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Emerson Fellow

Kevin Anderson

12th Class, 2005-2006

Kevin graduated magna cum laude from Northwestern University in 2005, receiving a BA in political science and legal studies.  He wrote honors theses for both majors: the first paper posited a legal and political solution to the Iraqi debt crisis and the second paper examined the evolution of U.S. foreign aid programs. Kevin interned with the Northwestern Law School and Center on Wrongful Convictions, the Office of Illinois Senator Richard J. Durbin, and the Office of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Field placement: Alameda County Community Food Bank

Oakland, California

Policy placement: Northeast-Midwest Institute

Washington, D.C.