Mashaekh Hassan is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Arts in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Florida Atlantic University, where he holds a prestigious graduate assistantship, the Graduate Dean's Fellowship, and the Feminist Fund Scholarship. He earned his Bachelor of Social Sciences in Anthropology, with a minor in Sociology, from Brac University, graduating with the highest distinction. His undergraduate thesis was recognized as a Highly Commended Entrant in the Global Undergraduate Awards 2023 for Social Science: Anthropology & Cultural Studies. His academic interests encompass cultural and political anthropology, gender and sexuality studies, Third World and transnational feminisms, intersectional feminist autoethnography, and critiques of neoliberalism and development. Beyond his dedication to academia and aspirations of becoming an activist scholar, he is ethically non-monogamous—with books, writing, and every song that loosely falls under Hindustani classical music.