Calling all December Graduates
Are you graduating early? We'd like to celebrate your accomplishment! This year we're hoping to give our winter graduates something special.
Fill out this form to indicate your winter graduation and you'll hear from us soon.
GRI Student Journalist Position Spring 2020
The Global Research Institute is looking for one journalist/writer for Spring 2020. Primary responsibilities will be to write articles about Institute individuals, projects, and research to then be featured in W&M News and other outlets. Hourly rate of $10 per hour, hours variable depending on editorial calendar.
Email Ana Suarez, Junior Program Manager at aisuarez@wm.edu with 1) resume, 2) brief cover letter, and 3) work sample. Label email subject as Lastname_Firstname_InternApp Work sample: please submit up to two pieces of journalistic or editorial based writing by
Monday, November 25th.
Job Opportunity for Alums: Fors Marsh Group
Fors Marsh Group is hiring an entry-level researcher. This role will focus on public policy evaluation and will work primarily on emergency preparedness projects with divisions within FEMA, with the potential to get involved in election projects.
It’s a fantastic company that’s committed to doing high-quality research. The team is smart and dedicated, and the company has a great culture and a good benefits package. Recent alums in the DC area are preferred. To apply or for more information visit:
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1598513612/
GeoQuery Research Opportunity
(with potential to expand into a Global Research Shark Tank idea!)
AidData team members Seth Goodman and Mihir Prakash are working to expand the scope and potential for the AidData GeoQuery program. As part of this process, an opportunity to collaborate with the Tableau Foundation on developing a pilot visualization platform has emerged.
They would like to get a team of students together, perhaps with a blend of background in computer science/data science/data visualization and public policy, to work with the Tableau Foundation on developing a visualization platform that helps policy makers view key indicators to make better decisions.
They envision the pilot to take a few cases, for example - indicators in the health sector in Uganda and environment in Costa Rica, and build out a list of indicators, extract the data from GeoQuery, figure out what descriptors should go on the platform for easy interpretation, and identify best possible methods of visualizing each indicator.
While doing this, students will get hands-on training from the experts at Tableau Foundation, access to their in-house knowledge pools, and opportunity to innovate in the space of making data more easily accessible to users.
As students will be in the lead, this would also be a good fit for pitching in the Institute's Global Research Shark Tank competition (up to $25,000 in available funding).
If interested, please submit a CV to David Trichler (dmtrichler@wm.edu) with the email subject line: GeoQuery Research Opportunity.
W&M Student Research Assistant
W&M Raymond A. Mason School of Business is searching for 1-2 student research assistants (graduate or undergraduate) to help with the Defense Advanced Research Project. Expected start date is January 2020. Learn more about the position below:
Careers in Community Organizing for Social Justice
DART will hold an online info session on Wednesday, November 19 at 7pm to discuss careers in community organizing. All W&M students and alumni welcome, particularly those graduating before August 2020.
RSVP to info session.
DART organizations unite congregations to work for social, economic and racial justice, including: Plugging the school-to-prison pipeline, reining in predatory lending practices, expanding access to primary health and dental care, priortitizing funding for affordable housing and job training, fighting for immigrants rights, and police accountability. Positions start January 13th 2020.
DART organizations are largely made up of low and moderate income, minority and immigrant communities. We strongly encourage people from these backgrounds as well as fluent Spanish speakers, to apply. To apply or learn more about DART, visit www.thedartcenter.org. Still have questions? Contact hannah@thedartcenter.org.
Georgetown Master's Program
Georgetown's two-year master's degree that is designed to prepare the next generation of development professionals to work with public sector agencies, private businesses, and non-profit organizations involved in international development.
We will be awarding scholarships based on the overall strength of the application with a deadline of January 15. There is a secondary application deadline of April 1 for applicants who do not want to be considered for scholarships. As GHD is a practitioner-focused program, competitive applicants should have at least one to two years of experience working in international development or a related field. All applicants must have completed an undergraduate degree prior to proposed enrollment.
Peace Building in Colombia
We are looking for applicants who are enthusiastic, hardworking, and keen to learn more about peace and conflict in Colombia. Candidates do not need prior knowledge of Colombian or Latin American politics, but should demonstrate an eagerness to engage in lively debate during the course tutorials and site visits. The program is open to students from a range of arts, humanities and social science subjects, and is aimed particularly at those with an interest in conflict resolution and international relations in Latin America. Applicants must be enrolled on a full-time undergraduate or postgraduate degree program for the academic year 2019/20.
