Student Internship Experience Reports

Summer 2012

Complete list of all 2012 University-funded summer internships

Arts Internships

Funding to pursue internships in art or art history is provided by the Patrick-Smith and Powell Funds

• Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC-Sara Mills, C'13
• Dolma Jewelry, Atlanta, GA-Sarah Peacock, C'13
• Comfort the Children International , Kenya-Caleb Schaubroeck, C'14

Biehl International Research Fellowships

A self-directed social science research fellowship conducted outside of the United States and other English speaking countries

• "Indonesia: Language Attitudes,  Acquistion,  & Usage of Osob Ngalam", Indonesia- DeAndre Espree-Conway, C’13
• Japan: Integration in Japanese International Preschools, Japan-Olivia Goldsmith, C’13
• Cuba: Urban Sustainable Agriculture in Havana, Cuba-Michael Grantz, C’13
• Honduras:  Youth Culture & Work Force Development through Sports, Honduras-Watson Hartsoe, C’13

Business and Economics Internships

Opportunities for business and economics experiences are available each summer through the generosity of the Wilson Fund, Smith Fund, Probasco Fund, Camp Fund, Bing Fund, and Bank of America

• 102.5 FM Sports Radio Station, Nashville, TN-Spencer Foote, C’13
• Hispanic Committee of Virginia, Falls Church, VA-Emanuil Stoichev, C’15
• Capstone Partners , Boston, MA-Dorsey Dobias, C’13
• TBH Global Asset Management, Nashville, TN-Ripal  Patel, C’12
• Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, Nashville, TN-Lauren Berny, C’13
• WNC Magazine, Asheville, NC-Rebekah Hildebrandt, C’13
• JANIS by Janis Savitt, New York, NY-Vivien  Kis, C’15
• American Songwriter Magazine, Nashville, TN-David Hollerith, C’13
• NewSouth Books, Montgomery, AL-Margaret Day, C’12
• inVentiv Medical Management, Augusta, GA-Martin Johnson, C’13
• Charleston Mercury Newspaper, Charleston, SC-Elizabeth Gheorghita, C’12
• The Daily Caller, Washington , DC-Stephen Elliott, C’14
• Cahaba Media Group, Birmingham, AL-Joel Langham, C’14
• Credit Ease (SEED) (ACE), Beijing, China-Cecilia (Yue) Liu, C’15
• BMC Capital, Dallas, TX-Everett Nadal, C’13
• Laffer Associates, Nashville, TN-Dillon Stevens, C’13
• CapitalSouth Partners, Charlotte, NC-John Stiefel, C’13
• Blue Canyon Partners , Evanston, IL-E. Adams Conrad, C’13
• Crown Advisors, Washington, DC-Warren Cook, C’12
• Playing in Traffic Records, Austin, TX-Mary Frances Dale, C’12
• Glamour Magazine, New York, NY-Megan Eaves, C’14
• Winter Water Factory, Brooklyn, NY-Pamela Guerra, C’13
• Walrus Advertising, New York, NY-Sarah Haroldson, C’13
• Atlanta Silverbacks , Atlanta, GA-Mark Meyer, C’12
• Tidewater Environmental , Johns Island, SC-Hugh Osteen, C’13
• Blue Canyon Partners, Evanston, IL-Carter Pearson, C’13
• Quantum Strategies, Johns Creek, GA-Matthew Reilly, C’14
• Angerholzer Team, Washington, DC-Elizabeth Verity, C’12
• Maptote, Brooklyn, NY-Ann Walker, C’13

Career Exploration Internships

Funding to pursue internships in any field is provided by the Boyd and Stephenson Funds 

• Blue Monarch Shelter, Monteagle, TN-Chandler Sowden, C'14
• Dallas Museum of Art: Arts & Letters Live Program, Dallas, TX-Ashton Stahl, C'13
• Episcopal Relief & Development, New York, NY-Andrea Grochowski, C'13
• Felicity Street Redevelopment Project / Friends of the Vieux Carre Commission, New Orleans, LA-Kelly O'Mara, C'12
• Harpeth Valley Animal Hospital, Nashville, TN-Samantha Hutton, C'13
• The Renewal House, Nashville, TN-Hope Faulk, C'14

Environmental Studies Internships

Support for research or work in Sewanee or beyond is generously provided by the Brewster, Fitzsimons, Lankewicz, Leroy, Mellon, Sommer-Speck, and Thomas Funds

• New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx, NY-Abigail Nebb, C’14
• South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, SC-Sara McIntosh, C’15
• Imire Safari Ranch, Zimbabwe-Karen Dawson, C’14
• Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Brooklyn, NY-Charlotte Henderson, C’12
• Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jemez Springs, NM-Eileen Schaeffer, C’13
• "Energy Auditing of University Buildings, Office of Sustainability", Sewanee, TN-Caitlin Hanley, C'13, Sara Crawford, C’15, Jordan Long, C'14, John McGinn, C'14
• "Deer: Documenting a Major Ecological Threat to the Domain,  Dept. of Environmental Studies", Sewanee, TN-Ashley Block, C’13
• Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jemez Springs, NM-Arden Jones, C’13
• "Archaeological Survey and Excavation of the Rutledge Point Area, Dept. of Anthropology", Sewanee, TN-Richard Niquette, C’14
• "Center for Pollinator Research, Dept. of Entomology, Penn State University", University Park, PA-Kate Pfeiffer, C’13
• St. Catherines Island Sea Turtle Program, St. Catherines Island, GA-Katie Wakefield, C’13
• "Sewanee Summer Farm Team, Dept. of Environmental Studies", Sewanee, TN-Clesi Bennett, C’13, William Copeland, C'14, Jason Grimes, C'14, Jonas Hill, C'13, Travis Tindell, C'13
• North Coast Cetacean Society, Canada-Katelyn  Qualls, C’12
• Dendroecology of the Hill Tract Forest in Percy Warner Park, Nashville, TN-Patrick Vestal, C’12
• Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC-Jonathan Brenes Salazar, C’13
• Sierra Pacific Industries, Anderson, CA-Jace Brooks, C’13
• Coastal Conservation League, Charleston, SC-Laura Hoffacker, C’14
• World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC-Trevor Mia, C’13
• "Artifact Densities through Time and Space,  Dept. of Anthropology", Sewanee, TN- Jane Millar, C’14

