Because sociology students learn how to situate peoples’ lives and important events by understanding how political, economic, and cultural forces constitute social life, majors find a wide variety of internships and produce a diverse range research projects. A few examples of each can be found below.
Internships
Daisy Alcantar ‘24 (Round Lake, IL): Detention Line Intern, Immigration Law Center of Minnesota in St. Paul, MN
Anika Brennan ‘24 (Chicago, IL): Assistant Director of Academics, Elimisha Kakuma in Kenya
Ryan Cotter ‘24 (Mercer Island, WA): Media Intern, Mixed Asian Media
Laszlo Jentes ‘25 (Chicago, IL): Digital Content Support, Center for Victims of Torture in St. Paul
Ben Lewin ‘25 (Beachwood, OH): Policy Intern, Tech2Peace in Tel Aviv, Israel
Andrea Palmen ‘24 (Kenosha, WI): Intern, Saint Paul office of U.S. Senator Tina Smith (MN)
Aiden Yang ‘25 (Eugene, OR): MacNest Venture Capital Intern, Groove Capital
Honors Research Projects
Sophia Rose Kaufmann (‘23): Un-Scene: How Responses to Sexual Violence Reproduce Legal Hegemony in the Bay Area’s Punk and DIY Community
Stella Drew Kirszner (‘23): Hiding and Hoarding: How the New York City Public School Application Process Reinforces Privilege and Inequality
Jaylynn Marie Rodriguez (‘23): Making the Revolution: The Young Lords and the Creation of a Transnational Puerto Rican Identity
Lichtenberg, Greer (‘22): Looking Up and Playing Down: The Paradoxes of Performing Wealth at a Liberal Arts College
Inge Pham-Swann (‘22): Beyond Vegan: Producer and Restaurant Involvement in the Mainstreaming of Plant-Based Meat
Bergen Schmidt (‘22): Protected Places: Comparing Valuations of Public Lands in U.S. Conservation Legislation
Aidan Williams (‘22): Plague! Public Health, Community Memory, and HIV/AIDS
Aaron (Xunwen) Zou (‘22): Racialization of Foreigners and Self in the Chinese Immigration Project
Wanda Barradas (‘21): We Got Us: Creating Radical Communities through Illegality
Gabi Estrada (‘21): Fluidity as Resistance: Latinx Artists Navigating Whiteness and Identity Construction in the Twin Cities
Margaret Breen (‘20)
The Tensions of Mobilizing Emergent Tactics: Lessons from the Standing Rock Occupation
Susanna Morales (‘20)
Cooking as Power: Agency in Central American Women’s Foodwork
Justin Wong (‘20)
Between Gentrifiers and Tourists: Walk-in Gentrifiers, Institutional Expansion and Space in Boston’s Chinatown