Philip Ma

Philip Ma served as the Spring 2017 Librarian of the Philodemic Society and was a Merrick speaker. Mr. Ma graduated in 2017 from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, majoring in International Politics with a concentration in International Security and a certificate in International Business Diplomacy. He grew up in the Asian-American community of Flushing, New York, where he spent his childhood eating dumplings and reading history books. He currently works as a civilian analyst for the U.S. Navy, and currently lives in Arlington, VA.