Emma Schlitt

Research Interests: Women’s Mental Health, Healthcare Access, Disability Studies, Social Media Impact on Healthcare, Mental Healthcare

Emma Schlitt (she/her) is an MA student in Carleton’s Human Rights and Social Justice program. Emma is passionate about mental health care access for women worldwide, focusing on those often left out of meaningful conversations on how to reframe accessing vital services. Within her undergraduate degree at Carleton, she volunteered with Seven Women, an NGO based out of Nepal that focused on giving women with a variety of disabilities agency access to the resources they felt would benefit their community the most. For her MA, she hopes to focus on women from various nations worldwide and how different elements of society, such as Social media, can provide a voice for those to advocate for what they need regarding infrastructure, education, and many other vital components. She chose Carleton because of her positive experience during her undergraduate degree and the variety of professors targeting similar research areas.

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Emma was a member of the Human Rights and Social Justice Society in her undergraduate degree, alongside working on the CUSA clubs commission learning about many integral parts of the clubs system at Carleton. Emma also worked with other organizations, such as Shamrock School Nepal, to support curating their social media to become more present online