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Academic Program
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The Stanford in Washington academic program consists of four
components: seminars, theme tutorials, internships, and activities.
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 Seminars,
taught by Stanford faculty members, meet each week to analyze government
institutions, political processes and public policy. Past seminar topics
have included "Law and Economics," "Environmental Science
and Public Policy," "Social Entrepreneurship,"
"American Politics," "Policy Making in the Washington
Community," and "Politics of Health Policy and Biomedical
Research." Executive branch officials, members of Congress, Supreme
Court Justices and other policy makers are frequent guest speakers.
Papers and/or examinations are required. Seminars count for 5 units each.
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Theme tutorials bring together two to five students who share
similar intellectual and policy interests. Tutorials cover such topics as
civil rights, criminal justice, international economic policy,
international environmental policy, education policy and foreign policy.
Students are free to select tutorials on any subject they would like to
study intensively, regardless of their internship placement or major.
Several short papers are required. Tutorials count for 5 units each.
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For most students, the internship is the highlight of the
program. With the assistance of Stanford faculty and staff, the Director
arranges internships, which match each student's interests. Stanford
interns choose from a wealth of internship possibilities
throughout the Washington community.
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In addition to regularly-scheduled seminar speakers, the
program takes advantage of its location in the nation's capital to invite
members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, journalists, researchers,
museum curators, and foreign visitors to the Bass Center to meet and talk
with students.
Past speakers have included:
- Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
- Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy
- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
- Congressman Xavier Becerra
- Congressman Jim Kolbe
- Philip Leakey, Former Member of Parliament in Kenya
- Maria Echaveste, Former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Clinton
- Joel Klein, Former Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Division
- Rita Colwell, Director of the National Science Foundation
- Ruth Kirschstein, Acting Director of NIH
- Haynes Johnson, Author & Journalist
As a part of Stanford in Washington's cultural program,
students have opportunities to take special tours of the White House, the
Capitol, and the Supreme Court; attend, at reduced rates, concerts, plays,
operas, and ballets; and enjoy weekend or day trips to Monticello,
Gettysburg and other places of interest.
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