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Internships with the Thinkery

Looking for a great opportunity to build your skills and share your talent and enthusiasm? Thinkery interns help build a creative and collaborative community that celebrates curiosity and discovery. Internship positions vary from semester to semester. Candidates must be 18 years or older to apply. Below you can view the application process.

We are currently accepting intern applications for the Summer 2019 semester. Please check out the open internship opportunities listed below.

For questions about our internship program, please contact Jenna Rodarte at (512) 469-6234.

Internship Application Process

  • Review the position descriptions (above) to determine which role(s) you are most interested in.
  • Submit via email: (Please list the name of the internship as your email subject.
    Example: School Programs Intern)
  • Completed application form: Thinkery Intern Application Form
  • Cover letter: Please save as “lastname_firstnameSummer2019Letter”
    (Example: Rodarte_JennaSummer2019etter)
  • Resume: Please save as “lastname_firstnameSummer2019Resume”
    (Example: Rodarte_JennaFall2019Resume)

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Animation for Accessibility Internship

The Sanger Learning Center (SLC) is UT Austin’s premier resource for academic support on the 40 acres. In our quest to remove barriers to student success, we are engaged in a year-long process of evaluating our resources from the perspective of Universal Design for Learning.

We currently offer workshops, academic counseling, and peer coaching around topics such as time management, study effectiveness, and reading effectively for college.  The majority of our resources are paper documents or PDFs, but we plan to provide key information in a variety of formats: audio, video, graphics, and text.

SLC seeks an intern who can develop 1-3 short, 2D animated videos to illustrate key concepts from our text-based resources. Our professional staff and student educators can provide content knowledge and support.

Details

  • This internship is unpaid. The ideal candidate would work closely with a professor from Digital Arts and Media to earn course credit for this internship.
  • Start date: as early as June 6, depending on student schedule
  • End date: as late as August 16, depending on student schedule
  • Weekly hours: approximately 15 hours/week, for a total of 160 hours
  • Location: office space in SLC as needed

Preferred Candidate Qualities

  • Proficiency in expressing information in visual design mediums
  • Ability to plan and execute a project independently
  • Capacity to receive feedback and refine work as needed
  • Commitment to communicating progress and questions in a timely manner
  • Interest in helping Longhorns succeed academically

Application Process

Please submit a letter of interest, resume, contact information for one reference, and samples of animated projects to rachel.jenkins@austin.utexas.edu by May 22. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

 

 

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Pediatric Coping and Language Lab – Research Assistant Position

The Pediatric Coping and Language (PCL) Lab in UT’s School of Educational Psychology is currently conducting longitudinal research studies with low income Latinx families in Austin. This community-based participatory research study seeks to collaborate with members of the Latino community in Austin as well as those who serve them to gain a better sense of the Latino families’ experiences in research participation. This research will then inform future research studies by utilizing community member feedback and partnership as well as improving outreach and recruitment in research for underserved populations. The team is looking for an undergraduate student to help us with the project!

Project Website: http://sites.edb.utexas.edu/pcllab/bilingualism-research/

Primary roles/responsibilities

  • Participant Recruitment & home visit interviews (in English and Spanish)
  • Conducting and transcribing qualitative interviews (both English and Spanish interviews).
  • Filming interviews and b-roll during home visits
  • Editing video interviews to make a study recruitment video
  • One year minimum commitment and can work a minimum of 8-10 hours a week, with weekend availability
  • Preferably available to start in the Summer of 2019

Time commitment

  • 8-10 hours/week
  • 1 year minimum commitment
  • Available starting preferably Summer or Fall 2019

Required qualifications

  • High proficiency in spoken and written Spanish.
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA.
  • Must enroll for course credit in either EDP 379L OR be involved in a university undergraduate research program (e.g., Bridging Disciplines, Intellectual Entrepreneurship Pre-Graduate School Internship).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working with Latinx teens/families
  • Familiarity with or interest in qualitative research and video interviews
  • Experience editing videos
  • Major in Radio-Film-Television Studies and/or have access to a DSLR Camera

If interested, please submit a brief cover letter with relevant experiences and how this project relates to your interest/future goals to coping.language.lab@gmail.com.

Also feel free to contact Catherine Esperanza at Catherine.esperanza@utexas.edu if you have any questions. You can find our Lab website at: http://sites.edb.utexas.edu/pcllab/