Class of 2025 Graduate Student Fellows
Maya Novak-herzog
Maya Novak-herzog is a PhD candidate in Northwestern's Political Science department. She is also a Cluster Fellow with the Gender and Sexuality Studies Program. Her research is on sexual violence, sexual decision-making, and gender inequality, with a focus on how sexual violence is shaped by legal language. She spends a lot of time playing chess, cycling and looking at the trees changing color in the city. Maya can be reached at maya.novak-herzog@northwestern.edu.
Trevor Spelman
Trevor Spelman is a PhD student in the Management and Organizations program at the Kellogg School of Management. Trevor uses a psychological approach to study human behavior and social perception. In his research, he studies epistemic communities; groups of people who share similar beliefs and knowledge; and how motivations to create and maintain group consensus affect the beliefs that group members hold, broadcast, and fight for. Trevor focuses on interventions that encourage people to respond to opposing views with curiosity and openness, rather than threat and defensiveness. Trevor can be reached at trevor.spelman@kellogg.northwestern.edu.