The David Bartsch and Joan Haffenreffer Bartsch Fellows to the UCGT
Each year, UCGT Fellows work alongside the faculty and staff of the CGT to lead and help cultivate the Undergraduate Committee and to plan events and initiatives specifically for undergraduates.
2025-2026 UCGT Fellows
CARA WREEN | COLUMBIA COLLEGE (‘27) | UCGT CHAIR
Cara is a junior at Columbia College majoring in Political Science-Economics with a minor in Mathematical Probability. Her research interests include international political economy, economic development, and immigration law. She has conducted research at the Columbia Political Science Department and serves as a Student Scholar for the Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies. At Columbia, Cara is also Director of Peer Review for the Columbia Journal of Asia and a Lead Editor at the Columbia Undergraduate Law Review. She is currently interning at the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
ZANE GLASSOCK | COLUMBIA COLLEGE (‘27) | UCGT VICE CHAIR
Zane is a junior from Port Angeles, Washington studying Cognitive Science and English. His academic interests lie at the humanistic intersection of philosophy, the natural sciences, and global affairs. At Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute, he has contributed to public neuroscience education, while his work in New York City includes direct outreach supporting unhoused populations. In Washington State, he has supported trauma-informed care initiatives and led environmental restoration efforts, and he serves as a volunteer with the Clallam County Search and Rescue Team. Zane’s intellectual interests focus on how global systems shape individual lives and how people across cultures construct meaning, navigate complexity, and cultivate connection through story, community, and shared understanding. Outside the classroom, he engages in introspective dialogue through creative writing groups and philosophy circles across New York City.