Government, Public Administration & Law

Featured Student Internships

Legal Intern, State of Connecticut Department of Correction
Intern, U.S. Marshals Service
Police Intern, Fairfield Police Department
Secret Service Intern, U.S. Secret Service
Intern, Public Defenders Office
Juvenile Probation Intern, Bridgeport Juvenile Superior Court
Behavioral Psych Unit Intern, Stamford Health
Legislative Intern, Connecticut General Assembly
Intern, UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children
Agency Liaison Intern, Office of Presidential Correspondence, The White House
Legal Assistant Intern, The Lebedevitch Law Firm, LLC
Intern, Committee on Veterans Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives
Human Rights & Labor Intern, United Nations Global Compact
Intern, Adoptive & Foster Families of Maine

Sample Professions

Law (i.e. attorney for federal, state or local government)
City, Community, Regional Planning
Security and Protection (i.e. law enforcement, compliance officer, investigations coordinator, probation officer)
Foreign Service Officer
Public Information Officer
Legislators
Policy Analysts

Professional Associations

• American Political Science Association
• American Society for Public Administration
• Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management
• International Association for Political Science Students

• Academy for Criminal Justice Sciences
• American Correctional Association
• National Criminal Justice Association
• American Probation and Parole Association

• American Sociological Association

• Central Intelligence Agency
• Defense Intelligence Agency
• Disaster Relief Agencies
• Devex
• Go Government
• National Security Agency

Community Network

Bill Davis

Alumni

Director of Government Affairs Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health – US

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Lesley DeNardis

Faculty

MPA Program. Associate Professor, Department of Government Sacred Heart University

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Adyel Duran ’17

Alumni

Education Program Specialist US Department of Education

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Timothy McCranor

Alumni

Washington, D.C.
Academic Programs Manager, Adjunct Professor Institute of World Politics

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Brian Rojee

Alumni

Deputy Chief of Police Milford Police Department

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Gary Rose, Ph.D.

Faculty

Professor and Chairman, Department of Government Sacred Heart University

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Gary Turco ’03

Alumni

State Representative State of Connecticut

Katya Valasek

Community Member

Director of Admissions Seton Hall University School of Law

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Associated Colleges

Career Outcomes

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Outcome data for Sacred Heart University is obtained through the Center for Career & Professional Development, in accordance with national standards. We extend our First-Destination survey to students who have received Bachelor’s Degrees in the respective year are surveyed from the time of graduation, to 12-months following graduation.