Democracy and Governance Studies

Situated in Washington, D.C., Georgetown University's Master of Arts in Democracy and Governance offers students the opportunity to pursue internships and employment opportunities relevant to their coursework.   Students can receive up to six (6) academic credits through research tutorials designed to synthesize the workplace experience with program coursework. 

More than 75 percent of Democracy and Governance students intern or work full-time for the federal government, non-profit organizations, consulting firms, and think tanks.

Career Services

The Democracy and Governance Program works with the Walsh School of Foreign Service Career Development Center and its career advisers to help students identify and obtain internships and careers relevant to their studies and interests.

Employers

To date, students and graduates have interned or obtained full-time employment with the following organizations:

AED Center for Civil Society and Governance

American Bar Association (ABA)

American Democracy Institute

Atlantic Media Company/The Atlantic

Booz Allen Hamilton

Business & Strategies in Europe (B&S Europe)

Campaign Finance Institute

Center for Civic Education

Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)

Democracy International (DI)

Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI)

Freedom House

Global Giving

Henry L. Stimson Center

Innovations in Civic Participation

Interactivity Foundation

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

International HIV/AIDS Alliance

International Republican Institute (IRI)

McCain 2008 Presidential Campaign

Media Matters for America

National Democratic Institute (NDI)

National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

National War College

Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign

Open Society Institute (OSI)

Pew Charitable Trusts

Safadi Foundation USA

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

United States Department of Commerce

United States Department of State

United States House of Representatives

United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

United States Senate

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

World Bank

Organizations of Interest

Many organizations create and implement policies and programs of interest to students and alumni of the Democracy and Governance Program.  Please find a sampling of such organizations below.

In Overseas Democracy Promotion

Opportunities Abroad

In International Development

Non-Governmental Organizations & Think Tanks

Government and Inter-Governmental Agencies