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Emerson Fellow

Matthew Lewis

12th Class, 2005-2006

Matt is a 2005 graduate of Dartmouth College with a degree in history and minors in government and Japanese.  He worked as a policy analyst for the Vermont and New Hampshire Legislatures, where he completed a comparative analysis of No Child Left Behind policies in both states.  He also served as an intern at the National Coalition for the Homeless, and at Northwestern University School of Law’s Center on Wrongful Convictions. Matt spent a summer volunteering for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights on a campaign to register voters in immigrant communities.

Field placement: Oregon Food Bank

Portland, Oregon

Policy placement: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Washington, D.C.