an MA in Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS University of London and an MA in Conflict Resolution at King’s College London.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Romina AG
Romina holds a BS in Neural Science from New York University, an MS in Medical Physiology from Loyola University Chicago, and an MD from Dartmouth School of Medicine. She is currently a family medicine resident at Greater Lawrence Family Health Center.
Torrin
Torrin triple majored at Oberlin College in Music Composition, Horn Performance, and Mathematics. He holds a Master's from the Manhattan School of Music and is currently pursuing an additional Master's degree from the Yale School of Music.
Jesse
Jesse holds a BA in History from Columbia, where he was a Navab Fellow, Solomon & Seymour Fisher Civil Liberties Fellow, and Benjamin F. and Bernice Block Scholar. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Theatre Acting at Columbia.
Nelson
Nelson is an MBA Candidate at MIT Sloan. He previously earned his MS in Microwave Engineering and BS in Mechanical Engineering at UMass Lowell and the University of Rochester respectively.
Greg C.
Gregory is a GEM PhD fellow and a PhD candidate in Applied Physics at Harvard University. Previously, he received his undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Engineering Physics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Maddie
Maddie holds a BA in English Literature and Human Rights from Barnard College and an MA in Public Policy and Management. She is currently pursuing her JD at Columbia Law School.
Morgan
Morgan holds a JD from Vanderbilt University Law School and a BA in American Studies from Wesleyan University. She is a former lawyer admitted to practice in the State of New York (having worked in both government and BigLaw), and most recently was the Script Coordinator on a Netflix TV show.
Catarina
Cata earned a degree Organismic & Evolutionary Biology with a secondary in the History of Art & Architecture at Harvard College. She also holds an MA in Environmental Management from Duke University and currently works as an environmental consultant in Boston.
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.
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.
Matthew M.
Matthew holds a BS in Mathematics from New York University and an MA in Mathematics Education from Teachers College at Columbia University. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Mathematics Education at the University of East Anglia.
Jamie M.
Jamie is a PhD Candidate in the History of Science at Harvard University. She also holds an MA in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago and a BA in Communications from the University of Portland.
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.
Sherah
Sherah earned BAs in Art History and English Literature/Creative Writing from Agnes Scott College and an MA in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies from Georgia State University. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Nathan M.
Nathan graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BS and MS in Molecular and Cellular Biology and minors in Bioethics and Music. Selected for a 2023 Marshall Scholarship, he will be studying for a DPhil in Paediatrics at Oxford through 2026 (researching tuberculosis diagnostics), after which he will attend Harvard Medical School to pursue his MD.
Alice H.
Alice holds a BA in Communication from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in Communication Design from Northumbria University (Fulbright Scholar). She will next attend the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she will obtain her Master's in Design Studies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Jack Mc.
Jack earned his BA in Theatre and Performance Studies (cum laude) at Yale University, where he also pursued extensive coursework in humanities departments like English and History. After Yale, Jack earned his MA in Theatre at The Ohio State University with a focus on dramatic literature, history, and theory.
Haley H.
Haley graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in History. She s currently in her last year of graduate school at California State University, where she is pursuing a degree in Speech Language Pathology.
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.
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.
Ava B.
Ava graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago. Presently, she is training as a psychotherapist at the California Institute of Integral Studies, where she hopes to build a more sustainable career addressing our world’s suffering.
Valerie N.
Valerie is an artist and scientist who holds a degree in Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology, as well as a BA in Art with a concentration in Painting from Yale University. She also holds an MA in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory from the Rhode Island School of Design.
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.
Pallavi
Pallavi attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a BA in Biology, a BSc in Economics, and an MS in Biology. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and she is now pursuing an MSc at Oxford University.
Amy T.
Amy attended Stanford University, where she majored in Urban Sustainability and minored in Italian, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Amy went on to receive her MFA in Creative Writing from Hollins University, where she was a Dillard Fellow and received the Andrew James Purdy Prize in Short Fiction.
Emmett K.
Emmett attended Amherst College, where he majored in English. After college, Emmett spent five years working as a journalist and television producer. Next, he received an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana.
Mary Caroline
Mary Caroline is a Marshall Scholar who holds an MSc in Neuroscience and is pursuing an MSc in Medical Anthropology at the University of Oxford. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Neuroscience.
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.
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.
Alex M.
Alex holds an MS in Chemistry from Yale and a BA in Chemistry from UNC. Presently, he works at a pharmaceutical company in the Drug Discovery division, directly applying his chemistry expertise to help develop novel disease therapeutics.
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.
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.
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.
Will B.
Will majored in Integrative Sciences, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, and Science in Society at Wesleyan. After working at Rockefeller University in New York, he is now a PhD student in Biology at MIT.
Andrew S.
Andrew received a BA from Columbia University, where he graduated magna cum laude and double majored in American Studies and English. After earning his MFA in Poetry at Brooklyn College, Andrew is now an adjunct lecturer at CUNY.
Anne Claire
Anne Claire is a Clinical Psychology PhD candidate in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research focuses on how to use technology to improve youth mental health.
Andrew S.
Andrew holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a BA in English from Calvin University. He has taught English and Creative Writing classes at the University of Iowa and Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, as well as tutored at Iowa’s Tippie College of Business.
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.
Dana
Dana earned her bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University in Political Science and Economics, graduating cum laude. She continued to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies to earn her master’s degree in International Relations and Economics, where she graduated with high distinction and served as a teaching assistant for Theories of International Relations.
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.