Program on Science, Technology and Society at Harvard

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Undergraduate STS Fellows

In 2022, the STS Program launched the Undergraduate Fellowship. It is a year-long opportunity for students at Harvard College to reflect on the social and political roles of science and technology in the contemporary world through foundational exposure to the discipline of STS. The cohort meets weekly to discuss emerging challenges and controversies across modern societies, guided by graduate Fellows and a Harvard STS crib sheet of core concepts. An early version of this crib sheet was developed for the 2020 undergraduate course Engineering Sciences (ES) 28 Science, Technology and Society, where students learned about the relationships between science, technology, ethics, and politics in part through real-time projects about the COVID-19 pandemic.

The STS Undergraduate Fellowship is generously supported by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

2026-2027

Applications for the Fall 2026 Undergraduate Fellowship will open in late May. Please email undergradharvardsts@gmail.com with any questions! Undergraduate Co-Chairs: Sydney Black ’27, Sophia He ’27, and Kevin Yang ’28. Graduate Tutors: Aishani Aatresh.

2025-2026

The Undergraduate Fellows focused this year’s activities around the theme Against Inevitability. They concluded the spring semester by hosting an event on academic labor and capital entitled “A University That Works For Us.” Undergraduate Co-Chairs: Lea Wang ’26 and Kevin Yang ’28. Graduate Tutors: Aishani Aatresh, Henry Austin, and Justin Wong.

2024-2025

From left to right: Felix Chen ’26, Ari Cheriyan ’25, Hannah Duane ’25, Emma Lucas ’25, Johnny Miri ’26; Thor Reimann ’25; Josh Rosenblum ’26, Eeshan Vakil ’25 Lea Wang ’26, Allegra Wong ’26; Katie Burstein ’25, Maya Rosen ’25, Emil Massad ’25, Tomas Winegar ’25. Graduate Tutors (not pictured): Hilton Simmet and Justin Wong.

2023-2024

From left to right: (top) Andrew Charroux ‘24, Kelsey Wu ‘24, Sakiko Miyazaki ‘24, Sophia Ludtke ‘25, Elson Bankoff ‘27, Clara Chen ‘25, Michael Zhao ‘25, Tomas Winegar ‘25, Luke Bradley ‘24, Gabe LeBlanc ‘25; (bottom) Jocelyn Shek ‘27, Maya Rosen ‘25, Katie Burstein ‘25, Julia Freitag ‘25, Audrey Chang ‘25, Emil Massad ‘25, Michael Evans ‘24, Aishani Aatresh ‘24. Not pictured: Van Tran ‘25. Graduate Tutors (not pictured): Hilton Simmet and Nicole Bassoff.