All Social Inequality, Health, and Policy students are required to participate in at least two Connecting Experiences as part of their BDP work. Take a look at what some Social Inequality, Health, and Policy students have done recently for their BDP Connecting Experiences, then read on for additional information and resources.
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Past Connecting Experiences
Major: Anthropology
Type of Experience: Internship
Mentor: John Traphagan, Religious Studies
For his first Connecting Experience, Anthony is an intern at Foundation Communities, a local non-profit that provides affordable housing to low-income individuals and families. Anthony will help provide services to residents of three housing communities owned and operated by Foundation Communities, gaining hands-on experience with supportive housing policies and programs. Anthony will also conduct a comparative study of supportive housing across the nation.
Major: Nursing
Type of Experience: Research
Mentor: Evelyn Clingerman, Nursing
Amy Taylor worked with Professor Evelyn Clingerman in the School of Nursing to study the effects of stress on health outcomes of migrant farm workers. Dr. Clingerman’s research is aimed at identifying and analyzing sociological components that may affect stress levels of migrant farm workers that can lead to high incidences of disease. Amy’s main tasks included attending research group meetings, reviewing results from the focus groups, and performing content analysis on the participant interviews.
See also Past Connecting Experiences spotlights for Social Inequality, Health & Policy.
Marion Rocco, the Connecting Experiences advisor for Social Inequality, Health, and Policy, can help you find research and internship experiences that connect to your major and your career plans. Call 232-7564 to make an appointment with Marion. Remember to plan ahead—if you want to be in a Connecting Experience next semester, you should be planning for it now!
All students participating in a Connecting Experience will be required to attend two meetings during the semester, where you will have the opportunity to talk with advisors and other students about how your experience is going, and where you’ll learn about how to talk about and build on your experience in the future. Please see the Connecting Experiences Resources page under Current Students for details.
For Connecting Experiences guidelines, contract forms, scholarship applications, reflection essay guidelines, internship sponsor forms, and important deadlines, please see the Connecting Experiences Resources page under Current Students.
The EUREKA Web site provides a variety of resources, including scholarship information and a database of faculty research interests.
Important: There is no “list” of possible Connecting Experiences to choose from — because Connecting Experiences are designed to fit your own personal interests and goals, the “list” is as long as your imagination and creativity allow. With that in mind, here are some of the internship and research experiences Social Inequality, Health, and Policy students have had in the past. They might help you get started brainstorming what you might want to do for your Connecting Experiences.
“As a Sociology major, I have interests not only in how sociological theory is formulated, but also how it is implemented in the political context. The Social Inequality, Health, and Policy BDP provided an outlet for me to take courses and gain experience in this area, without having to declare multiple majors or extend my tenure at the University.”