ICPSR Summer Internship Class of 2013

We are pleased to announce the 9th year of the ICPSR Summer Internship Program for undergraduates (REU Site: The Quantitative Social Science Research at the University of Michigan). The application process for the summer internship was very competitive. This year we received over 200 applications and will be supporting seven interns in the following topical archives: Education and Child Care Archives, National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP), Resource Center for Minority Data (RCMD), National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), and the General Archive.

The Interns will spend ten weeks at ICPSR in Ann Arbor from June 3rd to August 9th during which they will:

• Gain experience with processing data and learn statistical software packages (SAS, SPSS, Stata and R)
• Complete a research project resulting in conference-ready posters
• Attend graduate level courses in the ICPSR Summer Program
• Participate in the Lunch and Lecture series

The objective of the Summer Internship Program is to support ICPSR's strategic focus on undergraduates by promoting the effective use of social science research data. We will encourage the interns to pursue graduate studies or a career in the social or behavioral sciences. With luck, they will be future data depositors, summer program instructors, Official Representatives, or even members of the Council. We currently have forty-one alumni of the Internship Program and many are currently attending and/or have successfully completed graduate school or have begun a career in the social sciences.

The Internship Program will be managed by Abayomi Israel (Intern Alumni class of '05), with John Garcia of the RCMD and Lynette Hoelter of Instructional Resources (IR) serving as Co-Principal Investigators, and providing guidance and support as Research Program Mentors. Each intern will be assigned an experienced data processor as his/her Processing Mentor. In addition, the interns will have the opportunity to receive additional graduate school advice and support on their research projects from the ICPSR Faculty.

We are very pleased to announce that the following students have been selected for the 2013 Summer Internship Program:

Melinda Ashe
Case Western Reserve University, OH
Archive: NAHDAP
Processing Mentor: Robert Choate

Melinda is a double major in Psychology and Economics graduating in 2014. She currently holds a perfect 4.0 GPA and is the recipient of the 2012 Phi Beta Kappa Prize and the James Dysart Magee Award. She has demonstrated strong quantitative skills in her studies and has knowledge of various statistical packages (Stata, SPSS, R, and MiniTab). After graduation, she would like to attend graduate school in behavioral Economics where she can further her studies in cooperation and group dynamics. Melinda is also quite active at her home institution where she serves on the executive board of Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, and is a member of Psi Chi Fraternity. In her sophomore year, Melinda worked as a research assistant on the project titled "Pain and Psychological Distress in Middle-Aged and Older Married Couples, MSASS, CWRU." And in her junior year, she further developed her passion for research and secured a research assistant position at Project RESTORE (Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Dept. of Justice) at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (MSASS) - a randomized trial of a novel re-entry program at the Cuyahoga County Jail that targets young people with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. Additionally, in 2012, Melinda served as a legal intern at The Rutherford Institute (TRI) and is currently a teaching assistant in the department of Economics.

Lorraine Blatt
Grinnell College, IA
Archive: Education and Child Care Archives
Processing Mentor: Rujuta Umarji

Lorraine is a double major in Psychology and Theatre graduating in 2014. She is familiar with the many intricacies of an Institutional Review Board (IRB) proposal, has conducted a field experiment with multiple subjects, and has analyzed data using SPSS and Minitab. In 2012 while studying abroad in London, UK, Lorraine worked with a non-profit arts organization that caters to the homeless populations, called Cardboard Citizens. She was responsible for the pilot implementation of a customized version of the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (SWEMWBS) that Cardboard Citizens is now putting into practice. It is evident that Lorraine's passion for psychology goes beyond the classroom and more specifically she would like to build on her work dealing with early education. In 2012, she interned at the Early Head Start, Venice Family Clinic in Los Angeles CA where she managed, analyzed, and audited databases (including information on health services and medical records) and in 2013, she worked as a mentor at the Grinnell College Psychology Department. Combining her love of children and her second major, Lorraine has served as a teaching artist at the Hartford Children's Theatre, a board member of Northeast Educational Theatre Association, and has held multiple stage manager positions. She is also a member of the Grinnell based a capella group, Noteworthy, and has performed several productions (both large and small scale) including the Fresher's Musical Review at Imperial College, London, UK.

