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View internship positions previously held by UC San Diego students participating in UCDC. This list is sorted by quarter and includes student's academic majors.
Organization | Major |
The United States House of Representatives | Political Science/Public Law/ History |
National Cancer Institute | Political Science/International Relations |
Office of Congresswoman Julia Brownley | Political Science/ Comparative Politics |
Democrazy Summer | Political Science/American Politics |
US House of Representatives | Political Science/International Affairs w/minor in mathematics |
Red Cell Partners | International Studies/International Business |
Organization | Major |
Middle East Institute | N/A |
Delegation of the Government of Catalonia to the USA and Canada | Political Science/Intntl Relations w/Real Estate and Development minor |
Washington International Trade Association | Business Economics/ Political Sci w/Computational Social Sci Minor |
National Immigration Forum | Political Sci/Public Law w/Public Service Minor |
Office of Scott Peters (CA-52) | Political Sci/Public Law w/ Entrepreneurship & Innovation Minor |
Office of Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06) | Political Science |
Portman Square Group | N/A |
Embassy of France | N/A |
Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto | N/A |
Perseus Strategies | Poli Sci/Intnl Relations w/Business Minor |
Washington Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs -DC Prisoner's Project | Political Science/Race Eth w/Environmental Studies Minor |
Rising for Justice (DC Law Students in Court) | Political Science/Public Law |
UC San Diego Federal Relations | History/Poli Sci/Public Policy |
Internet Education Foundation | Political Science/Public Law |
Organization | Major |
American Bar Association | Global Health w/ Law and Society Minor |
Office of Congressman Raul Ruiz (CA-36) | Political Science/Race and Ethnci |
Keith Watters & Associates | Political Science/Race Eth and Pol w/Law and Society Minor |
Office of Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) | Political Sci/Amer Politicas w/USP Mino |
Office of Scott Peters (CA-52) | Sociology-Culture/Communication & Poli Sci |
Office of Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-02) | Political Sci/Public Policy |
Office of Congressman Morgan Luttrell (TX-08) | Business Psychology w/Health Care-Soc Issues Minor |
U.S. Department of Commerce -Office of the White House Lianson | Political Sci/Intntl Relations w/ Mathematics Minor |
NewDeal | Environ Sys (Ecol, Behav&Evol) w/USP Minor |
National Whistleblower Center (NWC) | Global Health w/Law and Society + Environmentla Studies minor |
Office of Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) | Sociology - Social Inequality |
Common Cause | Political Science/Public Policy |
Center for American Progress (CAP) | Political Science/Public Policy |
National Community Reinvestment Coalition | History w/Political Science Minor |
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | International Studies-Poli Sci/Sociology-Law and Society |
Organization | Major |
The Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of the American Indian | History |
National Community Reinvestment Coalition | International Studies - Poli Sci |
International Cancer EXPERT Corps | Sociology Science and Medicine w/Health Care-Soc Issues Minor |
Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) | Political Science/Intntl Relations w/ Economics Minor |
Human Right Campaign | Political Science/Intntl Relations |
Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) | Global Health |
Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies | Political Science/Intnl Relations w/ Language Studies Minor |
CHC BOLD PAC (Committee for Hispanic Causes) | Latin American Studies |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) | Political Sci/Public Policy w/Education Studies Minor |
NARAL Pro-Choice America | Public Health |
Congressional Management Foundation | Political Science/Data Analytics w/Chinese Studies Minor |
Organization | Major |
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) | Political Science/Public Law and History |
FAIRGirls | Political Science/ Race, Ethnicity, and Politics |
UC Office of Federal and Government Relations (UCFGR) | Political Science/ Data Science and Communication |
Telemundo 44 | Communication / International Studies - Poli Sci |
Borgen Project | Political Science/ General |
National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA) | Sociology / Law & Society |
Mil Mujeres Legal Services | Business Psychology |
Counterterrorism Group | Linguistics / Political Science |
Global Kids | Global Health |
Center for Climate Integrity (CCI), Campaigns | Political Science/ Data Analytics |
Washington International Trade Association (WITA) | Political Science/ International Relations |
Political Violence Lab - Professor Andrew Shaver | Political Science/ International Relations |
Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) | Political Science/ Data Analytics |
Organization | Major |
KIND - Kids in Need of Defense | Critical Gender Studies |
NewDeal | Human Biology |
National Defense University Foundation (NDU) | International Studies |
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) | Communication; Business |
Hope Foundation for Reentry Network (HFRN) | Political Science/ Data Analytics |
The Advocacy Project | Political Science/ American Politics |
Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents | Public Policy / Political Science |
Animal Welfare Institute | Political Science/ Public Law |
Americans for the Arts | Political Science/ Public Policy |
Office of Congressman Mike Garcia | Political Science/ Public Law and History |
Organization | Major |
Rising for Justice | Political Science / Public Law |
Woodrow Wilson Center, Africa Program | International Studies - Poli Sci |
State Department (Center for Mind-Body Medicine) | Global Health |
