2026 Recognition Ceremony Program

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Welcome to the A&S Undergraduate Recognition Ceremony

A digital program for the 2026 ceremony

Order of Exercises

Procession

Please rise


Opening remarks

Erin McGlothlin, Vice Dean of Undergraduate Affairs,
Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Holocaust Studies
Professor of German and Jewish Studies

Seniors' Farewell

Mia Kouveliotes, Bachelor of Arts candidate with a major in anthropology

Alumni Guest Speaker

Rochelle P. Walensky, AB ’91, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Presentation of Seniors


Departments and programs will be called in alphabetical order

Alumni welcome

Rochelle P. Walensky, AB ’91, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Closing remarks 

Erin McGlothlin, Vice Dean of Undergraduate Affairs,
Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Holocaust Studies
Professor of German and Jewish Studies

Recession

Please keep aisles clear during the ceremony, and remain at your seats while faculty and graduates enter and leave the field.

Please note this ceremony is being photographed and recorded.

Faculty Marshals for Departments and Programs

African and African-American Studies

Raven Lloyd

American Culture Studies

Elaine A. Pena

Anthropology

Sarah Baitzel, Anna Jacobsen

Art History and Archaeology

Nathaniel B. Jones

Biology

Maggie Schlarman, Craig Smith 

Chemistry

Richard Mabbs

The John and Penelope Biggs Department of Classics

Luis Alejandro Salas

Comparative Literature Thought

Joseph Loewenstein

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Philip Skemer

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Rebecca Copeland

Economics

Ana Babus

Education

Lisa Gilbert

English

Edward McPherson

Environmental Studies

Beth Martin

Film and Media Studies

James Fleury, Raven Lloyd

Germanic Languages and Literatures

Sarah Kollner

Global Studies

Steven B. Miles

History

Corinna Treitel

Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies

 

Latin American Studies

Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado

Linguistics

Brett Hyde

Mathematics

Xiang Tang

Performing Arts

Elinor Harrison, Claire Sommers

Philosophy

Anne Margaret Baxley

Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology

Jason Gardner

Physics

Manel Errando

Political Science

Daniel Butler

Psychological & Brain Sciences

John Nestojko

Romance Languages and Literatures

Ignacio Infante, Vincent Jouane

Sociology

Caitlyn Collins

Statistics and Data Science

Joseph Guinness

Urban Studies

Caitlyn Collins

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Amy Eisen Cislo, Marlon Bailey