Internships and Jobs Why Explore Internships? Internships can help you develop valuable job skills, gain practical work experience, and explore potential career paths—all while learning in a real-world environment. Many digital humanities students seek internships within their chosen field. Students participating in internships can earn up to 12 upper-division credits in a 10-week term. Find Internship Opportunities Earn Credit for an Internship Current Opportunities Digital Humanities Research Assistant (applications due 11/21/25) Professor Burkert seeks to hire a student employee as an academic-year Research Assistant (RA) for a digital humanities research project, “Extending the London Stage Database.” This is an hourly position with an anticipated time commitment of approximately 8 hours per week, payable at $17.50 per hour. Launched in 2019, the London Stage Database is a treasure trove of information about eighteenth-century British theater culture, containing records of more than 52,000 performance events recorded between the years 1660 and 1800. The RA will contribute to a collaborative team that includes faculty, staff, and students in English, the Libraries, and Information Services, who are working together to expand the database, improve the website experience, and support and connect with the growing user community. The RA will also develop an independent line of research inquiry that is aligned with their own academic interests. This position represents an excellent opportunity to develop research, technical, and communications skills in a supportive environment. View more details and apply on Handshake Internship / Independent Study: Critical Agroecological Research Experience Lab Professor David Meek (Global Studies) seeks to recruit emerging scholars interested in working on a story-mapping project in collaboration with rural social movements throughout Central America. Story mapping involves combining narrative data (from interviews, and life histories) with multi-media sources (images, videos, audio) in an online mapping environment. This is an applied project that addresses a direct need from grassroots food sovereignty organizations, and will result in both publicly facing products as well as academic publications. Diverse positions are available based upon individual’s skill sets. Learning opportunities: How to transcribe, translate and synthesize interviews How to convert interview data into a narrative format How to build an online map that combines narrative data and multi-media content Specific tasks include (note different team members will work on different tasks based upon their skills and interests): Translating, transcribing, and synthesizing qualitative data (from Spanish and/or Portuguese) Building compelling narratives Designing online maps that are engaging and combine narrative and qualitative data Scheduling is flexible based upon student capacity; minimum 5 hours/week. While this is a non-paid research opportunity, independent study credits and undergraduate research funding opportunities may be available. Read more about this opportunity and apply through Handshake Internship: Slavic Immigrant Artists in the Northwest Interested in a flexible internship for credit? Need to build a professional portfolio? RUSS 404: Internship—Slavic Immigrant Artists in the Northwest gives you a chance to work on a project of your own while acquiring digital humanities skills, exploring cultural diversity, and earning credit. No prior RUSS coursework or knowledge of a Slavic language required! This variable-credit internship runs each fall, winter, and spring term. If you intend to take this internship for DH minor elective credit, please be sure to register for four credits. Questions? Contact the internship director: Professor Jenifer Presto. Visit the SIAN website Enroll in RUSS 404 (S25) Past Opportunities Artificial Intelligence Student Specialist (Spring 2025) Would you like to have a positive impact on how UO Professors think about AI use in their assignments? Please check Handshake to see the Artificial Intelligence Student Specialist position. Up to two students will work as a small team for 5 hours per week with Linguistics faculty member Dr. Keli Yerian to check Core Education course assignments in the Humanities and Social Sciences at UO for 1) their vulnerabilities to AI misuse as well as 2) their possibilities for productive use of AI. This evaluation will be done as a service to faculty and departments to support them in how they might better use or not use AI in their courses.
