Student Testimonials

Mackenzi Stevenson is an Operations Research major with Columbia Engineering (class of 2024). She participated in the Columbia in Paris English program in Fall 2023, taking classes at Reid Hall on “City Diplomacy” and “Elites, Privilege, and Inequalities,” alongside French and International Relations courses at SciencesPo.

Thomas Ogg is a philosophy major at the Columbia School of General Studies, originally from Long Beach, California. He studied Art Hum and Music Hum (AHMH) at Reid Hall in Summer 2023.

Jennifer Harley is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia GSAS. In Summer 2023, she studied at Reid Hall, taking courses as part of the English track, including “Blackness in French: From Harlem to Paris and Beyond” and “Waves on Different Shores: Film in France, Japan, Brazil.” Additionally, she enrolled in French language courses at the Alliance Française.

Anne Gorayeb is a Biology major at Barnard College (class of 2025), originally from New York City. She studied in the French track at Reid Hall in Spring 2024.

Jennifer Chen is an Economics and Cognitive Science major at Columbia College (class of 2025). She participated in the English track of the Columbia in Paris undergraduate programs in Fall 2023.

Amaya Flores is a Political Science major and Psychology minor at Columbia College (class of 2025), originally from El Paso, Texas. She participated in the Columbia in Paris undergraduate programs in Fall 2023. At Reid Hall, Amaya took courses in the French track on the “Sex-Trade Economy” and “Political Life in France,” alongside “Academic Writing.”

Jett Flaxman is an Economics and Urban Studies major at UPenn (class of 2025), originally from Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. He participated in the Columbia in Paris undergraduate programs in Fall 2023. At Reid Hall, Jett took courses in “Urban History,” “Issues in 19th Century French Painting,” and “Academic Writing/Practicum 1,” as part of the French track.