Scott Murphy Eisenhart
1074 Whitemarsh Dr. Lancaster, PA 17601 | (717) 925-1278 | scotteis@udel.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/scott-eisenhart/88/711/9b7
EDUCATION
Master of Public Administration, Expected May 2017
University of Delaware
Honors Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy, Expected May 2016
Minors: Political Communication, Political Science, and Spanish
University of Delaware
Study Abroad: Heredia, Costa Rica
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Legislative Fellow, House Majority Caucus
January 2016-Present
Delaware General Assembly, Dover, Delaware
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Staff the House Corrections, Labor, Sunset (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability), Telecommunication/Internet
& Technology, and Veterans’ Affairs Committees.
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Conduct legislative research and prepare policy memorandums.
Intern
November 2015-Present
Delaware T2/LTAP Center, Delaware Center for Transportation, University of Delaware
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Analyze municipal agreements between Delaware’s 57 municipalities and the Delaware Department of Transportation.
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Compile a database of agreements to promote transparency, and note superseding agreements or agreement discrepancies.
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Work with an engineering student to approach problem from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Public Administration Fellow
June 2014-Present
Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware
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Assist policy scientists and conduct research on a variety of grant-funded projects for the IPA’s Planning Services Group.
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Cooperate and coordinate projects with government and non-government organizations.
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Specialize in technology application and other media use.
Intern, State Representative Steven C. Mentzer
June 2015-August 2015
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Crafted responses to constituents’ correspondence.
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Conducted legislative research on several projects assigned by the Representative.
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Shadowed staff and observed best practices in organizational leadership and managerial methods.
Volunteer
August 2014-May 2015
Autism Delaware, Newark, Delaware
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Analyzed research about Delaware Code as it pertains to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
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Collected case studies of ASD law in other states.
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Gave legislative recommendations to the organization’s Policy & Community Outreach Director.
Intern, Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.
January 2015
United States Senate, Washington, D.C.
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Provided administrative and legislative assistance for Senator Casey and his staff.
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Authored the Senator’s “Week in Review/Week Ahead in Global Affairs” memo.
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Constructed multiple responses to constituent inquiries.
SKILLS
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Familiar with Microsoft Office and iMovie software.
Conversational proficiency in Spanish.
Comfortable with creating content for social media, and its proper application.
ACTIVITIES
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Marching Band
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Honors Program Senior Fellow
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Blue Hen Leadership Program
HONORS & AWARDS
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Eagle Scout with Bronze and Gold Palms
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7-time Dean’s List
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Honors Program General Honors Award
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Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society
August 2012-November 2015
August 2013-Present
January 2013-Present
April 2011
Fall 2012-Present
November 2014
November 2015
Scott Murphy Eisenhart
1074 Whitemarsh Dr. Lancaster, PA 17601 | (717) 925-1278 | scotteis@udel.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/scott-eisenhart/88/711/9b7
My admiration for public service began at a young age. My father worked for the Pennsylvania state government in the Civil
Service Commission for more than thirty years, and I particularly admired the outcome of his work. He could honestly say that every
day, he bettered the lives of Pennsylvanians in some way, and I envied the personal satisfaction that he took from his work.
While I grew up seeing the positive outcomes of government, I have begun to see in college that some Americans do not
have this view of government. I have instead found that many people have given up on the government and politics in general
because of the increase in political polarization and now seemingly permanent state of “gridlock” that grips the institution. While I
understand that the Founding Fathers’ intentions were to make the creation of legislation be a slow and deliberate process, I believe
that the current state of things is not what they had in mind. The government shutdown epitomized the institution’s inability to fulfill
its most basic of functions, and I sincerely felt embarrassed by it. The biggest challenge for the future politicians and change agents of
this nation is to modify the status quo so that the American public regains confidence in its government. I want to catalyze this change
by bringing back the notion of modernism and political compromise. I want to rejuvenate the political system and make it so that
ordinary Americans will have faith and trust in its public servants once again.
In order to achieve my goals, I first needed to accumulate as much knowledge on the subject as I could. When I first came to
the University of Delaware, I wanted to become an academic rock star. I wanted to take difficult classes, challenge my mind, and get
good grades. Looking back, I believe that I achieved this self-issued decree. As an Honors student, many of my classes were of a
higher-than-usual caliber, and required me to devote a substantial amount of time to in order to master the material. I can appreciate
the level of commitment that this graduate program desires, and I believe that my Honors background has established a solid academic
foundation for myself. The spectrum of classes that I took to fulfill the requirements for my major and three minors gave me multiple
perspectives, and because of this I am not limited to approaching a subject from only one angle. In order to get the most of my
undergraduate career, I decided to set high academic goals for myself. I had a standard that I adhered to in high school, but I desired
to surpass that mark in college. I knew from the onset that it would be a daunting task, but I committed myself to fulfilling my selfmade goal. Yes, it was a lot of work, but the personal satisfaction that I felt made it all worth it.
Being “book smart” and getting good grades are very important, but I also wanted my time at the University of Delaware to
be filled with outside-the-classroom learning. It is equally important for an aspiring government worker to go out into the world and
put their knowledge to the test by doing the change that they wish to see, and I was able to do this through several internship
opportunities. One of the most significant of my internships was (and is) being a Public Administration Fellows with the University of
Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration. I initially began as a temporary Summer Undergraduate Public Policy Fellow in 2014
working for the institute’s Planning Services Group. My supervisor had me working on several projects at once, and I quickly learned
how to juggle multiple deadlines and assignments at the same time. Though not required, my supervisor decided to hire me on fulltime once the academic year began, and it’s been a great opportunity ever since. Whether it be using Google earth to create aerial
photographs of rideshare parking lots to creating YouTube videos about best practices in rural land management, my supervisor has
called my ability to apply technology to addressing policy issues a real talent.
Another important internship that I had was with Autism Delaware, a non-profit organization that strives to support and
advocate for the Autism community in Delaware. I interned for the organization’s Policy & Community Outreach Director, and my
main task was legislative research. I became very familiar with not only Delaware Code, but also how to summarize vast amounts of
information into succinct reports. I also learned the importance of best practices. Delaware is not alone when it comes to supporting
those with Autism, so my time with Autism Delaware gave me great practice at looking at other states and not only seeing how they
have helped the Autism community, but also if it can in any way be applied in Delaware. My final product was a written report
summarizing all of my information, and also legislative recommendations that I felt the organization could present to the General
Assembly in order to provide more support for the Autism community. This internship was very unique, and I gained a tremendous
amount of knowledge and experience from it.
As an Eagle Scout, one of the first things I learned in Boy Scouts was to leave a place in a better condition than it was when
you first got there. My goal in life is to apply this same principle to my future career in public service so as to assure that the next
generation of Americans has a better life than I did, and it is my hope to have internship and career opportunities that will allow me to
get closer and closer to achieving this desire.