Our Students In Conversation. Explore Mar 10, 2023 #PolicyProfile: Mikala Parnell '23 “I lived in the South most of my life, often in suburban and predominantly white communities, and I was very aware of the space that I was in. I was… Mar 03, 2023 #PolicyProfile: Ali Alleile MPP ’23 I grew up in the Deir Ezzor province in Northeastern Syria, near the Iraqi border. We didn’t expect the Syrian civil war in 2011. I remember the… Feb 24, 2023 #PolicyProfile: Noe Hinck Ph.D. Candidate I lived in China through most of elementary school, and at that point, Shanghai was still very much developing. Outside of our compound, I saw… Feb 17, 2023 #PolicyProfile: Joshua Coan ’24 I took a gap year after high school and had the chance to play semi-pro volleyball in the Netherlands for a few months. Volleyball is a big part of… Feb 13, 2023 #PolicyProfile: Kelley T. Jones Ph.D. Candidate "I’m active-duty military, and I’ve been in the @USNavy for more than 20 years. By trade, I’m known as a ship driver, which is a Surface Warfare… Feb 03, 2023 #PolicyProfile: Adam Sigelman MPP ’23 “When I first graduated from college, I was a consultant in the private sector for a few years. I enjoyed the work and thought it was interesting… Jan 20, 2023 #PolicyProfile: Samuel Lyman MPP ’23 “I grew up watching ‘The West Wing,’ where Rob Lowe plays a White House speechwriter named Sam Seaborn. His character is what first piqued my… Jan 13, 2023 #PolicyProfile: Nicholas Lim ’24 “I’m originally from Hong Kong, and that’s where I was during the COVID-19 pandemic. I became really interested in the social dynamics of the… Dec 10, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Joe Shipley MPA ’26 “Both of my parents are journalists, and I learned a lot from the way that they tried to put truth and objectivity ahead of their own personal… Nov 19, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Brent Efron MPA ’24 “I grew up in a reform Jewish community outside of Boston, and one thing we learned from a very young age in reform Hebrew school is something called… Nov 12, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Bryson Rose MPP ’23 "In 2017, I went to Haiti and witnessed significant infrastructure challenges from the earthquake and from hurricanes. They're already a country that… Nov 04, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Noah Bardash MPA ’24 "In the aftermath of the 2016 election, I took a hard look at what I was doing with my time and where I saw my best avenues for making change. I… Oct 28, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Christian Pollard ’23 “I grew up in rural Alabama on a cattle ranch in a town of, at the time, 409 people. Living in a rural area, it's virtually impossible to access… Oct 16, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Uma Menon ’24 “My first book, “Hands for Language,” was about my experience as a daughter of immigrants growing up in America and my identity as a woman of color… Oct 08, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Austin Edwards MPP ’23 “My parents instilled in me the value of giving back to the community, not just in our home but also through our church. I was born in Trenton and… Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 … Next page Next › Last page Last »