[ICPSR] FW: ICPSR 2009 Summer Interns Announcement

[Rita Bantom]

We are pleased to announce the continuation of the ICPSR Summer
Internship Program for undergraduates. The program is ten weeks in
duration, June 8, 2009 to August 14, 2009. Interns will learn data
processing skills necessary to prepare social science data for permanent
archiving and distribution for secondary analysis, including preserving
respondent anonymity, reviewing data for consistency and composing
descriptive summaries of data collections. They will also gain
experience using statistical software including SAS, SPSS and STATA, by
working in both Windows and UNIX environments. In addition to working on
data processing projects, interns will attend courses in the ICPSR
Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, learn
bibliographic processes and become more familiar with published journals
in the intern's field of study. All interns will receive direct
oversight by an experienced Research Technician or Research Associate
who will serve as their mentor throughout the program.  Also, interns
will be provided with a calendar of activities meant to further enhance
their internship experience, which will include presentations by various
ICPSR and ISR projects and there will be a number of opportunities for
ICPSR Staff involvement. 

 

The objective of the ICPSR Summer Internship Program is to support the
educational mission of ICPSR and to encourage the effective use of
social science research data. We will encourage the interns to pursue
graduate studies or a career in the social or behavioral sciences. With
luck, they will be future data depositors, summer program instructors,
Official Representatives, or even members of the Council.

 

This year we will be supporting five interns and the following topical
archives have agreed to support the interns: Data Sharing for
Demographic Research (DSDR), ICPSR General Archive, Minority Data
Resource Center (MDRC) and National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
(NACJD). 

 

We are very pleased to announce that the following students have been
selected for the 2009 Summer Internship Program: 

 

   

Steve Burke, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI - Assigned to DSDR,
(Russell Hathaway, Mentor)

 

Steve is a Psychology and English double major graduating in May 2011
with an interest in pursuing a graduate degree in Social Psychology upon
graduation. From tutoring neighborhood kids in mathematics to coaching
and participating in various debate and speech teams, Steve's interests
are very diverse. He has also been awarded numerous Scholarships and
prizes for academic excellence - including the University of Michigan
Regents Scholarship and the Branstrom Freshman Prize. Steve has advanced
knowledge of SPSS syntax and has worked as a Volunteer Research
Assistant for the past year while maintaining a 4.0 GPA. He has always
enjoyed teaching and it is his goal to become a professor in the Social
Sciences. 

 

Christine Cassar, University of Malta, Misidia Malta - Assigned to NACJD
- BJS, (Johanna Bleckman, Mentor)

 

Christine is a Sociology major, with a minor concentration in
International Relations, graduating in June 2011 with an interest in
furthering her education with graduate and post-graduate work in
Sociology or Social Anthropology. Christine has had a wide range of
experiences which include holding positions such as Advisor to the
Maltese Permanent Mission at the UN, Secretary General of the Malta Red
Cross and Director of the People for Change Foundation - just to name a
few.  She has worked with numerous NGOs and speaks four languages.
Christine sees the ICPSR summer internship as an opportunity to work
within a research-dedicated team and to become familiar with cutting
edge contemporary social and political science research, practices and
methods. She has a distinct interest in cross-cultural research and
hopes to gain practical experience working with data this summer. 

 

 

Mahesh Dahal, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT - Assigned to ICPSR
General Archive, (Stephanie Windisch, Mentor) 

 

Mahesh is an Economics and Mathematics double major graduating in May
2010. After graduation, Mahesh intends on gaining work experience at a
Research Institution, Economic Think-Tank or an International
Organization; after which he plans on pursuing a graduate degree in the
field of Economic Development. His academic interests involve the study
of social issues such as poverty, economic growth, public health and
international development - as demonstrated by his recent paper
regarding his home country entitled "The Socioeconomic and Demographic
Determinants of Infant Mortality rates in Nepal." Through his
undergraduate matriculation, he has gained an advanced knowledge in
STATA syntax and has used this to help his fellow students as a
Quantitative Tutor and STATA consultant. Last summer, he worked as a
Christian A. Johnson Summer Research Fellow at the Economics Department
of Middlebury College.  Mahesh hopes to gain greater skills in
manipulating data and welcomes to opportunity to learn the other
statistical packages. 

 

 

Gregory Davis, Morehouse College, Atlanta GA - Assigned to MDRC, (Abay
Israel, Mentor)

 


Gregory is Psychology major graduating in May 2010. After graduation,
Gregory plans to pursue a Ph.D. in social or personality psychology. He
wishes to conduct research on minority populations - particularly sexual
and racial minorities. Gregory has received numerous awards including
the "Best Poster Award" in the Undergraduate Poster Competition for the
National Science Foundation and has been inducted as a member of Psi-Chi
National Psychology Honor Society. He has given a series of
presentations in the areas of racial and gender difference in
empowerment, constructive use of time, commitment to learning and
positive identity among high-achieving college student in Florida,
Georgia and Michigan. Last summer, Gregory worked as a research
assistant at the University of Michigan's Developmental Psychology
department as a part of the Summer Research Opportunity Program.

 

 

Phuong Ta, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley MA - Assigned to NACJD -
NIJ, (Julie Eady, Mentor)

 

Phuong is a Psychology and Economics double major graduating in May
2010. After graduation, she plans to gain practical research experience
in economic development by working for an international NGO and pursue a
graduate degree in the field thereafter. In 2008, Phuong participated in
a study abroad program in Copenhagen, Denmark where she also volunteered
at the Danish Red Cross. In the same year, she worked as a research
intern at UNICEF East Asia and the Pacific regional office in Bangkok,
Thailand, in the Social Policy and Economics Analysis section. Phuong
has a deep interest in data management combined with skills in both R
and SPSS (self taught). She looks forward to the culturally diverse
environment the ICPSR summer internship has to offer and is interested
in gaining a rich, hands-on experience in qualitative social research
especially in handling data.

 

 

As you can see this is a very impressive group of students and a special
note of thanks is offered to the ICPSR 2009 Intern Selection Committee:

Sara Achauer, CCEERC

Dieter Burrell, Summer Program

Russ Hathaway, DSDR

Abay Israel, MDRC

Ann Jastrzembowski, HR

Justin Noble, NACJD

 

Thank you,

Rita Young Bantom, SPHR

ICPSR Human Resources Director

Direct: 734-615-9519

HR Assistant: 734-615-1664

Fax: 734-936-5613 (Confidential)

 

www.icpsr.umich.edu

 

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