Pauline Le Grand ’24

Her coursework and background have developed her interests in politics, languages, and people. Last summer, Pauline participated in an intensive Russian language program, learning the second year of Russian in 8 short weeks. Last spring, she worked as a research assistant for MIT’s working group on free expression, where she helped develop MIT’s new statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. She also assisted other MIT and Wellesley professors with their research including conducting experiments to understand language acquisition by children, creating an annotated bibliography regarding voter representation in Latin America, and reviewing and categorizing over 1,000 Senate and Congressional immigration speeches. She has just returned from a semester abroad in London where she studied Russian Language and Politics at the University College London. In addition to English, Pauline has varying degrees of fluency in French, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Mandarin. Pauline aspires to work for a political think tank or research institution in Washington D.C. or an international city advising governments, organizations or companies on major global policy issues.