Siddhu Pachipala is a junior at MIT studying political science and mathematical economics. His work explores how democratic societies sustain civic unity amid deep disagreement, combining American political thought with empirical social science. He has researched whether AI-mediated deliberation can reduce polarization at MIT GOV/LAB and is leading an econometrics project on civic capacity and immigration backlash. He also helps teach first-year seminars in political philosophy and serves as a Debate Fellow through MIT Concourse. Siddhu has worked in public policy at the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and in grassroots fundraising and voter persuasion for the Harris for President campaign. He is a squad leader in Army ROTC and leads re:FOUNDING, a civic-education initiative developing a next-generation high-school civics curriculum. His writing on American politics and civic culture has appeared in The New York Times, CNN, Newsweek, Slate, and other outlets.