Fund for Innovative Teaching and Learning (FITL) Research Internship

Students engaged in collaborative work during the summer with the following faculty members in Sewanee

• "Correspondences During the Early Women's Rights Movement,  Dept. of History", Sewanee, TN-Lacy Broemel, C’13
• “Temporal Discounting as a Parenting Behavior,  Dept. of Psychology ", Sewanee, TN-Cameron Crawford, C’14
• "Survey of 17th Century Spanish Culture,  Dept. of Spanish", Sewanee, TN-Mariya (Mimi) Georgieva, C’13
• "Effects of Methamphetamine Exposure on the Brain and Behavior of Mice,  Dept. of Psychology", Sewanee, TN-Lauren Joca, C’13
• "RateMyProfessor.Com: Impact of Physical Appearance on Performance Evaluations,  Dept. of Economics", Sewanee, TN-HuaJun (Stephen) Liu, C’14
• "Bible Courses Research at Liberal Arts Schools,  Dept. of Religion", Sewanee, TN-Alex McEntire, C’13
• "University Archives & Special Collections,  Dept. of Information Technology Services", Sewanee, TN-Caroline Rogers, C’13
• "Research on Efficacy of Payment for EcoSystem Services in Haiti,  Dept. of Environmental Studies", Sewanee, TN-Will Watson, C’13

Lilly Summer Discernment Institute Internships

The Lilly Summer Discernment Institute allows students to develop internships of vocational exploration in either church or church-related organizations, or within service and non-profit spheres.

• St. Paul's and St. Peter's Episcopal Churches, Dekalb, IL-Joseph Butler, C’14
• First United Methodist Church of Winter Garden, Ocoee, FL-Matthew Cappleman, C’14
• Magdalene Community and Thistle Farms, Nashville, TN-Katherine Darby, C’14
• National Organization for Women , New York, NY-Hanna Miller, C’13
• Jones Valley Urban Farm, Birmingham, AL-Stella Pfau, C’13
• Blue Monarch Shelter, Monteagle, TN-Katherine Rogers, C’12
• Franklin County Reentry Program, Winchester, TN- Haley Stocker, C’12

McGriff-Bruton Math & Computer Science

• "Mathematics in Baseball,  Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science", Sewanee, TN-Will Matson, C’12
• "Data Collection and Visualization Using Arduino,  Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science", Sewanee, TN-Marcellin Nshimiyimana, C’13

Raoul Conservation Internships

Students work with faculty to investigate topics in hydrology, forestry, geology, geoarchaeology, and watershed management

• Georgia State Parks, Stockbridge, GA-Emma Mitchell, C’13
• Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jamez Springs, NM-John Mulloy, C’13
• City of Austin's Watershed Protection Dept., Austin, TX-Murphy Sayre, C’12
• US Fish and Wildlife Service, Hollywood, SC-Robert Strange, C’13
• USDA Forest Service: Nantahala National Forest, Murphy, NC-Nathan Bowman , C’12
• Cirque Resources LP, Golden, CO-Denton O'Neal, C’13
• USDA Forest Service Timber and Watershed Lab, Parsons, WV-Julia Wood, C’13

Science Research Internships

Collaborative student-faculty science research projects are carried out primarily on the Sewanee campus through the generous support of the Beatty, Greene, Physics, and Yeatman Funds

• "Analysis of a Calcium-Dependent Model of Pulmonary Fibrosis, Dept. of Biochemistry", Sewanee, TN- Samuel Dahlhauser, C’14, Scott Ward, C'13
• "White Tail Deer Browse Patterns on the Cumberland  Plateau  Office of Sustainability", Sewanee, TN-Meg Armistead, C’14
• "Optics and X-ray Lasers Research,  Colorado State University", Fort Collins, CO-Joel Stewart, C’13
• KCI Technologies Inc., Brentwood, TN-Trey Talley, C’13
• "Effects of Hdac3 on ERK Signaling During T-cell Development, Dept. of Biology", Sewanee, TN- Sarah Brown, C’14, Nick Klus, C'14
• "Plant Species Mapping of the Domain,  Landscape Analysis Lab", Sewanee, TN-Jeff Kirchberg, C’14
• "Origin and Function of Confronting Cisternae,  Dept. of Biology", Sewanee, TN-Katherine Mustafa, C’14
• "Functionalization of Biologically Active Compounds,  Dept. of Chemistry", Sewanee, TN-Justin Miller, C’14
• "Cloning and Overexpression of the C-glycosyltransferase UrdGT2,  Dept. of Chemistry", Sewanee, TN-Marija Sidrys, C’14
• "Detection of Artificial Sweeteners During Wastewater Treatment,   Dept. of Chemistry", Sewanee, TN-April Johnson, C’13

