Critical Perspectives on Democracy + Media in the American Hemisphere (D+M Lab) Intern
Angela Marino, Professor
Latinx Research Center
Applications for Fall 2026 are closed for this project.
The Democracy + Media Lab seeks students with strong writing and/or digital media skills to assist in developing articles, visual media, documentary production, and podcasts. Successful candidates will join a small team to plan, record, edit, and publish research materials on social justice and participatory democracy in the American hemisphere. See our website at demoxmedia.org. Excellent experience for scholar-activists, journalists, social media makers or editors.
Responsibilities include all phases of research with opportunities for creative work, editing, curating, and working with transcriptions of talks and events, updating a project website, events, and event planning.
Role: This academic year (2026-27) the D+M Lab specifically seeks to fulfill an intern role who can work independently on tasks such as research, editing, translating, and organizing existing media with biweekly 1-hour meeting check-ins during the semester. Students interested in audiovisual story-telling and documentary/archival projects with skills in production will have an opportunity to create projects with mentorship. Students will receive practice in research, print and web-based media. Production responsibilities will vary depending on specific learning goals and various phases of the production process.
Qualifications: Passionate about anti-imperialism, decolonial studies, social justice, research, visual media, journalism, policy and/or performing arts. Ability to summarize, synthesize, and analyze information and research/texts. Strong organizational skills, self-directed. Experience producing sound, video, websites or graphics is a plus. Spanish language a plus but is not required.
Day-to-day supervisor for this project: Prof. Angela Marino, Phd
Hours: 3-5 hrs
Off-Campus Research Site: By zoom or in person on campus.
Related website: https://www.demoxmedia.org/
Arts & Humanities Social Sciences