Alumni Gallery - MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Meet some of our outstanding alumni, each of whom focused deeply on both liberal arts and STEM fields at MIT. In their own words, these students reflect on the value of their multi-dimensional, dual-competence MIT education and its impact on their lives post-graduation!

Rujul Gandhi

Rujul Gandhi ’22

Linguistics and Philosophy (Course 24-2)
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6)

“SHASS classes, such as in theater or political science, gave me a chance to learn about human connection at levels from individual to global. My current work on communication falls into this broad theme of how people connect to each other.”

Ankita Reddy

Ankita Reddy ’19

Anthropology (Course 21A)
Biology (Course 7)

“My classes, discussions, and connections fostered through SHASS taught me the value of deep listening, priming me to ask difficult questions about technological solutions (and to have the courage to do so).”

Meicen Sun

Meicen Sun PhD ’22

Political Science

“SHASS provided the crucial resources and flexibility needed to investigate how we can approach the social sciences from the perspective of information science.”