Benjamin Risley Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

Created media content to advertise LSE Summer School to prospecitve students and coordinted with the marketing team to generate advertising material for social media platforms and websites. I will write blog posts and communicate with prospective students on UniBuddy to answer questions and encourage participation in the program.

Easton, Pennsylvania, United States

Working as an assistant researcher to examine the effect of watchdog journalism on the government body blamed for inaction in Tanzania. Additionally I assisted in healthcare quality research in Nigeria.

Easton, Pennsylvania, United States

In this role I led supplemental instruction sessions as well as drop in hours for Macroeconomics at Lafayette College. I would attend the classes to review the course material and create worksheets to solidify those concepts for students. I also do all the homework and readings from the class.

Easton, Pennsylvania, United States

I lead tours as an Ambassador of Lafayette through the admissions department. I do 2-4 tours a week and participate in other events such as the admitted students day, Fridays at Lafayette, Leopard for a Day and Leopard Connect.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

As an intern for Congressman John Larson I regularly dealt with constituents from Connecticut by answering phone calls, organizing digital and print mail, and guiding tours of the Capitol Building. I also wrote recommendations for bills and letters for the Congressman and organized data with excel for general office use. I compliled relevant press clips in a daily memo for the office.

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Worked in an office of researchers where collected organized and presented data for various projects. The majority of my contributions were utilized for an survey experiment analyzing the ability of radio broadcasts to counter health misinformation in sub-saharan Africa.

Amston, Connecticut, United States

In this role I worked as a member of the wait staff at a local restaurant. As a senior member of the wait staff I was often placed in a leadership role within the restaurant. This involved managing tasks for the other servers and host's, interacting with both pleasant and unpleasant customers and cleaning at the end of the shift.

Hebron, Connecticut, United States

Covid-19 had a major impact on the ability of my church to provide services to the community. As a member of the Tech Committee I helped install a streaming setup to record events and church services. I also assisted in the weekly use of this technology to ensure each church service was accessible for people trapped at home.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, 3.94

Activities and Societies: Lafayette Forensics Society Captain (Speech and Debate), McKelvy Scholars Program Treasurer, Running Club.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government

Economics, 4.0

Activities and Societies: EC204: Financial Markets and the Global Economy: the History of Bubbles, Crashes and Inflations EC260.