#  Peer Concentration Advisors 

 



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Name: **Sam Benkelman**  
Year: Class of 2020  
Houses: Leverett House  
Linguistics Track: Pure Linguistics, Honors Track  
Academic Interests: Semantics, Pragmatics, Computational Ling, Experimental Methods  
Extracurricular Activities: Harvard College Children's Stories  
[Harvard Email](mailto:benkelman@college.harvard.edu)

   ![Sam Benkelman](/sites/g/files/omnuum5001/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/linguistics/files/sam_benkelman.jpg?itok=Pp3Fb0AN) 

 

Name: **Grace Whitney**  
Year: Class of 2020  
House: Adams House  
Track: Linguistics with Math as a Related Field  
Academic interests: Semantics & syntax, CS, math  
Extracurricular activities: Modern and tap dance, HMMT (Harvard-MIT Math Tournament), Woodturning  
[Harvard Email](mailto:g_whitney@college.harvard.edu)

   ![Grace Whitney](/sites/g/files/omnuum5001/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/linguistics/files/grace_whitney.jpg?itok=Tli80LNc) 

 

Name: **Jessica Gebhard**  
Year: Class of 2020  
House: Lowell House  
Track: Linguistics with Anthropology as a Related Field  
Academic interests: Ethnography, Semantics, Syntax  
Extracurricular activities: Harvard College Climbing Wall, Harvard College Horror Club, Pastry Chef for Lowell Tea  
[Harvard Email](mailto:jessica_gebhard@college.harvard.edu%20)

   ![Jessica Gebhard](/sites/g/files/omnuum5001/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/linguistics/files/jessica_gebhard_01.jpg?itok=NptWHS0r) 

 

Name: **Jake Cui**  
Year: Class of 2020  
Houses: Adams House  
Linguistics Track: Joint Concentration with Computer Science  
Academic Interests: Entrepreneurship, technology, product design/management  
Extracurricular Activities: AAA (Asian American Association), DLP (Digital Literacy Project), ex-member of Harvard iLab  
[Harvard Email](mailto:jake_cui@college.harvard.edu)

   ![Jake Cui](/sites/g/files/omnuum5001/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/linguistics/files/jake_cui.jpg?itok=vrwjGm31) 

 

Name: **Rebecca Hao**  
Year: Class of 2020  
House: Currier House  
Linguistics Track: Joint Concentration with Computer Science  
Academic Interests: Computational psycholinguistics, semantics, natural language processing, computational neuroscience  
Extracurricular Activities: Taekwondo, Harvard Society of Mind, Brain, and Behavior (HSMBB), FUSIAN (East Asian interest a cappella), Asian American Dance Troupe  
[Harvard Email](mailto:rhao@college.harvard.edu)

   ![Rebecca Hao](/sites/g/files/omnuum5001/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/linguistics/files/rebbeca_hao.jpg?itok=UHc6Z1Z1) 

 



 

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