CALL FOR INTERNS: Wayne State University Humanities Clinic Summer 2024
The Wayne State Humanities Clinic is seeking humanities and social science graduate students to work with Detroit nonprofits and museums this summer. Interns must be enrolled in a graduate program at Wayne State (or beginning a graduate program in Fall 2023). Interns will earn $20/hour (pre-tax) for 100 hours of work between June 10 and August 9.
The Humanities Clinic brings humanities and social science expertise to Detroit communities. The mission of the Clinic is to prepare graduate students for meaningful and diverse careers while supporting local museums and nonprofits on projects requiring:
- Copy editing
- Grant writing
- Archival research
- Historical documentation
- Data collection and analysis
- Media development
- Project development
- Community outreach
- Educational programming
Interns will be expected to attend a cultural competency and safety orientation before the internship begins and will submit a headshot, deliverables from their internship, and a survey about their experience at the end of the internship.
To apply, please send the following Humanities Clinic Graduate Student Assistant and Coordinator, Denisa Molnar hm7929@wayne.edu
- a letter of recommendation (from a faculty member, sent directly to Denisa Molnar hm7929@wayne.edu)
- a C.V. or resume
- a short cover letter with the following information:
- Your home department
- Your past work experience, professional skills, career goals, and/or what you would
like to gain professionally from a Humanities Clinic internship - Whether/not you expect to be employed at Wayne State, or elsewhere, in any other
capacity during Summer 2024 - Whether/not you are an international student
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until March 1, 2024.
Questions? Contact Lillian Wilson, Ph.D., Managing Director (lillian.wilson@wayne.edu).
The Summer 2024 Humanities Clinic is made possible by the Council of Graduate Schools NEW PATHS initiative, the Graduate School, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Office of the Provost, Labor@Wayne, the Wayne State Humanities Center, the Department of History, the Department of English, and the Department of Anthropology.