McCourt School of Public Policy

Past MDI Scholars

Past MDI Scholars

Fall 2022 Scholars

Alia Abdelkader (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Caroline Adams (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Didier Akilimali (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’23

Fiona Calcagnini (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science and Economics ’23

Yongrui Chen (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’22

Sean Conner (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’23

Phillip Cork (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Monroe Farris (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’23

Abby Fremaux (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’23

Justin Goldstein (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’24

Nikhila Iyer (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ahmad Jandal (He/Him)

Walsh School of Foreign Service, Science, Technology, International Affairs ’23

Himangshu Kumar (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Audrey McIntyre (She/They)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ellis Obrien (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Jenny Park (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science and Justice and Peace Studies ’24

Rich Pihlstrom (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’24

Aidan Pizzo (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Mathematics ’23

Minh Quach (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Jordan Rinaldi (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Mathematics and Data Science and Analytics ’23

Ryan Ripper (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ethan Rodriguez-Shah (He/They)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Josh Rosen (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ethan Rosenbaum (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’23

Elise Rust (She/Her)

Master of Science of Data Science and Analytics ’23

Srujana Illa Sai (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Hanjing Shi (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’23

Natalie Smith (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’24

Sonali Subbu Rathinam (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Shaila Sundram (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Fanni Varhelyi (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’24

Qihang Wang (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’23

Abigail Wolfe (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Colette Yeager (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Science in Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Shakhzod Yuldoshboev (He/Him)

School of Foreign Service – Qatar, International Economics ’23

Linpei Zhang (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’23

Summer 2022 Scholars

Ben Burnley, (He/Him)

Government Department, PhD ’25 and McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’23

Ya Gao, (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’23

Scott Johnson (He/Him)


Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Data Science and Analytics ’23

Yifan Liu (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ana Paula Pellegrino, (She/Her)

Government Department, PhD ’24

Aidan Pizzo (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Mathematics ’23

Sonali Rathinam (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Ethan Rosenbaum (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’23

Grey Singh (He/Him)

University of Chicago, Computer Science ’25

Sudeeksha Yadav (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science and Justice and Peace Studies ’24

Xinyu Zheng

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Public Policy ’23

2021-2022 Scholars

Alia Abdelkader (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Alex Adams, (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’22
 

Caroline Adams (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Robert Alward, (He/Him)

McDonough School of Business ’22

Merykokeb Belay, (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’22

Phillip Cork (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Paul-Emmanuel Courtines, (He/Him)

Georgetown College ’22

Samantha Dies, (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Computer Science ’22

Natasha Dolmon, (She/Her)

School of Continuing Studies, Masters ’23

Gwyneth Dunlevy, (She/Her)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Masters of Computer Science ’22

Gloria Li, (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’22

Nikhila Iyer (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Darren Jian, (He/Him)

Georgetown College ’22

Alexander Lin, (He/Him)

Walsh School of Foreign Service ’23

Ying Liu, (She/Her)

Georgetown College, Data Science and Analytics ’22

Chau Nguyen, (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Science in Data Science for Public Policy ’22

Aidan Pizzo (He/Him)

Georgetown College, Mathematics ’23

Anna Pogrebivsky, (She/Her)

Georgetown College ’22

Abhinav Ramaswamy, (He/Him)

Walsh School of Foreign Service, Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service ’22
 

Matthew Ring, (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’22

Ryan Ripper (He/Him)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Shaila Sundram (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Varun Uppala, (He/Him)

Georgetown School of Arts & Sciences, Computer Science ’22

Joyce Yang, (She/Her)

Walsh School of Foreign Service ’23

Colette Yeager (She/Her)

McCourt School of Public Policy, Master of Science in Data Science for Public Policy ’23

Jack Zhang, (He/Him)

Georgetown College ’22

2020-2021Scholars

Ruchika Bhatia
Alexander Chen
Martha Curi Saavedra
Luke Dascoli
Christian Ortiz
Madeline Pfister
Kathy Pierce
Arjun Ravi
Eva Wang 
Brian Taylor

2019-2020 Scholars

Meenakshi Balan
Caleb Bowers
Ryan Patrick Callahan
Sean Fulmer
Huizhi (Hannah) Gong
Andy Green
Brandon Herren
Eric LaRose
Sally Matson
Danny O’Sullivan
Douglas Post
Alex Richardson
Elaina Teramoto
Neha Tiwari
Xiyang Xu
Julianne Zech