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Brittany Ellis

Election Year: 2019

Election Constituency: United States of America

Scholar Status: Scholar Alum

Rhodes Identifier: Pennsylvania & St Edmund Hall 2019

Brittany Ellis

Biography

Brittany N. Ellis is a Harvard senior concentrating in Social Anthropology and Archaeology. A reporter, and now News Executive at the Harvard Crimson, she exposed problems with the Harvard Athletics Department that contributed to a system-wide assessment of varsity athletic culture. Ellis was previously the President of Harvard's oldest feminist organization, the Radcliffe Union of Students, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa as a junior. Brittany has spent the last two summers in Jordan studying Arabic and working on an archaeological dig for her senior thesis, which focuses on community-oriented research methods. Brittany manages the intramural crew program for Kirkland House and is captain and coxswain of her crew. Brittany intends to continue her studies in anthropology.