Internships offer women s studies students experience putting feminist theory into practice.
Interns design and carry out a supervised project in an off-campus organization and reflect on their experience through the lens of gender. Organizations sponsoring women s studies internships include the Abused Women s Advocacy Project in Farmington and Rumford , Alice James Books , Children s Task Force , Edgewood Manor , Feminist Majority Foundation , Healthy Communities Coalition , Maine Women s Lobby , Orchard Park , Pathways , and Sexual Assault Victims Emergency Services . Projects may focus on research, direct intervention, education, or organization. 3-15 credit internships are available fall and spring semester and during the summer months. You will have to design a project with the Director of Women s Studies and a field supervisor, then register for WST 398, Directed Study in Women s Studies.