Students in the Civic Leaders Center have the opportunity to learn from some of the brightest minds in public policy. Each semester, students take courses with other Civic Leaders in smaller sections of popular general education courses currently taught at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
Learn from some of the brightest minds in public policy
#1Civic Leaders are taught by the same faculty that teach in our #1-ranked MPA Program.
Our Faculty
![]() | Paul Helmke
| phelmke@indiana.edu (812) 855-2275 SPEA 447 and Briscoe A122 |
![]() | Matthew Baggetta | baggettm@indiana.edu (812) 855-2783 SPEA 435 |
![]() | John R. Karaagac | jkaraaga@indiana.edu (812) 855-0732 SPEA 429 |
Our Staff
![]() | Rebecca Rosen | rosenre@iu.edu (812) 855-2242 Briscoe A122 |
By living in a community that encourages all its members to engage themselves with issues they are passionate about, I’m learning valuable skills that I can directly relate to my field of interest, African NGO work.
—Elisa Dickey, Wells Scholar who worked with a nonprofit and studied in Ghana for a year