UMBC Interdisciplinary CoLab: Paid Internship

The UMBC Interdisciplinary CoLab is a 4-week paid summer narrative-based research internship for UMBC undergraduates. Student interns will work on interdisciplinary project teams to conduct research, create effective narratives, and develop public-facing final products that support the goals of on and off campus community organizations and scholars.

Participants receive a $3000 stipend and a tuition scholarship for a 3-credit internship course.

The English department is proud to announce the leadership of Dr. Lindsay DiCuirci among this summer's project directors. Her project "Ghosts in the Stacks: Exploring Spiritualism in the UMBC Special Collections Library" will provide students with the opportunity to work with the UMBC Special Collections and their recently acquired Eileen J. Garrett Parapsychology Foundation Collection to create a digital exhibition featuring some of their thousands of rare items. Ranging in date from the 16th century to the present, this collection is a rich, multimedia archive of parapsychological history covering subjects like mediumship, hauntings, out-of-body experiences, and precognition. The project team will research individual collection items, develop curatorial guidelines for organizing the exhibition, and build an informative and interactive website for use by experts and curiosity seekers alike. The exhibition will be permanently hosted on the UMBC Special Collections website, and team members will also share their work in a public Library Gallery forum in Fall 2024.

The full list of summer projects includes: