The Aspen Institute

At the Aspen Institute Science & Society Program, Hassan Farah, Ph.D., is manager of our Science & Social Justice pillar, with a particular focus on the youth initiative, Our Future Is Science (OFIS), connecting science and social justice. Hassan is an alumnus mentor of OFIS and completed his doctorate at Virginia Tech researching the biomechanics of balance and walking for children with hemiplegia cerebral palsy. Since his time as an undergraduate at the University of Arizona, Hassan has developed and directed leadership training programs, organized large-scale demonstrations and negotiations as a student activist, and has always been committed to mentorship within and outside of university settings. He seeks to pull from his experiences to foster stronger relationships between mentors, mentees, and ambassadors in OFIS.