Born and raised in North Carolina, Fleming has been passionate about politics and policy since his second grade class election, in which (tragically) Al Gore did not win the popular vote. After graduating from Sewanee with a BA in Political Science, he spent the next five years working on Democratic campaigns across six states, managing organizing teams, mobilizing voters, and twice attempting to elect the first woman president of the United States. He then worked at a political tech startup and for a progressive advocacy organization. During those two years, he worked to integrate the use of technology and data science into the work of movement building at the local and national level. He is excited to return to the classroom and explore how better technology policy can strengthen our democracy. In his spare time, he enjoys board games, cooking, trying new restaurants, and greeting dogs on the street while ignoring the humans attached to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3453,"template":"","student_areas_of_interest":[7,8],"intake_semester":[52],"degree":[37],"class_list":["post-3219","student","type-student","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","student_areas_of_interest-social-policy","student_areas_of_interest-technology-policy","intake_semester-fall-2023","degree-mpp-mba","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n