Daniel Marsden
Spring 2024 John Jay Fellow
Hometown: Berryville, VA
College: Hampden-Sydney College
Degree: B.A. History, Minor in Rhetoric
Daniel Marsden graduated Magna Cum Laude and Honors from Hampden-Sydney College in May of 2023, with a B.A. in History and a minor in Rhetoric. While a student at H-SC, Daniel engaged in academic research, was involved in a variety of extracurricular pursuits, and maintained several leadership roles in campus organizations.
In the summer of 2021, Daniel served as an assistant on a research team providing the native village of Quinhagak, Alaska with archaeological support. Specifically, the team employed remote sensing methodologies to assist the community in managing the heritage landscape, which included sites of archaeological, environmental, and subsistence importance identified by community members. With the collaboration of the community, the research team continues to publish articles in peer-reviewed journals, including two articles on which Daniel is listed as an author. The following summer, Daniel worked directly for the community as an intern, providing remote sensing support.
On campus, Daniel was a Wilson Leadership Fellow for all four years. For his regular news articles in The Tiger, H-SC’s student paper, he was inducted into the Society for Collegiate Journalism. In 2021 and 2023, Daniel received awards presented by the History Department. He was also inducted into the leadership fraternity Omicron Delta Kappa and the history fraternity Phi Alpha Theta.
Daniel served two terms as President of the Union-Philanthropic Literary Society, personally presiding over debates on public resolutions every week. Additionally, he served as the parliamentarian and a senator of the Hampden-Sydney Student Senate, reviewing and approving biannual budgets in excess of $200,000. Additionally, Daniel served as president of Cogito, a ministry organization which hosts lectures and engages in multiple reading groups each week.
After graduating from Hampden-Sydney, Daniel served as a remote sensing analyst on a four person NASA DEVELOP team located at the University of Georgia’s Center for Geospatial Technology. The team provided support to the Native village of Unalakleet, Alaska, which is relocating due to permafrost deformation and erosion. After his time at the John Jay institute, Daniel want’s to apply remote sensing methodologies to continue assisting vulnerable communities.