Internships – SOCG or ANTH 499
Qualified juniors or seniors may elect to take up to 12 hours of internship credit. A student intern works with a supervisor in an agency of the student’s choosing, here in Fredericksburg or in the wider region. In rare circumstances it may be possible to have an internship in a remote location. A member of the department is the academic advisor for the internship, and helps the student relate the intern experience to academic sociology or anthropology.
For a sociology internship, a qualified student must have completed at least SOCG 105: Social World and six credits of upper-level work before enrolling in an internship. Anthropology internships may be counted towards the major; in sociology they are not. Whether the internship is counted in the major or not, it is a useful learning experience that may help clarify career choices and that often leads to a job after graduation
You can learn about available internships through the Office of Career Services, by talking to your academic advisor or the career advisor for your discipline. The career advisor in sociology is Dr. Eric Bonds. In anthropology the career advisor is Dr. Eric Gable.
Sociology and Anthropology majors have completed internships at many organizations and institutions in the area, including:
Social Service Agencies
Stafford Junction
Refugee Resettlement Services- Catholic Diocese
Lloyd F. Moss Free Clinic
Legal Agencies
Legal Aid Works Here is one intern’s story:
Probation and Parole District 21
Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice Carolynn Nesmith carolynn.nesmith@djj.virginia.gov
Rappahannock Regional Jail – Community Based Probation, Drug Treatment, Pretrial Services Interns
Research and Other:
First Nations Development Institute
The Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region
The Valentine Richmond History Center
Washington, D.C.
Geologics, (Alexandria) – Human Resources intern
Human Rights Campaign – LGBT equality
MVLE – Springfield organization providing opportunities for those with disabilities