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Apply Now: Eagleton Graduate Fellowship Program

Applications are open for the 2024-2025 cohort of the Eagleton Graduate Fellowship Program, a one-year interdisciplinary certificate program open to Rutgers graduate students from all schools and campus locations who are interested in American politics, government, policy and advocacy.

Fellowship awards include stipends and tuition support. Graduate Fellows complete a fall course to expand their knowledge of American politics, government structures, and the historic and current dynamics between the two. During the spring semester, Graduate Fellows complete internship placements in local, county, regional, state, or federal government offices.

Application Deadline: Monday, March 25, 2024 at 5:00PM EST

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New TMID Episode

In This Moment in Democracy's first episode of 2024, Saladin Ambar is joined by Jon Ralston, founder of the nonpartisan news and opinion website The Nevada Independent and MSNBC contributor, for a discussion about Nevada's important role in the upcoming presidential contests.

DYK all episodes of TMID are available on the Eagleton YouTube channel? Listen Now.

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New Data on Women in State Legislatures

The Center for American Women and Politics has updated its ranking of states by women's representation in state legislatures. CAWP’s rankings are determined by the proportion of state legislative seats held by women. Changes in their 2024 rankings principally derive from state legislative elections held in 2023 in Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia.

As a result of the 2023 elections, New Jersey was the only one of these states to see a decrease in women’s representation in its state legislature; the number of women holding seats in the New Jersey Legislature fell by two, and currently 41 women hold these offices in the Garden State. With women holding 34.2% of seats, New Jersey falls from 21st to 23rd in the rankings.

 
Miller Center Hosts I-95 Crime Prevention Summit 

Police leaders representing the North American east coast convened for a two-day summit in Atlantic City to share best and promising practices to combat crime and violence that jurisdictions along the I-95 corridor share. Co-hosted by the Miller Center on Policing and Community Resilience, New Jersey State Police, Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, and the New York City Police Department, the summit highlighted highlighted mechanisms to prevent and solve common crime problems along the I-95 corridor and provide possible solutions for individual jurisdictions.

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New Jersey Quality of Life Drops Slightly; NJ Senate Primary & Gubernatorial Hopefuls 

In a new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, New Jerseyans’ outlook on the Garden State has changed little in the past six months, continuing to trend more negative than positive. Forty-three percent say the state is headed in the right direction, while 47 percent say it is on the wrong track; 11 percent are unsure. Respondents were also polled on the 2024 Senate Primary, as well as the 2025 gubernatorial hopefuls on the Democratic and Republican sides of the ballot.

 
Meet the Science Fellows Roundtable Recap

The Eagleton Science and Politics Program hosted a virtual roundtable for individuals interested in the Science and Politics Fellowship program. Featuring current and former Science Fellows sharing their experiences as science advisors in state government, the event included breakout rooms on different placement areas within the program.

Applications are open for the 2024-2025 cohort of Eagleton Science and Politics Fellowship. Learn more and apply by the priority deadline on March 17, 2024.

 
RU Ready Heads Back to School

Eagleton's Center for Youth Political Participation hosted its first RU Ready Civics Fair of 2024 at the Piscataway campus of the Middlesex County Magnet School District. Led by CYPP staff and undergraduate interns, high schoolers enrolled in World History, US History I & II discovered new ways they could become involved in politics and directly impact issues in their communities. Future RU Ready Civics Fairs are planned for Middlesex County middle and high schools in the coming weeks.

If you're an educator or administrator interested in hosting a free RU Ready Civics Fair, please contact Jessica Ronan-Frisch.

 
Hiring Spotlight: Civic Science Fellow

The Eagleton Science and Politics Program has partnered with the Rita Allen Foundation to host a Civic Science Fellow tasked with producing guidelines for state-level artificial intelligence regulation. Qualified applicants must have a Ph.D. in any discipline, a minimum of two years of research experience on multidimensional or interdisciplinary projects related to science and technology with social, ethical, and/or economic import. This full-time 18-month position, based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, begins in March 2024.  

For more information on current openings at Eagleton, visit our website.

 
Undergraduate Opportunities
Student Research Opportunity

Eagleton's Center on the American Governor is seeking a student research assistant to support a new research project studying diversity of gubernatorial candidates and officeholders. Contact Professor Kristoffer Shields for more information.

Apply Now: Rutgers-Eagleton Washington Internship Award

The deadline to apply for the Rutgers-Eagleton Washington Internship Award is Friday at 5:00PM. Applicants must have all materials and a letter of recommendation submitted on their behalf for award consideration. 

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NEW Leadership® New Jersey

Applications are open for the Susan N. Wilson NEW Leadership® New Jersey 2024 program, a non-partisan, six-day residential program teaching college students about women’s political leadership. The program is open to students at all higher education institutions in New Jersey.

Apply by March 4
 
Eagleton in the News

New Jersey Political Races, Often Raucous, Are Bananas This Year

The New York Times spoke with Dr. Ashley Koning, Director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, on the high profile races of the garden state.

“I get heart palpitations...I feel like we’re putting everything in a blender, and it’s going to spin out of control.”

Opinion: The field has narrowed, but Nikki Haley's path to the presidency is no easier

Forbes published a op-ed Dr. Kelly Dittmar, Director of Research for CAWP.

"With the suspension of Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign, the Republican primary election is now down to two. Nikki Haley is the sole challenger to frontrunner and former president Donald Trump. As the former South Carolina governor looks to close the gap with Trump, she must also mend the divide between what GOP primary voters want and their perceptions, including those informed by her gender and racial identities. Those mismatches have been mined by her presidential primary opponents to prove that she is unfit for the job."

Sanna Marin is Still Dancing

ELLE magazine interviewed Debbie Walsh, Director of CAWP, on the pressures women face as candidates and elected officials.

“Women are seen as the ones who are supposed to come into office and be exemplary. They’re supposed to be the ones who never falter, just work and keep their heads down....But the problem with that is when you’re held to that kind of standard, you have much further to fall.”

 
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