About 80 percent of students in the Department of Political Science and Public Policy do at least one internship during their time at Elon. Here are some examples of recent internships in Washington, D.C., and abroad:

Local:

  • City of Burlington Planning Department
  • City of Graham Public Relations Department
  • Town of Elon Planning Department
  • Alamance County Public Defender’s Office
  • Guardian Ad Litem
  • Probation Department
  • Women’s Resource Center
  • Burlington Times-News
  • Several local law firms

State:

  • North Carolina Governor’s Office
  • North Carolina Education Department
  • North Carolina Trade Center
  • North Carolina General Assembly
  • North Carolina Corrections Department
  • North Carolina Office of the Courts
  • Restorative Justice Research Group
  • State Bureau of Investigation
  • N.C. Senate President Marc Basnight
  • N.C. Senator Tony Rand
  • N.C. Representative Frank Balance
  • N.C. Representative Ruth Easterling
  • N.C. Equity

Administration:

  • The White House Chief of Staff Office
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • U.S. Housing and Urban Development
  • U.S. Department of Education
  • U.S. Interior Department
  • U.S. Commerce Department
  • U.S. Information Agency
  • Environmental Protection Agency

Legal:

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • National Center for Institutions and Alternatives
  • Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Bureau of Prisons
  • Public defenders’ offices
  • D.C. Corporation Counsel
  • Georgetown Law Center
  • Interpol

Advocacy and Nonprofits:

  • NAACP Legislative Office
  • ACLU of Maryland
  • National Education Association
  • Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
  • Physicians for Social Responsibility
  • Human Rights Campaign
  • Amnesty International
  • KM Communications
  • Latino Civil Rights Center
  • Campus Outreach Opportunity League
  • Eddie Mahe Associates
  • Community Solutions International
  • Military Traffic Management Command
  • Van Scoyoc and Associates

Think Tanks:

  • The Leadership Institute
  • The Millennium Institute
  • Potomac Associates
  • The Atlantic Council
  • Center for Military and Strategic Studies
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies

Partisan:

  • Republican National Committee
  • Democratic National Committee
  • Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee
  • National Republican Congressional Committee
  • Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
  • Presidential campaign of Bill Clinton
  • U.S. Senate campaign of Bill McCollum, FL
  • Governor’s campaign of Ellen Sauerbrey, MD
  • U.S. House campaign of Charlotte Koskoff, CT
  • N.C. House campaign of Wiley Wooten
  • Emily’s List

Congress:

  • Senator Jesse Helms, NC
  • Representative Ken Lucas, KY
  • Senator Joe Biden, DE
  • Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, NY
  • Senator Kent Conrad, ND
  • Senator Jay Rockefeller, WV
  • Senator John Warner, VA
  • Representative Eva Clayton, NC
  • Representative Charles Taylor, NC
  • Representative Howard Coble, NC
  • Representative Elijah Cummings, MD
  • Representative Steny Hoyer, MD
  • Representative Helen Bentley, MD
  • Representative Robert Ehrlich, MD
  • Representative Roscoe Bartlett, MD
  • Representative Nancy Johnson, CT
  • Representative Cliff Stearns, FL
  • Representative Tillie Fowlers, FL
  • Representative George Gekas, PA

International:

  • The Carter Center (Atlanta)
  • House of Commons (Great Britain)
  • Parliament (Ireland)
  • London City Government
  • Parliamentary campaigns in Great Britain
  • American-Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce