{"id":855,"date":"2020-06-19T15:10:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T20:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/social-sciences-and-humanities\/?page_id=855"},"modified":"2020-06-19T15:10:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T20:10:02","slug":"alec-guy-brock-ryan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/social-sciences-and-humanities\/alec-guy-brock-ryan\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Guy &#038; Brock Ryan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-1\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-1 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-1 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-1 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-1 .author:after{border-top-color:#f6f6f6 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>\u201cIt was amazing to experience such positive feedback from great PhD.-caliber minds from all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><strong>Brock Ryan<\/strong>, <span>Economics<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"testimonial-pagination\" id=\"fusion-testimonials-1\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><strong>Majors:<\/strong> Economics<br \/>\n<strong>Hometowns:<\/strong> St. Joseph, MO<\/p>\n<p>When Dr. Reza Hamzaee advertised a summer research opportunity to his upper-level economics class, Alec Guy and Brock Ryan were willing volunteers. Both had backgrounds in economics and politics, and they were excited for \u00a0this new opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Working closely with Dr. Hamzaee, Alec and Brock helped research and write \u201cCapitalism and Democracy: A Critical &amp; Investigative Analysis of the United States Government\u2019s Policy Making.\u201d They had the opportunity to present their research at the 2017 International Academic Conference on Business in Maui, Hawaii, and were awarded \u201cBest in Session\u201d for their presentation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was amazing to experience such positive feedback from great PhD.-caliber minds from all over the world,\u201d said Brock. \u201cHopefully, our research will contribute to this conversation, and lives will be improved as a result,\u201d said Alec.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":856,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/social-sciences-and-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/social-sciences-and-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/social-sciences-and-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/social-sciences-and-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/social-sciences-and-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/social-sciences-and-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/social-sciences-and-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855\/revisions\/857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/social-sciences-and-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/social-sciences-and-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/social-sciences-and-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/social-sciences-and-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}