Students in Africana Studies have a variety of opportunities to enhance their coursework through internships, study abroad and more.
Many of the internships and research opportunities listed below are available specifically for minority students. In addition, the Center for Career Engagement is an excellent on-campus resource for internships, externships and other experiences, as well as career research and development.
Students are also invited to explore the Center for Global Education, award opportunities and additional research links provided throughout this section.
List of Organizations with Possible Internships
- Administration for Community Living
- African American Museum Philadelphia, PA
- American Medical Association
- American Enterprise Institute
- American Federation of Teachers
- American Forests Jobs and Internships
- American Public Health Association
- American Youth Policy Forum
- Arms Control Association
- Better Medicare Alliance
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Brookings Institution
- CATO Institute
- Center for American Progress
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)
- Centers for Disease and Prevention
- Child Family Health International
- City of Philadelphia
- Concerned Women for America (CWA)
- Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. Internship
- Congressional Budget Office
- Congressional Internships, Public Policy
- Council on Foreign Relations Internships
- Democratic National Committee
- Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
- Department of Defense
- Department of Justice Student Educational Employment Program
- Earth Justice
- Educational Testing Service
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF)
- Friends of the Earth
- Government Accountability Office
- HACU National Internship Program
- Heinz History Center
- Independence National Historic Park, Philadelphia, PA
- International Economic Development Council
- International Labor Rights Forum
- Institute for Women’s Policy Research Internships
- Jubilee USA
- Library of Congress
- Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia, PA
- National Council for Science and Environment
- National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Internship
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Organization for Women Internship Program
- National Parks Service of the District of Columbia
- National Parks Service, New York State
- National Partnership for Women and Families Internships
- New America’s Open Technology Institute
- Office of International Affairs Intern Recruitment
- Organization for American States (OAS)
- Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Public Affairs Council
- Republican National Committee
- Resources for the Future
- Save America’s Forests Internships
- Smithsonian Institution Fellowships and Internships
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York City
- The Heritage Foundation Internship Program
- The Hill
- The Project On Government Oversight
- The Ronald Reagan Memorial Internship Program
- The Stimson internship program
- The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- U.S. Dept of State
- U.S Department of Treasury
- Udall Foundation
- Underground Railroad Museum at Belmont Mansion, Philadelphia, PA
- United States Federal Agencies
- United States House of Representatives
- United States Senate
- USA Jobs
- Washington Internship Institute
- White House
- Wolf Trap
- Women and Public Policy Internships
- Women's Foreign Policy Group
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