Tonya Public Affairs

Funding for internships in government and public affairs

• "Charleston County Courts, Master in Equity, (Judge Mikell Scarborough)", Charleston, SC-Richard Armistead, C’13
• Rabbis for Human Rights: North America, New York, NY-Katherine Barnes, C’12
• "Maryland Office of the Public Defender (Brad Peabody, Esq.)", Baltimore, MD-Wolfgang Boehm, C’13
• U.S. Representative Jim Cooper (TN), Washington, DC-Lacy Broemel, C’13
• Land Trust for Tennessee, Nashville, TN-Will Coleman, C’14
• "U.S. Congress, Committee of Financial Services", Washington, DC-Margaret Ellard, C’14
• U.S. Representative Scott DesJarlais (TN), Washington, DC-John Floyd, C’13
• U.S. Senator Dan Coats (IN), Washington, DC-Julia Galliher, C’14
• U.S. Representative Kay Granger (TX), Washington, DC-Michael Garrison, C’13
• U.S. District Court (Judge David Norton), Charleston, SC-Matthew Hagler, C’13
• U.S. Senator Bob Corker (TN), Washington, DC-Grant Hopkins, C’13
• "South Carolina State Courts, Family Court (Judge J. McMahon)", Charleston, SC-Mary Catherine Horne, C’13
• Tennessee Department of Children's Services (Coffee County), Tullahoma, TN-Ezmee Hutton, C’13
• "Office of State's Attorney, Baltimore County", Towson, MD-Katherine (Kelsey) Koontz, C’14
• INSFOP (Instituto de Formacion Permanente), Nicaragua-Emily Laycock, C’12
• Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Nashville, TN-Eric Leibrandt, C’14
• Tennessee Department of Children's Services (South Central Region), Tullahoma, TN-Matt Lightfoot, C’12
• "Franklin County Government, Office of the Mayor", Winchester, TN-L. Paige Lowe, C’14
• Arkansas Supreme Court (Justice Robert Brown), Little Rock, AR-Brittany Macon, C’14
• International Rescue Committee, New York, NY-Zita Monori, C’14
• North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund, Raleigh, NC-Seth Morris, C’13
• "U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration", Washington, DC-Tucker Nelson, C’13
• World Affairs Council of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA-Jaina Patel, C’14
• Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, Washington, DC-Nicholas Platt, C’12
• International Institute for Rural Reconstruction, New York, NY-Justin Riopelle, C’12
• U.S. Representative Jim Cooper (TN), Washington, DC-Marcus Rochelle, C’13
• Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT-Robert Rosamond, C’13
• U.S. Attorney's Office, Chattanooga, TN-Matthew Smith, C’13
• Nature Conservancy, Birmingham, AL-Elizabeth Smyth, C’12
• "South Carolina State Courts, Family Court (Judge Jocelyn Cate)", Charleston, SC-Allen Thigpen, C’13
• Be the Change: Kenya, Kenya-Roshni Walia, C’14
• "Tennessee Courts, 12th Judicial District, Drug Court", Winchester, TN-Heather Walsh, C’12
• "Tennessee Courts, 12th Judicial District (Chancellor Jeff Stewart)", Winchester, TN-Megan Welton, C’12
• Office of the Solicitor General of Athens-Clarke County, Athens, GA-Alexandra White, C’14
• United Nations: World Food Program (SEED), Cambodia-Andrew Carey, C’13

ACE (A Career Exploration) Internships

Internship opportunities, in any field, paid for by alu​mni, parents, or friends of the University

• IvyWild Restaurant, Sewanee, TN- Hillary Dziminski, C’14
• inVentiv Medical Management, Augusta, GA-Victoria Salekin, C’12
• TriZetto Group (Finance), Littleton, CO-Alton Avery, C’13
• Friends of South Cumberland, Monteagle, TN-Elizabeth Bonner, C’12
• Duke University , Durham, NC-Andrew Bradshaw, C’12
• Mustang Island Conference Center: Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, Corpus Christi, TX-Davison Brown, C’14
• Tennessee Dept of Economic & Community Development, Nashville, TN-Michael Coogan, C’13
• U.S. Congressman Scott DesJarlais , Washington, DC-Carter Craddock, C’13
• Mewbourne Oil Company, Tyler, TX-Peter Crain, C’13
• Felicity Street Redevelopment Program, New Orleans, LA-C. Tristan Danley, C’15
• "Colvin,  John R.,  Attorney at Law", Winchester, TN-Taylor Degen, C’15
• American Action Forum, Washington, DC-Philip Devereux-Demetriad, C’12
• TriZetto Group (Human Resources), Littleton, CO-Katherine Dross, C’12, Molly Kennedy, C'13, Olivia Schubert, C'12
• Southern Community Bank, Tullahoma, TN-J. Will Edwards, C’12
• Friends of South Cumberland, Monteagle, TN-Layne Ezzell, C’12
• Bishop Tharp Institute, Haiti-Mary Michael Forrester, C’12
• Mountain Messenger Newspaper, Sewanee, TN-Mary Gray, C’12, Rebekah Hildebrandt, C’13
• Guarisco Gallery, Washington, DC-Sara Guarisco, C’12
• Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority: Episcopal Diocese of West Texas , Seguin, TX-M. Benjamin Haggerty, C’13
• Angerholzer Team, Washington, DC-Alex Hess, C’13
• University of Georgia, Athens, GA-Rhea Hyatt, C’12
• Tennessee Titans, Nashville, TN-Alfonza Knight, C’12
• "Stewart Perry Construction, Inc.", Birmingham, AL-Sam LaFalce, C’13
• Cahaba Media Group, Birmingham, AL-Joel Langham, C’14
• Dualtone Music Group, Nashville, TN-Meredith Lawrence, C’13
• Montag & Caldwell, Atlanta, GA-Michael McInerney, C’13
• TriZetto Group (Sales), Littleton, CO-Jay Morgan, C’12
• Texas A&M, College Station, TX-Amy Nystrand, C’13
• Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Boca Raton, FL-D. Ross O'Connor, C’13
• Trinity University, San Antonio, TX-Breckinridge Pappas, C’12
• Promise Zone (Eau Claire), Columbia, SC-Joana Rebollo, C'14, Joanna  Parkman, C’14, M. Blair Williams, C’13
• Friends of South Cumberland, Monteagle, TN-Caroline Reeves, C’12
• BrightHouse, Atlanta, GA-C. Caroline Rogers, C’13
• Trinity University, San Antonio, TX-Thomas Sanders, C’13
• Tocqueville Asset Management, New York, NY-Darya Schiavetta, C’13
• American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Washington, DC-Katherine Telford, C’15
• Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority: Episcopal Diocese of West Texas , Seguin, TX-T. Andrew Walters, C’12
• Clark Fork Coalition, Missoula, MT-Charles (Charlie) Williams, C’12
• Stratford Hall, Stratford, VA-Grace Williams, C’13
• Mustang Island Conference Center: Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, Corpus Christi, TX-Brelyn Yuratich, C’14
• Bread for the World, Media Relations Dept. (funded by Goldsmith-Bread for the World Fund), Washington, DC-Sarah Dickey, C’12

