Gabrielle '24 is originally from Tenafly, NJ; she studies International and Public Affairs (Development) and History. An avid tea drinker, she is often found with a cup in hand. At Brown she is an after-school teacher with BEAM, a senior editor at the Brown Journal of History, and has written for The Indy. Outside of Brown, her work focused on international education, development studies, and applying geography to NGOs and non-profits.

Project:

My Royce Fellowship research studies the role of community centers as educational spaces in London, UK. London is often cited as successful UK multiculturalism, yet the poverty rate is seven percentage points higher than the national average (Trust in London Report, 2022). In London, I will visit centers across the boroughs and interview willing users and staff members as co-researchers. Through ethnographic interviews, I will study the relationship between centers as educational spaces and their users’ identifiers, particularly social class. This research includes the intersection between social class and race/ethnicity. Despite the cultural importance of class in the UK, the topic remains understudied. Given London’s class dynamics, my research seeks to determine whether social class plays an important role in community center usage.