Episode 35: Mrinalini Wadhwa Shares Her Love for History and Mathmatics

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. As always, please subscribe to the show, and listen and share the podcast with your circles and beyond. This week's episode features a conversation with Columbia student and Rhodes Scholar Mrinalini Wadhwa (class of '24). Mrinalini grew up in New Delhi and New York City and double majored in history and mathematics. With an interest in the intersections of gender, religion and law, Mrinalini is examining how religious knowledge is developed, transmitted and codified into law in the context of the British and French empires, with resonances for present-day debates over rights-based claims in our legal systems. This conversation looks at the specific topics that Mrinalini has explored during her time at Columbia and how she will use the knowledge she has gained in her next steps. As always, the value of the humanities is at the forefront! This is the fifth of seven episodes that we are releasing over the course of the coming weeks featuring interviews that were conducted while we were on campus at Columbia University in early April of 2024. We spoke with a range of faculty and some students about their experience working and learning within the storied core curriculum at Columbia College. Check out our first four episodes from this series with Dr. Richard John, Dr. Meredith Gamer, Dr. Clémence Boulouque⁠, students Avi Adler and Marwan Kanafani and Bryan Doerries of Theatre of War Productions. Follow the show on X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JobLiberalArts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and on Instagram @LiberalArtsJobPod ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail Smithson