CHR Internships

The Center for Homicide Research has several internship and volunteer opportunities available.  Unpaid internships are available for undergraduate, graduate and law students. 

Applicants may also qualify for grant funding through universities or colleges, check with financial aid offices or academic advisors for possible funding for community internships.  Internships may also qualify for service learning commitments.  Check with your university or college's service learning office or program.

For further information and apply, click here.  Qualified applicants will be interviewed and must agree to submit to a background check.

Internship Descriptions
Interns are currently working on several projects.  Interns research, identify, catalog and code homicide case information on homicides in the United States for various research projects.  The Center currently is creating several unique databases related to homicide, including

	the most complete dataset on GLBT homicide in the nation, containing nearly 3,000 cases with 125 variables
	homicide of all types in Minnesota and other Upper Midwest states
	church-related homicides from the last two decades
	lesbian homicides in the last decades

Interns will be trained in the Center’s research methodologies, provided access to electronic records archives and systems, and will be charged with “proofing” the homicide case data. Records retrieval, data access, and research will occur in Minnesota (primarily in the Twin Cities), but there exists the possibility of off-site research.

CHR interns are also expected to pursue scholarly activities while involved in their internship.  Interns will research topic(s) of their choice to develop fact sheets, annotated bibliographies, and develop presentations on topics related to violence, homicide, etc.

More information on the interning and volunteering is available here.