Alexandra Mork ’25, Brown University, applied for the 2024 Truman Scholarship because of her passion for civil rights law. The Truman Scholarship is considered the premier graduate scholarship for aspiring public service leaders in the United States. The 60 new Truman Scholars were selected from 709 candidates nominated by 285 colleges and universities.
This summer, before starting as a Truman scholar, she will travel to Strasbourg, France, as an Edward Guiliano ’72 Global Fellow to do research at the European Court of Human Rights Library to examine scholarship surrounding the Court’s interpretations of prisoners’ right to vote. Particularly, that prisoners ought to maintain their rights to citizenship, including their abilities to cast ballots in elections while behind bars.
At Brown, Alexandra, who comes from Henderson, Nevada, and Los Angeles, California is concentrating in Political science and history. In addition to her work as a Meiklejohn Peer Advisor, she served on campus as editor-in-chief of the Brown Political Review, the largest political publication in the Ivy League.
“I am so grateful for the mentorship that I have received from people throughout my time at Brown,” Mork said. “It’s a really unique, encouraging and supportive environment.”
Mork is passionate about issues of democracy, criminal justice reform and educational access, and hopes to pursue a J.D. and Master of Public Administration in order to become a civil rights appellate lawyer.
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