[bioundgrd] FW: Summer internship opportunity (open to all MIT students)

[Joshua Stone]

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From: Christina Davies <cdavies at mit.edu<mailto:cdavies at mit.edu>>
Subject: Summer internship opportunity (open to all MIT students)
Date: March 17, 2021 at 3:54:46 PM EDT

Hello!

We are currently accepting applications for a summer internship opportunity with the South Asians Alumni (SAA) oral history project. The project kicked off during IAP and was recently featured in MIT News<https://news.mit.edu/2021/exploring-generations-influence-between-south-asia-and-mit-0310>.

I’ve included more information about the paid internship opportunity below. We’d greatly appreciate it if you could share this with the students in your department. The deadline to apply is March 31.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or if I can provide more information. Thank you!

Sincerely,

Christina

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Christina Davies
Program Assistant | MIT-India, MISTI<http://misti.mit.edu/>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
cdavies at mit.edu<mailto:cdavies at mit.edu> | +1 (617) 452-2479 | E40-428
1 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

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We are looking to hire student interns this summer (June to July) to continue the work towards an exhibition on South Asians at MIT, organized by the MIT South Asian Alumni Association<https://mitsaaa.alumgroup.mit.edu/s/1314/2015/club-class-main-start.aspx?gid=183&pgid=61>. Working closely with Professor Sana Aiyar<https://history.mit.edu/people/sana-aiyar/>, Associate Professor of History at MIT, students will be involved in ongoing activities of the project, including survey analysis, editing and archiving alumni biographies and interviews, web maintenance, and visualization of data. Students will learn about the long history of South Asian students at MIT, get some basic training on conducting oral histories, and will put together surveys and interview questions for alumni.

More Information:
An overview of “Technological Desi: Long History of South Asians at MIT”<https://youtu.be/Y_3anWROgmw>
SAA Oral History Project: An overview and highlights from IAP 2021<https://youtu.be/vvw3kOn5pGk>

Skills Required: We are looking for students with basic website-maintenance skills, as well as data visualization skills. For the others, no prior experience required.

Expected Hours: 20 hours a week over 8 weeks

Compensation: A small stipend will be provided.

The internship will start on 2 June and run through July.

Please submit a resume and short statement about why you are interested in this opportunity to Nureen Das, Program Manager at MIT-India (mit-india at mit.edu<mailto:mit-india at mit.edu>) by 31 March 2021 if you are interested in this position.



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