Eagleton Institute of Politics
Winter Highlights and Welcome Back


Eagleton welcomes Rutgers students back to campus for the Spring 2024 semester. Institute faculty are offering courses about civic engagement, critical intelligence, the American political system, power and politics, women and politics, and survey research methods.

The Institute offers Rutgers undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to get involved through internships, research opportunities, courses, public events, and trainings.

Learn more and get involved.

 
Fellows Orientation at State House 

Before winter break, the Eagleton Graduate Fellows and Science Fellows gathered in Trenton for a session on New Jersey state government. Fellows gained valuable insight through high-level speakers from the Governor's Office, the Senate, Assembly and Office of Legislative Services. The session ended with an in-depth tour of the State House. The Graduate Fellows are beginning spring internship placements in government offices this month, while the Science Fellows have been working as in-house science aides in NJ government since July.

 
ESPP to Host Civic Science Fellow

Recognizing the need for more access to scientific expertise in state-level policy development and implementation, the Eagleton Science and Politics Program at Rutgers University–New Brunswick has partnered with the Rita Allen Foundation to host a Civic Science Fellow tasked with producing guidelines for state-level artificial intelligence regulation.

The Civic Science Fellow program is an initiative for emerging leaders interested in bridging the gap between community priorities and scientific research with the goal of creating innovative solutions. Envisioned as a Civic Science Lab, Fellows and host organizations facilitate pioneering research to co-create pilots, partnerships, knowledge, models, and new ways of addressing public problems. The 2024-2025 cohort of Fellows will begin in March, 2024 for a period of 18 months.

“We are very enthusiastic about this partnership and grateful to the Rita Allen Foundation for their support. We think this will be a highly consequential project and hope the final resource tool will be useful to state-level policymakers nationwide,” said Anna Dulencin, Ph.D, Director of the Eagleton Science and Politics Program.

Learn more and apply for the Artificial Intelligence Regulation/Civic Science Fellowship.

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Registration Open: Ready to Run® NJ

Registration is open for the Center for American Women and Politics' Ready to Run® New Jersey program. CAWP’s flagship non-partisan program is designed to increase women's participation in the political process and to prepare diverse women candidates to run and win. Ready to Run® will feature additional diversity initiative workshops co-hosted by ELLA WINS, Run Sister Run, and Rising Stars.

Ready to Run® will take place on March 15-16, 2024 at the Douglass Student Center, Rutgers–New Brunswick. Register before February 12th for a reduced registration fee of $150. Limited scholarships are available.

 
Gather Your Materials for the Rutgers-Eagleton Washington Internship Award 

The Center for Youth Political Participation is accepting applications for the Rutgers-Eagleton Washington Internship Award program. This donor-supported award program provides up to $6000.00 awards to outstanding Rutgers undergraduate students for in-person summer internships in government/public service in Washington, D.C. The monetary award is meant to ease the financial burden of working in Washington D.C. and is intended to offset living expenses.

Complete applications must include:

  • Complete online application form
  • Resumé as a PDF
  • Cover letter as a PDF
  • One letter of recommendation as a PDF emailed to jronan@eagleton.rutgers.edu 
  • Contact information for two references
  • Unofficial transcript (including Fall 2023 grades and Spring 2024 enrollment)

Open to all campuses, majors, and class years (including first-years and graduating seniors). Apply by Friday, February 9 at 5:00PM for consideration.

Learn More and Apply
 
Join Our Team

The Institute's team is growing and looking to fill multiple positions:

Associate Director for the Eagleton Institute of Politics

Reporting to the director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, the Associate Director provides leadership, direction, strategic vision and program development to effectively meet the mission and core values of the Eagleton Institute of Politics. Apply now.

Associate Director of Education and Strategic Initiatives for the Eagleton Institute of Politics

Working in collaboration with the Director and the Associate Director on all educational efforts throughout and beyond the Institute, the Associate Director of Education and Strategic Initiatives would be responsible for synergizing and reimagining the scholarship and the practice of politics led by both political practitioners and scholars. Apply now.

Assistant Research Professor for the Center for Youth Political Participation

The Assistant Research Professor will continue to advance the work of the Center while also conducting their own research and teaching. In this role, the Assistant Research Professor will direct CYPP’s educational and public service efforts to meet its mission to advance the political learning of high school and college students and civic action among young adults, including those holding and running for office. Apply now.

Public Relations Specialist II for the Center for American Women and Politics

Reporting to the Director of Communications, the Public Relations Specialist II is responsible for two key areas of the Center’s communications strategy: as the lead public relations coordinator for the Center’s election data output and as the audience engagement lead. Apply now.

 
Attend an Event
Meet the Science Fellows Roundtable

Tuesday, January 23, 2024 |12:30PM | Zoom

Meet current and past members of the Eagleton Science and Politics Fellowship as they share their experiences as science advisors in NJ state government. Additionally, current supervisors will share discuss future projects for Fellows.

Register
The Feelings Factor

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 |1:00PM | Zoom

As part of the Institute's Louis J. Gambaccini Civic Engagement Series, New York Times Staff Writer Jane Coaston will explore the role political psychology plays in choosing a candidate and voting. 

Register
 
Eagleton in the News

Opinion: Making New Year's Resolutions for 2024? Here are 4 that can save our democracy.

NJ.com published a New Year's Day op-ed from Eagleton Institute director Elizabeth Matto, Ph.D.

"As we look ahead to a new year, democracy’s future deserves our attention. Across the globe, we are bearing witness to incomprehensible suffering as wars rage and democratic systems of government buckle and fail to meet humanity’s needs."

Opinion: The History The Nikki Haley Could Make

Forbes shared a recent op-ed from Kelly Dittmar, Ph.D., Director of Research and Scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics.

"Hillary Clinton became the first woman, 16 years ago, to ever win a major party’s presidential nominating contest for the purpose of delegate selection. On January 8, 2008, she finished first in the New Hampshire Democratic primary with 39.1% of the vote, followed by Barack Obama with 36.5% of votes cast. While Clinton did not win the Democratic nomination that year, she did win nominating contests in 23 states and territories. In 2016, when she became the first woman to win a major-party nomination for president, Clinton won 34 nominating contests. While other women have run for president since Clinton first made history, no others have earned the plurality of votes in any state’s primary or caucuses."

Opinion: We Should Not Keep From Trump From Running -- But It Would Be Disastrous If He Wins

The Messenger shared an op-ed from John J. Farmer, Director of the Miller Center on Policing and Community Resilience 

"Like many Americans, I begin 2024 worried about the state and future of our republic. As an independent, who floats freely among the ideological information ecosystems out there, it is easy to see long-term threats to democracy everywhere, from foreign interference to conspiracy theorists to a horribly misshapen public square guiding a horribly misinformed public. On the short horizon of 2024, however, my concerns over the health of our republic distill to two: first, that former President Donald Trump will be precluded from running, and second, that if he is allowed to run, he will actually win."

 
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