Adora Svitak
Graduate School Student
Adora Svitak is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the joint program in Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale University. She is interested in gender, power, and intimate life. For her dissertation, she conducts qualitative research on US elites’ romantic relationships. Prior to Yale, she worked in communications for the non-profit that operates Wikipedia. She received her B.A. from UC Berkeley, majoring in Development Studies and minoring in South Asian Studies and Creative Writing. Because of her experience with public writing, she is particularly excited to work with students on ideas to reach audiences outside of academia.