ACE Medical Internships

Internships with alumni of the University in medical practices, research centers, or laboratories. To read medical internship reports, please come by the Office of Career & Leadership Development.

• Yale University Child Study Center (Dr. Linda Mayes), New Haven, CT-Anna Alikhani, C’14, Shelby Bartlett, C’12, Mimi Boggs, C’14, Cortney Booth, C’12, Chris Daniell, C’14, Alexandra Diaz, C’12, Anna Carr Faurot, C’13, Katherine Freeman, C’12, Meg Gardner, C’13, Hali Gipson, C’13, M. Haley Shepherd, C’13, Caitlin Sneeden, C’13, Alex Soare, C’13, Taylor Stavely, C’13, Luca Koritsansky, C'12, Joyce Kuik, C'12
• Vanderbilt Eye Institute (Dr. John Penn), Nashville, TN-Samuel Grenfell-Dexter, C'13
• Harpeth Valley Animal Hospital (Dr. Todd Hurst), Nashville, TN-Samantha Hutton, C'13
• Wake Forest School of Medicine: Pulmonary & Critical Care (Dr. D. Clark Files), Winston-Salem, NC-Stephanie Lussier, C'14
• Semmes-Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute (Dr. L. Madison Michael), Memphis, TN-Trevor Marquand, C'13
• Center for Public Health Policy & Research, University of Tennessee (Dr. Paul Erwin), Knoxville, TN-Wilson Nealy, C'12
• EyeCare Associates (Dr. John Walters), Madison, AL-Patrick Platzer, C'12
• Delozier & Robbins Reconstructive Surgery & Cosmetic Surgery (Dr. Joseph DeLozier and Dr. Chad Robbins), Nasvhille, TN-G. Malcolm Taylor, C'13

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Summer 2011: Student Reports

Internships at a glance

Arts Internships

• Guarisco Gallery, Washington, DC-Martha Farmer, C'12
• Maptote, Brooklyn, NY-Elizabeth (Lizzie) Butler, C'12
• The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, SC-Kelly O'Mara, C'12
• The Wittliff Collections, San Marcos, TX-Katherine Rogers, C'12

Biehl  International Research Internships

A self-directed social science research internship conducted outside of the United States and other English speaking countries

• Non-compulsory Drug Rehab in China-Benjamin Brew, C'12
• The Culture of Indian Childbirth, India-Luca Koritsanszky, C'12
• Traditional Chinese Medicine, China-Ellen Slugg, C'12

Business and Economics Internships

Opportunities for business and economics experiences are available each summer through the generosity of the Wilson Fund, Smith Fund, Probasco Fund, Camp Fund, Bing Fund, and Bank of America

• eShave, The Experts in Men's Shaving, Long Island City, NY-Reed Blackwell, C'13
• LIVESTRONG, Austin, TX-Avery Bullock, C'12
• Thistle Farms, Nashville, TN-Emily Ezell, C'11
• NewSouth, Inc., Montgomery, AL-Katharine Freeman, C'12
• 1560AM KGOW The Game, Houston, TX-Benjamin Hamel, C'12
• Scowcroft Group, Washington, DC-Hayley Lawrance, C'11
• Dualtone Music Group, Nashville, TN-Stuart Maxey, C'12
• American Songwriter Magazine, Nashville, TN-Alice Nix, C'12
• Playing In Traffic Records, Austin, TX-Breckenridge Pappas, C'12
• Bit of Britain/Boyd Martin, Oxford, PA-Peter Pearre, C'13
• Mission Media, Baltimore, MD-Jordan Rothschild, C'12
• Solis Betancourt, Inc., Washington, DC-Seely Stephenson, C'12
• Guarisco Gallery, Washington, DC-Julianna White, C'12
• Laffer Associates, Nashville, TN-Samantha Albert, C'12
• BMC Capital, Dallas, TX-Alton Avery, C'13
• Tandem Investment Advisors, Charleston, SC-Brian Carew, C'12
• SNL Financial, Charlottesville, VA-T. Neil Dyer, C'12
• Credit Ease/SEED, Beijing, China-HuaJun Liu, C'14
• Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Boca Raton, FL-Elyse Nichol, C'12
• CapitalSouth Partners, Charlotte, NC-Daniel Speake, C'12
• Silver Ventures, Inc., San Antonio, TX-Sergio Acosta, C'13
• Valmont Investments, New Orleans, LA-Michael Johnson, C'12
• Banco Popular, Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico-W. Griffin Johnson, C'11
• Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, AL-Dani Kabbes, C'12
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY-Allie King, C'12
• Le Courrier de l'Architecte, Paris, France-Vincent Leray, C'13
• Georgsmarienhutte, Niedersachsen, Germany-Denton O'Neal, C'13
• Present Time, Austin, TX-George Shea, C'12