Denzel Caldwell
Morehouse College, GA
Archive: Members Archive
Processing Mentor: Rachel Fletcher

Denzel is a junior Economics major with a minor in African American Studies graduating in 2014. According to Denzel, he is driven by a "thirst for conducting academic research, engaging the issues in the community, and impacting the world." Specifically, he sees the resources at ICPSR as a way to utilize diverse data to help answer many of society's problems as it relates to both the domestic and international economy. After graduation, Denzel would like to pursue a research career focusing on Economic justice. Denzel is the recipient of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars scholarship for first year students and, in 2012, was inducted into the John Henrik Clarke Honors Society for African-American Studies. He also serves as the President of the African-American Studies Club, the Vice President of the William Tucker Society for African-American Majors & Minors, and is the founder of the AUCapoeira multicultural organization. Denzel is versed in the Stata statistical program and has done preliminary analysis of the ICPSR Study: African-American Perspectives on the future of Civil Rights in 1991. In the spring of 2012, Denzel was member of the winning team of the Morehouse College Spring Symposium where the team developed a business strategy to increase school recruitment. Additionally, he worked with the Andrew Mellon Program as a library intern where he developed an internet resource on the AUC Woodruff Library website for the martial arts. Later that summer, Denzel interned at the INova Payroll Company in Nashville TN where he gained experience with marketing research.

Elise Giammanco
Beloit College, WI
Archive: NACJD
Processing Mentor: Lindsay Marciniec

Elise is a senior Psychology and Russian Language double major with a minor in Russian Studies graduating December 2013. In addition to her work at Beloit, she has participated in a study abroad program at Russian State University of the Humanities in Moscow. She has experience with SPSS and R and serves as a Resident Assistant on campus. After graduation, she hopes to continue her education by pursuing a PhD in Social Psychology. Elise is a Presidential Scholarship recipient, a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship recipient, and a Ronald E. McNair Scholar. She is also particularly active on campus. Elise is a member of the Theta Pi Gamma Sorority, the Student Congress Representative of the Russian club, and the treasurer of the Beloit bowling club. In 2012, she volunteered as a mentor at Morgan Elementary School and interned at the Domestic Violence Shelter for Women. Additionally, in 2011, she interned at the Youth Services of Wisconsin, where she taught job skills classes for at-risk youth. Elise's research interests include cross cultural psychology, individualism and collectivism, stereotypes of women, corruption in groups, and effects of psychological trauma in prisoners through literature. In 2012, Elise served as a research assistant at the Implicit Social Cognition Lab at the University of Virginia and has presented her work titled "The Psychological Effects of Trauma in Russian Prison Camp Literature: An Examination of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and Kolyma Tales" at the University of Maryland Undergraduate Research Conference and the University of Puerto Rico McNair Scholars Research Conference. Later that year, she attended the International Symposium Presentation where she presented her work titled "The Memorialization of the GULag in Moscow, Russia."

John Leverso
University of Illinois at Chicago, IL
Archive: NACJD
Processing Mentor: Justin Gaertner

John is a junior Sociology and Psychology double major at UIC graduating in 2014 and holds an Associate Degree in Science from Lincoln Trail Community College. He currently holds a perfect 4.0 GPA and is a member of the Golden Key International Honor Society and the Dean?s list. After graduation he intends to pursue a career in research and teaching at a major research institution. To accomplish this, he would like to continue his studies and eventually receive a PhD in Criminal Justice, Sociology or Social Work with a particular focus on juvenile delinquency. In 2012, John worked as a research assistant at the Jane Addams College of Social Work; UIC Chancellor's Undergraduate Research Award Program and also completed an independent study project at the UIC department of Sociology - where he studied factors that influence juvenile recidivism. As a result, he is listed as an author in the forthcoming book chapter to be published by Oxford University Press in the second edition of "Juvenile Justice Sourcebook: Past, Present, and Future." John is also versed in SPSS, Stata, and SAS and continues to be active both on and off campus. He has served as an assistant peer educator, and in 2011, organized and participated in a charity 5K run to benefit the Domestic Violence Prevention Fund. Additionally, for the past few years, John has volunteered as a tutor and motivational speaker at the local prison speaking to inmates about anger management, the benefits of education, routes to healthy living, and the importance of maintaining a positive outlook on life.

Sruthi Naraharisetti
Michigan State University, MI
Archive: RCMD
Processing Mentor: Abayomi Israel

Sruthi is a junior with a double major in Interdisciplinary Studies in Health (Economics) and Social Relations & Policy graduating in 2014. In 2011, she participated in a study abroad program in South Africa focusing on race relations. She is trilingual (English, Spanish, and Telugu) and is also experienced with Stata. After graduation, Sruthi would like to pursue a PhD that encompasses the intersection of Economics, health, and race/ethnicity. Since 2011, she has volunteered at the Village Summit in Lansing, MI providing services for vulnerable youth in the area and, in 2012, served as a student organizer for the Global Youth for Education and Change (GYEC) in South Africa. In this role she inspired young people to cultivate relationships that advance the practice of responsible and strategic global service, with a specific focus on HIV/AIDS. Additionally, Sruthi serves as the student leader at the Multi-Racial Unity Living Experience (MRULE) Program at MSU, where she managed analysis of qualitative research; and has mentored at the MAGIC (Maximizing Academic Growth in College) Program on campus. Sruthi has a passion for social justice and her recent research looked closely at the historical treatment of African American men in the prisons compared to the contemporary treatment of prisoners and the corresponding medical services.

