Introduction
The information below is based on students reported majors and where they interned in the past two years. It is not intended to guarantee or promise that students from these majors will be placed at these organizations.
Majors listed are generalized since there are many different name variations from campus to campus.
Last Updated: 8.15.23
UCDC Majors and Possible Internship Locations
Communications, Film and Media Studies
Environmental Science & Studies
Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Global / International Studies
Anthropology
Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC)
International Law Institute (ILI)
National Association of Public Administration (NAPA)
National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)
National Education Association (NEA)
Office of Congressman Ami Bera (CA-07)
PEN America
The White House - Correspondence
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
Racism, Capitalism and The Law Lab - Professor Tanya Golash-Boza
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI)
The Smithsonian Institution – Arctic Studies Center
The Smithsonian Institution – Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
The Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of the American Indian
Arts & Humanities
Library of Congress
National Gallery of Art
National Portrait Gallery
Smithsonian Institution
Zenith Gallery
Business
American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)
Federal Deposit and Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Jubilee Housing
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
Office of Congressman Morgan Luttrell (TX-08)
Office of Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33)
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
The NewDeal
US Department of Commerca
Washington International Trade Association (WITA)
Communications, Film and Media Studies
Glen Echo Group
K&L Gates Law Firm
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
National Head Start Association (NHSA)
National Museum of American History (NMAH)
Smithsonian Institution - Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of American History
Syrian Emergency Task Force
Economics
Business Forward
Carlyle Group
Crossroads Campaign Solutions (CCS)
Department of Treasury
Greater Washington Regional Clean Cities Coalition (GWRCC)
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Holland & Knight
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
International Trade Administration
Internet Education Foundation (IEF)
National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)
National Low Income Housing Coalition
NFP Corp.
NumbersAlive! Foundation
Office of Congressman Ami Bera (CA-07)
Office of Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20)
Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Patomak Global Partners
Public Citizen
The Fulbright Association
The NewDeal
Urban Libraries Council
US Chamber of Commerce
US Conference of Mayors
US Department of Treasury
US Department of Commerce- International Trade Administration
Vital Voices Global Partnership
World Bank
Education
Advocates for Justice & Education (AJE)
University of California Student Association (UCSA)
English
Advocates for Justice & Education (AJE)
Association of Professionals Schools of International Affairs (APSIA)
Brady: United Against Gun Violence
DC LGBT Center
Hope Foundation for Reentry Network (HFRN)
Mil Mujeres
New Paradigm Agency (NP)
NumbersAlive! Foundation
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG)
Smithsonian Institute, Asian Pacific American Center (APAC)
The NewDeal
Environmental Science & Studies
Advocates for Justice & Education (AJE)
Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ)
Earthday.org (EDO)
Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)
Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition (GWRCCC)
National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA)
National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA)
NewDeal
Office of Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47)
Partners of the Americas
Research Lab on Religion and Healthcare in the US
Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Becky’s Fund
DC LGBT Center
EMILY’s List
HIPS
Human Rights Campaign
NARAL Pro-Choice
National LGBTQ Task Force
Represent Women
Victory Fund
Wanda Alston
Global / International Studies
American Bar Association (ABA) -- Commission on Immigration
Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST)
Atlas Corps
Ayuda
Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)
Earthday.org (EDO)
Embassy of Mexico, Congressional Affairs
InterAction
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) - Membership Policy and Equity
Office of Congressman Ami Bera (CA-07)
Office of Congressman Jerry Nadler (NY-10)
Office of Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06)
Office of Congresswoman Grace Napolitano (CA-32)
Office of Congresswoman Katie Porter (CA-45)
Political Violence Lab (PVL) - Professor Andrew Shaver
Search for Common Ground
SMB Capital
The Fulbright Association
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
UC Student Association -Federal Relations
United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC)
US Agency for International Development (USAID)
US Department of Commerce
US Department of State - Bureau of Population and Migration
US Department of State -- Bureau of Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
Washington International Trade Association (WITA)
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI)
Winning Connections
Health / Public Health
Alliance for Health Policy
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)
International Cancer Expert Corps
Men’s Health Network
NARAL Pro-Choice America
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA)
Political Violence Lab (PVL) - Professor Andrew Shaver
US Department of Energy (DOE)
US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
History
Arctic Data Center
Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST)
Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC)
Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC)
Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Goddard Space Flight Center
National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
National History Academy
NewDeal
Office of Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16)
Office of Congressman Lou Correa (CA-46)
Office of Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-05)
Office of Congresswoman Nanette Barragan (CA-44)
