There is a limited amount of money available to pay students to do some research work such as coding data. The Career Development Center has some information relevant to these opportunities. A number of our graduated students have obtained research jobs after graduating from Kenyon, and before applying to graduate school in psychology. We hope to develop a list of such programs for your benefit. Viginia Galloway is leaving a position of Clinical Psychiatric Researcher at the Treatment and Research Center at Rush in Chicago.
Students receive a stipend to stay for about ten weeks during the summer to complete their research.
The applications for this competitive program are usually due early in February. We also encourage students to pursue volunteer experience at local agencies. For example, they have established contacts at local elmentary schools where Kenyon students can tutor students or help out in the classrooms, with the local domestic abuse shelter, etc. If they don't have a placement you are interested in they can help you make the contact. In addition, the office arranges transportation if you need it.