Ryan Thompson
University of Akron, OH
Archive: Members Archive
Processing Mentor: Curtis Dobbs

Ryan is a junior Political Science major with a minor in Economics graduating in 2014. He will also graduate with a certificate in Applied Politics and is both a Presidential Scholarship recipient and the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics Scholarship recipient. He is fluent in both English and French and is experienced in SPSS and R statistical systems. After graduation he would like to pursue a PhD in Political Psychology with the hopes of one day becoming a future social science researcher and professor. Earlier this year, Ryan participated in the University of Akron Student Innovation Symposium (UASIS), and in 2012, attended the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) Region 7 Conference at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Additionally, he serves as the Student Trustee on the University of Akron Board of Trustees and in 2012 was selected to represent his university at the Complete College Ohio Conference at Columbus State Community College. Outside of classroom, Ryan currently serves as a Member Service Representative at Truliant Federal Credit Union and volunteers on and off campus. Most notably, as part of the Serve Akron project, Ryan participated in an alternative spring break experience where he help communities with house building, maintenance projects for animals, and worked with sick and disabled children. In 2011, Ryan studied the relationship between Monday Night Football contest outcomes and voter turnout in the counties with NFL teams who competed the night before a presidential election. His most recent work seeks to look at relationship between the voting and voter information while taking into consideration party identification.

ICPSR announces summer internships

ICPSR is pleased to announce the participants in the 8th year of the ICPSR Summer Internship Program for undergraduates, supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. We received more than 250 applications for the program, and selected six interns:

• Jane Oliphant of the University of Portland (Ore.) will work with Sara Lazaroff of the ICPSR Education Archive
• Jeffrey Berg of Carleton College will work with Doctor Ashe in the Members Archive
• Joshua Goode of the University of Colorado-Denver and Red Rocks Community College will work with Tannaz Sabet in the Data Sharing for Demographic Research archive
• Rosa Rincon of California State University-Northridge and Pasadena City College will work with Justin Noble in the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
• Thomas Hegland of St. Olaf College will work with Kevin Kapalla in the Members Archive
• Tori Thomas of Georgia State University will work with Abayomi Israel of the Resource Center for Minority Data

The interns will spend 10 weeks at ICPSR in Ann Arbor, and will gain experience processing data and learning statistical software packages; complete a research project resulting in conference-ready posters; and attend courses in the ICPSR Summer Program.

The goal of the program is to promote the effective use of social science research data among undergraduate students, and to encourage participants to pursue a career in the social or behavioral sciences. Abayomi Israel and John Garcia of the Resource Center for Minority Data are the projct managers, and Lynette Hoelter, ICPSR's Director of Instructional Resources, serves as the Co-Principal Investigator.

Videos of last year's interns describing their projects can be viewed on the ICPSR YouTube channel.

More information on the student participants follows:

