Sarah Task is majoring in Gender & Women’s Studies and Psychology.
- Why did you choose GWS?
To be honest I feel like I didn’t choose GWS so much as GWS kind of chose me. I am a psychology and pre-med student, but I had the chance to take some courses for my own personal interests and kept finding myself enrolled in and enjoying GWS classes. After a while it just felt like an easy choice to make it a second major given my love for the field and its topics as well as the meaningful and significant intersections GWS has with the field of psychology and healthcare. - Has GWS changed your approach to your involvement (on or off campus) during college? If so, how?
Yes, I think gaining an understanding of topics within the GWS field alters your approach to almost every aspect of life, especially those in which you are engaging with others. It has also gifted me with several new friends and the opportunity to meet and work with a lot of great professors. - How has GWS shaped your future plans?
It has deeply impacted the ways in which I approach psychology and healthcare, as well as provided me with multiple significant frameworks and lens that I can apply to my own work. I hope to find myself in the field of psychiatry at the intersection with the carceral system, working with incarcerated populations, and many of the things I have learned from GWS courses will be helpful for this career path.