Sean Alexander, a senior at Hendrix College from Little Rock, has won a prestigious Marshall scholarship.
He’ll study in England and continue his interest in rural hunger that developed during his work for the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance. Said a Hendrix release:
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Alexander’s research interests center on psychosocial stresses – shame, embarrassment, or hopelessness – and their effects on hunger relief program participation and rural economic development in the United States.
Great Britain funds about 40 scholars a year in program meant to commemorate the humanitarian ideas of the Marshall Plan.
Alexander is the son of Peter and Kris Alexander and a graduate of eStem Charter School in Little Rock.
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