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Nicholas Gauthier

Special Projects Manager

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµImmigrants’ Rights Project

Bio

Nicholas Gauthier is a Special Projects Manager in the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµImmigrants' Rights Project, managing projects initiated in response to the Trump administration's mass removals and related policies. Before joining IRP, he worked at the Legal Aid Society as a Paralegal Casehandler, helping New Yorkers access benefits in order to secure and preserve housing. Nicholas graduated with honors from Columbia University with a B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology. There, he was a Program Manager for Rethink, a program that engaged students, academics, and formerly incarcerated people from across the city on philosophical questions related to justice and ethics. He was Co-Editor-in-Chief of Columbia's premier undergraduate literary magazine. And he conducted research in the cognitive sciences. He also graduated from the University of Oxford with a BPhil (aka MPhil) in Philosophy, where he wrote a thesis on the role of treating others well in living a fulfilling life.