Marlon Isaac Brown is currently in his second year of studies at the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Delaware. He is pursuing a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in State and Local Management and a focus in City Management. He was selected as a University Graduate Scholar and a Public Administration Fellow with the Institute for Public Administration. His research assistantship placement is with State Senator Margaret Rose Henry and the Wilmington Education Task Force.

Marlon is a graduate of the American University in Washington, D.C. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with General University Honors. He was the university’s first student to minor in North American Studies and he also received a Certificate in Advanced Leadership Studies. Marlon is also a Public Policy and International Affairs Fellow, and an alumnus of the PPIA Junior Summer Institute at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. In addition to this, he is a past attendee of the Harvard Public Policy and Leadership Conference.

Marlon desires a career of public service and aspires to run for public office at both the local and national level. This desire was further realized through his recent internship placements. Over the summer, Marlon was a Mayoral Fellow with the City of Baltimore. Serving in the administration of Mayor Sheila Dixon, Marlon worked as a CitiStat Analyst, and assisted with the newly created GunStat project. Prior to this placement, Marlon was a 2007 Legislative Fellow with the Delaware State Senate. He has also served as an intern to U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, and U.S. Congressman John Conyers, Jr. of Michigan’s 14th Congressional District.

Marlon is a native of Detroit, Mich., and a resident of Warren, Mich. He is an avid musician who plays the trombone and the piano. Marlon is a member of the University of Delaware Jazz Ensemble, and he enjoys composing and performing jazz and gospel music.

BA, American University 2006, Major in Political Science, Minor in North American Studies

Certificate, American University 2006, Certificate in Advanced Leadership Studies

Study Abroad, Carleton University 2004, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

August 2006 – Present
Research Assistant, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.

June – August 2007
Mayoral Fellow / CitiStat Analyst, Office of Mayor Sheila Dixon, Baltimore, Md.

January – June 2007
Legislative Fellow, Delaware General Assembly, Senate Majority Caucus, Dover, Del.

June – August 2006
Secretary / Receptionist, Detroit Urban League, Detroit, Mich.

January – April 2005
Fundraising / Development Intern, Public Policy and International Affairs Program, Washington, D.C.

August 2003 – April 2004
Intern, Office of U.S. Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) – 14th Congressional District of Michigan, Washington, D.C.

June – August 2003
Intern, Office of U.S. Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) – 14th Congressional District of Michigan, Detroit, Mich.

June – August 2003
Intern, Office of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) – Southeastern Michigan Office, Detroit, Mich.

Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications and Mac OS X; Experienced Public Speaker; Exceptional Leadership Organizational Skills

City of Baltimore Mayoral Fellow, 2007

University Graduate Scholar – University of Delaware, 2006-2008

Legislative Fellow – Delaware General Assembly and University of Delaware, 2007-2008

Public Administration Fellow – Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware, 2006

Harold Johnson Student Achievement Award (For the Promotion of Diversity, Inclusion and Understanding) – American University, 2006

Public Policy and International Affairs Fellow (PPIA), 2005

2005 OMA Outstanding Leadership Award – American University, 2005

National Society of Collegiate Scholars, 2003

Alpha Lambda Delta National Honors Society, 2003

Frederick Douglass Scholar, 2002

Attendee and Speaker, Triumvirate – North American Model Parliament Simulation, Inter-American Development Bank and American University, Washington, D.C., 2007

Attendee, Model United States House of Representatives, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., 2006

Attendee, Campaign Management Institute, American University, Washington, D.C., 2006

Attendee, Junior Summer Institute at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., 2005

Attendee, Triumvirate – First North American Model Parliament Simulation, Canadian Senate, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2005

Attendee, Public Policy and Leadership Conference at the JFK School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass, 2004

Attendee, LEAD Summer Business Institute at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 2001

Town of Blades Comprehensive Plan, 2006

I am currently working on the comprehensive plan for the Town of Blades, Del. The last comprehensive plan for the town was completed in 2002 with assistance from IPA. Currently we are reviewing this document and consulting with the Town of Blades to asses their progress and begin identifying goals and recommendations for the 2006 comprehensive plan.

Visions of a North American Parliament, 2006

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Minor in North American Studies (American University), I constructed a Significant Research Paper about integration between Canada, Mexico and the United States. This particular essay looks at the rise of political institutions in the form of a supranational legislature that would bring delegates of the three nations together in order to jointly address issues of critical importance to North America. As a case study for such an experiment I look at the European Union and its evolution over the years, in addition to the structure of its political and administrative institutions. Consequently, I then analyze whether North America could and should embark upon a similar path. Moreover, if North America does become more integrated, what would a North American Parliament look like? What would it do? This paper seeks to answer some of those questions and propose a few ideas for the future of our three nations.

A New Approach to DMC: Transforming the New Jersey Juvenile Justice System, 2005

This is a report that I co-authored / edited with the other students in the 2005 Junior Summer Institute at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Our report was written over the course of the summer and presented to the New Jersey Attorney General and the State Director of the Juvenile Justice Program. This report looks at disproportionate minority contact within the juvenile justice system and provides recommendations on how to reduce the numbers of minorities in the system. Over the course of the year we have learned that some of our recommendations were implemented by our clients.

Visions of a North American Parliament (292KB - PDF)

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Minor in North American Studies ( American University), I constructed a Significant Research Paper about integration between Canada, Mexico and the United States. This particular essay looks at the rise of political institutions in the form of a supranational legislature that would bring delegates of the three nations together in order to jointly address issues of critical importance to North America. As a case study for such an experiment I look at the European Union and its evolution over the years, in addition to the structure of its political and administrative institutions. Consequently, I then analyze whether North America could and should embark upon a similar path. Moreover, if North America does become more integrated, what would a North American Parliament look like? What would it do? This paper seeks to answer some of those questions and propose a few ideas for the future of our three nations.

A New Approach to DMC: Transforming the New Jersey Juvenile Justice System, 2005 (796KB - PDF)

This is a report that I co-authored/edited with the other students in the 2005 Junior Summer Institute at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Our report was written over the course of the summer and presented to the New Jersey Attorney General and the State Director of the Juvenile Justice Program. This report looks at disproportionate minority contact within the juvenile justice system and provides recommendations on how to reduce the numbers of minorities in the system. Over the course of the year we have learned that some of our recommendations were implemented by our clients.