Zander B. (IN A NUTSHELL)

Hi there! Great to virtually meet you. My name is Zander Blitzer and I am a recent graduate of Brown University with a degree in History (with a focus on Labor & Economic History) and Early Modern World (with a focus on Renaissance Literature). I am a researcher, writer, policymaker, and creative who is so excited about helping you find and grow your passion, whatever that turns out to be.

Since graduation, I’ve worked as an intern at the White House Gender Policy Council and embarked on a Fulbright Research Grant in Bangalore, India. My research project is focused on evaluating the implementation and enforcement of India’s workplace sexual harassment law. I am passionate about policy, law, gender studies, labor, and other related issues and look forward to building a career focused on gender policy. This coming fall, I will be beginning a public affairs fellowship in New York City.

At Brown, I nurtured my dual passions for policy / history / political science and theater / writing / creative pursuits inside and outside the classroom. I served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Brown Political Review, Brown’s premier non-partisan political publication -- an organization I am proud to support even in an alumni capacity. I also served on the board of Shakespeare on the Green, one of Brown’s theater organizations. I worked as a Meiklejohn Peer Advisor, guiding 3 cohorts of students through the trials and tribulations of their first years of college, led and mentored students in outdoor spaces with Brown Outdoor Leadership Training, led the Brown Undergraduate Group for History, read screenplays for Ivy Film Festival, and contributed to gender studies research. Many of these activities drew on passions I cultivated in high school, such as my participation in high school theater, the school newspaper, Model UN, tour guiding, and more. 

Outside of all of this, I love to ski (I used to race competitively), read (on track for at least 50 books this year), travel (I’ve lived in Europe and Asia), hike (I went to sleepaway camp in Maine), sing (I was in a children’s choir for 9 years), and craft (I’m very passionate about my bullet journal). I am so excited to work with you on anything related to politics, writing, the arts, organizational skills, and more -- can’t wait to meet you and get started!