Summer Blog Series

This summer, the GPRP blog will feature pieces on various topics at the intersection of AI and public policy, exploring the intersectional impacts of this rapidly evolving technology. Here's what we've discussed so far:

Introducing Our 2026 Summer Blog Series: AI and Public Policy

Artificial Intelligence (and discourse about it) is becoming harder to escape for many Americans and American sentiment around AI appears to be evolving just as quickly as the models themselves.

What is AI? How Does it Work?

It is imperative that we understand how these models work and what they can and cannot do. These models are not reading, understanding, thinking, searching, or feeling; they are just doing math.

AI is Manipulable

Once we understand how these models work, we can explore the biases these models have inherited from their training data, how they're being manipulated internally, and how external actors are working to shape their outputs and manipulate their users.

The Intersectionality Gap: Why AI Fails Moderation of Online GBV and Disinformation

This guest blog by Dr. Dhanaraj Thakur, director of the Emerging Technologies Initiative at the Law School's Multiracial Democracy Project, explores the ways in which AI-powered content moderation systems struggle with intersectionality.

Over the following weeks, the series will explore the impact of AI in a variety of different policy areas including employment, healthcare, policing, and more. The series will then wrap up with an overview of possible policy responses to AI. Check out the full series here and follow us on LinkedIn to receive updates about the series.

Gender & Policy Summer Writing Group

Thanks so much to everyone who's joined our summer writing group sessions! Our final sessions of the summer will be on Friday 7/10, Friday 7/31, and Friday 8/14. If you'd like to join us, sign up for our summer writing group here.

Opportunities

Publication Opportunities:

Transgender Studies Quarterly

TSQ is seeking papers for their next two issues: a special issue on trans reproduction (due 7/17) and a general issue (due 10/9). 

Work Opportunities:

Specialist, Public Policy, Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and Planned Parenthood Action Fund (Action Fund) seek a dynamic and effective Specialist, Public Policy to support the day-to-day operations of the Public Policy team by tracking policy developments, coordinating internal processes, and contributing to written policy materials.

Director of State Policy, Guttmacher

The Director of State Policy is a senior position responsible for managing all aspects of Guttmacher’s work to lead a state policy and partnerships strategy to advance abortion and contraception rights, health and access. Reporting to the Vice President for Public Policy, the Director works with a broad range of stakeholders to bring Guttmacher data, analysis, partnerships and convening power, and strategic expertise to bear to support state partnerships and policy agendas, and manages the State Policy Team. 

Senior Policy Analyst/Senior Data Analyst - Project on Hospital Costs, Kaiser Family Foundation

KFF is seeking a Senior Policy Analyst or Senior Data Analyst to join the KFF Project on Hospital Costs. The senior analyst will guide research projects from ideation to publication. The senior analyst will provide data analysis, primarily descriptive in nature, for the projects they lead and others as needed, a key component of this position. Ideal candidates will have work experience in health policy and analytics, as well as a desire to produce timely, high-quality, informative work. 

Senior Manager, Policy and Gov't Relations, Institute for Women's Policy Research

The Senior Manager will manage the translation of IWPR’s research and initiatives into timely materials for policymakers and other external advocacy audiences; identify and promote policy solutions (legislative, oversight, and executive) that will advance IWPR’s policy goals; and support the development of and contribute to systems for analyzing and tracking relevant policy progress and impact.

Fall Internship Opportunities:

Fall 2026 Reproductive Rights and Health Legal Internship, National Women's Law Center

The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) seeks a law student intern for fall 2026 to support the work of the Reproductive Rights and Health team, focusing on promoting reproductive rights and access to comprehensive, affordable health care, including abortion and birth control, via litigation and state and federal policy advocacy.  

Fall 2026 Economic Justice Advocacy Intern, National Partnership for Women & Families

The Economic Justice Advocacy Intern will develop skills needed for work in the policy and advocacy world, including legislative and policy research, analysis, writing for a variety of audiences, and coalition-building. They will work on challenging projects across the National Partnership's economic justice policy agenda, including paid family and medical leave, paid sick days, fair pay, occupational segregation, pregnancy discrimination and sexual harassment. Apply by June 30th.

Fall 2026 TikTok and Communications Intern, National Partnership for Women & Families

The National Partnership is looking for a “chronically online” digital native who feels comfortable in front of a camera as well as comfortable interviewing others, and keeps a finger on the pulse of rapidly changing social trends. This is a great opportunity for students interested in a career in communications and/or digital media. Apply by June 30th.

Fall 2026 Development Intern, National Partnership for Women & Families

The Development Intern will support fundraising efforts, including individual philanthropy, event fundraising, institutional giving (including from foundations and corporations), marketing and communications, as well as development operations. Apply by June 30th.

Fall 2026 Health Justice Graduate Intern, National Partnership for Women & Families

The National Partnership is seeking a Health Justice Graduate Intern to support our Health Justice team in advancing progressive health policy priorities. The Health Justice team brings a holistic and integrated lens that reflects the realities of women’s lives, with a particular focus on addressing the systemic racism that drives health inequities. Apply by June 30th.

Fellowship Opportunities:

Ann Kolker Fellow - Health Equity and Contraceptive Access, National Women's Law Center

The National Women’s Law Center is seeking a fellow or legal fellow focused on health equity and contraceptive access. This role will support the Center’s legal, litigation, and policy work on health equity and contraceptive access, with a focus on BIPOC, women with few financial resources, and women who face intersectional and other barriers to care. This role will be on the Center’s Reproductive Rights and Health team and is a full-time, one-year term-limited position, to begin in fall 2026. 

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