Brian Kwak is a Senior Sociology major with a minor in Business. How did you find this internship? I have spent several months asking and looking for an internship and I am so glad that I was chosen to do what I am currently doing. Up until now, I wasn’t given a lot of opportunities to use this knowledge to do something so meaningful. The division of MGI, an accounting firm, is a hard but...

Madigan Hoffman is a Senior double major with Sociology/Political Science, minoring in Gender & Women's Studies. How did you find this internship? I found my internship with the Illinois Democratic County Chairs' Association on Handshake! I messaged the director along with submitting my application, and interviewed within the week. What do you usually do for the internship? On a...

Outside of the classroom, internships are a great way to use your hands and see the inner workings of an organization. Brandon, a senior, got to dive into the Champaign County District Attorney's Office during his internship and explore the legal world first-hand. Here is Brandon's reflection about his internship journey: Where did you find your internship? I discovered this fantastic...

Sociology students have incredible opportunities to participate in internships and gain both professional development and Capstone credit for their major. Grace, a senior who is double majoring in SOC and Political Science, has been fortunate enough to work with her internship organization, Hope for the Day, for almost a full year!  We asked Grace to...

Please join us in congratulating PhD Candidate, Miguel Avalos for being awarded the University of Illinois's Humanities Research Institute's Graduate Student Fellowship for 2023-24. The fellowship enables advanced graduate students to develop their dissertations or research projects related to the broad theme of “Un/Doing” and to participate in the year’s activities, including the yearlong...

Yusuf Karipek, a PhD candidate, was selected as a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow for the 2023 summer and 2023-2024 academic year. He will be furthering his studies in Chinese language.

Help us congratulate our first-year undergraduate student Yousra Mahmoud for being selected as a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow for the 2023 summer and 2023-2024 academic year. This award provides her with $15,000 of funding for tuition and fees and a $7,500 stipend. Below are her words about the opportunity: "I am honored to announce that I have been awarded the FLAS...

Jack is currently a senior at UIUC studying Sociology. He recently finished his minors in Business and Informatics. Jack was a research assistant for Prof. Reuben May last fall. He assisted in data collection and field research in Prof. May’s ongoing Urban Nightlife research. During his field research, Jack was able to gain more insights into what research in sociology looks like. He pointed out...

Alexandria Stratton is currently a junior at UIUC triple majoring in Political Science, Sociology, and World Literature! Under Prof. Cynthia Buckley’s supervision, Alexandria is now conducting research on Ukrainian migration patterns (the movement of Internally Displaced Persons, IDP in short) since the start of the war. In her research, she specifically looks at male and female comparisons by...

Hello everyone! My name is India Lockhart, I am a senior majoring in Sociology with a double minor in Psychology and Criminology, Law, and Society. I recently became a research assistant and the journey so far has been demanding but amazing. It truly reminds me of why I chose this field of study in the first place. I’m currently working as a research assistant under the Head of the Sociology...