MA candidate, IPA Research Assistant
e-mail: keaton@udel.edu
phone: 302-831-3506 | fax: 302-831-3488
192 Graham Hall | IPA | University of Delaware | Newark, DE 19716-7380
introduction | education | experience | qualifications | honors and awards | projects and reports
IntroductionKristen is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Public Policy and Urban Affairs with a concentration in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Delaware. In May 2008, she received a Bachelor of Arts from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in Political Science and graduated magna cum laude.
During her senior year at Shippensburg, Kristen participated in the Harrisburg Internship Semester, a semester-long internship program run by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education that places students in working relationships with policymakers in the executive and legislative branches of Pennsylvania government. During that time, Kristen interned at the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, a bipartisan, bicameral legislative agency that serves as a resource for rural policy within the Pennsylvania General Assembly. While there, Kristen worked on several projects dealing with economic activity in rural Pennsylvania.
By pursuing her M.A. in Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Kristen hopes to combine her interests in government and her passion for the environment and obtain a career as a town planner.
EducationBA, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania 2008, Political Science
ExperienceSeptember 2008 – present
Research Assistant, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.
January – May 2008
Intern, Center for Rural Pennsylvania, Harrisburg Internship Semester, Harrisburg, Pa.
May 2006 – January 2008
Customer Service Representative (seasonal), Sovereign Bank, Washington Crossing, Pa.
Summer 2005
Office Assistant, Lutheran Church of God’s Love, Newtown, Pa.
Qualificationsproficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), moderate proficiency in spoken and written Spanish
Honors and AwardsPi Sigma Alpha, Political Science Honors Society
Gamma Theta Upsilon, International Geography Honors Society
Dean’s List, 2004–2008
Graduated Magna Cum Laude, 2008
Projects and ReportsRecession Paradox: Economic Recession and Rural Pennsylvania, 2008
This is a study that Kristen wrote in conjunction with the Center for Rural Pennsylvania that examined how Pennsylvania counties with various economic and socioeconomic backgrounds have been affected by past recessions and the length of time it has taken for these counties to recover from recession.
