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Mac Dressman

Writer, changemaker, and creator

What I Do

I work with organizations that are tackling important social and political issues around the globe. Right now, I'm completing a Master's degree in Environmental Policy at Sciences Po Paris, and interning at a sustainability consulting microfinance organization. In the past, I've taken on projects ranging from improving teacher education in Tanzania to making U.S. transportation policy more sustainable. My main tools are writing, media, and political organizing.

I also love to write about the things that interest me: travel, music, history, and urban design, among others. 

My specialties are sustainable transportation policy and African history & politics. Let's make things happen together!

Featured Writing

Transportation for the People: A Well-Being Policy Framework for Urban Tanzania

This paper proposes to shift development patterns in Arusha, one of Tanzania’s fastestgrowing urban areas and key tourism hubs, centering well-being components such as human and environmental health, equity and justice instead of economic growth as key values. It proposes the establishment of pedestrian pathways, bicycle lanes, urban green spaces and improvements to
public transit reliability, administered by local community groups in coordination with the
regional government, in order to support sustainable transportation and development patterns.
The Sundial Press •

PSIA Deans Address Sciences Po’s Place at the “Heart of a Political Battle” in France

“Last week, we saw an escalation which put Sciences Po at the heart of a political battle in this country,” the Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) Arancha Gonzalez said, addressing students during a “town hall” assembly on Monday, March 18. “Let’s accept that Sciences Po, which has always been a political object, has now become a political target in the elections to the European Parliament in June.”

Gonzalez and Vice Dean Mark Maloney held the Town Hall meeting in response

Saharan Nomads and the State: The Evolution of Tuareg National Identity in Libya

The Tuareg are an indigenous nomadic people of the Sahara Desert, the largest and most
inhospitable desert in the world. In their traditional lifestyle, the Tuareg eschew borders and
rarely settle in an area for long, tracking the rains and resources of the desert, herding animals
and trading. However, the colonization of Africa by the French, and later the hardening of
borders when African nations became independent, imposed new boundaries and pressures on
the Tuareg.
All Things Go •

12 Artists Ready to Blow Up in 2019

Earworms that slowly build to an impressive crescendo are London musician Nillüfer Yanya’s trademark. Her sound is decidedly indie rock with a hint of soul, featuring plucky guitar riffs and Yanya’s stunning voice at its core. She’s a master of intertwining her strummed melodies with the ups and downs of her vocal performances, and you can feel Yanya’s conviction in every musical phrase on “Heavyweight Champion Of The Year,” a standout track from 2018 that has as much gravity as its name suggests.

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