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Oscar Luckett CC'25

Award Recognition

Civic Responsibility
Oscar Luckett CC’25 is a graduating senior in the American Studies department. He is recognized for his work on the University Senate, where he served on the student affairs committee and the rules committee. As a senator, Luckett has worked to strengthen the university’s system of shared governance by advocating for administrative transparency, expanded campus resources and access and more robust student representation. A native Brooklynite, Luckett has been deeply engaged in local politics, working as a policy aide for his city councilmember, organizing for tenants' rights in Morningside Heights and West Harlem, and holding a seat on his neighborhood community board. Luckett has also been a member of the Eric H. Holder Jr. Initiative student advisory board, led Gadfly's interviews team and worked as a teaching assistant for the Freedom and Citizenship program, where he guided NYC high school students through a seminar on philosophy and civics.
I am deeply appreciative of my wonderful mentors, friends and family. Thank you to my faculty mentors in American studies and Columbia Law school, to my brilliant colleagues on the Senate, to the thoughtful and kind individuals who I am lucky enough to call my friends and interlocutors and to my family, for their inexhaustible love and support.