School Contacts and Application Policies

The Legislative Internship must be completed for academic credit at a four-year college or university.  Before applying, all students must arrange for a faculty member to oversee their academic credit for the internship (the faculty sponsor is usually the professor of record on the intern's transcript).  Applicants must provide the name and contact information of their faculty sponsor on the application form. 

Some schools have additional pre-application steps to be completed with the career office or campus coordinator.  Campus contacts for most schools in Washington are listed below.  If you attend a school that is not on this list, contact your career or internship office and talk to your advisor to identify a faculty sponsor and make sure you can receive credit before you apply.

Central Washington University - Des Moines

Jessica Thomas
Career Counselor, Career Services ​
Jessica.Thomas2@cwu.edu​

Central Washington University - Ellensburg

Bruce Simpson
Internship Coordinator, Cooperative Education
Bruce.Simpson@cwu.edu

Professor Todd Schaefer
Department of Political Science
(509) 963-3675
schaefet@cwu.edu  

Central Washington University - Lynnwood

Merridy Rennick
Career Counselor
(425) 640-1574  X 3878
RennickM@cwu.edu

Eastern Washington University

Romeal Watson
Associate Director of Employer Relations
(509) 359-4637
rjwatson@ewu.edu

Casey Mowatt
Internships and Employer Relations Coordinator
(509) 359-6933
mowatt@ewu.edu

The Evergreen State College - Olympia and Tacoma Campus'

Luis Apolaya Torres​
Assistant Director of Internships

(360) 972-6628
Luis.Apolaya_Torres@evergreen.edu​

Heritage University

Melissa Hill 
Vice President of Student Affairs 
(509) 865-0411 
Hill_M@heritage.edu

Gonzaga University

PKareena Byrd
Career Services Manager
(509) 313-4333              
byrdk@gonzaga.edu

Pacific Lutheran University

Katie Gutierrez-George
Career and Internship Advisor
(253) 535-7324
keg@plu.edu 

St. Martin's University

Ann Adams
Career Services
(360) 486-8842
aadams@stmartin.edu

Carley Lester      
Internship Navigator, College of Arts and Sciences
(360) 688-2833
clester@stmartin.edu

Seattle Pacific University

Veronica Zhu
Director of the Center for Career and Calling
(206) 281-2487
GohrD@spu.edu

Seattle University

Carol Lwali

Direct​or of Career Engagement
(206) 296-6177
lwalic@seattleu.edu

University of Puget Sound

Mark Pasadilla
Associate Director of Career and Employer Engagement 
(253) 879-3433
mpasadilla@pugetsound.edu

Robin Jacobson
Professor, Politics & Government
(253) 879-3177    
rjacobson@pugetsound.edu

University of Washington - Bothell

Will Radcliffe
Career Coach                                                             

(425) 352-3632                                                              

willbr3@uw.edu

University of Washington - Seattle

Daniel Ayala Robles

Academic Counselor

(206)-543-1824

danieloa@uw.edu​

University of Washington - Tacoma

Ben Meiches

Associate Professor of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs

(253) 692-4525
bmeiches@uw.edu

Walla Walla University

Darel Harwell

Assistant Director, Internships & Experiential Learning 
(509) 527-2089
darel.harwell@wallawalla.edu​

Washington State University

Richard Elgar 
Internship Coordinator, Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy 
(509) 335-3477 
relgar@wsu.edu

Washington State University - Vancouver

Erin Leverman 
Internship Coordinator 
(360) 456-9451
erin.leverman@wsu.edu

Western Washington University

Erica Steele
Political Science Department
(360) 650-3469
erica.steele@wwu.edu

Professor Todd Donovan
Political Science Department
(360) 650-3018
todd.donovan@wwu.edu

Whitworth University

Frani Olson
Program Assistant
(509) 777-3282
folson@whitworth.edu

Andrew Vandine
Internship Specialist
(509) 777-3344
avandine@whitworth.edu