Internship opportunities
Fall 2013 SSP Internships Available Now!! Click on the "Project Summaries" link on the left to find out more!
Student-Scholar Partner (SSP) Internship
The Student-Scholar Partner Internship (SSP), currently coordinated by Kristen Mullin, was launched in the spring of 1997 as a project of the Women’s Studies Program at Brandeis University. Today, the Program continues as an important component of the Women’s Studies Research Center (WSRC). This paid internship opportunity is designed to give undergraduate students a unique learning experience by allowing them to work side by side with a Scholar or faculty member in an interdisciplinary environment.
Once accepted into the Program, students actively work with established professionals in their field of interest. Past projects have involved work in areas as diverse as art installations, book publications, translation, and scientific and social research. At the same time, Scholars benefit from the fresh perspective and insights of undergraduate students seeking to establish themselves in their own right. Some projects are even eligible for official University Transcript Notation.
For the 2012-2013 academic year, the SSP created a journal writing about their projects, the work involved in each, and the impact the projects will have upon completion. Please read the journal to gain a deeper understanding of the types of relationships the SSP fosters and to get a sense of some of the groundbreaking and creative work done by our scholars and students. The link can be found to the left.
We are pleased to present the complete list of project participants and work titles for the Fall 2013 semester:
1. Project: Family Memoir Project
Scholar: Penina Adelman
Scholar: Nancer Ballard
3. Project: Are you ready for a 100-year life?
Scholar: Ros Barnett
4. Project: Does Worshipping the Goddess make you a Feminist?
Scholar: Helen Berger
5. Project: Art: On Equal Terms / High Voltage Women / Perpetual Care
Scholar: Susan Eisenberg
6. Project: Age Studies - Writing and Research to Change!
Scholar: Margaret Gullette
7. Project: The Bridge: A Science and Spirituality Resource
Scholar: Lois Isenman
8. Project: Adequacy of Social Security Income for Blue Collar Women
Scholar: Hilda Kahne
9. Project: Book “Don’t Roll Your Eyes: Making In-Laws into Family”
Scholar: Ruth Nemzoff
10. Project: Biography of Frances Perkins
Scholar: Ellen Rosen
11. Project: Women Making Food and Feminism
Scholar: Ellen Rovner
12. Project: Gender Issues in Achievement Concerns: Is "Fear of Success" Still With Us?
Scholar: Phoebe Schnitzer
13. Project: Men in Second-Wave Feminist Psychology
Scholar: Rhoda Unger
14. Streaming: Women Artists and the Transformative Power of Creativity
Scholar: Rosie Rosenzweig
15. El Salvadore NOT for Sale: Women Maquila (Sweatchop) workers and teh Struggle for DIgnity, HUman Rights and Social Justice
Scholar: Louise Lopman
16. The Vienna Project
Scholar: Karen Frostig
17. Consciousness-Raising on the Internet
Scholar: Janet Freedman
Thank You!
The Student–Scholar Partnership Program is dedicated to establishing mentoring learning relationships between Scholars of the Women’s Studies Research Center and undergraduate Brandeis Students. We gratefully acknowledge the following generous donors for supporting our vision and work:
Helen Berger
Ruth Nemzoff
Judy Schlager
Gilda Slifka
The Board of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute (HBI)