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Ava Brietbeck headshot.

Graduate Student Representative to the Board, 2024-25

Breitbeck is a graduate student in the science teaching program in the College of Arts and Sciences. Specifically, she conducts research into how the public forms attitudes about science, both inside and outside the classroom. She works as a teaching assistant in the Department of Physics and as a graduate intern in the Office of Admissions. She served as a student representative to the Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee for the 2022-2023 academic year. Originally from Syracuse, Breitbeck holds bachelor's degrees in physics and political science from Syracuse University. Outside of Syracuse University, she is an event supervisor for the New York State Science Olympiad organization.

Breitbeck serves as the graduate student representative to the board for the 2024-25 academic year. She participates, ex officio, on the board’s Academic Affairs and the Student Experience committees and reports to the board at Executive Committee and full board meetings.