The Department of Philosophy and Religion encourages all students to do an internship as part of their major program. For specific details regarding registration and requirements, please view the Graduate Student Internship or Undergraduate Student Internship pages.
The following is a partial list of institutions where students have interned:
Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Ethics Resource Center
Public Defender Service
Academy for Educational Development
Campaign to Save Tibet
Child Welfare League of America
Children's National Medical Center
Children's National Medical Center Office of Interfaith Pastoral and Spiritual Care
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Campaign
The Fund for Peace
Defenders of Wildlife
People for the American Way
Amnesty International
Search for Common Ground
The One Campaign
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U.S. Institute of Peace
Institute for Multi-track Diplomacy
Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington
Machik Foundation
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Commerce
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER)
U.S. Senate
U.S. House of Representatives
Urban Institute
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Institute for Policy Studies
Everett Public Service Internship Program
Public Education Center
Brookings Institution
Smithsonian Institution
American Society of International Law
Legal Momentum (formally NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund)
AYUDA, Inc.
Women's Research and Education Institute
National Partnership for Women and Families
Washington Legal Foundation
The Children's Defense Fund
Institute on Religion and Public Policy
Partners for Peace
National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
Butler Family Fund
and numerous nonprofit organizations.
Additional ideas at idealist.org and the AU Student Government's Jobs Board.
Please keep in mind that organizations are generous in allowing students the opportunity to work with them. While the organizations and individuals benefit from having interns, it is important to recognize that these organizations and individuals are investing time and resources in internship training for which they are not otherwise compensated.
