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Emily Bent, PhD (she/her) is an Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies. Her research explores how girl-activists engage in social justice movements within transnational contexts. Over the last fifteen years, she has conducted fieldwork with more than 100 girl-activists engaged in the girls’ rights movement at the United Nations.
Marcella Szablewicz, PhD (she/her) is an Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies. Her research focuses on youth and digital media, with a dual emphasis on moral panics about new technology and the ways that digital media can empower or exclude marginalized voices. Szablewicz conducts fieldwork in China, where she lived for a number of years.
Annie is a junior majoring in Psychology and English. She is an avid animal and plant lover who spends her free time reading, visiting cafés with friends, and walking through the city. Her favorite place in New York is Seaport or on the ledge of her dorm room window reading a good book. She is excited to help others seeking leadership positions at Pace and in their lives!
Gia Matos Ovalles is a junior majoring in Film and Screen Studies.