Brooke Weichel

Originally from the Washington D.C. area, Brooke is an MPhil in Politics (European Politics and Society) student in the Department of Politics and International Relations. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2022 and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science & International Studies with a concentration in Gender, Race, and Nation. 

Brooke joins the Hub after previous involvement in several gender and care-related projects. In addition to her past research on Poland and North Macedonia’s LGBTQ+ communities, she has worked on initiatives to increase sexual violence prevention education and promote reproductive justice-oriented reforms in the US carceral system. Her current thesis work focuses on the role of minority identity in European politics.