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Brendan Burns ’15, Planning California’s Energy Future
Jun. 30, 2025—Brendan Burns graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Vanderbilt in 2015 with a double major in Economics and Public Policy Studies. His senior capstone project examined data from Nashville’s Financial Empowerment Center to assess statistical associations related to participant dropout. Brendan worked for three years in health policy after graduating from Vanderbilt,...
Jansen Hammock ’23: Building Opportunity in Rural America
Oct. 1, 2024—Jansen Hammock graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Vanderbilt in 2023 with a double major in Public Policy Studies and Economics. Jansen’s thesis explored the impact of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansion on economic outcomes in Appalachia. At Vanderbilt, he wrote for the Vanderbilt Political Review, served as a research assistant to...
Davis Recht BA’24: Joining the Fight Against Climate Change
Jul. 26, 2024—Davis Recht graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Vanderbilt in 2024 with a double major in Public Policy Studies and Climate Studies and a minor in Human and Organizational Development. His Public Policy major had a concentration in Environmental, Resource, and Energy Policy. He also studied abroad at Trinity College Dublin, completed research...