Genrietta Churbanova selected as Princeton valedictorian, John Freeman named salutatorian

Genrietta Churbanova, an anthropology major from Little Rock, Arkansas, has been named the Princeton Class of 2024 valedictorian. John Freeman, a classics major from Chicago, has been selected as the salutatorian. The Princeton faculty accepted the nominations of the Faculty Committee on Examinations and Standing at its April 15 meeting.

Churbanova is deeply engaged in scholarship related to Chinese and Russian relations. In addition to her anthropology major, she is minoring in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, and Chinese language and culture. She was named a 2024 Schwarzman Scholar and will pursue a master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing after graduating from Princeton.