Internships

Our students hold wide-ranging internships that build skills and provide networking opportunities. Past placements include:

• American Folklore Society
• National Park Service
• Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange
• Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
• Middle Tennessee State University Center for Popular Music
• Kentucky Folklife Program
• WKU Library Special Collections
• Vermont Folklife Center
• Pennsylvania Folklife Archives
• Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
• Folk School of St. Louis
• National Trust for Ireland

In order to provide our students with the type of experiences that employers prioritize, we facilitate engaging internships with placements in both general Sociology organizations and those specific to Criminology.

Recent internship placements:

• BRASS (Local Domestic Violence Shelter)
• Hope Harbor 
• Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center
• Mammoth Cave National Park
• Bowling Green Police Department and the Victim Advocate within BGPD
• The Drug Enforcement and Special Investigations Unit of Kentucky State Police
• U.S. Marshals
• Commonwealth Attorney for Simpson County
• County Attorney for Logan County
• Legal Aid
• Department of Public Advocacy
• Private Attorneys
• Warren County Probation and Parole
• Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Center
• Warren County Day Treatment
• U-SPIRIT-US
• Lifeskills

Federal Law Enforcement Internship Resources:

• Internship information provided by USAJOBS generally
• Department of Homeland Security Job Opportunities for Students
• Department of Justice Legal Careers: Law Students
• FBI Student Center
• Federal Bureau of Prisons Student Opportunities
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection Student Programs
• Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers College Intern Program
• U.S. Marshals Centralized Student Career Experience Program
• Pathways Program