Opportunities for Students
Student internship opportunities at HOPE
The HOPE framework translates new knowledge about human development into an equity-focused framework for service delivery. HOPE-transformed organizations begin by identifying, honoring, and promoting the key positive experiences that promote child development and help healing in the face of trauma.
The faculty and staff at the HOPE National Resource Center are committed to both undergraduate and graduate education. We have the capacity to host students during the fall, spring, and summer terms. We offer a wide variety of opportunities for students including quantitative and qualitative research projects, evaluation design and implementation as well as updating and creating new HOPE resources and assisting with policy analyses.
The HOPE team wishes to afford equitable access to all students wishing to complete an internship or project with HOPE. Internships can be in-person at the Boston office, virtual, or hybrid. Students working with the HOPE team who are not receiving course credit will receive a stipend as compensation for their time.
Spring 2025 Internships
Thank you for your interest in a Spring 2025 internship with the HOPE National Resource Center. Please review the project opportunities and apply if you are interested. The deadline to apply is December 1, 2024.
Project Opportunities
Family Snapshots: Assessing Post-Pandemic Family Experience
Supervisor: Dina Burstein, MD, MPH
Project Description: The aim of this project is to conduct a post-pandemic nationwide survey of 3000 parents of children under the age of 18 to assess long-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on family life. This project builds on prior work conducted as part of a cooperative agreement between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), in consultation with Tufts Medical Center and Prevent Child Abuse America.
The student intern will have the opportunity to develop a research question based on the available data. They will be expected to design/conduct an analysis based on their research question. Interested students must have working knowledge of statistical analysis programming and will have access to assistance with programming if needed.
Time Commitment: Students should plan to devote 10 hours per week to the project.
Hybrid and virtual options are available.
Using a Positive Deviance Approach to Increase Access to Positive Childhood Experiences
Supervisor: Dina Burstein, MD, MPH
Project Description: The aim of the project is to evaluate the effectiveness of using a Positive Deviance (PD) approach to increase access to Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) among members of a New Jersey Boys & Girls club. PD is an approach used to address a problem based on the understanding that in every community there are individuals and/or groups who have found a way to overcome a particular problem using the same resources available to everyone in the community.
The student intern will be involved in all aspects of this ongoing project including drafting and editing focus group guides, assisting with running focus groups, qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis of survey data and assisting with preparation of a manuscript for publication. Experience with qualitative and quantitative analysis a plus.
Time Commitment: Students should plan to devote 10 hours per week to the project.
Hybrid and virtual options are available.
Co-creating sector specific toolkits focused on HOPE in Action
Supervisor: Amanda Winn, MSW
Project Description: The aim of this project is to create sector-specific toolkits that will guide interested practitioners in implementing HOPE in their work. The student will help create the outline for the toolkit, interview HOPE community members and practitioners working in specific sectors and help create materials based on those interviews.
Time Commitment: Students should plan to devote 10 hours per week to the project.
Hybrid and virtual options are available.