Gender Studies Internship Programs
The Boehnen Fund for Excellence in Gender Studies
Summer Internship Grant
The Boehnen Summer Internship Grants are competitive grants that are awarded annually to Notre Dame Gender Studies undergraduate students who have secured unpaid summer internships that will help them analyze and understand, and gain valuable work experience in, fields pertaining to Gender Studies. The internships may be at any organization or business, inside or outside the United States, insofar as the student makes a persuasive case for its relevance to his or her Gender Studies education. Our expectation is that the Boehnen Summer Internship Grants will help to offset living expenses for the students as they undertake their unpaid internship work. All currently enrolled Gender Studies Supplemental Majors and Gender Studies Minors are eligible to apply for these grants. The typical amount awarded is $2500. The typical length of the internship should be a minimum term of five (5) weeks with a maximum term of eight (8) weeks. However, the award amount and length of internship term are negotiable with respect to the specifics of each internship and these specifics should be described in detail in the “Statement of Purpose” of the grant application.
Application process
- Applications can be obtained on line or through the Gender Studies Program Office.
- Applications are due on Last Friday in January.
- Applications should be sent electronically to gender@nd.edu.
Application
Waiver and Release
Evaluation
Field Journal/Report Information
Gender Studies Internships for Academic Credit
Gender Studies Internship GSC 45001
In collaboration with the Gender Studies internship advisor, students choose an organization or business in the South Bend area for which they serve as a non-paid intern. In addition to performing 6-8 hours of internship service per week for their chosen internship site, students write either a research paper which analyzes the roles of gender, sexuality, and/or intersectionality at the internship site and in the broader profession to which it belongs, or propose and complete an applied project that meets a particular need at their internship site. This course may be taken in either the fall or spring semester of the senior year. The hours per week may be spread across several days, or completed in one long bloc. The student will be expected to complete a minimum of 80 total hours. This course fulfills the senior capstone project requirement for Gender Studies supplementary majors, or can be taken as an elective in either the Gender Studies supplementary major or the Gender Studies minor.
GSC 45001 Syllabus
GSC 45001 Forms
For questions concerning internship opportunities or the application process please contact the Gender Studies Internship Advisor at 631-8635.
2009 Summer Internship Grant Recipients
2008 Summer Internship Grant Recipients
2007 Summer Internship Grant Recipients