Carnegie Mellon University
June 01, 2023

Phi Beta Kappa Inducts Dietrich Students from Class of 2023

By Emily Nagin

Carnegie Mellon University’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) has inducted 54 students, 15 of whom are affiliated with the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

he nation’s oldest honor society, PBK was founded in 1776 and advocates for the humanities and social sciences by expanding awareness about the importance of the liberal arts. The 293 chapters are housed at top universities across the country, and each invites a small number of exemplary students to join every year.

This year's inductees gathered on May 11, 2023, for the PBK initiation ceremony. The Dietrich College inductees are:

Maegan Bogetti
Primary Major: Global Studies< br />Additional Major: Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Minor: Gender Studies

Joong Ho Choi
Major: Statistics and Machine Learning
Minor: Business Analytics and Optimization

Emily Finger
Major: Film and Visual Media
Minor: Creative Writing & International Relations and Politics

Arianna Garcia-Guerrero
Major: International Relations and Politics
Minor: Business Administration & Cybersecurity and International Conflict

Verne Anthony Garin
Major: Economics and Statistics
Minor: Business Administration

Pranay Gundam
Major: Economics and Mathematical Sciences & Computational Finance

Marion Haney
Major: Statistics and Machine Learning
Minor: Chinese Studies

Zhiguo (Jonathan) Huang
Major: Cognitive Science
Additional Major: Philosophy
Minor: Japanese Studies

Zachary Leventhal
Major: Economics and Mathematical Sciences & Statistics and Machine Learning

Ruijia Qian
Major: Economics and Mathematical Sciences
Additional Major: Statistics and Machine Learning
Minor: Business Administration

Eliza Reedy
Major: Psychology

Kendall Scarborough
Major: Linguistics 
Minor: Literature and Culture, Humanities Analytics & Music

Emilia Schwallie
Major: Ethics, History and Public Policy
Additional Major: French and Francophone Studies 
Minor: Science, Technology and Society

Matteo Secomandi
Major: International Relations and Politics
Minor: Logic and Computation

Sean Swayze
Major: Economics 
Minor: Computer Science & Politics and Public Policy

All PBK initiates pose with a bagpiper outside the Cohen University Center