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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...
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,...