Student i Sociologist I Artist i Writer
Ashley Grandberry
I am a sociology major and Black studies minor with a background in administrative work, event planning, research, digital media, and creative projects. I care about building spaces where people feel supported and seen.
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Ashley Grandberry
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My Story | Why Sociology
I was born in Tennessee, and a lot of who I am comes from the people and places that raised me. Growing up, I paid attention to everything. How people talked to each other, how communities formed, how some spaces felt welcoming and others didn’t. I didn’t have the language for it back then, but I knew I cared about people and the stories they carried.
When I found sociology, it felt like everything clicked. It helped me understand the things I’d always noticed: how identity is shaped, how belonging works, and how we create connections even in difficult spaces. It showed me that the small moments, the conversations, the tensions, and the ways we show up all matter.
I chose this field because I want to help people feel supported wherever they are, whether that’s through HR, organizational development, or community work. I want to help build spaces where people feel seen, understood, and valued, the kind of spaces I’ve been lucky enough to find and create along the way.
Books That Shaped My Learning
The Sociological Imagination
Showed me how personal experiences connect to larger social forces.
All About Love
Changed how I think about love, care, and emotional connection.
Stigma
Helped me understand identity, perception, and how people manage being seen.
Upcoming Events and Projects
Dec 10th
Schick Gallery
Saratoga Springs, NY @ 4:30 pm
Art Pop Up Show: Art Research Methods with Carrie Mae Weems
In my Art Research Methods class, we created an art pop-up with a variety of mediums and installations focused on memory and identity. My piece, A Little Moore, explores community and personal memory.
Jan 20th
Mdocs 113
Saratoga Springs, Ny @ TBT
Yapmore 26' Podcasting My 20s
Launching in Spring 2026, Podcasting My 20s is a new series where I interview a range of guests and explore their experiences through a sociological lens. Each episode looks at identity, growth, and the everyday moments that shape life in our twenties.
Feb 20th
Wycoff Center
Saratoga Springs, Ny @ 6:00 pm
Love as Liberation: Conversations on Existentialism
Love as Liberation is an upcoming Yapmore collaboration with Women in Business and other women-lead campus clubs. This event will bring together women and scholars to talk about life, meaning, purpose, and what it looks like to grow into ourselves. While the final details are still coming together the goal is to create an open space for conversation, reflection, and shared experience through the lense of sociology.
“The things we touch and smell and see and experience through our senses are how stories become powerful. But I have never wanted to only tell powerfully evocative stories. I have wanted to tell evocative stories that become a problem for power. For that, I draw upon data and research.”
-Tressie McMillan Cottom, Thick: And Other Essays
"[...] What they need..is a quality of mind that will help them to use information and to develop reason in order to achieve lucid summations of what is going on in the world and of what may be happening within themselves. It this this quality..what may be called the sociological imagination.”
-C. Wright Mills, The Sociological Imagination
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