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Eagleton Highlights

Unfinished Business: Women Running in 2018 and Beyond

CAWP's report exists primarily as a navigable microsite with scores of data visualizations, engaging media, as well as a scholarly analysis, and contains four sections, each of which draws upon new and relevant research to explain gender and intersectional dynamics in both election 2018 and 2020.

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A Mayor for All the People

Join co-editors Robert C. Holmes and Richard W. Roper as they discuss their new book exploring the legacy of Kenneth Gibson, the first African-American mayor of Newark, NJ. A book signing and reception will follow.

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Apply to CYPP’s Darien Civic Engagement Project

Eagleton's Center for Youth Political Participation (CYPP) is currently accepting applications for the Darien Civic Engagement Project, which gives students the opportunity to implement the RU Ready civic engagement initiative in local high schools.

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News & Announcements

Talking Politics – Promoting Respectful Discourse in the Classroom

Undergraduate students are learning how to engage in productive and respectful political conversations in an Eagleton course, Talking Politics: Disagreeing Without Being Disagreeable.

ECPIP Director Discusses Public Perceptions of Diversity in NJ

Alex Zdan from "Power and Politics" on News 12 New Jersey interviewed Rutgers-Eagleton Poll director Ashley Koning and FDU Poll director Krista Jenkins about the latest joint poll on racial, socioeconomic, and political diversity in the Garden State.

New Interviews for the Governor Jon S. Corzine Archive

As part of its work to study the roles, power, and legacies of American governors, the Eagleton Center on the American Governor has built a video archive of former New Jersey governors and their administrations.

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Centers & Programs

Curricular Education Programs
Undergraduate Associates Program
Graduate Fellowship Program in Politics and Government
Centers and Major Program Areas
Center for American Women and Politics
Eagleton Center on the American Governor
Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling
Center for Youth Political Participation
Eagleton Science and Politics Initiative
Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience
State Politics and Government
Eagleton Program on Immigration and Democracy
Special Programs
Albert W. Lewitt Endowed Lecture
Louis J. Gambaccini Civic Engagement Series: Toward Better Citizenship
Senator Wynona Lipman Chair in Women's Political Leadership
Arthur J. Holland Program on Ethics in Government
Clifford P. Case Professorship of Public Affairs