Program in Poverty, Social Justice, and Human Capabilities

(PJC) Internship Summer 2009

APPLICATION PROCESS

  • Please submit applications via email to Christine Medina, .
  • Application deadline: Friday, January 30, 2009.
  • Decisions will be announced in March.
  • Seniors graduating May 2009 are ineligible to apply.
  • Please include an unofficial transcript and an updated resume.

INTERNSHIP DATES

Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 11:30amOpening Event

Monday June 1, 2009 – Friday July 24, 2009 Internship

Friday, September 4, 2009, 4pmClosing Event

INTERNSHIP EXPECTATIONS

  • All internships are full time positions with a 40 hour work week.
  • Interns should not accept other employment during this period or combine this internship with another offered through Rice or elsewhere.
  • Interns are required to attend the opening and closing events.

STIPENDS

Students will be awarded $4000 for participating in this program. Stipends may be slightly higher for internships outside of Houston where the cost of living is higher. Stipends will be awarded in installments, with each payment contingent on satisfactory completion of all requirements to that point. Failure to meet any of the requirements may result in the forfeiture of part or all of the stipend.

QUALIFICATIONS

To qualify for an internship students need to be taking or have taken (during Fall 07, Spring 08, Fall 08, or Spring 09) one of the following PJC affiliated courses:

BIOE 301 Bioengineering and World Health

BIOE 362 Bioengineering for Global Health Environment

ECON 450 World Economic and Social Development

ECON 461 Urban Economics

ECON 482 Distributive Justice

ECON 521 Public Finance

ENGL 342 Survey Of Victorian Fiction

ENGL 371 Chicano/a Literature

ENGL 492 Southwest Narrative: Writing from Below

HIST 215/HIST 315 Blacks in the Americas

HIST 242 U.S. Women’s History, II (Civil War to the Present)

HIST 268 Bondage in the Modern World

HIST 332 Mexican-American Civil Rights

HIST 335 Caribbean History to 1838

HIST 396 Rise of Transnational Activism

HIST 427 History of the Civil Rights Movement 1954 to the Present

HIST 455 History of Human Rights

HUMA 280 Introduction to Poverty, Justice, and Capabilities

PHIL 307 Social and Political Philosophy

PHIL 316 Philosophy of Law

POLI 331 Environmental Politics and Policy

POLI 338 Policy Analysis

POLI 437 Education Policy

POLI 481 Hurricane Risk Assessment

RELI 340 Theology in Africa

SOCI 303 Poverty and Public Policy

SOCI 345 Introduction to Medical Sociology.

SOCI 470 Urban Life and Systems

SWGS 422 Gender and Global Economic Justice

SWGS 496 Applied Women's and Gender Studies

Basic Information

Name: / Expected year of graduation:
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Cell Phone: / Preferred e-mail address:
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Date of Birth: / Student Number:
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Emergency Contact Information
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Location(s) in which you have lived:
Intended Vocation (Optional):
Are you interested in internship that requires fluency in a second-language? If yes, what language?
Which course(s) have you taken to qualify for this internship? (List of affiliated courses appears above in the Qualifications section)

Please answer the following questions:

1) Why have you applied for this summer service-learning project?

2) What topics in the study of poverty, social justice, and human capabilities (e.g., legal, health, business, community development, etc) most interest you and why? Are there particular types of organizations or work that most appeal to you?

3) What do you expect to learn from participating in the summer internship program?

4) How would a PJC internship fit in with your future life plans?

5) What experience have you had that would prepare you for this sort of internship? You may use examples from course work, extra- or co-curricular study, or volunteer or paid work experience?

6) Are you interested in an internship in Houston or would you prefer a different location? Please give a detailed explanation for your answer. Is your interest in the internship contingent on the location?

7) Are you applying for other internship programs, through Rice or elsewhere? If so, please specify. If you receive and accept another internship, we request that you notify us as soon as you have accepted the other internship.

8) Please include a paper from one of the affiliated courses you have taken. In the event that you do not have one to submit, please provide a brief personal statement that connects your coursework to your expectations for a PJC internship.