House of Representatives Democratic Caucus | International Studies - Intl Bus |
Office of Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-02) | Marshall College Honors Program |
Organization | Major |
Committee for Hispanic Causes Bold PAC (CHC) | International Studies - Poli Sci |
Homme DC | International Studies - Intl Bus |
Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) | Political Sci/Data Analytics |
Office of Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) | Political Science/ Public Policy |
Voto Latino | Ethnic Studies/ Global Health |
Enabling Peace in Iraq Center | International Studies - Poli Sci |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Communication |
Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain | History/ Political Sci/ Intntl Relations |
Organization | Major |
UC Office of Federal Government Relations | Political Science (American Politics) |
Securities & Exchange Commission | International Studies/Business Psych |
National Education Association | International Studies (Political Science) |
National Head Start | International Studies (Political Science) |
End Citizens United | Political Science/Sociology |
Mexican Embassy (Office of Cooperation and Development) | Politicial Science (International Relations) |
US Department of State- Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | International Studies |
National Immigration Forum | International Studies (Political Science) |
UC San Diego’s Government Research Relations office | Chemistry |
Political Violence Lab | International Studies (Political Science) |
Handshake Partners | Sociology (Economy and Society) Political Science (Public Law) |
Organization | Major |
UC San Diego, Office of Government Research Relations | International Studies (Political Science) |
U.S. Department of Commerce, Small Business Administration | International Studies (Political Science |
Office of Congresswoman Nanette Barragan | Political Science (Amer Politics) |
Office of Congresswoman Primala Jayapal | Political Science ( Public Policy) |
Senate Help Committee | Sociology, Public Health |
Federal Communications Commission | Poltiical Science (Public Policy) |
Mothership Strategies | Political Science (Public Law) |
Woodrow Wilson Center, Media Relations | Political Science (Public Policy) |
American Bar Association/ROLI | Mathematics (Applied), Literature (Writing) |
Office of Congressman Scott Peters | Political Science (Amer Politics) |
Mil Mujeres Legal Services | Political Science (Amer Politics) |
Organization | Major |
House Judiciary Committee | Political Science (American Politics) |
Congressman Jimmy Panetta | Political Science (American Politics |
ACLU | Political Science (Public Law) |
Public Citizen | Global Health |
Office of Senator Kamala D. Harris | Political Science (Amer Politics)- Urban Studies & Planning |
Middle East Institute | Political Science |
Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein | Political Science (Intntl Relations) |
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Political Science (American Politics) |
Office of Congressman Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) | Political Science (Intntl Relations) |
Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein | International Studies (International Business) |
U.S. Department of Commerce, Small Business Administration | Cognitive Science w/Spec Lang & Culture |
The Wilson Center | International Studies (International Business) |
Unidos USA | Global Health |
National Hispanic Medical Association | Global Health |
Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division | Political Science |
Democratic National Committee | Political Science (Public Policy) |
National Whistleblower Center | Political Science - Public Law |
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission | International Studies - International Business |
Office of Senator Bernie Sanders | Political Science (Public Law) - Urban Studies and Planning |
The Public Defender Service for DC | Political Science (Public Law) |
Brookings Institute | Economics - Communication |
Organization | Major | |
Climate Reality Project | Linguistics - Philosophy | |
National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) | International Studies - International Business | |
OCA- Asian Pacific American Advocates | Political Science (Public Policy) - International Relations | |
Search for Common Ground | Political Science - International Relations | |
National Archives and Records Association | History | |
American Psychological Association (APA) | Cognitive Science - Neuroscience | |
American Institute of Physics (AIP) | Bioengineering - BioSystems | |
National Public Education Support Fund | International Studies - Political Science | |
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Economics - International Studies - Political Science |
Organization | Major |
American Bar Association | Political Science - American Politics |
National Immigration Forum | International Studies |
U.S. Department of Commerce, SBA | Political Science – International Relations |
Senate HELP Committee | Political Science - Public Policy |
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of International Visitors | Political Science – International Relations |
Bipartisan Policy Center | Physics |
Hispanic Federation | Political Science - Public Policy |
Interpol | International Studies |
House Democratic Caucus | Ecology, Behavior & Evolution/ Political Science - American Politics |
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe | Literature |
Office of Congressman Jimmy Gomez | Political Science - American Politics |
Office of Attorney General | Political Science - Political Theory |
Consortium of Universities for Global Health - CUGH | Human Biology |
Organization | Major |
Kid Power | International Studies - Sociology |
National Education Association | Political Science |
Fighting for Veteran's Healthcare | Political Science |
APLU | Political Science - Public Policy |
