American Studies
Internships and Research Opportunities
Designed to introduce students to actual historical work, this course places students with an historical society, museum, library, or similar institution, where they serve a minimum of nine hours per week for one semester as a volunteer working in the arranging of archival material, exhibits, etc. This course may not be offered annually.
For more information contact the History Department Chairperson
Please check out this the following links for the opportunities at the Gilder Lehrman Institute
www.gilderlehrman.org
www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/student2.html
Live. Learn. Intern. Program in Washington D.C.
2008 Gilder Lehrman History Scholars Program in New York City
History Department Field Experience:
Internships are available to American Studies students through the History Department’s course called Field Experience. Students may use this experience for one of their courses from the Core A bank of courses in the American Studies major.
To pursue this, contact Dr. William Carrigan or Dr. Melissa Klapper in the History Department.
