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...
This presentation will narrow in on the kinds of queer and transnational knowledges and ways of living embodied by these poli-creatives and nurtured within these mycorrhizal assemblages. I show these poli-creatives use knowledges to respond to their material conditions in greater LA and move towards collective survival. To do so, I unpack the following interconnected examples: financial...- This presentation will narrow in on the kinds of queer and transnational knowledges and ways of living embodied by these poli-creatives and nurtured within these mycorrhizal assemblages. I show how these poli-creatives use these knowledges to respond to material conditions in greater LA and move towards collective survival. To do so, I unpack the following interconnected examples: financial...
- https://wennergren.org/program/dissertation-fieldwork-grant/ This is a 12-month, 25K grant to continue his fieldwork between January and December of 2024. This grant program funds doctoral or thesis research that advances anthropological knowledge. Our goal is to support vibrant and significant work that furthers our...
- 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...