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The Women’s Studies Research Center Internship:
Student-Scholar Partnership (SSP)
Project Proposal Form Spring 2016 Directions
Before submittal, please make sure you have read the “Fall 2015 - Spring 2016 Hiring Guidelines”.
After review, please return completed proposal packets (includes: form and statement) by Wednesday,
December 23, 2015 to Kristen Mullin, SSP Program Coordinator: mullin@brandeis.edu. Please note:
Each selected project will be awarded 50 hours over the course of the Spring 2016 semester. Students
will start January 13, 2016 and work until May, 2, 2016.
Project Proposal Guidelines
The SSP chooses new projects based on specific criteria. The criteria for new projects is based on both
the Mission and the Purposes of the SSP. The SSP is a successful and learning-rich mentoring
internship. It has been successful due to its founding guidelines and these new, more specific
guidelines will keep the SSP true to its original intent and mission.
1. Projects will be chosen for each semester based on the following criteria, in the following order:
a. Does it relate back to the field of Women’s Studies? The mission of the SSP is to present
working partnerships on projects that relate back clearly to the field of Women’s Studies.
b. Is the work being offered to the student a genuine, learning-rich experience with varied
duties and responsibilities? Example: Will student be working on reading and summarizing,
or just locating articles and not giving input? Only be updating web page, or actually
thinking through content and discussing with mentor? Just transcribing, or analyzing and
clarifying?
c. How devoted is the mentor to ensuring a mentor-mentee relationship? Are meeting times
and goals clearly articulated?
d. Will it necessitate more than one semester of work? The SSPP can and will only guarantee
one semester of paid work together.
e. Was the proposal submitted on time and in complete form?
2. The SSPP will strive to present a wide variety of projects in different fields each semester – the Arts,
Psychology, Science, Sociology, Women’s / Gender Studies, Journalism, Literature, etc.
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The Women’s Studies Research Center Internship:
Student-Scholar Partnership (SSP)
Project Proposal Form Spring 2016 – BOTH New and Continuing
SCHOLAR INFORMATION
Name: ELLEN ROSEN
Brandeis WSRC Affiliation: Resident Scholar
E-mail: eirosen@brandeis.edu
Are there dates during the semester when you will be traveling/unreachable? Please specify.
PROJECT INFORMATION
Title of Project: The Frances Perkins Biography
Please circle one: Is this project:
A brand new project for the Spring 2016?
OR
A Continuing project from a past semester? X
Describe your research project in three sentences for advertising purposes. (More detailed description
will be given later in this app.)
I would like a person who can edit my manuscript, for purposes of making it readable to the college
educated public. It would involve reading my manuscript, all nine chapters, and adding anything,
words, punctuation, paragraph structure, that would make it read more clearly.
STUDENT PARTNER INFORMATION
Have you participated in the Student-Scholar Partnership in prior years?
(Please specify year and student’s name if yes)
Yes
Will you be continuing with a student partner from a previous semester? Yes _____ No _X____
If continuing, please provide the student’s name and contact information:
Do you have a particular new student candidate or candidates with whom you would like to work?
No __X___
If yes, please provide each student’s name and contact information:
Please note: The Hiring Deadline is rolling so interviews (if appropriate) must be completed as soon as
possible after receipt of application.
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Project Proposal
What is your timeline for work to commence on your research project this semester? When I return
from Berlin. I will be in the office on January 20, 2016
Scholars and faculty members participating in the SSP Program are required to meet with their
student research assistants on a weekly basis for supervision.
Please explain how you will fulfill this commitment. Where do you plan to hold supervision meetings?
How will you manage time together when one of you is traveling/vacationing?
I will meet him/her on a weekly basis, except when I am away for research. I will give the student
enough work for 2 weeks
Hiring Criteria Reminder: The SSP is designed for Students and Scholars to work together for 50
hours on a project in the Scholar’s area of expertise. All candidates who apply must be considered.
Final choices should be made based on student’s background, skills and level of interest. Decisions
may not be made based solely on academic year standing.
Qualifications Needed for Student Partner: Please indicate below any Required or Desired skills
pertinent to your job description. NOTE: Year of Standing (i.e. Sophomore, Junior, Senior) may
NOT be used as a sole criterion. Please see Coordinator if you have any questions.)
Related coursework: Someone who is an English major, a history major, political science or
sociology.
Technical Skills: I would like her/him to be proficient in reading texts and writing.
Past Experience: It would be best if the person had an active interest in history
Similar Professional Interests: yes. I would like someone who is interested in the topic, i,e. such
as the New Deal or President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Other (please indicate):
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1. Please give a detailed description of your project. (See above)
2. What role will the student play in the project? Please be specific regarding expected
responsibilities. He/she will have to be a careful reader and sensitive to language. The person
must be independent and willing to state their own views.
3. How will your project benefit from the student’s participation? I think anyone interested in
the biography itself will benefit from this work with me.
4. What specific knowledge or skills will the student acquire from carrying out this work?
Learning how to take care with his/her words, i.e. write better.
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5.What do you foresee to be the mutual benefits of the mentoring relationship? I think a person
would enjoy editing my writing, and would learn a lot about American History and biography.
Any questions? Please direct them to the Student-Scholar Partnership Coordinator, Kristen Mullin,
Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, MS 079, Waltham, MA. 02454-9110
Email: mullin@brandeis.edu
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Project Proposal