Get Creative with your Election Engagement!

Daniella Mascarenhas has her PhD in political science and currently serves as an assistant professor of political science at Xavier University of Louisiana. She teaches courses on political theory and public law. Her scholarly work addresses questions of freedom within political theory especially applied to state punishment and incarceration. She also examines the role of civic engagement in normative theories of freedom. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Political Science Education. She is excited to be a 2024 Faculty Fellow with C4AA, bringing her scholarly interest in civic engagement into the classroom.

Erin Mysogland is the Assistant Director of the Center for Community Action and Research and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Peace and Justice Studies at Pace University. In both positions, Erin works with Pace students to empower them to take action on justice issues they are passionate about. Erin has a Master’s in International and World History from Columbia University and the London School of Economics where she studied strategies activists used in response to the policing of migrant children. Erin is passionate about youth voter engagement and movements for racial justice past and present! 

Eliana Reed began working in the youth organizing space in 2020 as the Creative & Social Media Organizer with Leaders Igniting Transformation (LIT) in Wisconsin. After the 2020 cycle, she transitioned to working with LIT’s national network, Alliance for Youth Organizing as Content Manager. In those roles, she cultivated relationships with local and state organizers across the country to create digital campaigns, trained young communications professionals on digital organizing tactics, and developed and executed social media strategies to grow the movement among young people. Now with the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition, Eliana provides communications support for several programs including National Voter Education Week and Campus Takeover.