Yagmur Akyurek
BA Candidate - Literature and Visual Culture: Narrative and Place
Born in Turkey and raised in Massachusetts, Yagmur has always been interested in how communities interact with the physical . . .
Alex Ates
MA Candidate - Theater, Activism, Education, and the American South
Alex is from New Orleans, Louisiana, and plans to study theater, activism, education, and the American South at Gallatin. . . .
Ashley Elizabeth Battiste
BA Candidate - Computer Science and the Ethics of AI and Technology
Born and raised in New York, Ashley is a junior at Gallatin. She has chosen to concentrate in both . . .
Suhyla Behiry
BA Candidate - Power and Politics in the Middle East
Suhyla (pronounced soo-HEY-la) was born in New York City. A child of Egyptian immigrants and a first-generation American, Suhyla . . .
Cheyenne Bryant
BA Candidate - Healing from Sickness: Curing/Mending Colonial Trauma Through Art, Education, and Play
Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Cheyenne is in her junior year at Gallatin. Her concentration, Healing from Sickness: . . .
Yejin Chang
BA Candidate - Asian American and Zainichi History through Literature
Yejin attended a vocational high school in New Jersey, where she studied business and finance. She entered Gallatin hoping . . .
Aran Chang
MA Candidate - Social and Cultural Analysis of Public Health Practices for Underserved Korean American Communities
Aran graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BA degree in Medicine, Science, and Humanities, focusing on history of . . .
Tristan Donaldson
BA Candidate - Neuroanthropology and Philosophy within a Chinese Context
Prior to starting at NYU, Tristan spent three years living in China, an experience which was influential in shaping . . .
Lewis Fender
BA Candidate - The Dramaturgy of Adaptation; Minor: German
Lewis studies the practice of theatrical adaptation intersecting with theories of the archive and queerness. In spring of 2019, . . .
Rachel Finkelstein
BA Candidate - Narratives of Human Rights
Born and raised on Long Island, Rachel studies the influence of human rights and how the testimonies of victims . . .
Thea Hurwitz
BA Candidate - Art In Real Life: Transforming the Landscapes of Art Institutions Through Diversity and Accessibility
Thea is a Gallatin sophomore from Arlington, Virginia, who is designing a concentration that combines her interests in art . . .
Ramon Johnson
MA Candidate - Black Queer Studies
Ramon is an educator, interdisciplinary artist, and sociologist who is developing a concentration in Black Queer Studies at Gallatin. . . .
Judy Luo
BA Candidate - Carceral Studies; Minor: Philosophy
At Gallatin, Judy is concentrating in Carceral Studies—the broad study of social control, punishment, and discipline—and minoring in philosophy. . . .
Zixin Liu
BA Candidate - Unseen
Zixin, who is originally from China, is interested in psychoanalysis, sociology, and fairy tales and folklore. He is designing . . .
Beryl Liu
MA Candidate - Motion Pictures and Theatre: Acting and Producing
Beryl is an aspiring actor, producer, and filmmaker. She completed an undergraduate degree at McGill University where she co-produced . . .
Viktoria Pashtriku
MA Candidate - Collective Memory and Disruptive Narratives in the Postwar Balkans
Born and raised in New York City, Viktoria spent her summers memorizing the streets of Prizren, Kosovo. Her firsthand . . .
Rina Patel
MA Candidate - Creative Writing, Storytelling, Anthropology
Writer, speaker, facilitator, and social entrepreneur Rina earned a BA in Business Administration with concentrations in Marketing and Legal . . .
David Puente
MA Candidate: Urban Studies, Tourism Management and Global Policy
In 2019, David was awarded the Gallatin Global Fellowship in Urban Practice, which allowed him to spend three months . . .
José G. Alba Rodríguez
MA Candidate - Candidate Dramatic Writing, Theatre, and Performance Studies
José is a writer and performer who hails from Jalisco, Mexico. He moved to New York City to attend . . .
Noah Rosen
MA Candidate - Afro-Asia: Jazz Politics and Cross-Cultural Music Production in the 1960s
Noah is a double bassist and ethnomusicologist whose research centers on migration, interculturalism, and the politics of race and . . .
Caroline Shadle
MA Candidate - Dance Studies
Caroline began as a pre-professional ballet student in Chicago and went on to become a leader of the dance . . .
Isaac Slone
MA Candidate - Dramatic Dialogue: Performance Studies as a Framework for Understanding Psychoanalytic Technique
Isaac received his undergraduate degree at Gallatin where he was honored with the Award in Interdisciplinary Academic Excellence for . . .
Sophie Spector
BA Candidate - Infectious Disease from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
Raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Sophie is studying infectious disease at the intersection of science and humanities. Captivated by the . . .
Mariama Stevenson
BA Candidate - Health and Human Rights Through Racial and Historic Oppression
Born and raised in New York City, Mariama comes from a West African, Fulani household. At Gallatin, she focuses . . .
Jules Talbot
BA Candidate - Shakespeare in Adaptation
Jules’s concentration investigates Shakespeare’s plays and their changing relevance today. It questions the history and politics of the English . . .
Lizette Terry
MA Candidate - Black Feminist Critical Media Studies, Visual Arts and Culture
Lizette hails from New York and is a Black feminist scholar artivist—an artist and activist. She earned her BA . . .
Andrew Timm
MA Candidate - Data Science for Politics
Andrew is a political organizer and campaign worker with more than five years of experience up and down the . . .
Morghan Williams
MA Candidate - Visual Arts Administration and Africana Studies
Morghan earned her BA in Art History, Visual Arts, and Africana Studies from Sarah Lawrence College. During her time . . .
Boheng Zhang
BA Candidate - In Search of Religion, Freedom, and Religious Freedom; Minor: German
Pronouns: they/them Boheng has directed their undergraduate degree at Gallatin to concentrate on contemporary religious political relationships with a . . .