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Social Studies Peer Concentration Counselors, 2009-2010
Ashraf Ahmed ’10 (Cabot House) ahmed2 at fas
Academic Interests: International Political Economy, Political Theory
Extracurricular Activities: South Asian Men's Collective, Sports
Career Goals: TBA
Favorite Courses: Social Studies 10a, Gov. 2059: Rawls, Gov 2092: Politics and Economic Theory, His. Study A-51: The Modern World Economy
Trevor Bakker ’10 (Kirkland House) tjbakker at fas
Academic Interests: development economics, human rights, human security, international law, international relations, social theory, transitional justice
Extracurricular Activities: Harvard College Human Rights Advocates, Harvard Darfur Action Group, Small Claims Advisory Service (PBHA), research for Prof. Jacqueline Bhabha
Career Goals: improving human welfare through academia, government, law, and/or NGO work
Favorite Courses: Anthropology 2800: The Anthropology of Post-Conflict Humanitarianism, Economics 1030: Psychology and Economics, Freshman Seminar 46p: Human Rights in Peace and War, Government 1197: The Political Economy of Africa, Philosophy 171z: Global Justice, Social Studies 10: Introduction to Social Theory, Social Studies 50: Genocide
Amy Beeson ’10 (Kirkland House) ambeeson at fas
Academic Interests: development, Latin American politics, global health, social theory, U.S. foreign policy, philosophy of religion, music, the human brain and body
Extracurricular Activities: Institute of Politics, Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, Harvard College Global Hunger Initiative, ballet, aviation
Career Goals: exploring
Favorite Courses: Social Studies 98cv: "Democracy and Authoritarianism in Latin America"; Social Studies 98jw: "Citizenship Rights: Theory and Practice"; Anthropology 1825: "Health, Culture, and Community: Case Studies in Global Health"; Government 1790: "American Foreign Policy"; Social Studies 10: "Introduction to Social Studies"; Music 1b: “Western Music from Beethoven to the Present”; Freshman Seminar 21o: “The Neurophysiology of Visual Perception”
Rashmi Jasrasaria ’10 (Kirkland House) rjasras at fas
Academic Interests: international health policy, gender inequality and racial dynamics (especially in the developing world), human rights, international development, democracy, cultural attitudes toward medicine, intellectual borders/cross-overs between science and social science (philosophy, psychology, anthropology), Africa (particularly East Africa), South Asia
Extracurricular Activities: Harvard Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, South Asian Dance Company, Ghungroo, Community Health Initiative, Student Initiative for Volunteering Abroad, Volunteer Coordinator for Support for International Change (NGO that does HIV/AIDS education in Tanzania), First-Year Urban Program (FUP)
Career Goals: medicine; public health; health policy; work in a developing country.
Favorite Courses: Government 1039: Democratic Theory; History 87a: Health, Disease, and Ecology in African History; Anthropology 1825: Case Studies in Global Health; Social Studies 98kb: Gender in Developing Nations; Social Studies 10a and 10b: Introduction to Social Theory; Social Analysis 80: World Poverty and Human Rights; History of Science 100: Knowing the World; Life Sciences 1a: An Integrated Introduction to Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology
Eli Jacobs ’11 (Cabot House) ejjacobs at fas
Academic interests: Theory, anthropology, science studies
Extracurricular activities: Debate, sports, music
Career goals: um...
Favorite classes: Social Studies 10, Nietzsche, Linguistic Pragmatics and
Cultural Analysis in Anthropology, Post-Human Science Studies
Hyunjin Kim ’10 (Eliot House); hyunjin at fas
Academic Interests: ethics in international affairs, climate change, humanitarian policy and conflict, global justice theory, 19th and 20th century literature, postmodernism
Extracurricular Activities: Harvard International Relations Council, A Drop in the Ocean, chamber music, research assistant for the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research
Career goals: dancing. singing. traveling. reading. saving the world.
