The purpose of the GSS Undergraduate Leaders is to increase awareness about the Princeton GSS Department and build community amongst students involved in the discipline.
Anika Asthana is a History and Gender and Sexuality Studies student at Princeton University. Her research focuses on 19th century constructions of racial boundaries and gendered identities.
Haley (she/her) is a senior from North Carolina, majoring in the Psychology department, with a minor in Gender & Sexuality Studies. On campus, she is the president of the Pride Alliance, an active member of SIFP, where she mentors fellow first generation, low-income students like herself. She also works closely as an intern…
Thomas is a senior from Massachusetts, majoring in Sociology with minors in African American Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and History, as well as a certificate in Latin American Studies. He finds meaning in advocacy work in community organizing, as well as through his work advising students as a Peer Academic Advisor and Community…
Hi! My name is Aidan Mahoney and I'm a senior majoring in Psychology with minors in Neuroscience and Gender & Sexuality Studies. From growing up in a conservative, small town in Louisiana to now being a queer student-athlete on the Men's Tennis Team here at Princeton, I have a unique perspective on the interaction of gender and sexuality…
Wasif Sami is a theater-maker, performance artist, and scholar who is curious about moving and loving queerly. He is a senior anthropology major with minors in theater and gender & sexuality studies, and he is interested in queer subjectivity and the various ways it can be constituted and fractured based on social and spiritual…
Justin Shields is a senior from Snellville, Georgia, majoring in Psychology with minors in Neuroscience and Gender and Sexuality Studies. He hopes to pursue graduate studies in Clinical Psychology, focusing on suicide prevention within at-risk queer populations. He is particularly interested in working with low-income adolescents in the…
Sibette is a senior in the School of Public and International Affairs from Hamilton, NJ. Sibette is interested in immigration and the experiences of undocumented women throughout the asylum process in the U.S. At Princeton, she is a Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources, and Education (SHARE) Peer and works for Princeton Campus…
I am a rising junior in the Anthropology department pursuing a minor in Gender & Sexuality Studies. I am excited to begin my independent work examining queer, trans and femme experiences through an ethnographic lens.