Christopher Byrnes Email & Phone Number

• Every Vote Counts (EVC) is a national non-partisan non-profit dedicated to increasing the youth vote.
• Steer outreach in the Time Off To Vote (TOTV) initiative with ~250 colleges and 5 million+ students nationwide.
• Develop quantitative and qualitative metrics in R/Excel to assess over 90 nationwide chapters/partners
• Streamline and centralize EVC data, and manage the alumni network
• Advance and coordinate the operations of a national nonprofit impacting over 1.2 million students

• Compile a unique sample of Tanzanian college students to analyze democratic engagement and civil society
• Design an experiment to test how culture/media (e.g. edutainment) affects their political attitudes and perceptions
• Generate a map with preliminary data in QGIS depicting the distribution of Tanzanian universities

Easton, Pennsylvania, United States

• A diverse, co-ed living-learning community akin to a honors college of 20-30 intellectually curious students
• Participate and lead weekly, student-led discussions with dinner on Sundays
• Co-chair of McKelvy Alumni Relations and raised $2,445 in one week

Easton, Pennsylvania, United States

• Non-partisan, student-faculty organization focusing on increasing students' civic engagement
• Register students to vote on a weekly basis, launch voter fairs, generate voter resources and education guides.
• Coordinate and lead meetings with multiple departments to organize campus-wide events and initiatives.
• These efforts contribute to an above-average voter turnout of 82.9% at Lafayette.

Easton, Pennsylvania, United States

• Read and report on youth political engagement and Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) tactics in academic literature.
• Compile and organize a database of politically engaged college organizations in electoral swing states
• Perform data cleaning, analysis, and visualization in Google Sheets and R

Easton, Pennsylvania, United States

• Lafayette Special Collections & College Archives
• Carefully handle and document original materials (e.g. objects and signed letters written to George Washington) dating back to the 1770s in the Marquis de Lafayette Collection
• Research, record, and synthesize images of the history of imperial Japan and Korea and curate an exhibit

• Co-authored (to be peer-reviewed) experimental research with Professor Andrew Clarke involving a verifiable sample of ~2.5k subnational political leaders
• Draft the entire research paper with Professor Andrew J. Clarke
• Read extensive literature on Congressional party factions and bipartisanship
• Design an experiment for causal inference on bipartisan branding’s effect on perceived candidate ideology
• Perform data analysis/visualization in R

• Experimental research on evidence-based policymaking with ~2.5k subnational political leaders
• Read and report on evidence-based policymaking literature and collaborate with ~20 researchers
• Curate an 80k person database of all school board members and state legislators across the U.S
• Develop policy proposals for tens of thousands of subnational political leaders
• Design an experiment for causal inference on how evidence impact lawmakers’ support for policy proposals
• Summarize and and convey results through memos for 80k policymakers

• Student-run radio station (104.9 FM)
• Assist FCC Compliance Officers with responsibilities,
• Manage records such as the PSA log
• Enforce FCC rules and regulations to maintain WJRH’s ability to broadcast by communicating with the general body.
• One Stop Central radio show: Research niche political topics and interview students, faculty and other local and Lafayette community members concerning their political experience and current events

• Represent students, the Meyner Center, and college development office at policy-related events
• Interact with government officials from all three levels of government (e.g. Senators, State Legislators, Municipal)
• Advocate for funding to higher education at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg

• Work to strengthen bonds between College alumni and students
• Brainstorm and plan events, coordinate Founders Day on-campus, and assist the Alumni Reunion.

• Campus tour guide for both one-on-one and big group sessions
• Daily public speaking with college administration, prospective families and people from all walks of life.

• Student Newspaper
• Serve as the paper's archives liaison,
• Investigate Lafayette-related issues and write stories (e.g. sift through archival records)
• Communicate with organizations and members of the Lafayette community
• Coordinate with delivery persons and deliver papers to different locations on and off campus.

• Collate an inventory of interest groups, media outlets, and social media figures’ political views and endorsements.
• Produce survey experiments on how informational tactics affect perceived candidate ideology and support.

Easton, Pennsylvania, United States

• Research on a 1782 painting supported by a $75k grant from National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
• Read and synthesize primary sources on African-Americans and their contributions to the American Revolution
• Compose research proposal, literature review, form new conclusions and convey findings in research article
• Personal efforts were recognized by the PA State House of Representatives and presented at two conferences