Congressman Brad Sherman | Political Science - American Politics |
Atlantic Council | Political Science |
Association of Prosecuting Attorneys | Communication |
U.S. Department of Treasury | Managment Science |
Forum of Youth Investment | General Biology |
Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press | Linguistics |
Organization | Major | |
Communication | ||
LobbyIt |
International Studies – Political Science |
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U.S. Department of Commerce, Trade |
Political Science |
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TV Asahi America, Inc. |
International Studies – Political Science |
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Freedom House | International Studies – Political Science | |
American Forests | Environmental Systems | |
Congressman Eric Swalwell |
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Senator Patty Murray |
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Congresswomen Mimi Walters |
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Foundation for Defense of Democracies |
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Congresswomen Susan Davis | Urban Studies and Planning | |
Congressman Michael Bost |
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Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research | Political Science – Public Law | |
UC Office of Federal Governmental Relations | Political Science – Economics | |
American Foreign Policy Council | International Studies – Economics | |
Small Business Administration | International Studies – Economics | |
Keith Walters and Associates | Urban Studies and Planning – Public Health | |
US House Committee on Homeland Security | Poiltical Science | |
Woodrow Wilson Center | International Studies – Political Science |
Organization |
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International Studies – Political Science |
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Political Science |
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Political Science |
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Physiology & Neuroscience |
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International Studies – Political Science |
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Political Science – Public Law |
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Political Science – Comparative Politics |
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International Studies – Political Science |
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International Studies – Political Science |
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Human Biology |
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International Studies – Political Science |
Organization |
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Political Science |
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Economics |
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Public Health |
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Political Science – International Relations |
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International Studies – Economics |
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Political Science – International Relations |
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Political Science |
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Political Science – International Relations |
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Political Science – American Politics |
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Political Science – International Relations |
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Office of Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Cloakroom |
Political Science – International Relations |
Political Science – International Relations |
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International Studies – Political Science |
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U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology |
Computer Science |
Political Science |
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Political Science – International Relations |
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Political Science |
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Political Science – International Relations |
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Management Science/Latin American Studies |
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Political Science – Public Law |
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Communication/Political Science |
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Political Science |
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Communication |
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Political Science – International Relations |
Organization |
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Political Science – International Relations/Economics |
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Political Science – Public Policy |
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Political Science |
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International Studies – Political Science |
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Political Science |
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Earth Sciences |
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Political Science/Theatre |
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Joint Math-Economics/Classical Studies |
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U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
Political Science – International Relations/Economics |
Ethnic Studies |
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Political Science – Public Policy |
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International Studies – Economics |
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Joint Math-Economics |