Office of Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-19)
Political Violence Lab (PVL) - Professor Andrew Shaver
Pro Bono Institute
RJ Whyte Event Production
Smithsonian - Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)
UC Office of Federal and Governmental Relations (UCFGR)
United States Capitol Historical Society
Latin American Studies
Advocates for Justice in Education
American Bar Association – Commission on Immigration
Ayuda
Committee for Hispanic Causes (CAC) PAC
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
League of Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Mil Mujeres
National Hispanic Medical Association
National Immigration Forum
Partners of the Americas
White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics
Legal Studies
American Bar Association (ABA) -- Commission on Immigration
Center for American Progress (CAP)
Center for Health and Environmental Justice (CHEJ)
Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC)
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI)
DC Witness
Death Penalty Information Center
Hope Foundation for Reentry Network (HFRN)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
National District Attorneys Association
National Immigration Forum (NIF)
National Whistleblower Center
Office of Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09)
Office of Congressman Eric Swalwell (CA-15)
Office of Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04)
Office of Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-19)
Office of Congressman Tony Cardenas (CA-29)
Office of Congresswoman Nanette Barragan (CA-44)
Office of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG)
Partnership for Public Service
Political Violence Lab - Professor Andrew Shaver
Public Defenders Service for the District of Columbia
Senator Chris Coons (DE)
The Hub Project
The Lawfare Institute
Tzedek DC (The Jewish Chronicle)
US House Committee on the Judiciary - Majority Office
Winning Strategies Washington (WSW)
Zipin, Arnster & Greenberg, LLC
Mathematics
NumbersAlive!
Political Science
Advocacy Associates
Advocates for Justice and Education (AJE)
American Bar Association (ABA) - Commission on Immigration
American Councils for International Education
American Counterterrorism Targeting & Resilience Institute
American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
American Public Health Association (APHA)
American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL)
AMERIPAC - The Fund for a Greater America
Angerholzer Broz Consulting, LLC
Asian and Pacific Islander Americans Scholars (APIA Scholars)
Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)
Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST)
Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS)
Atlantic Council - Digital Forensic Research Lab
Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Ayuda
Brady: United Against Gun Violence
Brookings Institution - Governance Studies
Business Forward
Center for American Progress (CAP)
Center for Political Accountability
Center for Study of the President and Congress
CentroNia
CHC BOLD PAC (Committee for Hispanic Causes)
Coalition for Human Rights in Development (CHRD)
Common Cause
Congress
Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC)
Congressional Management Foundation (CMF)
Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)
Cornerstone Government Affairs
Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Crossroads Campaign Solutions (CCS)
DC Center for the LGBT Community
Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)
Defenders of Wildlife
Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Department of Justice
Earth Day Network (EDN)
Earthday.org (EDO)
Embassy of Ecuador
Embassy of France
Embassy of Mexico
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Export Import Bank of the United States (EXIM)
Federal Public Defender for the District of Columbia
Feldman Strategies LLC
Ferox Strategies
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders United (FASD)
Georgetown Law Investigative Internship
Gillian Battino for US Senate
Global Business Alliance (GBA)
Gradford Law
Greer, Margolis, Mitchell, Burns (GMMB)
Heinrich Boll Foundation
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs - Democrats
House Democratic Caucus
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
International Law Institute (ILI)
Internet Education Foundation (IEF)
Invariant
Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA)
Jubilee Housing
Keith Watters & Associates
Kohn, Kohn Calapinto
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA)
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Legal Aid Society of DC
LGBTQ Victory Fund
Library of Congress Historical Public Records
Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)
Middle East Institute (MEI)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) -- Goddard Space Flight Center
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
National Immigration Forum
National Immigration Forum (NIF)
National Organization for Women (NOW)
National Policing Institute (NPI)
National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI)
National Whistleblower Center (NWC)
National Wildlife Refuge Association (NWRA)
NJI Media
Office of Congressman Adam Schiff (CA-28)
Office of Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47)
Office of Congressman Ami Bera (CA-07)
Office of Congressman Andy Biggs (AZ-05)
Office of Congressman Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16)
Office of Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32)
Office of Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50)
Office of Congressman David Valadao (CA-24)
Office of Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02)
Office of Congressman Eric Swalwell (CA-15)
Office of Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04)
Office of Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-02)
Office of Congressman Jared Moskowitz (FL-23)
Office of Congressman Jay Obernolte (CA-08)
Office of Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16)
Office of Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20)
Office of Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02)
Office of Congressman John Garamendi (CA-03)
Office of Congressman Mark Takano (CA-41)
Office of Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10)
Office of Congressman Mike Garcia (CA-25)
Office of Congressman Mike Levin (CA-49)
Office of Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-05)
Office of Congressman Pete Aguilar (CA-31)
