Current Students
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African American Studies
Anthropology
Alumni
Elisa Lanari
Art History
Maryam Athari maryamathari2021@u.northwestern.edu
Caitlin DiMartino caitlindimartino2022@u.northwestern.edu
Anna Dumont adumont@u.rochester.edu
Benjamin Jones BenjaminJones2023@u.northwestern.edu
Ozge Karagoz okaragozge@u.northwestern.edu
Tamar Kharatishvili TamarKharatishvili2015@u.northwestern.edu
Stephanie Lee stephanielee2024@u.northwestern.edu
Brian Leahy BrianLeahy2020@u.northwestern.edu
Jacob Leveton JacobLeveton2017@u.northwestern.edu
Ruslana Lichtzier ruslanalichtzier2025@u.northwestern.edu
Thomas Love thomas.w.love@gmail.com
Risa Puelo Rpuleo@u.northwestern.edu
Talia Shabtay talia.shabtay@u.northwestern.edu
Alumni
Emma Chubb
Cameron McKee
Art Theory & practice
Yani Aviles yaniaviles2021@u.northwestern.edu
Eshan Rafi erafi@u.northwestern.edu
Isaac Vazquez isaacvazquez2022@u.northwestern.edu
Comparative Literature
Taymaz Pour Mohammad TaymazPourMohammad2014@u.northwestern.edu
Alumni
Ozge Kocak
Scott Newman
English
William Graves williamgraves2021@u.northwestern.edu
Adam Syvertsen AdamSyvertsen2025@u.northwestern.edu
Yuan-Chih Yen sreddyen@u.northwestern.edu
Anna Zalokostas azalokostas@u.northwestern.edu
Alumni
French and Italian
Maureen Winter MaureenWinter2021@u.northwestern.edu
Alumni
German
Alumni
History
Alexandrea Keith alexandreakeith2025@u.northwestern.edu
Heather Menefee heathermenefee2015@u.northwestern.edu
Angela Tate angelatate2022@u.northwestern.edu
Alumni
Jessica Biddlestone
Human Development and Social Policy
Mathematics
Deven Lahoti
Media Technology & Society
Alumni
Erin Flynn
Medill School of Journalism, Integrated Marketing Communications
Alumni
Marta Cattaneo
Music
Ben Weissman benjaminweissman2017@u.northwestern.edu
Alumni
Performance Studies
Ivan Bujan IvanBujan2019@u.northwestern.edu
Gregory Manuel gmanuel@u.northwestern.edu
Gervais Marsh GervaisMarsh2021@u.northwestern.edu
Cordelia Rizzo almarizzo2024@u.northwestern.edu
Ashlie Sandoval ashliesandoval2017@u.northwestern.edu
Alumni
Philosophy
Carmen De Schryver carmendeschryver2021@u.northwestern.edu
Eskil Elling EskilElling2023@u.northwestern.edu
Kasey Hettig-Rolfe KaseyHettig-Rolfe2023@u.northwestern.edu
Alumni
Chelsea Egbert
David Benjamin Johnson
Debbie Goldgaber
Hannah Kovacs
Morganna Lambeth
Kurt Mertel
Seth Mayer
William Parrott
Kyle Scott
Daniel Trujillo
Political Science
William French WilliamFrench2022@u.northwestern.edu
Audrey Nicolaides M7E8H9@u.northwestern.edu
Alumni
Marion Gutwein
Andrew Munro
Tatiana Poddubnykh
Noga Rotem
Christopher Sardo
Swati Srivastava
Anna Terwiel
Desiree Weber
Religious Studies
Marlon Millner MarlonMillner2021@u.northwestern.edu
Alumni
Jennifer Callaghan
Joel David Harrison
Rhetoric and Public Culture
Sarah Idzik sarah.idzik@gmail.com
Eric James EricJames2020@u.northwestern.edu
Zhiqiu Zhou zhiqiuzhou2014@u.northwestern.edu
Alumni
Lauren Michelle DeLacruz
J. Daniel Elam
Robert Elliot Mills
Racel Rigdon
Robert Topinka
Screen Cultures
Marisela Chavez mariselachavez2017@u.northwestern.edu
Ian Hartman Anthony ianhartman2017@u.northwestern.edu
Julia Peres Guimaraes JuliaGuimaraes2022@u.northwestern.edu
Myrna Moretti myrnamoretti2023@u.northwestern.edu
Alumni
Pamela Krayenbuhl
SESP/Learning sciences
Sarah Lee spl@u.northwestern.edu
Slavic Languages & Literatures
Maximilian Michael Gordon MaximilianGordon2012@u.northwestern.edu
Jacob Wirt jacobwirt2021@u.northwestern.edu
Alumni
Jessica Crane
Sociology
Brandon Honore brandonhonore2021@nlaw.northwestern.edu
Alumni
Matthew Snow
Spanish & Portuguese
Alumni
Minwook Oh
Technology and Social Behavior
Jessica Feuston jes.feustone@u.northwestern.edu
Theatre and Drama
Heather Grimm heathergrimm2024@u.northwestern.edu
Ana Diaz Barriga Lopez anadiazbarriga@u.northwestern.edu
Alumni