Organization |
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Political Science – International Relations |
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Political Science – Public Law |
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Political Science/Ethnic Studies |
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Management Science |
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International Studies – Political Science |
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Political Science |
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Psychology/Public Health |
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Political Science |
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Economics |
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Office of Senator Barbara Boxer |
Political Science |
International Studies – Political Science |
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History |
Organization |
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US Department of Education, Office of Communications and Outreach, Media Relations |
International Studies - Political Science |
Economics |
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Communication |
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Political Science – International Relations |
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International Relations - Political Science |
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Health & Medicine Council of Washington |
Cognitive Science |
Biological Anthropology |
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International Studies – Political Science |
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Sociology – International Studies |
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National Education Association – Corporation for Community & National Service |
Economics |
Political Science - American Politics |
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International Studies - Sociology |
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Communication |
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Political Science |
Organization |
Major |
Economics |
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Political Science/Ethnic Studies |
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Political Science – Public Law |
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International Studies – Political Science |
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Computer Science |
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Public Health |
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Political Science |
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Political Science – Public Law |
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Political Science – Public Policy |
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International Studies – Political Science |
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Political Science – Public Law/Sociology – Law and Society |
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History |
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International Studies – Sociology |
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International Studies – Economics |
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Communication/Political Science |
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International Studies – Political Science |
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Political Science – International Relations |
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Joint Math-Economics |
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Political Science – International Relations |
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Latin American Studies/Political Science |
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Economics |
Organizations | Majors |
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UC Office of Federal Government Relations | International Studies - Political Science |
Congressman Juan Vargas | Political Science |
Congresswoman Norma Torres | Political Science - International Relations |
National Women's Law Center | Political Science - Public Policy |
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | Communication/Economics |
National Education Association | Management Science |
DC Attorney General | Political Science |
Congresswoman Doris Matsui | Political Science - Public Policy |
DC Attorney General | Political Science |
AIDS Institute | Ethnic Studies |
Diaspora African Women's Network | Political Science - International Relations |
Congressman Xavier Becerra | Communication /Urban Studies and Planning |
House Democratic Caucus | Political Science/International Relations |
Woodrow Wilson Center | EAP - Diplomacy & International Affairs |
Congressman Paul Cook | International Studies - Sociology |
Congressman Alan Lowenthal | Political Science - International Relations |
NGP VAN | |
U.S. Department of Commerce | International Studies - Political Science |
The Raben Group | Political Science - Public Law |
NAACP | Sociology-Law and Society |
National Immigration Forum | Urban Studies and Planning |
Congressman Jim Costa | Joint Mathematics & Economics |
Organizations | Majors |
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Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship | Literature |
Center for American Progress | International Studies - Political Science |
China Radio International North America | Political Science/Public Policy |
Congressman Xavier Becarra | Political Science - American Politics |
Congresswoman Norma Torres | Political Science - Political Theory |
DC Public Defenders Office | Sociology - Law and Society |
Federal Communications Commission | Political Science |
InterAmerican Development Bank | International Studies - Economics |
National Education Association | Sociology |
OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates | Political Science - Public Law |
OCA - Organization of Chinese Americans | International Studies - Political Science |
RP3 Agency | General Biology/Communication |
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Culture | Music Humanities |
Smithsonian Folkways | Economics & Music Performance |
State Department | International Studies - Political Science |
U.S. Department of Commerce | International Studies - Economics |
Organizations | Majors |
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American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) | Environmental Systems: Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution |
American Foreign Service Association | International Studies: History |
Amnesty International | Communication |
Brookings Institution | Joint Economics & Mathematics |
Congressman Brad Sherman | Political Science |
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi | Political Science: American Politics |
DC Prisoners Office | Political Science & Study of Religion |
DC Public Defenders Office | Political Science: International Relations |
DC Public Defenders Office | Political Science |
Democratic National Committee | Political Science: Public Law |
Departent of the Interior - Office of Surface Mining | Environmental Systems: Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution |
Department of Education | Political Science: Public Policy |
Department of Education - Nonpublic Education and Military Family Affairs | Human Development |
Department of Homeland Security | International Studies: Economics |
Department of Justice | Political Science: American Politics |
National Defense University | Electrical Engineering |
National Education Association | Political Science: Public Policy |
National Education Association | Sociology: Economy & Society |
New Partners | Communication |
Office of Personnel Management | Political Science |
Senator Dianne Feinstein | Political Science: American Politics |
State Department | International Studies: Political Science |
UC Office of Federal Government Relations | Political Science: Public Policy |
UC Office of Federal Government Relations | Economics & Management Science |
Voto Latino | Political Science: American Politics |
White House Correspondance Office | International Studies: Political Science |
Organizations | Majors |
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Alliance for Health Reform | Political Science: International Relations |
American Red Cross | International Studies: Political Science |
Congressman Dana Rohrbacher | Political Science |
Congressman Scott Peters | Physics |
Congresswoman Karen Bass | Political Science: Public Policy |
Department of the Interior: Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Agency | International Studies: Political Science |
Diaspora African Women's Network | History & International Studies: Political Science |
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement | Political Science: Public Law |
National Education Association | Political Science: International Relations |
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Political Science: International Relations |
Organizations | Majors |
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Amnesty International | Political Science: International Relations |
Association for Career and Technical Education | Political Science: American Politics |
Congressman Duncan Hunter | Political Science |
Congressman Ken Calvert | Political Science: International Relations |
Digital Promise | Communication |
Environmental Protection Agency | Environmental Science: Environmental Policy |
Episcopal National Church - Office of Government Relations | Political Science: American Politics/Urban Studies and Planning |
Leadership Institute | Political Science |
Markham Group | Communication |
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund | Political Science: Public Law |
National Education Association | Psychology |
National Education Association | Visual Arts: Media |
National Taxpayer's Union | Political Science: American Politics |
Running Start | Economics |
Voice of America | Sociology |
Organizations | Majors |
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Arms Control Association | Political Science: International Relations |
Asia Policy Point | International Studies: Sociology |
Center for American Progress - Energy and Environmental Policy | Urban Studies and Planning |
Center for American Progress - Enough Project | International Studies: Sociology |
Congressman Bob Filner | Political Science: American Politics |
Congressman Brian Bilbray | Communication |
Congressman Brian Bilbray | Linguistics |
Congressman Brian Bilbray | Political Science: American Politics |
Congressman Dennis Cardoza | Political Science |
Congresswoman Judy Chu | Political Science: International Relations |
Department of Commerce - Minority Business Development Agency | International Studies: History |
Environmental Council of the States | Environmental Systems: Environmental Policy |
ESPN980 | Communication |
Federal Communications Commission - Legislative Affairs | Political Science |
Institute for Policy Studies | Political Science: International Relations |
Library of Congress - Music Division | Music |
Library of Congress - Music Division | Music |
Library of Congress - Music Division | Music |
Senator Dianne Feinstein | Urban Studies and Planning |
Senator Tom Udall | Political Science |
Smithsonian Institute - National Portrait Gallery | Visual Arts: Art History/Criticism |
State Department - Nordic and Baltic Affairs | Political Science |
The Arena Stage | Music: Computing and the Arts |
The Arena Stage | Music: Computing and the Arts |
The Dershowitz Group | Communication |
Treasury Department - President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness | Ethnic Studies |
National Taxpayer's Union | Political Science: American Politics |
Running Start | Economics |
Voice of America | Sociology |