Jasmine Razeghi �22: Advancing Social Justice
From impactful internships to an award-winning podcast to a politics writing fellowship, Jasmine Razeghi ’22 (she/they) used their time at Whitman College to hone a bold and confident voice on issues that matter. She has gone on to use that voice on a national scale at prominent social justice organizations, including the Center for American Progress and the MacArthur Justice Center.
�My Whitman experience definitely taught me to take risks. I was comfortable enough to lay out my ideas, questions, and doubts on the table for my professors to push back against or support.
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Jasmine Pathway
2019 | Admitted to Whitman
with achievement and need-based scholarships
2019 | Attended Summer Fly-In
for first-generation and working-class students
2019�2020 | Worked as an Admission Blog Intern
2020 | Completed a summer internship
as a Gen Z and Politics Writer for The Pavlovic Today, funded by a Whitman Internship Grant
2020 | Worked as a Student Academic Advisor
2020�2021 | Founded and co-hosted the 淲hitman So White!� podcast,
which won the Ben Rabinowitz Award in 2021
2020�2022 | Worked as a Politics Department Liaison
2021 | Interned as a Fluno Politics Research Assistant,
funded by a Whitman grant
2021�2022 | Worked as a Resident Assistant,
winning the Excellence in Residence Life Award (2022)
2021 | Won the Chester C. Maxey Award for Outstanding Junior Politics Major
2022 | Worked as a Politics Writing Fellow
for students in Intro to U.S. Politics/Policymaking (Politics 109) and Gender and Race in Law and Policy (Politics 254)
2022 | Won the Chester C. Maxey Award for Outstanding Senior Politics Major
May 2022 | Graduated from Whitman
magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Chinese with a Global Studies concentration
2022�2024 | Worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant
at the George Washington University
2023 | Completed a summer internship at the Center for American Progress,
which led to being hired as a Media Relations Associate
2024 | Graduated from the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
with a Master of Arts in Media and Strategic Communications
2025 | Promoted to Senior Media Relations Associate
at the Center for American Progress
2025 | Hired as Communications Manager
at the MacArthur Justice Center
�I think [the Whitman] environment has shaped how I advocate for myself and my ideas now both at work and in the classroom … I also learned to find hope … There’s always something to look forward to or to be hopeful for.
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Published on Feb 14, 2025