# Peer Concentration Advisors ## expand\_more ![headshot of Mahmoud Al-Thabata](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/mahmoud%20al-thabata.jpg?itok=356zHMi6) ### **Mahmoud Al-Thabata '27** Dunster House **Joint Concentration**: NELC (Modern Middle Eastern Studies) **Language Citation**: Arabic **Ask Me About**: MENA studies, being pre-law, archival research, taking Arabic, Palestine studies, student organizing, summer abroad, finding nice restaurants and coffee shops --- ![headshot of Aditi Ambravan](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/aditia%20ambravan.png?itok=TQcHxEre) ### **Aditi Ambravan '26** Pforzheimer House **Language Citation**: Mandarin Chinese **Ask Me About**: Being pre-law in Social Studies, the off-cycle timeline or taking a gap semester, having a language citation, and reading political theory --- ![headshot of Paige Breyer](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/paige%20breyer.jpg?itok=lldCtOzY) ### **Paige Breyer '27** Kirkland House **Secondary Field**: EMR **Language Citation**: Spanish **Ask Me About**: How to get involved in political organizing at Harvard, postcolonial studies, volunteering beyond Harvard, and navigating disability resources on campus --- ![headshot of Dennis Butts](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/dennis%20butts.png?itok=Jzmqag0o) ### **Dennis Butts '27** Winthrop House **Secondary Field**: Mind, Brain, Behavior **Ask Me About**: Why Social Studies, what makes Social Studies different than similar concentrations, Social Studies and abroad, & Social Studies and AAAS --- ![headshot of Kaitlyn Choi](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/Kaitlyn%20Choi.jpg?itok=3PMsMSVr) ### **Kaitlyn Choi '28** Dunster House **Double Concentration**: Economics **Ask Me About**: Choosing Social Studies, doubling with Economics, course planning --- ![headshot of Donald Cruse](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/donald%20cruse.jpg?itok=5vj3-eTg) ### **Donald Cruse '27** Quincy House **Ask Me About**: Choosing Social Studies over other similar paths, prioritizing interest and fulfillment in your course selections, journalism and non-course writing at Harvard, being from a small town/rural public school system, educational interests --- ![headshot of Matteo Diaz](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/matteo%20diaz_0.jpg?itok=G6_Js2b3) ### **Matteo Diaz '27** Leverett House **Double Concentration**: Applied Math **Ask Me About**: Queer and trans studies, double concentrating in STEM (Applied Math), journalism at Harvard, public service --- ![headshot of Heidi Enger](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/heidi%20enger.png?itok=CbrtyQ8f) ### **Heidi Enger '27** Eliot House **Language Citation**: Spanish **Ask Me About**: Journalism at Harvard, choosing between Social Studies and Gov, Spanish citation, finding a term-time job, dance at Harvard --- ![headshot of Selim Fourati](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/Selim%20Fourati.png?itok=WwvLguvP) ### **Selim Fourati** **'28** Quincy House **Double** **Concentration**: Psychology **Ask Me About**: Pursuing Social Studies as a double concentrator, being an international student, mapping out classes, summer schools & other opportunities, research in social sciences, extracurricular involvement --- ![headshot of Natalie-Susan Frank](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/natalie%20frank.jpg?itok=1HoCcq7X) ### **Natalie-Susan Frank '27** Dunster House **Double Concentration**: Germanic Languages and Literatures **Ask Me About**: Connecting Social Studies to potential career paths, finding your niche in a broad concentration, deciding between various Social Science and Humanities concentrations --- ![headshot of Amelia Fung](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/Amelia%20Fung.png?itok=QF6MoE6a) ### **Amelia Fung** **'****28** Currier House **Double Concentration**: Economics **Ask Me About**: Choosing between Social Studies and other social science concentrations (e.g. Government or Sociology), pursuing Economics as a double/secondary, Harvard international internships and public service grants, being an international student --- ![headshot of Cynthia Garcia](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/Unknown-5.jpg?itok=Y8nQqXHf) ### **Cynthia Garcia '27** Pforzheimer House **Double Concentration**: Economics **Ask Me About**: Social Studies as a Double (with Econ), pre-law with Social Studies, deciding between different humanities and social science concentrations, research opportunities on campus --- ![headshot of Vanessa Grant](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/formal_picture_of_me_Vanessa%20Grant-1.jpg?itok=ZP0YuQ9A) ### **Vanessa Grant** **'****28** Leverett House **Double Concentration**: Human Biology, Behavior, & Evolution **Ask Me About**: Volunteering at Harvard, pursuing a Double with a STEM concentration, archival and independent research, Study Abroad --- ![headshot of Janna Habibulla](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/janna%20habibulla_0.jpg?itok=O2s7ul1M) ### **Janna Habibulla '27** Pforzheimer House **Secondary Field**: Economics **Ask Me About**: How I chose Social Studies despite not knowing about it my first year of