Aaron Polhamus

Employer:	Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship
Position:	Worship team
Time period:	March 2007 - Present
Description:	• Rehearsed with fellow students every two weeks to prepare to play worship songs in weekly campus fellowship meeting.

Employer:	Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship
Position:	Bible study group leader
Time period:	January 2007 - Present
Description:	• Dedicated time each week to the planning and preparation of weekly small group meetings with fellow students. Preparation consisted of personal study and regular meetings with campus pastor.

Employer:	Research Experience
Position:	Research assistant to Professor Stephen Haber
Time period:	September 2006 - Present
Description:	• Duties: Locate primary source material, enter taxation data, and standardize raw data to IMF specifications. • Objective of project is to compile detailed histories of taxation in developing economies, standardized according to the International Monetary Fund’s 1986 Global Financial Statistics Manual, that are used to perform statistical regressions testing for structural shifts in national taxation patterns due to natural resource wealth exploitation.

Employer:	Senior honors thesis, Peruvian microfinance
Position:	Research Experience
Time period:	January 2006 - Present
Description:	• Designed research proposal for Stanford Major Grant, and conducted fieldwork in Peru during the summer, 2007. • Research methodology: Combined qualitative and quantitative data from interviews and digital sources to perform cross-institutional comparisons of microfinance institutions supplying credit to farmers and rural business owners. • Objective is to offer concrete policy recommendations for organizations and policy makers seeking to promote rural microfinance in Peru and Latin America. • Final product to be fully drafted in English by late December, 2007, and translated into Spanish by February, 2008. • Results to be presented to the Public Policy Program in late May/early June, 2008 for evaluation.

Employer:	Stanford Night Outreach
Position:	Homeless outreach
Time period:	March 2008 - June 2008
Description:	• Distributed sandwiches and clothing to Palo Alto homeless community on Friday nights.

Employer:	United States Department of Treasury
Position:	Intern
Time period:	September 2007 - December 2007
Description:	• Served as a student intern under Luyen Tran, director of the Western Hemisphere division of International Affairs. • Duties: Gather and synthesize economic statistics of Latin American economies, produce daily reports of current events in emerging bond, currency, and equity markets, draft memos for division heads dealing with topics of interest in economics and international relations.

Employer:	Captain John Curry
Position:	Independently contracted deckhand/cook
Time period:	May 2006 - August 2006
Description:	• Duties: All regular activities associated with the position of deckhand aboard commercial seining vessel, in addition to preparing 3 meals a day, 6 days a week, for 5 crew members. • Developed practical skills as cook and tradesman, working up to 20 hours a day.

Employer:	Teaching Internship, Professor Paul Chen
Position:	Intern
Time period:	January 2006 - March 2006
Description:	• Assisted in administration and grading exams for Paul Chen’s “Law and Society” course, as well as reading and reviewing literature for future course work.

Employer:	Campus Christian Fellowship
Position:	Bible study group co-leader
Time period:	September 2005 - June 2006
Description:	• Dedicated time each week to the planning and preparation of hour and a half long weekly small group meetings with fellow students. Preparation consisted of weekly meetings with campus pastor, Derrick Scheid, attending a 2 hour long weekly study course with other leaders, and meeting individually with group co-leader.

Employer:	WWU Writing Center
Position:	Writing Fellow
Time period:	September 2005 - June 2006
Description:	• Duties: Held conferences with students seeking to develop writing skills, staffed in-class workshops for students, and provided feedback on student submissions via email. • Emphasis placed on clarification of controlling idea, organization and structural coherence, and conventions.

Employer:	The Rock Youth Fellowship
Position:	Youth mentor
Time period:	September 2004 - June 2006
Description:	• Served as mentor to youth (4th – 6th grade) of Hillcrest Chapel and the Bellingham community by helping to plan, organize, and staff monthly events for kids that focused on mentorship and having fun in a safe environment.

Employer:	WWU Student Recreation Center
Position:	Building Supervisor
Time period:	September 2004 - June 2006
Description:	• Duties: Close/open facilities, maintain physical security, support staff logistically, respond to injuries or other emergencies.

Employer:	All American Marine Inc
Position:	Clean up crew
Time period:	June 2004 - February 2005
Description:	• Duties: Cleaned and ordered shop floor, maintained equipment, and assisted supervisor with receiving shipments. • Assisted in fabrication, interior, and systems work when needed and able, and learned to operate limited range of heavy equipment and power tools.

University:	Stanford University
Time period:	2006 - 2008
Degree:	Public Policy, BA

University:	Western Washington University
Time period:	2004 - 2006
Degree:	Mathematics, Political Science, Economics

Sports:	Stanford Men’s Rugby: September, 2006 – June, 2007 • Casually trained with the Stanford Men’s Rugby club, motivated by a desire to try a new, challenging, and physically rigorous sport. Cross Country and Track and Field: September, 2001 – June, 2004 • Five-time varsity athlete at Bellingham High School.
Hobbies:	Classical guitar: May, 2000 – present • Studies conducted with Ron Rondello and Charles Ferguson of the performance of classical guitar music. • Specialized in the study of Latin American pieces of high levels of virtuosity, primarily Abel Carlevaro and Barrios Mangore.
Awards:	Rhodes scholarship, Washington 2008 • Likely degree program: MSc in Applied Statistics and MSc in Financial Economics Presidents Medal, Western Washington University • Signed letter of recognition from university president recognizing outstanding academic achievement. • Awarded for 5 out of 6 quarters at Western Martina and Thomas Horn Scholarship, Western Washington University • A 3-year, 2,500 dollar scholarship awarded to the two highest-achieving Whatcom Country students planning to attend Western Washington University.