Carolyn Conner is a former Research Assistant at the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. A graduate of Wake Forest University, she holds a B.A. in Anthropology. While at Wake Forest, she was actively involved in the Volunteer Service Corps and spent much of her free time volunteering and overseeing volunteer activity on campus through her position on the Volunteer Service Corps Advisory Board. She also spent time studying in Nepal (Summer 2001) and in Sevilla, Spain (Fall 2002).