Internships

From a nationally recognized think tank on the East Coast to an academic institute out West and a Midwestern policy journal, Stephenson Institute students spent this past summer engaged in original research […]

Read More - Summer Undergraduate Research From Coast to Coast

Dakota Stacy ’27, like many Little Giants, has a passion for travel and liberal learning—so he’s all about getting outside the classroom, going far beyond his studies as a philosophy and economics […]

Read More - Three Months, Four Continents, and Invaluable Experiences

Why do some countries reach trade agreements after years of talks, while others choose to leave their negotiations? Wabash College BKT Assistant Professor of Political Science Huei-Jyun Ye thinks collecting data can […]

Read More - Students Help Build New Dataset on Trade Agreements

A couple weeks into their dream internship—working at an European think tank—Will Edwards ’28 and Scotty Semler ’28 hit a snag. In late May, cities across the continent began to exceed 90°F, […]

Read More - Why AI and Global Debates Get Heated: Wabash Students Get a European Perspective

In Washington, D.C., the stretch of Massachusetts Avenue from Dupont Circle to Chinatown has long been a street lined by public policy research institutes. Along with the Cato Institute, Brookings Institution, and […]

Read More - From Wabash to Washington: Stephenson Institute Students in D.C.

Between four European countries, six Wabash students studied classical-liberal ideas in historic cities this summer. As they considered the past and future of a free society, it was all made possible thanks […]

Read More - London, Prague, Vienna, and Rome: Discovering Classical Liberal Ideas Across Europe

When Brandon Ruder ’27 started his summer internship on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis, he didn’t know quite what to expect. EdChoice was bringing in the Wabash College rising junior as a […]

Read More - Two Students, Two Capitals: Stephenson Interns Learn State-Based Policy and Beyond

Brandon Ruder is a communications intern at EdChoice, with his summer 2025 experience sponsored by the Stephenson Institute. His post originally appeared at EdChoice. Does school choice have racist roots? Critics claim […]

Read More - New Research on School Choice and Civil Rights

From here to far, 11 Stephenson Institute students spent the summer of 2024 outside Wabash classrooms. Now in its third class of internships, these placements deepened their practical application of classical liberal […]

Read More - Celebrating 2024 Summer Internships