Office of Congressman Raul Ruiz (CA-36)
Office of Congressman Rick Larsen (WA-02)
Office of Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24)
Office of Congressman Scott Peters (CA-57)
Office of Congressman Steve Scalise (LA-01)
Office of Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33)
Office of Congressman Tony Cardenas (CA-29)
Office of Congressman Tracey Mann (KS-01)
Office of Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (CA-18)
Office of Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06)
Office of Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27)
Office of Congresswoman Katie Porter (CA-45)
Office of Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40)
Office of Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43)
Office of Congresswoman Michelle Steele (CA-48)
Office of Congresswoman Nanette Barragan (CA-44)
Office of Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35)
Office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07)
Office of Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-03)
Office of Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37)
Office of Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-39)
Office of Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18)
Office of Senator Alex Padilla (CA)
Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA)
Office of Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG)
Office of the House Democratic Leader
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Partnership for Public Service
Perseus Strategies
Placed
Political Violence Lab (PVL) - Professor Andrew Shaver
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies (ICTS)
Precision Strategies
Pro Bono Institute
Public Citizen - Global Trade Watch
Racism, Capitalism and The Law Lab - Professor Tanya Golash-Boza
RepresentWomen
Rising for Justice (DC Law Students in Court)
Search for Common Ground
Senate
Shared Hope International
Solvv
Sunwater Institute
The Brookings Institute - Governance Studies
The Cato Institute
The Ciesla Foundation
The Duberstein Group
The Heritage Foundation
The Hope Foundation for Re-entry Network (HFRN)
The Hudson Institute
The LGBTQ Victory Fund
The NewDeal
The Peace Corps - Office of the Director -- Office of Gifts and Grant Management
The Pro Bono Institute
The Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution - Office of Sponsored Projects
The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)
The Victory Institute
White House - Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
U.S. Department of Commerce -- US Commercial Service
UC Office of Federal Governmental Relations (UCFGR)
United Nations Information Center (UNIC)
United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC)
US Department of Agriculture (HACU)
US Department of Commerce
US Department of Commerce - Office of the White House Liaison
US Department of Commerce -- International Trade Administration, Capital, Global Markets and US
Commercial Service
US Department of Education -- Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs (OLCA)
US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
US Department of Justice - Criminal Division, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS)
US Department of Justice (USDOJ)
US Department of State - Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations
US Department of State -- Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
US Department of the Treasury
US Government Accountability Office (GAO)
US House Committee on Education and Labor
US House Committee on Judiciary Educational Labor
US House Committee on Oversight and Reform – Democrats
US House Committee on Veterans Affairs - Democrats
USAID - Legislative & Public Affairs Bureau
Vera Institute of Justice
Victory Fund
Vital Voices Global Partnership
Wanda Alston Foundation (WAF)
Washington International Trade Association (WITA)
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs - DC Prisoner's Project
White House
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI)
Winning Strategies Washington
Zipin, Amster & Greenberg, LLC
Psychology
American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Becky's Fund
Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)
Global Kids
Holland & Knight
National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA)
National Journalism Center
Penn Hill Group
Wanda Alston Foundation
Winning Strategies Washington
Science
The Smithsonian Institution - Office of Fellowships and Internships (OFI)
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD)
Research Lab on Religion and Healthcare in the US
Third Way
Sociology
Advocates for Justice and Education (AJE)
Advocates for Justice in Education
American Association on Access, Equity and Diversity ( AAAED)
American Public Health Association
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
Becky’s Fund
Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition
CentroNia
Crossroads Campaigns Solutions (CCS)
Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)
Department of Energy
Department of Justice – Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
Earthday.org
Embassy of France
Export Import Bank of the United States (EXIM)
Global Kids
HIPS
Human Rights Campaign
International Cancer Expert Corps (ICEC)
Jubilee Housing
Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto (KKC)
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA)
Learning Life
National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
National Education Association (NEA)
Office of Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Office of Congressman Mark Takano (CA-41)
Office of Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-05)
Office of Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52)
Office of Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-19)
Political Violence Lab (PVL) - Professor Andrew Shaver
Pro Bono Institute
Racism, Capitalism and The Law Lab - Professor Tanya Golash-Boza
RJ Whyte Event Management (now Stratus Firm)
The Salvation Army
Truth Initiative
UC Office of Federal and Governmental Relations (UCFGR)
UNICEF
Urban Institute
US Conference of Mayors
US Department of Education - Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs (OLCA)
US Department of Energy (DOE)
US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - Centers for Medicare
Wanda Alston Foundation
Washington Performing Arts (WPA)
White House Internship Program
Urban Studies
American Association on Access, Equity and Diversity (AAAED)
Amtrak, Project Management
DC Sustainable Transportation Coalition