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.

Zach Chen
Arete Fellowships Lead Chair
zachchen@college.harvard.edu
Zach is a freshman at Harvard studying CS with interest in AI, philosophy, history, and sociology. Outside of school, he loves reading, running, playing basketball, and writing.

John Boesen
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.

Kate Bigley
Social Chair
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.

Lincoln Duckson
Events Lead
lduckson@college.harvard.edu
Lincoln Duckson is a freshman in Matthews, studying Math and Philosophy with a citation in Mandarin Chinese. He is interested in ethics regarding Artificial Intelligence and Global Health. With any free time, he likes to listen to music and play pickleball.

Jingyuan Chen
Communications Lead
jingyuan_chen@college.harvard.edu
Jingyuan is a sophomore in Currier House concentrating in Economics with a secondary in Philosophy. Within EA, he is most interested in cause prioritization, policy, and AI safety. In his free time, he plays badminton and enjoys hiking and climbing outdoors.

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.