The Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy offers a variety of resources for undergraduate, graduate and professional students, as well as for faculty.
Resources for undergraduate students
Resources for graduate and professional students
Resources for the scholarly community
Resources for undergraduate students
Course Sponsorship
The Clough Center sponsors courses in the area of constitutional democracy, taught by regular Boston College faculty, visiting scholars, and graduate students. Courses currently sponsored by the Center are listed here.
Clough Center Junior Fellows Program
The center seeks to identify and enlist in its Junior Fellows Program students with a strong interest in questions concerning the virtues and limits of constitutional democracy, as practiced in the United States and throughout the world. As junior fellows, students will receive special access to Clough Center events and visiting speakers, and will be invited to participate in junior fellow-only conversations and events throughout the academic year. The fellows will also work together collectively, in consultation with the center director, to set their own agenda for the development of the JFP in the years to come.
To apply to become a junior fellow, interested students should submit to the center director via e-mail at Clough.Center@bc.edu a resume and a one paragraph statement detailing their interest in constitutional democracy.
Clough Journal of Constitutional Democracy
The Clough Center supports the publication of the Clough Journal of Constitutional Democracy, a student-run undergraduate journal that publishes articles written by students on the topic of constitutional democracy. The JCD invites interested Boston College students to join its staff, and to submit articles for possible publication. The JCD also invites articles submissions from interested undergraduate students at other colleges and universities.
You may contact the Clough Journal of Constitutional Democracy at cloughjournal@gmail.com.
Clough Center Civic Internships
Consistent with the Center’s mission to support students committed to service to others, this program will provide grants to Boston College undergraduates for what would be otherwise uncompensated work on behalf of government, non-profit, or other civic organizations. Grants may be awarded for work undertaken on either a part time or full time basis over the summer. Students will work through non-Center offices (such as BC’s career services office) to identify and apply for relevant internship positions. Once they have secured such a position, they can then apply to the Clough Center for a financial grant supporting their work.
Students who wish to be named Clough Center Civic Interns should submit to the center director via e-mail at Clough.Center@bc.edu a description of the internship position, the nature of the civic service it provides, the civic skills the student hopes to develop by serving in the position, an assessment of the amount of time they plan to devote to their internship, and a copy of their resume.
Clough Center Undergraduate Research Assistantships
The Clough Center provides financial support to undergraduate who wish to work as research assistants to faculty members doing work in the area of constitutional democracy. Students will approach interested faculty members on their own. The application for undergraduate research assistantship funding will be submitted by the faculty member to the center director at Clough.Center@bc.edu, and will include a statement of the nature of the project, the student’s resume, and the number of hours per week, and the number of weeks, that the student intends to work. Undergraduate research assistantships will be available for projects undertaken both during the academic year, and during the summers.
Resources for graduate and professional students
Clough Center Fellows
The Clough Center will provide financial support in the form of a stipend, renewable for up to two years, to deserving graduate and professional students working on a major research project concerning constitutional democracy.
Clough Center Graduate Research Assistantships
The Clough Center provides financial support to graduate and professional students who wish to work as research assistants to faculty members doing work in the area of constitutional democracy. Students will approach interested faculty members on their own. The application for graduate and professional research assistantship funding will be submitted by the faculty member, and will include a statement of the nature of the project, the work the student will conduct on the project, the student’s resume, and the number of hours per week, and the number of weeks, that the student intends to work. Graduate and professional student research assistantships will be available for projects undertaken both during the academic year, and during the summers.
Clough Center Graduate Research Grants and Summer Stipends
The Clough Center will provide grants to assist graduate and professional school students with expenses associated with work on projects related to the study of constitutional democracy. The center will also provide summer stipends to students working on center-related topics. Interested graduate and professional school students should submit a resume, a short statement of the nature of the research, a writing sample, an official transcript, and the amount of time the student proposes to devote to the funded research.
Course Sponsorship
The Clough Center sponsors courses in the area of constitutional democracy, taught by regular Boston College faculty, visiting scholars, and graduate students.
Joint J.D. - Ph.D. Degree in Political Science
The Center supports a joint degree program which provide for simultaneous work towards a law degree and a doctoral degree in political science.
Resources for faculty
Clough Center Graduate Research Assistantships
The Clough Center provides financial support to graduate and professional students who wish to work as research assistants to faculty members doing work in the area of constitutional democracy. Students will approach interested faculty members on their own. The application for graduate and professional research assistantship funding will be submitted by the faculty member, and will include a statement of the nature of the project, the work the student will conduct on the project, the student’s resume, and the number of hours per week, and the number of weeks, that the student intends to work. Graduate and professional student research assistantships will be available for projects undertaken both during the academic year, and during the summers.
Course Sponsorship
The Clough Center sponsors courses in the area of constitutional democracy, taught by regular Boston College faculty, visiting scholars, and graduate students. Those interested in offering a center-sponsored course at Boston College should contact the center director.
Resources for the scholarly community
Visiting Scholars
The center will host scholars-in-residence, visiting professors, and post-doctoral teachers and researchers. Such visitors will be occasional in the center’s early years. As the Center grows and matures, however, we hope to regularize such positions and make them a consistent feature of the center’s annual program.