 Alyson J. Gross
e-mail: alysong1@yahoo.com
MPA 2007
Analytical Paper Title: “Achieving Community Empowerment by Increasing Adult-Teen Communication: A Multiple Case Study Analysis of the Plain Talk Program”
Chair: Maria Aristigueta | Committee Member: Eric Jacobson
position:
Project Manager
Fels Institute of Government, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pa.
Introduction
During her time at the University of Delaware, Alyson became interested in various issues, especially those relating to health and human services, as well as issues affecting state and local governments. She would like to use her M.P.A. degree to make a difference in the lives of others.
MPA, University of Delaware 2007, State and Local Management
BA, Lafayette College 2004, International Affairs/German
September 2007–present
Project Manager, Fels Institute of Government, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pa.
January–June 2007
Legislative Fellow, State of Delaware General Assembly, House Majority Caucus, Dover, Del.
Summer 2006
Intern, Public/Private Ventures
Philadelphia, Pa.
September 2005–May 2007
Resarch Assistant, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.
July 2004–May 2005
Fraud Detection Analyst, MBNA America, Newark, Del.
2004–2005
House Director, Alpha Phi Sorority, University of Delaware, Newark Del.
2002–2004
Writing Associate, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.
March 2003
Volunteer,
Habitat for Humanity, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Computer: MS Office, SPSS, Quality Solutions, Internet Research, E-mail
Foreign Languages: German, French
Pi Alpha Alpha, 2007
School Director’s Citation, 2007
Phi Beta Kappa, 2004
Rexroth Prize for Excellence in German Studies, 2004
Delta Phi Alpha German National Honor Society, 2003
Dean’s List
Presenter (poster), “Preventing Disability: The Health Promoting Effects of Senior Centers on Delaware's Aging Population,” 2006 Life Conference, Dover, Del., January 2006
Presenter, National Conference of Undergraduate Research, Indianapolis Ind., 2004
Honors Thesis in International Affairs/German, 2004
During my senior year at Lafayette, I completed an honors thesis entitled “The Schelm as the Voice of Social Criticism in Three Contemporary German Novels.” The purpose of my study was to analyze the role of the main character or Schelm as the purveyor of criticism of German society as depicted in three novels. By viewing the world from the alternative perspective of the Schelm, the reader gains insight into the corrupt world the author wishes to expose. Two of the novels dealt with society during Nazi times, and the third (written by an Iraqi German) exposed the evils of Iraqi society under Saddam’s regime.
The Schelm as the Voice of Social Criticism
Honors Thesis Defense, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., May 2004
Poster
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