Ben Alexander

Education

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  University of Missouri-Kansas City

  2013 - 2016

  Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.)

  UMKC's MPA program focuses on building professional competency in a wide range of public administration skills so students can adapt to changing and often unpredictable environments. For me, this included: fundraising skills (mini-certificate program), public policy analysis and evaluation, the politics of administration, management and leadership, community economic development tools, organizations and policy environment, research methods and program evaluation, budgeting processes and… Show more UMKC's MPA program focuses on building professional competency in a wide range of public administration skills so students can adapt to changing and often unpredictable environments. For me, this included: fundraising skills (mini-certificate program), public policy analysis and evaluation, the politics of administration, management and leadership, community economic development tools, organizations and policy environment, research methods and program evaluation, budgeting processes and accounting basics and others. Show less

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  The University of Kansas

  2006 - 2010

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Spanish

  Spanish and Portuguese-language literature: studies of reconquista-era poetry, Brazilian marginalization literature, comparison of American folk music with reconquista-era literary themes, a comparative historical analysis of the treatment of the War of the Triple Alliance in Paraguay under successive political regimes, and other.

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  The University of Kansas

  2006 - 2010

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Geography

  Activities and Societies: Undergraduate research project: sampling garden soils modified with char, poultry manure or compost for changes in pH and cation exchange capacity in highly degraded sub-tropical soils. Setting: Paraguay.

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  The University of Kansas

  2006 - 2010

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Environmental Studies

  Science-based curriculum with basic studies in chemistry and biology, field work in ecology, public policy and environmental law, geographic information systems, research methods for hard sciences and others.

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  The University of Kansas

  2006 - 2010

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Global and International Studies

  Mostly economics, including environmental economics and sustainable development in Buenos Aires, Argentina and advanced international macroeconomics at the University of Kansas. Geopolitical history and the human geography of Native American people before 1450.