Skylar (she/her/hers) is an incoming fourth year at the University of California, Berkeley where she is double majoring in Global Studies (functional concentration in Peace and Conflict, regional concentration in the Middle East + North Africa) and Legal Studies. She has a keen interest in Middle Eastern politics and how different cultures around the world interact and influence decision making. That being said, Skylar hopes to focus her research on the Human Rights and Equality team on war crimes and human rights, specifically in the MENA region. On a different thread, Skylar wants to uncover how the limits of the Supreme Court and the willful ignorance of systemic unfairness from other branches of the federal government have contributed to discriminatory procedures that disproportionately target people of color, specifically through mass incarceration in the US. Skylar aspires to research fundamental alternatives to mass incarceration and expose the failure of many of the Warren Court’s criminal constitutional protections. Skylar aspires to fulfill her professional goals through work in the foreign service or as a public defender after she attends law school. In her free time, Skylar is passionate about musical theater, reading, and traveling.
