Internship Projects

Internship projects focusing on science communication and outreach to the broader community.

The goal of the IGERT internship is to provide students with experience communicating science to diverse audiences. Internships will be designed by the students based on their own interests, but several potential opportunities have already been identified. For example, internships are available at the three interpretive centers of the Flagstaff Area National Monuments, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP), several Navajo Reservation High Schools, and at Yavapai College, a regional community college. An added benefit of these experiences will be tangible and visible outreach to under-represented minority populations, as the high schools and community colleges involved have substantial Native American and Hispanic enrollment. To augment the impact of the IGERT internships, Mr. Mansel Nelson of the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals-Environmental Education Outreach Program (ITEPEEOP) will deliver targeted presentations to IGERT students participating in IGERT seminar courses on effective teaching and engagement techniques for Native American students.

All internships will involve the IGERT faculty mentor, who will have responsibility for assigning the student’s internship grade, and the Assistant Director who will review reports and serve as “gatekeeper” for approving the final internship grade; the administrative mechanism for this will be for internship students to sign up for three units of Independent Study.

For more information click on the links below: IGERT Program Summary Students, Faculty & Their Research Application Procedure & Information NAU IGERT Materials for Students IGERT Undergraduate Program Resources for Ecological Analysis in R Program Directors: Amy Whipple, Assistant Research Professor and MP Research Station Director, Amy.Whipple@nau.edu Catherine Gehring, Associate Professor of Biology, Catherine.Gehring@nau.edu Maribeth Watwood, Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences, Maribeth.Watwood@nau.edu