Sejal Goud is a senior at Princeton University, where she is pursuing studies in public policy and international affairs and has been named the Frederick P. Hitz ’61 Scholar in the Nation’s Service. As the Program Associate within the Science & Society Program, Sejal works with a special focus on convening roundtables and authoring the Program’s signature publications. She is committed to leveraging her backgrounds in advocacy and journalism to promote the link between civic engagement and science communication, as well as to support underrepresented communities in and through the sciences. Her interest in these initiatives informs her current independent research into Latin American climate mobility policy. Her previous independent policy research has examined tensions between environmental protection and affordable housing law, as well as multilateral climate mobility, which was presented to the U.S. National Security Council.
She first joined the Aspen Institute as an intern in Summer 2022, after which she stayed on to support the Science & Society team as Communications Coordinator for 2 years. At Princeton, Sejal leads the Features section of The Daily Princetonian as Head Editor, is an Ethics of Policy Fellow, and is involved with various community organizations, including El Centro English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL), Vote100, and the Service Focus Race, Migration, and Belonging cohort.
In addition to Aspen, Sejal has spent time at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
