Student Internships

Providing the opportunity for hands-on learning is a core part of the Food Studies student experience. We are developing relationships to create internship opportunities across a range of sites. We hosted our inaugural Student Intern in fall 2021 in work with Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) on The Food Timeline and the broader Food & Drink History Collections. In Spring 2022, we hired our first Communications Intern, who helped launch our Food Matters Registered Student Organization and worked with us on developing marketing and recruiting materials. We plan to hire a Food History Collections intern in SCUA each spring semester, so reach out if you're interested in learning more. See, for example, the online exhibit about the history of chocolate that our Spring 2024 intern created, here: America's Love Affair with Chocolate.