Capstones
Graduation Date
Fall 12-19-2025
Grading Professor
Jeannine Amber
Subject Concentration
Arts & Culture
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Abstract
This capstone examines how two people from two different Gen Z groups are navigating the 2024 U.S. election. One story revolves around a young woman adopting a U.S. version of South Korea’s 4B Movement and another reflects on a Gen Z Arab American responding to the Israel–Hamas war. Through reported stories and interviews, it explores how personal experience, gender and ethnic violence, and political disillusionment shaped these young voters’ choices and activism. Sierra Bee's story is in light of Trump's election and Liam's is right before the 2024 election took place. Together, the pieces highlight how global events and identity-based experiences drive people towards certain forms of political expression beyond traditional party loyalty. https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT1h3OWxgXQqCbuExgHRKGWcWc-8QIxzPYAp_BlPCvYj0pC7Al52LgYXtsZrAAsZNLK8IDbbBa1KdIN/pub
Recommended Citation
La Sala, Juliet, "Inside the Gen Z Vote Across Gender and Race" (2025). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gj_etds/807
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