Emma Rose Manetta (she/her) is a California Native of Yurok descent. She is a rising senior at Georgetown University pursuing a B.A. in Anthropology with a minor in Philosophy. A transfer student from Long Beach City College and former Student Trustee, Emma brings a strong record of advocacy, public policy engagement, and community organizing to her academic and professional work.

Her experience includes working as a legal intern with a legal team operating in the renewable energy sector and leading student-led initiatives centered around the Indigenous experience, legislative gaps, and addressing femicide. She has conducted and presented original research on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) epidemic, rape law, and Native representation in higher education. As a Figge Fellow, her recent research project — “The Politics of Indigeneity”— explores the relationship between land, language, and community in university settings. In addition to her research, Emma writes for The Hoya, Georgetown’s student newspaper, as a features staff writer.

Emma’s professional background spans legal, museum conservation, and educational spaces, including her work as a Georgetown University Prisons and Justice Initiative teaching assistant. She has held multiple Getty Marrow internships and co-developed grant applications, community-based workshops, and research projects in Southern California.

She aims to pursue a career as a legal scholar and practitioner addressing the triple nexus of gender, land, and human rights. Another vital part of Emma’s personhood is that she enjoys reading about legal anthropology, writing poetry, playing piano, and calling family back home.