CASA is searching for 2-3 research & policy interns to join the Maryland policy dream team! 

Apply using the form linked below 

Applications are due by Friday 10/29 at 2pm 

If you cannot make this deadline,                                                                  please contact Dr. Antkowiak hussey@umbc.edu about potential flexibility 

Maryland’s state legislature, the General Assembly (MGA), matches students to internships with state senators, delegates, committees, and caucuses during its annual January-April session. This popular program engages interns in very substantive legislative work and has helped many recent UMBC graduates who have participated in it gain their first jobs. It also pays a modest stipend.

The MGA requires that prospective interns be sponsored by a professor who provides academic credit for the experience. Interns must be at least 18 years old and have GPAs of at least 3.0. Students with somewhat lower GPAs may be considered if recommended by the sponsoring professor.

Dr. Laura Antkowiak (formerly Hussey) sponsors UMBC students from any major for this experience and offers academic credit through POLI 448 (4 credits). Depending on hours interned, students may be eligible for additional credit. Students seeking this sponsorship should email their completed MGA internship application (2022 Student Intern Application), including all required attachments, to Dr. Antkowiak (formerly Hussey) at lhussey@umbc.edu  by October 29th at 2pm. An application for sponsorship also requires an informal interview and two recommendations from faculty. Faculty should convey recommendations directly to Dr. Antkowiak (formerly Hussey) – in informal emails, formal letters, or this Political Science Internship Recommendation Form.

The department continues to offer academic credit for other spring semester internships in politics, public policy, public administration, and the law via POLI 448 and POLI 438, as well as internship placement assistance for qualified juniors and seniors. Please see https://politicalscience.umbc.edu/internships/ for details.

2022 Student Intern Application

Did you know that you can take courses for credit during the Winter and Summer Sessions from the luxury of your very own room? Many students save time (and money) by enrolling in these special sessions – and now is the time to register!

Do you want to learn how to prevent another disaster like the one we’ve all lived through from happening again? How about investigating how international law can regulate conflict in ways that protect the rights of states and individuals? Or maybe delve into ways in which movies reflect and shape perceptions of political values and processes? Or explore how American foreign policy decision-making power has come to rest largely in the hands of just one individual, the President?

We’ve got the Winter courses you are looking for!

The POLI lineup for Winter 2022 includes:

International Law (POLI 482)

Citizens and Democracy (POLI 469)

Disaster Politics (POLI 468)

American Foreign Policy (POLI 390)

Politics and Film (POLI 309)

Introduction to International Relations (POLI 280)

Introduction to Political Theory (POLI 210)

Advising Season is Upon Us 

Advising lists have been posted around the department. They include student's advisor and their contact info. These lists can be found outside Room 304, Room 310, and Room 357 in the Public Policy Building (PUP) 

If your name is not listed or you do not have an advisor listed please schedule an appointment using the link below or contact polisciadvising@umbc.edu  

In order to be approved for class registration students need to meet with their assigned faculty advisor to receive enrollment approval. Once you have this registration approval you can enroll in classes depending on how many completed credits you have. See the link to the registrar's calendar below for your corresponding date.  

The full schedule of classes for the Spring '22 semester will be published on October 25th 

https://politicalscience.umbc.edu/student-resources/advising/

https://registrar.umbc.edu/calendars/registration-appointments/

Friday, October 29, 2021 · 2 - 3 PM

Dr. Melissa Michelson

Dean of Arts & Sciences and Professor of Political Science, Menlo College

Mobilizing Black Turnout with Celebrations of Community: The Party at the Mailbox Project.  

An innovative program developed by Black Girls Vote to increase turnout in the Baltimore primary election of June 2020 called Party at the Mailbox was enormously successful; those efforts were replicated in the November 2020 election. Dr. Michelson will discuss how Party at the Mailbox worked, by cultivating a spirit of community celebration that capitalizes on Black group consciousness and Black attitudes about the power of the vote.  Dr. Michelson is an award-winning author of multiple books about Latinx and LGBTQ politics and will also be available to answer questions about that research.