Meet the ASA
We're here to ensure that you can make the most of your McGill experience. Like you, we're passionate about anthropology.
Front row (left to right): Ash Morris, Lake de Gall, Safianna O'Malley, Gina Cassellius, Eva Lynch, and Olivia Beatty. Back row (left to right): Danica Friss Wilson, Ella Siciliano, Shannon Vezina, Dali Jedrzejowski-Soccio, Ally Hart and Gabriela Martino.
Danica Friss-Wilson
Favourite ANTH Class: ANTH 510: Religion and Economics
Dream ethnography site: Reality TV set
The President is responsible for the overseeing and managing of the ASA executive team, coordinating and leading ASA meetings, and guiding the executive team towards their goals and staying informed of the team’s endeavours. Please contact me about any ASA-related questions or anything about being a student in general!
President (she/her)
Olivia Beatty
VP Internal (she/her)
Favourite ANTH class: ANTH 227: Medical Anthropology
Dream ethnography: Trash Island from Isle of the Dogs
The VP Internal is the liaison between the Faculty and the Anthropology student body. They are required to attend Department meetings with the professors once a month and lead meetings for the ASA Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (EDIC). Please reach out with any Anthropology program-related questions or concerns regarding equity, diversity and inclusivity in Anthropology at McGill.
Grace Caldwell
VP External (she/her)
Favourite ANTH Class: Anthropology of Development
Dream ethnography or dig site: A dairy farm or slaughterhouse
The VP External attends AUS meetings as a representative of the ASA.
VP Finance (she/her)
Favourite ANTH class: ANTH 505: Current Advances in Archaeological Theory
Dream ethnography or dig site: any forensic archaeology site
The VP Finance is responsible for overlooking the budget of the ASA and coordinating with other execs to manage our finances.
Océane Filion
Maya MacCorquodale
Co-VP Publications (she/her)
Favourite ANTH class: IDFC500 Indigenous Field Course
Dream ethnography or dig site: Land and rivers in the Scottish Outer Hebrides
The VP Publications is responsible for overseeing the journal and its editors.
The VP Publications is responsible for overseeing the journal and its editors.
Sophie Becquet
Co-VP Publications (she/her)
Favourite ANTH class: ANTH 304: Chinese Popular Culture through Ethnography and Film
Dream ethnography or dig site: Ethnography of retableros (votive painters)
The VP Publications is responsible for overseeing the journal and its editors.
AyÅŸegül Naz Alpak
Co-VP Events (she/her)
Favourite ANTH class: ANTH 338: Indigenous Studies of Anthropology
Dream ethnography or dig site: Pompeii
The VP Events is responsible for planning, organizing, and executing the anthropology undergraduate student body’s social, academic/professional, and fundraising events. Let us know if you have any ideas for activities you’d like to have!
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Georgia Chenier Leggett
Co-VP Events (she/her)
Favourite ANTH class: ANTH 355: Theories of Culture and Society
Dream ethnography or dig site: ethnography of first-time national parks vacationers
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The VP Events is responsible for planning, organizing, and executing the anthropology undergraduate student body’s social, academic/professional, and fundraising events.
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Agatha Hunt
VP Communications (she/her)
Favourite ANTH class: ANTH 227: Medical Anthropology
Dream ethnography: The Blue Fugates
The VP Communications is responsible for facilitating communication between the student body and the ASA. They serve as a link between your ideas and the greater McGill anthropology community.
Lake de Gall
VP Creative (they/iel)
Favourite ANTH class: ANTH 520: Advanced Topics in Medical Anthropology
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The VP Creative is in charge of designing and producing artistic publications for the ASA. This work is mainly aimed at promoting events, creating a cohesive style for our social media, and adding some sparkle to communications from the ASA.
Estora Marshall
VP Academic (any pronouns)
Favourite ANTH class: ANTH 615: The Body is an Instrument of Interpretation
Dream dig site: Ethnography of body modification techniques with freight-hopping communities in the Rust Belt
The VP Academic is responsible for managing academic concerns of students in the department and promoting anthropology students success academically! They are the point of communication between the students, the ASA, and the faculty.
