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Funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Graduate Institute for Design, Ethnography & Social Thought at the New School incubates advanced transdisciplinary research and practice at the intersection of social theory and design and fosters dialogue on related themes across the university.

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Jen Roy

Jen Roy, a Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology at The New School for Social Research, is the 2025-26 GIDEST Program Assistant.

 

Jen Roy is a Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology at The New School for Social Research. She is currently writing her dissertation, which explores public health interventions in Rio de Janeiro. Her research focuses on the collaborative partnership between Brazil’s preeminent institution for the study and administration of scientific and technological knowledge, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, and the grassroots, community-centered civil society organization Redes da Maré.

She was/is the 2024-25 and 2025-26 GIDEST Program Assistant.

Image courtesy Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

 

Image courtesy Redes da Maré