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Brittany Clottey

Major: Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE)
Minor: International Affairs

2022

Originally from Sicklerville, NJ, Brittany came to Northeastern knowing that she wanted to center her community in her work and studies. Although she had never taken a philosophy course until college, she fell in love with the subject and its attempts to critically assess the world and understand the underpinnings of our actions and motivations in society. During her time at Northeastern, she’s been a part of several e-boards, including Sisters and Solidarity and the Avenue Magazine. She has also volunteered as a CSSH Ambassador and is currently the President of Minorities and Philosophy. Brittany has also held numerous research and teaching positions at Northeastern. She credits her professors and peers for having contributed to her academic, professional, and personal success.

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Brittany’s Path

Brittany came to Northeastern knowing that she wanted to center her community in her studies. She took her first philosophy course here, where she fell in love with the subject.

Social and Political Philosophy is one of her favorite courses at Northeastern. It was one of the first times she got to engage with a variety of Black and POC philosophers and intersectional topics.

Brittany had the opportunity to do an internship at the MFA, where she applied both her interest in the arts and her analytical thinking skills to gain experience in curatorial work.

Museum of Fine Arts

Brittany is currently the founding President of Minorities and Philosophy, where they focus on leading initiatives to increase diversity in the field of philosophy.

Minorities and Philosophy

Brittany worked on the e-board for Sisters in Solidarity, a group for Black women at Northeastern that focuses on self-care and healing. Brittany aims to center the Black experience in her life and work.

Sisters in Solidarity

After her freshman year, she had the opportunity to participate in a Dialogue of Civilizations, conducting field research on global social enterprises and cultural customs in her home country, Ghana.

Dialogue of Civilizations

Brittany did a co-op at J-PAL North America, a poverty lab at MIT. As a research and policy assistant, she assisted in the development of research resources and tools for social science scholars.

J-PAL Poverty Action Lab

She is currently working on a research project and exhibition with Professor Patricia Davis in CAMD on public memory and the corporeality of Black women, pulling extensively from Black feminist scholarship

Brittany will be starting her final co-op position working with the WGSS department and the SIGNS feminist journal. She hopes to pursue a Ph.D. one day in either Philosophy or American studies.

“I’ve always been an interdisciplinary learner, and the PPE program has sharpened my ability to see the world in such nuanced ways.”

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