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Research Assistants

The Program on Extremism’s paid, term-limited research assistant program allows undergraduate and graduate students, recent graduates, and post-grads - from both GWU and other institutions - an exciting opportunity to participate in the Program’s groundbreaking research by assisting full-time staff on a plethora of research projects. Specific tasks for research assistants vary based on the Program’s changing slate of projects; in general, research assistants: 

• Conduct open-source research on issues related to terrorism and extremism. 
• Assist full-time staff in preparing and editing reports, policy papers, and other analytic products.
• Provide support for ongoing Program deliverables, research streams, and analytic products. 
• Maintain primary source databases for ongoing research projects.

New research assistants are accepted each academic term.

• The fall term runs from approximately August to December. We are currently not accepting applications for this term.
• The spring term runs from approximately January to May. We are currently not accepting applications for this term.
• The summer term runs from approximately June to July. We are currently not accepting applications for this term.

This is a hybrid position that permits partial remote work; however, candidates must be available to be on-site in Washington, DC for part of each week. Job postings and applications are managed through the GWU jobs webpage.

If you have any questions about the RA program, please email extremismgwu [dot] edu.