Alex Lewin-Knauer

Student at Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, New York, United States

About

Experience

  • The Partnership for Male Youth (Part-time · 1 yr 2 mos)
    • Board Member
      Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

      -Participate in, and offer input on, board deliberations and votes regarding PMY programs, research initiatives, communications, and collaborative efforts -Contribute ideas that enhance PMY’s relevance, reach, and impact among young people -Serve as an ambassador for PMY within peer, academic, professional, and community networks

    • Digital Media Associate
      Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

      -Co-lead social media operations across Instagram, Tik-Tok, and Youtube -Spearhead outreach to, and conduct interviews with, academics, athletes, doctors, and online influencers working on adolescent and young adult male health -Edit and compile short-form interview-style videos with Adobe Premiere Pro -Co-led development of adolescent health campaign to increase knowledge about sexually transmitted infections; disseminated video campaign to over 3,000 universities and health centers (12.6% click rate)

    • Communications Intern
      May 2025 - Aug 2025 · 4 mos

  • Vassar Chapter Co-President at Democracy Matters
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    -Rebuilt chapter after three year hiatus -Organize and lead student mobilization initiatives such as tabling, coalition building, and petitions -Lead lobbying for pro-democracy policies in advocacy meetings with state legislators -Coordinate with other Vassar organizations to host interactive events, teach-ins, and campaign initiatives -Facilitate bi-weekly general body and executive board meetings

  • Policy Research Assistant at Diverting Hate
    May 2025 - Aug 2025 · 4 mos

    -Conducted extensive, 50-state scan of recent governmental and programmatic activity related to targeted violence prevention, masculinity, misogyny, online harms, and social media regulation -Created, populated, and systematized data collection on disrupting digital radicalization -Wrote policy spotlight section for Diverting Hate’s monthly Beacon newsletter

  • Media and Policy Research Intern at Pennsylvanians Against the Death Penalty
    Jan 2025 - May 2025 · 5 mos

    -Tracked, analyzed, and recorded media coverage pertaining to the Pennsylvania death penalty -Conducted biographical background research on state legislators -Wrote advocacy pieces for publication in local newspapers

  • University of Maryland (3 mos)
    • Research Assistant, Department of Philosophy
      Jun 2024 - Aug 2024 · 3 mos

      -Conducted research on Plato’s metaphysics for Professor Rachel Singpurwalla -Read and provided summaries of relevant scholarship for an upcoming paper -Discussed ways to fit Plato’s metaphysics into contemporary compatibilist frameworks

    • Research Assistant, Department of Family Science (SPIRE Program)
      Jun 2024 - Aug 2024 · 3 mos

      -Assisted Professor Julia Steinberg on study investigating relationship between abortion and mental health -Distributed electronic surveys and followed up with participants in Maryland and Florida via email Managed survey and contact log databases -Completed training on protection of human subjects in research