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Danielle Kitchen, BA’18: Planning a Life of Service
Jul. 23, 2020—Danielle Kitchen graduated from Vanderbilt in 2018 with a double major in Public Policy Studies and Human and Organizational Development and a minor in Corporate Strategy. Her Public Policy major had a concentration in Defense Policy, and her thesis examined China’s foreign investment in African countries. During her time at Vanderbilt, Danielle studied abroad at...
William Franke BA’20: Interning in Government Finance
Jul. 21, 2020—In summer 2019, William interned for the Metro Finance Department in Nashville. Two of his main projects were to update Metro’s revenue manual, and to design, write, and publish the FY2018 Citizen Centric Report for the Finance Department. The Citizen Report, which received a Certificate of Excellence from the Association of Government Accountants, gave him...
Miranda Cross, BA’20: Looking Toward Diplomacy
Jul. 17, 2020—As a Public Policy Studies major, Miranda Cross ’20 took full advantage of the opportunities offered through both the PPS program and Vanderbilt’s College of Arts and Science. In early 2020, Miranda traveled with fellow Vanderbilt undergraduate Barton Christmas and Holly Tucker, director of the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, to Washington, D.C....
Brett Richey BA’18: Working Toward Justice
Jul. 17, 2020—While at Vanderbilt, Brett Richey majored in Public Policy Studies and interned with Davidson County Juvenile Court Judge Shiela Calloway. “My favorite thing about the Public Policy Studies major was the opportunity to craft my own curriculum,” Bretty said. “I had the flexibility to include courses from a broad array of disciplines, such as economics,...