Career Exploration Internships

Funding to pursue internships in any field is provided by the Boyd and Stephenson Funds

• Basic Needs Program, Bangladesh-Nathaniel Buhler, C'14
• Dallas Museum of Art: Arts & Letters Live Program, Dallas, TX-Isabella (Rhett) Reeves, C'12
• Office of the Bishop Suffragan, Episcopal Diocese of New York, New York, NY-Winnie Smith, C'12
• Sun Newspapers / Sun Coast Media Group, Port Charlotte, FL-Kai Sanders, C'12
• Tennessee Republican Party, Nashville, TN-Ross Berry, C'12

Environmental Studies Internships

Support for research or work in Sewanee or beyond is generously provided by the Brewster, Fitzsimons, Lankewicz, Leroy, Mellon, Sommer-Speck, and Thomas Funds

• Cumberland Farmer's Market, Monteagle, TN-Deanna Wolford, C'12
• Digital Domain Project-GIS, Landscape Analysis Lab, Sewanee, TN-Jeff Kirchberg, C'14
• Partners in Health: Zanmi Agriko, Cange, Haiti-Sean McKenzie, C'11
• Seasonal Variation in Gene Expression of Newts, with Dr. Nancy Berner,  Dept. of Biology, Sewanee, TN-Trevor Marquand, C'13
• Field School of Archaeology, Sewanee Environmental Institute, Sewanee, TN-DeAndre Espree-Conaway, C'13
• La Amistad Organic Coffee Farm, San Rafael de Escazu, Costa Rica-Jessica Goodman, C'12
• Sequatchie Cove Farm, Sequatchie, TN-Michael Grantz, C'13
• Mongabay.com: Environmental Science & Conservation News, Menlo Park, CA-Karimeh Moukaddem, C'11
• Cave Organisms Survey / Vernal Pool Study, with Drs. Kirk Zigler and Deborah McGrath, Dept. of Biology, Sewanee, TN-Katherine Wakefield, C'13
• Contaminant Analysis in the Domain, with Dr. John Shibata, Dept. of Chemistry, Sewanee, TN-Walt Doty, C'12
• Contaminant Analysis in the Domain, with Dr. John Shibata, Dept. of Chemistry, Sewanee, TN-Asmita Shrestha, C'14
• Disturbance Ecology in Old-Growth Forests / Tree-Ring Analysis, with Dr. Scott Torreano, Dept. of Forestry & Geology, Sewanee, TN-Patrick Vestal, C'12
• Effects of Exurbanization on Biodiversity and Bioacoustics, with Dr. David Haskell, Dept. of Biology, Sewanee, TN-Tarver Shimek, C'14
• Pharmaceutical Contamination in Sewanee’s Wastewater, with Dr. Deb McGrath, Dept. of Biology, Sewanee, TN-Alison Brown, C'13
• Pharmaceutical Contamination in Sewanee’s Wastewater, with Dr. Deb McGrath, Dept. of Biology, Sewanee, TN-Kathryn Gray, C'14
• Sherwood Mining Company / Office of Domain Management, Sewanee, TN-Andrew Carey, C'13
• New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY-William Oberle, C'13
• Wild Basin Preserve, Austin, TX-Hugh Osteen, C'13
• Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Brooklyn, NY-Elizabeth Wilson, C'12
• Cumberland Farmer's Market, Monteagle, TN-Heather Thacker, C'12
• Effects of Exurbanization on Biodiversity and Bioacoustics, with Dr. David Haskell, Dept. of Biology, Sewanee, TN-Joanna Parkman, C'14
• Island Butterfly Inventory Project, St. Catherines Island, GA-Eileen Schaeffer, C'13
• Long Live the King:Salmon and Steelhead Restoration, Seattle, WA-John Springer, C'12
• USDA Forest Service, Rio Piedras, PR-Erica Teasley, C'11

Fund for Innovative Teaching and Learning (FITL) Research Internships

Students engaged in collaborative work during the summer with the following faculty members in Sewanee

• Gender and College Life, with Dr. Julie Berebitsky, Dept. of History/Women’s Studies, Sewanee, TN-Grace Greenwell, C'12
• Humanities Curriculum Research, with Dr. Don Huber, Interdisciplinary Humanities Program, Sewanee, TN-Nichole Osborne, C'13
• Indian Fiction Research, with Dr. Virginia Craighill, Dept. of English, Sewanee, TN-Tamas Kubik, C'13
• Marginality in Grundy County, TN, with Dr. Mae Wallace,  Dept. of Anthropology, Grundy County, TN-Carrie Ryan, C'12
• Research of Katherine Mansfield, with Dr. Laurel Tucker, Dept. of English, Sewanee, TN-Audrey Hungerpiller, C'12
• Research of William Gilmore Simms, with Dr. John McCardell, Dept. of History, Sewanee, TN-Brian Fennessy, C'12
• St. Catherines Island Foundation, St. Catherines Island, GA-Mary Forrester, C'12

Lilly Summer Discernment Institute Internships

The Lilly Summer Discernment Institute allows students to develop internships of vocational exploration in either church or church-related organizations, or within service and non-profit spheres.