Applications for the 2020 Peacebuilding in Colombia 5
th Anniversary Scholarships are open
until Friday 13 December 2019. Applicants must submit a scholarship application form, accompanying academic reference, and a general program application form by this date in order to apply for the funding. The final selection will be made by the Director of the Masters in Peacebuilding course at Universidad de Los Andes.
Red Tree Study will announce the scholarship recipients on or before Friday 24 January 2020. All applicants will be contacted via email to let them know the outcome of their application.
Please email apps@redtreestudy.com to request an application.
Yelp job opportunity
Yelp is looking for a highly-motivated, ambitious and intelligent self-starter who can serve as a Public Policy Associate. More information here:
https://lnkd.in/eTGp3_y hashtag#onetribeonenetwork
E-Internship Opportunity
GRI is seeking e-interns for the 2019-2020 academic year with:
TechSoup equips changemakers with transformative technology solutions and skills they need to improve lives globally and locally.
https://www.techsoup.org
The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, G2 is seeking e-interns to conduct Open Source Intelligence research on a variety of topics.
https://www.tradoc.army.mil/Organizations/G2-Intelligence/
Students do not need to be U.S. citizens for either of these positions. To apply, contact Dr. Kathryn H. Floyd at khfloyd@wm.edu.
Admission is rolling.
Alumni Summer Fellows Opportunity
Are you an alum? Would your organization be interested in hosting a Summer Fellow? Applications to host a fellow in 2020 are open for
partner organizations and
faculty mentors from
October 1 to November 15, 2019. Please contact Assistant Director of Programs
Rebecca Latourell with any questions.
James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program for Seniors & Recent Alums
What: The James C. Gaither Junior Fellows program, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace offers approximately 11-13 one-year paid fellowships. Fellows work as research assistants to Carnegie’s senior scholars. Junior Fellows have the opportunity to conduct research for books, co-author journal articles and policy papers, participate in meetings with high-level officials, contribute to congressional testimony, and organize briefings attended by scholars, journalists, and government officials.
Who: Graduating Seniors and those who have graduated in the past academic year.
Selection Criteria: Applications are judged on the quality of the written essay, related academic study and/or work experience, grades, recommendations, and personal interviews.
Campus Deadline: The deadline to apply is November 17. Follow the procedures outlined on our campus webpage.
Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship
Nuclear security is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today. The spread of nuclear weapons to unstable and hostile states, the risk of conflict between nuclear-armed nations, and the potential for terrorist groups to acquire nuclear arms all demand new thinking and creative policy solutions. The Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship offers younger scholars studying nuclear security issues the opportunity to spend a period of twelve months at CFR’s offices in New York or Washington, DC, conducting policy-relevant research. While in residence full time at CFR, selected fellows will lead a project of their own design, conduct original research, and write at least one policy-relevant document.
The fellowship is only open to postdoctoral fellows or junior faculty in a tenure-track position at a recognized university. Junior faculty at law schools or with a law degree as their terminal degree are also eligible. Qualified applicants must be U.S. citizens and possess a strong record of professional achievement. The program awards a stipend of $110,000 for junior faculty and $80,000 for postdoctoral fellows.
2019-2020 Fellows:
Jooeun Kim, Research Fellow, Asian Studies Program, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Joseph Torigian, Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University
Interested applicants should apply online by December 15, 2019. Questions should be directed to fellowships@cfr.org.
Scoville Fellowship
This highly selective six to nine month fellowship connects young leaders with our partner institutions in Washington, DC that include leading think tanks and advocacy groups. Scoville Fellows receive a salary and benefits, learn about public policy, and expand their professional network through interactions with analysts, activists, current and former Scoville Fellows, and board members.
Scoville Fellows are supervised by senior-level staff members at the host institutions and may work on a range of issues including nuclear and conventional arms control and nonproliferation, conflict prevention and peace building, diplomacy, environmental security, and emerging technology threats. They contribute to their host organization's goals in a variety of ways including research, public education, advocacy, writing articles, blog posts, fact sheets, letters to the editor, op-eds, and/or reports. In addition, fellows often help organize talks and conferences and attend coalition meetings, policy briefings, and congressional hearings.
Upcoming Application Deadlines
Fall 2020 Fellowship: January 6, 2020