Sociology and Anthropology Internships

Going to college only two blocks and a 45-minute train ride from Chicago provides many opportunities for you to apply what you’ve learned about human society and culture. An internship is also a tried and true route to finding that dream job. Check out some of the institutions where our students have interned:

• Aunt Martha’s Youth Service Center
• Beth Uriel Home for Youth, South Africa
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
• Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
• Casa Central
• Chicago-Roseland Developing Communities Project
• Family Focus of Aurora
• The Field Museum of Natural History
• Great Smokey Mountain National Park
• Illinois Department of Natural Resources
• Illinois State Police
• The Lakeview Action Coalition
• Mendota Police Department
• The Openlands Project
• Naperville Park District
• Naperville Planning Department
• Naperville Police Department
• St. Patrick's Residence 
• United States Marshal, Northern District of Illinois

Internships

Rena Schergen ’07 and Gloria Levitt ’03 staff anthropologist for the Field Museum. The Field Museum is just one of the great internship opportunities for students in the Chicago area.