- Local Internships in Congressional Offices
- Paid internship, No on Proposition One Committee
- Wilson Center- Research Assistant Intern- Washington, D.C.
- AFSC- Stop Torture Program Intern- Los Angeles, California
Local Internships in Congressional Offices
There remain a number of local internships for political parties and congressional offices. As the congressional elections draw near there will be growing demand for good interns. If you have a desire to get some experience inside a local congressional office or working on a congressional campaign, contact me (Professor O'Neil)
Paid Internship, No on Proposition One Committee, Seattle
I saw your UPS blog and the solicitation on the part of the PRO side of the Roads and Transit measure ... I was wondering if there might be any government/political science students who would like to intern for the OPPOSITION to the RAT issue? Go to our websites ... truthabouttraffic.org and NOtoprop1.org to get a better idea of the entire picture.
Would you mind letting me know if there's any students interested in helping us out? Yes, there would be some pay involved.
Peggy Simpson
NO to Proposition 1 Committee
425-785-8891
Wilson Center- Research Assistant Intern- Washington, D.C.
The majority of the interns at the Woodrow Wilson Center serve as research assistants for visiting scholars. Research assistants are talented students from universities around the country who combine part-time hours at the Center with their studies and with other activities. A position as a research assistant is particularly appropriate for a student planning to move on to graduate studies, or for students wishing to develop a deeper understanding of their field of study. In addition to assisting with research, interns have the opportunity to network with experts in their chosen fields.
The Center has around 50 research interns at any one time, many of whom are replaced at the end of each academic term. Most research assistants do not receive a stipend.
Activities
Most scholars who come to the Wilson Center spend their time carrying out research, writing books, and making public presentations. Research assistants have the unique opportunity to work directly with these experts, as they examine issues of contemporary public policy or explore topics that provide the historical context behind today's public policy debates. Most research assistants at the Center work with university professors who are scholars at the Wilson Center while on leave from their home institutions. Other assistants may be assigned to journalists, present and former government officials (such as ambassadors) or, occasionally, to scholars from the private sector.
In support of the scholars, research assistants spend much of their time searching for information, using online academic databases or other publications. They often perform other duties, as well, such as translating, proofreading, critiquing, checking references, summarizing, and helping with software or presentational tasks. There may be some administrative tasks involved, but such tasks will be limited. Consequently, a strong sense of responsibility and the ability to work with a minimum of supervision are strong assets. Foreign language skills are sometimes useful.
While at the Center, all interns are encouraged to go beyond their particular internship responsibilities and to attend our many panel discussions, conferences and other meetings. Interns are also welcome to join staff and scholars during some social events.
Eligibility
Applicants must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher and be a current, recent, or soon-to-be student. Most interns are of at least senior undergraduate level, though strongly qualified juniors will be considered. Graduate students are eligible to apply. Foreign students are eligible, but they must hold a valid F-1 or J-1 visa and appropriate work authorization. The Wilson Center does not sponsor visas. Foreign students must obtain written permission from their Responsible Visa Officer at their university stating their ability to intern at the Wilson Center.
Typical research assistants are students of political science; U.S. government/politics; international relations; history (including US history); foreign languages; international affairs; regional studies; economics; public policy; security studies, and similar disciplines, though students of many other fields of study have sometimes been selected. New scholars are constantly arriving at the Wilson Center, and it can be difficult to predict what specific projects will be carried out in the future. For that reason, all interested students are encouraged to apply.
Deadlines
Please note the following deadlines:
For internships beginning in January: November 2nd
Application Process
To apply, applicants will need to submit the following documents:
* a completed Internship Information Form
* Current resume
* Cover letter
* 3-5 page writing sample
* 2 letters of recommendation
* Transcripts
Please direct your application materials to our internships coordinator by fax, email, or regular mail.
Internships Coordinator, Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC. 20004-3027
Phone: 202/691-4053
Fax: 202/691-4001
e-mail:internships@wilsoncenter.org
AFSC- Stop Torture Program Intern- Los Angeles, California
Resume Submission Deadline: Rolling deadlines as follows -
November 15, 2007 for Spring Term (January - May)
April 15, 2008 for Summer Term (June - August)
July 15, 2008 for Fall Term (September - December)
Internship dates may vary, depending on school requirements.
Mission: End U.S. torture in the War on Terror by mobilizing people in Los Angeles to deconstruct U.S. institutions of torture, hold U.S. leaders responsible for torture accountable, and restore Constitutional and international human rights standards in the U.S.
Goal #1: Work in coalition with like-minded organizations to eliminate the participation of people in regulated professions in U.S. torture
Strategic Objectives:
1. Accomplish one locally-focused objective to stop torture (pass legislative
resolution critical of torture participation by CA medical professionals)
GOAL #2: Restore civil rights and liberties for all people under U.S.
Jurisdiction
Strategic Objectives:
1. Restore habeas corpus and other fundamental civil liberties undermined in the Military Commission Act and Patriot Act
2. Establish oversight of U.S. treatment of all people in U.S. custody
3. Close Guantanamo Prison
Methodology:
1. Initiate and support AFSC educational programs
2. Public witness
3. Initiate and support legislative initiatives to stop U.S. torture
Program Summary: The Los Angeles office officially took up this issue as a pilot project in September, 2006. The American Friends Service Committee's Los Angeles office (AFSC-LA) is one of several Quaker-based peace and justice organizations ! concerned about torture. In addition to AFSC, the Quaker Initiative to End Torture (QUIT), Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) are focusing on this issue as well. Working with a small committee of Quakers and community supporters, we identified criteria for shaping our stop torture program. We decided that our main objective needed to be:
. California-related
. Uniquely our contribution
. Complementary to our resources, in terms of time, expertise and funding
. Increasing public awareness of torture as a social institution
. Humanizing the torture victim
. A platform for ethical, moral and religious questions
Based on these criteria, we have chosen to work as partners with Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Program for Torture Victims focus on what we are calling the Human Rights and Medicine Campaign, a state legislative initiative to warn CA medical professionals of the possible future risks to their license by participating in torture and urging the U.S. military not to involve CA medical professionals in torture.
In addition to this program priority, AFSC - LA has supported the annual School of the Americas demonstration at Ft. Benning, GA. with Los Angeles programs.
Details of Internship:
Duration: Minimum of 3 months
Hours: Weekly contact with a minimum of 6 hrs. weekly. Some work can be done from home; some work in the office. Event coordination requires flexible hours.
Product: To be agreed upon at the beginning of the internship
Evaluation: Self-evaluation and supervisor feedback half way through internship and at the end of the internship; AFSC-LA requires guidelines from the educational institution before the internship begins regarding their internship requirements
Qualifications:
1. Initiative, ability to work independently, opening to asking questions when you do not know,
2. Keeps agreements, dependable, can communicate about challenges, can take responsibility for actions
3. Strong writing and communication skills
4. Organizational and planning skills
5. Web skills a plus
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