• Chillum Youth Project, Hyattsville, MD-Leandra Burke, C'11
• Comfort the Children International, Kenya-Caleb Schaubroeck, C'14
• Hickory Grove Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC-Rob McAlister, C'12
• Magdalene Community & Thistle Farms, Nashville, TN-Lilia Weber, C'13
• St. Margaret's & San Francisco de Asis Episcopal Church, Miami Lakes, FL-Adialyn Milien, C'14
• St.Thomas Episcopal Church, Huntsville, AL-Kristin Hanson, C'12

McGriff-Bruton Math & Computer Science

• Cryptology Course Development, with Dr. Catherine Cavagnaro, Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science, Sewanee, TN-Mary Grace Bowring, C'12
• Implementing Chaos Melody Theory into Generating Music, with Dr. Stephen Carl, Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science, Sewanee, TN-Sabria Farheen, C'13
• Research and Development for a New Math 100 Course, with Drs. Doug Drinen, Emily Puckette, and Matthew Rudd, Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science, Sewanee, TN-Rebecca Lehman, C'12
• Statistical Functional Equation Research, with Dr. Matthew Rudd, Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science, Sewanee, TN-Mary Forrester, C'12

Raoul Conservation Internships

Students work with faculty to investigate topics in hydrology, forestry, geology, geoarchaeology, and watershed management.

• Cetacealab, North Coast Cetacean Society, British Columbia, Canada-Katie Qualls, C'12
• Disturbance Ecology in Old-Growth Forests / Tree-Ring Analysis, with Dr. Scott Torreano, Dept. of Forestry & Geology, Sewanee, TN-Patrick Vestal, C'12
• Island Butterfly Inventory Project, St. Catherines Island, GA-Arden Jones, C'13
• Virginia Outdoors Foundation, Virginia Dept. of Forestry, Charlottesville, VA-Sarah Long, C'12
• Watershed Protection Dept., City of Austin, Austin, TX-Ben Haggerty, C'13

Science Research Internships

Collaborative student-faculty science research projects are carried out primarily on the Sewanee campus through the generous support of the Beatty, Greene, Physics, and Yeatman Funds

• Analysis of Nitrosylated Proteins in Healthy Lung Cells, with Dr. Bethel Sharma, Dept. of Chemistry, Sewanee, TN-Nathalie Fowler, C'13
• Analysis of Nitrosylated Proteins in Healthy Lung Cells, with Dr. Bethel Sharma, Dept. of Chemistry, Sewanee, TN-Hali Gipson, C'13
• Partners in Health: Zanmi Agriko, Cange, Haiti-Sean McKenzie, C'11
• Seasonal Variation in Gene Expression of Newts, with Dr. Nancy Berner,  Dept. of Biology, Sewanee, TN-Trevor Marquand, C'13
• Vascular Changes in Mammary Carcinoma, with Dr. Julie Lively, Dept. of Biology, Sewanee, TN-Stephanie Lussier, C'14
• Vascular Changes in Mammary Carcinoma, with Dr. Julie Lively, Dept. of Biology, Sewanee, TN-Haley Shepherd, C'13
• Micro-controller Programming/Electronic Textiles, with Dr. Randy Peterson of the Dept. of Physics, and Dr. Greg Pond of the Dept. of Art, Sewanee, TN-Bertrand Irakoze, C'14
• MIT Summer Research Program with Dr. Randy Peterson, Dept. of Physics, Cambridge, MA-Prashanta Kharel, C'12

Tonya Public Affairs Internships

Funding for internships in government and public affairs

• U.S. Congressman Jim Cooper, Nashville, TN-Benjamin Almassi, C'14
• U.S. Congressman Jim Cooper, Washington, DC-Glory Beveridge, C'12
• Foundation ICO, Madrid, Spain-Elizabeth Boddiford, C'12
• U.S. Congressman David Price, Washington, DC-Elizabeth Bonner, C'12
• U.S. District Court (Judge D. Norton), Charleston, SC-John Breckenridge, C'12
• National Council for Science and Environment, Washington, DC-Senemeh Buist-Baker, C'12
• Hamilton County Juvenile Court, Chattanooga, TN-Bianca Carranza, C'12
• United Nations Resident Coordinator of Cambodia, Cambodia-David Combs, C'11
• American Action Forum, Washington, DC-Sarah Dickey, C'12
• U.S. Congressman David "Phil" Roe, Washington, DC-Katherine Dross, C'12
• U.S. Congressman John Yarmuth, Washington, DC-Claire Elliott, C'12
• Master in Equity (Judge M. Scarborough), Charleston, SC-J. Norris Eppes, C'14
• Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hungary-Eszter Gyori, C'12
• Esperanza International, Dominican Republic-Watson Hartsoe, C'13
• White House, Washington, DC-Courtney Hinkle, C'12
• Tennessee Department of Children's Services (Legal Department), Tullahoma, TN-William Holloway, C'11
• Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, Washington, DC-Caroline Holman, C'11
• Office of the Attorney General, State of South Carolina, Columbia, SC-Mary Catherine Horne, C'13
• Grameen Bank, Bangladesh-Graham Jones, C'12
• South Carolina State Family Court (Judge J. Cate), Charleston, SC-Matt Lightfoot, C'12
• Land Trust for Tennessee, Nashville, TN-Seth Morris, C'13
• U.S. Congressman Eric Cantor, Washington, DC-David O'Connor, C'13
• Foundation ICO, Mardrid, Spain-Julia Patton, C'12
• Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, New York, NY-Nicholas Platt, C'12
• Grameen Bank, Bangladesh-Timothy Rassieur, C'12
• Franklin County Mayor's Office, Winchester, TN-Laura Rodriguez, C'12
• U.S. Congressman David "Phil" Roe, Washington, DC-Mitchell Sams, C'13
• World Affairs Council of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA-Olivia Schubert, C'12
• Centre for Regional and Urban Excellence (CURE), India-Kate Sharber, C'13
• South Carolina State Family Court (Judge J. McMahon), Charleston, SC-Sara Smith, C'11
• Maryland Public Defender's Office (B. Peabody), Baltimore, MD-Hayley Summs, C'11
• Nature Conservancy, Birmingham, AL-Lindsey Thomas, C'11
• Johnstown Area Regional Industries (JARI), Johnstown, PA-Matthew Von Lunen, C'11
• Tennessee Circuit Court, 17th District (Judge R. Crigler), Lewisburg, TN-Mollie Wakefield, C'11
• Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, Washington, DC-Emily Wong, C'11
• Centre for Regional and Urban Excellence (CURE), India-Elizabeth Wood, C'13

