Roles and responsibilities
The interns will analyze data for the eleven study counties, including interviews gathered by eleven CCE associations, including Chemung, Tioga, Steuben, Tompkins, Cortland, Columbia-Greene, Hamilton, Jefferson, Suffolk, Wayne, and Monroe. The conclusions from this analysis will then be articulated in bulleted form and shared with the staff who gathered the data. Interviews with the program staff and with photographic documentation of the study will then be combined to write a set of CCE documents for the general public, other extension staff and possibly also for a refereed journal article.
Qualifications and previous coursework
This opportunity is available to non-graduating students enrolled in Cornell University's CAS, ILR, AAP, COE and JCB.
The program is looking for interns with a range of course work and qualifications in social science, engineering, and/or physical sciences. Social science majors must have one introductory social science course and at least one course in research methods. Engineering and physical science majors must have completed one introductory course and at least one intermediate course within their major field of study.
Learning outcomes
- Explain, evaluate, and effectively interpret factual claims, theories, and assumptions in the student's discipline(s)
- Find, access, critically evaluate, and ethically use information.
- Integrate quantitative and qualitative information to reach defensible and creative conclusions.
- Communicate effectively through writing, speech and visual information.
- Respectfully articulate the views of people with diverse perspectives.
- Demonstrate the capability to work both independently and in cooperation with others.
- Apply concepts of sustainability to the analysis of one or more major challenges facing humans and the Earth's resources.
