Internship Opportunities in Anthropology

Internships are a great way to put into practice what you have learned, and to test the waters for a future career.  Below are a few resources I have found on the Internet, but you should search out opportunities on your own as well.

• Cultural Survival, Inc. (a non-profit indigenous rights group) offers a number of exciting internship opportunities both in the U.S. and abroad.
     http://www.cs.org/intern.html

• The Smithsonian Institution has an excellent and wide ranging internship program
      http://www.si.edu/youandsi/studies/infell.htm

• The National Museum of Natural History
      http://www.nmnh.si.edu/anthro/outreach/internsh.html

• Earthwatch specializes in archaeological and environmental internships, with an occasional cultural program.
     http://gaia.earthwatch.org/

• The U.S. Department of State has an active internship program, with positions that often lead to full time jobs.
      http://www.state.gov/www/careers/

• The National Park Service also has an active internship program, but with an emphasis on archaeology
     http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/

• The Center for World Indigenous Studies internship program
      http://www.halcyon.com/FWDP/intern.html

• A list of anthropology internships (and paying jobs!) from Anthro-Tech
     http://www.anthrotech.com/resources/Categories/Jobs/

• MTSU archaeology internships
     http://www.mtsu.edu/~kesmith/biso.html