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Oregon State University MPP students have been highly successful in obtaining meaningful careers in government and the nonprofit sectors as policy analysts, data analysts, economic analysts, program managers, outreach specialists (see MPP Quick Facts). Recent examples include:
These include the following:
MPP student Tera Stegner has been awarded a 2021-22 Oregon Lottery Scholarship and a 2021-22 Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholarship.
Former MPP student and now PhD student Rafiuddin “Rafi” Najam has won first place for his article "Financing of Public Higher Education in Afghanistan: Public Opinion and Information Effects," by the Pacific Chapter of American Association for Public Opinion Research, 2020.
PhD student Ricardo de Ycaza has been awarded a Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship for International Research (SYLFF) for his research on the Blue Economy in Central and South America (2020-21)
MPP student and Russian Fulbright Scholar Ingrid Banshchikov received an Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship, University of Minnesota (2020).
MPP student Victoria Williams received a award by the NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center to fund her research "Understanding Adaptive Capacity: An Analysis of Community Perceptions and Policy Responses to Ocean Acidification and Other Marine Stressors on the West Coast" (2020-21).
PhD student Cassy Inman was awarded a 2020-21 OSU Provost's Scholarship.
MPP students Victoria Williams, Victoria Venable, and Erin Kanzig participated in the 2020 NASPAA Batten Competition at the Pepperdine University site. Our students finished first, second and fourth at the Pepperdine University site (Victoria Williams on the first place team, Erin Danzig on the second place team, and Victoria Venable on the fourth place team). https://nbsims.org/2020-site-winning-teams/ Victoria Williams' team also won second place in the National 2020 NASPAA Batten Competition.
Johannah Hamilton has been elected to serve as the Graduate Student Vice President and is a MANRRS National Officer for the 2019-20 year. MANRRS is a non-profit organization promoting academic and professional advancement by powering minorities in agriculture, natural resources, and related sciences.
MPP alum Daniel Gray and Professor David Bernell just published “Tree Hugging Utilities? The Politics of Phasing out Coal and the Unusual Alliance that Passed Oregon’s Clean Energy Transition Law, in Energy Research and Social Science (2020).
Adrian Laufer: 2019-20 Coastal Management Fellowship with the Oregon Coastal Management Program.
Heather Mae Moline: 2019 National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Advanced Study Program (ASP) Colloquium.
Harry Noone published his article "Two-Level Games and the Policy Process: Assessing Domestic-Foreign Policy Linkage Theory" in World Affairs, April, 2019.
Gautam Anand: 2019-20 Policy Communications Program, implemented by the Population Reference Bureau and the African Institute for Development Policy.
Benjamine Wickizer: 2018-19 NSF National Research Training Fellowship
Adrian Laufer: 2018-19 NSF National Research Training Fellowship and the 2018-19 ODFW Marine Reserves Scholarship
Alex Giovanoni: 2018-19 OSU Provost Distinguished Fellowship
Alexa Diaz: 2018-19 OSU Economics Transportation Fellowship
Alexa Diaz: Scholarship to attend Pepperdine's School of Public Policy for the 2018 "Leading Smart Communities" professional certification workshop.
Angela Lavado Alvarado: 2018 New Leadership Oregon Fellow
Heather Moline: 2018 Hatfield Fellowship
Sasha Buylova: 2018-19 Hatfield Fellowship
Heather King: 2018-19 Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship
Amanda Rhodes: 2017-18 Hatfield Resident Fellow
Qammar Abbas (Pakistan): 2016-18 Fulbright Scholarship
Arpine Mazhinyan (Armenia): 2016-18 Fulbright Scholarship
Pravesh Raghoo (Mauritius): 2016-18 Fulbright Scholarship
Tessa Crawford and Polina Osipova: 2017 Hatfield Fellows
Daniel Gray and Sione Filimoehala: 2017 Oregon Legislative Policy Research Internships
Ika Widiyasari (Indonesia): 2016-18 USAID Scholarship
Jordan Hensly: 2016 Oregon Fellowship
Ennada Lagoeiut (Morocco Fulbright) and Anna Karmazina (Russia Fulbright) were selected to participate in NASPAA's Student Simulation Competition at the Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California (2016).
