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