Giovanna Rosal
BA (2021)
Graduate Student, Carelton University
When did you graduate from the Uofa and what was your degree?
April 2021, Bachelor of Arts in Women’s and Gender Studies and Sociology (minor)
How do you use your degree in your personal and professional life?
My degree equipped me with the skills to critically analyze the world and communicate my perspective effectively. It also taught me about how power operates in society and how all knowledge is situated based on one’s positionality. These insights have been extremely helpful in both my academic pursuits as an MA student and in my personal relationships as an abolitionist committed to building collective liberatory futures.
What have you been up to since graduating? (jobs, education, research, awards,
volunteering, projects, notable mentions)
After completing my Bachelor's degree, I took a year off to work and apply to graduate school. During that time, I worked in the non-profit sector for an organization that provides supports for individuals with disabilities. Currently, I am pursuing a Master's degree in sociology at Carleton University, where my research is broadly focused on reproduction and naturalization of carceral violence from a feminist abolitionist perspective. My current research interests include education (police free schools), collective care and transformative pedagogies of resistance. I volunteer for the YEG Police Violence Archive and the GELA Prison Libraries Project, and organize with No Cops on Campus and CPEP (the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project).
Anything else that is relevant to your experience as a WGS student/graduate!
The WGS classes I took as an undergrad were top notch, I particularly enjoyed ‘On Complicity and Being Implicated’ (WGS 498) with Susanne Luhmann. Also the faculty was very supportive and provided me with a lot of guidance, both as an undergraduate and while applying to graduate school.
What are your pronouns?
she/her