INFORMATION MEETINGS:

April 7, 2009 at 7pm in Sayles-Hill 251 (first round), or

September 29, 2009 at 7pm in Willis 203 (final round)

DIRECTOR

Steven Schier, Congdon Professor of Political Science.

Steven Schier, Congdon Professor of Political Science, founded the Carleton Washington D.C. seminar in 1983 and has led it on ten occasions. A veteran of an undergraduate Washington program in 1973, he knows the city and its ways well. His articles on national politics have appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and other newspapers. Cable News Network, the CBS Evening News, C-SPAN and National Public Radio have broadcast his commentary. His ninth and latest book, High Risk and Big Ambition: The Presidency of George W. Bush was named an “academic press best seller” in 2004.

OVERVIEW

Washington D.C. is a wonderful location for many kinds of learning beyond the classroom. In addition to the major institutions of national government, the city is an international capital that is home to over 150 foreign embassies. This seminar allows students work experience three days a week in a Washington internship and provides over fifty class sessions with leading Waashington figures - legislators, administration officials, judges, lobbyists, American and foreign diplomats, and members of the American and international press.

Previous speakers have included Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Senators Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Russ Feingold (D-WI), former House Speaker Tom Foley (D-WA), Vice President Dan Quayle, the News Hour's Judy Woodruff, and Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. Students inthe past hvae met with journalists and diplomats from Sweden, Russian, Germany, Nicargua, China, Japan, South Africa, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Mexico, and Cuba.