• Jane Oliphant of the University of Portland is a triple major in Social Work, Psychology, and Sociology graduating in 2013. After graduation, she would like to attend graduate school in the social sciences or Public Policy and possibly pursue a career in research. Jane has experience working with SPSS and has already identified a number of datasets that she would like to work with this summer: the Head Start Family and Child Survey (Faces) Series, the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) Policies Database, and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 2004 Panel, just to name a few. Since 2010, Jane has served as a Resident Assistant and has worked as the Service and Justice Coordinator at her university. In 2011, she gained experience as a Camp Counselor at the Cascades Camp and Conference Center. Jane is also very active in her campus community where she plays various intramural sports and volunteers in a number of committees. In 2010, Jane worked as a Social Justice Intern at the Macdonald Center - an organization that serves the low-income population in downtown Portland. Jane's most recent research project examined the relationship between self-concept and observer ratings. This summer she would like to focus on the question of how a person's access to resources in their childhood influenced their later life outcomes, more specifically, research that examines inner-generational poverty. 
• Jeffrey Berg of Carleton College is a double major in Political Science/International Relations and Psychology/Cognitive Science graduating in 2014. Jeffery is most interested in the evidential side of social science: specifically, data analysis, and survey design - with the hope to one day pursue a career in research. He has worked as a Research Assistant for his college's Political Science department where his work focused on the nature of political advertisements during the 2008 political campaigns. In addition, during the spring of 2012, Jeffery interned at the National Archives under the supervision of the External Affairs Liaison. Although only a sophomore, Jeffery has already gained experience with SPSS, TIBCO Spotfire, and S-plus. In addition, he has working knowledge in the Python programming language and is fluent in Spanish. Outside of the classroom, Jeffery has served as the General Editor of The Echo Newspaper and Chief Editor of the Literary Journal at Wheaton Academy, and is currently the Photographer and Editor for Media Relations at his college and Ice Hockey Statistician at the Advanced Ice Arenas.
• Joshua Goode of the University of Colorado is a Sociology major and Demography minor graduating in 2013 with an interest in becoming a Sociology professor one day. Specifically, he hope is to pursue a research career in the area of family demography. In 2011, Joshua worked as a Research Assistant for two different professors where he learned about working with both qualitative and quantitative data. In terms of experience with data, Joshua has worked with Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Birth Cohort (ECLSB) data, as well as the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) data from the United Kingdom. His senior thesis on the educational aspirations and expectations of minority youth utilizes the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) and he has experience with SPSS, STATA and Mplus. In 2011, Joshua has also given two conference presentations; the first was at the National Council on Family Relations Meeting in Orlando Florida, and the other at the National Center for Family & Marriage Research Counting Couples, Counting Families Conference in Bethesda Maryland. Joshua serves as president of the Students of Sociology Club and vice-president of the Alpha Kappa Delta, the international Sociology honor society.
• Rosa of California State University-Northridge is a junior Sociology and Criminology major with an Associates of Arts Degree in Sociology from Pasadena City College. After graduation she plans to attend graduate school in either Sociology or Criminology with the hope of one of two career trajectories - an analyst in the criminal justice system for city or state government or a Sociology professor at a community college. Rosa has worked with a number of large data sets, including the General Social Survey and the National Longitudinal Surveys, and has experience in SPSS. She has worked as a Youth Leader at the Pasadena Unified School District, and has served as the Community Representative for Puente Club. Rosa is bilingual and uses her fluency in Spanish and English when volunteering as a tutor at the Senior Center and at El Centro de Accion Social. As a first-generation college student, Rosa hopes that the ICPSR Summer Internship will give her greater experience in statistical methods and social research as to prepare her for the next steps in her career.
• Thomas Hegland of St. Olaf College is a double major in Mathematics and Economics with an emphasis on Public Policy and a concentration in Statistics graduating in 2013. After graduation, Thomas plans on pursuing a graduate degree in Economics with the hope of one day becoming an economist. Through his wide range of experiences, Thomas has acquired a wide range of technical skills; this includes experience in the use of the R statistical computing language, Linux/Unix environments, SAS, STATA and EViews. He has also worked with a number of large data sets such as the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). His main research interest is urban poverty as he believes that it is tied to many other questions relating not just to Economics but also to the broader social structure. In addition, some of his academic achievements include studying Number Theory in Hungary in 2011, the Buntrock Academic Scholarship, a publication in the Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Sciences, and a number of presentations including his most recent at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. From 2010 to the present, Thomas has worked as an Undergraduate Research Fellow for the NSF supported Center for Interdisciplinary Research. He also serves as member and coach of the debate team, member of the Math team, class representative for the Mathematical Association of America and the vice president of his college's chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the national Economics honor society. Currently he serves on the Student Government as the Chief Financial Officer of the political Awareness Committee.
• Tori Thomas of Georgia State University is a Sociology major and African American Studies minor graduating in 2013. After graduation, she would like to participate in the Teach for America Program with the ultimate goal of attending graduate school in either Sociology or Education. Tori is a Ronald McNair scholar and has been awarded a number of accolades including the Margaret Andersen Award for outstanding performance in Sociology. In addition, she has received the Georgia Hope scholarship, the Horatio Alger Scholarship and the Next Generation Award Scholarship. Tori has experience in both SPSS and SAS and has worked as a Research Assistant and Intern in the McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program and the NSF/NIH funded Public Housing Study respectively. Through these programs, Tori has developed an interest in studying how relocation out of public housing affected educational opportunities in minority communities. In 2010, Tori also served as the Statistics and Measurement Intern for The Georgia Center for Nonprofits and has continued to be a very active member of her community. She is currently a member of the Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority Incorporated, served as a First Year Mentor and Service Ambassador at her university and is a Junior Achievement Volunteer responsible for teaching financial literacy at elementary and middle schools.

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