ACE (A Career Exploration) Internships

Internship opportunities, in any field, paid for by alu​mni, parents, or friends of the University.

• Audubon Mississippi - Strawberry Plains Center, Holly Springs, MS- Andrew Walters, C'12
• Clark Fork Coalition, Missoula, MT- Mary Elizabeth Watson, C'11
• Dominion Management Group, Knoxville, TN- Will Donnelly, C'13
• Duke University TIP (Talent Identification Program), Athens, GA-Derry Roberson, C'11
• Empire Construction Corporation, Knoxville, TN-Duncan Varner, C'11
• Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, Brinsmade Ranch & Mustang Island Conference Center, Wimberley/Port Aransas, TX-Forrest Burnson, C'11
• Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, Brinsmade Ranch & Mustang Island Conference Center, Wimberley/Port Aransas, TX-Marshall Williams, C'12
• Felicity Street Redevelopment Program, New Orleans, LA-Kristen Brennan, C'11
• Felicity Street Redevelopment Program, New Orleans, LA-Emily Ey, C'11
• Franklin County (TN) Sheriff's Dept.-Community Reentry Program, Winchester, TN-Haley Potts, C'12
• Friends of the Vieux Carre Commission, New Orleans, LA-Kristen Brennan, C'11
• J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC-Matthew Hagler, C'13
• Montana Community Development Corporation, Missoula, MT-Elizabeth (Lexie) Vance, C'11
• NewSouth Books, Inc., Montgomery, AL-Isla Hamilton-Short, C'12
• OppenheimerFunds, Inc., Boston, MA-Jett Fisher, C'11
• Pluris Valuation Advisors, New York City, NY-Waqas Keen, C'11
• Promise Zone, Columbia, SC-Ben Cleveland, C'12, Catherine Clifton, C'12, John Cochran, C'11, Stephen Elliott, C'14, Theodosia Goddard, C'11, Sarah Haroldson, C'13
• Smith Barney-Boca Raton, FL, Boca Raton, FL-David Shelton, C'12
• Supreme Court of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR-Chris Farrar, C'12
• Tennessee Courts-12th Judicial District, Winchester, TN-Kyle Hatchett, C'11
• U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, Washington, DC-Sarah Baker, C'11
• U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, Washington, DC-Catherine Morahan, C'12
• Vulcan Materials, Birmingham, AL-Warner Watkins, C'12
• Walrus Advertising, New York, NY-Eloise Repeczky, C'11
• Wiegand's Victory Enterprises, Inc., Sewanee, TN-Molly Kennedy, C'13
• OppenheimerFunds, Inc., Boston, MA-Jay Hill, C'11
• SNL Financial, Charlottesville, VA-Rebecca Wren, C'11

ACE Medical Internships

Internships with alumni of the University in medical practices, research centers, or laboratories. To read medical internship reports, please come by the Office of Career & Leadership Development.

• Delozier Robbins Plastic Surgery (Dr. Joseph B. Delozier, III; Dr. Chad M. Robbins), Nashville, TN-Logan Miller, C'12
• Semmes-Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute (Dr. L. Madison Michael), Memphis, TN-Kate Willingham, C'12
• Vanderbilt Eye Institute (Dr. John Penn), Nashville, TN-Carmen Rinio, C'13
• Yale University Child Study Center (Dr. Linda Mayes), New Haven, CT-Ijeoma Anyanwu, C'11,Shelby Bartlett, C'12, Ben Burgess, C'11, Blake Caldwell, C'11, Jourdan Cooney, C'12, Alexandra Diaz, C'12, Chris Hague, C'11, Catherine Lambert, C'12, Laura Logan, C'11, Elizabeth Myers, C'12, Patrick Platzer, C'12, Emily Simpson, C'11, Alexandra Soare, C'13, Elizabeth (Grayson) Stadler, C'12, Taylor Stavely, C'13, Collier Williams, C'12

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Summer 2010: Student Reports

Arts Internships

• Guarisco Gallery (ACE), Washington, DC-Megan Velie, C'11
• Zoli Studio, New Orleans, LA-Lizzie McCleskey, C'11
• Christie's of New York, New York, NY-Eleanor Claiborne, C'11
• Dallas Museum of Art: Arts & Letters Live Program (ACE), Dallas, TX-Katrina Boniewski, C'11
• Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL-Mary Evelyn Pritchard, C'11

Biehl International Research Internships

A self-directed social science research internship conducted outside of the United States and other English speaking countries

• Conservation on the Galapagos Islands, Galapagos Islands-Sam Koebley, C'11
• Elder Care in India, India-Carrie Ryan, C'12
• Indigenous Languages and Peruvian Identity, Peru-Dean Hayes, C'11
• Memorialization of the Holocaust, Germany-Nancy York, C'11
• Online Activism and Censorship in China, China-Jearranai Jujaroen, C'11
• Urbanization in the Amazon, Brazil-Karimeh Moukaddem, C'11