Mohson Amin (Afghanistan): 2015-17 Student Fulbright Scholarship
Muhammad Salar Khan (Pakistan): 2015-17 Student Fulbright Scholarship
Ennada Lagouit (Morocco): 2015-17 Student Fulbright Scholarship
Anisiia Lazareva (Russia): 2015-17 Student Fulbright Scholarship
Shivani Mather: 2015 Graduate Research Program Participant, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Anna Karmazina: 2015 Muskie Internship Fellowship
Daniel Roper and Bryan Theis: 2015 Oregon Legislative Research Internships
Landy Miary Daniel Andrianaivosa (Madagascar): 2014-16 Student Fulbright Scholarship
Anna Karmazina (Russia): 2014-16 Student Fulbright Scholarship
Rose Hickman: 2014-15 Fulbright U.S. Student Award to Mexico
Jessica Nguyen-Ventura, Julia McKenna and Elise Korejwa have been awarded Oregon Fellows for 2014
Mariana Amorim: 2013-14 Graduate Internationalization Grant, Oregon State University
Zachary Dunn: 2013-14 Boren Fellowship for International Research (Kenya)
Patricia Martins Marcos (Portugal), Alida Karakushi (Albania): 2013-2015 Fulbright Scholarships
Arini Utami (Indonesia): 2013-2016 Fulbright Scholars
Jason Creighton is a finalist for the 2013 Presidential Management Fellows Program.
Misty Freeman (MPP 2012 & PhD) and Alethia Miller have both been awarded 2013 Oregon Legislative Internships
Breannon Babbel: 2012-16 Lord Kelvin Smith PhD Studentship, University of Glasgow
Jaynie Whinnery: 2012-13 Boren Fellowship for International Research (Cambodia)
Ryan Tuttle: 2012-13 Provost's Distinguished Graduate Fellowship
Shannon Campbell: 2012-13 Provost's Distinguished Graduate Fellowship
Charles Lanfear: 2012-13 Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship
Sarah Cline: 2012-13 Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship
Bunny Yorth (Cambodia): 2012-14 Student USAID Scholarship
Kwami Dorkenou (Togo): 2012-14 Student Fulbright Scholarship
Matthew Palm: 2012 Joyce Furman Fellowship in Transportation Economics
Yossa Naggolian: 2011-2013 USAID Fellowship
Zack Reeves: 2011 Oregon Sea Grant Legislative Fellow
Khan Le: 2010-11 Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies Fellowship
Kirsten Winters: 2010-11 Oregon Lottery Scholarship
Yao Yin: 2010 Santa Fe Institute Scholar in Global Sustainability
Will Clark: 2009-11 McNair's Scholarship
Gunjan Dhakal: 2009-11 USAID Women’s Leadership Scholarship
Narbada Ghimire: 2009-11 USAID Women’s Leadership Scholarship
Alejandra Juarez: 2009-10 Oregon University System SYLFF Graduate Fellowship for International Research
Ben Juarez: 2009-11 McNair Scholarship
Stuty Maskey: 2009-11 USAID Women’s Leadership Scholarship
Skye Root: 2009 Oregon Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship
Vince Adams: 2008 Oregon Lottery Scholarship
Chris Buerger: 2007 Oregon Lottery Scholarship
Cynthia Dewi: 2008-10 Student Fulbright Scholarship
Dawn Marie Gaid: 2007-09 Ford Family Foundation Scholarship
Lauren Goschke: 2008 National Education for Women's Leadership Scholarship
Alex Johnson: 2006-07 Congressional Black Caucus Fellowship
Khan Le: 2008-10 McNair's Scholarship
Steph Ogden: 2008 University Club of Portland Scholarship; 2008 Oregon Lottery Scholarship
Elizabeth O'Neill: 2008 National Education for Women's Leadership Scholarship
Yao Yin: 2008 National Education for Women's Leadership Scholarship; 2009 St. Gallen Symposium Scholarship for Best Student Research Paper