The Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement was founded to uplift WashU’s commitment to the civic mission of higher education.
Interested in joining the team? Explore our jobs and internships.
Established in 2005, the Gephardt Institute was envisioned as an “action tank” for engaged citizenship. Since then, the Gephardt Institute has become WashU’s standard-bearer for civic engagement.
Our work is led by a dedicated team of professional staff, adjunct faculty, and WashU students in internship and fellowship positions that support the Institute’s strategic priorities: Engage St. Louis, Engage Democracy, and Lead Change.
Our Commitment to Equity
WashU prides itself on being a place where people matter, and serious work is done. Our people work together in an inclusive community that celebrates diverse perspectives, collaboration and innovation. We are a community of individuals inspired to work together to develop big ideas and tackle challenging problems.
We encourage applications from individuals with a commitment to these values, and to the Gephardt Institute’s core values of Inquiry, Empathy, Collaboration, Integrity, Equity, and Action.
Open Internship Opportunities
The Gephardt Institute employs a range of student staff including undergraduate coordinators, graduate assistants, and graduate fellows who fulfill essential roles and benefit from substantive professional and personal development. Learn more about our internship program.
Graduate Civic Action Lab Course Assistant
The Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement is hiring a paid graduate student assistant to serve as the Graduate Assistant for Student Civic Learning. This position will assist with the logistics and serve as a Teaching Assistant for two new Civic Action Lab courses: Foundations of Civic Engagement, and State and Local Government. Civic Action Lab courses teach practical civic knowledge, skills, responsibilities, and habits of citizen engagement in democracy. Each Civic Action Lab includes experiential learning, community leader guest speakers, opportunities to practice different civic skills, and more!
Alongside the institute’s professional staff, the assistant will support planning and logistics for course immersive experiences, such as trips to St. Louis City Hall and Jefferson City, as well as coordinating with guest speakers and supporting the development of course materials. All Gephardt Institute programs are nonpartisan and designed to be ideologically inclusive.
For questions about internship opportunities, please email Sonia Sequeira, Director of Programs and Operations: soniasequeira@wustl.edu.
Open Career Opportunities
Essential to every aspect of the university’s mission, Washington University employees enrich students’ learning experiences, discover and build knowledge, advance health, save lives, and support excellence in all that we do.
Currently, we are not accepting applications. Open positions at the Gephardt Institute will be listed here when they become available.
Meet Our Team
In addition to infusing civic and community engagement throughout WashU, we also enjoy exploring the many incredible culinary destinations and parks in the area.
Video: The Gephardt Legacy
Learn more about the Gephardt Institute including our founder, Congressman Dick Gephardt, our history, our priorities, and our vision for the future.