Business and Economics Internships

Opportunities for business and economics experiences are available each summer through the generosity of the Wilson Fund, Smith Fund, Probasco Fund, Bing Fund, and Bank of America

• Walrus Advertising (ACE), New York, NY-Philip Devereux-Demetriad, C'12
• Pluris Valuation Advisors, LLC (ACE), New York, NY-David T. Adams, C'10
• Risk Management Council (ACE) (SEED), Towson, MD-J. William (Will) Edwards, C'12
• American MagLev Technology, Powder Spr., GA-R. Dare Williams, C'11
• Couture Fashion Magazine (ACE), Franklin, TN-Elizabeth (Lexi) Vance, C'11
• Diesel USA, New York, NY-Katie Moses, C'11
• Guarisco Gallery (ACE), Washington, DC-Ashley Clay, C'11
• O'Seven Artist Management (ACE), Nashville, TN-Trent Williams, C'12
• BMC Capital (ACE, Dallas, TX-John Christopher (JC) Ogden, C'11
• Laffer Associates (ACE), Nashville, TN-J. Lucas (Luke) Armistead, C'11
• SNL Financial (SEED), Charlottesville, VA-Matthew Stringer, C'10
• American Songwriter Magazine (ACE), Nashville, TN-Elisa Faison, C'11
• Dualtone Music Group (ACE), Nashville, TN-Henry S. Kiser, C'10
• Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA-Caroline Carlin, C'11
• Glamour Magazine, New York, NY, Julianne Harris C'11
• Givaudan, New York, NY-Elizabeth (Liza) Ketcham, C'11
• Grupo Cortefiel, Madrid, Spain-Mallory Thompson, C'10
• Human Rights Campaign, Washington, DC-Eloise Repeczky, C'11
• Lukens Company, Arlington, VA-Theodore L. (Teddy) Peterson, III, C'11
• Maptote, Brooklyn, NY-Meredith H. McManus, C'10
• Open Lot Nashville, Nashville, TN-Sarah-Jane Huskey, C'12
• SNL Financial, Charlottesville, VA-Waqas Keen, C'11
• Sun Coast Media Group (ACE), Port Charlotte, FL-Martha Evans, C'10
• Times Free Press Newspaper, Chattanooga, TN-Erin Rankin, C'10
• Valmont Investments (ACE), New Orleans, LA-John Ruzic, C'10

Environmental Studies Internships

Support for research or work in Sewanee or beyond is generously provided by the Brewster, Dimmitt, Fitzsimons, Sommer-Speck, and Thomas Funds

• Environmental Documentary about the Domain, Sewanee, TN-Reed Blackwell
• Flora of the Domain, Sewanee, TN-Nathan Bourne, C'11
• SEI Archaeology Field School Lab, Sewanee, TN-Tina Campomizzi, C'10
• New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY-Mary Harrington, C'10
• Dendrochronology in Savage Gulf State Natural Area, Sewanee, TN-Patrick Vestal, C'12
• The Lemur Project, St. Catherine's Island, GA -Michelle Ghandi, C'12
• Bald Cyrpress & Wetlands Research, Baton Rouge, LA -Keri Bryan, C'12
• Cultural Resources Management, Sewanee, TN-Meagen McMillan, C'12
• Land-snail & Eastern Mud-snail Research, Sewanee, TN-Jia Pan, C'11
• Office of Sustainability, Sewanee, TN-Daniel Church, C'11
• Office of Sustainability, Sewanee, TN-Robert Wisnewski, C'11
• Pharmaceuticals in Sewanee's Water Supply, Sewanee, TN-Erica Teasley, C'11
• Wild Basin Preserve, Murphy Sayre, C'12
• Arthropod Genetic Alterations, Sewanee, TN-Carson Wright, C'11
• Flora of the Domain, Sewanee, TN-Katelyn Qualls, C'10
• Sequatchie Cove Farm, Sequatchie, TN-Scott Hardage, C'10
• Timber Harvest Research on the Cumberland Plateau, Sewanee, TN-Sean McKenzie, C'11

Fund for Innovative Teaching and Learning (FITL) Research Internships

Students engaged in collaborative work during the summer with the following faculty members in Sewanee

• Contemporary Fantasy Writers/Alex Bruce and Jim Peters, Sewanee, TN-Aly Bolton, C'11
• Feminine Pity in Chaucerian Poetry/Matthew Irvin, Sewanee, TN-Jordan Sharpe, C'13
• Feminine Pity in Chaucerian Poetry/Matthew Irvin, Sewanee, TN-Sarah Owens, C'11
• Gender in Art/Greg Pond, Sewanee, TN-Lauren Maggard, C'11
• Grammar Structure of Middle Tennessee/Mark Preslar, Sewanee, TN-Dean Hayes, C'11
• Hindus in Nashville/Sid Brown, Sewanee, TN-Sabra Harris, C'13
• Shyness and the Use of Technology/Carl Bardi, Sewanee, TN-Alexandra Diaz, C'12
• Spanish Plays in the 1800s/Ruth Sanchez-Imizcoz, Sewanee, TN-Jonathan Moody, C'11

Career Exploration Internships

Funding to pursue internships in any field is provided by the Boyd and Stephenson Funds

• B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center (ACE)-Indianola, MS-Merrill Cook, C'12
• Floortime Atlanta-Occupational Therapy, Atlanta, GA-Blair Barrows, C'12
• Sewanee Summer Music Festival Management, Sewanee, TN-Max Smith, C'10
• Victims Advocate, Clark Co. Prosecutor, Clark Co., IN-Grace Greenwell, C'12