Jasper Katz ’19 is a Law and Public Policy Scholar at Temple University, Beasley School of Law. They graduated from Bard College with a degree in political studies, where they completed a thesis examining the early gay rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. During their time at Bard, Jasper created and co-led “Gender 101” trainings for Bard’s student-run crisis hotline, the student staff members of Residential Life, and Bard’s student services staff, including the Dean of Students Office, Safety and Security, and the Athletics Department. Jasper also worked as a Field Organizer on the Mainers United for Marriage campaign in 2012, and served as a Victory Congressional Intern in the summer of 2015 for Senator Tammy Baldwin. While in Washington, Jasper is interning at Whitman-Walker Health’s Legal Services Department as an AmeriCorps JD Member. At Temple, Jasper is co-president of the National Lawyers Guild and president of OutLaw, and they are excited to pursue their interest in policies affecting transgender people.
