A Dissertating Fellow: Congressional fellowship report

Abstract

Unlike most APSA CFP participants, I am not a mid-career academic, journalist, federal employee, or health care professional. I am a Ph.D. candidate in political science, smack in the midst of my dissertation research, which generated job-search needs that are quite a bit different than my colleagues. Most are here on a sort of sabbatical from their current career or even seeking to explore a possible career change. They are looking for positions that will immerse them in the life of a congressional staffer, some even desiring the 70-hour-a-week “Hill lifestyle.”