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Department of Public Policy Leadership
University of Mississippi

What can public policy majors do after graduation? Meet a few...

Daniel Roberts

Daniel Roberts

Head of Communications, BrightDrop

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Katherine Sistrunk

Katherine Sistrunk

Medical Intensive Care Unit Nurse, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

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John Jenks

John Jenks

Director of Public Policy, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

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Keveon Taylor

Natalie King

Academic Advisor, Southwestern University

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Keveon Taylor

Keveon Taylor

Recently graduated from Law School at the University of Mississippi

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Christine Dickason

Christine Dickason

Doctoral student in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Vanderbilt University

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Austin Harrison

Austin Harrison

Policy & Regulatory Associate, Squire Patton Boggs

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Gus Maples

Gus Maples

Director at Tai Ginsberg & Associates

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Keveon Taylor

Gregory Alston

Deputy Director, Policy Division at Mississippi Attorney General’s Office

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Keveon Taylor

Christian Bonds

Project Coordinator at the Oklahoma State Department of Health

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Austin Spindler

Austin Spindler

Manager of Public Affairs, PwC

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Public Policy Leadership Careers

Our graduates establish such a wide range of careers and become leaders of their organizations because of the core set of skills at the heart of our liberal arts education.

Related careers to public policy leadership include government, law, policy analyst, natural resource manager, legislative researcher, nonprofit and NGO administrator, project development analyst and manager.
These careers illustrate the variety of places our graduates take their skills and talents:

Our graduates are…

  • Senior Associate, KPMG
  • Sr. Operations Manager, US Chamber of Commerce
  • Digital Media Relations Manager, National Restaurant Assoc.
  • Press Secretary, Office of Sen. Roger Wicker,
  • Asst. Deputy Chief for Policy, US Dept of Education
  • Associate Attorney, Baker Botts
  • Exec. Committee, Dem. National Committee
  • Policy Analyst for CFO, Dept of Homeland Security
  • East Coast Communications Manager, Lyft
  • Development & Alumni Relations, Vanderbilt
  • Dir. of Member Services, House Republican Conference
  • Development Facilitator, City of Denton
  • Law Fellow, Southern Poverty Law Center
  • Aide-de-Camp, MS Governor’s office
  • Policy Analyst, Greater New Orleans, Inc.

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