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RICHARD B. EPHRON

Current Address: Permanent Address:

2097 Paresky Phone: (206) 214-7771 2222 Russell Lane

Williamstown, MA 01267 E-mail: 10rbe@williams.edu Seattle, WA 98536

|EDUCATION | |

|Williams College, Williamstown, MA |

|Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy, expected May 2019 |

|Recipient of Herbert H. Lehman Scholarship for extracurricular excellence & service to the community. |

|School for International Training, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Spring 2015 |

|EXPERIENCE | |

|Fellow, Robert G. Wilmers Jr. Memorial Fellowship, India and Malaysia, Summer 2018 |

|Conducted independent research study in India and Malaysia to study how Penal Code 377, a law that criminalized sexual deviance, affected HIV/AIDS work |

|targeted at sexual minorities. |

|Met with leaders and activists in India to discuss the progress of the movement against 377. |

|Produced a report of the social consequences of the legal persecution of sexual minorities. |

|Intern, Community Based Research, AIDS Project Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Summer 2017 |

|Assisted research coordinators by inputting data into electronic files, creating research summaries, maintaining schedules, organizing databases, and |

|contacting research participants for projects that focused on HIV prevention and education programming. |

|Recruited and prescreened research participants for eligibility for study on the perceptions of the development of a new microbocide to prevent HIV |

|transmission. |

|Edited transcripts of recorded interviews of teenage youth and how they discuss sexual health with friends in order to help develop better education |

|programming. |

|Uploaded and provided feedback for online questionnaire for residents in a low-income area with a predominantly Latino & African American population to |

|gauge sexual activity and attitudes, and the need of a new health center. |

|Research Assistant, Williams College Department of Sociology, Williamstown, MA, Summer 2017 |

|Reviewed and collected research articles needed for study on the effects of Muslim migration in the E. U. |

|Director of Outreach, Young Global Leaders Summit, New York, NY, Summer 2016 |

|Collaborated with other students to create a conference for young leaders to promote awareness in their communities of global issues, during the |

|congregation of World Leaders at the 2005 U.N. World Summit. |

|Led a team of 12 students to maximize the number of attendees to the student created conference. Helped develop website, conference media, advertising |

|materials, and outreach materials. |

|Successfully recruited the maximum amount of attendees allowed to attend and had a large waiting list, drawing together many young leaders, students, and|

|professionals. |

|ACTIVITIES | |

|Member, Dively Committee for LGBT Programming, September 2016 – present |

|Political/Cultural Events Coordinator, Eph Rainbow Alliance, September 2016 – January 2017 |

|Involved with student-faculty committee that coordinates LGBT discussions and campus events. |

|Led a talk on religion and LGBT issues, a discussion that brought together religious and LGBT communities on campus to talk about mediating differences. |

|Student Aide, Williams College Health Center, Work-Study, September 2017 – present |

|In charge of checking in students, taking calls, and assisting with health projects. |

|Volunteer with health center’s Hurricane Katrina relief trip by assisting in setting up clinics and checking in and speaking with patients. |

|All-Campus, Neighborhood, and House Representative, College Council, September 2016 – January 2017 |

|Participated in weekly meetings to discuss school policies and approve distribution of $300,000 budget. |

|Facilitator, Williams Community Building Program, April 2017 – January 2018 |

|Led workshops and discussions about topics such as diversity, prejudice, racism, sexism, homophobia, and community building in an effort to promote |

|acceptance and school unity. |

|Rower, Williams College Novice Crew, September 2016 – March 2017 |

|SKILLS |Elementary Spanish and Tagalog |

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