Careers

Government Careers

• Politician
• Staff Member for an elected official
• Federal government employee
• State government employee
• Local government employee
• Communications aide
• Policy advisor
• Constituent service employee
• Staff member for Congressional committee
• Congressional Budget analyst
• Government Accountability Office researcher
• White House staff member
• Military officer
• Special agent
• Diplomat
• Foreign service officer
• Peace Corps volunteer
• Administration lawyer

Private Sector Careers

• Attorney (campaign, finance, antitrust, banking, constitutional law, immigration, et al.)
• Campaign operative
• Pollster
• Global trade expert
• Public administration advisor
• Policy evaluator
• Lobbyist
• PAC or super PAC employee
• Nonprofit worker (American Red Cross, Greenpeace, CARE International, et al.)
• Think Tank researcher and policy writer
• Political journalist (Politico, Congressional Quarterly, et al.)
• Media commentator
• Communications advisor
• K-12 teacher (civics, American Government, et al.)

Academics

• College Instructor
• Political science researcher
• Academic advisor
• Faculty committee member
• Author
• Conference chair
• Department advisor
• Peer reviewer
• Dean
• Department chair
• Provost
• University president

Dr. Matthews with CSUSM Alumni at our Career Panel.