Social Science in Action: Student Reflections on Experiential Learning in International Development, Immigration Advocacy, and Family Law Internships

Social Science in Action: Student Reflections on Experiential Learning in International Development, Immigration Advocacy, and Family Law Internships

Presenter(s)

Ryan Ballou, Gabriella Grant, Abigail Ulery

Comments

11:00-12:00, Kennedy Union 331

Description

The University of Dayton provides extensive pathways for students to participate in experiential learning and community engagement opportunities. These experiences are often transformative and shape students’ future careers trajectories. Yet there are few venues to learn from students about how these experiences deepen and intersect with their academic courses of study. This is a missed opportunity to interrogate the intersection of theory and praxis. In this panel, three students who have completed an internship related to their social science course of study will discuss their internship work, what they learned, and how it shapes their future vocation. They will also reflect on connections to our current political moment, as the social sciences are being threatened by several external forces. One student will discuss her off-campus work in the international development sector at a Washington DC internship (Counterpart International). Another student will discuss her on-campus work at the UD Law School Immigration Clinic, where she worked on gender-based asylum cases. Finally, one student will discuss his work as a research assistant for a sociology project on divorce law in Kentucky. Collectively, they also reflect on what their social science education has meant to them over their undergraduate career.

Publication Date

4-23-2025

Project Designation

Independent Research

Primary Advisor

Jamie L. Small

Primary Advisor's Department

Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work

Keywords

Stander Symposium, College of Arts and Sciences

Social Science in Action: Student Reflections on Experiential Learning in International Development, Immigration Advocacy, and Family Law Internships

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