RAPP Keegan

Keegan is currently entering his second year teaching english as a JET program ALT in Kagoshima city. Keegan discovered TOMODACHI in 2020 during his junior year of university with the, "Building the TOMODACHI Generation: Morgan Stanley Ambassadors Program". A partner program with The Washington Center, a semester long residential internship program in D.C.. During the program Keegan had the honor of working with Japanese and American university students to create a pilot junior high school engagement program to reduce futoko in Fukushima. This project won first place. A year later in 2021, Keegan graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science, and a minor in interfaith studies from Queens University of Charlotte as poli-sci graduate of the year. His capstone work included a survey experiment to reduce covid-19 polarization and misinformation, and a project comparing right to work laws with union membership using R. After graduating, Keegan became an AmeriCorps NCCC team leader in rural Colorado working with habitat for humanity to build homes for teachers. Before coming to Japan, Keegan was a member of "Lead for North Carolina", an Americorps program that pairs recent graduates with local governments across North Carolina. Keegan served in Granville County, NC, where he interviewed county leaders about growth and development, created a food security program in Granville county's library system, and built a local government program for high school youth. Upon completion of his second year in Japan, in August of 2025, Keegan will return to the U.S. to begin a master of public administration with a concentration in community and economic development at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Keegan hopes to continue the work of global partnership and citizen engagement, developing local governments across the US, Japan, and the world.