Adora Svitak (she or they) is a 4th-year PhD candidate in the joint program in Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale University. She is interested in gender, intimate life, and elites. Past research topics have included history of scientific discourse about female orgasm, “heteropessimism” in contemporary literary fiction, and police officers’ wives on Instagram. Now she interviews young adults (but not undergrads) about their romantic relationships.
Prior to Yale, she worked in communications for the non-profit that operates Wikipedia. She grew up near Seattle and received her B.A. from UC Berkeley, majoring in Development Studies and minoring in South Asian Studies and Creative Writing.
Adora loves East Rock, playing soccer (co-captaining the “Sophocleats,” a rec IM team mostly comprised of Drama School friends), and buying little treats.