Favorite Courses: Social Studies 10, English 168d (Post-war American and British Fiction), ESPP90c (Ecology and Land Use Planning), ESPP 90j (Environmental Crises and Population Flight), HLS 38230A-1(Human Rights, State Sovereignty, and Persecution), Gov 1732 (The Origins of Modern Wars)
Jihae Lee ’11 (Adams House); jihaelee at fas
Academic Interests: International law and justice, human rights, moral and political philosophy, film and media, crime theory, artistic expression, individualism
Extracurricular Activities: WHRB 95.3 fm, Harvard Darfur Action Group, STAND, Harvard College Human Rights Advocates, CPIC Student Rep, PBHA HARMONY, Harvard Model Congress, Expressions Dance Company
Career Goals: Inciting social change through film, media, and politics
Favorite Courses: Social Studies 52: Human Rights: Law, Politics and Society; Gov 2123: International Courts; English 162c: Modern Drama; Psychology 1504: Positive Psychology; VES 191g: Crime Media; VES 50: Fundamentals of Filmmaking; Social Studies 10
Jillian Meriweather ’11 (Adams House) jmeriw at fas
Academic Interests: Human rights, domestic and international law, public policy, South African jurisprudence
Extracurricular Activities: Small Claims Advisory Service (PBHA), Association of Black Harvard Women, Tutoring, Community Service
Career Goals: Involvement in some aspect of the legal field
Favorite Courses: Social Studies 10a: Introduction to Social Studies; Historical Studies B61: The Warren Court and the Pursuit of Justice, 1953-1969; Social Studies 50: Genocide; Ethical Reasoning 11: Human Rights: A Philosophical Introduction; African American Studies 10: Introduction to African and African American Studies; Fresh Seminar 42p: Moral Dilemmas and the Law – Kieslowski’s Decalogue
Joanna Naples-Mitchell ’10 (Kirkland House) joannanm at fas
Academic Interests: Human rights, international relations, international law, American constitutional law, foreign policy, transitional justice, social theory, creative writing
Extracurricular Activities: Harvard College Human Rights Advocates, Harvard Darfur Action Group, The Harvard Crimson (Editorial Board)
Career Goals: Law, public service, journalism, academia,or non-profit work
Favorite Courses: Social Studies 10, Government 1740 (International Law), Spanish 30 (Temas de actualidad), Government 1751 (Human Rights), Social Studies 98kb (Gender in Developing Nations), Historical Study B-61 : (The Warren Court and the Pursuit of Justice, 1953-1969), Government 1174 (Ending War and Building Peace), Social Studies 98hc (Crimes Against Humanity), English 156 (Crime and Horror in Victorian Literature and Culture)
Fabian Poliak ’11 (Leverett House) fpoliak at fas
Academic Interests: Public health policy, social theory, human rights
Extracurricular Activities: Fuerza Latina, The Latino Men's Collective, AEPi, Leverett IMs, Harvard International Review, ushering at Sanders Theatre, The Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations.
Career Goals: Masters in Public Health, working in public health policy, travel would be nice.
Favorite Courses: Social Studies 10: Introduction to Social Studies; Anthropology 1825: Health, Culture and Community Case Studies in Global Health; Government 1295: Comparative Politics of Latin America; Freshman Seminar 25t: AIDS in Africa.
Rachel Stark ’11 (Currier House) rstark at fas
Academic Interests: political philosophy, social and cultural movements, moral philosophy
Extracurricular Activities: The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Radcliffe-Dramatic Club, Scholar Rescue Fund, Crimson Key
Career Goals: Possibly journalism or academia
Favorite Courses: Social Studies 10a: Introduction to Social Studies, Moral Reasoning 22: Justice, Government 20: Introduction to Comparative Politics, Religion 1076: Religion and Politics in Current "Fundamentalist" Movements
Weiqi Zhang ’10 (wzhang at fas)
Academic Interests: Comparative politics, political philosophy, Asia
Extracurricular Activities: Harvard Asia Pacific Review, Harvard College Human Rights in Equatorial Guinea, The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Ballroom Dance Team
Career Goals: still exploring
Favorite Courses: Social Studies 10a : Introduction to Social Studies; Government 1060 : Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy; Social Studies 98fu : Practicing Democracy: Leadership, Community, Power; Government 2057 : Religion in a Secular Age