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Hall Director for Watson and the East Side Houses with a collateral assignment at the GSC.

I love all things crafts, but mostly working with yarn. I love to travel and have lived in over 10 places. The GSC has become a home for me and where I feel most comfortable on campus. My top 5 types of shoes are (in no particular order): Flats, three-inch heels, Chacos, Birkenstocks and Frye Boots.

Check out my favorite library book here!

I love a good conversation over coffee, wandering around a used bookstore, the ocean, and exposed brick in buildings. I am excited to be at Carleton and working with the GSC to promote healthy communities and relationships.

Check out my library recommendation here!

Gender & Sexuality Center Associate

Shutesbury, Massachusetts

Majoring in American Studies

Working at the GSC is one way for me to continue learning about the issues I care about and engage with others to build an affirming and growth-inspiring community for everyone. I'm interested in healthy sexuality, examining power and privilege, eating breakfast, and making up words.

Check out my library recommendation here!

Gender and Sexuality Center Associate

Charlottesville, Virginia

Majoring in Women's and Gender Studies

I love cooking, hiking, list-making, and excessive color-coding. When I'm not hanging at the GSC or doing work, I like to come up with crazy dinner party ideas and make impossible travel plans. Carleton and the GSC have given me a great place to explore new interests, develop my identity, and learn about being a people-friendly person. Being involved with the GSC means constant, wonderful reminders that being an ally/advocate means learning something new every day. The GSC community has meant the world to me, and I'm so excited to find more and more ways to get involved and excited about making campus safe and friendly! 

Click here to see my library recommendation.

Gender and Sexuality Center Associate

Eugene, Oregon

Majoring in American Studies

I'm a Pacific Northwest girl through and through, but the GSC manages to make even Minnesota feel like home! I love the warmth of this community, the dedication to making campus-- and the world-- a more welcoming, safe, and positive place for every person. I absolutely love learning new things and expanding my perspective, so this is the perfect place for me. Come visit and we can listen to Nina Simone pandora and read the latest issue of Bitch magazine together!

Also, check out my book recommendation!

Gender and Sexuality Center Associate

Ames, Iowa

Majoring in Music

I love making music and making harmony.  I have always appreciated how safe, comfortable, and respected I feel at the GSC, and I am devoted to making sure everyone who comes into the GSC feels the same way.  I love engaging in hard, serious discussions as well as relaxed, silly chitchat, but most of all I just love listening to what people have to say.

You can see my library recommendation here!

Gender and Sexuality Center Associate

New York City, New York

Majoring in Women's and Gender Studies

I'm a junior Women and Gender Studies major from New York City. I love black feminist theory and studying women of color social movements. I hope to make the GSC a comfortable niche for as many people on campus as possible.

Read about my favorite book in the GSC library here!

Gender and Sexuality Center Associate

South Orange, New Jersey

Majoring in History 

 I'm a senior history major who gets great pleasure from friends, family, pickles, and sunny days. The GSC has proved to be a constant supplier of learning and giggles. Using sex positivity to achieve the campus climate we strive for makes me a happy camper. I'm excited to keep the knowledge flowing and challenge myself as an advocate and ally.

We don't own my library recommendation yet, so check out our wishlist.

Gender and Sexuality Center Associate

Independence, Missouri

Majoring in Chemistry

I've always been a fan of thunderstorms (and tracking the NOAA forecasts), artsy things (but I don't have near the artistic ability that my mom has), and The Cranberries (enough parenthetical digressions!). If you're wondering what I'm eating in my picture, it's a tomato from Eat the Lawn--I highly recommend supporting our organic farming programs on campus. I want to foster discussions and programs on queer political issues, sexual violence prevention, and intersection of identity. At first, I was pretty scared to come into the GSC. However, since first walking in during New Student Week, I have only felt welcomed by the staff and other students. You should come in, too, and talk to me, if you like! I'm always up for meeting people, whether I'm answering questions on queer issues or just saying hello.

My favorite GSC library book is When I Knew, click here to see why!

I love well designed kitchen utensils, listening to podcasts, and shopping at Savers. I see working at the GSC as an opportunity to create a more accepting, embracing climate at Carleton. The GSC is a great place to expand your worldview and to learn from fellow students! Come for the fun, stay for the social progress.

Check out my book recommendation!

Gender and Sexuality Center Associate

Atlanta, Georgia

Majoring in International Relations

I'm a proud Southerner who loves baking, feminist activism and talking to people. Working at the GSC is a dream because I get paid to do what I love: examine power, privilege, and intersecting identities, then create programs to address these issues at Carleton. I always welcome feedback or programming ideas and am happy for folks to come to my office hours and chat with me!

Check out my book recommendation!

Gender and Sexuality Center Associate

Perham, Minnesota

Majoring in English

I'm a sophomore from rural Minnesota who likes a lot of things and hates writing about himself but has to. Let's see, I like baking, sewing, quilting, gardening, cleaning, running and other outdoorsy stuff. Take that and combine it with my English major, and I'll make one heck of a stay-at-home dad. The GSC is great. It is such a welcoming place, and the programs it sponsors are engaging, fun, and super informative. I'm looking forward to contributing to such a great office!

Check out my book recommendation!