Harvard Undergraduate EA

Harvard Undergraduate EA (HUEA) is responsible for EA outreach and events targeted toward undergraduate students. HUEA organizes the Arete Fellowship, an introductory fellowship to EA that is open to undergraduate and graduate students.

Feel free to reach out to any member of the board with questions about the club or EA in general.

Board Members

Lily Schwalb
President
lilyschwalb@college.harvard.edu
Lily Schwalb is a junior in Winthrop House concentrating in Mathematics and Philosophy with a secondary in Economics. Within Effective Altruism, she is interested in AI Alignment and ethics surrounding existential risk. In her free time you can find her watching movies or writing poetry.

Kate Bigley
Events Lead
katebigley@college.harvard.edu
Kate Bigley is a senior in Cabot House studying linguistics with a secondary in government. Within EA, she is most interested in alleviating global poverty, animal welfare, and existential risk. In her free time she is often found reading, writing, and learning languages.

Chili Pramoda
Communications Director
cpramoda@college.harvard.edu
Chili Pramoda is a first year in Greenough (Crimson Yard) exploring biology and computer science. Within Effective Altriusm, she is interested in existential threats from AI and biosafety. She likes to dance and make music with River Charles orchestra.

Nick Best
Newsletter
nicholasbest@college.harvard.edu
Nick Best is a first year living in Wigglesworth, studying Neuroscience and Psychology. Within EA he is most interested in issues concerning Animal Welfare, Environmental concerns, and Public Health. In his free time he plays tennis, runs, and writes/performs music.

Arete Fellowship Team

The chairs of the Arete Fellowship are also board members of Harvard College EA and Harvard University EA. Contact the team at harvardarete@gmail.com.

John Boesen
Arete Fellowships Chair & Treasurer
jmboesen@college.harvard.edu
John Boesen is a senior in Dunster house concentrating in Computer Science and Statistics. He is interested in cause prioritization, AI alignment, and forecasting. Find him running, meditating, and playing guitar on weekends.

Advisors

Nikola Jurkovic
Advisor
njurkovic@college.harvard.edu
Nikola is a senior in Dudley house. He is interested in longtermism, community building, and making sure AI has a positive impact on the future.

Joshua Greene
Faculty Advisor
Joshua Greene is an experimental psychologist, neuroscientist, and philosopher. He studies moral judgment and decision-making, primarily using behavioral experiments and functional neuroimaging (fMRI). Other interests include religion, cooperation, and the capacity for complex thought. He is the author of Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them.