Compensation: Interns will start at $16 per hour. Benefits are not included.
Time Commitment: Paid interns will be expected to work 10-25 hours per week depending on interest
and availability (details will be finalized after a group of interns is selected).
To Apply:
1. Please fill out the internship application through this Google form: https://forms.gle/tcyXy6he83BKetei8, or
2. Email your resume to info@marcelrich.org
The Marc Elrich for County Executive campaign is seeking interns interested in learning about the inner workings of a grassroots campaign through our unique PAID internship program. Interns will learn about and perform various everyday responsibilities of successful campaigns, including voter contact, volunteer recruitment and management, event staffing, data management, political planning, communications, and campaign research. They will also receive training on how to construct a field program and will have opportunities to take on increased responsibility as the campaign progresses. The program will also include an educational component in which experts will speak with interns about various policy and political topics. Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis and the internship will run through June 30, 2022 with the possibility to extend into the Fall.
Successful campaigns are disciplined and accountable, and all participants will be expected to behave professionally throughout this program. Interns are expected to show up to shifts on time and with a positive attitude and to be focused on assigned campaign priorities during their shifts. Interns will also be expected to attend weekly staff meetings, and a willingness to work on weekends is required.
Access to a vehicle is a plus but not a requirement (campaign headquarters are located in Rockville near the Twinbrook Metro Station). Paid interns will be expected to sign confidentiality and non-compete form; work for other campaigns through 2022 will require written consent of the campaign.
Paid interns are not expected to volunteer for additional hours when their assigned paid hours are complete.
Time Commitment: Paid interns will be expected to work 10-25 hours per week depending on interest
and availability (details will be finalized after a group of interns is selected).
Compensation: Interns will start at $16 per hour. Benefits are not included.
Proposal Due Date April 6th
Conference Date April 22nd
Conference is Fully Online
Submit Proposal Here: https://forms.gle/48HPv6ST3GsJjxHx7
Undergraduate and junior graduate students are invited to submit proposals to present completed research papers/projects, research in progress or roundtable discussions on any topic related to the general fields of government, international and public affairs. Students from colleges and universities in and around Virginia, as well as national and overseas colleagues, are also invited to submit proposals.
Students who present at the conference (or any research
conference) should include this on their academic resumes. When graduate or
professional schools consider applicants, they often look for this kind of
credit on a CV. Having presented your research as an undergraduate powerfully
indicates that you are already doing graduate level work and gives you a
competitive advantage over other applicants.
Students get the opportunity to present their own ideas,
arguments, and evidence to their peers and faculty. This gives a work in
progress a preliminary test-run. Students receive comments, advice, and
recommendations for further development in the process without having to
receive a grade. Often these presentations help students to submit better
papers, and occasionally these presentations help turn existing papers into
theses or even articles for publication.
You are engaging your discipline or research
agenda of choice at a high level. This is an intellectually fulfilling
opportunity with no chance of risk. Our conference panel chairs are there to
help foster discussion and enhance your presentation.
Unlike some professional conferences, this event is not designed to competitively challenge your research findings as much as it is to help you further develop your research interests.
Your participation in this conference will likely place you in panels with students from any number of different universities and fields of study. In recent years, we have had participants from a number of international partner universities, dozens of universities from our region, and hundreds of VCU students, making our conference one that is local, state, regional, and international. In 2019, the conference featured students from 20 regional universities and 2 countries. This is a great opportunity for students to engage their ideas with those from all over the field.
The conference is targeted at undergraduate
students although we will consider graduate level papers as they fit the
panels. We DO NOT REQUIRE completed paper. We will consider works in progress,
new ideas you want to develop, old papers you want to present, and most other
research possibilities as long as they fit into the following criteria:
Papers or ideas should fit into the very broad
categories of: Government, Public Policy, and International Affairs. Papers can
range from the formal and theoretical to pragmatic policy and issue analysis.
Strong consideration will be given to papers that
deal with issues of:
American politics and policy, public
administration, sociology and social structures ,international
relations and world affairs, human rights, civil rights, criminal
justice and public safety, national security, human security,
geography and demography health policy, environmental
policy, economic policy and
political economy, race, class, and gender politics, social justice
]]>On March 15, several guest speakers will be coming to a special session of POLI 309: Chinese Politics to discuss the ongoing human rights emergency in China and the genocide occurring in the Xinjiang region. Guests will include:Zubayra Shamseden, Vice President of the World Uyghur CongressJennifer Zeng, author, former labor camp detaineeYuwei Zhang, MD, PhD, activist, former re-education camp detaineeThe class begins at 7:20, and the guest-led discussion will start around 7:45. The class will be held entirely online, through Webex. Participants can join using the link below:
Join UMBC faculty experts and Ukrainian students for a discussion about the causes and consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Facilitator/host: Devin Hagerty, Professor of Political Science
Faculty speakers:
This event is cosponsored by the Center for Social Sciences Scholarship, the Department of History, and the Department of Political Science.