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Nevins Fellows program plants the seeds for creating a healthier democracy
May 06, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Mikayla Townsend came into college thinking she wanted to pursue a career working for political campaigns or on Capitol Hill, but an internship taken as part of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s Nevins Fellows program changed her career trajectory and landed her a full-time job outside the realm of partisan politics.
Penn State alumna Mikayla Townsend is a public engagement associate at Public Agenda, the New York City-based organization where she completed an internship as part of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy s Nevins Fellows program. Townsend graduated in 2020 with degrees in political science and public relations.
Posted by Isabella Guzman | May 3rd, 2021
NCDD Member Public Agenda is looking to hire two Research Fellows for the Healthier Democracies Project. The Healthier Democracies Project, concentrates on identifying innovative participative democratic practices in foreign governments at the local and state levels to demonstrate back to American public officials examples of what can be implemented to fortify our own democratic processes in the United States.
The duration of the engagement is short term, approximately 25 hours a week for 10 weeks, to be completed remotely. The position calls for a Master’s degree, bilingualism in English and Spanish/Portuguese, experience in civic engagement or public participation in participatory democracy to conduct international qualitative case study research. Students from a varied range of disciplinary backgrounds are encouraged to apply.