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Students interested in research or internship opportunities should see below for different opportunities and contact the PIs of the projects you would like to work with.
Complete the Spring 2025 Application
Deadline to apply: November 22.
Apply to work with local sustainability and planning-focused organizations:
Fulfill your internship requirement for the urban sustainability program.
For more information, e-mail Professor Gregory Smithsimon, director, Center for the Study of Brooklyn.
Organizational Development/Community Outreach and Advocacy Intern
Community Engagement Intern
Organizational Development/Community Outreach/Advocacy Intern
Under the supervision of College Archivist and Associate Professor Colleen Bradley-Sanders, the Urban Planning Archive intern will arrange and scan the endnotes for Tom Fox’s (Class of 1975) forthcoming first-person history of New York City’s Hudson River Park.
The 4.5-mile-long park is the largest park built in Manhattan since Central Park. It transformed a derelict and dangerous waterfront, protected the Hudson River estuary, created new recreational opportunities for millions of New Yorkers, enhanced the image of the city, preserved maritime commerce, stimulated redevelopment in adjacent neighborhoods, and set a precedent for waterfront redevelopment. It attracts 17 million visitors a year.
The Urban Planning Archive intern will help the Brooklyn College Archives preserve Fox’s collection, which includes efforts to defeat the proposed Westway project, including arguments made against the proposed Westway State Park as well as memos, research, reports, correspondence, budgets, plans, and media coverage of two city/state commissions established to develop an alternative plan for the West side. They describe coalition building, fighting inappropriate development, securing public funding, completing the park’s Concept and Financial Plan, and passing state legislation to create the park as well as efforts to protect the park working with all the public stakeholders.
The documents are primary source materials, and the intern must be organized, responsible, and detail-oriented. The internship requires a working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, and Excel). Pay will be $15/hour, and work will be done at Brooklyn College Library Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
This internship offers a unique window into successful community and environmental efforts to stop inappropriate development along the Hudson River and create a world-class maritime park. The process was a unique community and environmental planning effort recognized as a model for New York and other cities in the nation.
The internship is ideal for students interested in pursuing a career in library sciences, public service, urban planning, or environmental advocacy and stewardship. To apply, send a cover e-mail and résumé with references to.
The student(s) will:
More specific search criteria and how to present the collected data will be assigned and discussed with the student(s) once the work begins.
If the students are interested in pursuing further studies in the above topics, this learning experience helps them develop their research and thesis, and they can add it to their CV as a “researcher” for the project.
$10 per hour, up to 100 hours. Flexible times as long as the necessary data is delivered in time.
Sooran Choi
The Maria E. Sánchez Center for Latino Studies at Brooklyn College is looking for an undergraduate or graduate research assistant for the 2022–23 academic year to work on an ongoing project on the economic status of Latinxs in the United States.
Applicants should have research interests in the intersection of economics, race, gender, and Latino studies. The position will entail working with Professor Alan Aja (Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Brooklyn College) and Professor Stephan Lefebvre (Bucknell University) in creating annotated bibliographies, assisting on syllabus and website development, and early stages of research project development.
The position allows for flexibility with school schedule-working two to three hours per week throughout the fall 2022 and spring 2023 semesters and comes with a $2,500 stipend and opportunity for course credit.
Interested applicants should send a short introductory email and working CV/résumé to Professor Alan Aja and Professor Stephan Lefebvre.
Assistant Professor Carla España
The María E. Sánchez Center for Latino Studies at Brooklyn College is looking for a bilingual (Spanish/English) undergraduate or graduate research assistant for the 2022–23 academic year to work on a study titled, “Bilingual Latinx Identities in the Teaching Journey: A Qualitative Study on the Formation of Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Practices through Youth Literature.”
Applicants should have research interests in bilingual education, youth literature, curriculum development, and Latino studies. The position will entail working with Assistant Professor España (Puerto Rican and Latino Studies) in assisting with focus group and interview questions, developing annotated bibliographies of youth literature, creating a survey of curriculum for bilingual teachers of Latino students, compiling data on Latino children and schooling in the United States, and transcribing research sessions.
The position allows for flexibility with school schedules-working no more than three to four hours per week throughout the 2022–23 academic year, and comes with a $2,500 stipend and opportunity for course credit.
The María E. Sánchez Center for Latino Studies at Brooklyn College is looking for a bilingual (Spanish/English) undergraduate or graduate research assistant for the 2022–23 academic year to work on a study that looks at Latinos’ relationship to Spanish and bilingualism in two bicoastal college courses. Applicants should have research interests in language ideologies, bilingual education, translanguaging, raciolinguistic perspectives, higher education, and Latino studies.
The position will entail working with Assistant Professor España (Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Brooklyn College) and Professor Herrera (California State University, Channel Islands) in assisting with the following: developing focus group and interview questions, creating annotated bibliographies, creating a database of texts on language ideologies, conducting a survey of college course syllabi, compiling data on Latino children and schooling in the United States, and transcribing research sessions.
The position allows for flexibility with school schedules, working no more than three to four hours per week throughout the 2022–23 academic year, and comes with a $2,500 stipend and opportunity for course credit.
We are recruiting a team of 10 Brooklyn College students who, together with allied staff and faculty, will work as a research collective to identify, understand, and change aspects of Brooklyn College that perpetuate structural racism as well as identify and understand spaces/experiences that are affirming and liberatory.
The research team will meet for two hours per week throughout fall 2022 and spring 2023 to:
The goal is a proactively antiracist campus that sees and values all of us.
You do not need to have any prior experience in research, writing, public speaking, or creating art. You do not need to be a U.S. citizen.
Team researchers receive a stipend.
Note: If you’re interested in being involved but aren’t sure you can commit to two hours per week, there are multiple ways to participate! Within the application, you will have an opportunity to express your level of availability as well as the strengths you bring.
Send an e-mail for help with submitting the application or if you would like more information.
Apply your studies to a current struggle for racial justice and decolonization in the heart of Flatbush.
Organizational Development / Community Outreach and Advocacy Intern
Participate in the build-out and growth of an organization from its beginning stages by learning the legal incorporation process of a nonprofit, including:
Spring 2023
Assistant Professor Kelly Britt
A professor is looking for a graduate or undergraduate researcher/project manager for the 2022–23 academic year to work on a project related to electronic literature by people of African descent. Applicants should have research interests in literature and technology and comfort with intersectionality and subject matter that relates to race, gender, sexuality, and nationality. The position will include creating annotated bibliographies, interviewing authors, and website development.
The position allows for flexibility with school and work schedules. The researcher will work approximately two to three hours per week for much of the fall 2022 and spring 2023 semesters and comes with a minimum stipend of $1,300. There is also a possibility of receiving course credit.
Interested applicants should send a short introductory e-mail and working CV or résumé to Professor Rosamond S. King.
