UMBC Interdisciplinary CoLab Summer Internship in Interdisciplinary Narrative-Based Research
UMBC Interdisciplinary CoLab supports 3-5 narrative-based research projects to provide undergraduate students with an innovative, team-based applied learning opportunity through a three-credit (4-week, 30-hours per week) paid internship.
Contact Dr. Donald Snyder at dsnyder@umbc.edu for proposal questions
Click here for a detailed program description.
Ideal projects:
- Are designed for 3-5 students with a UMBC faculty or staff member as the Project Leader
- Have a strong focus that can be explored effectively over a four week period
- Utilize diverse research methods and humanities modes of analysis
- Produce public-facing final projects created for a specific audience
For example, projects could engage with archived texts and images to develop websites, build podcasts from oral history or ethnographic interviews, or work with communities on documentary videos and digital stories.
The goal is to give students an interdisciplinary research experience while developing collaborative skills, telling effective stories, and amplifying voices to the general public. Projects can be proposed by faculty or staff members, alone or in collaboration with outside community partners.
SUBMISSION TIMELINE
Submission deadline: Mid-November each year
Submit application materials to: Dr. Rachel Carter, rachc1@umbc.edu
Decisions announced: Mid-December each year
