Christine Peterson – Rappaport

Organization

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Program

Rappaport Public Policy Fellow

Year

2020

Press

Graduate students get hands-on experience with state and local government

Website

I am extremely grateful for the Rappaport's flexibility and willingness to carry out the fellowship in unforeseen and drastically different circumstances!

Rappaport Public Policy Fellows spend 10 weeks each summer serving within the highest levels of state and municipal governments in the Greater Boston Area. The program includes students from graduate and professional programs at local universities.

Graduate School
Harvard Kennedy School

Undergraduate School
Illinois Wesleyan University

Mentor
Sarah Zaphiris, former Rappaport Boston Urban Scholar

Agency
MassDevelopment

Supervisor
Andrew Levine, TDI Operations Officer

Description of Fellowship
Christine worked on program evaluation for the first round of TDI Local COVID Emergency Grants that were distributed to small businesses and used the evaluation to design the next round of small business support. She is also working on a program evaluation strategy for the broader TDI program.