Poli Cyclones

Annie Lent and Jacob Jones, political science alumni and Harvard Law school attendees, discuss their experiences at Iowa State and how it prepared them for law school. They discuss what went into getting into law school, the impact of their political science education, and share advice for students interested in law school.

Leia Guccione talks about her path from Political Science and NROTC at Iowa State to serving in the U.S. Navy and then working for RMI in the area of energy and environmental policy.  For more information about the political science department at Iowa State, click here. Email us feedback or ideas for new episodes at [email protected]. 

Justin Hollinrake shares insights about how to get a job working on a political campaign, strategies for making it a career, and also about his recent election to the City Council in Ankeny, Iowa.

Patrick Redmond, Deputy Broadband Director for the state of Nebraska, describes how he was able to rapidly gain increased responsibilities after getting his M.A. in political science from Iowa State. He also discusses how doing a graduate research project provides opportunities to learn from practitioners about how policy and politics interact with each other. 

Jacob Martin, who received his M.A. at Iowa State and then went on to get his Ph.D., discusses his work studying federal policy related to higher education. For more information about the political science department at Iowa State, click here. Email us feedback or ideas for new episodes at [email protected]

In this episode, Maria Pimental Diaz talks about the type of education that best prepares you to succeed in law school and as an attorney. For more information about the political science department at Iowa State, click here. Email us feedback or ideas for new episodes at [email protected]

Chloe Wurth talks about her internship with the Iowa DOT while majoring in political science and how that helped her get a position after graduation with Snyder and Associates in Ankeny. She will help them comply with environmental regulations. For more information about the political science department at Iowa State, click here. Email us feedback or ideas for new episodes at [email protected]

Sam Johnston talks about her B.A. and M.A. in political science at ISU helped prepare her to work for the Iowa Department of Management as a Justice Systems Analyst.  For more information about the political science department at Iowa State, click here. Email us feedback or ideas for new episodes at [email protected]

In this episode we hear from Captain Matthew Gleason, U.S. Navy, about how political science helped prepare him for positions of leadership and provided frameworks for thinking through complex national security issues and strategies.  For more information about the political science department at Iowa State click here. Email us feedback or ideas for new episodes at [email protected]

In this episode we talk with Jillian Carlson who is the state relations officer for Iowa State University. She talks about her experiences working in political campaigns, for the state legislature, and in higher education.