students assisting with real-world applied research
For the past seven months, I have worked for a market research firm and (with the assistance of Dr. Hadder) was also able to use this time as an internship through my graduate program in the Department of Anthropology at Texas State University. Prior to this, I was knowledgeable that market research firms hired anthropologists… Continue Reading Winter Calaway, SmartRevenue Inc.
During the spring semester of 2014, I interned as a research assistant at the Veterans Evidence-based Research, Dissemination, and Implementation Center (VERDICT). This experience aided in my understanding of the research being conducted to benefit veterans. Located in San Antonio at Audie L. Murphy Hospital, VERDICT is a joint project between the VA and the… Continue Reading Crystal McGowan, Veterans Evidence-based Research, Dissemination, and Implementation Center
The main part of my internship at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS), other than processing and labeling remains, has been to document rates of decomposition using two different scoring techniques. The data collection is going to be used to create a paper or poster showing the trends and rates of decomposition in… Continue Reading Carissa Spady, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State
In the summer of 2013 my internship and attention were concentrated on Dr. Ana Juarez’s ongoing research concerning Mexican-American religious communities in San Marcos, Texas. I first became involved with the research project as part of Dr. Juarez’s ethnographic research methods course in spring 2013. My internship and Dr. Juarez’s research was to culminate into… Continue Reading Bill Sheets, El Centro Hispano de San Marcos
It is important for a student of any field to gain experience in that field before they enter into that profession. That is why, as graduate students of forensic anthropology, we wanted to get an internship at one of the most highly touted forensic anthropology laboratories in the country. That lab is called the Joint… Continue Reading Amelia Hessey and Rachel Canfield, JPAC