college, deciding between Social Studies and other social science/humanities majors, what makes Social Studies different, Social Studies and pre-law, Social Studies and business --- ![headshot of Caroline Hennigan](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/IMG_4413_Caroline%20Hennigan-1.jpg?itok=Eca3RLO9) ### **Caroline Hennigan '28** Lowell House **Secondary Field**: Government **Ask Me About**: Journalism at Harvard, deciding between Social Studies and Gov, finding your niche in Social Studies, looking for term-time jobs on campus, best Dunkin' order --- ![headshot of Vikram Kolli](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/vikram%20kolli.png?itok=v2tt_nKg) ### **Vikram Kolli '27** Currier House **Ask Me About**: Developmental economics, business recruiting with Social Studies, HUFPI, HIR, best coffee in the Square, and tutorials --- ![headshot of Annika Krovi](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/Annika%20Krovi%20PCA%20Headshot_Annika%20Krovi-1.jpg?itok=MIh5z3Sw) ### **Annika Krovi '28** Lowell House **Secondary Field**: Global Health and Health Policy **Language Citation**: Spanish **Ask Me About**: Health policy; pre-law opportunities; research; travel/internship funding; politics and public service; concentrating in Government vs. Social Studies; the South; my opinions on the best matcha in Harvard Square; finding your home on campus! --- ![headshot of Joshua Layne](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/josh%20layne_0.png?itok=7ebmELH7) ### **Joshua Layne '27** Leverett House **Language Citation**: French **Ask Me About**: Writing in and out of the classroom at Harvard, legal histories particularly in the U.S., social movements, sexuality, religion, and distance running --- ![headshot of Emma Lucas](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/emma%20lucas.png?itok=VFgHb0iL) ### **Emma Lucas '27** Currier House **Double Concentration**: History & Science **Secondary Field**: Comparative Literature **Ask Me About**: Creative writing at Harvard, deciding between concentrations, taking classes at the graduate schools, ways to explore Boston --- ![headshot of Rhea Maniar](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/Screenshot%202026-06-16%20at%2011.32.24%E2%80%AFAM_0.png?itok=WYnIoYYz) ### **Rhea Maniar '28** Leverett House **Secondary Field**: Education Studies **Language Citation**: Spanish Certificate of Civic Engagement **Ask Me About**: Certificate of Civic Engagement; pursuing teaching and education studies; language citations; taking classes at graduate schools (HGSE); public service opportunities at and beyond Harvard; transitioning from the South --- ![headshot of Ava Rem](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/ava%20rem_0.jpg?itok=YXnbI3i5) ### **Ava Rem '27** Quincy House **Secondary Field**: ESPP **Ask Me About**: Journalism at Harvard, deciding between different humanities and social science concentrations, finding research opportunities on campus, the intersection of quantitative and qualitative social sciences especially as it relates to the social side of issues like climate change and climate justice --- ![headshot of Caroline Rubin](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/caroline%20rubin_0.jpg?itok=OGpfRUkE) ### **Caroline Rubin '27** Pforzheimer House **Joint Concentration**: Comparative Study of Religion **Ask Me About**: Being a joint concentrator, journalism at Harvard, and what makes Social Studies such a special field of study --- ![headshot of Signe Smith](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-10/signe%20smith_0_0.jpg?itok=jnPhUy5c) ### **Signe Smith '27** Leverett House **Double Concentration**: NELC **Ask Me About**: Thinking ahead and planning courses, double concentrating with other demanding concentrations (like NELC), studying abroad, and concurrent masters applications with other concentrations --- ![headshot of Isaiah Trumbull](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/Trumbull_Headshot_Isaiah%20Trumbull-1.jpg?itok=0axcfZtc) ### **Isaiah Trumbull** **'28** Lowell House **Double Concentration**: Economics **Ask Me About**: Double concentrating in Social Studies and Economics, being an ROTC cadet in Social Studies, choosing Social Studies over Government and other concentrations --- ![headshot of Sylvie Wurmser](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/Screenshot%202025-09-25%20at%2012.24.12%E2%80%AFPM-1.jpg?itok=vCacHz0T) ### **Sylvie Wurmser '27** Pforzheimer House **Joint Concentration**: ESPP **Secondary Field**: EPS **Ask Me About**: Doing a joint/secondary with Social Studies, food systems and inequality, environmental social theory, combining social sciences with physical sciences. Extracurriculars: IOP Program on Environmental Policy, Club Soccer, Food Literacy Program, FOP Leader, HOC Leader, PAF --- ![headshot of Amy Zhou](/sites/g/files/omnuum9666/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-06/AmyZhouPic_Amy%20Zhou.jpg?itok=XeDucN9f) ### **Amy Zhou** **'28** Pforzheimer House **Secondary Field**: Education Studies **Ask Me About**: Literally anything! Including choosing Social Studies over Gov/History, how to read Soc 10 texts, picking courses, procrastination, educational inequity issues, civic education, community service @ Harvard, etc.