Sejal Goud is an MPA candidate and Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI) Graduate Fellow at Princeton University, where she is pursuing studies in international relations. As the Program Associate within the Science & Society Program, Sejal works with a special focus on convening roundtables and authoring the Program’s signature publications. She is committed to leveraging her backgrounds in public service and in journalism to promote the link between civic engagement and science communication, as well as to support underrepresented communities in and through the sciences.
Sejal graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University with a B.A. in public policy. Her independent research has spanned Indigenous autonomy in Panamanian sea level rise adaptation, tensions between environmental protection and affordable housing law, as well as multilateral climate mobility, which she presented to the U.S. National Security Council.
She first joined the Aspen Institute as an intern in Summer 2022, after which she stayed on to support the Science & Society team as Communications Coordinator for 2 years. As an undergraduate student at Princeton, Sejal led the Features section of The Daily Princetonian as Head Editor, was an Ethics of Policy Fellow, and was involved with various community organizations, including El Centro English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL), Vote100, and the Service Focus Race, Migration, and Belonging cohort. In addition to Aspen, Sejal has spent time at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.