Ayaan Ali

Ayaan Ali is a student in Columbia College majoring in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African studies (MESAAS) and pursuing minors in Computer Science and Ethnic Studies. His current academic interests include modern South Asian history, postcolonial societies, technology policy, and the history of violence. Ayaan currently interns with the International Trade Administration under the US Department of Commerce and previously interned as a summer associate at McLaughlin & Stern, a Manhattan-based corporate law firm. At Columbia, he is a 2024 Humanities Research Scholar, a library assistant at Columbia Law School, a deputy editor at Columbia Daily Spectator, and the president of the Pakistani Students Association.