Phi Beta Kappa Inducts Dietrich Students from Class of 2021
By Kirsten Heuring
Fifty-nine students have been initiated into Carnegie Mellon University’s chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society (PBK), including 35 students affiliated with the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Founded in 1776, PBK is the nation’s oldest honors society, and it celebrates high achievement in the liberal arts and sciences. There are only 290 chapters affiliated with top universities across the country, and each of those chapters select 10 percent of their school’s arts and sciences students to join.
Students gathered in person on May 21, 2021 for the PBK initiation ceremony.
The Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences students initiated to PBK are:
Nicholas Bellante
Primary Major: International Relations and Politics
Minor: Policy and Management
Jose Chacon
Primary Major: Mathematical Sciences
Additional Major: Computer Science
Minor: Social and Political History
Lavanya Chawla
Primary Major: Business Administration
Secondary Major: Statistics
Anirban Chowdhury
Primary Major: Statistics and Machine Learning
Julia Conti
Primary Major: Professional Writing
Additional Major: Hispanic Studies
Emma Cordray
Primary Major: Hispanic Studies and Drama
Fiona Dubrosa
Primary Majors: Decision Science; Psychology
Minor: Drama
Carlo Duffy
Primary Major: Economics and Statistics
Evan Feder
Primary Major: Information Systems
Secondary Major: Statistics and Machine Learning
Mikayla Gawarecki
Primary Major: Artificial Intelligence
Minor: Statistics
Maxine Graves
Primary Major: Statistics
Secondary Major: Hispanic Studies
Minor: Film and Media Studies
Kayla Griffin
Primary Major: International Relations and Politics
Secondary Major: Ethics, History and Public Policy
Aden Halpern
Primary Major: Behavioral Economics, Policy, and Organizations
Additional Major: International Relations and Politics
Muling He
Primary Major: Philosophy
Additional Major: Russian Studies
Krati Jain
Primary Major: Computer Science
Secondary Major: Linguistics
Andrew Joyner
Primary Major: Business Administration
Additional Major: Economics and Statistics
Matthew Kern
Primary Major: Information Systems
Sarah Kim
Primary Major: Chemistry
Minor: Politics and Public Policy
Ananya Krishnan
Primary Major: Economics and Statistics
Zhi-Wei Leon
Primary Major: Mathematical Sciences
Additional Major: Computer Science
Minor: Computational Finance; Japanese Studies
Katherine Liu
Primary Major: Business Administration
Additional Major: Statistics
Nathan Moss
Primary Major: Statistics and Machine Learning
Additional Major: Mathematical Science
Jean Namgoong
Primary Major: Biological Sciences and Psychology
Minor: Biomedical Engineering
Roshni Nischal
Primary Major: Psychology
Minor: Cognitive Neuroscience
Olivia Olshevki
Primary Majors: Technical Writing and Communication; Chemical Engineering
Additional Majors: English; Biomedical Engineering
Aditya Pillai
Primary Major: Computer Science
Minor: Philosophy
Joshua Pinckney
Primary Major: International Relations and Politics
Additional Major: Hispanic Studies
Minor: Sociology
Ana-Maria Poole
Primary Major: Biological Sciences and Psychology
Additional Major: French and Francophone Studies
Minor: Biomedical Engineering
Vasily Potanin
Primary Majors: Business Administration; Economics
Samantha Ramsey
Primary Major: Computer Science
Minor: Linguistics
Jay Rao
Primary Major: Business Administration
Additional Major: Statistics
Maxwell Robbins
Primary Major: Psychology and Music Performance
Emily Schneider
Primary Major: Chemistry/Biological Chemistry Track
Minor: Professional Writing
Shiv Sethi
Primary Major: Neuroscience
Myat Sint
Primary Major: Business Administration
Additional Major: Policy and Management
Millie Zhang
Primary Major: International Relations and Politics
Minors: Cybersecurity and International Conflict; Societal and Human Impacts of Future Technologies
In fall 2020, an additional 13 members of the Dietrich College Class of 2021 were selected for early induction into PBK.